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CONTEST: Win passes to the HAND EYE SOCIETY BALL!

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The Fancy Video Game Party is a cool event, entering it’s second big year! This latest iteration is The Hand Eye Society Ball, evoking 8-bit dreams of class and glamour, and indie video games and booze and fun times. I got to go last year and it was a lot of fun, and I can highly recommend it as a cool evening of amazing stuff. Tickets are now on sale at the Hand Eye website (along with details about the event) but if you wanna try you’re luck, we’re giving away some tickets!

WIN ONE OF 3 PAIRS OF TICKETS TO THE HAND EYE SOCIETY BALL.

To enter to win one of 3 pairs of tickets to the Hand Eye Society Ball, all you have to do is make sure you’re subscribed to The Beguiling mailing list (sign-up is in the upper-left corner of this website, beguilingbooksandart.com), and send an email with your name, phone number, and “FANCYSCHMANCY” to  beguilingcontests@gmail.com before Wednesday, September 30th, at 11am. We’ll draw and e-mail the winners sometime on that day.

RULES & REGULATIONS:

  1. Subject line MUST contain entrant’s name, phone number, and “FANCYSCHMANCY”, and must be sent to beguilingcontests@gmail.com.
  2. Entries must be made from an e-mail address subscribed to The Beguiling’s mailing list. Signup on the front page of http://www.beguilingbooksandart.com. (Seriously, we check and we disqualify people not subscribed to the mailing list.)
  3. Entries must be received before Wednesday, September 30th, at 11am.
  4. Employees and family members of The Beguiling are not eligible to win.
  5. One entry per person/phone number.
  6. No purchase necessary, void where prohibited, no cash value, odds of winning depend on total number of entries received, etc.

Good luck! And remember to check out the website and facebook page for info about this excellent event!

http://handeyesociety.com/event/announcing-the-society-ball/
https://www.facebook.com/events/1678070109081027/

– Chris @ The Beguiling

Contest

Fight Club 2 Scratch & Sniff Bookmarks Now Available! Enter the contest!

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Hey folks! We finally got our FIght Club 2 Scratch & Sniff Bookmarks in! They’re now available at the store, and we threw one in each pullfile subscriber’s bin just to make sure the hardcore fans got them.

Once you have the bookmark you can head to http://joinprojectmayhem.com/contest/ and enter a contest to win a bunch of Fight Club 2 swag. Neat, eh?

Oh, and Fight Club 2, issues #1-3 by Chuck Palahniuk &Cameron Stewart, are currently available at the store. As is the disembodied bloody arm, signed by Chuck Palahniuk.

– Chris @ The Beguiling

Contest, Events

It’s the Toronto Japanese Film Festival 2015!

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The Beguiling and Page & Panel: The TCAF Shop are proud to sponsor the 2015 Toronto Japanese Film Festival, taking place June 11th to 26th at the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre. There’s all kinds of great films being screened this year, and tickets are available now at http://www.ticketweb.ca/snl/EventListings.action?orgId=97962&pl=jccc.

A special thing about the lineup this year? There are six (6!) films screening that are being adapted from manga! This is pretty exciting:

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Tokyo Tribe, adapted from the manga by Santa Inoue.
This manga was partially published by Tokyopop, but it’s now out of print. That hasn’t stopped manga fans from snapping up old copies and loving it, though! And this film adaptation by Sion Sono has been drawing raves! Screening June 12. This screening sponsored in part by The Beguiling. Featuring a short introduction by Christopher Butcher of The Beguiling.

poster2Thermae Romae II, adapted from the manga by Mari Yamazaki.
The complete series of these excellent books are in print in English, in three great omnibus editions! Screens June 23rd. This screening sponsored in part by Page & Panel: The TCAF Shop.

Little Forest, adapted from the manga by Daisuke Igarashi
This particular series hasn’t be translated into English, but Igarashi’s amazing visual tour-de-force manga Children of the Sea is available, and it touches on many of the same themes.

