Out and About
(April 27, 2000, Gazette)
Bard’s birthday
On Easter Sunday, April 23, Grenfell College celebrated the 536th
birthday of William Shakespeare with a performance of A Muse
of Fire: An Entertainment of Words and Music for Shakespeare’s
Birthday. Devised and directed by David Freeman. Here, posing
with bust of William Shakespeare, are Rowena Harvey, Patrick
Monaghan, seated, and David Freeman.
Photo by Pamela Gill
Wednesday,
April 26
Lecture–
The Newfoundland Historical Society presents its second George
Story Lecture. Dr. James K. Hiller will give a lecture titled
1713 to 3Ps: Ancient Treaties and the French Presence in Newfoundland,
following the society’s annual general meeting at Hampton
Hall of the Marine Institute on Ridge Road at 8 p.m. Everyone
welcome, no fees, free parking and refreshments to follow.
Saturday,
April 29
Book
sale –
The St. John’s Club of the Canadian Federation of University
Women will hold a book sale at St. David’s Church on Elizabeth
Avenue from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. in support of scholarships
and Newfoundland art posters for schools.
Fund-raiser – The Art Gallery of Newfoundland and Labrador is holding a fund-raising event in aid of art acquisitions at the home of Craig Dobbin in Beachy Cove. Tickets are available from the gallery office. Call 737-8210.
Sunday,
April 30
Lecture
–
Dr. Elliott Leyton, Anthropology, will speak on Genocide in the
20th Century, at the Beth El Synagogue’s Holocaust Memorial
Service, 8 p.m., Prince of Wales Collegiate, Paton Street.
Free concert – Sound Symposium and the Art Gallery of Newfoundland and Labrador present another free concert at the Arts and Culture Centre. At 3 p.m. Dave Humphrey and Rob Lee will play percussion. All are welcome.
Monday,
May 1
Botanical Garden – The Botanical Garden, Mount
Scio Road, will re-open for the 2000 season. The garden will
be open seven days a week from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. until Nov. 30.
Thursday,
May 4
Workshop
–
Dr. John Grant McLoughlin, Math, will present a workshop titled
Revisiting the Basic Mathematical Operations. This is the second
in a series of workshops planned jointly by the Council for Exceptional
Children (Newfoundland branch) and Memorial’s Faculty of
Education.
Friday,
May 5
Annual
Spring Convocation, Sir Wilfred Grenfell College session
Tuesday,
May 9
Regular
meeting of the Senate
Monday,
May 15
Lectures
begin, Intersession and 14-week Spring Semester
Friday,
May 19
Lecture –
A public lecture will be held in the School of Nursing on the
Prevention/Impact of Violence Against Women in Queensland, Australia.
The speaker is Marilyn Harris of the Queensland University of
Technology. The talk takes place at 1 p.m. in H-2908 (Health
Sciences Centre).
ONGOING
ST. JOHN’S
The Botanical Garden is offering a Saturday parent and tot spring preschool program every Saturday morning from 10:30 a.m. to noon. For information or to register, call 737-8590.
The Torbay Heritage Committee, which is chaired by MUN Folklore students, invites interested folks to visit its booth at the Avalon Region Heritage Fair at the College of the North Atlantic, Prince Philip Drive, St. John’s, on May 12-13. The fair is on from 10:30 a.m. to noon both days. The booth will include displays on the Torbay Museum, Torbay Heritage Committee Projects, including publications and the compilation of parish records, the Torbay Newfoundland Pony Project, and Torbay trails. There are also prizes to be won.
The Cabot Quilters’ Guild presents Quilt Magic 2000, an exhibition of works by members of the guild at the Art Gallery of Newfoundland and Labrador. The exhibition will be in display until April 30.
The Corridor Show, drawings, paintings and field sketches by faculty, staff and students of the Department of Geography, is on display through April in the corridor outside the general office, Science Building room S-2025.
Students of fabric design at the Anna Templeton Centre have designed and produced a series of six major banners on the material culture of Newfoundland and Labrador for permanent display at the new exhibition space in Queen’s College Great Hall.