S-45 Day Away: The Gardens of Brantford and Norfolk County with Frank Kershaw

LAST CALL

This coming Monday is the last date for sign-up for the
Day Away: The Gardens of Brantford and Norfolk County with Frank Kershaw, as advertised in our Spring calendar (page 3).

Please sign up by JUNE 6th if you wish to go on this tour or, if you are already signed up and wish to bring a friend (even if the friend is not a LIFE member).

ACT II STUDIO - Theatre Out of the Box

May 27th - TPL - VOLUNTEER FAIR

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New Moderators – Fall 2011

A little while ago we sent out an appeal for new moderators or co-moderators for our Fall 2011 calendar. We’ve had some good responses, which will result in a number of new courses. Right now each of the following courses has a moderator who is looking for someone to co-moderate:

Extraordinary Marriages: A chance to look at the nature of these marriages, and what made them work (or not work).

The History of Slavery: A fascinating subject, which can be approached in a number of ways. Some knowledge will help, but enthusiasm and interest matter most.

Ethical Issues in the News: A course in which the participants will discuss ethical questions arising out of news events. The co-moderator will help to keep discussion on track, and also do her or his share of research and presentation.
We are also looking for moderators (or co-moderators) for courses in these areas:

Spanish Conversation: For this course, we need someone who has an academic teaching qualification either in Spanish or in teaching a second language. The class would be at the beginner / intermediate level.

A Play-Reading Group: This just requires an enthusiasm for play-reading and some organisational ability. A good chance to lead an interesting activity.

If any of these topics or areas catches your interest, this is your chance to get involved.

The moderators are the ones who do the initial planning and organization for each course between now and late September – that’s 3 whole months to get ready! So, how about YOU? Can you help us out? Can you challenge yourself? Are you ready for a great experience?

Of course, if you have any other idea or ideas of your own which you’d like to pursue, that’s also fine with us.

So, if you’re interested and/or have any questions, contact me within the next few days, and I’ll be glad to give or get you all the help you need. Remember that there’s lots of time between now and late September to do the work. And you’ll learn so much in the process.

Thanks,
Simon Pearson
Fall Calendar Committee/Chair of Moderators

Don’t contact the office. Call Simon at: 416-489-1727

Or e-mail: smnprsn@yahoo.com

SSAF REMINDER

Two weeks until the opening of the Silver Screens Arts Festival

• It begins on June 1 with outdoor festivities from 12-2 before the Opening Ceremony with Sheldon Levy and David Crombie at 2pm.     We are hoping for a lovely day for the outdoor festivities and the two music groups that will be playing (a Band and a Jazz Trio) are also counting on lovely sunshine!

• Attending the reception for the unveiling of the LIFE Photo Collage will be The Minister Responsible for Seniors, The Honourable Sophia Aggelonitis

Speaker hightlights:

• John Tory promises a unique perspective on Toronto’s future on Thursday June 2 at 10. Bring your coffee and enjoy an interesting morning.

• Paul Ferley is front and centre almost daily with comments and outlooks on Canada’s future. We are pleased he is able to come to Silver Screens to speak on Friday June 3 at 10. We have invited the business students from Ryerson to join us for an opportunity to ask ‘first hand’ and ‘up close’ their questions. Bring your questions for an informative morning.

• Shirley Lewis, Adina Lebo and Rocco Rossi are thrilled to be join us on June 3 in the afternoon to tell their stories on ‘Making a Difference’. If you have read the recent ‘Zoomer’, you will have read about Adina and her efforts to start an exciting downtown chapter of CARP.

Chang School Filmmaking Courses

CDMP 231  Reykjavik, Iceland.

CDMP 231 Short Filmmaking: On Location
June 8-20, 2011
http://www.ryerson.ca/ce/onlocation
Certificate Credit
Communication & Design Program Area
Duration: 42 Hours
Fee: $2478* (Payment in full is required at time of enrollment.)

Living in our world exposed to constant media sources, the sharing of information forms our reality. In this production class, we are looking at media arts, using inspiration of art and popular culture. Innovative approaches to short film-making will be the focus of the course. Motion will be explored in a digital environment, suing principally Adobe After Effects. Combining technical and theoretical components, this unique course will take advantage of the various shooting possibilities and cultural resources available at selected location and its surrounding areas. This course will include lectures, organized visits, technical workshops in Abobe After Effects, and critiques of student work. (Equivalent to one Professionally Related elective from Table II, see Image Arts in the Undergraduate Program Calendar.)

In this production class, innovative approaches to short filmmaking will be the focus of the course. Motion will be explored in a digital environment, using After Effects. Combining technical and theoretical components, this unique course will take advantage of various shooting locations and cultural resources available in Reykjavik and surrounding areas, during the season of twenty-four hour light. This 10 day course will include lectures, organized visits, technical workshops in After Effects and critiques of student work.

The course is taught by Ryerson Associate Professor Pierre Tremblay and Academic Coordinator James McCrorie:
Pierre Tremblay, MFA
Pierre is a Canadian-born multimedia artist who came to Ryerson after twelve years in Paris, France. His work as an artist has for more than twenty years combined new technology and photography and he is exhibited regularly in Canada and France. Pierre is an associate professor at Ryerson and has been teaching Visual Studies for the last twelve years. This course includes instruction in After Effects.
James McCrorie, BAA
James is currently the Academic Coordinator and a part-time instructor in the School of Image Arts. He manages international exchanges for the school and takes on the day-to-day events and coordination for the workshop. His teaching expertise includes digital imaging and video production.
For the course fee, you will be provided with hands-on training, accommodation, local transit, guided tours, and entrance fees. Students are required to make their own transportation arrangements to and from Reykjavik.


