Globe & Mail Open House Festival 2009 [PAST EVENT]

A Celebration of Fact & Fiction. A Weekend of Words & Ideas in support of PEN Canada & Frontier College.

The Globe & Mail
Open House Festival 2009

A Celebration of Fact & Fiction

A Weekend of Words & Ideas
in support of PEN Canada & Frontier College

May 9-10
SATURDAY-SUNDAY

Hart House Great Hall

Tickets
$15 per lecture
$65 Weekend Pass (includes all 7 lectures on SAT & SUN only)

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N.B. ONLY EVENTS ON SATURDAY & SUNDAY ARE SOLD THROUGH THE UofTtix BOX OFFICE.

Friday's event, at the Rotman Centre, is avaliable at www.rotman.utoronto.ca/events

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Join us for an extraordinary weekend of words and ideas in support of PEN Canada and Frontier College.

The Globe and Mail Open House Festival will bring together the very best writers and thinkers from Canada and around the world for a unique program of readings and discussions that will provoke, entertain, and enlighten.

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May 9
SATURDAY

Hart House Great Hall (all SAT events)

noon
Stuart McLean
Christian Lander
Ann-Marie MacDonald
(Regretfully, Rick Mercer has had to cancel his appearance at the Festival.)
$15 general admission

2pm
“Notes from the Field”
A Conversation with James Orbinski, James Maskalyk, and Prabhat Jha.
$15 general admission

4pm
Zoe Heller
Nino Ricci
Elizabeth Hay
Wayson Choy
$15 general admission

8pm
Calvin Trillin
Miriam Toews
David Rakoff
Jay McInerney
(Joseph O'Neill moved to May10 Sun 8pm)
$15 general admission

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May 10
SUNDAY

Hart House Great Hall (all SUN events)

1:30pm
“A Crisis in Leadership”
A conversation with John Ralston Saul, Margaret MacMillan, Naomi Klein, and Adam Gopnik.
$15 general admission

4pm
“The Planet in the Balance”
A conversation with Thomas Homer-Dixon, Gwynne Dyer, and Jeff Rubin.
$15 general admission

8pm
Anne Michaels
Ha Jin
David Wroblewski
Joseph O’Neill (moved from May9)
$15 general admission

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Open House Festival website


Hart House website

Map to Hart House

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Globe & Mail Open House Festival 2009 [PAST EVENT]

Hart House Great Hall
Sat May 09 2009, 12:00pm
Sat May 09 2009, 2:00pm
Sat May 09 2009, 4:00pm
Sat May 09 2009, 8:00pm
Sun May 10 2009, 1:30pm (SOLD OUT)
Sun May 10 2009, 4:00pm (LIMITED SEATING)
Sun May 10 2009, 8:00pm


Ticket Sales Begin:
Sat Feb 21 2009, 6:00am

Ticket Prices:
per lecture - $15.00
Weekend Pass (SAT & SUN only) - $65.00

For More Information:
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Venue information, including seating plans & maps.