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| Regional Events » Type In Pt. II » 13-11-2013 09:51:51 |
- Juturna101
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Toronto, Canada
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Hello Ladies and Gents, Writers, design and Analog Enthusiasts – have we got an event for you!
Join us on Tuesday November 19th @ 7 p.m. at the Beer Academy for an evening of type-filled-fun. Typewriters will be set up on display as well as for general use, and of course we welcome you to bring your own. All attendees will have their names entered into a draw for both typewriter and beer related goodies for this fall Type-In event!
Additionally, we are honoured to have well established collector and enthusiast Martin Howard joining us with a sampling of his private collection of 19th century standards. Old Fort Typewriter Co. will is also please be providing 20th century machines for general use and display – let the typing begin!
The neighborhood and venue lends itself well to the general atmosphere of the evening as it is in the midst of the former sites of Underwood Typewriter Company’s Canadian headquarters (135 Victoria Street), service center (356 Victoria Street), factory (115 Victoria Street), warehouse and the like. The location of the Beer Academy is also of interest and historical note. The building it is attached too was the Sheldon hotel, a spot alleged to be frequented by many an aspiring writer and Underwood Typewriter Company Personnel from the early 1900s through to the late 60s .
Bring rough notes, poems, friends and an appetite for great Ontario craft beer to 75 Victoria Street.
| Regional Events » Type In Thursday Aug 8 - Toronto, Canada » 08-8-2013 11:58:12 |
- Juturna101
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That's news to me!
Fantastic, then we have more than one in Toronto!!
In fact, Doug also got his start in the industry at the Don Mills plant, I wonder if they were buddies?
| Regional Events » Type In Thursday Aug 8 - Toronto, Canada » 08-8-2013 11:01:49 |
- Juturna101
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Thanks Uwe!
Just as an update: The last remaining typewriter repairman in Toronto, Doug Sanderson, will be present and offering prizes + the history of typewriters in Toronto
If you have a chance, drop on by as it will be a fun event and defiinitely an opportunity to learn about the history of Toronto.
| Regional Events » Type In Thursday Aug 8 - Toronto, Canada » 01-8-2013 12:21:16 |
- Juturna101
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Come on down!!!
| Regional Events » Canadian Premiere Of <<the Typewriter>> April 4th 8pm » 25-3-2013 12:23:01 |
- Juturna101
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Thanks Uwe!
Yes, tickets are $5 at the door. The screen looks great, I've seen one of their Thursday evening movies there before and it's just like being at the movies...with the added benefit of Toronto craft beer!
| Regional Events » Canadian Premiere Of <<the Typewriter>> April 4th 8pm » 25-3-2013 10:59:16 |
- Juturna101
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Old Fort Typewriter Co. and 3030 will co-host the Canadian screening of (director) Christopher
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Lockett and (producer) Gary Nicholson’s film The Typewriter. This documentary captures the story
of a supposedly obsolete machine, its unique undying presence and the people who use, love and
repair it in the 21st century!
The evening kicks off at 8 PM sharp starting with a performance by songwriter Cailean Lewis. The
Typewriter film screens at 9pm; with a total running time of 57 minutes. Following the screening,
musician Kevin Kralik will hit the stage with his trio. The film will be projected on the main stage
screen in HD with state-of-the-art sound and will be the films only showing in Canada. Following
the Toronto premier, the film will go on to enjoy screenings in Denmark, the Netherland’s and
across the United States.
“This is going to be a really amazing event for the community. This area is just bustling with
creative minds and this film premier will bring everyone together under a common guise: film,
typewriter, craft beer and exquisite food! It will shed light on a unique craft, once taken for dead,
but now still very much alive as well as illustrate the romanticism surrounding the art of writing. I
can’t wait!” – Matthew Chojnacki, Co-Founder of Old Fort Typewriter Co.
For authors Robert Caro and David McCullough – four Pulitzer Prizes, three National Book
Awards, and a Presidential Medal Of Freedom between them, the typewriter offers something
that’s missing from the literary world today – the chance to slow down. “In writing,” Caro says,
“Working faster isn’t better; in fact it isn’t even necessarily good.” McCullough concurs: “If anything,
I want to slow down.” They have a lot to say about the writing process in the film.
The Typewriter (In the 21st Century)
The film featuring 30+ interviews in 10 U.S. states with authors, collectors, repairmen (and
women), artists, musicians, inventors, as well as bloggers from The Ty
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