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
Have you ever wondered about the connections between creativity and neurodivergence, such as autism, ADHD, or dyslexia? From attention to detail to pattern recognition and language originality, neurodivergent artists can display talents that could be considered advantages.
Join us for a moderated panel discussion with Dr. Andreae Callanan and Dr. Kate Lahey, who will talk about how neurodivergent people express creativity in unique, unconventional ways.
Part of the discussion will address some challenges for neurodivergent artists during and following the creative process, such as executive functioning, sleep disturbances, and burnout. There will also be an opportunity to ask questions following the presentation.
Cost: $12 plus HST. Free for Rooms members. Register online or by calling (709) 757-8090.
About the Panelists:
Andreae Callanan holds a PhD in English from Memorial and serves as co-convener of the Research and Knowledge Exchange on Critical Disability Studies at the Newfoundland and Labrador Centre for Applied Health Research. Her debut poetry collection, The Debt (Biblioasis, 2021), was shortlisted for the E. J. Pratt Family Poetry Prize and was a runner-up in the Fred Cogswell Award for Excellence in Poetry. Andreae’s creative and critical writing has been published in Riddle Fence, The Walrus, Newfoundland Quarterly, Canadian Notes & Queries, Canadian Journal of Disability Studies, and in Best Canadian Essays 2026. She lives in St. John’s.
Dr. Kate Lahey holds a PhD from the University of Toronto, is the front person of the band Weary, and writes arts criticism. As a musician, writer, scholar, community organizer, and postdoctoral fellow at Memorial’s Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, her research centers on trauma-informed values such as healing, care, empathy, and social justice.