That's Entertainment

presents THAT’S ENTERTAINMENT …. for YOU
WITH SPECIAL GUEST APPEARANCE BY CHARLIE FARQUHARSON, The beloved Canadian character created by DON HARRON

DECEMBER 3 at 2 PM & 7 PM
DECEMBER 4 at 7 PM
DECEMBER 5 at 2 PM
Tickets $25

ST. VLADIMIR INSTITUTE THEATRE, 620 SPADINA AVENUE

The theatre is wheelchair accessible

Produced, directed and starring multi-talented members of ACT II STUDIO, the program includes:

SONGS: from music hall and vaudeville favourites to rock and roll and doo-wop;
COMEDY: monologues and sketches

DANCE: This lively and entertaining production is a perfect beginning to the festive season.

To buy tickets, contact ACT II STUDIO at 416-979-5000 Ext. 6297, email to act2@ryerson.ca, or complete the form below and mail to ACT II STUDIO, Ryerson, 350 Victoria St., Toronto, ON M5B 2K3. Be sure to specify date of performance required.

ACT II STUDIO is an adult theatre program in Ryerson University’s G. Raymond Chang School of Continuing Education Programs for 50+

WINTERFEST 2009

Thursday, December 17, 2009
11:30 a.m.
Oakham House, 63 Gould Street

In keeping with the season, this is an opportunity to indulge yourself in a sumptuous buffet, quaff a glass of cheer at the cash bar, be entertained by Paper Moon (Singer/Actress Zoey Adams & Juno award winning jazz guitarist Tony Quarrington), and share in the bubbling conversation around you.

This social event is the culmination of the fall semester at LIFE.

Don’t miss out by booking too late.

$29.50 (admission by pre-ordered nametag only)

To reserve your nametag, please return the form below along with your cheque payable to LIFE Institute per person no later than December 7th.

Mail to: LIFE Institute, 350 Victoria St., Toronto ON M5B 2K3
Note: there can be no refund after December 10th.
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***This event is subsidized by LIFE Institute***

Gardiner Museum Tour - Wed.Dec.9.09

THIS EVENT IS NOW FULL

EXTRA! EXTRA! EXTRA!
AFTERNOON at the

We have arranged a special docent tour of two spectacular exhibits:

California-based artist Viola Frey (1933 – 2004) broke new ground by creating monumental figurative sculptures in clay that served to elevate the status of ceramics as an art form in the second half of the 20th century.

Get in the holiday spirit with the Museum’s annual exhibition of trees by twelve top designers. Each will demonstrate his/her unique understanding of Christmas.


Wednesday, December 9th 2009 at 2 p.m.
Gardiner Museum

111 Queen’s Park, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 2C7 (Meet at front entrance)

COST $9 Full payment must accompany registration.

To register, please mail your cheque payable to The LIFE Institute to:

LIFE Institute, Ryerson University,
350 Victoria St., Toronto ON M5B 2K3

Deadline for registration is Thursday, December 3rd.

The Madawaska Quartet: A Free Recital

Ryerson’s Music Section and Arts and Contemporary Studies are proud to present:

The Madawaska Quartet: A Free Recital

Friday, Nov. 13, 2009
12-1pm
POD-368 (Podium Building -- area connecting Jorgenson Hall & Library Building -- enter through 350 or 380 Victoria Street, up to 3rd Floor)

Refreshments provided.

Bursting onto the Canadian music scene with a repertoire that leap-frogs across musical boundaries, and hailed for “breaking free of classical restraints,” the Madawaska Quartet performs pieces from the mainstream to performance art, from the film score to the avant-garde, and from the baroque to the present-day. With a roster of collaborators as diverse as their repertoire, they have appeared with artists such as Soprano Measha Brueggergosman, pianist Leslie Kinton, singer/songwriter Bob Wiseman, and dancer/choreographer Julia Aplin. They have performed in major international festivals such as the Festival Iberoamericano in Puerto Rico, the Festival of the Sound, the Elora Festival, the Toronto International Chamber Music Festival, New Music North, and the “Music at Port Milford” International Chamber Music Festival.

The Quartet has taught as chamber music faculty at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto, where it also performed as part of the “Great Artist Series,” and has given workshops for students and emerging composers at University of Toronto, York University, and the Arraymusic Studio (where the quartet will be the first Artists-in-Residence through 2009/10). As champions of Canadian composers and their works, the quartet has premiered more than thirty new pieces, which they have since performed in festivals, cinemas, art galleries, primary schools, boats, and lecture halls throughout Ontario for audiences ranging from festival-goers to kindergarten students to undergraduates.

Recent recordings include a cd with guitarist Rob MacDonald, featuring works by Omar Daniel, Peter Sculthorpe and Christopher William Pierce.

FREE Lecture Nov.19.09 - TED BARRIS

FREE LECTURE
All LIFE members are welcome

THURSDAY, November 19, 2009
12:15 - 1 :30 p.m.
Kerr Hall East, Room 121
(you may enter Kerr Hall East through either 340 Church St or 60 Gould St)

TED BARRIS will be speaking on his new book Breaking the Silence: Untold Veterans' Stories from The Great War to Afghanistan (Thomas Allen & Sons)

This is a book that goes to the heart of veterans’ war time experiences. By sharing the stories of nearly 3000 war veterans, Barris breaks the silence that often surrounds these personal accounts. Veterans of the Great War reflect on an extraordinary first Armistice in 1918, decorated Second World War fighter pilots talk about their thirst for blood in the air, Canadian POWs explain how they survived Chinese attempts to brainwash them during the Korean War and soldiers with the Afghanistan mission talk about the horrors of the “friendly fire” incident near Kandahar.

Ted Barris is an accomplished author and broadcaster. As well as hosting stints on CBC Radio and regular contributions to the Globe and Mail and National Post, Barris has authored 15 non-fiction books and is a full-time professor of journalism at Centennial College in Toronto. His books include bestsellers: Juno: Canadians at D-Day… Days Of Victory… Behind the Glory… Deadlock In Korea and this year Victory at Vimy. He is regularly published in such periodicals as Legion, esprit de corps, 50Plus (CARP) magazine and Masthead. He has also written a weekly newspaper column - The Barris Beat - for more than 20 years. Among the awards Ted Barris has received: the international Billboard Radio Documentary Award, the Yorkton Film Festival’s Golden Sheaf, as well as numerous ACTRA nominations. In 1993, he received the Canada 125 Medal “for service to Canada and community.” In 2006, the renowned 78th Fraser Highlanders (Canadian) Regiment presented its annual excellence award, the Bear Hackle Award, to Barris to recognize his "contribution to the awareness and preservation of Canadian military history and traditions.”