Film Screening:"Me Mom & Covid" FULL


Date: Feb 29
2:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Where: Theatre
Coffee & Culture

Join filmmaker Mary Sexton for a screening Me, Mom & Covid, a documentary that deals with the struggles of a family who lost their matriarch during the pandemic. The film also looks at the parallels between the public response to COVID-19 and to the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the ‘80s.

A moderated conversation linking Sexton’s film to the contemporary visual art of Kim Morgan in Blood and Breath, Skin and Dust will follow the film.

Tickets: $12 (+HST). Free for Rooms Members. Get your tickets online or by calling 709-757-8090. Includes admission to exhibitions. 

Image credit: CBC.

Events & Programs

1:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Taking inspiration from Toby Rabinowitz’s exhibition, A World Within A World, visitors can choose an animal silhouette provided by us and decorate it with brightly-coloured patterns using various shapes and materials.

Toby’s artwork is full of bright, imagined worlds with magical creatures and friends playing together. She says her work is for kids and happy adults – make sure you stop in to look for yourself in the art gallery on level 4.

What magical creature will you create?

Drop-in program – no registration is required.

1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Program

Celebrating biodiversity! Get Hands on with our Province’s plants, animals and wild spaces at The Rooms with Nature NL!

Nature Nook is a monthly hands-on session to interact with real specimens like seal pelts, skulls, whale baleen, antlers, moose fur, and a variety of rocks and minerals. Join us to learn more about nature and ask our volunteers all your questions about Newfoundland and Labrador’s wildlife!

Included with cost of admission. Free for Rooms members.

2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Tour

Beaumont-Hamel and the Trail of the Caribou

In this exhibition, find out about the impacts of the First World War on Newfoundlanders and Labradorians and how events overseas dramatically altered our lives at home.

Each tour is approximately 30 – 40 minutes and is included in the cost of admission. Free for Rooms members.