Out and About
(February 10, 2000, Gazette)
Until March 17, the Great Hall
at Queen’s College is home to Frames of Mind: Handmade Frames
with an Attitude.
Thursday,
Feb. 10
Film society – The MUN Cinema Series continues
the year 2000 with a new day and time, Thursdays at 7 p.m. in
the new Empire 12 cinema at the Avalon Mall. Tonight it’s
The Five Senses (Canada 1999) 105 mins. Drama. Directed
by Jeremy Podeswa. With Mary-Louise Parker, Phillipe Volter,
Gabrielle Rose, Daniel MacIvor. Ingenious interwoven plots by
the director of Eclipse. For more information, see www.mun.ca/film
Lecture – The Women’s Studies Program Speakers’ Series continues with an illustrated talk by documentary director and producer Barbara Doran at 12:30 p.m. in room E-1014.
Seminar
– There
is a biochemistry seminar titled Effects of Dietary PUFA on Gene
Regulation in Hamster Liver, by Dr. Philip Davis, Biochemistry,
at 1 p.m. in the L. A. W. Feltham Room, SN-4015.
Saturday, Feb. 12
Volleyball – The women’s volleyball team takes on Dalhousie at 7 p.m. in the MUN Gym.
Sunday,
Feb. 13
Volleyball – The women’s volleyball
team takes on Dalhousie at 11 a.m. in the MUN Gym.
Tuesday,
Feb. 15
Colloquium – There is a philosophy colloquium
at 2 p.m. in room S-4040 with Dr. D. Pullman presenting a talk
titled Human Dignity and the Ethics and Esthetics of Pain and
Suffering.
Wednesday,
Feb. 16
Lecture –
Dr. John R. Martin, Medicine, will present the 12th annual Nigel
Rusted Lecture with a talk titled Lister and Osler: Similarities
and Differences, at 4:30 p.m. in Lecture Theatre B in the Health
Sciences Centre. There is a wine and cheese reception outside
the theatre preceding the lecture.
Thursday,
Feb. 17
Film society – The MUN Cinema Series continues
the year 2000 with a new day and time, Thursdays at 7 p.m. in
the new Empire 12 cinema at the Avalon Mall. Tonight it’s
Show Me Love /F***ing Åmål (Sweden 1999) 89
mins. English subtitles. Comedy-Drama. Directed by Lukas Moodysson.
For more information, see www.mun.ca/film
Concert – The Debut Plus Concert Series continues with Jasper Wood, violin, and Richard Raymond, piano, at the D. F. Cook Recital Hall, School of Music, at 8 p.m.
Friday,
Feb. 18
Lecture –
The Women’s Studies Program Speakers’ Series continues
with Elizabeth Church, Counselling Centre, giving a talk titled
Mirror, Mirror on the Wall, Who’s the Wickedest of Them
All? Images of the Stepmother, at 12 p.m. in SN-4087.
Monday,
Feb. 21
Winter
Semester Break begins at St. John’s Campus and at Sir Wilfred
Grenfell College
Thursday,
Feb. 24
Film society – The MUN Cinema Series continues
the year 2000 with a new day and time, Thursdays at 7 p.m. in
the new Empire 12 cinema at the Avalon Mall. Tonight it’s
Legend of 1900/Leggenda del pianista sull’oceano, La
(USA 1998) 123 mins. In English. Drama. Directed by Giuseppe
Tornatore. With Tim Roth, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Bill Nunn. Rated
R. For more information, see www.mun.ca/film
Lecture – The Newfoundland Historical Society presents a free public lecture by Dr. Gerhard Bassler, History, on the topic Alfred Valdmanis: Myth and Reality, followed by a reception and launch of his new book on this subject, at 8 p.m. in Hampton Hall of the Marine Institute. Everyone welcome.
Lectures resume at St. John’s Campus and at Sir Wilfred Grenfell College
ONGOING
ST. JOHN’S
Frames
of Mind: Handmade Frames with an Attitude, goes ahead at the
Great Hall, Queen’s College, until March 17, 2000. The hall
is open Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to 4p.m. This exhibition is
curated by Rupert Batten and Walter Peddle for the Heritage Outreach
Project, Archaeology Unit, Memorial University. Temporary parking
pass available from the Archaeology Office.
Memorial Toastmasters can help you overcome your fear of public speaking. The club meets every Wednesday from 6:15-8:15 p.m. in the Science Building, room S-2018. All are welcome. Call Brent Smith for more information at 437-2327.
Reverent Pluralism, an exhibition by artist John Graham, will run at the James Baird Gallery from Jan. 24 to Feb. 26. There is an opening reception Jan. 24 from 7-9 p.m. Mr. Graham is a professor of Fine Arts at Sir Wilfred Grenfell College in Corner Brook.
CORNER
BROOK
There is an Environmental Science Seminar every Friday
at 12:40 p.m. this semester in Arts and Science room 305 by Grenfell
faculty, members of industry and government, as well as students
in the B.Sc. Environmental Science program at Grenfell College.
All are invited to attend.
Solo exhibitions by Sheila Gregory and Otis Tamasauskas are underway at the Sir Wilfred Grenfell College Art Gallery.