The Improvisation Institute

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Join us at ImprovLab, Wednesday, November 13, at 1 PM (ET) for "On Cuddling: Loved to Death in the Racial Embrace—Reading and Conversation with Dr. Phanuel Antwi (UBC)" Learn more here: bit.ly/40EgjbM #Literature #Poetry #BlackArts #Cuddling #Race #IICSI

🎶 Join us Friday, November 15, at 12:00 PM (ET) for "Ways Into Improvisation"—a Thinking Spaces workshop with acclaimed UK community musician, Phil Mullen 🎵 Bring Your Instruments 📣 Learn more: bit.ly/4ehLahC #Music #Improvisation #CommunityMusic #ThinkingSpaces

📽️ THIS SATURDAY🎥 MY SEXTORTION DIARY Patricia Franquesa | SPAIN | 64 min Sat Nov 2 | 7:30 | ImprovLab, University of Guelph Co-presented by @edvideoguelph bit.ly/40fi7HU for more tickets and more info! #Guelph #GuelphFestivals #Documentary #LetsTalkDoc

The @GuelphFilm Festival is back November 1-9, 2024! bit.ly/40fi7HU MY SEXTORTION DIARY Patricia Franquesa | SPAIN | 64 min Sat Nov 2 | 7:30 | ImprovLab, University of Guelph Co-presented by @EdVideoGuelph #Guelph #GuelphFestivals #Documentary #LetsTalkDoc

🎈"SAVE THE DATE!"🎈 Tonight! 7PM ImprovLab Join our 2024 Improvisers-in-Residence, Jimmy Weinstein and Lilly Santon, for an evening of creativity and surprise!!! FREE and open to everybody: bit.ly/3ZYpVxA #music #art #improv #improvisation #guelph #events #improvlab

🌳 🎶"Singing in the Circle" 🌳 🎶 📅 Tuesday, October 22 | 12:15 PM(ET) 📍 “How To Draw A Tree” Wellness Circle, Johnson Green, University of Guelph Campus. More info here: bit.ly/4dMpARX #Improvisation #Music #Wellness #Singing

🗞️ IICSI Events, Community Events, IICSI Community Events, and More! 🗞️ October's edition of ImprovNotes is here! Follow this link to read it: bit.ly/4f8ZA4h #IICSI #improv #community #uofguelph #arts

SOAN and IICSI are excited to present: "Deference Rituals and Creative Buzz: Theorizing the Creative Trajectories of Songs and Songwriters" with Taylor Price, Postdoctoral Fellow, Sociology, NYU 🗓️ Wednesday, October 23 | 12:00 - 1:00 PM 📍 MCKN 621, University of Guelph

Thinking Spaces, "Movement Across Borders: Improvisation, Diplomacy, and Transcultural Dialogues" with Melissa Noventa, accompanied by percussionist Mario Allende. Friday, October 25 | 11:00 AM (ET) Learn more and RSVP: bit.ly/3BJtQVd #Improvisation #Movement #Dance

💃 🎨 WE ARE OPEN! 🎙️ 🎭 Tomorrow, October 15 | 2–5 PM ImprovLab 🍂 The University of Guelph may be on Fall Study Break, but the ImprovLab is still in full swing! Interdisciplinary improv—an afternoon of creative exploration and collaboration. #ImprovLab #OpenSessions

🍂 Wishing everyone a happy, healthy, and restful long weekend! 🍂 I’d love to hear from you all—what are your plans? 🌻 Where will you be this weekend? 🎃 Any events you're excited about? 🥘 What's happening in your corner of the world? 📷 : The Arboretum Image Gallery

"SAVE THE DATE! A Creative Community Concert with Jimmy Weinstein and Lilly Santon" October 24 at 7PM (ET) at ImprovLab (MCKN 108 at the University of Guelph): Learn more here: bit.ly/3ZYpVxA

"Improvisers-in-Residence Open Sessions" Tuesdays and Thursdays, October 3–October 22 ImprovLab (108 MacKinnon Building, 87 Trent Lane, University of Guelph Campus) 2:00 PM–5:00 PM Ages 16 and up—all skill levels and experience welcome! Free! bit.ly/3XNIPVc

🥁 Join us tomorrow at 11:00 AM (ET) for "Building a Safe Creativity Environment," with our Improvisers-in-Residence Jimmy Weinstein and Lilly Santon! More info here: bit.ly/3ZELTFH #CultureDays #Improv #Creativity #IICSI #Arts #Improvisation

🎉 Friday, September 27, 11:00 AM (ET), marks the first Thinking Spaces Event of the school year. 🎉 "Building a Safe Creativity Environment," with Jimmy Weinstein and Lilly Santon! More info: bit.ly/3XMqkBJ #IICSI #improv #ThinkingSpaces #OnCultureDays #CultureDays

🎉 . . . A Note from Our Director, A Thinking Spaces Event, A Record Release, and More! 🎉 September's edition of ImprovNotes is here: bit.ly/4dfFqUO #IICSI #improv #community #uofguelph #community

⏰ 10:00 AM 🎭 ImprovLab Join us for the final event of our 2024 GJFC: "Big Ideas in Improvisation: @ImDariusJones (composer, saxophonist) and @Harmony_Holiday (poet, choreographer, filmmaker)" Learn more: bit.ly/3TojrnH #jazz #improv #bigideas #GJFC #IICSI #music

Day 3 of the GJFC is headlined by the incomparable Daphne Brooks, presenting "Liner Notes for the Hurricane: Crate Digging for Porgy and Bess" ImprovLab 2:30 PM See you there: bit.ly/3TbJPkA #jazz #linernotes #DaphneBrooks #GJFC #UofGuelph #AmericanMusic #sound

⚡ Welcome to Day 2 of the Guelph Jazz Festival Colloquium⚡ Be sure to join us from 1:00 to 2:00 PM for a workshop by hakosalo_tuohino, titled “Liner Notes as Score for Improvised Music." Learn more here: bit.ly/3TojrnH #GJFC #improv #linernotes #jazz #Guelph