Part of the extensive collection of works by Waubashene artist, Ted Lord, 1905-1979, held by the Huronia Museum. Lord worked in watercolours and linocuts.
Nov. 11 Food, Inc. 7:30 PM
Robert Kenner
94 minutes, USA, NR Cast: Eric Schlosser, Michael Pollan
Modern techniques in food production pose grave risks to our health and environment. Food, Inc., exposes how unfettered corporations subvert laws and commandeer subsides in the creation of shocking monopolies. Focus on global criminal Monsanto, a corporate monster that has expanded its control over soybeans from 2% of the American market to 90% in the last decade. Monsanto is a modern day evil Goliath crushing small family farm Davids. This film portrays stories of heartbreak and outrage, but the film carefully channels these emotions towards opportunities for activism. Bon appetit!
Director Filmography Robert Kenner began his career in 1971 and is an Emmy- winning American screenwriter, director and producer for both film and television. He has produced a number of documentaries for the National Geographic Society. For PBS he has done The Road to Memphis (2003) for The Blues series and the 2005 Vietnam War documentary, Two Days in October.
Tickets:
Season subscription 5 films $40
individual ticket 1 film $9
Individual tickets are available during the week prior to the film at the Huronia Museum or are sold subjec to availability at the door of the Galaxy Theatre.
Published by the Hong Kong Veterans Commemorative Association, Beyond the Call is the story of thirty-three members of the Royal Canadian Corps of Signals. These men were sent to Hong Kong as part of “C” Force, the Canadian contingent of 2000 soldiers dispatched to bolster the British colony’s garrison in October, 1941.
Applying the results of four years of in depth research, including interviews with seven surviving Hong Kong Signal Corps veterans, Midland, Ontario author Burke Penny chronicles the lives of the Signallers. We follow them from the days in Canada when they joined up, through their training and trip to Hong Kong, participation in the battle against Japanese forces, their subsequent incarceration in prisoner of war camps, and finally the trip home after the war for the twenty-four who survived. “I wanted the book to focus on the men themselves with the Hong Kong battle and the POW camps as the broader backdrop to their stories,” says Penny. An often forgotten component in previous books about Hong Kong, the impact on the soldiers’ families back in Canada, provides an ongoing counterpoint to the trials faced by the men overseas.
Beyond the Call was officially released on August 14th at the Hong Kong Veterans Commemorative Association national convention in Ottawa. The unveiling of a memorial wall honouring all members of “C” Force took place the following day. Proceeds from the sale of the book will go towards the costs of the memorial. Beyond the Call is available at www.hkvca.ca.
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Beyond the Call: Royal Canadian Corps of Signals, Brigade Headquarters, “C” Force, Hong Kong and Japan, 1941-1945, by D. Burke Penny
Published by the Hong Kong Veterans Commemorative Association
ISBN 978-0-9733350-1-9
403 pages, trade paperback; $30.00
For information about Beyond the Call, contact:
D. Burke Penny
beyondthecall@rogers.com
Mundys Bay Store has copies for sale
On November 14 the Museum will be at the mall from 10-5 with
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* Mundy’s Bay Store goods,
* Gord Robbins fundraiser items for HUMM (Christmas cake, truffles, and chocolate covered almonds) and
* Burke Penny will be selling and signing his new book Beyond the Call Royal Canadian Corps of Signals Brigade Headquarters, “C” Force, Hong Kong and Japan 1941-1945 by D. Burke Penny. He will be there between 1 and 3 pm.
Nov. 4 Cairo Time 7:30 PM
Ruba Nadda
90 minutes, Canada, NRCast: Patricia Clarkson, Alexander Siddig, Tom McManus.
Magazine editor Juliette, has just landed in Egypt’s capital to join her diplomat husband, Mark. But when she arrives at the hotel, she discovers he has been sent to the Palestinian refuge camps, his return time uncertain. That’s when she meets Mark’s old friend Tareq, who owns a coffee shop. Out of her natural element and culture shocked, Tareq becomes Juliette’s guide to Cairo. They enjoy each other’s company and before long, have mutual feelings that cannot be ignored… Stunningly shot, this film flows like a distant dream in which a way forward is possible despite the sadness over what is left behind.
Director Filmography Rubba Nadda was born in Montreal, Quebec in 1972. She is an internationally and critically acclaimed writer, director and producer and lives in Toronto. A graduate of the New York Tisch School of the Arts in Film Direction, she has written/directed 17 films. Cairo Time
(2009) was shot on location in only 25 days.
Tickets:
Season subscription 5 films $40
individual ticket 1 film $9
Individual tickets are available during the week prior to the film at the Huronia Museum or are sold subjec to availability at the door of the Galaxy Theatre.
Jamie Hunter, Curator
-from his monthly report to the Museum Board -
• Parks Canada will be holding its third meeting towards developing a Heritage Integrity Statement for the St. Louis Historic Site located in Tay Township on Monday, October 26th. This has been a very valuable process as it has brought Huron and Ojibway representatives to discuss Heritage issues – a process which the museum will need to do once we begin the re-design of our Native exhibits.
