Winter Holiday Concert For All Ages: Cassava Latin Band at North York Central Library Concourse Friday, December 27, 2:00 p.m. Sing! Dance! Clap! Warm up the winter with the alluring rhythms of South America. All ages, drop-in, no registration required. Cassava Latin Band is a Toronto-based band which performs different […]
I am an unabashed fan of Downton Abbey, with its upstairs and downstairs characters, sumptuous settings, period details and constant cliffhangers. I especially enjoy the bons mots from Maggie Smith, who plays the part of Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham. Of course, I am eagerly awaiting the return of Downton Abbey, with the […]
20th Century Classical Music TalkThursday, December 12 at 7:00 p.m.North York Central Library AuditoriumPlease call 416-395-5639 to register. The music of the 20th century and today may seem challenging at first. Join classical music expert Rick Phillips as he explains the fascinating world of 20th century classical music including Philip Glass, John Cage […]
Thursday, October 10, 2013, 7 p.m. North York Central Library Auditorium Call 416-395-5639 to register The 2013/2014 season of Opera Talks opens with an engaging chat led by Opera Canada editor Wayne Gooding on the Canadian Opera Company's upcoming production of Benjamin Britten's Peter Grimes. Gooding's talk mixes tantalizing tidbits of opera history with […]
I have always enjoyed observing visual details in the world remember taking great delight in a school assignment where I had to design my own alphabet. Later, a calligraphy course introduced me to the world of nib pens, real ink, how to make historical letter forms, and even illuminate them with gold. From Islamic and […]
Come and join us at North York Central Library on Tuesday, September 17 at 7:00 p.m. in the Concourse for an art talk about Ai Weiwei. Art historian Yi Gu, from the University of Toronto, will discuss one of Asia's most prolific, provocative and significant artists today. Call 416-395-5639 to register. […]
Come and join usfor two summer concertsatNorth York Central Library Wednesday, July 24, 12:00 p.m. - Concourse Braithwaite & Whiteley Don't miss this award-winning blues duo, Diana Braithwaite and Chris Whiteley.For adults, teens and childrenaged 6 and up.No registration required. Wednesday, July 31, 12:00 p.m. – ConcourseSheesham and LotusOld time rag time mountain […]
There are three, literally out-of-this-world, photography exhibitions onin Toronto and nearby at the moment. I decided to see all of them!The first one I went to see was "Genesis," by internationally renowned photojournalist Sebastião Salgado, on at the Royal Ontario Museumuntil September 2. The Toronto Star called Sebastião Salgado "thegreatest landscape photographer of his time" […]
Photographing Séances 7:00 p.m., Thursday, June 13 North York Central Library – Auditorium Please call 416-395-5639 to register. Meredith Inksetter, University of Toronto, Art History, discusses 19th and early 20th century notions of mysterious appearances in photography. Don't miss this fascinating presentation!
I was saddened to read that Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, the twice Academy Award-winningscreenwriter, died on April 3. Ruth Prawer Jhabvala wrote the screenplay for myfavourite film, A Room with a View, based on the novel by E.M. Forster. The filmis about Lucy Honeychurch, a young Englishwoman, who in the early 1900s finds lovewhile on holiday […]