Celebrate NL Film! Special Year of the Arts Series
Date: Feb 15
7:00 pm
- 9:00 pm
Where: Theatre
Due to ongoing adverse weather conditions, tonight’s event is cancelled. Ticket holders may contact The Rooms at (709)757-8090 when it reopens for refunds. A new date will be announced at a later date.
Presented with PictureNL, we’re shining a spotlight on some of Newfoundland and Labrador’s superb films and filmmakers! Each month we’ll present a different local feature film on our big screen. Gather with friends and film buffs to celebrate home-grown talent.
Thursday, February 15: An Audience of Chairs (2018)
Q&A Guests
Deanne Foley- Director
Lynne Wilson- Producer
Wanda Nolan- Moderator
Tickets: $12 (+HST). Get your ticket online or by calling 709-757-8090.
This year-long monthly series is presented by PictureNL in partnership with The Rooms as part of Year of the Arts celebrations.
Next up is Thursday, March 21: Hell or Clean Water (2021). Stay tuned as monthly screening dates are announced!
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.