(March
21, 2002, Gazette)
Audrey
Tautou plays the title character in the whimsical French film Amélie,
tonight’s MUN Cinema Series offering. The film starts at 7 p.m. in
the Empire Theatres in the Avalon Mall in St. John’s.
Thursday, March 21
Lecture — Dr. Jean Briggs, Anthropology, will deliver a talk
titled Inuit Names as Selves, at 12 p.m. in room A-2072. Everyone is welcome.
Lecture — Dr. Lubomyr Luciuk, Royal Military College of Canada,
will speak on Ukrainians as Displaced Persons and the War Crimes Stigma,
at 4 p.m. in the history seminar room, AA-4004.
Cinema series — MUN Cinema Series presents Amélie (France/Germany
2001). Directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet with Audrey Tautou. All screenings
are at 7 p.m. in Empire Theatres Studio 12 in the Avalon Mall. For more,
see www.mun.ca/film
Friday, March 22
History symposium — The Newfoundland Historical Society presents
a symposium on the Second World War at the D. F. Cook Recital Hall, School
of Music, Friday, March 22, and Saturday, March 23. Free admission, free
parking. For more, see www.infonet.st-johns.nf.ca/providers/nfldhist/march2002.html
KBE seminar — The MUN KBE Study Group seminars continue with
Gary Gorman and Sean McCarthy discussing Support of Knowledge-based Business,
at 3 p.m. in room AA-1049.
Saturday, March 23
History symposium — The Newfoundland Historical Society presents
a symposium on Second World War at D. F. Cook Recital Hall, School of
Music, Friday, March 22, and Saturday, March 23. Free admission, free
parking. There is also a dinner at the Battery Hotel at 7 p.m. Saturday
with guest speaker Christopher Pratt. Call Deborah (579-2857) or Rosemary
(754-0342). For more, see www.infonet.st-johns.nf.ca/providers/nfldhist/march2002.html
Sunday, March 24
Art Gallery events — There is a free family art workshop with games,
puzzles, stories and art activities for all ages at the Art Gallery of
Newfoundland and Labrador from 1-4 p.m. At 3 p.m., the Sound Symposium
presents a free concert with the Memorial University School of Music Jazz
Ensemble. For more information, see www.agnl.ca
or
e-mail katew@mun.ca or
phone 737-2563.
Tuesday, March 26
Lecture — There is a public lecture by Tim Caulfield, University
of Alberta, titled The Commercialization of Human Genetics: The Conflicting
Social Agenda, from 5-6 p.m. in Theatre E (Room 2956), Health Sciences
Centre.
Philosophy colloquium — Dr. W. Okshevsky will present a talk
titled Reconstructing Moral Competence: Deontological Universalism vs.
Neo-Aristotelian Historicism, at 2 p.m. in room SN-4040.
Wednesday March 27
Public Forum — There is a public forum on the Commercialization
of Human Genetics in Newfoundland and Labrador, from 9-11:30 a.m. in Theatre
A (Room 1622), Faculty of Medicine, Health Sciences Centre. Speakers:
Henry Greely, Stanford University, Tim Caulfield, University of Alberta,
Daryl Pullman and Andrew Latus, Memorial University.
Lecture — The Community Health Series goes ahead from 12-1
p.m. with Henry Greely, Stanford University, with a lecture titled Ethical
Issues in Population-Wide Human Genetics Research, in Theatre D (Room
2768), Faculty of Medicine.
Thursday, March 28
Lecture — The Anthropology Department Seminar Series features
Dr. Robin Whitaker, Anthropology, who will speak on the topic of Anthropology
as Democracy? (Work in Progress), from 12-2 p.m. in room A-2072. Everyone
is welcome.
Cinema series — MUN Cinema Series presents Last Wedding (Canada
2001). With Benjamin Ratner, Frida Betrani, Tom Scholte, Nancy Sivak,
Vincent Gale and Molly Parker. All screenings are at 7 p.m. in Empire
Theatres Studio 12 in the Avalon Mall. For more, see www.mun.ca/film.
Friday, March 29
Prayer walk — The MUN Catholic Community will be holding the
annual Good Friday Prayer Walk starting at 10:45 a.m. at the Education
Building (main entrance). This is the 19th year of this event. In case
of severe weather, it will take place in St John’s chapel. For confirmation,
call 737-8589 on the day. All are welcome
KBE seminar — The MUN KBE Study Group seminars continue with
Chris Dunn discussing Governing Instruments and the Knowledge-based economy,
at 3 p.m. in room AA-1049.
Tuesday, April 2
Philosophy colloquium — Dr. Vance Maxwell will present a talk
at 2 p.m. in room SN-4040.
Thursday, April 4
Cinema series — MUN Cinema Series presents Business of
Strangers (US 2001). Directed by Patrick Stettner with Stockard Channing,
Julia Stiles and Fred Weller. All screenings are at 7 p.m. in Empire Theatres
Studio 12 in the Avalon Mall. For more, see www.mun.ca/film.
Friday, April 5
Lecture — The Women’s Studies program speakers’
series continues at 1 p.m. in room SN-4087 with Brenda Grzetic, master
of women’s studies candidate, with a lecture titled Women Fish Harvesters
in Newfoundland and Labrador: Work, Learning and Health.
KBE seminar — The MUN KBE Study Group seminars continue with
John Scott discussing The Knowledge-based Workplace: Some Theoretical
Constraints in the Newfoundland Context, at 3 p.m. in room AA-1049.
Wednesday, April 10
Power poetry — This year’s winners in the Gregory J.
Power Poetry awards will be announced at the University Club at 4 p.m.
All are welcome to the reception to hear the prize-winning poets read
their poems.
Wessex Society — The Wessex Society presents a lecture by
Dr. Clyde Wells, Honourable Chief Justice of Newfoundland, at Hampton
Hall of the Marine Institute, at 8 p.m. The topic will be announced at
a later date. All are welcome.
ONGOING
ST. JOHN’S
Paintings by Danielle Penney is on display at the Music Resource
Centre located in the School of Music, room 2026. It runs until April
24. MRC hours: Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; Tuesday-Thursday, 7-10
p.m.; Sunday, 1:30-5 p.m. Ms. Penney is currently finishing her undergraduate
degree in sculpture and printmaking at Concordia University in Montreal
and the University of Hertfordshire in England. For further information
please contact Gina Waclawek at 737-4471, or
e-mail waclawek@mun.ca
CORNER BROOK
There are two new exhibitions at the Sir Wilfred Grenfell College Art
Gallery. The Tactile Vision: Dorothy Caldwell and Beth Oberholtzer
and Stitching Women’s Lives: Sujuni and Khatwa from Bihar,
India, curated by Dorothy Caldwell and Dr. Skye Morrison. They will continue
until April 13. Stitching Women’s Lives: Sujuni and Khatwa from Bihar,
India offers a selection of six sujuni and one khatwa produced by the
women of ADITHI which is a women’s NGO based in the state of Bihar,
India. Sujuni refers to a straight running embroidery stitch on layered
(often recycled) cotton while Khatwa uses applique. Both forms have functioned
as a forum for socio-political issues affecting women. The works in this
exhibition were commissioned by Caldwell and Morrison for exhibition at
the Textile Museum of Canada. For more see the Web site at www.swgc.mun.ca/artgallery/
