Heritage is a word that resonates with us on different levels. We use it to refer to our ancestors and ethnic backgrounds, an historic building or cultural property that may have unique qualities of times past, or even something that we want to preserve like a plant or animal – a heritage rose, perhaps. Tuesday evening September […]
Friends of the Toronto Public Library South Chapter Clearance Book Sale All items 10 cents to 1 dollar Friday September 19, 2014 (9:30 AM to 8 PM) Saturday September 20, 2014 (9 AM to 4 PM) Toronto Reference Library Elizabeth Beeton Auditorium (1st Floor) 789 Yonge Street All proceeds benefit library […]
See and hear authors Sylvia Fraser, Linwood Barclay, Thomas King, Naomi Klein, Caitlin Moran and Bernard Cornwell. Discover Being Happy and how to use Photoshop. And don't miss the Friends of the Toronto Public Library Giant Clearance Book Sale on September 19th and 20th. Click on each image to enlarge or Download The September 2014 […]
Photo credit: Olena Sullivan, Heritage Toronto Come celebrate Heritage Toronto 's 40th anniversary of the Heritage Toronto Awards. To mark this occasion, a symposium at the Toronto Reference Library will look at the challenges, successes and failures in the preservation and conservation of our heritage and historic sites. Sean Fraser, Director of Heritage Programs and Operations for Ontario […]
Bring your broken appliances to the Repair Cafe–learn a new skill, meet your neighbours, save the planet. Learn how to keep your mind going at A Healthy Aging Brain. And don't miss the guided tours of the Reference Library all month. Click on each image to enlarge or Download The August 2014 @ TRL as […]
Learn about the new Toronto Public Library initiative Asquith Press where you can publish your own work. Lots of computer courses this month on eBooks, Photoshop, web basics, blogging and Cyber Seniors. Or spend your Tuesdays at Summer Afternoon at the Movies. Click on each image to enlarge or Download The July 2014 @ TRL […]
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In Toronto, in 1964, not one but two magazines by and for the gay community were launched. One was simply called "Gay". The other was "Two", a name inspired by an earlier American magazine called "One". That same year, "The Homosexual Next Door: a Sober Appraisal of a New Social Phenomenon" by Sidney Katz, […]
The Treehouse Talks are free public lectures that operate on the guiding principle that three people, times three talks, equals a thousand new ideas. This formula is not just encapsulated by their motto – "3 People X 3 Topics = 1,000 Ideas"; it is also demonstrated by the list of speakers recruited by Nicolas Rouleau, the […]
As part of World Pride, please join us at the Toronto Reference Library for: The Rainbow Railroad: Fleeing Anti-Gay Persecution A panel discussion of LGBTQ persecution and the need for asylum rights in Canada Kamal Al-Solaylee, associate professor and undergraduate program director at the School of Journalism, Ryerson University, former theatre critic for the […]