Oct 25th, 2012
 Ted Putnam. |
Faculty
When the musicians and artists who make up what is now known as the Noiseborder Ensemble first came together in 2008, they were highly influenced by Windsor’s proximity to an international border crossing.
In a technological age, what better way to explore the interplay between the online and offline worlds than through art that combines digital and mixed media?
A reception Thursday will celebrate the opening of Online | Offline: Artificial Perception in the Natural World, a solo exhibition by Nicole Beno, a fourth-year double major in visual arts and communications.
“Sometimes it seems the natural aspect of our lives as we give in to consumer society,” says Beno. “We ourselves are consumed by buying too much stuff.”
Volunteer International Students Assistance will hold a samosa sale in the CAW Student Centre Commons on Thursday, October 25, to raise money for its social activities.
The savoury Indian pastries are offered at $1 each, two for $1.50 or five for $3.25, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. while supplies last.
The UWindsor Faculty and Staff Hallowe’en Social on Wednesday, October 31, offers more than a pizza lunch, says organizer Mary-Ann Rennie. It will save celebrants from having to go door-to-door collecting treats.
“This year’s highlight is probably the candy bar consisting of lots of different retro candies,” says Rennie. “We will be serving everything from black cat jujubes and cockroach gummy bears to old-fashioned favourites like Tootsie Rolls, shoestring licorice, lollipops and jawbreakers.”
Oct 24th, 2012
A nod from a national publication came at a perfect time, says BookFest Windsor organizer Lenore Langs—just before the festival opens.
“What an honour to be included in Canadian Geographic’s list of top literary festivals in Canada,” says Langs, a UWindsor sessional instructor of expository and creative writing.
Oct 23rd, 2012
Handwritten newspapers were a common tradition in Finnish popular movements at the end of the 19th century and during the first decades of the 20th century, says Kirsti Salmi-Niklander.
An academy research fellow of folklore studies at the University of Helsinki, she will discuss her research into the history of the popular press in a free public lecture, “Hand-written newspapers as an alternative medium in Finnish and Finnish-Canadian popular movements,” Tuesday, October 23, at 2:30 p.m. in the Rose Room, Vanier Hall.
Until 1985, First Nations women who married non-status men lost their status under Canada’s Indian Act, even though men who married non-status women were able to pass their status on to their wives and children. The effects of this discrimination are still being felt in many communities today.
In a free public event, “Aboriginal Women v. Canada,” Jeannette Corbière Lavell and Dawn Lavell Harvard discuss the losses experienced by First Nations women and their children as a result of gender discrimination in the Indian Act.
Clarinetist Dave Bennett and the members of his jazz quartet—drummer Doug Cobb, pianist Tad Weed and Kurt Krahnke on string bass—will feature classic swing era tunes in their concert Sunday, October 28.
Bennett premiered his Tribute to Benny Goodman in November 2003 at Windsor's Capitol Theatre. The concert resulted in his first feature CD of Goodman material.
Bennett’s stage presence, knowledge of the details of Goodman recordings—and his penchant for wire-rim glasses, spats and double-breasted suits—transport listeners back to the swing era.
University Players continues its 54th season with Agatha Christie’s mystery, The Hollow, October 25 to 28 and October 31 to November 4 at Essex Hall Theatre.
This classic murder mystery by the “queen of whodunits” will keep audience members guessing through every twist and turn.