See the stunning new gallery show "Maurice Sendak: 50 years, 50 works, 50 reasons" with special tours and programs for adults and children. Discover the new Green Screen Studio in the Digital Innovation Hub. Don't miss authors André Alexis, winner of this year's Giller Prize and the Rogers Writers' Trust Award, plus Gabrielle Hamilton and […]
Psst! Christmas is just around the corner. Michael Stuparyk, 1987. It's the time of year when the many versions of Santa Claus (or Père Noël, or St. Nicholas, or Sinterklaas) show up in Toronto malls, streets, community centres and houses. His reach may be global, but here are some specifically Toronto views courtesy of […]
Zoning as we think of it today was not really developed in Toronto until the late 1940s, and specific bylaws were not passed until the 1950s. Early bylaws concerned with the construction of buildings had some restrictions on what could be built in different areas, but were mainly focused on limiting fire hazards. The first […]
Get in the Rush line for packed visits by best-selling authors John Irving and Michael Connelly. Or hear John Geiger on the discovery of John Franklin's lost ship Erebus (with interviewer and science journalist Alanna Mitchell), and Carrie Brownstein on her life and times. Running a business? Free classes on using social media and Facebook. […]
Pacific, schooner; rescue of crew by Thomas Tinning; looking s.e. from shore near High Park. Toronto Reference Library There are many famous shipwreck names in Canadian history. Titanic is probably the biggest, lost in the Atlantic off of Newfoundland in 1912—there are hundreds of books and more than one movie about her. Another is the […]
A huge thanks to all the readers and library lovers who named the Toronto Reference Library the Best Library in NOW Magazine’s Best of Toronto Readers’ Choice 2015. Come by anytime to celebrate! And if you haven’t discovered us yet—come and find books, magazines, music, DVDs, free wireless, study pods, music practice rooms, a Writers […]
Trying to do good? Come hear about The Rise of Philanthro-Capitalism: How Charity Became Big Business. Trying to avoid the flu? Come for the Toronto Public Health Flu Shot Clinic. Trying to cope with technology? Don't be a Cyber-Condriac–take one of the library's free technology classes. Click on each image to enlarge or Download The […]
Music, art and the economics of real life with Jim Stanford. Plus authors Will Ferguson, Helen Humphreys, Geraldine Brooks and Jonathan Franzen. Click on each image to enlarge or Download The October 2015 @ TRL as a pdf file For a full list of programs to browse or search, visit our Programs, Classes and Exhibits […]
See the full website:A Grand Design: the Toronto City Hall Design CompetitionModernist architectural drawings & models submitted from forty-two countries. This is the second in a series commemorating the 50th Anniversary of Toronto's "New City Hall" designed by Finnish architect, Viljo Revell. Opened in 1965, the distinctive "clam shell" design and large public square is […]
Click on each image to enlarge or Download The September 2015 @ TRL as a pdf file. For a full list of programs to browse or search, visit our Programs, Classes and Exhibits page.