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Out and About: Events & Attractions

While participating in the 2010 L.M. Montgomery Conference, the L.M.M. Institute encourages visitors to take in the sights and sounds of the author's beautiful home province. To assist conference attendees with this, we have compiled a list of possible events and attractions for anyone interested. Each event offers links to key places or people, but as always, feel free to contact us if you have any questions - for instance, yes, we do know of a great little sushi place.

Pre-Conference

Registration for Conference 2010 Open!

Submitted by slloyd on Mon, 03/29/2010 - 16:42
 
Online registration is now open for the 2010 LM Montgomery Conference.
Details on some Conference social events are still being finalized, but we encourage you to register now, and we will e-mail you with further information when social event details and prices are confirmed. 
 
If you have any questions regarding registration, please contact Cynthia Dennis in the Conference Office (cydennis@upei.ca * 902-628-4346).
 

LMMI partners with Research Associate Donna Campbell on new publication

Submitted by slloyd on Thu, 02/11/2010 - 18:08

2010 marks the 100th anniversary of the publication of Montgomery’s third novel, Kilmeny of the Orchard.  In celebration, the L.M. Montgomery Institute will release a facsimile edition of Una of the Garden, the story that evolved into the Kilmeny novel. Una of the Garden was first published in serial format in The Housekeeper magazine (Minneapolis, MN) from December 1908   to April 1909, but the scarcity of back issues of this magazine made Montgomery’s story inaccessible, until now.

Congratulations to our Visiting Scholar!

Submitted by slloyd on Tue, 12/01/2009 - 13:42

The L.M. Montgomery Institute is pleased to congratulate our 2009/2010 Visiting Scholar, Dr. Benjamin Lefebvre, on the succesful launch of The Blythes are Quoted. Montgomery's final book had previously been published only in expurgated form (as The Road to Yesterday), and a complete version of the work was unavailable to the public until Dr. Lefebvre prepared Montgomery's original manuscript for publication by Viking Canada this fall. The book has already garnered considerable media attention and favourable reviews.

New Book: A collectors guide to L.M. Montgomery firsts

Submitted by slloyd on Mon, 11/30/2009 - 17:44

Charlottetown book collectors Frank and Juanita Lechowick have launched a new book, A collector's guide to L.M. Montgomery firsts.

From the launch announcement:

"In the course of research in libraries and used book stores from Charlottetown to Victoria, the authors have discovered the points of Montgomery’s original editions, from Anne of Green Gables (1908) to Anne of Ingleside (1939).  A Collector’s Guide to L. M. Montgomery Firsts presents their findings systematically, with photographs and descriptions of each of the 39 first editions."

 

For P.E.I. orders, contact:

Frank Lechowick

falechowick@hotmail.com

 

Five-Day Extension for LMMI Conference Submissions

Submitted by slloyd on Wed, 09/16/2009 - 16:42

Due to an unexpected technological difficulty, Conference co-chairs Benjamin Lefebvre and Jean Mitchell are offering a five-day extension to everyone interested in submitting a proposal to the L.M. Montgomery and the Matter of Nature conference, to be hosted by the L.M. Montgomery Institute and held at the University of Prince Edward Island. Please send your abstracts and full contact information in the body of an e-mail to lmmi@upei.ca by Monday, 21 September at the very latest.

The Nine Lives of L.M. Montgomery

Submitted by slloyd on Sat, 07/25/2009 - 14:23
 
July 11 to August 22 at the Carrefour Theatre in Charlottetown
 
A musical biography of the celebrated Canadian author. Writer Adam-Michael James and Emmy-nominated composer Leo Marchildon teamed up to create this one-of-a-kind, very special theatrical event. L.M. Montgomery is best known for her first book, the 1908 Anne of Green Gables which popularized her native Prince Edward Island, and, to this day attracts thousands of tourists. However, Maud wrote 19 other books centering on a total of eight heroines - Anne, Kilmeny, Sara, Emily, Valancy, Marigold, Pat, and Jane.  Add Maud's own complicated life to those of her fictional octet and you get The Nine Lives of L.M. Montgomery
 

Anne & Gilbert - The Musical

Submitted by slloyd on Sat, 07/25/2009 - 14:15
Jul 14-Sep 10, 2009, at the Harbourfront Theatre in Summerside
Anne & Gilbert, The Musical is the celebrated story of Anne of Green Gables in love. It has been declared by The Guardian that it is "Hands down the best" Anne of Green Gables Musical, "a classic" by New York's Variety and "a hit" by Newsweek. No Prince Edward Island vacation is complete without seeing Anne & Gilbert, winner of an East Coast Music Award and a play which is consistently celebrated and produced across North America and the world. Please note: Anne & Gilbert runs from June 23rd to Sept 19th, 2009, but the first 3 Saturday performances (June 27, July 4 and July 11th) as well as September 12th will have a 4:00pm curtain time.
 

Putting the FUN in Fundraising: A great evening for a great cause!

Submitted by slloyd on Sun, 07/19/2009 - 16:50

All friends of Maud and the Institute are warmly invited to a special fundraising performance of the Montgomery Theatre's wonderful new production of The Fourposter, set for Friday, July 24th. The evening will open at 7pm with a short talk by our new Visiting Scholar, Dr. Benjamin Lefebvre, on Montgomery's marriage, in keeping with the entertaining and intimate portrait of wedlock offered in The Fourposter. 

Proceeds from the evening's ticket sales go to support the work of the Institute, so book now (details below) for an enjoyable and enlightening occassion in support of a worthy cause.

 

LMMI announces 2009 L.M. Montgomery Visiting Scholar

Submitted by slloyd on Sun, 07/19/2009 - 16:42

Dr. Benjamin Lefebvre of Waterloo, Ontario, has been appointed the 2009 Visiting Scholar for the L.M. Montgomery Institute (LMMI) at the University of Prince Edward Island, announced Institute chair Mark Leggott.

Lefebvre will work with the LMMI’s governing committee to facilitate and expand scholarship about L.M. Montgomery, P.E.I.’s most famous author, and her contemporaries.