Art Now, a group dedicated to the discussion of contemporary art, will meet in the Westmount Room of the Westmount Public Library on Tuesday, July 5 at 7 p.m. Admission is free. For more information, phone organizer/sponsor Pierre Le Gourriérec, owner of Avenue des Arts, 328A Victoria Ave., at 514-843-1881.
Times are a changin’ at Rotary
Victoria Hall rocked with the familiar sounds of Neil Young, Paul Simon, The Beatles, Cat Stevens, James Taylor, Bob Dylan, and so much more last week as the Choir Boys performed folk rock classics at the past-presidents luncheon of the Rotary Club of Westmount.
Rotarian Gary White, aka director of the Westmount Y Centre, on acoustic guitar, vocals, and harmonica, and Denis Ducharme on keyboards, lulled the membership and guests into a time warp of the easier days of the late 1960s and early ’70s.
And a secret as to just how much the times are a changin’ at Rotary, starting in September the doors of Victoria Hall will be open each Wednesday at noon so the public can enjoy a buffet luncheon and a speaker with the members. Recognizing that with work schedules and lifestyles, much of the community appreciate the work of the club and the quality of its speakers, but are not in a position to make a commitment to membership, outgoing president Merle Binmore and incoming president Ralph Thompson made a plan to open meetings of interest to the public. As of Sept. 14, weekly announcements of who is speaking at Rotary will be made and anyone who wishes to come will be able to reserve their space at the luncheon. Watch Around Westmount for updates and a retro announcement, also for September.
Build your brain power
For those who enjoy ongoing learning but don’t want to commit to a university course, the McGill Minis are registering now for their fall sessions.
This term the program is offering a new panel discussion format for Mini-Law and a new joint format that brings together Mini-Med and Mini-Pharma. Participants will stretch their grey matter while being intrigued and entertained, learning new information about formerly inaccessible topics. There are no prerequisites, no homework and no exams.
The McGill Mini-Law course How Has the Law Kept Up with Our Changing World?” will be presented Thursday evenings from Oct. 13 to Nov. 3. During each session, a panel discussion will feature a McGill Law professor, a community expert, and a current or former McGill Faculty of Law student.
Each evening in the McGill University, Faculty of Law, Chancellor Day Hall, 3644 Peel Street, Maxwell-Cohen Moot Court (room 100) the session will begin at 6 p.m. with registration and refreshments. The lecture runs from 6:30 to 8 p.m.
The McGill Mini-Med/Mini Pharma program will be presented Wednesday evenings Oct. 19 to Nov. 23. In the program Life: From Sunrise to Sunset and In Between, participants will learn about the beginning of life, problems that can arise throughout our lives, and treatments and preventative measures. These will be held in the McIntyre Medical Sciences Building, 3655 Promenade Sir-William-Osler, Charles Martin Amphitheatre, 6th floor. The session will begin at 6 p.m. with registration and refreshments. The lecture runs from 6:30 to 8 p.m.
The cost for either is $114, or $68 for students and seniors. Registration is on a first come first served basis. For further information phone 514-398-2111 Lectures will be presented in English, but questions can be posed in French.
