Today, Sept. 8
Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD Canada) Avalon Chapter will hold its annual general meeting at 7:45 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 8 at the Kelsey Drive Sobeys community room. For more information contact
834-7663.
Friday, Sept. 9
The 9th Annual Textiles Program Craft Retreat will take place from September 9th-11th, 2011 at the Brother Brennan Ecological Conservation Centre in Deer Park, Salmonier. To register for this retreat, become a volunteer facilitator or find out more details, contact Sarah Minty at
757-8178.
Saturday, Sept. 10
MUN Botanical Garden’s annual fundraiser will be held Saturday, Sept. 10, at 10 a.m. to noon at 306 Mount Scio Rd. in St. John’s. All proceeds raised help support the Botanical Garden, a non-profit organization. Plant sale lists will be available the day of the sale. For more information call 864-8590 or visit www.mun.ca/botgarden.
Sunday, Sept. 11
The Wild Rose Motorcycle Show-n-Shine and Ride for Wildlife will be held on Sunday, Sept. 11 at 10 a.m. at the Bidgoods Plaza parking lot in the Goulds. A $10 donation per bike, with proceeds going to the Protected Areas Association of Newfoundland and Labrador. For more information call 738-3278.
Monday, Sept. 12
Taoist Tai Chi open houses will take place St.John’s, Mount Pearl, Topsail/C.B.S., and Bell Island during the week of Sept. 12. Phone 579-5276 for more information.
Tuesday, Sept. 13
Self Esteem Course will take place on Tuesdays, Sept. 13 to Oct. 18 from 10 a.m. to noon at The Lantern, 35 Barnes Rd. in St. John’s. For information or to register call 753-8760 or email information@thelantern.nf.net.
Wednesday, Sept. 14
Help Hannah Breathe fundraising campaign will hold a merchandise bingo held at the Race Track in Goulds on Wednesday, Sept. 14 at 8 p.m. All proceeds going to the Help Hannah Breathe campaign.
Thursday, Sept. 15
The Agnes Pratt Home Auxiliary cold plate luncheon and social bake sale will take place Thursday, Sept. 15 at 12:30 p.m. in the lecture hall at Wesley United Church on Patrick St. in St. John’s. Tickets are $15 and are available by calling
782-1689.
General listings
Friday, Sept. 9
• The Arthritis Society will train volunteers in Labrador City on Sept. 9, 10, and 11. Training is free and meals are provided. Contact Shelley at The Arthritis Society office at
1-800-321-1433 or email info@nl.arthritis.ca. Visit www.arthritis.ca for more information.
• Join us at The Rooms Friday, Sept. 9 at 7:30 p.m. for the opening reception for four new exhibitions — Adrian Norvid: Showstoppers, Whoppers, Downers and Out Of Towners; Problem Child; Michael Young: Coruscant Altars; and Short-Sighted II: One-minute video shorts. Everyone is welcome.
Saturday, Sept. 10
• Hand-Built Platter Workshop from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Craft Council Clay Studio 59 Duckworth St.
• The NL Prostate Cancer Support Groups will hold Walk A Mile In His Shoes awareness-raising walks across the province. In St. John’s, Sept. 10 at 9 a.m. at The Mews Centre, Mundy Pond; Sept. 11 in St. Shott’s; Sept. 17 at the Carbonear Rec Complex; Sept. 18 at the C.B.S. town hall. Call Darrell at 757-8530 for more information.
• SPCA giant flea market on Saturday, Sept. 10 at St. David's Presbyterian Church on Elizabeth Avenue at 10 a.m. Admission is $1.
• Flatrock Penitential Pilgrimage will take place Saturday, Sept. 10. Register 10:30 a.m. on the corner of Torbay-Windgap (Duffett’s Lot). For more information visit www.tinyurl.com/flatrockpilgrimage or call 753-2681.
• The popular Port Rexton reading series Just Before Dinner is back for another season and will open Saturday, Sept. 10. The reading will take place from 6 p.m.-7 p.m. at Fishers' Loft Inn. Admission is free. If you’d like stay for dinner, call the Inn at 1-877-464-3240.
