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Three New MLA eMail Lists
At the request of some of our members to facilitate more focused communication in a few specific areas, three new email lists have been created — MLA-NP, MLA-RURAL and MLA-TRUSTEES. We will review these lists after one year to see if there is sufficient discussion and interest to keep them going. To join see MLA-NEWS List and New Lists!.
MLA 2006 Award Nominations Open
Nominations for the 2006 Website of the Year Awards and the 2006 Manitoba Library Service Awards for Professional and Volunteer category are now open.
The deadline for nominations for these awards is April 8th, 2006.
Presentation of these awards will be made at the MLA AGM/Workshop in May 2006 (date and location TBD/TBA).
Meteorologist Phil Chadwick Lectures on Weather and Art at Millennium Library
Winnipeg Public Library is hosting Phil Chadwick (a.k.a. Phil the Forecaster), a beekeeper, artist, writer and meteorologist who looks at weather through the eyes of Canadian artists. His presentation, featuring Tom Thomson and the Group of Seven, will be held on Thursday, March 16, from 4:30 - 6:00 p.m., in the Buchwald Room, second floor, Millennium Library.
Phil Chadwick investigates the passion of Canadian artists for weather as well as the meteorology behind some of the finest work ever produced. The Group of Seven artists were honest and accurate obsrvers of the natural world. Through their art, Phil will sleuth out specific details about the weather before, during and after the recording the scenes.
Registration is not required, but space is limited.
Millennium Library Welcomes Author and Word Lady
Winnipeg Public Library presents Katherine Barber, Editor-in-Chief of the Canadian Oxford Dictionary, on Tuesday, March 14 at noon in the Carol Shields Auditorium, second floor, Millennium Library. Katherine is touring her new book Six Words You Never Knew Had Something to Do with Pigs, in which she culls many of the most intriguing word histories first aired on CBC Radio 1, where she is known as the Word Lady.
If you’re curious about the relationship between "tragedy" and "goats", between "grammar" and "glamour", between "travel" and "torture", you'll appreciate the many fascinating tidbits on the history of words to be shared by the author. The book will be available for purchase and signing at the event.
No registration is required, but seating is limited.
City Festival of Contemporary Culture
City Festival of Contemporary Culture is a 5-part series examining
different aspects of contemporary culture in Winnipeg. Co-sponsored and
co-hosted by Margaret Sweatman, Writer-in-Residence at the University of
Winnipeg and John Weier, Writer-in-Residence at Winnipeg Public Library.
Speaking the Spoken Word (City Festival of Contemporary Culture)
Saturday, April 1, 1:00 - 4:00 p.m., at the University of Winnipeg
Performances and discussions around the phenomenon of Spoken Word and
performance poetry.How do we define the boundaries and meanings of
Spoken Word poetry? What are the origins and structure of Spoken Word?
What is a performance poet, a page poet? How do Spoken Word poets see
their work in relation to the printed page? Is Spoken Word really poetry
at all? No registration required. Note: this event will be held at the
University of Winnipeg.
New Writers on Stage (City Festival of Contemporary Culture)
Sunday, April 30, 1:30 - 4:30 p.m. at Millennium Library (Room TBA)
New writers from the University of Winnipeg and Millennium Library
writer-in-residence programs read from their finest work. From poetry to
short stories, memoirs to novels, hear what Winnipeg's up-and-coming
writers have to offer!
Book Sale at the UWinnipeg Library
February 20 — March 3, 2006
Library, 4th floor
Many subject areas including literature,
German language and literature, science fiction,
popular psychology, and anthropology.
GREAT PRICES!!!
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