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Monday, May 23, 2016 8:30 am - Saturday, August 13, 2016 4:30 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Spring Grebel Gallery

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This exhibit explores story-telling through art by people now living in Iraqi Kurdistan as a result of displacement. Iraqi Kurdistan
(northern Iraq) hosts a diverse group of people brought together in a very small geographical area. This region is home to the Iraqi Kurds, Syrian Kurds, Yazidis, Assyrian Christians, and Iraqi Arabs who have offered their stories in this exhibit.

Thursday, May 26, 2016 7:00 pm - 7:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Books not Bullets: Global Peace through Equitable Access to Education

The Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI), in partnership with Wilfrid Laurier University, Conrad Grebel University College and Global Peace Centre Canada, is pleased to present a lecture and discussion with Pakistani diplomat Ziauddin Yousafzai. 

After identity
Wednesday, June 8, 2016 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

After Identity: Mennonite Writing in North America Book Launch

After identity

Can Mennonite literature move beyond its longstanding preoccupation with cultural identity?

Join editor Robert Zacharias and contributors Hildi Froese Tiessen, Paul Tiessen, Julia Spicher Kasdorf, Ann Hostetler, Jeff Gundy, and Royden Loewen for an evening of conversation.

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Saturday, June 11, 2016 7:30 pm - 7:30 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Yellow Bellies: An Alternative History of WWII

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Yellow Bellies is an historical drama that highlights the experiences and public response to Mennonite Conscientious Objectors during WWII. This episodic tale takes audiences across Canada, featuring verbatim interviews, fictionalized scenes, and live music from the period to explore an often overlooked chapter of Canadian history. 

Poster for Yellow Bellies; two men standing by a large tree which they cut down.
Sunday, June 12, 2016 2:30 pm - 2:30 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Yellow Bellies: An Alternative History of WWII

Yellow Bellies poster, featuring two men standing by a large tree they cut down.

Yellow Bellies is an historical drama that highlights the experiences and public response to Mennonite Conscientious Objectors during WWII. This episodic tale takes audiences across Canada, featuring verbatim interviews, fictionalized scenes, and live music from the period to explore an often overlooked chapter of Canadian history. 

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Monday, August 22, 2016 12:00 am - Monday, December 5, 2016 12:00 am EDT (GMT -04:00)

Fall 2016 Grebel Gallery Exhibit

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This photo exhibit celebrates everyday acts that deepen our sense of community and empower us to collectively change the world for good. Photographers from Waterloo Region and beyond have captured moments of caring, working together, laughing together, and acting together with purpose – the fabric of community life and collective impact.

Wednesday, September 21, 2016 12:30 pm - 12:30 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Noon Hour Concert: Earth Peace

Earth Peace Concert

Earth Peace, by Carol Ann Weaver, recently composed and compiled in South Africa and Namibia, tells global stories of conflict, pain, resolution and joy.  The work contains choral music, string quartet, and readings which represent various troubled parts of our world.  
Performers include:

Renaissance Singers, directed by Gordon Burnett