Catch us here:
http://podcast.cbc.ca/mp3/nlwamgaloot_20091206_24089.mp3
To all of you who took part in our Smallwood event - thanks! it was a fabulous evening!
keep your eyes peeled for our winter series, starting in January 2010 with a roundtable featuring some of Newfoundland and Labrador's best loved women authors, among them Helen Porter, Bernice Morgan and Carmelita McGrath!
Friday, December 11, 2009
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Stories in My Mother's Recipes
Diane Tye, from MUN's Department of Folklore, invites us into her mother’s kitchen! From oatcakes, tea biscuits and chocolate chip cookies to strawberry Jell-O squares, her mother's recipes for simple everyday foods contain surprisingly complex subtexts that speak of her life as a wife, mother and church woman in Nova Scotia from the 1950s to the 1980s. These instructions tell stories of region, class and religion and, at the same time that they reflect her mother's gendered social responsibilities, they hint at ways in which she and other women of her generation resisted those expectations.
In celebration of the relationships between cooking and storytelling, The Blue Castle invites guests to bring along a copy of their favourite recipe and the stories that go along with it.
Stories in My Mother’s Recipes
Tuesday, November 24, 2009 at 8 pm at The Ship Pub (265 Duckworth St., St. John’s). Admission is free.
For more information, contact Sonja Boon (sboon@mun.ca; 737-2551) or check out our blog at www.bluestockingsalon.blogspot.com.
In celebration of the relationships between cooking and storytelling, The Blue Castle invites guests to bring along a copy of their favourite recipe and the stories that go along with it.
Stories in My Mother’s Recipes
Tuesday, November 24, 2009 at 8 pm at The Ship Pub (265 Duckworth St., St. John’s). Admission is free.
For more information, contact Sonja Boon (sboon@mun.ca; 737-2551) or check out our blog at www.bluestockingsalon.blogspot.com.
Friday, October 16, 2009
Catherine Isabella McLean Fraser: "Mother in Israel"
On 26 October, we’ll be joined by Suzanne Sexty, MUN Honorary Research Librarian and regular Blue Castle-goer, who will talk about her research into the life of Catherine Isabella McLean Fraser: "Mother in Israel". From Crossapol on the isle of Coll, in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland, to the wilderness of Pictou, Nova Scotia, to Lunenburg, and finally to St. John's, the journey of Catherine Fraser took her far from her birth place. Wife of the first Presbyterian minister in Newfoundland, Catherine was a helpmate, mother and, always, "fiery Kate." The talk will look at Catherine's life as it brings her to Newfoundland.
Catherine Isabella McLean Fraser: "Mother in Israel"
Monday, October 26 at 8 pm at The Ship (265 Duckworth, St. John's)
Admission is free
Catherine Isabella McLean Fraser: "Mother in Israel"
Monday, October 26 at 8 pm at The Ship (265 Duckworth, St. John's)
Admission is free
Friday, September 4, 2009
Cooking up a (Life) Story: Women and Everyday Cultural Production
The Blue Castle: Conversations on Women, Culture and the Spaces of the Imagination presents its Fall 2009 series: Cooking up a (Life) Story: Women and Everyday Cultural Production. Please join us for four conversations dedicated to everyday cultural production! From the stories that emerge from women’s recipe collections, to the lives that are revealed in letters and on tombstones, and the taken-for-granted material artifacts that grace our homes, we’re taking a closer look at women’s myriad acts of everyday creativity, activities that have enriched – and continue to enrich – all of our lives.
On 21 September 2009, join us for The Blue Castle Show and Tell. Show and Tell is all about storytelling: it’s a space for you to share the stories of everyday creativity that have shaped your life.
Third wave feminism is embracing the traditional crafts, using knitting, stitching, cooking, and more as ways to bring out messages of social justice while simultaneously revaluing these activities as worthy of critical attention. What happens when we begin to examine this very broad arena of women’s creativity? Here’s your chance to look at the handcrafted items in your home in a new light! Bring along an item that was created by a woman in your life or an everyday item that makes you think of a creative woman in your life, and a story or two to go along with them. If the kitchen stove is too big to bring along, bring us a picture and the great stories that go along with it.
