Music Department Performance Competition Finals

Join the UPEI Music Department for their annual Performance Competition Finals. The preliminary round will feature Rebecca Apps, third year voice major, performing music by Weinzweig, Floyd and Somers; Jillian Clow, third year voice major, performing music by Samuel Barber; Nadine Haddad, fourth year voice major, performing cabaret songs by William Bolcom; Evan Hammell, third year trombone major, performing a Sonatina by Halsey Stevens; Melissa MacKenzie, a second year voice major, performing works by Adam Guettel and Leonard Bernstein and Lucas MacPhail, a third year saxophone major, performing Wings by Joan Tower. Tickets are $15 for adults and $10 for students and seniors and are available at the door or in advance by calling 566-0507 or by email at music@upei.ca.

Shoot for the Cure

UPEI Athletics and Recreation will host the annual Shoot for the Cure on Saturday, February 8 at 3:00 pm. UPEI Women's Basketball will take on the Saint Mary’s Huskies. The Shoot for the Cure is a fundraising initiative by the CIS Women’s Basketball Coaches Association to raise money for the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation - and other related charities. The event is running for a seventh straight year. Come out to show your support for the UPEI Panthers and the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation.

Film Viewing: The First Grader

This film viewing is a part UPEI International Development Week. The First Grader is a powerful story that will touch your heart. Based on the true story of an 84 year-old Kenyan villager, an ex Mau Mau freedom fighter, who goes to school for the first time to get the education he was denied. Maruge's flashbacks to the 50's terrible fight for freedom from the British rulers will echo in your consciousness. Light refreshments will be provided.

Healing through Story: an evening with master storyteller Laura Simms

Join Laura Simms, an award-winning performer, writer, and educator for an evening of storytelling. Laura received the Brimstone Award for Engaged Storytelling, CHOICE award for best story collection, and Sesame Street’s SUNNY DAYS award for work with children worldwide. Laura is the mother of Ishmael Beah, former child solider in Sierra Leone, and author of A Long Way Gone, an international best-seller. Storytelling can be the cause of wars or the impetus for liberation and healing communication. Laura will explore how the alchemy of engagement, bringing story to life between people in the present, repairs the devestating dissconnection at the root of conflicts, intolerance, isolation, and unnecessary suffering today. Through a rivetting sharing of stories, personal and ancient, Laura will bring us into a deeper understanding of the power of story. A silent auction, book signing and reception with refreshments will follow. Tickets are $20 and include admission, light refreshments and one drink ticket per person, redeemable for your choice of alcoholic or non-alcoholic beverage. A portion of every ticket sold will be used to raise funds for the Dr. Vianne Timmons International Student Award. Purchase tickets with a credit card here. If you would like to purchase tickets via cheque or internal requisition, please contact Erin Clarke, at eeclarke@upei.ca.