Hot Road, adapted from the manga by Taku Tsumugi
Her Granddaughter, adapted from the manga by Keiko Nishi
Maestro!, adapted from the manga by Akira Saso
Unfortunately these authors don’t have anything in print in English, but all of these manga have been critically acclaimed, as have the films!

So once again, we strongly encourage you to check out some of the many great films screening at this year’s Toronto Japanese Film Festival! Full information on the films, schedule, and tickets can be found at http://jccc.on.ca/torontojff/.

– Chris @ The Beguiling

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CONTEST & DISCOUNT TIX: MR. BURNS, A POST-ELECTRIC PLAY

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Hey there! The fine folks behind the upcoming play, MR. BURNS, A POST-ELECTRIC PLAY have given us some tickets to give away, and provided a discount code for you to buy tickets just in case you aren’t the lucky type (or need more than 2). We’re pretty happy about this, because one of our employees, Rielle Braid, is featured in the show!

About the show:

From the people who brought Toronto Terminus, Mr. Marmalade, Vitals, Evil Dead: The Musical, and Potted Potter, comes Mr. Burns, a post-electric play.

Two-time Dora Award-Winning Company Outside the March teams up with Starvox Entertainment & Crow’s Theatre to take on both The Simpsons and The Apocalypse in this brand-new immersive experience, staged entirely without the use of electricity.

Front row audience members will get to kick back and watch the end of the world from the comfort of interactive couch seating, and participate in the lighting of the show!

Beguiling customers! Get 35% off the price of tickets with the exclusive code BEGUILING. For tickets, visit http://www.mrburns.ca

WIN ONE OF 3 PAIRS OF RUN-OF-ENGAGEMENT TICKETS TO MR. BURNS, A POST-ELECTRIC PLAY

Want to win one of three pairs of tickets to see the play, good for the entire run from May 9th to May 31st? Here’s what you have to do: Make sure you’re subscribed to The Beguiling mailing list (sign-up is in the upper-left corner of beguilingbooksandart.com), and send an email with your name, phone number, and “MRSMITHERS” in the subject line to beguilingcontests@gmail.com  before Monday, April 27th, at 10am. We’ll draw and e-mail the winners sometime on that day.
 
RULES & REGULATIONS:

  • Subject line MUST contain entrant’s name, phone number, and “MRSMITHERS”, and must be sent to  beguilingcontests@gmail.com .
  • Entries must be made from an e-mail address subscribed to The Beguiling’s mailing list. Signup on the front page of http://www. beguilingbooksandart.com. (Seriously, we check and we disqualify people not subscribed to the mailing list.)
  • Entries must be received before Monday, April 27th, at 10am.
  • Employees and family members of The Beguiling are not eligible to win.
  • One entry per person/phone number.
  • No purchase necessary, void where prohibited, no cash value, odds of winning depend on total number of entries received, etc.

Good luck!

– Chris @ The Beguiling

 

Contest, Events

CONTEST: Win Passes to see SETH’S DOMINION at Hot Docs!

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The Toronto Comic Arts Festival is pleased to partner with the HOT DOCS Festival in presenting Seth’s Dominion, the award-winning Documentary on the life and work of Canadian cartoonist Seth! Directed by Luc Chamberland, and produced by The National Film Board of Canada, Seth’s Dominion has been highly-anticipated by comics fans and makers since it was first announced, and we’re thrilled to be a part of its premiere Toronto screening as part of the Hot Docs Festival.

The film will screen three times as part of the Festival: Friday April 24 @ 8:45pm at TIFF Bell Lightbox; Saturday April 25 @ 1:00pm at The Royal Cinema; Thursday April 30 @ 9:45pm at Scotiabank Theatre. Tickets are now available for all screenings, via the Hot Docs website: http://goo.gl/rJUxdj.

