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Gill Going once … going twice … sold! Stephanie Williams, second-year visual arts student at Grenfell College, arranged a piece by Valerie Powell for a silent auction. The silent auction, held over a period of several days at Grenfell, sold student works including paintings, drawings, sculptures, prints and photographs to raise money for a field trip to Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal to visit museums, art galleries and art departments. |
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/.
Monday, March 10
Learning through the Arts — Dr. Rena Upitis will be giving
a public lecture titled A Sense of Wonder and Achievement: Learning through
the Arts, at 8 p.m. in room A-1043 of the Arts and Administration Building.
Dr. Upitis is the author of the national, multi-year study which examined
the role of arts education in the improvement of general literacy and
numeracy skills
Tuesday, March 11
Regular meeting of the Senate
Speakers' series — The Centre for International Business Studies
presents Ottfried von Finckenstein, Canadian Ambassador to the Republic
of Ecuador who will discuss the role of the ambassador, services offered
by Canadian embassies (Trade Commissioners' Services) and commercial relations
between Canada and Ecuador. All are welcome to attend this free one-hour
presentation, which will commence at 12:30 p.m. in the Faculty of Business
Administration boardroom, B-4000. Questions and discussion are encouraged.
As space is limited, please RSVP to Susan Vaughan, svaughan@mun.ca,
by 5 p.m. Monday, March 10. For more information on the speaker, see www.business.mun.ca/cibs/newsevents/newsevents.html.
Philosophy colloquium — The Department of Philosophy Winter
Colloquium on the theme Rationality continues with Dr. P. Harris who will
present a talk titled Reason in Creation at 2 p.m. in room SN-4038.
Wednesday, March 12
Wessex Society — The Wessex Society monthly lecture features
Dr. Olaf Jansen, History, Grenfell College, with a lecture titled The
Eviction of French Fishermen from Newfoundland in 1755. The free public
lecture takes place at Hampton Hall, Marine Institute, Ridge Road, at
8 p.m.
Thursday, March 13
Film series — MUN Cinema Series continues with Rabbit-Proof
Fence (Australia 2002) 94 min. Rated PG for emotional thematic material.
Directed by Phillip Noyce with Everlyn Sampi, Tianna Sansbury, Laura Monaghan,
Kenneth Branagh and David Gulpilil. All screenings are at 7 p.m. in Empire
Studio 12 cinemas in the Avalon Mall. For more information, see www.mun.ca/film.
Concert — Artists-in-Residence. The School of Music in association
with the Arts and Culture Centre presents Kevin McMillan (tenor) and Robert
Kortgaard (piano) at the D. F. Cook Recital Hall. Admission: $16/$12.
No Concert Passes. Reservations from the Arts & Culture Centre box
office.
Tuesday, March 18
Philosophy colloquium — The Department of Philosophy Winter
Colloquium on the theme Rationality continues with Dr. Andrew Latus who
will present a talk titled The Unfairness of Morality: Why the Problem
of Moral Luck Matters at 2 p.m. in room SN-4038.
Thursday, March 20
Film series — MUN Cinema Series continues with Bay Of Love
And Sorrows (Canada 2002) 95 min. Directed by Tim Southam with Peter Outerbridge,
Jonathan Scarfe, Joanne Kelly, Christopher Jacot and Elaine Cassidy. All
screenings are at 7 p.m. in Empire Studio 12 cinemas in the Avalon Mall.
For more information, see www.mun.ca/film.
ONGOING
CORNER BROOK
The Grenfell College Theatre Program presents The Trojan Women
by Euripides and Electra by Sophocles. This particular version
of Trojan Women was written by Jean Paul Sartre in the early sixties
as France sought to extricate itself from a terrible colonial war in Algeria.
Nearly 40 years later it reads like it was written yesterday. Electra
is a new version by acclaimed Irish playwright Frank McGuiness (Mutabilitie
and Someone to Watch Over Me) which won several awards when
it was performed in London and New York in the late nineties. The plays
feature students in the second and third years of the theatre program.
Set and lighting designs are by John Farwell. Costumes for both shows
are designed by Carol Nelson. The Trojan Women is directed by Todd
Hennessey and Electra is directed by Ken Livingstone. The Trojan Women
is on stage March 10, 12 and 14, and Electra March 11, 13 and 15
at 8 p.m. in the Fine Arts Theatre. Tickets are on sale at the College
Bookstore.
St. John’s
For the first time in its 23 year history, the Annual Atlantic Undergraduate
English Conference will be held at MUN March 14-16. Over 50 delegates
from across Atlantic Canada will be presenting both academic and creative
works during the three-day conference. Conference participants will also
have the opportunity to partake in panel discussions relating to the field
of English, creative workshops offered by local writers Bernice Morgan
and Lisa Moore and attend various social activities, including a pot luck
banquet to be hosted by the School of Graduate Studies. To learn more,
see www.ucs.mun.ca/~d85jrs.
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