The Jubilee Living and Learning
LECTURE SERIES
FALL 2010 – SPRING 2011
Fall Series:
“History and THE Arts”
Five Wednesday afternoons 1-2:30pm
Oct 27 / Nov 3 / 10 / 17 / 24
Cost of Series $25
Individual Lectures $8
Spring Series:
“INTO FILM”
Five Wednesday afternoons 1-2:30pm
Mar 2 / 9 / 16 / 23 / 30
Cost of Series $25
Individual Lectures $8
Registration
Jubilee United Church Office
40 Underhill Drive, Don Mills M3A 2J5
416-447-6846 Fax: 416-447-4229
Email: admin@jubileeunited.ca
Website: www.jubileeunited.ca
(Cheques payable ta Jubilee United Church)
FALL LECTURE SERIES
October 27 – November 24, 2010
(Wednesdays, 1-2:30pm)
HISTORY AND THE ARTS
Oct. 27 POP MUSIC AND POP STARS
How old is pop music? How did it all begin? Who was the first star? A whimsical tour through the origins of this genre, with samples of well-known and not so well-known melodies, songs and performers.
Presenter: Drew Winters
Nov. 3 CANADA – COLONY TO NATION
The illustrated story of mapping our vast country from 1800 to the present – a period in our history that included invasion, boundary disputes, Confederation, and rebellion.
Presenter: Ed Rutherford
Nov. 10 DEATH AT SNAKE HILL
Exploring a military cemetery from the War of 1812 – the story of the discovery, exhumation and repatriation of 28 American soldiers, who, accompanied by the U. S. Presidenial Old Guard, were transported back to the United States with full military honours.
Presenter: Dr. Ronald Williamson
Nov. 17 THE VANCOUVER OLYMPICS
A behind-the-scenes look at photographing the 2010 Winter Games.
Presenter: Richard Lautens
Nov. 24 UNDERSTANDING PICTURES IN VISION AND TOUCH
A lecture on the psychology of pictures, richly illustrated.
Presenter: Dr. John Kennedy
SPRING LECTURE SERIES
March 2 - 30, 2011
(Wednesdays, 1-2:30pm)
INTO FILM
Lecturer: Dr. Art Wenk
How movies use techniques of editing, sound, lighting, camera angle, montage, and point of view to tell stories
Mar. 2 HIS GIRL FRIDAY (Howard Hawks, 1940)
How pacing and verbal rhythm create a cinematic narrative that ornaments and sometimes contradicts the written words of the script.
Mar. 9 STAGE COACH (John Ford, 1939)
How editing, choice of camera shots, and lighting turn the conventions of the western into a rich narrative.
Mar. 16 MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS (Vincente Minnelli, 1944)
How music – and the circumstances of its performance – create a broader context for the underlying story.
Mar. 23 NORTH BY NORTHWEST (Alfred Hitchcock, 1959)
How point of view allows the director to manipulate the audience’s knowledge in a shifitng play between suspense and surprize.
Mar. 30 ANNIE HALL (Woody Allen, 1977)
How voice-overs, flashbacks, split screen, cartoons and imagined scenes contribute to self-conscious cinematic narrative.
A few words about our Presenters –
DREW WINTERS is a veteran of the Canadian pop music scene, running away from home to join the rock’n’roll circus in 1976. Over the last 30 years, he has toured this country many times, and has recorded his own and other artists’ music on CD’s, including two releases of his own compositions.
ED RUTHERFORD has had a life-long interest in Canadian history. He is a charter member of the Upper Canada Map Society, and has lectured for many years for Continuing Studies at the University of Toronto on subjects related to the mapping of Canada.
DR. RON WILLIAMSON is an archaeologist who has directed over a thousand archaeological assessment, excavation, and planning projects. He has authored many books, including “Toronto: An Illustrated History of its First 12,000 Years”, and “Death at Snake Hill”.
RICHARD LAUTENS has been a photojournalist at the Toronto Star for the past 23 years. He has been a part of several fine art shows and has curated several photography exhibits. He is also a free-lance writer, lecturer, teacher, as well as a full-time husband, father and dog owner.
DR. JOHN KENNEDY was born and educated in Belfast. He came to the University of Toronto in 1972, and, as a psychologist, he has spent many years studying perception, pictures and art.
DR. ARTHUR WENK has had a distinguished career as an author, musicologist, choral condutor, and organist, and has taught at several universities in the United States and Canada. Throughout all these years, Dr. Wenk has had a love afair with the movies and has written reviews and given presentations about films of the silent era, the ‘talkies’ of the 30’s and 40’s, the works of Felini, and Bergman, and the films of Alfred Hitchcock and Woody Allen. A chance to experience some of the things we may not have seen before as we look ‘Into Film’.
Registration
Jubilee United Church Office
40 Underhill Drive, Don Mills M3A 2J5
416-447-6846 Fax: 416-447-4229
Email: admin@jubileeunited.ca
Website: www.jubileeunited.ca
(Cheques payable to Jubilee United Church)
LECTURE COMMITTEE CHAIRS -
Jason Amell, Chairman of the Lecture Committee
Jason will oversee the lecture series program that has become part of Jubilee United Church's learning centre. Jason brings management and entrepreneurial experience to his new appointment. His passions include baking, environmental protection and charitable sponsorship.
Ed Rutherford, Vice Chairman of the Lecture Committee
Ed Rutherford will look after the speakers. Ed is well known in the congregation and most people have attended at least one of his lectures.