Sunday, Sept. 11
• Old Time Country Music jam session takes place at Bethany United Church basement in Carbonear Sunday, Sept. 11. Doors open at 1 p.m. Admission is $5. For more information contact Charlene at 596-3271 or Herb at 596-0006.
• Whitbourne Lions Club will host an open mic benefit show Sunday, Sept. 11 at the Lions Club in Whitbourne in aid of Dwayne Smith who is travelling to Costa Rica for treatment for MS. The doors open at 1 p.m.a nd the excitement starts at
2 p.m.
• St. John's Orienteering Club — training for beginners, Sunday Sept. 11 at 1:30 p.m. rain or shine. Location — Pippy Park, top of Nagles Hill, past the Golf Course entrance. Maps $2. Contact 864-8634. details http://www.sjoc.ca.
• Fall Fern Hike at MUN Botanical Gardens on Sunday, Sept. 11, from 2-4 p.m. For a complete listing of Botanical Garden workshops, events and programs, isit www.mun.ca/botgarden, telephone 864-8590 or email bgprograms@mun.ca.
Monday, Sept. 12
• The Francophone Association choir, La Rose des vents, under the direction of Claire Wilkshire, invites anyone interested in singing in French to an open rehearsal followed by a wine and cheese on Sept. 12 at 7:30 p.m., 65 Ridge Rd., St. John’s. For more information email chorale@acfsj.ca.
Upcoming
• The Royal Canadian Legion in Pleasantville, Branch 56, will have a barbecue, followed by bingo and a dance on Sept. 12 at 7 p.m. Tickets are $17.50 for steak or chicken. Entertainment by The Walsh Brothers.
• There will be a card game at St. Thomas of Villanova in Manuels Monday, Sept. 12 at 8 p.m. Tickets $10, and include 15 draws and door prizes. Bring your own cards and baskets. For more information call 834-9481.
• The VON St. John’s site will hold its annual general meeting Sept. 13. at 7:30 p.m. at the Senior’s Citizen Club on Bennett Avenue. The public is welcome to attend.
• Edible Plant Hike at MUN Botanical Gardens Wednesday, Sept. 14, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Be prepared to go outside. Comfortable footwear suitable for hiking is recommended. Pre-registration is required. Fee is $35. To register, call 864-8590 or email bgprograms@mun.ca.
• The deadline is Thursday, Sept. 15, to register for the Newfoundland and Labrador Organization of Women Entrepreneurs (NLOWE) workshop in St. John’s to be held Tuesday, Sept. 20 called “Driving Sales by Focusing on the Basics.” Cost is $75 plus HST for NLOWE members and $125 plus HST for non-members. Workshops will also be offered in Corner Brook, Gander and Clarenville. Visit www.nlowe.org.
• St. Michael and All Angels will have its second annual fun day and golf tournment at The Wilds, Salmonier Line, on Sept. 16 starting at 8 a.m. For information, call
722-7474 or email kellis_insurance@nf.aibn.com, or call Rev. Emeline Coffin-Strickland at 753-0730 or 728-8586.
• Powers Court Open Mic Show at St. Thomas Of Villanova parish hall in Manuels, C.B.S. Sept. 17. Show starts at 8 p.m. For more information, call Frank at 834-8196 or Ian at 834-3544.
• The Terry Fox Run will take place at Quidi Vidi Lake in St. John’s on Sept. 18. Registration starts at 10 a.m. and the run starts at 11 a.m. For more information, call (709) 576-8428 or 1-888-836-9786 or visit nl@terryfoxrun.org.
• Parkinson Society Newfoundland and Labrador will sponsor its annual Parkinson SuperWalk on Sept. 18. If you would like a pledge sheet or more information on the walk in your area, call 754-4428 or 1-800-567-7020.
• The Salmonid Association of Eastern Newfoundland (SAEN) will hold fly-tying classes starting Sept 19. Call the office for details at 722-9300.
