“What could better welcome spring than a delightfully clever comic treat from Blackbird Theatre? Part commedia dell’arte, part feminist fairy tale, Marivaux’s The Triumph of Love is sharp as a tack and charming as a love bouquet. (But mind the thorns!) In this tale of misdirection, misconception, and misalliance, an accidental princess woos as a man as she precipitates the ravelling and unravelling of not one, but three amours.”
Patrick’s friend Marie Stillin is in the cast. Info @ VECC

Vienna’s public library raising cash through erotica hotline.
*Would you like whipped cream with that?
(Correct German courtesy of M. Luebbe)

Thanks to the free one year subscription won by Theatre Faculty member, Jerry Wasserman, we have access to the wonderful database Theatre in Video until February 2008. The database features hundreds of definitive performances of the some of the world’s best known plays, together with more than 100 film documentaries, online in streaming video. Browse by Production, Company, Theatre, Genre, or People.
T.S.

Apparently Harold Ballard, former owner of the Toronto Maple Leafs, is in the lead for number one for the Worst Canadian. We sure do take our hockey seriously.

Apparently Canadians (Ottawans at that) moseyed in at number 20 in the World’s Fastest Walkers study. Could have knocked me over with a feather.
T.S.

Hi all,
This probably doesn’t come up all that often, or if it does you probably already know the answer, but I had this question today from a UVIC grad student and did some sleuthing so I thought I’d share it with you just in case:
In order for students from other British Columbian institutions to get ASRS material they need to:
1. Get a COPPUL card from their institution
2. Once they have a COPPUL card, they need to get a Community Borrower Card from the Koerner circulation desk. Note: Requests can be made by phone and cards mailed to the student.
3. With both cards in hand, the student can make their ASRS request and pick up their material.
Phew!

2007 InfoTubey Award Winner “The L-Team”

The Librarian video.

A patron needed help today converting a document created in Open Office – with an .ODT file extention – to a Word doc. Word wouldn’t recognize it. A Google search found some online options to convert it, but the easiest way seemed to be using ZohoWriter. Once he created an account, he was able to open his document in ZohoWriter and then copy and paste it into Word. Success!

Cheap, as in price, of course.
Come see “Revenge“, a play written by David Bloom and directed by renowned James Fagan Tate. In addition to the bargain price of admission ($20-$25) for regular tickets, there is a “pay what you can” day that is not to be missed. Read on for details.
Revenge
by David Bloom
Felix Culpa
Firehall Arts Centre
May 3-12
$25/$20 at 604-689-0926
www.felixculpa.bc.ca
Felix Culpa announces their most ambitious production: Revenge by David Bloom. Revenge, a modern adaptation of the Jacobean classic The Revenger’s Tragedy, is the story of Vindici who, in avenging the murder of his fiancée, sets about to kill his enemies in increasingly creative and terrifying ways. With Vancouver’s most exciting director, James Fagan Tait (A Christmas Carol, Crime and Punishment), and eleven performers—including Bill Dow as Vindici—Revenge will be a sensual shocker on a grand scale.
Revenge is a collaboration between playwright David Bloom, director James Fagan Tait, actors Bill Dow (as Vindici), Cherise Clarke (BFA Acting), Alex Diakun, Michael Eisner, Anna Hagan, Jay Hamburger, Raphael Kepinski, Meghan Kinsley, Josue Laboucane, James Pizzinato and Linda Quibell, and award-winning designers Mara Gottler (Costumes), Kate King (Set), and John Webber (Lighting).