Calling all artists, dancers, weavers, drummers, guitarists, origami artists, storytellers, writers, poets, painters, sculpturers! Don't miss The SCOOP – Creative Networking: Connecting Artists with Space & Funds on April 9, 2014, from 5:30 p.m. – 8:15 p.m. at Lillian H. Smith Branch (239 College St., east of Spadina). If you are interested in taking part […]
One of the Library's best-kept secrets is that a number of the librarians who help you with your e-books, answer your tricky reference questions, deliver brilliant book talks and children's programs are also expert storytellers. There has long been a culture of storytelling at Toronto Public Library, developed over a period of years by a […]
The History Matters lecture series opens with a talk by York University professor William Wicken on the ways in which historical research has shaped legal and political decisions about the indigenous peoples in Canada.This is the first of a series of noteworthy lectures on the history of aboriginal peoples in this country. The lecture takes […]
As part of Toronto Public Library's Freedom to Read Week activities, well-known investigative journalist Andrew Mitrovica will be talking about the importance of NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden's revelations (Deer Park February 27, 6:30 pm). In his talk, entitled Edward Snowden: What He Should Mean to You, Mitrovica will rebut the powerful forces that have sought […]
The popular History Matters series returns to Toronto Public Library with a new series on the aboriginal peoples of Canada, their past and present. Curated by historians Jay Young and Giberto Fernandes of ActiveHistory.ca, these talks will bring the past alive and open up the rich and vibrant cultures of the aboriginal peoples that lived […]
On February 4, at the Northern District Branch, Room 200, we are hosting a a skillsbuilding workshop for artists who want to exhibit or sell their work or who simply want to create a lasting documentary artistic record. For details click here: Documenting Your Artwork. Gallery 44 instructor Toni Hafkenscheid will teach participants how to document […]
If you were lazing around with the New York Times yesterday, you might have read Ray Jayawardhana's tongue-in-cheek argument that it's high time that the Higgs boson quit hogging the limelight and some serious attention was given to a tiny and elusive particle called the neutrino. The Higgs particle has gotten itself some great publicity, […]
On Tuesday, November 5, Ryerson sociology professor Pamela Sugiman will explore the post-war history of Japanese Canadians who had been interned during World War II. And Life Goes On: Japanese Canadians, Memory and Life after Internment, Ryerson The talk takes place at the Lillian H. Smith, 6:30 pm (239 College St, 416-393-7746). 1,200 fishing boats […]
On Tuesday, October 29 at 6:30 pm, the Barbara Frum branch hosts an important lecture, From India to Europe: the Path of Roma History. This is the first in a two-part series entitled "The History and Persecution of the Roma People." The speakers are Julianna Beaudoin, an anthropologist from the University of Western Ontario, and […]
Librarian and author Ken Setterington will be at the Leaside tomorrow night, October 24, 7 pm, speaking about his book, Branded by the Pink Triangle. Setterington is a very fine speaker and his book and his presentation makes this history very immediate indeed. During World War II, the Nazis exterminated some six million Jews, and millions […]