• On Wednesday, Sept. 21 the Women’s Association of Memorial University will hold a plant sale from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the lobby of the Bruneau Centre at MUN. For further information call Miriam Simpson at 754-6991 or miriamsimpson08@gmail.com
• A.C. Hunter adult library at the Arts and Culture Centre will host a reading by Gerard Collins, author of “Moonlight Sketches: A Short Story Collection” on Wednesday, Sept. 21, from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
• The registration deadline is nearing for students who plan to graduate at the fall convocation of Grenfell Campus, Memorial University. The deadline to register for convocation is Thursday, Sept. 22. Graduating students should visit www.mun.ca/grenfell-convocation to obtain information pertaining to academic dress and tickets for the ceremony. The 2011 fall convocation ceremony will take place Friday, Oct. 7, at 10 a.m. at the Corner Brook Arts and Culture Centre.
• The Compassionate Friends, a support group for bereaved parents, will meet on Thursday, Sept. 22 in Room 2J619 (main floor near Pastoral Care), Health Sciences Centre from 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Parents dealing with the loss of a child are invited to attend. For information call Mary at 834-4027.
• Supplementary activity to the Ireland-Newfoundland Festival of the Sea will have workshops in two communities on Friday, Sept. 23, at the Placentia Bay Cultural Arts Centre in Placentia and in Renews on Saturday, Sept. 24. at the Regina Mundi Cultural Centre. Both from 10 a.m
to 4 p.m. For more details or to register contact info@margaretwalshbest.com or call 753-2643.
• On Sept. 24, walk some of the old Branch Railway Line in Conception Bay North and help raise awareness and funds for neuroendocrine cancer. Go to www.cnetscanada.org for further information. The 7.1-km walk starts in Kingston at 11 a.m. and ends at the Western Bay train station. For further information call Helen Woodrow at 598-2870 or email to wayfaringfornets@gmail.com.
• The annual Burry Heights Food, Fun, and Fellowship Day will be held on Sept. 24 at the Burry Heights Camp and Retreat Center just off the Trans Canada Highway on the Salmonier Line.
• There will be a fundraising walk for La Leche League Canada — an organization offering support to breastfeeding families since 1961 — Sunday, Sept. 25. at the Kenny’s Pond Playground at noon. Registration is at 11:30 a.m. Family potluck picnic to follow. To register or pledge call Jane at 722-5815 or Jan at 739-9368.
• The Air Force Association of Canada 150 (North Atlantic) Wing will hold its annual indoor family fall garden party at Building 565 Roosevelt Ave., Pleasantville, Sunday, Sept. 25 from 2-5 p.m. Advance tickets for turkey teas, $10 each. For more information contact Jeanne at 753-8970 after 4 p.m.
• Auditions for Kittiwake Dance Theatre’s 2011 Nutcracker production will be held on Sunday, Sept. 25 at the Arts & Culture Centre (4th floor) and Sunday, Oct. 2 at Dance Studio East (28 Allston St., Kenmount Business Park). Male and female dancers and actors ages seven and up are welcome. Audition times are 1 p.m. for ages seven to 10 and 2:30 p.m. for ages 11 to 13; and 4 p.m. for ages 14 and over (DSE location only).
• The NL Association of Architects will have a public lecture series at MUN Bruneau Centre, Room IIC 2001 on Tuesday Sept. 27., at 7:15 p.m. Free admission, free parking Lot 15B.
• Living With Stroke — Education and Support Group Program for stroke survivors is offered by Eastern Health, free of charge, beginning Sept. 27 in St. John’s and Sept. 29 in Harbour Grace. Space is limited. Register by calling 777-7474 or emailing LivingWithStroke@easternhealth.ca.
• The Canadian Cancer Society will hold its first annual Goulds Southern Shore Relay For Life on Oct. 1. at St. Kevin’s High School in Goulds. For more information, contact Donna Gear at mgear@nl.cancer.ca or call 757-8531.
• St. John’s will host the fourth annual World Wide Photowalk. This year’s walk will start at the Basilica Church parking lot at 2 p.m. Oct. 1, and make its way through downtown St. John’s towards George Street. The walk is limited to 50 people so register to hold your spot at http://worldwidephotowalk.com/walk/st-johns-nl-canada-downtown.
