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  • June 2025

  • Tue 24
    A poster featuring a blue filtered black and white image of a trumpet player and a guitarist performing together on stage. The poster also includes the cover of Eric Fillion's new book and text which is replicated in the event description.

    SOUNDTRACK TO THE REVOLUTION Book Launch (+ Film Screening)

    June 24, 2025 @ 6:30 pm
    The Bookshelf Cinema 41 Quebec Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

    Mark the date! You are invited to The Bookshelf Cinema on June 24th for the launch of Soundtrack to the Revolution by Eric Fillion. This scintillating book tells the story…

    Free
  • Thu 26
    A photo of Eric Fillion with a yellow sepia filter applied. The photo is framed by a maroon background with vertical wavy lines in yellow and red, with a rounded light blue shape in the lower left corner that is perforated by angular holes.

    Lancement du Livre: SOUNDTRACK TO THE REVOLUTION BY ERIC FILLION

    June 26, 2025 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
    Casa del Popolo 4873 Boul. St Laurent, Montreal, QC, Canada

    Mark the date! You are invited to Casa Del Popolo on June 26th for the launch of Soundtrack to the Revolution by Eric Fillion (translated by David Homel). This scintillating book tells the story of Jazz Libre du Québec, a radical experiment in musical activism that reveals the meaningful role that the art of spontaneity…

    Free
  • August 2025

  • Sun 10
    A poster featuring a photo of an old house in sunlight with a blue sky in the background. Squiggly colourful lines, polka dots, and blocks of colour in orange and blue are present. Text reads MUSIQUE DU MOMENT BELL HOUSE 10 août 2025 BELL HOUSE 167 Rte 132 O Percé 19h00 ouverture des portes 19h30 concert GRATUIT Ce concert est organisé conjointement au camp d’improvisation musicale Coin-du-Banc en folie. D.D. Jackson New York Sarah Pagé Montréal Zoé Jean-Deslauriers Montréal/Coin-du-Banc. Sponsor logos are visible at the bottom.

    MILE Camp Concert: Musique du Moment @ Bell House

    August 10, 2025 @ 7:00 pm
    Bell House 167 Route 132 Ouest, Percé, QC, Canada

    (Le français suit) As part of this year's MILE Camp, a free public concert will be held at the historic Bell House in Percé.  On Sunday, August 10th, at 7:00 PM (EDT), camp facilitator and multi-Emmy-winning improvising pianist D.D. Jackson will perform in a duo with singer Zoé Jean-Deslauriers. Currently based in New Jersey, Jackson…

    Free
  • Mon 11
    Poster for 2025 MILE Camp Concerts depicting concert and sponsor information as well as a photo of Rocher Perce.

    MILE Camp Concert: D. D. Jackson Solo Piano Improvisation

    August 11, 2025 @ 8:00 pm
    Corner of the Beach Cultural Museum 294 route 132 est, Coin-du-Banc, Quebec, Canada

    (Le français suit) On Monday, August 11th, at 8:00 PM, audiences will have a unique opportunity to see an intimate improvised solo piano performance by D.D. Jackson at the Musée culturel de Coin-du-Banc / Corner of the Beach Cultural Museum (294 route 132 East in Coin-du-Banc). Jackson, who has played with such jazz luminaries as…

  • Fri 15
    Poster for 2025 MILE Camp Concerts depicting concert and sponsor information as well as a photo of Rocher Perce.

    MILE Camp Concert: D.D. Jackson + MILE Camp Participants

    August 15, 2025 @ 4:00 pm
    Corner of the Beach Cultural Museum 294 route 132 est, Coin-du-Banc, Quebec, Canada

    (Le français suit) On Friday, August 15th, at 4:00 PM, D.D. Jackson will be joined by MILE Camp participants at the Musée culturel de Coin-du-Banc / Corner of the Beach Cultural Museum (294 route 132 East in Coin-du-Banc) for our third and final MILE Camp concert of the year! This performance—a Grand Finale group improvisation—will…

  • September 2025

  • Wed 24
    Poster for Eric Fillion's curated series of Francophone cinema at the Bookshelf, featuring black text and sponsor logos on a white/grey background. A screenshot from each of the four films is present at the left side of the image.

    cinéma FRANCOPHONE cinema: Le silence de la mer (1949, dir. Jean-Pierre Melville)

    September 24, 2025 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

    IICSI Director Dr. Eric Fillion is curating a special Francophone Cinema film series at The Bookshelf Cinema (41 Quebec Street, Guelph). These French-language films (with English subtitles) push the boundaries of cinematic convention to explore urgent, timely topics. Intended for Francophiles and cinephiles alike, the fall 2025 program brings together a brilliant constellation of politically…