Here’s the description from the Hot Docs Website:

“Memory and how it moulds us rests at the heart of Luc Chamberland’s delightful film Seth’s Dominion, which celebrates the Canadian cartoonist known as Seth. “You’re not aiming for the detail so much as the overall feeling,” Seth says of his artistic process. Through moving animated vignettes that are narrated by Seth himself, the stillness of the comic book page is brought to life as we are given a window into Seth’s inner world. Childhood moments are captured with emotional vividness, while a late night stroll lost in thought is evoked with intimate attention to detail. We also learn of Seth’s manifold side projects, including his 1950s city of Dominion: an idiosyncratic cardboard creation 10 years in the making. Dotted with warm testimony from cartoonist friends Joe Matt and Chester Brown, Seth’s Dominionprovides a thoughtful portrait of a man who, like so many of his comic character creations, wrestles with a present that’s constantly moving into the past. ” – Description by Justin Mah

For more on Hot Docs Documentary Film Festival, visit hotdocs.ca

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CONTEST: Win passes to see SETH’S DOMIONION!

Okay then! TCAF is sponsoring the screening, and WE are gonna give away a pair of tickets to see the Friday, April 24th, 8:45pm screening! Both Seth and Director Luc Chamberland are going to be in attendance, it’s gonna be a whole thing!

WIN A PAIR OF TICKETS TO SEE SETH’S DOMINION

To enter to win a pair of tickets to see SETH’S DOMINION on Friday, April 28th, at 8:45pm, all you have to do is make sure you’re subscribed to The Beguiling mailing list (sign-up is in the upper-left corner of beguilingbooksandart.com), and send an email with your name, phone number, and “KAO-KUK” to  beguilingcontests@gmail.com before Tuesday, April 21st, 2015, at 10am. We’ll draw and e-mail the winners sometime on that day.

RULES & REGULATIONS:

  1. Subject line MUST contain entrant’s name, phone number, and “KAO-KUK”, and must be sent to beguilingcontests@gmail.com.
  2. Entries must be made from an e-mail address subscribed to The Beguiling’s mailing list. Signup on the front page of http://www.beguilingbooksandart.com. (Seriously, we check and we disqualify people not subscribed to the mailing list.)
  3. Entries must be received before Tuesday, April 21st, 2015, at 10am.
  4. Employees and family members of The Beguiling are not eligible to win.
  5. One entry per person/phone number.
  6. No purchase necessary, void where prohibited, no cash value, odds of winning depend on total number of entries received, etc.

Good luck!

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Contest

Win Passes to see HAPHEAD on Jan 22

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Ten years from now, videogames are so immersive that teenagers learn lethal skills just by playing.
They’re called hapheads.

Hey Toronto! There’s a new webseries by Jim Munroe and the rest of the folks behind the film “Ghosts With Shit Jobs,” launching NEXT THURSDAY, JANUARY 22ND! It’s called HAPHEAD, and if you’re in Toronto you can win passes to an exclusive screening of all 8 episodes!

ABOUT HAPHEAD

Haphead is the story of a girl who’s literally empowered by videogames.

Ten years from now, a new haptic peripheral makes videogames so immersive that people learn skills just by playing. Maxine makes less than minimum wage at the factory where they make them, so she decides to become an unofficial beta tester by stealing one for herself. At home, her favorite rabbit-ninja game gets a whole lot more punishing, with the haptic feedback loop beating lethal skills into her muscle memory. Which is good: she needs to level up quick once her employer discovers her on-the-job theft.

Luckily, she’s not alone. There are other hapheads out there, with a variety of game-trained abilities. But while some of them are kindreds, one of them brings death…

More at http://haphead.com/

Haphead is a new webseries, but you can win one of three double-passes to an exclusive screening of the whole thing on the big screen at The Royal on Wednesday, January 22nd, at 7pm. Keep reading…

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WIN 1 of 3 DOUBLE-PASSES TO AN EXCLUSIVE SCREENING OF ALL 8 EPISODES OF HAPHEAD!

To enter to win one of three double passes to see HAPHEAD at The Royal, all you have to do is make sure you’re subscribed to The Beguiling mailing list (sign-up is in the upper-left corner of thebeguilingbooksandart.com), and send an email with your name, phone number, and “NOMEDIAKINGS” to beguilingcontests@gmail.com before Wednesday, January 21st, at 11am. We’ll draw and e-mail the winners sometime on that day.