On 26 October, we’ll be joined by Suzanne Sexty, a regular Blue Castle-goer, who will talk about her research into the life of Catherine Isabella McLean Fraser: "Mother in Israel". From Crossapol on the isle of Coll, in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland, to the wilderness of Pictou, Nova Scotia, to Lunenburg, and finally to St. John's, the journey of Catherine Fraser took her far from her birth place. Wife of the first Presbyterian minister in Newfoundland, Catherine was a helpmate, mother and, always, "fiery Kate." The talk will look at Catherine's life as it brings her to Newfoundland.
Diane Tye, from MUN’s Department of Folklore, joins us on 24 November to talk about women’s recipe collections and the stories they can tell us. We invite you to bring along your favourite recipe, and a few stories that go along with it as well. I’m bringing along my friend Helene’s Aunt Dorothy’s ginger snaps…what will you bring? Perhaps there will be enough for a Blue Castle recipe collection...
Finally, on 8 December, we look at women as letter writers – more specifically, we’ll be travelling back to mid-twentieth-century Newfoundland to read the letters women wrote to Joey Smallwood in the early years of Confederation. An interactive venture that might rival our spring suffrage debates, this gathering requires the active participation of a series of readers interested in knowing more about women’s activities in mid-century Newfoundland and Labrador.
Just like last season, all events are free and will take place in the warm surroundings of The Ship Pub, on Duckworth Street. We hope you'll join us.
On 21 September 2009, join us for The Blue Castle Show and Tell. Show and Tell is all about storytelling: it’s a space for you to share the stories of everyday creativity that have shaped your life.
Third wave feminism is embracing the traditional crafts, using knitting, stitching, cooking, and more as ways to bring out messages of social justice while simultaneously revaluing these activities as worthy of critical attention. What happens when we begin to examine this very broad arena of women’s creativity? Here’s your chance to look at the handcrafted items in your home in a new light! Bring along an item that was created by a woman in your life or an everyday item that makes you think of a creative woman in your life, and a story or two to go along with them. If the kitchen stove is too big to bring along, bring us a picture and the great stories that go along with it.
On 26 October, we’ll be joined by Suzanne Sexty, a regular Blue Castle-goer, who will talk about her research into the life of Catherine Isabella McLean Fraser: "Mother in Israel". From Crossapol on the isle of Coll, in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland, to the wilderness of Pictou, Nova Scotia, to Lunenburg, and finally to St. John's, the journey of Catherine Fraser took her far from her birth place. Wife of the first Presbyterian minister in Newfoundland, Catherine was a helpmate, mother and, always, "fiery Kate." The talk will look at Catherine's life as it brings her to Newfoundland.
Diane Tye, from MUN’s Department of Folklore, joins us on 24 November to talk about women’s recipe collections and the stories they can tell us. We invite you to bring along your favourite recipe, and a few stories that go along with it as well. I’m bringing along my friend Helene’s Aunt Dorothy’s ginger snaps…what will you bring? Perhaps there will be enough for a Blue Castle recipe collection...
Finally, on 8 December, we look at women as letter writers – more specifically, we’ll be travelling back to mid-twentieth-century Newfoundland to read the letters women wrote to Joey Smallwood in the early years of Confederation. An interactive venture that might rival our spring suffrage debates, this gathering requires the active participation of a series of readers interested in knowing more about women’s activities in mid-century Newfoundland and Labrador.
Just like last season, all events are free and will take place in the warm surroundings of The Ship Pub, on Duckworth Street. We hope you'll join us.
Friday, April 3, 2009
Should Women Get the Vote? or; What will men wear when women wear pants?
