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Music Camp
Sunday, August 13, 2017 12:00 am - Friday, August 25, 2017 12:00 am EDT (GMT -04:00)

Ontario Mennonite Music Camp

Ontario Mennonite Music Camp provides an exciting camp adventure for 12 to 16 year olds – pairing exceptional musical instruction with traditional camp activities! Campers will find a safe and supportive community to explore their love of music, strengthen their leadership skills and deepen their faith.

OMMC welcomes campers of all levels of musical skill and experience! Our goal is to help you have fun and grow, no matter where you're at.

Peace Week: September 18 to 23 2017
Sunday, September 17, 2017 12:00 am - Saturday, September 23, 2017 12:00 am EDT (GMT -04:00)

Peace Week 2017

Every year, on September 21 and the week surrounding it, the world celebrates the International Day of Peace.

For the past 2 years, Conrad Grebel University College has initiated a series of community events to mark this day. Now, in 2017, we are opening up this initiative to Kitchener-Waterloo and beyond.

Bluegrass Concert
Sunday, September 17, 2017 2:30 pm - 2:30 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Jim Reimer Memorial Bluegrass Concert with Rescue Junction

Join us on Sunday, September 17 at 2:30 PM at Grebel for the Jim Reimer Memorial Bluegrass Concert featuring Rescue Junction and special guests 5 on the Floor.

5 on the Floor members Bob Janzen, Lyle Friesen, and Ron Harder are reuniting and joined by Tim Bergen (Fiddle) for this special event in memory of former band-mate Jim Reimer.

Wednesday, September 20, 2017 12:30 pm - 12:30 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Noon Hour Concert: A Journey to Romantic Vienna

Sarah Marie Kramer, sopranoPresenting Lieder written by composers who lived and worked throughout the Romantic period of the Imperial city of Vienna. Sarah Marie Kramer, soprano and pianist Carl Philippe Gionet present works for the dramatic soprano. Composers such as Brahms, R. Strauss, Wagner, and Dvorak will be featured. 

Thursday, September 21, 2017 4:00 pm - 4:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Launch reception for Painting a Picture of Dignity exhibit

Celebrate the International Day of Peace in a unique and refreshing way this year! 

Join us on September 21st - the International Day of Peace and World Alzheimer’s Day - to celebrate the launch of Painting a Picture of Dignity, the Grebel Gallery's Fall 2017 exhibit.

Exhibit description:

Painting a Picture of Dignity showcases artwork by Canadian individuals living with dementia and Alzheimer's. Participating artists explore the theme of dignity through paint on canvas.

Background:

Changing the Historical Narrative
Friday, September 22, 2017 12:00 pm - 12:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Changing the Historical Narrative: A sign ceremony

Conrad Grebel University College invites you to join us for a gathering to plant a new sign our Mennonite commemorative garden. In 2005 the College created a garden beneath a black walnut tree that marked the 200th anniversary of a land purchase along the Grand River by Mennonite settlers from Pennsylvania. As we continue to educate ourselves about injustice towards Indigenous peoples and recognize their history on this land where Conrad Grebel now sits, we acknowledge the need to change the historical narratives of Mennonite settlement in the region.

The World Remembers
Monday, September 25, 2017 12:00 am - Saturday, November 11, 2017 5:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

The World Remembers: 1914-1918

Every day from September 25-November 11, the names of 661,818 soldiers and nurses on all sides of the First World War killed in 1917 will be digitally displayed at more than 60 locations around the world. The commemoration is a unique expression of remembrance, reconciliation and education, and shows the enormous human cost of the war. The Mennonite Archives of Ontario Gallery (3rd floor, Conrad Grebel University College) will be one of these display locations. The Gallery is also the location of the exhibit “Sites of Nonresistance: Ontario Mennonites and the First World War.”

Friday, September 29, 2017 7:00 pm - 7:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Austrian Pianist Anna Magdalena Kokits

Pianist Anna Kokits
Anna Magdalena Kokits - Coast to Coast Tour

Award-winning Austrian pianist Anna Magdalena Kokits will play a selection of modern and classical pieces as part of her coast-to-coast tour during Canada 150.

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

32 Variationen in c-moll, WoO 80 (1806)

All college photo, 1993
Saturday, September 30, 2017 6:00 pm - 6:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

'85-'95 Era Reunion

GREBEL REUNION 2017

Join hosts Shirley Grove '92 and Steve (Berg) Martin '88 on Saturday, September 30th in the John E. Toews Atrium at Conrad Grebel University College from 6:00 pm to late! 

Meet Grebel's new president - Marcus Shantz, class of '95!

Hot hors d'oeuvres, beverages and cash bar. Live jazz music provided by Al Armstrong '94.