It is back-to-school season for Brandon University (BU) alumni, as we get ready to welcome grads from years past to campus for Homecoming weekend.
“This year’s Homecoming is especially poignant for alumni who are celebrating milestones, like the Class of ’66,” says Carla Eisler, the BU Alumni Officer.
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BRANDON, Man. — Although the end of Mental Illness Awareness Week in Canada is near, the conversation will continue with the Mental Health on the Prairies (MHP) conference next week at Brandon University (BU).
Hosted by the BU Faculty of Health Studies as well as Manitoba Health, Seniors and Active Living, the conference will take place from Wednesday, Oct. 12 to Friday, Oct. 14 with nearly 35 presentations from top-notch speakers.
Mental health speaker, actor and writer Victoria Maxwell will perform her play That’s Just Crazy Talk on Thursday, Oct. 13 at Brandon University’s Lorne Watson Recital Hall.
Maxwell wrote the play, which her website describes as a “funny and achingly truthful” story of coming to terms with mental illness and a look “at both the light and dark side of living with bipolar disorder, anxiety and psychosis.
BRANDON, Man. — Brandon will be alive with music and art on Saturday, and Brandon University (BU) students and faculty will be in the middle of it all.
Band 101 begins on Saturday morning, showcasing 268 musicians from BU and the Brandon School Division. Grades 9–12 band students, under the direction of Anna Penno and Meaghan Walker, will take part in rehearsals and seminars along with members of the Brandon University Symphonic Band, directed by Wendy McCallum.
Dr. Christopher J. Schneider has received the Early-in-Career Award from the Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction.
Colleen Cutschall will speak at Brandon University’s Glen P. Sutherland Gallery of Art on Monday.
Colleen Cutschall, Professor Emeritus at Brandon University and the founder of its Department of Visual and Aboriginal Arts, will give a free public talk at BU on Monday, Oct. 3. The free talk begins at 7:30 p.m.
Toronto drummer Nick Fraser brings his quartet to the Lorne Watson Recital Hall on Tuesday, Oct. 4. (Photo by Brett Delmage)
BRANDON, Man. — For one incredible evening of music, Toronto jazz drummer Nick Fraser brings his quartet, featuring New York City saxophonist Tony Malaby, to the Pro Series at Brandon University (BU).
Cellist Andrew Downing and bassist Rob Clutton will join Fraser and Malaby on stage at the Lorne Watson Recital Hall on Tuesday, Oct. 4 at 8 p.m.
Evan Ware will speak at the R.D. Bell Hall at Brandon University on Thursday, Sept.
The Manitoba Craft Council exhibition Play, Precarity and Survival will open at Brandon University’s (BU’s) Glen P. Sutherland Gallery of Art on Thursday.
The professional, travelling exhibition features the work of well-respected Canadian artists who use ceramic history, material properties and production processes to explore contemporary identities.
Renowned playwright Debbie Patterson will perform and speak in Brandon.
A remounting of her acclaimed play Sargent & Victor & Me and a lecture for the Brandon University (BU) Faculty of Arts Speaker Series are on the bill for Winnipeg playwright Debbie Patterson next week.