On April 21, 2009, The Blue Castle presents "Should Women Have the Vote? or; What will men wear when women wear pants?" an evening celebrating the 84th anniversary ofwomen's suffrage in Newfoundland. Showcasing the talents of several regular Blue Castle-goers, the evening will feature an interactive re-enactment of the great suffrage debates of the early twentieth century and will include excerpts from the speeches, songs, verses and memoirs of some of the leading voices of the suffrage movement, including Emmeline Pankhurst, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, and Newfoundland's own Armine Gosling.
Please join us in a celebration of women's suffrage.
Should Women Have the Vote? or;
What will men wear when women wear pants?
Tuesday, April 21, 2009 at 8 pm at The Ship Pub (265 Duckworth Street)
Coming up in May....
And on May 19, 2009, we'll welcome Nancy Earle and Joan Sullivan in joint presentations on Cassie Brown. Nancy's 'The Making of Death on the Ice and the Newfoundland Imaginary' and Joan's 'My Life in Non-Fiction' will explore the conditions of (female) authorship in Newfoundland during the period. Nancy and Joan will look at the career of Cassie Brown and how she made a space forherself as author of Newfoundland. Nancy will also speak on the co-authoring/editorial process of Brown and Horwood.
Please join us in a celebration of women's suffrage.
Should Women Have the Vote? or;
What will men wear when women wear pants?
Tuesday, April 21, 2009 at 8 pm at The Ship Pub (265 Duckworth Street)
Coming up in May....
And on May 19, 2009, we'll welcome Nancy Earle and Joan Sullivan in joint presentations on Cassie Brown. Nancy's 'The Making of Death on the Ice and the Newfoundland Imaginary' and Joan's 'My Life in Non-Fiction' will explore the conditions of (female) authorship in Newfoundland during the period. Nancy and Joan will look at the career of Cassie Brown and how she made a space forherself as author of Newfoundland. Nancy will also speak on the co-authoring/editorial process of Brown and Horwood.
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Where are all the women?
In the fourth of our monthly series of conversations, Marica Cassis, a new faculty member in MUN’s History department, takes us on an intriguing foray into the world of Byzantine archeology.
Cassis observes that “one of the most frustrating aspects of working in Byzantine archeology is that we are often still confined by traditional definitions of space….categories that restrict our understanding of this period to the elite, the religious and the male.” Where, indeed, might the women be?
Bringing along some photographs and a few artifacts, she’ll show us how gender theory can offer new interpretive lenses, thus allowing us to better locate and understand the lives and experiences of ordinary women in the Byzantine period.
Please join us in the warm and casual surroundings of The Ship for what promises to be a unique archeological journey!
Marica Cassis is a new faculty member in the Department of History, MUN.
Where are all the women?
Gender Theory and Byzantine Archeology
Tuesday, February 17, 2009 from 8-9:30 pm
The Ship Pub, 265 Duckworth St., St. John's
Upcoming Conversations
March 2009:
Women's Recipe Collections with Diane Tye, MUN
April 2009
Suffrage Speeches, Songs, and Verses
Please join us for a series of dramatic readings of suffrage speeches, songs, and verses, as we share the creative energy that resulted from women fighting for the vote!
Cassis observes that “one of the most frustrating aspects of working in Byzantine archeology is that we are often still confined by traditional definitions of space….categories that restrict our understanding of this period to the elite, the religious and the male.” Where, indeed, might the women be?
Bringing along some photographs and a few artifacts, she’ll show us how gender theory can offer new interpretive lenses, thus allowing us to better locate and understand the lives and experiences of ordinary women in the Byzantine period.
Please join us in the warm and casual surroundings of The Ship for what promises to be a unique archeological journey!
Marica Cassis is a new faculty member in the Department of History, MUN.
Where are all the women?
Gender Theory and Byzantine Archeology
Tuesday, February 17, 2009 from 8-9:30 pm
The Ship Pub, 265 Duckworth St., St. John's
Upcoming Conversations
March 2009:
Women's Recipe Collections with Diane Tye, MUN
April 2009
Suffrage Speeches, Songs, and Verses
Please join us for a series of dramatic readings of suffrage speeches, songs, and verses, as we share the creative energy that resulted from women fighting for the vote!
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