Gertrude Stein: How do you Mean?

Gertrude Stein: How do you Mean?

This panel will explore Stein’s life and work, and the many questions that continue to vex those who try to understand her better

By SFU's Vancity Office of Community Engagement

Date and time

Sat, Nov 30, 2024 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM PST

Location

SFU Goldcorp Centre for the Arts

149 West Hastings Street Djavad Mowafaghian Cinema Vancouver, BC V6B 1H4 Canada

About this event

  • Event lasts 1 hour 30 minutes

At Simon Fraser University, we live and work on the unceded traditional territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish), səl̓ilw̓ətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh), q̓íc̓əy̓ (Katzie), kʷikʷəƛ̓əm (Kwikwetlem), Qayqayt, Kwantlen, Semiahmoo and Tsawwassen peoples.

The complex and controversial Gertrude Stein, born 150 years ago, was one of the most influential writers of her generation. This fall, Vancouver's acclaimed Turning Point Ensemble will perform music inspired by Stein’s work and has assembled a panel discussion of Stein’s impact on not only composers, but artists of many disciplines. The panel will be in partnership with SFU’s Office of Community Engagement and will be moderated by Betsy Warland, one of Canada’s leading lyric prose writers, and founder of SFU’s The Writer’s Studio (2001-2012). Featured panelists will include: award-winning poet Renée Sarojini Saklikar; musician and co-founder of the Queer Arts Festival, Rachel Kiyo Iwaasa; UBC Professor of English, Adam J. Frank, and composer Peter Hatch.

This panel discussion is a free event that precedes the 7:30pm paid performance of Turning Point Ensemble’s Songs of War I Have Seen – Music on Texts of Gertrude Stein. To purchase a ticket for that event please visit this link.

For purposes of documentation this event may be photographed, audio recorded, and/or filmed. By attending this event, you consent to such recording media and its release, publication, exhibition or reproduction.


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SFU's Vancity Office of Community Engagement

SFU’s Vancity Office of Community Engagement supports creative engagement, knowledge mobilization and public programming in the theme areas of arts and culture, social and environmental justice, and urban issues through public talks, dialogues, workshops, screenings, performances and community partnerships. SFU's Vancity Office of Community Engagement provides community educational opportunities for local residents, access to artist talks and cultural events and builds partnerships with community organizations. The Office opened in December 2010 and engages over 9,000 people per year. Working with students, faculty and community, the Office is committed to long term relationship building and creative collaborations between the university and the community, in all its diverse formations and recognizes the arts as a catalyst in social change and transformative community engagement.