BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/Halifax X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Halifax BEGIN:VEVENT UID:716@devourfest.com DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20211020T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20211020T220000 DTSTAMP:20211018T011425Z URL:https://devourfest.com/program/devour-opening-gala-film-tampopo-curate d-by-tomson-highway-w-winner-of-the-nourish-ns-food-film-challenge-in-pers on/ SUMMARY:Devour! Opening Gala Film Tampopo curated by Tomson Highway w/winne r of the Nourish NS Food & Film Challenge - IN PERSON DESCRIPTION:Venerated playwright and musician Tomson Highway has chosen Tam popo as his favourite food film of all time. It’s the tale of an eccentr ic band of culinary ronin who guide the widow of a noodle shop owner on he r quest for the perfect recipe. Following the screening\, longtime festiva l host Bob Blumer will host an in-person conversation with Tomson Highway about music\, travel\, food\, and life in the business.\n\nOn this special evening\, we will also screen and award the youth winner of the Nourish N ova Scotia Food &\; Film Challenge\, where we invited children and yout h of all ages to make a short film about Food for a Brighter Future. The w inner will receive a $500.00 prize from Nourish Nova Scotia to support a h ealthy eating program or initiative in their school/community\, as well as $500.00 in equipment from CBC. To enter a film in the competition\, click here.\n\nTicket Price: $25.00\n\nSponsored by: CBC Atlantic\n\nIf you’r e unable to join us in person\, you can host your own screening at home by renting it on iTunes or YouTube and stream the live interview with Tomson Highway following the film. \n\nTomson Highway\n\nTomson Highway was bor n in a snowbank on the Manitoba/Nunavut border to a family of nomadic cari bou hunters. He was raised off-reserve\, in the spectacularly beautiful na tural landscape that is Canada’s subarctic. He had the great privilege o f growing up in two languages\, neither of which were French or English\; but Cree\, his mother tongue\, and Dene\, the language of the neighbouring nation—a people with whom they roamed and hunted. \n\nFollowing an edu cation where he earned both a Bachelor of Music and the equivalent of a Ba chelor of Arts with an English major\, he spent seven years immersed in th e field of Native social work. He then combined his education and training \, and poured himself into writing. \n\nToday\, Tomson enjoys an internat ional career as playwright\, novelist\, pianist\, composer\, and songwrite r. Tomson is best known for universal hits such as The Rez Sisters\, Dry L ips Oughta Move to Kapuskasing\, Rose\, Ernestine Shuswap Gets her Trout\, and the best-selling novel Kiss of the Fur Queen. He has also published a number of children’s books\, namely Caribou Song\, Dragon Fly Kites\, a nd Fox on the Ice. His work has been translated into 11 languages. \n\nFo r many years\, Tomson was Artistic Director of Canada’s premiere aborigi nal theatre company\, Toronto-based Native Earth Performing Arts\, from wh ich has emerged an entire generation of playwrights and theatre artists.  \n\nTomson is the recipient of 10  honorary doctorates and is a member of the Order of Canada. His awards and nominations include Dora Mavor Moore Awards\, Governor General’s Literary Award\, Floyd S. Chalmers Canadian Play Award\, Toronto Arts Award\, and National Aboriginal Achievement Awar d. \n\nFluent in Cree\, French\, and English\, he continues to write\, te ach\, lecture\, and perform across Canada and around the world. \n\nBob Bl umer\n\nGastronaut\, author\, and 8x Guinness World Record holder Bob Blum er is best known as the creator and host of Food Network’s award-winning shows Surreal Gourmet\, Glutton for Punishment\, and World’s Weirdest R estaurants. He has written seven cookbooks—transforming ordinary ingredi ents into wow-inspiring dishes through simple cooking methods and whimsica l presentations that have become his culinary trademark. The Globe and Mai l called his most recent book\, Flavorbomb: a rogue guide to making everyt hing taste better\, “a crash course in becoming a better\, bolder cook. ” Bob is a long-term ambassador for Second Harvest\, a perishable food b ank\, and an ambassador for Love Food/Hate Waste\, a national Canadian zer o-waste initiative. Bob documents his love of food\, travel and Wolfville on Instagram. You can stalk him @bobblumer.\n\nIn keeping with Nova Scotia provincial health regulations and a desire to keep all our guests safe an d healthy\, Devour! will require proof of full Covid-19 vaccine immunizati on along with a valid photo ID upon entry to all events with no exceptions . For all Devour! Covid Protocols\, please visit our website. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://devourfest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/0 9/Tampopo.jpg LOCATION:Al Whittle Theatre\, 450 Main St\, Wolfville\, NS\, B4P 1E2\, Cana da GEO:45.0915;-64.362765 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=450 Main St\, Wolfville\, N S\, B4P 1E2\, Canada;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Al Whittle Theatre:geo:45. 0915,-64.362765 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Halifax X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Halifax BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20210314T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0300 TZNAME:ADT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR