The Theatre in the Trees production of William F. Brown's A Single Thing in Common runs Saturdays until April 30. Dinner is at 6:30 p.m.; showtime is 8 p.m. Cost is $53. To order tickets, call Ext. 54110.
“Tips and Tools for Beginning Storytellers” is the focus of Ann Estill March 5 from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Cost is $30. Registration and payment deadline is Feb. 18.
Gardener Lenore Ross presents “An Ecological Vegetable Garden” March 10. The workshop is offered from either 9 a.m. to noon or 1 to 4 p.m. Cost is $35. Registration and payment are due Feb. 24.
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The Macdonald Stewart Art Centre's brown bag lunch series continues Feb. 22 at noon with Munro Ferguson discussing the stereoscopic film June and his career as an animator.
The School of Fine Art and Music's noon-hour concert series continues Feb. 10 with the Recorde Ensemble presenting music from 1200 to 1500. On Feb. 17, harpist Nathalie Younglai and friends perform. Admission is free, but donations are welcome.
A benefit concert in support of Guelph student Jamie Thornley, who was injured in a car accident last month, runs Feb. 11 at the Bullring. Doors open at 7:30 p.m. Admission is $5.
The McLaughlin Library and the Central Student Association's free documentary film series continues Feb. 16 with Crapshoot, Troubled Waters and Fog of War. The films begin at 7:15 p.m. in Thornbrough 1307.
U of G's international film series, “Beyond Hollywood,” continues Feb. 13 with Kadosh, a 1999 film by Amos Gitai of Israel. Prof. Michael Grand, Psychology, will introduce the film at 6:45 p.m. in McLaughlin 384, followed by the screening at 7 p.m. Admission is free.
The French studies program hosts a lecture on literature and migration by award-winning Québécois writer Dany Laferrière Feb. 28 at 4 p.m. in UC 441. His works include Le goût des jeunes filles, L'odeur du café and Le cri des oiseaux fous. His talk will be in French. Everyone is welcome.
The School of Fine Art and Music's visiting artist and speaker series features Toronto visual artist Maura Doyle Feb. 28 at 7 p.m. in MacKinnon 114.
A master's student working with Prof. Ken Menzies in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology is looking for former vegetarians to participate in a study on the role of support from friends and family in maintaining a vegetarian diet. Participation involves a one-hour in-person interview. For more information, visit www.uoguelph.ca/~carae, send e-mail to carae@uoguelph.ca or call 821-2644.
U of G female faculty and staff who love to sing are invited to join No Wrong Notes, a non-auditioned, non-performing, non-instrumental group where the emphasis is on learning through listening, freeing the voice, creating new sounds and enjoyment. The group is open to women of all levels of singing ability and experience, but is limited to 10 participants. For more information, contact Melanie Boyd by Feb. 25 at Ext. 58434 or mboyd@uoguelph.ca.
March 1 is the deadline to apply for the Canadian Bureau for International Education's J. Armand Bombardier Internationalist Fellowships, which are designed to give Canadians an opportunity to study, do research and work abroad. Application guidelines and forms are available online at www.cbie.ca/bombardier/index_e.html.
Next up in the Department of Microbiology graduate student seminar series is Andrew McGuire discussing “Cex1p: A Novel Protein Involved in the Cytoplasmic Phase of Nuclear tRNA Export in Saccharomyces cerevisiae” Feb. 11. On Feb. 18, Shawn Chafe presents “The Search for Putative Mammalian Homologues to Nuclear tRNA Transport Proteins Found in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.” The seminars are at 12:30 p.m. in Animal Science and Nutrition 156.
“Autotransporter Protein of Avian E. coli” is the topic of Valeria Parreira, Pathobiology, in the Department of Pathobiology seminar series Feb. 11. On Feb. 18, Terry Spithill of McGill University discusses “The Host-Parasite Relationship in Fasciolosis: F. hepatica and F. gigantica.” Sylvia van den Hurk of the Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization at the University of Saskatchewan explains “Immune Stimulatory Effects of CpG DNA” Feb. 25. The talks begin at 2 p.m. in Pathobiology 2106.
The international development seminar series continues Feb. 11 at 4 p.m. with Winnie Mitullah of the Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi, discussing “Integrating Street Traders in Urban Development: Policy Issues and Challenges in Kenya” and Feb. 17 at 3 p.m. with Arjaan de Haan of the U.K. Department for International Development on “Migration and Economic Growth — and Why We Know So Little.” The talks are in MacKinnon 238.
The Department of Human Biology and Nutritional Sciences (HBNS) presents Prof. Jim Dickey considering “Biomechanics Research: Role of Robots” Feb. 14. On Feb. 21, Prof. Larry Grovum, Biomedical Sciences, discusses “Cholecystokinin's Mechanisms of Action as a Physiological Signal of Satiety in Pigs — Implications for Treating Human Obesity.” The seminars begin at 10:30 a.m. in Animal Science and Nutrition 141.
The Department of Physics seminar series continues Feb. 15 with Fotini Marcopoulou-Kalamara of the Perimeter Institute at 4 p.m. in MacNaughton 101.
Next up in the Cognitive Science Group's seminar series Feb. 16 is John Eastwood of York University discussing “The Deployment of Attention to Emotionally Expressive Faces.” On March 2, the topic is “Associations, Maps and Modules in Spatial Reasoning” with Sara Shettleworth of the University of Toronto. The talks begin at 3:30 p.m. in MacKinnon 232.
