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Now For Plan A by The Tragically Hip from the album "Now For Plan A"

w/ Sarah Harmer

Directed by Max Montalvo
By Gabana Films

Our friend Max Montalvo is launching an installation art piece June 8 in Kingston at the Heather Hayne's Gallery in Kingston.

Inspired by the works of John Cage, Robert Rauschenberg, Stan Brakhage & The Tragically Hip, 161! is a visual poem that explores human perception.



This six-minute piece plays continuously. Following the opening sequence that begins with Sarah Harmer reciting Pablo Neruda�s �Ode to Age�, the remaining 161 scenes are randomly rearranged by a computer program each time the film is played. The mathematical expression for the total number of combinations in which the scenes can be rearranged is 161! (161x 160 x 159 x � x 3 x 2 x 1).

There are 7.59 x 10286 versions of the film. That number is larger than all the atoms in the observable universe.

Here is the teaser.

June 25
Antwerp, BE
Rivierenhof
Tickets onsale on April 16 @ noon local time.
Tickets are available online at www.openluchttheater.be

Friday July 19
Buffalo, NY
Buffalo Outer Harbor
Tickets go on-sale Friday April 12 @ noon EST

Details

The Tragically Hip will be headlining the Summer Festival on Trafalgar Square.
July 1st
London, UK
Trafalgar Square
This is a free outdoor event

Greetings all!

This spring don't miss the chance to catch a Canadian great. Kurt Browning, four time national and world champion and a long time Hip friend and collaborator, is performing all across Canada with Stars on Ice this April and May.

During the show Kurt will be skating to a new piece written by the Hip's Gord Sinclair and choreographed by the man himself, entitled "Kurt's Song". Don't miss your chance to see a national treasure and Canada's greatest skater ever.

Go to www.starsonice.ca for details.

Calgary, AB
Shaw Millenium Park
September 07, 2013

Tickets GA - $64.50 SC & VIP $125 SC
VIP tickets include priority entry, VIP area with premium bar service and upgraded food options, souvenir laminate and lanyard, and complimentary event poster


This show is"all ages w/ licensed area". Please note that the VIP area is strictly 18 .

Pre-Sale: March 12 @ 10:00AM to March 14 @ 10:00PM MDT

Password: Registered users get password from thehip.com

On-Sale: Friday March 15 @ 10:00 AM MDT
Tickets Available: Tickets

Tickets go on-sale starting March 15 @ 10AM MST, but will only be available online at that time.

Starting April 2 @ 10am MST, tickets will also be available at the Energy Centre.

Click for Show details

With Sam Roberts Band and Rural Alberta Advantage


Tickets On-Sale: Friday, March 8th at noon
Tickets Available: by phone at 1-855-310-2525 or online at:

Public On-Sale
French Tickets
English Tickets

Please join The Tragically Hip, to help stock the shelves at your local Food Bank. Bring as many non-perishable food items as you can to their upcoming performance in your city, and drop it off in the donation box. Volunteers will be on hand to help collect the items. Please give generously.

Note: Due to circumstances beyond our control, there will not be a collection in Moncton and Halifax