What's on
April 19 to May 3
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Jazz quartet
The Department of Music presents the Charles Ellison Jazz Quartet on April 18 at 8 p.m. at the Oscar Peterson Concert Hall, featuring Charles Ellison on trumpet & flugelhorn, Josh Rager on piano, Adrian Vedady on double bass, and Dave Lang on drums. Tickets are available at the box office and on the Admission network (514-790-1245, www.admission.com) $15 general admission, $5 for non-Concordia students and seniors, free for Concordia students with ID (service charges applicable).
Student film festival
The 34th Annual Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema Student Film Festival is running from May 4 to 10 at the Cinema du Parc (3575 ave du Parc). Festival opening and vernissage is May 3 at La Social, and the Best of the Fest is May 10 at the Cinema, with screenings at 7 and 9 pm daily.
Please visit the website for a full program guide at www.cinema.concordia.ca (follow the CSA link) or e-mail csaconcordia@gmail.com or phone ext. 4678.
Small worlds, small parade
Candice Tarnowski will present her MFA graduate thesis exhibition in the FOFA Gallery vitrines from May 1 to June 1. The installation will begin with a theatrical event at St. James the Apostle Church, which will turn into a small-scale parade to the FOFA Gallery. Actors will carry flags and banners to the Gallery and install them in stands inside the vitrines. At the end of the row, a series of three tall, narrow white tents will present views typical of Tarnowski’s practice: small worlds created to support the lives of the “vegetal-animal-human creatures” she has invented. More details at fofagallery.concordia.ca
Logo Cities and Helvetica
On May 4 and 5, the Logo Cities symposium will draw together around 30 scholars, designers and artists to foster an informed, critical dialogue about signage, branding, and lettering in public space in local, regional, national, and international contexts.
Although most of it will take place in the J.A. de Sève Cinema, the symposium will begin with an informal reception on the evening of Thursday, May 3, at the VAV Gallery. The two-day conference will wrap up with the Quebec premiere of Helvetica in H-110 on May 5 at 7:30 p.m. Gary Hustwit, the director, will be on hand to introduce the film and, after the screening, to respond to audience questions. More information about the film can be found on the site: www.logocities.org
ProdFest 2007
Prodfest is the annual series of screenings and vernissages featuring production work by students of Communication Studies at Concordia. This is a great chance to see what kind of cool stuff is being produced. The vernissage is on Friday, April 27, where Sound 2, Intermedia 2 and Intermedia 3 will be shown at O Patro Vys, above the Billy Kun bar on Mont Royal. Most showings are in H-110. For the full schedule, please see the site: prodfest.concordia.ca
Creation of the New
The Humanities Doctoral Program at Concordia University presents Creation of the New: Interdisciplinarity and the Arts — A Symposium. It will bring together students and academics from across North America to discuss issues pertinent to the relationship between interdisciplinary studies and the art world.
On April 27, from 12:30 to 6 p.m., four presentations will be made, and a panel discussion on Interdisciplinarity and the Arts with guests will be moderated by Catherine Russell, Director of the Humanities Doctoral Program.
Topics will include an introduction to research/creation; Contaminating the Expediencies of Culture; and a dance theatre project that explores gender, taboo and rites of passage at the U.S.-Mexico border. Free and open to the public. For more: hedgesmcgareth@yahoo.ca
Studio 303
David Albert-Toth, Julia Male and Cora Marta present their choreography in a triple-bill show entitled “The Works”, to be showcased at Studio 303 from April 27 to 29. Although the pieces are unified by their focus on the individual's reaction to interpersonal relationships, they are very different in expression. a woman performing a simple but necessary task uses a duet format, Hold Petname is a solo, and Scale uses five performers, as well as three live musicians! Check out the showtimes and more at www.myspace.com/indystudy
Student Electroacoustic concerts
Students studying electroacoustics will be performing in a year-end concert on Tuesday, April 24 from 5 to 8 p.m. at the Oscar Peterson Concert Hall. Presented by the Department of Music, there will be pieces in stereo and multi-channel formats. Tickets available at the door only: $5 general admission, free for students with ID.
Hoop it up
The Concordia Stingers Men’s Basketball Team, in conjunction with Hillel Concordia, will be hosting a fundraising party to help the stingers compete in the Friendship Games in Israel. Come show your support at the Saints Show Bar, 30 Ste. Catherine W. (corner of St. Laurent) on April 24 from 10 p.m. to 3 a.m. For more information, contact friends@alcor.concordia.ca
Fellowships deadline
The application deadline for graduate fellowships in Canadian Jewish Studies is April 30.
Institute Fellowships provide from $5,000 to $7,500 for MA and PhD research on the Canadian Jewish experience. The Naïm Mahlab Fellowship provides $5,000 for work related to Canadian Jewish studies, with a preference for research on anti-Semitism and its roots.
The Romek Hornstein Memorial Award provides $2,800 and the Wetstein Fellowship $1,250 for graduate work in any area of Jewish studies.