Time To Laugh Comedy Club, 394 Princess Street has another great weekend of live comedy. Dinner and Show deals plus FREE Admission for the Birthday person, group rates and more!  613-542-LAFF (5233)  www.timetolaugh.ca

January 9, 2008:
Ban Righ Centre presents the Noon Hour Speaker Series. Power, Politics, and Sex with Nancy Ruth: Senator. Coming from the outside to the inside makes for interesting changes both in perception and possibilities. There is value in working on the outside and on the inside. One group can’t do it without the other. Come and hear Senator Nancy Ruth talk about her life experiences. Ban Righ Centre, 32 Bader Lane - Queen's University. 613-533-2976  www.queensu.ca/dsao/ind/banrigh.

January 11, 2008:
The 6th annual Kingston Ice Wolves Cup kicks off Friday, January 11th at the Kinsmen Arena. 92 teams and more than 1,300 novice to midget and intermediate players across the province will play at this premier houseleague tournament. Play begins Friday at 9:30 a.m. and continues until 10:30 p.m. Saturday at Cataraqui, Kinsmen, Harold Harvey, Wally Elmer, Centre 70 and Cook Brothers arenas as well as the Strathcona Paper Centre in Napanee, the W.J. Henderson Recreation Centre in Amherstview and the Gananoque Recreation Centre. Playoffs and finals for all divisions are Sunday, starting at 7:30 a.m. at Kinsmen and Cataraqui arenas. 

January 11, 2008:
The Kingston Canadian Film Festival has announced the first 6 titles in this year’s feature film program. Highlighted by Bruce MacDonald’s "The Tracey Fragments" – starring Golden Globe nominee Ellen Page, this year’s lineup will also include "Shake Hands with the Devil", "The Green Chain", "Up The Yangtze", "Walk All Over Me", and "Breakfast with Scot". The complete feature film lineup will be announced February 11th. www.KingCanFilmFest.com

January 17, 2008:
Ban Righ Book Club 2008 presents The Stone Angel by Margaret Laurence. Ban Righ Centre, 32 Bader Lane - Queen's University. 613-533-2976  www.queensu.ca/dsao/ind/banrigh.

January 17, 2008:
The Queen's University School of Music and the Performing Arts Office are excited to introduce the 2008 Faculty Artist Series. The Faculty Artist Series provides an exciting opportunity for the University and Kingston communities to hear the talented Queen's faculty perform outside of the classroom and in concert. A festive start to the program celebrates the birthday of Canadian composer Marjan Mozetich featuring a concert of his acclaimed and award -winning works, 8 p.m., Saturday, January 12 at Grant Hall. Patrons purchasing a series subscription for the Faculty Artist Series or the PAO Grant Hall Series will receive a free ticket to this concert. Single tickets will be available from the Performing Arts Office as of Dec. 1, 2007. Tickets for the series is $30 adults, $24 Seniors and $15 students. Single tickets $10 adults, $8 seniors and $5 for students. Mozetich tickets complimentary with purchase of the Faculty Artist Series or the Performing Arts Grant Hall Series. For tickets and information contact Myrna or Kyra at the Performing Arts Office 613-533-2558.

January 17, 2008:
Ban Righ Centre presents the Noon Hour Speaker Series. Practice Makes Purpose with Lisa Figge: Interdisciplinary Artist. Lisa Figge is interested in exploring how environmental catastrophes, happening around the globe, mark the individual. Do we internalize the guilt of the collective environmental ruin or look around and say, “I have done nothing wrong: it has nothing to do with me”?  Both responses leave their problematic residue on our social fabric while neither addresses solutions to the problems. In her videos Lisa explores the collective inability to act and intends that her work motivates individual viewers to take action on ideas they have to make positive environmental changes. Ban Righ Centre, 32 Bader Lane - Queen's University. 613-533-2976  www.queensu.ca/dsao/ind/banrigh.

January 22, 2008:
Ban Righ Centre presents the Noon Hour Speaker Series. Still a Girl Inside (7 min. 30 sec. experimental film) with Valerie Westgate: Filmaker. This short film explores how women view life intellectually and physically as they enter into their “older” years. Short clips of narrative reveal various perspectives while visuals weave together an often disharmonious picture of the pressures facing the aging woman. Ban Righ Centre, 32 Bader Lane - Queen's University. 613-533-2976  www.queensu.ca/dsao/ind/banrigh.

January 23, 2008:
Their will be a special 7:00 pm screening of Innocent Voices (an El Salvador film) one night only Wednesday, January 23 at The Screening Room, 120 Princess Street. $10 advance tickets please phone 613-353-6650 or email as.rankin@sympatico.ca.

January 24, 2008:
9th annual reelout queer film + video festival runs January 24 - February 3, 2008 at various locations in Downtown Kingston. This year at reelout we have a spectacular line-up of independent queer film + video from Canada and around the world, and over 10 visiting artists from across the Country. From our Bollywood-inspired opening gala, to a gay surfer film, to groundbreaking documentaries, and cutting edge short films, there is something for everyone at reelout 9. Check out this year’s programme on-line at www.reelout.com or pick-up a programme guide from one of our ticket venues, or festival sponsors. Tickets: Gala Night Feature & Party: $15, Party Only: $10, Individual Programmes: $9, The Curiosity of Chance Programme: (by donation) and a Festival Pass (for all 12 programmes including all galas & parties): $65. Advance Ticket Sales at Novel Idea, 156 Princess St - 613 546 9799 and Destinations, JDUC, Queen’s University - 613 533 6670 www.mydestinations.ca. During the festival, tickets will be on sale on location 20-minutes prior to screening. For more info: see www.reelout.com or email pthompson@reelout.com.

January 24, 2008:
Bruce Marchen, who coached basketball and football at Frontenac Secondary School, Queen Elizabeth Collegiate, Loyalist Collegiate and Sydenham High School, passed away on January 19, 2008 at the age of 57. His funeral will be held at the Trousdale Funeral Home in Sydenham on January 24, 2008 at 11 a.m. Mr Marchen will be missed by many former students, teachers and friends. 

January 26, 2008:
Come and join the Community Midwives of Kingston sponsored "Sneak Preview" of the Ricki Lake film entitle "The Business of Being Born" at the Capitol 7, Empire Theatres, 213-223 Princess Street.  Tickets are $10 sold at the door.  Saturday January 26, 2008 at 10:30 am.  Doors open at 10 am.  Babes in arms welcome.

January 29, 2008:
Are you interested in helping out with this year’s Kingston Canadian Film Festival? Volunteer Information Sessions are set to take place January 29th and 30th. Visit www.KingCanFilmFest.com for details.

January 30, 2008:
Ban Righ Centre presents the Noon Hour Speaker Series. A Look in the Mirror: The Legacy of Canada's Genocide with Kevin Annett: M.A., M.Div. Kevin Annett examines the historical-philosophical basis of European Genocide as a religious movement, and how it manifested in Canada; the events, legislation and practices responsible for genocide, and the rise of the residential schools as a deliberate practice and policy of ethnic cleansing; the present condition and struggles of residential school survivors and native people, and prospects today for a genuine de-colonization of Canada. He will be using clips from his documentary film Unrepentant, and will have available copies of the film and his book  Hidden from History: The Canadian Holocaust. Info: www.hiddenfromhistory.org. Ban Righ Centre, 32 Bader Lane - Queen's University. 613-533-2976  www.queensu.ca/dsao/ind/banrigh.