Sept 15, 9:30 pm: Holy Oak Cafe. John Russon, (guitar) Tom Richards, (trombone) Chris Banks, (bass) Nick Fraser, (drums) Sept 20, 10 pm: Tranzac Club. Tom Richards, (trombone) John Russon, (guitar) Mike Milligan, (bass) Ethan Ardelli, (drums)
The next installment of Story and Song Night will be this Tuesday, September 27. Greg Kirk, from Stony Brook University on Long Island, will tell the story of St. Thomas More, the author of Utopia, and a man heavily involved in the politics that shaped Modern Europe. Come out, enjoy the experience of being told […]
When we undertake the study of something, we typically approach the subject-matter in a very circumscribed way. There already exists a very well-defined discipline of engineering or archaeology or management or kinesiology, and each such subject studied thus presents itself as an already complete, independently defined object. The existence of the discipline, in other words, […]
The Buddha “went forth from home to homelessness,” leaving his family behind as he followed his sense that he needed to learn something more, something that could only be found by launching out on his own. Their love for young Siddhattha Gotama led his family to desire that he stay: they loved who he already […]
What I say to a close friend is quite different from what I say to a distant acquaintance or to my boss, even if I’m describing the same situation. When I speak to a friend, I will, of course, relate parts of the story that I keep private from the others. More than that, though, […]
On Saturday September 17 and Sunday September 18, Professor Patricia Fagan, a classicist from the University of Windsor, will introduce the world of Archaic Greek Poetry through discussions of selected passages from Homer’s Iliad. Professor Fagan, a specialist in Greek literature and philosophy, has lectured nationally and internationally on many aspects of Greek and Roman […]
I have a friend who wants to design a “cat ladder,” so her cat can freely travel between her second-floor apartment to the ground. The problem, though, is that the same ladder that lets her cat out will also let other cats in. This, of course, is not something unique to the cat ladder: it […]
Trimalchio, the ex-slave turned millionaire in Petronius’s Satyricon, invested all his money is some ships so that he could transport his wine to sell it in Rome, a short distance away. Sea transport was a risky business, though, and his little fleet was wrecked and he lost it all. Why didn’t he ship it by […]
This Tuesday, August 23rd, Story and Song Night will continue at Naco Gallery Café. This month, Naco Gallery is featuring “The Mary Project”–artworks devoted to the theme of the Virgin Mary–and as part of that project, John Russon will tell the story of Mary (and Jesus). The storytelling will begin at 8:30, followed by discussion. […]
In one of my favourite passages in Plato’s Republic, Socrates says that he likes to talk with old people because “they are like men who have proceeded on a certain road that perhaps we too will have to take.” (I.328e) There are many aspects of this remark that would be worth exploring, but I am […]