Feb 27
A CANADIAN SPY
Thursday, Feb 27, 5:00pm FREE Pre-register
JASON BELL / Cracking the Nazi Code: The Untold Story of Agent A12 and the Solving of the Holocaust Code
In Conversation Peter W. Klein
The thrilling true story of Agent A12, the earliest enemy of the Nazis. In public life, Dr. Winthrop Bell (no relation) was a Harvard philosophy professor and businessman. As an MI6 spy in Berlin in 1919, he broke open the emerging Nazi conspiracy. His reports, the first warning of the Nazi plot for World War II, went directly to the man known as C, the mysterious founder of MI6, and PMs. But a powerful fascist politician worked to suppress his alerts.
In 1939, Bell became a spy again and was the first to crack Hitler’s deadliest secret code: Germany’s plan for the Holocaust. Fighting an epic intelligence war from Eastern Europe and Russia to France, Canada, and finally Washington, DC, Agent A12 was a real-life 007, waging a single-handed struggle against fascists. Without Bell’s astounding courage, the Nazis just might have won the war.
JASON BELL, PhD, is a professor of philosophy at the University of New Brunswick. He served as a Fulbright Professor in Germany and has taught at universities in Belgium, the US and Canada. He lives in Fredericton, NB.
PETER W. KLEIN is an Emmy Award-winning journalist and professor at the School of Journalism, Writing, and Media at UBC.
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH VANCOUVER HOLOCAUST EDUCATION CENTRE
FOOD, GLORIOUS FOOD
Thursday, Feb 27, 6:30pm $20 Buy tickets
MICAH SIVA/ Nosh: Plant-Forward Recipes Celebrating Modern Jewish Cuisine
“Micah shares a culturally inclusive, plant-based, and most importantly, DELICIOUS take on the foods of her beloved Jewish heritage.” – Adeena Sussman, acclaimed food writer
Food is a central part of Jewish culture, and those who don’t connect with the foods of yesterday may feel as though a part of their heritage is missing. Nosh is the cookbook for the modern Jewish kitchen, drawing inspiration from history through a 21st century lens.
MICAH SIVA is a trained chef, registered dietitian, recipe writer, and food photographer, specializing in modern Jewish cuisine. She shares Jewish-inspired, plant-forward recipes through her blog, Nosh with Micah.
SPONSORED BY ESTHER CHETNER
CLOSING NIGHT: FILM AND QUIRKY STORIES
Thursday, Feb 27, 8:00pm $20 Buy tickets
BRETT GELMAN / The Terrifying Realm of the Possible: Nearly True Stories
In Conversation with Marsha Lederman
A daring, hilariously neurotic literary debut from the acclaimed actor and comedian Brett Gelman (Stranger Things, Fleabag).
Enter the wonderfully weird, always uncomfortable, side-splittingly funny world of The Terrifying Realm of the Possible, where your worst fears of who you are or might become are always just around the corner. In these masterful short stories from the singular mind of the actor and comedian, you’ll meet five individuals, each navigating a uniquely strange stage of life.
Our characters face the big issues; the ones we all face. As they traverse the prickly terrain of morality, family, sex, fame, religion and death they search for answers to life’s unanswerable questions. In the futility of that search comes the absurdity, along with the comedy.
Gelman’s remarkable first book is a bold, unforgettable debut that challenges our assumptions about what it means to be human.
BRETT GELMAN is an American actor and comedian. A prolific television actor, he is best known for his role as Murray Bauman in Netflix’s horror-supernatural hit series Stranger Things and as Martin on the BBC comedy Fleabag.
MARSHA LEDERMAN is a columnist at the Globe and Mail. Her areas of interest include social justice issues, politics, feminism, the environment, arts and culture, etc.