HUMAN LIBRARY
Ottawa locals and festival artists become human books sharing their personal stories,
beliefs and experiences in this exciting, interactive project. This one-of-a-kind experience
brings strangers together for personal, humourous and touching interactions. Working
just like a real library, visitors borrow and return books - the twist is that in The Human
Library the books are people and as a visitor you'll have a candid conversation with the
people on loan.
Our Human Library is full of human books that are experts in a variety of fields and
come from a diverse range of experiences and backgrounds. Want to learn about cultural
expression? Sign out a person from our Arts Section. Want to confront a fear you may
have within yourself towards another group of people or type of person? Then visit our
Humanities Section and challenge yourself to grow. Perhaps you're keen on discovering the
inner-workings of governments and non-governmental organizations? The Politics Section
is the place for you. Your experience with a human book could be from 10 minutes to an
hour so bring your curiosity, your questions and your interest in sharing!
Created by Stop the Violence for the Roskilde Music Festival in Denmark and presented
all over the world and across Canada, The Human Library makes new bonds, breaks down
stereotypes and generally gets people together. What better way to meet fellow festivalgoers
and neighbours?
June 4,5,7,9,10,11 | See schedule for times | Free | Western SKYWALK at RIDEAU CENTRE

MUSIC AND CELEBRATION FOR THE JEWISH WEDDING
Join YICHUD (Seclusion) musical director Aviva Chernick, accordion player Ronen Segall
and the bride and groom themselves Rachel and Chaim (Julie Tepperman and Aaron Willis)
for a vocal exploration of music for the Jewish wedding. During this 90-minute workshop,
participants will learn traditional Chassidic melodies and be guided through celebratory
musical improvisations. No previous singing experience or knowledge of Hebrew is necessary -
just bring your curiosity. WARNING: singing may lead to hora dancing and shtick.
Limited places are available, contact encounters@magneticnorthfestival.ca to reserve.
June 5 | 12PM | Free | Library , Arts Court

KARAOKALYPSE
A Karaoke-Cabaret of Songs for the End of the World.
The incredible Zuppa Theatre Co. Pit Band plays a concert of original anthems, power
ballads and lullabies about the end of the world. Want to be a guest star? Throughout
the night, you are invited to join Zuppa onstage to sing karaoke versions of your favourite
apocalyptic melodies. Def Leopard's "Armageddon It", anyone?
June 7 | 10PM | Free | Club SAW

ALEXIS O'HARA - IN THE HEAT OF LANUIT
In In The Heat of LaNuit, iconoclast Montreal artist Alexis O'Hara transfuses drag, cabaret,
pop music and spoken word with a tongue-in-cheek musical treatise on our modern day
obsession with feelings. With appearances by Alexis as herself and as her alter ego Guizo,
a lothario with a sensitive soul, In The Heat of LaNuit features multi-lingual medleys, split
personality rants, gender artifice, live sampling, synths and drum machines in a song cycle
of obscure covers and original songs from her new album, Ellipsis.
June 8 | 10PM | $10 at the door, free for Industry Pass-holders | Club SAW

BEING YOURSELF ONSTAGE
The Chop Theatre directs a workshop teaching the art of being yourself onstage –
harder than it sounds. Using interviews and story-telling in large and small groups,
participants will learn how to make simple, honest contact with the audience as well as
some basic techniques of shaping stories of personal experience into performance.
Limited places are available, contact encounters@magneticnorthfestival.ca
to reserve.
June 10 | 1PM-2:30PM | Free | Arts Court Studio

THE FEMALE FORM, BEAUTY AND ART, A LECTURE
From Ingres to Cindy Sherman, DaVinci to Dali and in works by artists from across the globe and throughout time, representations and images of women in visual art are loaded with meaning. Often they reflect artists' and society's aspirations, prejudices and obsessions. So where then, do we place Nina Arsenault and her pursuit of the ideal female form? Queer performance scholar Paul Halferty and Ottawa Art Gallery Curator of the Firestone Collection of Canadian Art and Assistant Curator Catherine Sinclair have some answers. Join us for this engaging lecture on beauty, aesthetics and the use of the female form in art from beginnings of art practice to classic works toThe Silicone Diaries.
June 10 | 3:30PM-5PM | Free | Lecture Hall, National Gallery of Canada