The OPIRG Office will be closed from Thursday May 8th until Monday June 9th, though we may reopen earlier.
To get in touch with OPIRG you can email info[at]opirgkingston.org. The ear to the ground newsletter will still be sent weekly. You can email announcements to events[at]opirgkingston.org. Likewise, the Alternative Resource Library will be open Monday nights from 5:30-7:30pm.
In Alternative Resource Library
Posted on May 6
JOB POSTING: FESTIVAL DIRECTOR
reelout, Kingston’s annual not for profit queer film + video festival, is
seeking a Festival Director to oversee the coordination of our 10th annual
festival and the general administration of the organization.
THE POSITION
The Festival Director is responsible for ensuring the continued success of
the reelout queer film + video festival, which is currently entering its
10th year of operation. The Director’s …
Yellow Bike Action now has a website at: http://yellowbikeaction.googlepages.com/
You can also reach them at: yellowbikeaction[at]gmail.com or visit at 23 Carlisle Street!
Posted on Mar 31
Location Watson Hall Room 217
Breanne Oryschak presents the final Free Queen’s class of the semester on “Making Sense of Cinema: Looking beyond Plot and Character for Meaning in Film”
This lecture will survey basic film theories that push the moviegoer to consider aspects of film production and composition, which inform and inflect a movie’s meaning beyond issues of storyline and characterisation. …
In Free Queen's
Posted on Mar 31
Friday April 11th, 7pm, Wilson Room at the Downtown Public Library (130 Johnson St)
In September 2000, Toronto police raided the women and trans positive bathhouse, the Pussy Palace, and laid charges against two of the volunteers. The organizers fought back, won, and sparked a whole lot of controversy. 2008 marks the 10th anniversary of the Pussy Palace, an …
Posted on Mar 31
In Dunning Hall Room 12 from 6:30-8:30pm, Dana Olwan and Wail Qattan present “Critical Readings of Palestine in Media and Film”
This lecture examines representations of Palestine in North American popular media and film. We will discuss how Palestine has been constructed, as well as why there is a pervasive silence surrounding who the Palestinians are culturally and politically. The aim …
In Free Queen's
Posted on Mar 25
Want to learn more about OPIRG? Come visit us at the GreenUP Festival this Sunday March 30th in the Biosciences Complex. We will be there all day from 10am to 4pm. You can specifically find out more about A Lovin’ Spoonful, the Kingston Community Garden Network, Sunnyside Community Garden, and the Alternative Resource Library (a joint project with the …
In Alternative Resource Library, Loving Spoonful
Posted on Mar 24
Kingston’s only anarchist infoshop has moved its materials into the OPIRG Kingston office! You can now purchase any of their materials during office hours. Miasma will continue to have a presence at concerts and events and hope to move into the bottom floor of a new local social centre (http://kingston.roadnetwork.org/germinations) this fall.
For more information about Miasma please contact kingston.crimethink[at]gmail.com
LIST OF …
In Alternative Resource Library
Posted on Mar 18
In Dunning 12, 6:30-8:30pm
Susan Cahill and Carla Taunton present “Performing Culture: Gender, Race, and Class in Nineteenth-Century World’s Fairs”
This seminar investigates the ways in which identities were constructed, promoted, and maintained on behalf of those who were silenced due to their gender, race, and/or class. Including issues of imperialism, colonialism, power relations, and constructions of the Other(s), our discussion …
In Free Queen's, Miscellaneous
Posted on Mar 18
The Positive Space Speaker Series presents Dr. Andil Gosine Tuesday March 25th, 6pm in Watson Hall Room 517 on:
“Men who have Sex with Men in Miss Diva’s Worlds: Notes on Heteronationalist Impulses in the Caribbean”
A recent trip to Trinidad and Tobago and a Sexuality Rights workshop in Barbados provide starting points for Dr. Gosine’s consideration of some ways in which …
Posted on Mar 16
The Alternative Resource Library is housed at the Grey House. It's free and anyone in Kingston is welcome to browse our stacks, take out books and videos, or drop by to search the web and have a cup of coffee.