Margaret Atwood and Atom Egoyan help celebrate Salah Bachir’s memoir

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It was party time downtown on Oct. 17 as the 519 Community Centre played host to a sold-out fundraiser to celebrate the launch of the book “First to Leave the Party: My Life with Ordinary People…Who Happen to be Famous” by art patron and philanthropist Salah Bachir. Margaret Atwood and Atom Egoyan were among the 200 attendees at the gala, which was emceed by drag superstar Tynomi Banks and included a reading by Ann-Marie MacDonald and musical performances by Lorraine Segato and Carole Pope.

Tynomi Banks hosts the launch of Salah Bachir’s memoir at the 519 Community Centre.

Rupert Hon, Maura Lawless and Hussain Haider Ali.

Ivy Yerex and Nancy Lockhart.

Al Ramsay, Jackie Richardson and Michael John Daniels.

Micah Barnes and Lorraine Segato.

Doug Pepper.

Maxine Bailey and Helga Stephenson.

Ann-Marie MacDonald, Alisa Palmer, Jacob Yerex and Salah Bachir.

Andy Pringle, Jamie Kennedy and Valerie Pringle.

Ric Young and Louise Dennys.

Martin Kohn and Dufflet Rosenberg.

Margaret Atwood.

Denise Donlan and Steven Sabados.

Carole Pope.

April Mitchell-Boudreau, Dori Tunstall and Doug Boudreau.

Atom Egoyan and Tynomi Banks.

Catherine Nugent and Charles Pachter.