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Francophones celebrate culture during September and October 

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For the second consecutive year, ROCS will be presenting la Grande Rentree, a month-long program of activities to celebrate the launch of its members' 2010-2011 season. ROCS is the Regroupement des organismes culturels de Sudbury, an umbrella group for Sudbury's Francophone cultural organizations.
With Anchored in ROCS as its theme, seven member organizations will present a wide variety of events from Sept. 16 to Oct. 22 to kick off an exciting new season for arts and culture in Greater Sudbury.
Members are deeply rooted in the Sudbury landscape. Over the years, hundreds of local authors, actors, painters, sculptors, storytellers, musicians and singers have benefitted from the presence and the resources of these organizations to reach local, national and international audiences.
The 2010-2011 arts and culture scene in Greater Sudbury will be close to the community, with contemporary productions and forward-looking developments. All Sudburians are warmly invited to take part in this program of exciting events that marks the start of a new season.
Member organizations of the ROCS are le Théâtre du Nouvel-Ontario, la Galerie du Nouvel-Ontario, les Éditions Prise de parole, le Salon du livre du Grand Sudbury, Les Concerts La Nuit sur l'étang, le Centre franco-ontarien de folklore and La Slague du Carrefour francophone. These seven cultural organizations have played a major role in promoting and enriching the Franco-Ontarian identity for over 40 years.

Thursday, September 16
Opening of Traces et empreintes urbaines by artist Suzanne Joos
5 to 7 pm at GNO, 174 Elgin Street.
Traces et empreintes urbaines is a study on urban landscapes and how time leaves its mark on them. The artist proposes an unusual and experimental view of these landscapes, which stimulates reflection by contrasting wide overviews in fictional city plans with a close-up view of laneway topography. Two memories collide and superimpose, one through the deformation of conventional maps, the other inspired by time-worn asphalt (holes, cracks, pot holes)

MISTEUR VALAIRE
8 pm in the Vale Inco Cavern at Science North
Take five 23-year olds who have been playing together since they were 6 years old and give them a trumpet, a saxophone, sequencers, percussions, turntables, a drum set, a bass, keyboards and a very eclectic attitude. What you get Misteur Valaire. It's not electro pop, nor hip hop, it's not jazz or rock, but an improbable mix of all that. With horns, samplers and enough beat to keep you dancing all night, these five musicians never fail to deliver contagious energy and good humour.

Friday, September 17

Celebration for ROCS volunteers
From 6 pm to 8 pm at TNO, 21 Lasalle Boulevard
All the great volunteers from all seven ROCS member organizations are invited to a barbecue where prizes and presents will be distributed. The party will continue with the Cowboys fringants concert that every volunteer gets to see at an unbeatable volunteer price.

Les Cowboys fringants
At 9 pm in front of Collège Boréal
To celebrate its 15th anniversary, Collège Boréal, with partners La Slague and Le Loup FM, offers a concert of this wildly popular Quebecois band that has an international following and legions of devoted fans of all ages. This year, the traditional Froche back to school concert has moved from its usual downtown venue to College Boréal's main campus. 

Qualité Motel
The After-party at TNO
After the outside concert, people are invited to finish off the evening dancing at the TNO with this 100% electronic sideline project of Misteur Valaire. A simple 5 DJ set up with vintage drum machine, cheapo synthesizers, samplers all you need to create high energy remixes and original works. These beats will keep you dancing all night.

Saturday, September 18

ROCS open house
From 8 am to 6 pm at Librairie du Nouvel-Ontario, 93 Durham
ROCS members will be on hand to meet and greet the community, celebrate the Anchored in ROCS initiative and share the details of the upcoming season. Presents and surprises will be given out. If you can't attend, listen in to your favourite French radio stations to hear all about it.

Public Reading of Saros, a play by Michel Ouellette
At 4 pm at Librairie du Nouvel-Ontario, 93 Durham
Théâtre du Nouvel-Ontario invites you to contribute to the creative process of Franco-Ontarian playwright Michel Ouellette's latest project Saros. The reading will be by the author himself and will be followed by a question and discussion period. Who knows, your observations and commentaries might influence the author's final version.

Wednesday, September 22

Franco-Ontarian and African storytelling
At 8 pm at Fromagerie Elgin.
Le Centre franco-ontarien de folklore (CFOF) with partner Contact interculturel francophone de Sudbury (CIFS) join their efforts to present this event that unites different cultural groups through storytelling. Hosted by Rachel Desaulniers from Radio-Canada Espace musique, this event promotes understanding and sharing of different cultures through a fun storytelling night.

Thursday, September 28

Launch of La Slague's season and unveiling of the «À quatre fourches» project
From 5 pm to 7 pm at Librairie du Nouvel-Ontario, 93 Durham
Come and find out all about la Slague's 2010-2011 season, what artists will be coming to town, where and when will La Slague next bring you? We will also be unveiling the end product of an art project that local artist Céline Blais-Maltais did with the young participants from le Carrefour francophone's Tremplins program.

Thursday, September 30

Rimes, rythmes et bebittes!
8 pm at TNO, 21 Lasalle Boulevard.
An evening of poetry and music with Toronto poet Marc LeMyre followed by the Sudbury band Les Cokrels. LeMyre is back in Sudbury along with multi-instrumentist Éric St-Laurent to present his latest electric poetry show - Nous sommes venus en amis. The evening closes with les Cokrels, who will launch their latest CD, Le Dernier poème d'amour sur la terre, Les Cokrels saluent Patrice Desbiens, an album of poems by the great Patrice Desbiens put to rock music.

 
Friday, October 22

Le salut de l'arrière-pays, variety show with music and book launch
7:30 pm at the Algoma Hotel in Chelmsford
Le Salon du livre du Grand-Sudbury and les Éditions Prise de parole, in collaboration with Les Concerts La Nuit sur l'étang, present  Le salut de l'arrière -pays, a variety show with music, tales and story telling, portraits, sketches, book and musical CD launch. The book is the text version of a Radio-Canada radio series created and inspired by eight small communities in Northern Ontario. The CD launch is a musical rendering of the radio series by Greater-Sudbury musician, Stéphane Paquette.