From March 26 to 28, Carleton University will hold Ottawa’s largest antiquing event. You’ll be able to find one-of-a-kinds, unique home fashion, gorgeous period pieces, cheap chic, terrific textiles, stunning jewellery, decorator finds, country pine, antique furniture, fun fleas and art.
Where: The Fieldhouse at Carleton University Bronson Ave. and Sunnyside
Hours: Fri. 5-9 Sat. 10-5 Sun. 10-4
Cost: Admission $8 (Under 18 free) Free Parking & Re-admission
Photo courtesy of blurasis on Flickr
Let’s be clear about one thing: Christian Bök will never be employed to write verse for Hallmark cards. (Although if I’m wrong, they will be the most awesome Hallmark cards EVER, and I will collect them all.) For those of you not up to speed on your avant-garde Canadian poetry, Bök - a University of Calgary English professor by day - is the mad genius behind the best-selling 2001 collection Eunoia, which features five chapters of poems made up of words using the same single vowel. Seriously. There’s an “a” chapter, an “e” chapter, and so on until the end of the alphabet. (Bök once said he wrote Eunoia - which is not only Greek for “beautiful thinking” but also the shortest word in the English language containing all five vowels - to show how each vowel has its own personality. If that’s so, I might suggest not inviting “u” to tea with your grandmother.)
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Carleton’s Masters of Social Work Students’ Association invites you to an inspirational evening of artistic expression to unpack the social, political and economic forces that obstruct justice in our country.
Where: the Legion (330 Kent)
When: 7-11pm, Feb 26
How much: $5 suggested donation (all proceeds going towards the Humanitarian Coalition for Haiti)
What: food, music, art, and much much more!
Photo courtesy Arbonne National Laboratory on Flickr.
Enzymes. We’ve all got ‘em, we all need ‘em, but do we really know ‘em? These little proteins catalyze chemical reactions, helping them along by reducing the amount of activation energy required for the reaction to begin.
But how do they work? These enzymes are basically tiny machines, working away methodically and mechanically to help those chemical reactions along. But how do they really function at that oh-so-detailed molecular level? This week at Science Cafe, Susan Aitken of Carleton’s department of biology will help us all understand these important molecules better.
As always, Science Cafe is held down at the Wild Oat (817 Bank), starting at 6:30pm on Wednesdays - including this one, Feb 24.
Much like your favourite TV shows, which seemed to take a loooong time to come back after the holiday break, Science Cafe has returned. And this week, they’re seeing the forest for the trees, exploring the ever-destructive spruce budworm. How is this tiny bug so destructive? And can it be stopped? Come on down to hear J. David Miller of Carleton’s Department of Chemistry explore this subject at the Wild Oat (817 Bank), from 6:30 to 7:30pm on Jan. 13.
On January 14, help celebrate the end of Aboriginal Awareness Week with Shaking Teepee, an event featuring local djs and aboriginal musicians Digging Roots, Gully Dolla, Lakota Jonez and Lucie Idlout.
Proceeds of the event go to creating an emergency aboriginal student fund.
When: Thurday, January 14, doors at 7pm
Where: Carleton University, Porter Hall
Cost: $10, $8 for students with ID
Edward Burtynsky, one of Canada’s most respected photographers, will present a special lecture about his work at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, 10 January 2010, in Room 360, Tory Building, at Carleton University.
The talk, which is sponsored by Carleton University Art Gallery (CUAG), is held in conjunction with the exhibition Edward Burtynsky: China Photographs, which continues at CUAG until February 7.
Admission is $5 at the door; $3 for students. Parking is free in all campus lots on Sunday.
Burtynsky’s China photographs, which trace the spectacular development of China as a global industrial power, attracted immediate international attention and have been exhibited around the world. Diana Nemiroff, CUAG’s director, notes that “the photos are as beautiful as they are incisively critical.”
