Wavelength is excited to present Canadian musician Melissa Auf der Maur, former bassist for Hole and The Smashing Pumpkins for the Toronto launch of her new memoir Even the Good Girls Will Cry: A ‘90s Rock Memoir (Da Capo Press). Auf der Maur will be joined in conversation by Jim Shedden, AGO Curator of Special Projects and Director, Publishing and Sophie Hackett, AGO Curator of Photography, co-curators of her forthcoming AGO exhibition Melissa Auf der Maur: My 90s Photographs. Co-presented with the AGO, this all-ages event is free with an advance ticket. Tickets will be available to AGO Members and Wavelength newsletter subscribers on February 3, and to the Public on February 10. For more details, visit ago.ca/events/melissa-auf-der-maur-book-launch-and-signing
The launch is the centrepiece of a whole weekend of Melissa Auf der Maur at the Wavelength Music Festival + Conference, that will also include a xMAdMx Darkwave DJ set and a curated evening of performance co-presented by Basilica Hudson, her multi-disciplinary art centre and Basilica SoundScape, their annual festival.
About Melissa Auf der Maur:
Melissa Auf der Maur was born and raised in Montreal, Canada with a fine arts education. She is an acclaimed musician, photographer, curator and producer, best known as the former bassist of rock bands Hole and The Smashing Pumpkins. In 2010 she co-founded Basilica Hudson, a multidisciplinary art center in Hudson, NY, where she lives with her family and magic cats.
About Basilica SoundScape:
Basilica SoundScape — Basilica Hudson’s signature music festival presented in collaboration with The Creative Independent — is proud to present a weekend of music and art within our beautifully reclaimed post-industrial setting right at the Hudson River’s epic waterfront, presenting some of the world’s most exciting and boundary-pushing performers with a special emphasis on ecstatic noise, poets, and the written word.
About Wavelength:
Wavelength Music is a non-profit arts platform that presents concerts, festivals, and conversations about music and city-building in the Toronto area. Established in 2000 by a collective of indie musicians, Wavelength supports emerging and under-recognized artists across diverse genres, curates immersive event experiences, and leads transformative research and development projects.
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The AGO is a fully accessible venue. For more information, please visit: https://ago.ca/visitor-information/plan-your-accessible-visit
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