CDMP 232 Cuba.

Documentary Filmmaking: On Location

http://www.ryerson.ca/ce/cuba



Classroom Changes

POTENTIAL MODERATORS

You attend classes and you’ve seen our moderators in action.

You recognize how much enjoyment they get out of each class and how much the class members appreciate their efforts. So you’re interested in trying it for yourself: taking the plunge and offering a course for LIFE.
Well, here are some suggestions that just might start your creative juices flowing. We think these topics would interest many of our members, and we’d love to see you moderating one of these courses for LIFE! And you don’t have to do it alone—many members give courses with a co-moderator, thus sharing the responsibility for preparation and presentation. Talk to your friends & classmates to see if they’re interested in working with you. We’ll also help you find a co-moderator.
And, don’t forget, many topics suit a study group format where participants prepare brief presentations and lead discussion. You don’t have to do all the work! And, last of all, this is a good time to get your feet wet—you have a long time, till the end of September, to prepare.

But the ideas below are only suggestions.

If you have an idea of your own, something you’re interested in or knowledgeable about, of course, we’d be delighted to hear from you.

So here goes!

1. The War of 1812 (Bicentennial next year)

2. The Middle East Revolutions: What happened? What’s next?

3. Realists vs. Idealists: International Law & Foreign Policy

4. A History of Swing OR Jazz OR Blues OR Rock & Roll

5. Great Rivers of the World

6. Newspapers: Past – Present - Future??

7. Battles that Changed History

8. Detectives in Fiction

9.  Looking back at a Decade – e.g. the 1950s or the 1960s

10. A History of Slavery

11. Global Warming: Causes and Cures?

12. Some Key Events of the 20th Century

13. Dictators and Tyrants

14. Great Trial Lawyers

15. The Social Media and Revolution

16. One or More Aspects of World War II (e.g. The Enigma Machine)

17. Spies and Other Secret Warriors

18. Revisiting Feminism: Benefits and Costs

19. Extraordinary Marriages

20. Some Famous Victorians



If you’d like to talk to someone about any of these topics or one of your own, just contact:

Simon Pearson, Chair of the Moderators’ Committee: smnprsn@yahoo.com

or Martha Wall, Chair of the Calendar Committee: wall@wallbooks.com

We look forward to hearing from you soon!

LIFE Travels Presents CARAVAGGIO IN OTTAWA September 8 - 10, 2011

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HOW TO GET THE SILVER SCREENS ARTS FESTIVAL TICKETS YOU HAVE PURCHASED

HOW TO PICK UP YOUR TICKETS

Ticket orders received by May 13 will be available for pick-up only at the following times:

IN PERSON, IN ADVANCE (May 24–27 and May 30–31)
The G. Raymond Chang School of Continuing Education,
Ryerson University
Heaslip House, Entrance Lobby,
297 Victoria Street, Toronto
11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

IN PERSON, AT THE DOOR (June 1 to June 8)
Tickets will be available for pick-up at each event half an hour prior to the event start time.


POLICY
No refunds or exchanges on Tickets and Passes. Program is subject to change without notice.

http://ce-online.ryerson.ca/ce_2010-2011/default.aspx?id=2949

To all LIFE members who love literature—we’re looking for you!

We’d love you to consider moderating a class for all the other book lovers among us for the spring or fall term. In case you need a title or two to get your creative juices flowing, do any of these suggestions interest you?

The Nature and Meaning of Tragedy

Novels of Protest and Revolution

The Life, Loves, and Literature of Ernest Hemingway

Science Fiction: From Jules Verne to William Gibson

The Great Canadian Short Story

Tragic Heroines: An Examination of the Role of Passion

The Gilded Era: The Novels of Edith Wharton

Great Fictional Detectives

Novels that Have Made Great Films

Jane Austen’s Heroines

Vive la difference! Six Classic Novels of France

The World of the Brontes: The Moors and the Imagination

If any of these appeal, or if you have your own idea for a literature course, please contact me and let’s discuss it!

Martha Wall

Chair, Calendar Committee
wall@wallbooks.com

The Lives Lived @ LIFE Project

Let’s Talk about....

The Lives Lived @LIFE Project (working title)

The LIFE Institute has received a 20^th Anniversary present from The G. Raymond Chang School of Continuing Education, of which we are a program, at Ryerson University. The Chang School is helping us produce a short Documentary Film which highlights LIFE members and their Life Stories.

Everybody has a story to tell. We don’t often have the chance to tell our Life Stories, but now we do. If you or someone you know who is a Member of LIFE has a background experience or LIFE Story that you would like us to know about then let’s talk!

Please complete the Nomination and Consent Forms and send them to the LIFE Office by June 1^st, 2011

A  group of LIFE volunteers will select a number of stories and/or experiences that will become part of our LIFE History. We’ll contact you and set up an interview and meeting with the Director of the Film.

Please join us in bringing our Stories to life in LIFE.

Let us know if you have any questions or concerns. We’d be happy to talk with you.

Judith

Judith Levkoe, Producer

416-214-4770

levkoejudith@sympatico.ca

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