events: February 2008 Archives
Another busy week for those with a bookish bent.
Date/Time: February 25 6:00 p.m.
Event: The Complete Jane Austen: Discussion of Pride & Prejudice
Location: Whitehorn Library, VictoriaCity (slurl)
Description: The Complete Jane returns to the Whitehorn library!
The Library's own Dame Kghia Gherardi will be hosting a discussion of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice on February the 25th, following the airing of the film on PBS's Masterpiece Theater.
Radio Riel will air the Librivox recording this weekend, on Saturday the 23rd, for your listening pleasure, along with programmes of music from Jane Austen's Era. See the Radio Riel blog for the complete schedule.
Date/Time: March 1, 12:00 p.m.
Event: Bookstacks Book Trivia
Location: The Bookstacks (slurl)
Description: Join a lively game of book trivia. This week's topic is Children's Literature.
Date/Time: March 2, 2:00 p.m.
Event: Library Exhibit Opening: The Beauty in the Beasts: Medieval & Modern Bestiaries
Featuring the Bestiary of of Guillame Apollinaire & Raoul Duffy
Location: Whitehorn Library, VictoriaCity (slurl)
Description: Medieval bestiaries combined art, science and moral lessons to reflect the thought, philosophies and values of the period. Over the centuries, artists and writers have continued to explore this form. Works such as Le bestiaire ou le cortège d'Orphée (The Bestiary, or The Parade of Orpheus) by Guillaume Apollinaire and Raoul Dufy reflect a modern sensibility and style within the ancient frameworks. In all eras, these works both explored the world, and helped define the human by depicting the non-human. The curators invite Caledon to come and be diverted and edified
Date/Time: February 25 6:00 p.m.
Event: The Complete Jane Austen: Discussion of Pride & Prejudice
Location: Whitehorn Library, VictoriaCity (slurl)
Description: The Complete Jane returns to the Whitehorn library!
The Library's own Dame Kghia Gherardi will be hosting a discussion of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice on February the 25th, following the airing of the film on PBS's Masterpiece Theater.
Radio Riel will air the Librivox recording this weekend, on Saturday the 23rd, for your listening pleasure, along with programmes of music from Jane Austen's Era. See the Radio Riel blog for the complete schedule.
Date/Time: March 1, 12:00 p.m.
Event: Bookstacks Book Trivia
Location: The Bookstacks (slurl)
Description: Join a lively game of book trivia. This week's topic is Children's Literature.
Date/Time: March 2, 2:00 p.m.
Event: Library Exhibit Opening: The Beauty in the Beasts: Medieval & Modern Bestiaries
Featuring the Bestiary of of Guillame Apollinaire & Raoul Duffy
Location: Whitehorn Library, VictoriaCity (slurl)
Description: Medieval bestiaries combined art, science and moral lessons to reflect the thought, philosophies and values of the period. Over the centuries, artists and writers have continued to explore this form. Works such as Le bestiaire ou le cortège d'Orphée (The Bestiary, or The Parade of Orpheus) by Guillaume Apollinaire and Raoul Dufy reflect a modern sensibility and style within the ancient frameworks. In all eras, these works both explored the world, and helped define the human by depicting the non-human. The curators invite Caledon to come and be diverted and edified
Date/Time: February 13, 7:00 p.m.
Event: "I love you as certain dark things are loved...": A poetry event
Location: Whitehorn Library, Victoria City (slurl)
Description: Miss June Wozniak most sincerely hopes you will join her for a sharing of poems in keeping with the upcoming St. Valentine's holiday. Those poems that we hold closest to our hearts are especially welcome, particularly those that awaken deep ardor and unbridle passions of a most indecent nature.
Date/Time: February 16, Noon
Event: Book Trivia Quiz
Location: Bookstacks (slurl)
Description: The theme is art in all the ways it is peppered through literature.
Date/Time: February 17, 2:00 p.m.
Event: The Scarlet Letter: Caledon Library Book of the Month Discussion
Location: Whitehorn Library, Victoria City (slurl)
Description: The theme is art in all the ways it is peppered through literature.
Note: Austen Discussions will resume Feb. 25, after the final airing of Pride & Prejudice on PBS
Event: "I love you as certain dark things are loved...": A poetry event
Location: Whitehorn Library, Victoria City (slurl)
Description: Miss June Wozniak most sincerely hopes you will join her for a sharing of poems in keeping with the upcoming St. Valentine's holiday. Those poems that we hold closest to our hearts are especially welcome, particularly those that awaken deep ardor and unbridle passions of a most indecent nature.
Date/Time: February 16, Noon
Event: Book Trivia Quiz
Location: Bookstacks (slurl)
Description: The theme is art in all the ways it is peppered through literature.
Date/Time: February 17, 2:00 p.m.
Event: The Scarlet Letter: Caledon Library Book of the Month Discussion
Location: Whitehorn Library, Victoria City (slurl)
Description: The theme is art in all the ways it is peppered through literature.
Note: Austen Discussions will resume Feb. 25, after the final airing of Pride & Prejudice on PBS