Most recently, Burtynsky has turned his attention to a comprehensive investigation of the oil industry, from extraction and refinement to transportation and “motor culture.” This new work hits a sombre note in images of the “end of oil,” showing the environmental devastation of the industry. His exhibition Burtynsky: Oil was on view at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. last fall and will tour internationally through 2012.
Burtynsky’s work is featured in the collections of major museums around the world, including the National Gallery of Canada, the Biblioth?que Nationale in Paris, and the Museum of Modern Art and Guggenheim Museum in New York.
Born in 1955 in St. Catharines, Ontario, Burtynsky is a graduate of Ryerson University and Niagara College. His photographs explore the intricate relationship between industry and nature, combining the raw elements of mining, quarrying, manufacturing, shipping, oil production and recycling into eloquent, highly expressive visions that find beauty and humanity in the most unlikely of places.
The Tory Building is located on the academic quadrangle at Carleton University, adjacent to Dunton Tower. It is labeled “TB” on the online campus map, which is available here: http://www2.carleton.ca/campus/
Free parking is available in all campus lots on Sunday.
Photo courtesy Jbangelo on Flickr.
This week, Science Cafe heads south to the tropical paradise of the Bahamas. (Don’t you wish we could all be PhD students who just had to head south for their research?)
PhD candidate Karen Murchie will talk about her research around the Bahamian bonefish and its ability to live in tropical tidal flats environments. Fishermen (fisherpeople?) are always after these swimmers, who also play an important ecological role. Find out why they are so essential and so popular this Wednesday, Nov. 25 at 6:30 p.m, down at the Wild Oat (817 Bank).
Science Cafe brings you your bi-weekly science fix down at the Wild Oat, and is sponsored by Carleton’s Faculty of Science.
Photo courtesy cibomahto on Flickr.
UPDATE: This event has been canceled. We’ll let you know when it’s rescheduled - in the meantime, just back up all of your files!
A few times each year, I hear dreaded news from a friend - their computer has turned against them, wiping out all of their files and leaving them stranded (and, in one case, thesis-less). While I could go on about the importance of backing up your work, people!, I won’t - rather, I’ll just steer you over to this week’s Science Cafe.
Carleton University’s Anil Somayaji is an expert on computer sickness and mutiny. Science Cafe will not only feature an in-depth description of why and how your computer seems to spontaneously fail, but will also outline the ways that biology - yes, biology - can help us build stronger, safer and less traitorous computer systems.
What is Science Cafe? It’s the bi-weekly, all-you-can-take-in science adventure held at the Wild Oat (817 Bank) from 6:30 to 7:30pm on Wednesdays (Update: it has been CANCELED for this week this week, Nov. 11). It’s hosted by Carleton University’s Faculty of Science.
October 23-25, 2009
Fri. 5-9 Sat. 10-5 Sun. 10-4
The Fieldhouse at Carleton University
Bronson Ave. and Sunnyside
Free Parking Admission $8 (under 18 free) Free re-entry
For you, your home or your cottage – the show offers some very special inventory, from some very special vendors. The show features decorator finds and one-of-a-kinds, retro, vintage and antiques that have been sourced from near and far. Come to think of it, it’s almost like having 75 personal shoppers scouring the globe – just for you!
The show has grown so much in recent years- this is our largest show ever. Of course all of your favourites will all be there- offering a spectacular inventory of great furnishings for your home, cottage or condo. There are also great designer finds, art, glassware, vintage couture, fun fleas, rich textiles and more.
I’m also really excited to tell you that, for the first time, I Miss You Vintage will be participating (named Toronto’s top vintage retailer by Toronto Life Magazine). We also attracted a number of other top-notch vintage fashion vendors from Toronto, Montreal and Ottawa – so Moms make sure to tell your daughters! In addition, Ottawa’s own retro furnishings specialists Found Design will be exhibiting for the first time.
We’ve also added to our roster of fine jewellery merchants including Toronto’s Antique Diamond. Most of you already know, but it’s worth repeating, that much of jewellery you see at the show is virtually one-of-a-kind and offers unsurpassed value.
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