• The Parish of The Good Shepherd will host a dinner theatre and dance at the Reid Community Center, Mount Pearl on Saturday, Oct. 1, at 7 p.m. Tickets $ 50 per person (non-refundable). For tickets, call the church office at 747-1022.
• There will be a card game at the Paradise Community Centre on Oct. 3 at 8 p.m. Tickets $10, and include 15 draws and door prize. Bring own cards and baskets. For more information, call 834-9481
• Cowan Heights United church has reserved Friday, Oct. 14, for the Patsy Cline Show as a fundraiser for our church. Tickets are $75. ($25. receipt). A silent auction will be held as well. For more information phone 745-2871.
• Gardening Workshop at MUN Botanical Gardens on Saturday, Oct. 15, from 10 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. To register, call 864-8590 or email bgprograms@mun.ca. Fee: $35. For a complete listing of Botanical Garden workshops, events and programs, visit www.mun.ca/botgarden.
• The fifth annual Scotiabank Cape to Cabot 20-km running race will begin at Cape Spear at 8 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 16. The finishers will arrive on Signal Hill beginning at around 9:15 a.m. If you would like more information or would like to volunteer for this event, visit www.capetocabot.com.
Announcements
• The Anna Templeton Centre for Craft Art & Design offers a variety of craft & art classes for both adults & kids. The fall schedule is now available at www.annatempletoncentre.com . Sign up before September 12., and you'll save 10 per cent on registration fees. Additional information is also available by calling the Anna Templeton Centre at 739-7623.
• The registration deadline is nearing for students who plan to graduate at the fall convocation of Grenfell Campus, Memorial University. The deadline to register for convocation is Thursday, Sept. 22. Graduating students should visit www.mun.ca/grenfell-convocation to obtain information pertaining to academic dress and tickets for the ceremony. The 2011 fall convocation ceremony will take place Friday, Oct. 7, at 10 a.m. at the Corner Brook Arts and Culture Centre.
• Twelve Step Spirituality Course takes place Wednesdays from Sept. 7 to Dec. 21, and Self Esteem Course on Tuesdays, Sept. 13 to Oct. 18 from 10 a.m. to noon at The Lantern, 35 Barnes Rd. in St. John’s. For more information or to register call 753-8760 or email information@thelantern.nf.net.
• Coastal Sounds, non-auditioned community choir with members from C.B.S. and surrounding areas is seeking new members who have an interest in singing. No prior experience is necessary. Rehearsal time is Wednesday nights, 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. For more info contact info@coastalsounds.ca
• Epilepsy Newfoundland and Labrador is giving away free information packs stuffed with information and interesting facts on epilepsy and seizures until Sept. 30. To receive yours, get in touch with us at 722-0502 or toll free at 1-866-EPILEPSY (1-866-374-5377) or by email at info@epilepsynl.com.
• To ensure public safety, access to Harvey Road, via Fort Townshend/The Rooms, is no longer available. Similarly, access to Bonaventure Avenue from Harvey Road, via Fort Townshend/The Rooms, is also no longer available. Vehicle access to The Rooms’ visitor parking is only available via Bonaventure Avenue. This change is effective immediately.
• Traditional Latin mass is celebrated on Sundays at 5:15 p.m. at St. Pius X Church on Smithville Cres. For further info watch www.tinyurl.com/latinnl or call
722-4842.
• Memorial researchers are seeking research participants for a study entitled Working Late: Strategies to Enhance Productive and Healthy Environments for the Older Workforce. Individuals (aged 50 years and older) who are currently working or seeking work are invited to participate in an interview. For more information contact Joanne Smith-Young at 1-888-477-6844 or email jsmithyo@mun.ca.
• Persons wishing to donate to the famine crisis in Somalia can do so by mailing cheque or money order to the official international development organization of the Catholic Church in Canada: Development and Peace, 1425 Rene-Levesque Blvd W, 3rd Floor, Montreal, Quebec Canada, H3G 1T7.
• Tango on the Edge holds practicas (informal Argentine Tango dancing) every Thursday 8:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. at the Retired Citizens Association, 10 Bennett Ave. Everyone welcome. For details and contacts, visit www.tangoontheedge.ca.
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