slackademics

Comicology 101 - History & Appreciation of Comics

2006-11-19T01:00:00.000-08:00

Slackademics*: Comicology 101 - History & Appreciation of Comics
will occur
Friday Dec 1 at 7pm
at
Chez Toren: 1015 13th Ave West (corner of Oak) - apartment 302
604-737-4283 (cat on premises)

It will also be a comic book swap meet!
By all means bring foodstuffs if you are able.
Superhero t-shirts encouraged.

RSVP

Comicology? Vegetarianology? Horror filmology?

2006-10-15T00:28:00.000-07:00

Stephane's class on reading music was great! We broke out the brand new dry erase board and enjoyed Joyce's pesto pasta and pumpkin pie, John's blueberry fritters, Sheri's chips 'n' salsa and my veggie 'n' dip. I learned a lot in a short time and even took notes.

I've been polling the usual crowd and some early favourites for the next session are:

VEGETARIAN COOKING
Offered by Carina or Jon.

PHOTOSHOP/DIGITAL GRAPHICS MANIPULATION
Offered by Matt or Carina or Sam

HORROR/SCI-FI FILM THEORY
Offered by Carina

COMIC BOOK HISTORY AND APPRECIATION
I know a lot of people who are interested in this, and a lot of people who have the expertise to impart knowledge. This one I think would be more of a panel/round robin discussion more than one instructor teaches everyone else. Hopefully I can round up one or two local professionals to sweeten the deal!

Musicology Confirmed

2006-10-02T14:13:00.000-07:00

Stephane will be teaching a one night class on Music Theory/How to Read Music on Wednesday, Oct 11 @ 7pm. Venue will be either his place (cats) or my place (cat) depending on the number of respondents (me= Oak & 13th Ave, Stephane = 12th Ave & Glen). Right now we have the following interested parties:

John M
Michael B
Toren
Chris G

I know there are other interested parties (David, Amanda) but I haven't heard from them on availability for the date/time.

Note that this is also a potluck! Stephane says:

I don't have any specific food requests for the potluck. I'm sure there'll be food I like there. (I don't like onions and funny mayonnaise-based dishes)

and

Here are possible topics I could cover. If anybody feels any of this is redundant or not interesting,

1) Explain the two main musical clefs/staffs
2) Run through all the types of notes and rests for those that don't remember from elementary school music (it's all simple math)
3) Go through the note value of each note on the staff.
4) A brief run-through of the history and evolution of musical theory, both in the West and in the East.
5) A brief run-through of the 'periods of music' in the West (Baroque, Classical, Romantic, 1900s) and its main contributors, along with interesting facts about their lives/music.
6) Talk about the differences and correlations between Major/Minor keys
7) Go through the key chart explaining how to figure out how many sharps/flats are in each key, and what the corresponding Major/Minor keys are.
8) Run through some scales in both Major and Minor keys.

Those are all the basics, so depending on every one's level we could just skim that and go into more advanced. Let me know if you have any comments or requests.

Please contact me if you or anyone you know is interested in attending!
Slackademics - BSing our way to higher education

Musicology by Stephane

2006-10-01T11:36:00.000-07:00

Who wants to take a night out of their busy schedule to learn how to read music? And enjoy a potluck? We're looking at Wed Sept 11 or Thur the 12th. Location to be determined. Are you interested and available either of those nights? Email me at thickets@uniserve.com (with SLACKADEMICS in the subject line) or make a post in the comments below. Thanks! Slackademics: your gateway to knowin' stuff.

Musicology

2006-09-10T20:31:00.000-07:00

As I mentioned via email, we decided not to do anything with Slackademics in August because everyone is just too busy doing summery things. But we must resign ourselves to fact that the monsoon season is about to begin. Stephane's Musicology class was postponed, and so I'd like to get an idea of just who the hell is interested in learning how to read music. In a night. With food. Comment here or email me at thickets@uniserve.com

Update from Stephane on Musicology

2006-08-07T01:00:00.000-07:00

[We're looking at Friday Aug 18 or Sunday Aug 20 at the moment - feel free to comment on availability and interest, or email me - Toren]

Alright, here are possible topics I could cover. If anybody feels any of this is redundant or not interesting,

1) Explain the two main musical clefs/staffs
2) Run through all the types of notes and rests for those that don't remember from elementary school music (it's all simple math)
3) Go through the note value of each note on the staff.
4) A brief run-through of the history and evolution of musical theory, both in the West and in the East.
5) A brief run-through of the 'periods of music' in the West (Baroque, Classical, Romantic, 1900s) and its main contributors, along with interesting facts about their lives/music.
6) Talk about the differences and correlations between Major/Minor keys
7) Go through the key chart explaining how to figure out how many sharps/flats are in each key, and what the corresponding Major/Minor keys are.
8) Run through some scales in both Major and Minor keys.

Those are all the basics, so depending on every one's level we could just skim that and go into more advanced. Let me know if you have any comments or requests.

We could have this out-doors in the grass somewhere shady. All we'd need is paper/pencils, maybe a board to write on, and I'll be supplying hand-out sheets that everyone can keep.