    $11 – $14
  • October 2025

  • Wed 15
    Poster for Eric Fillion's curated series of Francophone cinema at the Bookshelf, featuring black text and sponsor logos on a white/grey background. A screenshot from each of the four films is present at the left side of the image.

    cinéma FRANCOPHONE cinema: Hiroshima mon amour (dir. Alain Resnais, 1959)

    October 15, 2025 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
    The Bookshelf Cinema 41 Quebec Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

    IICSI Director Dr. Eric Fillion is curating a special Francophone Cinema film series at The Bookshelf Cinema (41 Quebec Street, Guelph). These French-language films (with English subtitles) push the boundaries of cinematic convention to explore urgent, timely topics. Intended for Francophiles and cinephiles alike, the fall 2025 program brings together a brilliant constellation of politically…

    $11 – $14
  • November 2025

  • Sat 8
    A poster for the film Assembly, presented as part of the Guelph Film Festival. The poster features drawing of a street sign reading Guelph Film Festival Nov 7-15 2025, with the GFF logo. Next to this are two pedestrian crossing signals, both lit up: the orange warning hand is replaced with a clenched fist, the white walk signal is replaced with a white dancing figure. In the centre of the image is another pedestrian signal where the hand and figure are both replaced with a black and red background on which the film title and information are presented, along with a photo of dancers from the film.

    Guelph Film Festival: Assembly—2025, dirs. Rashaad Newsome & Johnny Symons

    November 8, 2025 @ 7:30 pm
    ImprovLab MacKinnon Room 108, 87 Trent Lane, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

    IICSI is proud to co-present Assembly, a film by Rashaad Newsome & Johnny Symons, at this year’s Guelph Film Festival! The film, which runs for 99 minutes, will screen in…

    $15
  • December 2025

  • Mon 8
    A poster for Dr. Sharon D. Engbrecht's talk "Tracing the Life of Violence" at the Guelph Public Library. The poster has a white and black backgound with black and white text describing event details. The logos for 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence, IICSI, and the Guelph Public Library are present. The cover of Katherena Vermette's novel, "The Break," occupies the left side of the poster.

    “Tracing the Life of Violence”— A talk by Dr. Sharon D. Engbrecht, followed by an open discussion

    December 8, 2025 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
    Guelph Public Library 100 Norfolk St., Guelph, Ontario, Canada

    Be part of Guelph’s “16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence” as IICSI 2025-26 Postdoctoral Fellow Dr. Sharon D. Engbrecht explores systemic violence in Katherena Vermette’s "The Break."  As part…

    Free
  • January 2026

  • Wed 21
    Poster for the second iteration of Dr. Eric Fillion's cinema Francophone cinema series, featuring a black and white image of a desert landscape with inset black-and-white stills from the four different films. Text is replicated in the event listing.

    cinéma FRANCOPHONE cinema presents: L.A. Tea Time (2019, dir. Sophie Bedard Marcotte)

    January 21 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
    The Bookshelf Cinema 41 Quebec Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

    IICSI Director Dr. Eric Fillion is bringing his cinéma FRANCOPHONE cinema curated film series back to The Bookshelf Cinema (41 Quebec Street, Guelph, ON). From January through April, Dr. Fillion…

    $11 – $14
  • February 2026

  • Thu 5
    An image of hundreds of instances of the word CACOPHONIE overlaid on each other in different black fonts on a white background, giving the impression of a chaotic black cloud.

    Cacophonie | Just Listening: Experiments with Collective Memory with Dr. Jordan Zalis

    February 5 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
    ImprovLab MacKinnon Room 108, 87 Trent Lane, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

    This interactive workshop by Dr. Jordan Zalis invites you into the practice of just listening—an approach to storytelling and ethnographic engagement that centres care, attention, and the improvised encounters we create…

    Free
  • Wed 11
    Poster for the second iteration of Dr. Eric Fillion's cinema Francophone cinema series, featuring a black and white image of a desert landscape with inset black-and-white stills from the four different films. Text is replicated in the event listing.

    cinéma FRANCOPHONE cinema presents: La Grande Noirceur (2018, dir. Maxime Giroux)

    February 11 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
    The Bookshelf Cinema 41 Quebec Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

    IICSI Director Dr. Eric Fillion is bringing his cinéma FRANCOPHONE cinema curated film series back to The Bookshelf Cinema (41 Quebec Street, Guelph, ON). From January through April, Dr. Fillion…

    $11 – $14
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