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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14
Activities
2:30 p.m. Coffee & Culture: Love & Seduction Discover how to attract that special someone using 18th- and 19thcentury techniques. Curator of history Maureen Peters will explain how clothing styles evolved as desires changed and highlight tokens of love from our collection. Included with admission. Free to Rooms members. Arts
7 p.m. Picasso’s Valentines The art of Pablo Picasso and the women who loved him is the subject of this art history lecture by Beth Pratt at Memorial University (Education Building, Room 2003). Explore the many phases of Picasso’s art and the women who inspired some of his most famous works. Delve into his complex life and look at the art created by some of his muses, including photographer Dora Maar and artist Francoise Gilot. Drop-ins welcome. Email arthistorylectures@gmail. com for more information. Cost for this lecture is $25/person. Deadline tomorrow Funding opportunity Artsnl is accepting applications for its annual Operating Program for Professional Arts Organizations. The deadline is Friday, Feb. 15. Organizational annual operations must start on/after April 15. Contact Artsnl for details: 726-2212 or toll-free 1-866-726-2212 (N.L. only), email kmurphy@nlac.ca or visit http://www.nlac.ca/grants/ aoppao.htm for info and video, and to apply. Classes and groups
1:30 p.m. T’ai Chi Chih Come awaken the energy within! Relax! More wellness, more energy, more joy! Weekly classes with Sheila Leonard at The Lantern, 35 Barnes Rd., until March 7. Class at 1:30 p.m. Thursday is for returning students only. Refining our practice of the 20 gentle, repetitive movements, helping further increase the flow of natural energy. Register at your first class. Call 7277863 or visit www.sheilaleonard.ca for more information. Comedy
9 p.m. Jokes at John’s Voted best comedy night in Newfoundland. Hosted by Jennifer Somerton and featuring a new headliner and lineup every Thursday at 9 p.m. No cover at Trapper John’s, 2 George St. Fundraisers
9 p.m.
St. John’s Women’s Centre A fundraiser for the St. John’s Women’s Centre will be held on Valentine’s Day at Treble Lounge, Holdsworth Court, George Street. Tickets are $20 and can be purchased online through Event Brite. Evelyn Jess & The Black Dress perform original, folk and Newfoundland songs at 9:30 p.m. The Terra Novas perform at 10:30 p.m. Evelyn Jess & The Hot Mess perform highenergy original rock and pop covers at 11:30 p.m. The event will be hosted of the scene, by the Irma sweetest Gerd. drag queen Live Music
6:30 Rob Cook p.m. Performing at Green Sleeves. 7 Arthur p.m. and Fred of The Navigators Performing at Shamrock City Pub on Water Street. Fergus O’byrne Performing at O’reilly’s Pub. 9:30 p.m. Tim Maher Performing at Shamrock City Pub in Goulds. 10:30 p.m. Irish Descendants Performing at O’reilly’s Pub. The Ugly Sticks Performing at Shamrock City Pub on Water Street. 11 p.m. Glory Days Performing at Green Sleeves. Social
Upcoming Stew Supper Cowan Heights United Church will host a moose and beef stew supper on Feb. 23 at 6 p.m. Tickets ($15) are available at the church office.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15
Live Music
5 p.m.
Carl Peters and Bob Taylor Performing at Shamrock City Pub on Water Street. Rob Cook Performing at Green Sleeves. Chris Hennessy Performing at O’reilly’s Pub. 7 p.m. Sean & Sheldon Performing at Shamrock City Pub in Goulds. 8 p.m. Connemara Performing at O’reilly’s Pub. Damian Follett Performing at Green Sleeves. 8:30 p.m.
Acoustic Celtic Connection Performing at Shamrock City Pub on Water Street. 10:30 p.m.
The Quidi Vidi Dirt Band Performing cover until 11 at p.m. The Martini Bar. No Three Amigos Performing at Shamrock City Pub in Goulds. 11 p.m. Connemara Performing at Shamrock City Pub on Water Street. 11:30 p.m. Heel N’ Toe Performing at O’reilly’s Pub. Midnight
Derek Graham and John Ennis Performing at Green Sleeves. Social
8 p.m. Dance social Memorial University’s Ballroom Latin Dance Club is hosting a free social from 8 p.m. to midnight at the Remax Centre’s upstairs lounge.
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 16
Activities
2 p.m.
Mitten Show and Share Curious about your hand-knit mittens? Wondering what traditional pattern was used or the history behind it? Bring them in for a oneon-one show and share at The Rooms from 2-4 p.m. with experts Christine Legrow and Shirley Scott, authors of “Saltwater Mittens.” Included with admission. Free to Rooms members. 6 p.m.
Games Night and Potluck Enjoy playing board games? Then come participate in the fun of sharing a potluck meal and an evening playing games with others at St. James United Church. Everyone is welcome. The only request is to contribute food or beverages to the meal. Note: St. James is an accessible venue. Please use the side entrance. For information or to indicate your interest, contact Susan Sheppard, DLM, youth ministry, at 722-1881, ext. 204 or susan@stjamesuc.org. Children
1:30 p.m. February Kids Club: Animal Tracks Kids Club Program for February at the Suncor Energy Fluvarium. Every footprint tells a story. What stories are being told around the Fluvarium this winter? Help us find out what critters might be hiding in the woods and explore some mysterious tracking stories. Every Saturday and Sunday until Feb. 24 at 1:30 p.m. Program runs approximately 45-60 minutes. This Fluvarium kids program is family fun and can include an outdoor component, game, story and craft. Kids ages five to 10 and their families are invited to join Fluvarium Kids. Receive updates, collect stickers, and earn a Fluvarium Kids Fresh Water Friends certificate when you attend sessions in four different months. Fluvarium Kids programs are complimentary with admission. Ask about our annual family pass. Fundraiser
Upcoming Coldest Night of the Year Choices for Youth is encouraging St. John’s residents to bundle up and raise cold, hard cash for the annual Coldest Night of the Year walk. A family-friendly winter fundraising event for St. John’s homeless and at-risk youth, the walk takes place on the afternoon of Feb. 23. Thousands of participants will take part in the walk in an anticipated 100 cities across Canada. By walking together in the chill of the winter, participants show solidarity with the experience of being on the streets during a cold Canadian winter, while raising funds to aid the work of Choices for Youth in providing much-needed support to members of our community. This is Choices for Youth’s sixth year taking part in the Coldest Night of the Year, and they’re aiming to raise $45,000 for their work with vulnerable youth in St. John’s. An anticipated 300 walkers are expected to brave the cold winter walk. Learn more or sign up to walk by visiting www.cnoy.org/ stjohns.