RULES & REGULATIONS:

  1. Subject line MUST contain entrant’s name, phone number, and “NOMEDIAKINGS”, and must be sent to beguilingcontests@gmail.com.
  2. Entries must be made from an e-mail address subscribed to The Beguiling’s mailing list. Signup on the front page of http://www.beguilingbooksandart.com. (Seriously, we check and we disqualify people not subscribed to the mailing list.)
  3. Entries must be received before Wednesday, January 21st at 11am.
  4. Employees and family members of The Beguiling are not eligible to win.
  5. One entry per person/phone number.
  6. No purchase necessary, void where prohibited, no cash value, odds of winning depend on total number of entries received, etc.

Good luck!

– Chris @ The Beguiling

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CONTEST: Win passes to GEMMA BOVERY

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Did you miss your chance to see ‘Gemma Bovery,’ the new film based on the graphic novel of the same name by Posy Simmonds, at this year’s TIFF? You’re in luck! It’s opening tonight, December 5th, and running for at least the next week. We’ve got passes to give away good for the run of engagement, starting Monday.

Peter rather liked this one, by the by. Some really strong acting and fun stuff with language and accents that felt very authentic. He recommends it. Fun Fact: Simmonds’ most recent book, Tamara Drewe, was also made into a film in 2010, and the same actress plays the titular character in both films!

WIN ONE OF 5 DOUBLE PASSES TO SEE GEMMA BOVERY

To enter to win one of five double passes to see GEMMA BOVERY good at participating theatres during its run of engagement, all you have to do is make sure you’re subscribed to The Beguiling mailing list (sign-up is in the upper-right corner of thebeguilingbooksandart.com), and send an email with your name, phone number, and “POSY” to beguilingcontests@gmail.com before Monday, December 8th, at 10am. We’ll draw and e-mail the winners sometime on that day.

RULES & REGULATIONS:

  1. Subject line MUST contain entrant’s name, phone number, and “POSY”, and must be sent to beguilingcontests@gmail.com.
  2. Entries must be made from an e-mail address subscribed to The Beguiling’s mailing list. Signup on the front page of http://www.beguilingbooksandart.com. (Seriously, we check and we disqualify people not subscribed to the mailing list.)
  3. Entries must be received before Monday, December 8th, at 10am.
  4. Employees and family members of The Beguiling are not eligible to win.
  5. One entry per person/phone number.
  6. No purchase necessary, void where prohibited, no cash value, odds of winning depend on total number of entries received, etc.

Good luck!

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CONTEST: Win passes to see BORGMAN

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Meanwhile, on a COMPLETELY different note, The Beguiling’s owner Mr. Peter Birkemoe rather enjoyed a film at TIFF this year. It was called Borgman, by Director Alex Van Wamerdam. It is “Surreal, Creepy, and Funny”. Want to see what sort of film Peter likes? Enter this contest.

WIN ONE OF 5 DOUBLE PASSES TO SEE BORGMAN

To enter to win one of five double passes to see BORGMAN at its exclusive engagement at The Royal Cinema, July 4th to 9th, all you have to do is make sure you’re subscribed to The Beguiling mailing list (sign-up is in the upper-right corner of the website), and send an email with your name, phone number, and “BORGMAN” to beguilingcontests@gmail.com before Tuesday, July 1, at 11:00am. We’ll draw and e-mail the winners sometime on the 1st

RULES & REGULATIONS:

  1. Subject line MUST contain entrant’s name, phone number, and “BORGMAN”, and must be sent to beguilingcontests@gmail.com.
  2. Entries must be made from an e-mail address subscribed to The Beguiling’s mailing list. Signup on the front page of http://www.beguilingbooksandart.com. (Seriously, we check and we disqualify people not subscribed to the mailing list.)
  3. Entries must be received before Tuesday, July 1st, at 11:00am.
  4. Employees and family members of The Beguiling are not eligible to win.
  5. One entry per person/phone number.
  6. No purchase necessary, void where prohibited, no cash value, odds of winning depend on total number of entries received, etc.

Good luck!

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CONTEST: Win Passes to THE DOUBLE Wednesday Night!

