Metric
Sunday, May 16, 8 pm
Terminal 5
Canada’s new wave-indie sensation Metric broke stateside with its 2007 release, Live it Out. Lead singer Emily Haines (who has also performed with Toronto “rock collective,” Broken Social Scene) is out front as usual on the band’s danceable, synth-heavy latest album, Fantasies. Metric plays New York this month with Brooklyn's Bear in Heaven.
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Peter Behrens:
A Terrible Beauty
Friday, May 21 & Saturday, May 22,
8 pm; Sunday, May 23, 3 pm
Irish Arts Center
Canadian author Peter Behrens’ stunning debut novel, The Law of Dreams, tells the story of a young man’s Homeric passage from innocence to experience during the Irish Famine of 1847. The novel won the 2006 Governor General’s Literary Award (Canada’s highest literary honor) and was called “absorbing, unsparing, and beautifully written” (The New York Times Book Review). This month the Irish Arts Center presents A Terrible Beauty, a moving and engaging performance of music and literature based on the novel. The performance will feature Peter Behrens as narrator, Grammy-winning composer and pianist Paul Sullivan, and soprano Rosie Upton. Tickets are $28 and can be purchased here or by calling (212) 868-4444. For more information, please see the Arts and Culture Spotlight interview with Peter Behrens, in this issue of Canada Watch.
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Canada’s Ambassador to the United States, Gary Doer.
Ambassador Gary Doer
and The Council
of State Government’s
Economic Summit of the States
May 20 – 23
Marriott Marquis
As the nation’s only nonpartisan, neutral convener of state government officials from all three branches, the Council of State Governments (CSG) has planned the upcoming Economic Summit of the States to provide a platform for state legislators, key legislative staff, state executive branch officials, state judicial officials, and private sector partners to exchange ideas and insights, develop creative solutions, and consider how to transform state government and the economies of the states. The summit is designed to provide state government leaders with vital information and strategies on how to lead their respective states through these turbulent economic times. One of the featured panels, a discussion of the integrated nature of the North American economy, is entitled “A North American Future: Promoting Growth through Cross-Border Competition.” Canada’s Ambassador to the United States, Gary Doer, will participate in this panel and deliver a keynote address at the Summit’s May 22 luncheon event.
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Sara Gruen
Thursday, May 27, 8:15pm
Buttenwieser Hall, 92nd Street Y
Canadian-born writer Sara Gruen achieved extraordinary success with her novel Water for Elephants, a long-time New York Times bestseller. Her new novel, Ape House, due in September, continues her exploration of humans’ relationships with animals in a story about a family of apes torn from their laboratory by animal liberation activists. She will present a preview of her new work at the 92nd Street Y this month, along with acclaimed authors Lee Child and Edmund Morris.
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