Memorial Day at The Rooms
Date: Jul 1
9:00 am
- 12:00 pm
Where: Theatre
July 1, 2024 – Memorial Day
The Rooms is pleased to have been chosen as an alternate viewing option for the commemorative Memorial Day Ceremony at the Newfoundland National War Memorial.
The doors to the building will open at 9 am, providing visitors time to find seating in the theatre on Level 2 of The Rooms for the live streaming of the ceremony which will commence at 9:30 am.
The Rooms galleries will also open to the public at 9 am.
We invite you to visit the Beaumont-Hamel and the Trail of the Caribou Exhibition in the Royal Newfoundland Regiment Gallery on Level 2.
Coffee, tea, and snacks will be available for purchase in the café at 9 am, regular café service will commence at 10 am.
Admission will be free all day.
Events & Programs
How do place, identity, and art intersect, and what do their points of intersection tell us about this place we call home?
In this talk, Rhea Rollmann will explore the significance of queer and trans art in Atlantic Canada with particular emphasis on the work of Erica Rutherford as well as iterations of queer and trans art in NL. There will be an opportunity for questions after the talk.
Tickets: $12 plus HST. Free for Rooms members. Get your tickets online or by calling 709-757-8090.
About the Presenter:
Rhea Rollmann (she/her) is an award-winning journalist, writer and audio producer based in St. John's, NL, and is the author of A Queer History of Newfoundland (Engen Books, 2023). She is a founding editor of The Independent NL and her journalism has appeared in Briarpatch Magazine, CBC, Xtra Magazine, Chatelaine, PopMatters, Riddle Fence, Macleans and more. Her academic work has been published in the Journal of Gender Studies, Labor Studies Journal, Canadian Woman Studies, Journal of Work and Society, Canadian Theatre Review, Canadian Review of Sociology, Screen Bodies and elsewhere. She also has an extensive background in labour organizing and queer/trans activism, and she is Station Manager at CHMR-FM, a community radio station in St. John's.