Leonard Cohen's five week visit to the University of Alberta in Edmonton in 1966 marked his transition from an ordinary person to a celebrity. We plan to commemorate the 50 year anniversary of this visit in 2016 with a special event!

1. Leonard Cohen
Edmonton 1966
Five week visit 48 and a half years ago as
guest of the Department of English
In 2016 we plan a major event
commemorating 50 Year anniversary
of visit where he transitioned from an ordinary
person to a celebrity

2. Hype in the Gateway before
arrival!

3. from Gateway interview
post arrival

4. More Gateway Images
from 1966

5. 1966 Image from
Yearbook

6. Yearbook Text

7. Yearbook audience
Images from 1966 Visit

8. More audience images
from Yearbook

9. Signing autographs

10. More yearbook audience
images

11. Performing

12. The fuel for the
performances!

13. Yearbook Picture
Campus in 1966

14. Campus Today

15. House Sisters of Mercy
Lived in As It Looked in
2004

16. Side Entrance Access to
Basement Apartment
Where Sisters of Mercy
Lived

17. Residential Building
Tamarack House Which
Replaced It In 2013

18. Edmonton Leonard Cohen
Night 2002 2002

19. Stroll of Poets 2002 Leonard
Cohen Night

20. Open Stage Performance
2002

21. Preparing Red Needles
Drink 2002

22. 2003 LCN Ben Sures

23. 2003 LCN
Dale Ladouceur

24. 2004 LCN - Nadel Lecture

25. Poetry Readings in the
Audience 2004

26. Performance Ann Vriend
2004

27. Performance Wendy
McNeill 2004

28. Closing group sing 2005

29. Edmonton 2008 Int.
Leonard Cohen Event
• Built on Leonard’s own significant history in the
city, and on the 6 years of successful Cohen events
we had had by that time. Tours of significant
Cohen sites, guided by singer Michael Dorsey who
lived in adjacent apartment to Sisters of Mercy.
• July 11-13, 2008. Concurrent with Street
Performer’s Festival. Performances by Serena
Ryder, Jann Arden, Tom Rush, Roddy Hart, Peter
Elkas, Darrel Scott, Yaron Hallis, Ann Vriend

30. Edmonton 2016 Int.
Leonard Cohen Event
• Will celebrate the 50 year anniversary of Leonard
Cohen’s pivotal five week visit to Edmonton in
1966.
• Will pick up where the 2008 event left off and
explore additional Edmonton attractions
including the Edmonton Queen Riverboat and the
Edmonton International Film Festival, which we
are partnering with in the event.

31. The Edmonton Queen
Riverboat

32. Edmonton International
Film Festival

33. Mallory Chipman Will be a
Featured Performer