The College of Arts “Research in Progress” series features Prof. Andrew Sherwood, Languages and Literatures, considering “Topophilia and Population Growth in the Jordanian Desert: Investigations at the Nabataean-Roman Site of Humeima” Feb. 16 at 4 p.m. in MacKinnon 103.
The Human Nutraceutical Research Unit and the Department of Human Biology and Nutritional Sciences graduate student seminar series present a mini-symposium on “Probiotics: Science, Regulatory Framework, Uses and Benefits” March 2 from 1 to 5:30 p.m. at the Holiday Inn. It will feature speakers from Canada and the United States. For registration information, visit www.uoguelph.ca/hnru.
Teaching Support Services hosts a Design Café Feb. 11 on “Learning Objects: Build or Borrow?” For more details or to register, visit www.tss.uoguelph.ca.
The drama program presents two student-written plays this month, both beginning at 8 p.m. in Lower Massey Hall. Joemosomo by Christina Nardiello runs Feb. 10 to 12, and I Really Know You by Matt Adams runs Feb. 16 and 17. Admission is $5.
The final examination of Petr Hladik, a PhD candidate in the rural studies program (School of Rural Planning and Development), is Feb. 16 at 9 a.m. in Landscape Architecture 132. The thesis is “Adoption of Networking and E-Business Practices in Rural Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises.” The adviser is Prof. John FitzGibbon.
The final examination of M.Sc. candidate Derrick De Kerckhove, Department of Integrative Biology, is Feb. 16 at 2 p.m. in Axelrod 265A. The thesis is “The Influence of Ecology and Environment on the Genetic Population Structure of Three Freshwater Stream Fishes.” The advisers are Profs. Moira Ferguson and Robert McLaughlin.
The final examination of Jennifer Kirk, a PhD candidate in the Department of Environmental Biology, is Feb. 17 at 1 p.m. in Bovey 118. The thesis is “Interactions Between Plants, Contaminants and Microorganisms During the Phytoremediation of Diesel-Contaminated Soil.” The advisers are Profs. Jack Trevors, Hung Lee and John Klironomos.
The final examination of PhD candidate Cristina Ionescu, Philosophy, is Feb. 18 at 1 p.m. in MacKinnon 306. The thesis is “Plato's Meno: An Interpretation.” The adviser is Prof. Ken Dorter.
The final examination of Susan Yates, a PhD candidate in the Department of Chemistry, is Feb. 23 at 2 p.m. in MacNaughton 222. The thesis is “Protein-Protein Interactions and Inhibition of the ADP- Ribosyl Transferase Reaction of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Exotoxin.” The adviser is Prof. Rod Merrill.
The Guelph Chamber Choir, conducted by Gerald Neufeld, presents the musical poetry of love, loss and joy Feb. 26 at 8 p.m. at St. George's Church. For tickets, call 763-3000.
The ninth annual garden conference of Guelph and Wellington County Master Gardeners runs Feb. 27 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Guelph Turfgrass Institute. Registration begins at 9:30 a.m. For more information, call the master gardener hotline at Ext. 56714.
The next meeting of the Canadian Federation of University Women is Feb. 22 at 7:30 p.m. at Harpo's Banquet Hall, 89 Dawson Rd. Guest speaker is John Tibbits, president and CEO of Conestoga College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning. Everyone is welcome.
The Guelph Symphony Orchestra presents “Con Amore II,” a tribute to Italian music, Feb. 20 at 7:30 p.m. at Holy Rosary Church. An optional dinner will follow at the Italian-Canadian Club for those who have booked ahead. For ticket information, call 763-3000.
Wellington County Museum and Archives will host a Heritage Day Multicultural Festival Feb. 20 from noon to 4 p.m. Admission is free.
The Guelph International Resource Centre will hold its wine-tasting fundraiser, Do Good Wine, Feb. 25 at 7:45 p.m. at the River Run Centre. The evening will feature an official tasting of co-operative wines from around the world, a silent auction and music. For tickets, call 763-3000.
The 10th annual Wyndham House Dream Auction and Gala runs Feb. 26 at Harpo's Banquet Hall, 89 Dawson Rd. A silent auction begins at 7 p.m.; the live auction is at 9:30 p.m. For ticket information, call Carla Bradshaw at Ext. 56657 or Wyndham House at 763-8040.
The Wellington County branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society meets Feb. 22 at 7 p.m. at 125 Harris St. Photographer Ted Carter will discuss “Digital Versus Film.”
Touchmark Theatre presents Blessings in Disguise by Douglas Beattie Feb. 11 to 19 at the River Run Centre. For tickets, call 763-3000.
The next meeting of the Waterloo Wellington Wildflower Society is Feb. 16 at 7:30 p.m. at the Evergeen Seniors Centre.
The Elora Community Theatre's production of Sandy Conrad's A Year in Edna's Kitchen runs Feb. 11 to 13 and 17 to 19 at the Fergus Grand Theatre. Call 787-1981 for tickets.
The Keith Thompson Songwriters' Café runs Monday nights at Manhattans, with featured performers at 7 p.m. and an open stage running from 8 to 11 p.m. All music must be original and performed by the songwriter. For more information, visit www.thesongbirdcafe.com.
