Director: Jeff Oriowski   USA, 2012, 76 minutes; rated G

“HEART-STOPPING!” –Roger Ebert

 “HAUNTINGLY BEAUTIFUL!” –Huffington Post

“VISUALLY BREATHTAKING!” --Variety

“YOU’VE NEVER SEEN IMAGES LIKE THIS BEFORE…DESERVES TO BE SEEN ON THE BIG SCREEN.” –Robert Redford

A documentary about one man’s quest to photograph the glacier melts that are thought to be linked to global warming. The film, full of stunning images, documents the work of James Balog, an environmental photographer who, on assignment from National Geographic, became determined to capture a visual representation of climate change using amazing time-lapse photography. –The New York Times

UVSS Students: $5.75

SPECIAL FOR UVSS STUDENTS - 9pm shows (or later): $3.75

Seniors (65 & over), Children (12 & under): $5.75

Other Students: $6.75

Cinemagic Members: $6.75

Uvic Alumni, Faculty, Staff & their guests (1 only): $6.75

Non-members: $7.75

MATINEES all seats: $4.75

 

Elementary, middle school, and secondary school students from School District 61 perform various solo and choir performances.

All tickets are $6.

To reserve tickets call the Ticket Centre at (250)721-8480 or visit https://tickets.uvic.ca.

Unprecedented snowfall in Alaska, the worst drought in two generations, the warmest March on record, “Frankenstorm”…have the weather gods gone mad? It’s not your imagination. Extreme weather events are increasing in frequency and intensity all across the northern hemisphere. Concurrently, Arctic sea ice is in an accelerating decline, the entire surface of Greenland melted for the first time in at least 150 years, glaciers are disappearing around the world, and snow cover on Arctic land hit new record lows this spring. Are these rapid changes on top of the world linked to the rash of wacky weather around the northern hemisphere? This presentation will discuss new research that points to climate change, in the Arctic, in particular, as a culprit in fueling the increase in extreme weather.

Jennifer Francis earned a BSc in Meteorology from San Jose State University in 1988 and a PhD in Atmospheric Sciences from the University of Washington in 1994. As a professor at Rutgers University since 1994, she has taught courses in satellite remote sensing and climate-change issues, and also co-founded and co-directed the Rutgers Climate and Environmental Change Initiative. Presently she is a Research Professor with the Rutgers Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences and studies Arctic climate change and Arctic-global climate linkages. From July 2009 - July 2010, her family of four spent a year sailing through Central America. She and her husband circumnavigated the world in a sailboat from 1980 - 1985, including Cape Horn and the Arctic, which is when she first became interested in Arctic weather and climate.

Free

Free talk.  Everyone is welcome. Bring a friend.

Celebrated 2012 Charles Taylor Prize-winning author Andrew Westoll (The Chimps of Fauna Sanctuary) reads at the latest Open Word series. Find out how a non-fiction book about rescuing chimpanzees earned the author this $25,000 prize, with a live interview by UVic Dept of Writing professor David Leach to follow the reading. NOTE: This is a classroom visit, but Westoll will also appear at a wider public event, 7:30pm Tuesday, February 26, at Open Space Gallery, 510 Fort. By donation.

Free