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| Sex And Lucia, starring Paz Vega, is the MUN Cinema Series offering on Thursday, March 6. All screenings are at 7 p.m. in Empire Studio 12 cinemas in the Avalon Mall. For more information, see www.mun.ca/film. |
Thursday, Feb. 20
Stats seminar — There is a statistics seminar at 11 a.m.,
room HH-3017. Yi Liu, Department of Mathematics and Statistics. He will
speak on Integer-Valued Designs for Discrimination.
Film series — MUN Cinema Series continues with Far From
Heaven (Canada 2002) 107 min. Rated PG-13 for mature thematic elements,
sexual content, brief violence and language. Directed by Todd Haynes with
Julianne Moore, Dennis Quaid, Dennis Haysbert and Patricia Clarkson. All
screenings are at 7 p.m. in Empire Studio 12 cinemas in the Avalon Mall.
For more information, see www.mun.ca/film.
Lecture on Islam — Is your understanding of Islam based in
myth or reality? Find out at 7:30 p.m. when Dr. Mahmoud Haddara, Imam
of the Muslim Association of Newfoundland and Labrador's (MANL) St. John's
mosque, delivers a free presentation titled Islam: Between Myth and Reality.
The presentation will take place in room A-1046, Arts and Administration
Building on Memorial's St. John's campus. For more information or to reserve
a seat, please call Memorial's Division of Lifelong Learning at 737-7979.
Cry! Wolf! — A two-part mini-series concert in honour of Hugo
Wolf, the unsurpassed master of the German art song on the 100th anniversary
of his death. Tonight’s show is titled the Great German Poets. Goethe,
Eichendorff and Mörike: with Jane Leibel, soprano, and Tom Gordon,
piano, with a special performance by the MUN Chamber Choir under the direction
of Professor Thomas Loewenheim at 8 p.m. at the D. F. Cook Recital Hall,
School of Music. For more see www.mun.ca/music/.
Vagina Monologues — The Vagina Monologues, a play by
Eve Enseler, is on stage at the Arts and Culture Centre in St. John’s.
There will be two performances of this benefit production as part of the
V-Day 2003 College Campaign. Tickets can be purchased through the box
office. The play is produced by medical students Sarah Lenihan, Jen Goulart
and Jessica Guimond. The director is Terri Andrews
Natural history meeting — The February meeting of Natural
History Society features Dr. John D. Jacobs from the Geography Department
at Memorial University who will give an illustrated talk on Climate Change
and Arctic-Alpine Vegetation in the Southern Baffin Island and the Mealy
Mountains at 8 p.m. at the MUN Biological Laboratories on Mt. Scio Road.
The Biological Laboratories are just up the hill and across the road from
the MUN Botanical Gardens. For further information, call 895-2564. All
are invited.
Friday, Feb. 21
Career workshop — There is a career workshop for science students
titled Job Search and Networking from 12-1 p.m. in the Science Building,
room SN-2104. For more information, please e-mail Chris Hounsell, chrish@mun.ca,
or Lynn Walsh, lwalsh@mun.ca
at the Centre for Career Development.
Business Day — The graduating business class of 2003 hosts
the 38th Annual Business Day Conference. The theme of this year’s
event is Outports to Exports, to reflect Newfoundland and Labrador’s
progress towards success in the global economy. Scott Hand, CEO of Inco
Limited, will deliver the day’s keynote address. For more information,
see www.busi.mun.ca/businessday
or call 737-3566 or e-mail businessday2003@hotmail.com.
Cry! Wolf! — The two-part mini-series concert in honour of
Hugo Wolf, the unsurpassed master of the German art song on the 100th
anniversary of his death, continues with A Little Sun from the South.
The Italian Songbook and Serenade features Caroline Schiller, soprano,
and Tom Gordon, piano, with a special performance by the MUN Chamber Orchestra
under the direction of Thomas Loewenheim at 8 p.m. at the D. F. Cook Recital
Hall, School of Music. For more see www.mun.ca/music/.
