Eye on Campus: Girls Rock and Tax prep
Girls Rock plays at Camosun, March 3.
Ongoing until March 31 On-campus tax preparation
Now in its fourth year, the Camosun School of Business students are providing tax preparation on both campuses, by donation! All the proceeds will go into the College Foundation for awards/scholarships, making for a pretty solid endeavour. Here is the schedule, so take note—Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 11:30 am to 1:30 pm and 3–5 pm at Lansdowne’s Fisher Building Foyer and Interurban’s CBA 289. Whew—what a relief!
Every Wed. until May 8 The Victoria Complaints Choir workshops
A new arts movement is a-sweeping the globe, and the goodly folks at the Open Space Art Society want to make sure that Lotus Land is a part of it. With a new batch of vocal locals—the Victoria Complaints Choir—leading the charge, this new international movement is all about voicing your gripes and heralding your harrumphs. Using vocal sounds—be it body percussion, choral textures, mimicry, or singing—this newfangled populist songcrafting could become a new musical genre. Incorporating ideas of performance art with flash mob-style outbursts of music-making, this sounds wonderfully subversive and irreverent. Led by composer Tina Pearson, the Victoria Complaints Choir will be holding free workshops at the Open Space Gallery on Wednesdays from 7–8:30 pm. With a documentary in the works, and lots of excitement being generated over this project, frequent visits to complaintschoir.org will help keep you informed and ready to vent. Ahem!
Wed., March 3 Cinema Politica
Girls Rock is the name of Arne Johnson and Shane King’s award-winning, crowd-pleasing documentary about an all-girls Rock ‘n’ Roll Camp (ages 8 to 18). With appearances by indie rockers such as Carrie Brownstein (Sleater-Kinney), and a charismatic cast of young gals with death-metal aspirations, this film has been warming hearts at festivals across the nation. An empowering celebration of art, creativity, and gender roles results in this special presentation of Cinema Politica at 7 pm in Young 216, Lansdowne. Admission is by donation and a perusal of cinemapolitica.org will give you more details on this and upcoming screenings from this excellent non-profit network.
Friday, March 5 Chef’s Table
Aramark Food Services wants Camosun students to discover and discuss noshing on both campuses. This forum, on a first-come, first-serve basis, will continue a dialogue for students, and Qs and As will bounce around, too. The Chef’s Table will be at the Interurban Campus, in CC 320, from noon until 1:30 pm. As with previous Chef’s Tables, the Swedish Chef will not be appearing, but he issued a statement saying, “Gersh gurndy morn-dee burn-dee, børk børk børk!”
Thursday, March 11 Insight Speaker Series
Camosun is pleased to present 2010’s first Insight Speaker Series event. Freelance columnist, journalist, and military historian Gwynne Dyer will be orating on the topic of “Climate Wars.” Putting the focus on the geopolitical implications of large-scale climate change, this stirring and scary discourse will give you plenty to chew on. The McPherson Playhouse at 7:30 pm is where it’s at, and it’s $14 for students and $22.25 for everyone else. Go to camosun.ca/speaker-series for more details.
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