what's happening November 2009

ART

Until January 10, a series of paintings by Jean-Claude Viau and Manon Chouinard will be exhibited at the Denise Larocque-Duhamel Library, 12a Maple in Stanbridge East QC. Mon. 11am - 1pm, Wed. 6:30 - 8:30pm and Sat. 10am - noon. Info: 450-248-4662

Saturday, November 14, Shirley Moscovitz will exhibit her work at Restaurant Shodan, 1425 René Lévesque. Info: 514-733-2655 or shirleystreasures.com

BAZAARS

Saturday, November 14 from 9am to 4pm, Royal Canadian Legion Branch 85/90 holds a Christmas Bazaar. Tables for rent: $15. At 10am there is a snooker tournament $15 per player. Info: 514-637-8002

Sunday, November 29 from 9am to 5pm, Temple Emmanu-El-Beth Sholom holds a Big Bazaar at 4100 Sherbrooke W. Info: 514-937-3575

CLUBS

Sunday, November 15 at 9:30am, Shaare Zedek Congregation Men’s Club hosts Kathleen Weil, MNA, Justice Minister of Quebec. Sunday, November 22 at 9:30am, Joe Schwarcz will discuss Science Sense and Nonsense. 5305 Rosedale. Registration required for Nov. 15. Info: 514-484-1122

Wednesday, November 18 at 12:30pm, Claude Joli Coeur, assistant commissioner of the National Film Board, will discuss the 70th anniversary of the NFB at the Atwater Library. Info: 514-931-6770 x 248

Saturday, November 28 at 9:30am, Montreal Urban Hikers Walking Club will take a guided tour of the Christmas Underground City. Metro Place des Arts, eastern ticket booth. Stairs to navigate. Bring water and comfortable shoes. Info: 514-366-910 CLASSES Literacy Unlimited is recruiting students who have difficulty with reading or writing. Info: 514-694-0007

Wednesdays from 2pm to 4pm, Beginners Computing offers workshops for the 50+ on how to use a computer at St. Johns United Church, 98 Aurora. Registration/Info: 514-631-1456

November 10 at 8pm, Rabbi Ira Ebbin will lecture on Jewish Time Travel including The Hasmonean State and Anti-semitism. Beth Zion Congregation, 5740 Hudson. Info: 514-489-8411

EVENTS

Wednesday, November 11 at 2pm, Place Kensington will host a Remembrance Day Ceremony to commemorate those who have given their lives in wars. A Flag Party mounted by Air Cadets from 1 West Montreal Royal Canadian Air Cadet Squadron will be held as well as an Honor Party comprised of representatives from Royal Canadian Legion - General Vanier Branch 234, Canadian Air Force, Air Cadet League of Canaada and Honor band from Royal West Academy. The ceremony will be in the Winter Garden. Info: 514-935-1212

Thursday, November 12 at 7:30pm, Yellow Door presents a poetry and prose reading, 3625 Aylmer. Info: 514-939-4173

Saturday, November 14 at 1:30pm, Royal Canadian Legion Branch 94 holds their monthly crib tournament. Registration: 11:30am-1pm. $20/team of two. 205 Empire.

Monday, November 16 at 7:30pm, Coracle Press hosts a book launch of two poetry books, Blue Poppy by Ilona Martonfi and Girouard Avenue by Stephen Morrissey, at The Word, 469 Milton. Info: 514-845-5640

Saturday, November 21 at 8pm, SPA Montreal hosts their Mix and Mingle dance for 35+ singles at Ste. Catherine Laboure Church, 448 Trudeau. $12. Info: 514-366-8600

Monday, November 30, Ami Quebec hosts a free roundtable discussion, Anger: Does it Control you or do you Control It? at 5253 Decarie, office 200 and Wednesday November 25 is a free teleworkshop. Advance registration required. Roundtable info: 514-486-1448 Teleworkshop info: 1-866-396-2433

Saturday, December 5 from 9:30am to 11:30am, Salvation Army hosts a 55+ Christmas Continental Breakfast at 1655 Richardson. $5 at the door. Registration required: 514-288-2848 x2245

LECTURES

Monday, November 9 at 7pm, Dr. Alexandra Heerdt, surgeon, former Director of the Special Surveillance Breast Program in New York presents a memorial lecture about Genetics and Breast Cancer at the Jewish General Hospital, Block Ampitheatre, room B-106, 3755 Cote St. Catherine. Info: 514-931-6770 x 248

Until November 27, Cote St. Luc library hosts a lecture series. Nov. 17: The revolutionaries, Lenin, Trotsky and the Rise of Political Vanguardism. Nov. 20: The Anti-Revolutionaries: Mussolini, Hitler, and the Conservative and Social Democratic Opposition to Left and Right Vanguardism. Nov. 27: The Synthesizers, from Franklin Roosevelt and James Burnham to the Neoconservatives and the Obama administration. $6 per lecture. 5851 Cavendish. Info: 514-485-6900

Until December 8, Westmount Y hosts a free lecture series. Nov. 10: Third World Debt. Nov. 24: Skin Care. Dec. 2: Humour as a Survival Mechanism. Dec. 8: Green Living, . 4585 Sherbrooke W. Info: 514-931-6770 x 248

Wednesday, November 11 at 8pm, Beth Zion Sisterhood presents a book review with Rabbi Ira Ebbin discussing The People of the Book by Pulitzer Prize winner Geraldine Brooks. 5740 Hudson, Beth Zion Congregation. Info: 514-489-8411 x24

Wednesday, November 11 at 8:30pm, School of Canadian Irish Studies presents a lecture by Dr. Claudia Kinmonth, Through Artists’ Eyes: Irish Farmhouse Interiors as depicted in Nineteenth Century Paintings, in rm H-1220, Hall Building, 1455 DeMaisonneuve W. Info: 514-931-6770 x 248

Thursday, November 12 from 7:30pm to 9pm, JGH Hope and Cope Wellness Centre presents a lecture and discussion, Cancer in the Family: Helping Your Children Understand a Cancer Diagnosis in the Family. Panel includes two families with children who have experienced a cancer diagnosis and Yvonne Clarke, an experienced therapist specializing in families, cancer and grief. 4635 Cote St. Catherine. Info: 514-340-3616.

Wednesday, November 18 at 7:30pm, Jewish Public Library hosts an illustrated book talk on The White Space Between with author and Jewish book award winner, Ami Sands at 5151 Cote St. Catherine. $5/$10 non-members. Info: 514-345-6479

Thursday, November 19 from 11am to 2pm, Helvetia Seniors Club hosts a lecture on the End of Life Reflections by Gillian Fisher followed by a luncheon and meeting at the Restaurant Monkland Grill. Info: 514-481-2928

Friday, November 20 from 10am to 11:30am, The South Shore Community Partners Network presents Living Longer and Keeping Fit, with Janice Burdon, a McGill certified fitness trainer and motivational speaker at the Cynthia Coull Arena, 195 Empire. Info: 450-466-1325

MUSIC

Saturday, November 21 at 3pm, St. Clements Anglican Church presents a concert with Paul Stewart on piano. Saturday, December 5 at 3pm, Jonathan Tsay will perform Berg - Sonata, Op. 1; Liszt - Sonata; Medtner - Three pieces, Op.31 on the piano. 4322 Wellington. Info: 450-769-5373

theatre

Till November 15, Tuesday to Sunday at 8pm, Saturday and Sunday at 2pm, Altera Vitae productions presents Bent, a play about acceptance, tolerance and love in the wrong place and time at Espace 4001, 4001 Berri. Info: 514-287-8912