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The Beguiling is giving away 3 pairs of tickets to see a special promotional screening of THE DOUBLE, the new movie by Director Richard Ayoade and featuring Jesse Eisenberg andMia Wasikowska, thanks to dFilms. The screening is THIS Wednesday, June 11,  at TIFF Bell Lightbox.

Inspired by Dostoyevsky’s novella of the same name, The Double is a dark comedy written by Ayoade and Avi Korine (Mister Lonely), a funny and frightening story about an insignificant man driven to near breakdown by the appearance of his doppelganger. Want to win? Keep reading.

WIN ONE OF 3 PAIRS OF TICKETS TO SEE: THE DOUBLE

To enter to win one of three pairs of tickets to see THE DOUBLE on June 11th, all you have to do is make sure you’re subscribed to The Beguiling mailing list (sign-up is in the upper-right corner of this site), and send an email with your name, phone number, and “DOSTOYEVSKY” to beguilingcontests@gmail.com before Wednesday, June 11th, at 11:00am. We’ll draw and e-mail the winners then.

RULES & REGULATIONS:

  1. Subject line MUST contain entrant’s name, phone number, and “DOSTOYEVSKY”, and must be sent to beguilingcontests@gmail.com.
  2. Entries must be made from an e-mail address subscribed to The Beguiling’s mailing list. Signup on the front page of http://www.beguilingbooksandart.com. (Seriously, we check and we disqualify people not subscribed to the mailing list.)
  3. Entries must be received before Wednesday June 11th, at 11:00am.
  4. Employees and family members of The Beguiling are not eligible to win.
  5. One entry per person/phone number.
  6. No purchase necessary, void where prohibited, no cash value, odds of winning depend on total number of entries received, etc.
  7. Sole screening on Wednesday June 11th, at 7:15pm. Please don’t enter if you know you can’t attend, thanks!

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Good luck!

Contest, Events

Contest: The Mole Song: Undercover Agent Reiji by Takashi Miike

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TJFF-2014_Poster_13x20_Web-665x1024The Beguiling and The Toronto Comic Arts Festival are proud to partner with The Toronto Japanese Film Festival, taking place June 12-27, 2014.

The Beguiling and TCAF will be partnering to present The Mole Song: Undercover Agent Reiji, the new action/comedy by Director Takashi Miike. The Mole Song: Undercover Agent Reiji is based on the (sadly untranslated) manga by Noburo Takasashi, and full to the brim withaction, bawdy comedy, and incredibly garish yakuza fashion. It looks like a hoot.

The Toronto Japanese Film Festival has provided 5 pairs of tickets each to The Beguiling & TCAF to attend the exclusive, one-night only, June 13th screening of The Mole Song: Undercover Agent Reiji for us to give away! We are giving them to people signed up to our mailing list, so sign up in the upper-right-corner of this page! Details below!

WIN ONE OF 5 PAIRS OF TICKETS TO SEE: THE MOLE SONG: UNDERCOVER AGENT REIJI

To enter to win one of five pairs of tickets to see The Mole Song: Undercover Agent Reiji on June 13th at 7:00pm, all you have to do is make sure you’re subscribed to The Beguiling mailing list (sign-up is in the upper-right corner of this site), and send an email with your name, phone number, and “ICHI” to beguilingcontests@gmail.com before Monday, June 2nd, at 11:00am. We’ll draw and e-mail the winners that day.

RULES & REGULATIONS:

  1. Subject line MUST contain entrant’s name, phone number, and “ICHI”, and must be sent to beguilingcontests@gmail.com.
  2. Entries must be made from an e-mail address subscribed to The Beguiling’s mailing list. Signup on the front page of http://www.beguilingbooksandart.com. (Seriously, we check and we disqualify people not subscribed to the mailing list.)
  3. Entries must be received before Monday, June 2nd, at 11:00am.
  4. Employees and family members of The Beguiling are not eligible to win.
  5. One entry per person/phone number.
  6. No purchase necessary, void where prohibited, no cash value, odds of winning depend on total number of entries received, etc.
  7. Sole screening on Friday, June 13th, at 7:00pm. Please don’t enter if you know you can’t attend, thanks! 🙂

Good luck!

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