• I attended the Ontario Archaeological Society meetings at the University of Waterloo on Friday, October 16 through 18. I had made arrangements to sell a large quantity of museum books and we had sales of $700 to Karley’s store and $600 for the endowment fund. My thanks to Mike Serafin for organizing the books and selling them each day while I attended the meetings and discussions and continue to offer the museum’s collections to graduate students for research purposes.
• I attended a Tiny Township Heritage Committee meeting on Thursday October 15 from 5.15 to 7.15 in which I participated in a presentation on archaeological preservation and a possible “Champlain project” for the 400th anniversary celebrations in 2015.
• I have delivered two off-site lectures on the Huron Village/Huron History to 27 members of the Simcoe County Historical Association at the Simcoe County Museum on October 20th and to 45 members of Orillia Museum of Art and History on October 21 on the same subject
COLLECTIONS
A steady stream of objects are making their way to the museum. Another collection of medals from Rose McComb’s husband, Murray, is now at the museum, Gary French has donated some outstanding items – a work chest, a detailed book of Georgian Bay shoreline, a half model of a Grew Boat Works Co product. We will want to schedule a final 2009 exhibit committee meeting for the end of November to go over all new acquisitions.
Genevieve and I (Jamie) have installed an exhibit for BMPO and TD which highlights our military medals collection.
Drummond medals update: we have received 750.00 from two donors recently to bring our total raised so far to $2050.00. We also have a commitment from Peter Shirriff for $1000 and the local Masons are contributing $1000. I have heard from Elcan who will also contribute but Mr Hibbs wasn’t sure how much the company would contribute. We are also asking for funds from the Town of Midland – $2500. Rotary Club of Midland – $2500 and casino Rama $2500. I am confident we will reach our objective by the end of the year.
Oct. 28 Tokyo Sonata 7:30 PM
Kiyoshi Kurosawa
119 minutes, Japan/The Netherlands/HongKong/ China, NR, Japanese with English subtitles. Cast: Teruyuki Kagawa, Kyoko Koizumi, Haruka Koyanagi, Kai Inowaki.
Loyal salaryman, Ryuhei, loses his job when his company begins outsourcing to China. Incapable of facing the tragedy of his new reality, he hides his loss from his family and pretends he’s still employed. At home he tries to maintain the normal routine but it soon becomes clear that the entire family is lost in a tragic deception with each other member. In this film, Kurosawa weaves a fascinating tale of ruin and redemption in this poignant domestic drama.
Director Filmography Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s directing style has been compared to that of Stanley Kubrick in that many of his films are concerned in some form, with the way society shapes the individual, personal obsessions with some eccentric project or how social mechanisms disintegrate when faced with the wholly irrational. Kurosawa first achieved international acclaim with his 1997 film Kyua (Cure).
Tickets:
Season subscription 5 films $40
individual ticket 1 film $9
Individual tickets are available during the week prior to the film at the Huronia Museum or are sold subjec to availability at the door of the Galaxy Theatre.
L. Jamie Hunter, Curator, R. Ed LePage, holding some of the tree bark
Ed is from the Cornwall, Ontario area and has been supplying tree bark for the Huron Village since 1972. Recently for exterior cover of the long house, the museum has switched to a man-made rubber bark, but continues to use natural tree bark for all interior coverings of the long house and other smaller shelters in the Huron Village. Natural tree bark lasts 6-8 years, rubber bark is hoped to last 25 years.
The bark used in the village comes from elm, basswood, and ash trees.
Ed has supplied tree bark to Ste. Marie Among the Hurons since 1970. He is 73 years young and enjoys getting double the money from his firewood business, money from the wood and money from the bark.
Curator Jamie Hunter points to the bark canoe where it rests under the roof of the canoe rack inside the palisade of the Huron/Ouendat Village
Oct. 14 Goodbye Solo 7:30 PM
Ramin Bahrani
91 minutes, USA, 14A Cast: Souleymane Sy Savane, Red West, Diane Franco Galindo
Solo, a Senegalese taxi driver in Winston-Salem, NorthCarolina picks up a 70 year old passenger, William who books him 2 weeks hence, for a ride to a distant mountaintop. During their discourse, Solo realizes that William has a tragic plan for the trip’s end and decides to befriend the man and dissuade him from his goal. Solo displays a remarkable goodness and lacks the North American self-consciousness about relationships. The resulting extraordinary performances fill the screen with a portrait of natural charisma and genuine human kindness.
Director Filmography Ramin Bahrani was born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina in 1975. He received his BA from Columbia University in New York City. Other film releases to his credit include Strangers (2000), Man Push Cart (2005) and Chop Shop (2007). Goodbye Solo (2008) had its North American premiere at theToronto International Film Festival.
Tickets:
Season subscription 5 films $40
individual ticket 1 film $9
Individual tickets are available during the week prior to the film at the Huronia Museum or are sold subjec to availability at the door of the Galaxy Theatre.
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