Sorry a little late with this one. There is a freethinkers in the pub tonight-right now.
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
7:00 PM
Lydia’s Pub
650 Broadway Ave
Saskatoon, SK
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Freethinkers In the Pub
Posted in Event, Regina on February 23, 2012 by saskskepticSad, Empty Places? Marketing ‘Ghost Towns’ in Saskatchewan
Posted in Media, news, Regina, Saskatoon on January 22, 2012 by saskskepticActiveHistory.ca has an article about hunting Saskatchewan Ghost Towns:
A new and fashionable trend in tourism is invading rural regions of western Canada. SUV crossovers, front windows obscured by maps and cameras, are driving down gravel backroads, sweeping around correction line curves and screeching to a stop when a wide-eyed fox creeps across to its den in the culvert.
Are lazy Sunday drives, once the mainstay of 1950s nuclear families, making a comeback? Are the drivers frantically trying to find the way to an uncle’s farm they haven’t seen since childhood?
No. The latest tourism destination is the proverbial ‘empty’ Saskatchewan landscape itself. Or, more specifically, the landscape of places that used to exist, but are no longer there.
Welcome to the latest tourism craze: hunting for ghost towns.
Regina: TED Talk at the Unitarian Center
Posted in lecture, Regina on January 15, 2012 by saskskeptic|
Thursday, January 19, 2012
6:00 PM |
Unitarian Centre
College Ave. & Angus St. Regina, SK S4T 6N2 |
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Regina Skeptics in the Pub: Holiday Edition!
Posted in Event, Regina, Skeptic on December 28, 2011 by saskskepticCFI Regina is having a skeptics in the pub
Wednesday, December 28, 2011
6:00 PM
Bushwakkers
2206 Dewdney Ave.
Regina, SKWe haven’t had a meeting in a while. I would personally like to see that changed. Some of the other organizers and myself had a survey and found that most would be available on Wednesday night. Apologies to anyone who is not …
U of R: Science Pub Series 2011
Posted in Event, Regina, science on September 5, 2011 by saskskepticThe U of R has a Science Pub Series at Bushwakker Brewpub. For more info see their website, or facebook page.
The Science Pub Series is a new joint venture by Bushwakker Brewpub and three faculties at the University of Regina, namely: Arts, Engineering and Applied Science and Science. The series will be launched on a monthly basis beginning September 2011. Each session will be led by a University of Regina faculty researcher and include a 30-40 minute presentation and an open question and answer period. More information on the speakers and their topics for the first four months follows.
The DIY Robo-RevolutionDavid Gerhard, Faculty of Science Thursday September 15 @ 7 p.m.
Free Admission – Only 50 Seats Available
Arizona Room, The Bushwakker Brewpub
2206 Dewdney Avenue Regina, Sask
CFI Regina BBQ Today
Posted in Event, Regina on August 27, 2011 by saskskeptic|
Potluck BBQ
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If the host can commit to providing the hotdogs and hamburgers, and most others can bring a small snack dish or accompany food (macaroni salad, buns, mix, chips, dip, etc…) We can have a great event and discuss how we can go forward being more …
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An Evening with William Shatner: How Time Flies
Posted in Event, news, Regina on August 27, 2011 by saskskepticWilliam Shatner of priceline.com fame will be in Regina Friday Oct 21 at the Conexus Arts Centre.
He will also be in Vancouver, Edmonton and Winnipeg
October 19 – Vancouver, BC – The Centre for Performing Arts
October 21 – Regina, Saskatchewan – Conexus Arts Centre
October 23 – Edmonton, Alberta – Shaw Conference Centre
October 25 – Winnipeg, Manitoba – Centennial Concert Hall
Ticket Info can be found at: http://www.behindtheicon.net/shatner.htm
Mr. Shatner, best known for his varying roles as Cpt. James T. Kirk, T.J. Hooker and Attorney Denny Crane, will be coming to a city near you this Fall. With a career spanning more than 7 decades, Mr. Shatner’s career in entertainment and philanthropy work is unparalleled by any other Canadian born entertainer. Mr. Shatner will be taking attendees on a wild ride through his life and career and singing songs as only he can.
Several seating options will be available for each event, starting at $79 + service charge and up
VIP TICKET HOLDERS WILL ENJOY THE FULL EXPERIENCE! From seating in the front rows, to a private VIP meet and greet and after party, to souvenirs, photo opportunities and your all access VIP lanyard. Don’t miss out, VIP tickets will sell out fast.
Show at 7:30pm, VIP Experience is after the show.
Ticket Info can be found at:
http://www.behindtheicon.net/shatner.htm
Regina APEGS Lecture-Wonders, Mysteries and Treasures of the Deep Sea Floor
Posted in Event, Regina, science on May 12, 2011 by saskskeptic
Public Lecture next Tuesday evening, May 17th at 7:30 p.m. at the Saskatchewan Science Centre in Regina. Dr. Steve Scott, Emeritus Professor of the Geology Department at the University of Toronto will be presenting“Wonders, Mysteries and Treasures of the Deep Sea Floor”. Expect to see black smokers and strange life forms.For more details see the attached poster.
The Large Hadron Collider: Unraveling the Mysteries of the Universe
Posted in lecture, Regina, science on April 13, 2011 by saskskepticThere is a lecture regarding The Large Hadron Collider at the RIC 119 University of Regina Thursday, April 14 starting at 7:00.
Conceived and constructed to test the best contemporary theories of particle physics, the results from The Large Hadron Collider, now in its second successful year of running, will provide novel insights into the fundamental properties of matter and the mechanisms underlying the behavior and the evolution of the cosmos. In my talk, I will elaborate this newly emerging picture of connectivity – a picture that seeks both to illuminate and trace the deep roots that connect the macrocosm (the universe) and the microcosm (the world of elementary particles). Our task will be to unweave the fabric of the universe, and thereby tease out the intricate strands that connect the Standard Model of particle physics (and its many possible extensions) to the observed large-scale structure around us. Indeed, it is now abundantly clear that some 13.5 billion years ago the universe was minutely small, a compact cloud of raw, broiling energy evolving on a mercurial time scale, and yet out of this primordial microcosm grew the macrocosm that is the vast universe of today, with its associated flotsam of galaxies, stars, planets and life.
CFI Regina: Religulous
Posted in Event, Regina with tags Bill Maher. free, discussion, public, Religulous on March 25, 2011 by saskskepticCFI Regina is hosting a public screening of Religulous Saturday, April 16 · 2:00pm - 6:00pm at the Saskatchewan Indian Institute of Technology, 265 Albert Street, Regina, SK.
From IMDB.com
Bill Maher interviews some of religion’s oddest adherents. Muslims, Jews and Christians of many kinds pass before his jaundiced eye. Maher goes to a Creationist Museum in Kentucky, which shows that dinosaurs and people lived at the same time 5000 years ago. He talks to truckers at a Truckers’ Chapel. (Sign outside: “Jesus love you.”) He goes to a theme park called Holy Land in Florida. He speaks to a rabbi in league with Holocaust deniers. He talks to a Muslim musician who preaches hatred of Jews. Maher finds the unlikeliest of believers and, in a certain Vatican priest, he even finds an unlikely skeptic.
From Wikipedia:
Religulous is a 2008 American comic documentary film written by and starring comedian Bill Maher and directed by Larry Charles. According to Maher, the title of the film is a portmanteau derived from the words “religion” and “ridiculous”; the documentary examines and mocks organized religion and religious belief.
