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(March 8,
2001, Gazette)
Thursday,
March 8
Film society
—
Maelström (Canada 2000). Directed by Denis Villeneuve.
With Marie-Josée Croze, Jean-Nicolas Verreault, Stéphanie
Morgenstern, Virginie Dubois. All films run in Empire Studio
12, Avalon Mall, Thursday night at 7 p.m. For more information,
see www.mun.ca/film
Biochemistry
seminar
— There is a biochemistry seminar at 1 p.m. in the L. A.
W. Feltham Room, SN-4015. D. M. Anil Gunaratne, Biochemistry,
will speak on the effect of heat-moisture treatment on the structure
and physicochemical properties of root and tuber starches. This
seminar is presented in partial fulfillment for the requirements
of master of science
Panel — What place, if any, should corporations have
within Memorial University, a panel discussion, takes place at
1 p.m. in room A-1043. For more information, see www.ucs.mun.ca/~b65ems/panel/panel.html
Friday, March
9
Concert — Music faculty
members Nancy Dahn, violin, Thomas Loewenheim, cello, and Kristina
Szutor, piano, perform Haydn’s Piano Trio in C major,
Hob. XV:27 and Shostakovich’s Piano Trio No. 2 Op. 67,
and are then joined by School of Music students Chris Anstey,
viola, and Heather Kao, violin, for Schumann’s Piano
Quintet in E-flat, Op. 44. Tickets are $10/$5, available
at the door. D. F. Cook Recital Hall, School of Music, at 8 p.m.
Phone 737-4455 for reservations.
Sunday,
March 11
Alumni
bonspiel
— The St. John’s chapter of the Alumni Association
presents its third annual Alumni Curling Bonspiel from 9 a.m.
- 4:30 p.m. at the St. John’s Curling Club on Mayor Avenue.
New and experienced curlers welcome. For more info, call 737-4354.
Tuesday,
March 13
Colloquium —
There is a philosophy colloquium at 2 p.m. in the Science Building,
room SN-4040. John Scott, Philosophy, will present a talk titled
Dividing at the Joints: Construction or Deconstruction at Phaedrus
256b.
Wednesday,
March 14
Wessex lecture
— The Wessex Society presents a free public lecture at Hampton
Hall of the Marine Institute. Dr. Kevin Melvin will speak at
8 p.m.
Thursday,
March 15
Seminar
— There is a linguistics seminar with C. Beaudoin-Lietz,
1-2 p.m., in the Science Building, SN-3058.
Sunday,
March 18
Concert
— Canadian jazz guitarist and composer Roddy Ellias celebrates
a one-week residency at the School of Music with a concert to
include solo works for guitar, Jim Duff’s Wail with
the MUN Jazz Ensemble, Wizard of Oz Suite with the MUN
Faculty Chamber Ensemble and the premiere of a new work, Whale
Spirit Rising, with the MUN Chamber Orchestra, at the D.
F. Cook Recital Hall, School of Music, at 8 p.m. Tickets are
$10/$5, available at the door. Phone 737-4455 for reservations.
Tuesday,
March 20
Colloquium —
There is a philosophy colloquium at 2 p.m. in the Science Building,
room SN-4040. Steve Crocker, Sociology, will present a talk titled
Multiplicities and Assemblages in Gilles Deleuze.
Debut Plus concert — Christina Tannous and Stephen
Ham are the featured performers at the Debut Plus Concert, at
the D. F. Cook Recital Hall, School of Music, at 8 p.m.
Thursday,
March 22
Film society
– You Can Count on Me (USA 2000) Ken Lonergan. With
Laura Linney, Mark Ruffalo, Matthew Broderick, Rory Culkin, Jon
Tenney, et al. All films run in Empire Studio 12, Avalon Mall,
Thursday night at 7 p.m. For more information, see www.mun.ca/film
Friday, March
23
Symposium —
The Newfoundland Historical Society presents a free public symposium
titled 17th Century Newfoundland: The English Shore, at Hampton
Hall of the Marine Institute on Ridge Road. Dr. Christopher English
and Dr. Patrick O’Flaherty debate whether settlement was
legal. 7:30-9 p.m. Everyone welcome, free parking and reception
to follow. More information at 722-3191 or e-mail nhs@thezone.net or check the Web site
at
www.infonet.stjohns.nf.ca/providers/nfldhist/
Saturday, March
24
Symposium
— The Newfoundland Historical Society presents a free public
symposium titled 17th Century Newfoundland: The English Shore,
at Hampton Hall of the Marine Institute on Ridge Road. Various
speakers from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Everyone welcome and free
parking. Dinner at the Battery Hotel, $25 per person. More information
at 722-3191 or e-mail nhs@thezone.net or check the Web site
at www.infonet.st-johns.nf.ca/providers/nfldhist/
ONGOING
ST. JOHN’S
The Memorial University of Newfoundland Students’ Union
and the MUN Catholic Community will be holding their second annual
food and clothing drive from March 12-16. Please drop
off donations at the MUNSU general office in the University Centre,
room UC-2000, on or before these dates, or March 16 at the MUNSU
Council Chambers (UC-2001). All proceeds will go to the Campus
Food Bank and other charitable organizations. For more information,
contact Kirk Wiseman at 737-7633 or kirk@cs.mun.ca or Rob McBride at
g65rjm@mun.ca.
Private Eye: The Art of Jim Hansen, a retrospective spanning
30 years of Newfoundland artist Jim Hansen’s serigraphs,
photographs, assemblages and digitally-based works, runs at the
Art Gallery of Newfoundland and Labrador until March 25. Gallery
hours are Tuesday through Sunday, noon to 5 p.m. and Friday from
7-10 p.m.
Pictures and Patterns: Victorian Illustrated Books and Bindings
from the Peattie Collection, an exhibition to mark the gift of
thousands of rare Victorian books from the Roger and Marlene
Peattie Collection to Memorial’s QE II Library, runs until
March 25, 2001, at the Art Gallery of Newfoundland and Labrador,
located in the Arts and Culture Centre, Allandale Road. The exhibition
will focus on four groups of Victorian books: colour-printed
books from the 1840s to the beginning of the 20th century; books
and magazines with wood-engraved illustrations; examples of the
“art of the book” movement; and cloth bindings, most
of them signed or attributed to one of the known book cover artists.
Gallery hours are Tuesday through Sunday, noon to 5 p.m. and
Friday from 7-10 p.m.
The St. John’s Club of the Canadian Federation of University
Women is requesting donations of books for the 11th annual
book sale to be held April 21. Proceeds will go towards MUN scholarships
and the Newfoundland Art Posters in the Schools project. Call
754-0797 or 781-1980 for information or to arrange pick up of
books.
Beach Combing by Audrey Cole, retired employee of QE II
Library, is on display at Music Resource Centre, School of Music,
room MU-2026. This exhibit is on display until April 25. A major
idea of this art project is to present diverse works by artists
on MUN campus; faculty, employees and students. If anyone is
interested, please contact Gina Waclawek at 737-4471 or e-mail
her at waclawek@mun.ca