Film Screening and Discussion: Northwords Wednesday, September 24, 7:00 p.m. North York Central LibraryAuditorium Please call 416-395-5639to register. A group of Canada's leading writers embark on a literary expedition to northern Labrador to seek inspiration and instigate new stories and conversations about the north. Featuring Joseph Boyden, Alissa York, Noah Richler, Sarah Leavitt […]
Sandra Martin and "The Literary War"Thursday, September 11, 7:00 p.m.North York Central Library AuditoriumPlease call 416-395-5639 to register. Award-winning journalist and broadcaster Sandra Martin will discuss the literature of the World War I era, tracing the literary trajectory from jingoistic patriotism at war's beginning to disillusion and cynicism by its end. […]
"The history of the world can be traced in textiles – the rise and fall of civilizations, theirworld views and systems of belief are woven into each warp and weft."~ from "The Eternity Code" exhibition at the Textile Museum of Canada I really felt as though I was travelling back to the time of the […]
Come and join us for a Summer Jazz Trio Concert! Wednesday, July 23, 2014 at 12:00 p.m. North York Central Library Auditorium Please call 416-395-5639 to register. Enjoy this cool concert presented by the University of Toronto'sFaculty of MusicFeaturing: Ian Sinclair, Piano;Landen Vieira, Saxophone; and Connor Walsh, Bass Be sure to visit […]
World Pride Week Celebrations at North York Central Library Stilettos on the Move, a Fashion ShowMonday, June 16 at 7:00 p.m.North York Central Library ConcourseFree tickets available at pridetpl.eventbrite.caor call 416-395-5639Have you ever wondered what makes drag queens tick? Join us for an evening of fashion,fun, and flamboyance. Drag performers will strut their stuff and […]
Chinese and Japanese Export Porcelain: Looking at a Long Tradition Wednesday, May 21 at 7:00 p.m. North York Central Library Auditorium Please call 416-395-5639 to register. Since the late Middle Ages, Chinese porcelain has fascinatedEuropeans. By the 1600s, significant quantities of porcelain werebeing imported from China and Japan, when politics madeEuropean production difficult. This trade has […]
Canadian Opera Company Talk: Don Quichotte Tuesday, May 6 at 7:00 p.m. North York Central Library Auditorium Please call 416-395-5639 to register Wayne Gooding, editor of Opera Canada magazine, balances opera history and guided listening with images andproduction insights in this exploration of Massenet's affectionateportrayal of literature's ultimate dreamer, Don Quixote. […]
Concert: Handel with FlareTuesday, March 11, 7:00 p.m.North York Central Library AuditoriumHandel is one of the world's most famous andyet unknown composers. A man of political,literary and artistic sophistication, he exploredall the musical forms of his day including the chamber duets in this program. Besides hearing some delightful music, a few of thoseperennial folk […]
Art Talk: "The Great Upheaval: Masterpieces from theGuggenheim Collection, 1910-1918"North York Central Library – AuditoriumTuesday, February 4, 7:00 p.m. "…the new AGO show is like a greatest hits package of contemporary art." The Globe and […]
Come and join us at North York Central Library, designed by renowned Canadian architect Raymond Moriyama, for a talk by Marco Polo, from Ryerson University's Department of Architectural Science, on: Contemporary Canadian Architecture Tuesday, January 14 at 7 p.m. in the North York Central Library auditorium Please call 416-395-5639 to register. […]