Updates from the McMaster Humanities Society
Hello all you lovely Humanities students! The year just keeps getting busier at the MHS and we want to keep all of you humanities students in the loop! Our new fun events keep coming up in bunches, as well as important news for all MSU clubs seeking clubs funding or looking to attend the general meeting. See you soon!
1) Arts Matter Submissions
2) Wine and Cheese
3) Clubs' Funding
4) General Meeting
5) Upcoming Events: Bingo and Casino Nights
6) Presidential Nominations
7) Honours Performance Series
8) New Arts Matter E-mail
9) New MHS E-mail
1)ARTS MATTER SUBMISSIONS
February 26th & 27th
The MHS is looking for submissions for our Arts Week coming up in March. We are looking for pieces for an art exhibit, as well as short films for our film festival. Submission details are as follows:
Art Exhibition: Students wishing to submit visual art displays or perform/speak at the exhibition must contact Arts Matter by Thurs, Feb 26th/09.
Film Fest: Films must be 15 minutes or less in length, and must be submitted, in DVD format, to the McMaster Humanities Society office (TSH B109a) by Friday, Feb 27th/09 at 4pm, as all films must be screened and approved by the Arts Matter coordinators before the event - although if you can get them in any earlier, please do so.
2) WINE AND CHEESE!
The McMaster Humanities Society is proud to bring you its annual Wine and Cheese. This is a great opportunity to come out and mingle with your fellow students and members of the faculty. This year's event has been inspired by the classic board game, CLUE.
It will be held at University Club from 7 PM until 12 PM on Friday February 13th. This is an all ages events, but wine tickets will be available for $2 to those over 19.
Tickets will be $5 for humanities students and $7 for non-humanities students. They will be are on sale RIGHT NOW! at the MHS office as well as at the door. However, this event is sure to be a great time, so we encourage you to get yours as soon as possible! Once again, wine tickets will be sold for $2 at the event.
3) MCMASTER HUMANITIES SOCIETY GENERAL MEETING
WINTER GENERAL MEETING (FREE PIZZA!)
Wednesday February 11th 2009
7:00pm, MUSC 311/313
The McMaster Humanities Society invites you to attend our Winter General Meeting. Come out and meet the 08/09 MHS Exec, and see what we do, and have your voice heard - not to mention FREE PIZZA! This is a great opportunity for clubs seeking clubs' funding too. The meeting is scheduled for Wednesday February 11th at 7 PM in MUSC 311/313. We also have FREE PIZZA for everyone attending. Clubs who have applied for MHS Clubs Funding are strongly encourages to attend the meeting.
Oh, and did we mention FREE PIZZA?!
4) CLUB'S FUNDING FORMS NOW AVAILABLE!!!!!!!!! ROUND TWO!
Attention all clubs! It is that time of year again! Clubs' Funding forms are once again becoming due! If you are intending on seeking funding from the McMaster Humanities Society this year, then you need to stop by the McMaster Humanities Society Office in TSH B109/A to pick up a clubs funding form. Special events funding forms are also available. These forms are due, with a copy of your budget, by February 12th back to the Humanities Society Office as well.
5) UPCOMING EVENTS: BINGO AND CASINO NIGHTS
The MHS is please to offer some exciting upcoming events in March! This includes a trip to the Brantford Casino on March 6th. Tickets will be $10, and you will get a $15 voucher for the Casino as well! Details will follow closer to the event. ALSO we will be holding a BINGO night on March 19th on campus, so stay tuned! Both events will be a great opportunity to mingle and release that end of term stress!
6) PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATIONS
Have you served one year or more on the MHS? Would you like to be president? Nominations for the MHS president have now commenced. Application forms are now available in the MHS office (TSH B109/A). These are due Tuesday February 24th, following which point campaigning among the candidates will begin.
7) SIX WORLD DRAMA PREMIERES WILL BE FEATURED IN HONOUR PERFORMANCE SERIES AT McMASTER UNIVERSITY’S ANNUAL WINTER DRAMA EVENT FROM MID JANUARY UNTIL MARCH 2009
McMaster University’s School of the Arts Theatre and Film Studies Program is pleased to announce the production of six world premieres that encompass the creative and original initiatives of the Graduating Class of 2009. This series of six new works begins on January 15th and runs until March 6, 2009 at two locations: Commons Basement Room B108 and the Robinson Memorial Theatre, Chester New
Hall, at McMaster University. Free Admission for all plays , show times for the dates detailed in this release are 12:30 p.m and 8:00 p.m. for the run of the drama series, unless otherwise noted.
The Honours Performance Series is the fruition of four years of learning and education in theatre and film. Each production is conceived, written and directed by students and the range and depth of their creativity is always a wonder to behold. This year’s series shows the usual range of humour, drama and innovative design and staging. This is not mainstream theatre for the middle-aged, this is vibrant, new theatre that engages a young audience with the issues of their time.
The series is supervised by Dr. Peter Cockett and is designed to allow the graduating class full scope to explore the theories and practices they have studied in their time at McMaster. Rather than forcing young students into early specializations the program encourages students to master all aspects of theatrical art to better equip them for their future careers. The emphasis of the program and in the series is on creative agency. The Theatre and Film Studies Program aims to train self-producers rather than specialist artists dependent on others for work. The skills learnt have proved highly transferable to the many other career paths chosen by graduates of the program.
Fourth in the series is McMaster’s newest Canadian musical “Show Me Your Maple” running from February 12 and 13th is written and directed by Haley Bulmer, Meaghan Doupe and Kathleen McGrath. "Three Canucks decide to get out of their respective provinces. From there, they cross boarders and oceans, and have life-altering encounters. Holding on to their Canadian identity while learning the ins and outs of another country, it is an exciting journey full of airplanes, accents, and
adventure."
Fifth in the series is “Casket Cases” running February 26th and 27th, written and directed by T.J. Casey, Sandra Ellis and Lindsay Nicol. This dark and unconventional musical comedy explores a different side of death and the grieving process. Why? Because you can't spell 'funeral' without 'fun'!"
Sixth in the series is “The Opportunist” running from March 5th and 6th is written and directed by Steve Gignac, Ashley McAskill and Jim Molloy. The Opportunist is the story of a man who was about to secure what seemed to be the perfect life when he succumbed to a temptation that would ruin it all. He finds himself needing to cover up his own indulgences in order to regain his life of comfort, no matter what it takes. "The Opportunist" has the aesthetic of a 1930s film noir and will be a play and a film simultaneously.
For more information, please contact McMaster University’s School of the Arts, Theatre and Film contact at 905-522-9150 Ext 27671 or please check our website at
http://www.humanities.mcmast er.ca/~sota/
8) NEW ARTS MATTER E-MAIL
The 'Arts Matter' initiative has a new e-mail address. This is the best way to keep in touch with those involved in our 'Arts Matter' campaign. They can now be reached at:
[email protected] om.
9)NEW MHS E-MAIL
The McMaster Humanities Society has a new e-mail address. We can now be reached at:
[email protected]. Please send all correspondence to this e-mail address in the future.
We look forward to seeing you out at these events and the many more that are still to come before the end of term two!
>From your friendly neighbourhood MHS exec!
Contact us at:
TSH B109A
Facebook: McMaster Humanities Society
[email protected]
905-525-9140 x24588
