When I read that a massive mural by British street artist Phlegm had been painted on the west side of an office building on the south side of St. Clair, just west of Yonge Street, I just had to go and take a photo of it! From a distance, it looks like a human figure, […]
Come and Join Us forPoetry Through Music with Diana Braithwaite, Chris Whiteley and Dr. Michael Johnstone Thursday, November 24, 2016 7 to 8 p.m. North York Central Library Auditorium 5120 Yonge Street Please call 416-395-5639 to register for this free program. Don't miss a beat! Enjoy an […]
North York Central Library Talk: The Art of Dale Chihuly 7 to 8 p.m., Thursday, November 10, 2016North York Central Library Auditorium Please register for this free program by calling 416-395-5639 Discover the art and career of Dale Chihuly, a pioneer of the studio glass movement and considered to be one of the world's foremost […]
Just for fun, recently I have been watching, in order, all of the James Bond films. I have been a fan of the debonair yet deadly English spy ever since I was a child, and played with my brother's model gold Aston Martin DB5 car with its ejector seat, based on the silver car […]
North York Central Library Talk:Miles Ahead: Portrait of a Changeling 7 to 8 p.m., Thursday, October 13, 2016North York Central Library AuditoriumPlease register for this free program by calling 416-395-5639. Miles Davis was the quintessential seeker living his life by the Dylan maxim, "He not being born is busy dying." This lecture will explore various […]
Come to North York Central Library this fall and meet the writers everyone's reading!The eh List Author Series presents a great lineup of Canadian writers at North York Central Library this fall: Cordelia Strube on Tuesday, October 4; Ami McKay on Tuesday November 1; Teva Harrison on Tuesday, November 15; Tim Falconer on Tuesday, November 29 and Maureen […]
There is so much toil and trouble in Shakespeare's Macbeth that I think it will continue to captivate audiences forever! Recently, I went to the Stratford Festival to see their excellent 2016 production of Macbeth, starring the mesmerizing Ian Lake as the power-mad Medieval Scottish general Macbeth. Macbeth is spurred on by his passionate wife Lady Macbeth […]
Summer afternoon – summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language. ~Henry James (1843 to 1916) I have noticed that free outdoor screenings of movies in Toronto have been […]
I recently read about a five-year-old boy, Jackson Ryan Bennett, who plans to visit, with his father, all 100 branches of Toronto Public Library this summer, on public transit! His father said that Ryan picked the first branch, Fort York, out of Daniel Rotsztain's adult colouring book, All the Libraries Toronto. Perhaps Jackson will even join the […]
On May 24, North York Central Library welcomed Farzana Doctor, award-winning author and past Writer in Residence for Toronto Public Library, as part of The eh List Author Series. One of CBC's Ten Canadian Women Writers You Need to Read Now, Doctor is also the author of three novels. Her first novel, Stealing Nasreen, was called a […]