Theatre — The Off-Broadway Players will hold open auditions
for its first major production at 7 p.m. in Room 350 of the Arts and Science
Building of Sir Wilfred Grenfell College. Short scripts will be provided
for audition purposes, so no preparation is needed. All are welcome. No
acting experience necessary. For more information, contact OBP via email,
off_broadway_players@yahoo.ca,
or by calling 632-9322.
Vagina Monologues — The Vagina Monologues, a play by Eve Enseler,
goes ahead tonight at the Arts and Culture Centre. There will be two performances
of this benefit production as part of the V-Day 2003 College Campaign.
Tickets can be purchased through the box office – $15 for students
and $20 for adults. The play is produced by medical students Sarah Lenihan,
Jen Goulart and Jessica Guimond. The director is Terri Andrews.
Monday Feb. 24
Winter semester break begins at St. John's Campus and Sir Wilfred Grenfell
College
Tuesday, Feb. 25
WebDays 2003 — Faculty members, staff, and students are invited
to attend WebDays 2003 from 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. in the Arts Atrium, room
A-1046. WebDays is a series of presentations that focuses on the Web and
its applications in the post-secondary setting. For a schedule, see www.mun.ca/webdays.
Registration is NOT required.
Wednesday, Feb. 26
WebDays 2003 — WebDays continues from 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
in the Arts Atrium, room A-1046. For a schedule, see www.mun.ca/webdays.
Registration is not required.
Thursday, Feb. 27
Lectures resume at St. John's Campus and Sir Wilfred Grenfell College
Final date to drop courses without academic prejudice
Film series — MUN Cinema Series continues with Bollywood/Hollywood
(Canada 2002) 103 min. English/Hindi/Spanish. Directed by Deepa Mehta
with Rahul Khanna, Lisa Ray, Moushumi Chatterjee and Dina Pathak. All
screenings are at 7 p.m. in Empire Studio 12 cinemas in the Avalon Mall.
For more information, see www.mun.ca/film.
Saturday, March 1
Final date for filing undergraduate applications for admission/re-admission
to fall semester 2003. Applications received after this date will be processed
as time and resources permit
Tuesday, March 4
Philosophy colloquium — Theme — Rationality. Dr. T. Lai will
present a talk titled So You Want to be Sherlock Holmes? At 2 p.m. in
room SN-3058 (Science Building).
Thursday, March 6
Film series — MUN Cinema Series continues with Sex And
Lucia (France/Spain 2001) 128 min. (aka Lucía y el sexo).
Directed by Julio Medem with Paz Vega, Tristán Ulloa, Najwa Nimre,
and Daniel Freire. In Spanish with English subtitles. Rated R for lots
of sex. All screenings are at 7 p.m. in Empire Studio 12 cinemas in the
Avalon Mall. For more information, see www.mun.ca/film.
Friday, March 7
Lecture — The Women’s Studies program winter semester
speakers’ series continues with Elena Hannah, professor of psychology
at Memorial, and author of the book Women in the Academic Tundra. She
will speak on the topic Academic Mothers: An Oxymoron? at 4 p.m. in the
Science Building, room SN-4087.
Concert — Slava! Faculty artists in a rich and exciting program
of music by Russian composers at 8 p.m. at the D. F. Cook Recital Hall,
School of Music. For more see www.mun.ca/music/.
Tuesday, March 11
Philosophy colloquium — Theme — Rationality. Dr. P. Harris
will present a talk titled Reason in Creation, at 2 p.m. in room SN-4038,
Science Building.
ONGOING
CORNER BROOK
An exhibition of new work by acclaimed Canadian artist Diana Thorneycroft
titled Martyr’s Murder runs at Sir Wilfred Grenfell College
Art Gallery until March 1. For more, see www.swgc.mun.ca/artgallery/.
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