Growing the Voices - Festival 500 Instant Choir
Date: Dec 11
2:00 pm
- 3:00 pm
Where: Level 3 Atrium
Instant Choir
Growing The Voices – Festival 500 is back! Everyone is welcome to join the annual holiday Instant Choir on Sunday, December 11, 2022 from 2 – 3pm.
We will gather in the Atrium for an hour of singing and learn a new song or medley. A recording of the final performance will be shared on social media channels.
This is a FREE event. Bring your family, friends and visitors!
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Events & Programs
How do place, identity, and art intersect, and what do their points of intersection tell us about this place we call home?
In this talk, Rhea Rollmann will explore the significance of queer and trans art in Atlantic Canada with particular emphasis on the work of Erica Rutherford as well as iterations of queer and trans art in NL. There will be an opportunity for questions after the talk.
Tickets: $12 plus HST. Free for Rooms members. Get your tickets online or by calling 709-757-8090.
About the Presenter:
Rhea Rollmann (she/her) is an award-winning journalist, writer and audio producer based in St. John's, NL, and is the author of A Queer History of Newfoundland (Engen Books, 2023). She is a founding editor of The Independent NL and her journalism has appeared in Briarpatch Magazine, CBC, Xtra Magazine, Chatelaine, PopMatters, Riddle Fence, Macleans and more. Her academic work has been published in the Journal of Gender Studies, Labor Studies Journal, Canadian Woman Studies, Journal of Work and Society, Canadian Theatre Review, Canadian Review of Sociology, Screen Bodies and elsewhere. She also has an extensive background in labour organizing and queer/trans activism, and she is Station Manager at CHMR-FM, a community radio station in St. John's.