Saturday, June 30, 2012

June Cultural Roundup

The Flat Iron Building in NYC as 
photographed by Berenice Abbott
Exhibits:
Cindy Sherman exhibit at Museum of Modern Art, NYC
A Short History of Photography and Weegee: Murder is my Business, International Centre for Photography, NYC
Picasso: Masterpieces from the Musée National Picasso, Paris, AGO
Berenice Abbott: Photographs, AGO

Films: 
Conan O'Brien Can't Stop by Rodman Flender (U.S., 2011)
Cosmopolis by David Cronenberg (Can., 2012)
Across the Universe by Julie Traymor (U.S./U.K., 2007)
50/50 directed by Jonathan Levine (U.S., 2011)

Books:
Never Mind by Edward St. Aubyn (please see review here)
Bad News by Edward St. Aubyn (please see review here)
Paris to the Moon by Adam Gopnik
Some Hope by Edward St. Aubyn
In the Garden of Beasts by Erik Larson

Events:
Exile Short Fiction Awards, June 9, 2012

Readings:
Launch of the Summer Issue of Descant at the Magpie, 831 Dundas St. W., June 27, 2012

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