-stéphane

Geoff Will Teach You Campology

2006-07-31T21:43:00.000-07:00

Update from Geoff:

So the three of you are interested in the Campology Slackademics session. I am more than happy to run it with just the three of you - but if you guys know of anyone else who'd like to show, bring them along. I would like to start at 7:00 pm on Tuesday, August 1st in the little park at the corner of Trafalgar and Cornwall.

With regards to the skills we'll work on, I'd like to hear more from you guys. What kind of camping are you interested in doing? What have you done? Are you interested in the basics, like setting up a camp, getting a fire going, cooking, are you interested in knots, first aid, animal tips? I'll try to include as much as possible.

If you want, bring any camping gear you have and we'll mess around with it. I'm going camping this weekend, so I plan to just keep my stuff packed up so that I can spread it out on Tuesday.

I've put out a request to some of my more non-campingish friends to see if they are interested in the course too, so hopefully we'll get a few more folks. I think I will also have my lovely assisstant Nicole along to help!! If weather permits and you guys are interested, I thought it might be fun to go have a little campfire down on the little-known beach beside the park. Lemme know!
Cheerio, Geoff

Please do bring some food. I've got three burners we can use to cook on. If anyone else has campy style stoves, bring them too. I plan on making a couple different camping meals that I typically enjoy while out in the bush, but if you want to bring hot dogs and marshmallows to roast on the fire, please do!

Stephane Will Teach You How To Read Music/Music Theory

2006-07-20T19:57:00.000-07:00

Stephane is offering to teach you how to read music and about music theory (are they one in the same, only he can say). If you're interested, comment here or email me at thickets@uniserve.com.

What Classes Are Offered?

2006-07-20T19:53:00.000-07:00

Acting, method

Acting: Voice Acting

Algebra, Fractions

Art: Animation

Art: Art History

Art: Graphic Design

Art: Jewelry Making

Art: Miniature Painting

Art: Painting

Art: Photography

Art: Screen Printing

Art: Tattoos

Astronomy

Beeswax Candles

Bicycle Repair

Biology/Microbiology/Genetics

Brochures, making

Business: Run an Online Business

Business: Running a business

Buy/Sell Stuff on eBay

Chemistry

Chinese Culture, Religion & History

Computers: Flash

Computers: General

Computers: HTML

Computers: Photoshop

Cooking (Desserts/Chocolate Making)

Cooking (Savory)

Cooking (Vegan)

Cooking (Vegetarian)

Cooking Curry Dishes

Crisis Intervention/Suicide Awareness/Response

D&D

Dance

Exercise/Personal Training

Filmmaking

First Aid

Plants: Gardening

Plants: Growing Plants from Seeds

Geography

Geology

Hairdressing

History

History of Christianity & the Church

Investing/Finances

IQ Assessment

Job Hunting

Kitchen Safety

Knitting

Language: Cantonese

Language: German

Language: Greek

Language: Japanese

Language: Latin

Language: Mandarin

Lantern Making

Mahjong

Marine Biology

Mechanic

Mediation/Collaborative Conflict Resolution

Music: Acoustic Guitar

Music: Drums

Music: Piano

Music: Read Music / theory

Music: Singing

Music: Songwriting

Music: Sound Engineering

Nutrition

Origami

Physics

Plumbing

Psychology (ADHD/Autism)(Creativity)

Safe Facilitation for Youth

Scrabble

Spa Treatments at Home

Swimming

Tai Chi

Tennis

Text Adventuring, From Advent to Zork to Today

Unarmed Combat

Wiring/Electricity

Woodworking

Writing: Grammar

Yoga

Zine Printing

Art: Painting: Acrylic texture application

Camping Skills

Comic Books

Freelancing so Editors Like You

Internet video & DVD authoring

Language: French

Plants: Herbology/Herbal Medicine, Skin Care

Plants: Plant/Herb I.D. (walks)

String Theory (for math uninclined)

Embroidery

I Want To Teach A Class

2006-07-20T19:50:00.000-07:00

If you want to teach a class, email me at thickets@uniserve.com (put slackademics in the subject heading please) or comment here and I'll update the list.

Slackademics FAQ

2006-07-20T19:30:00.000-07:00

Yeah, school is okay, but there’s another way to learn things. People I know have lots of skills. They are willing to share them, and they want to learn new ones, and nobody has to spend any silly school fees - just a little time. Regardez le Slackademics Vancouver. Whenever somebody wants to teach a class, we determine demand and set it up. People bring food and, where applicable, required supplies.

Presently, Slackademics is more or less by referral only. If you're coming to this website cold, and you are interested in participating, please email me, Toren, at thickets@uniserve.com. If you were referred to this site by me or are a friend of a friend, then as long as you're not trying to set up a "class" on "how to buy AmWay products" then welcome!

I have had my email address and my snail mail address on the internet pretty much since 1993. I have never had any problems as a result of that, but then again I am not a woman. This whole concept involves potential strangers coming into your home, or that of your buddy's. So please be aware of that, and let me say that it is your right as an instructor or a slackademics host to refuse anyone--on any grounds without any kind of explanation--of your services or personal space. Please feel free to screen your students before you give out your home address or any other personal information.

You got that kids? I am the administrator and moderator. As such I will kick your ass if your posts are out of line.

*It is my hope to get a full-fledged slackademics website going anyway, so this bloggery may not be online forever.