August 27th
Anahita Azrahimi - Painting - bio
http://www.anahitaazrahimi.com/
Sara Hennessey – Comedian/Host - bio
http://www.sarahennessey.com/
Byron Abalos – Theatre - bio
Kai Yapp - theatre - bio
Rhombus Appreciation Society Dance Company – Dance - bio
Maneli Jamal – Guitarist - bio
http://www.myspace.com/manelijamal
http://
www.youtube.com/maneli
Taco Ninjas – Comedic Folk - bio
Levi MacDougall - Comedian - bio
Chere francoise - Singer/Songwriter - bio
AntiFrantiK – Rap - bio
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Anahita Azrahimi - Painting
http://www.anahitaazrahimi.com
Anahita started painting as a hobby when she was a teenager, copying Walt Disney cartoon characters that eventually evolved into reproducing works of Monet and Turner. She studied drawing and oil painting techniques independently with some of Iran’s leading visual artists. Her major in Visual and Studio Arts from the Arts Management program at the University of Toronto at Scarborough has given her a more structured study of the fundamentals of Visual Arts.
She holds a Bachelor of Science in Biology and the Microsoft Certified Solution Developer certificate (MCSD).
Anahita has had the pleasure of working with very exciting arts organizations in Toronto as an arts professional. She is currently the Producer and Tour Director of Sparrow in the Room, an artist collective she co-founded with Artistic Directors, Robert Morgan and Edith Tankus. She has worked with companies like Dancemakers, Creative Trust for Arts & Culture and the Childrens’ Peace Theatre. She envisioned and created the first Children’s Peace Parade of Toronto, which has since become an annual event. She sits on board of Modern Times Stage Company and the steering committee of Cultural Pluralism in the Performing Arts Movement Ontario.
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Sara Hennessey – Comedian/Host
http://www.sarahennessey.com/
Sara Hennessey is a Toronto based stand up comedian extraordinaire. She has crazy ninja-like comedy skills designed to make laughter propel from your mouth, voluntary or not... As the host and co-producer of three monthly shows, Laugh Sabbath’s Hour of Power, Comedy at the Ossington, and Last Comedy Show at The Gladstone Art Bar, Sara takes friend, foe and common folk on a magical adventure of laughs and self-discovery. Sara regularly shares her pop-culture expertise on Much Music's Video on Trial, she has appeared on The Jon Dore Show and also played Janis Joplin on the television show Final 24- what?! Let’s not forget about those wacky horoscopes she wrote for Ion magazine. Sara rocked people’s lives with her first solo Fringe show ‘Sara Hennessey Time’ in 2008, and then returned in 2009 to knock all of our metaphorical socks of with ‘Sara Hennessey Town, both shows earning righteous four star reviews.
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Byron Abalos – Theatre 
Byron Abalos is a Filipino-Canadian actor, playwright and producer from Toronto with a BFA in Theatre Acting from Ryerson University. Acting credits include Yuli's Owl (Earth Rangers), Banana Boys (fu-GEN), Dennis Cleveland (Luminato), The Corner (Next Stage/J Squared), The Romance of Magno Rubio (Carlos Bulosan Theatre), and A Midsummer Night's Dream and Comedy of Errors (Festival of Classics). Byron was a member of the fu-GEN’s 2004-2005 Playwrights’ Kitchen where he developed his play Remember Lolo, which won the NOW Magazine Audience Choice Award in the 2005 SummerWorks festival. Byron is the playwright-in-residence at Carlos Bulosan Theatre where he is developing Brown Balls, which is scheduled for a mainstage production in May 2011 with fu-GEN. He is also the Company Producer and Asian-Canadian Community Developer with fu-GEN Asian-Canadian Theatre Company. Byron is also a member of Asiansploitation, an all-Asian sketch comedy troupe.
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Rhombus Appreciation Society Dance Company – Dance
Rhombus Appreciation Society is a Toronto based dance company. Our dancers are from varied dance backgrounds that include Jazz, Lyrical, Modern, Hip Hop styles. Each choreographic work is a collaborative effort from it's members. Created by Caryl Mostacho, the group has most recently been seen at FOD 2009 (Hart House Theatre), Fantastic Contraption (Silhouettes Dance Company), Talent Defined 2009 (City Dance Corps)
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Kai Yapp – Theatre
Kai Wa Yapp is a writer in training. His wheels squeak, the back one wobbles and he still hasn't managed to remove the pink tassels hanging off of the handle bars. He is riding fresh off the heels of Assistant Directing Buddies in Bad Times Queer Youth Programme's Annual "PrideCab" (2009) and is excited to be back, celebrating ART at Squiggfest09!
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Maneli Jamal – Guitarist 
www.myspace.com/manelijamal
www.youtube.com/maneli
Maneli Jamal is a solo acoustic guitarist, whose unique style of playing and ability to connect with his audience transcends the age, culture and generational boundaries that limit the majority of mainstream music found today.
Having dedicated himself to the exploration of acoustic guitar technique, Maneli has developed his own sound. Traditional flamenco, classical and persian modes combine with his own percussive technique creating a rich and unique voice on the guitar.
He has just released his new debut album featuring 14 tracks of all original compositions which will be available this night!
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Taco Ninjas – Comedic Folk
Hailing from the magical land of Riverside...in Toronto, the Taco Ninjas have only minor fame in certain circles of the elite, which is good enough to spark a creative shitkicking like you've never seen before. Comprised of two former Ultimate Fighting champions, the TN's sound is best described as comedic folk-rock. Seriously though, they've crossed genres more times than they can count - which is not that high, but is pretty high. Watch Out! Here comes the TACO NINJAS.... comin' to getcha!
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Levi MacDougall - Comedian
Levi MacDougall has been called “one of Canada’s finest young comics” by Time Out New York. He’s had his own hour-long CTV Comedy Now! special and is currently in the cast of The Comedy Network’s new show Hotbox. He’s also been a regular cast member on popcultured and The Jon Dore Show. For his stand-up, he’s won two Canadian Comedy Awards and a nomination for a Gemini. Levi’s opened for the legendary Mort Sahl at Pop Montreal and appeared at Just For Laughs, Boston Comedy Festival, and Comedy Death-Ray at the UCB in L.A. He tells jokes and stories.
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Chere francoise - singer/songwriter
Enter the world of Chère Françoise and be enchanted.
Armed only with a few instruments and her alluring voice, this chanteuse knows how to fascinate an audience. The Toronto based Swiss singer creates a unique English and French cocktail, mixing traditional song writing with a touch of jazz. Educated as a jazz singer, Chère Françoise possesses an extraordinary powerful and captivating voice. In Switzerland, she has released two albums with her former band, whereof their first album has received an award of excellence of the cultural foundation.
See Chere Francoise after her summer tour in Switzerland and Germany where she shared the stage with artists such as Portugal.The Man, The Howling Bells or Sleepy Sun. Packed with lots of stories to tell and the recently released EP “Departures”, Chère Françoise is expecting you at the Squiggfest.
Where irony meets unpredictability and melancholy says hello to happiness, Chère Françoise’s music comes alive.
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AntiFrantik, born Matthew William Carter on October 3rd, 1984, is an avid Hip-hop enthusiast. His involvement in Hip-hop began after first hearing Notorious B.I.G. in junior high, and he began to seriously think about rapping in high school. He looked to artists such as Ice Cube and Busta Rhymes to help improve his flow, and others like Black Star when studying lyricism. He aligns himself with the lyrical and musical ingenuities of Big Black Lincoln, Elzhi, and Little Brother, as well as the hardcore pathos embodied in acts like Nas and Sticky Fingaz.
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