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TRL Program Calendar May 2019

April 30, 2019 | sylvia | Comments (0)

Free movies, free programs, free classes. All at the Toronto Reference Library. Click on each image to enlarge or Download The May 2019 Toronto Reference Library Calendar. For a full listing to browse or search, visit our Programs, Classes and Exhibits.

TRL Program Calendar April 2019

March 31, 2019 | sylvia | Comments (0)

Free movies, free programs, free classes. All at the Toronto Reference Library. Click on each image to enlarge or Download The April 2019 Toronto Reference Library Calendar. For a full listing to browse or search, visit our Programs, Classes and Exhibits.

Andrew Larsen: Me and Mr. Carnegie

March 6, 2019 | TPL Staff | Comments (9)

Photo credit: Tom McFeat. Used with permission. We invite you to Andrew Larsen: Me and Mr. Carnegie on Thursday, April 25 at 7pm in the lower level of Lillian H. Smith branch. Presented by the Osborne Collection of Early Children's Books, this is the 16th Albert Lahmer Memorial Lecture. Larsen will talk about how Carnegie's […]

TRL Program Calendar March 2019

February 28, 2019 | sylvia | Comments (0)

Free movies, free programs, free classes. All at the Toronto Reference Library. Click on each image to enlarge or Download the March 2019 Toronto Reference Library calendar (PDF). For a full listing to browse or search, visit our Programs, Classes and Exhibits.

The Ants and the Grasshopper: An Exhibit of Children’s Books and Illustrations

February 15, 2019 | TPL Staff | Comments (0)

We invite you to The Ants and the Grasshopper: An Exhibit of Children's Books and Illustrations, located at the Osborne Collection of Early Children's Books on the fourth floor of the Lillian H. Smith branch.  It is a remount of Along Came a Spider: A Celebration of Insects and Spiders in Children's Books. Developed by Martha Scott, […]

Love Stinks and So Do You: Victorian Valentines Most Vile

February 13, 2019 | Natalia | Comments (39)

Looking at greeting cards through the ages most would agree that no-one does valentines like the Victorians. Their fold-out, pop-up, multilayered confections embellished with flowers, cupids, hearts, doves, children, chariots, animals, etc. continue to set the sugar-coated standard for visual expressions of romantic love. Today's mass-produced greeting cards, even if they’re from Papyrus and cost […]

When Love is in the Air, Can there be Romance in the Stacks?

February 12, 2019 | Steven | Comments (21)

In honour of Valentine’s Day and lovers everywhere, there will be a Literary Treasures presentation on Thursday, Feburary 14th 2 – 3 pm in the Beeton Hall at the Toronto Reference Library. The focus will be a celebration of Harlequin’s 70 years as a Canadian success story. The very name Harlequin has become synonymous with the […]

A, Apple Pie: An Exhibit of Children’s Books and Stories about Food

February 11, 2019 | TPL Staff | Comments (0)

We invite you to A, Apple Pie: An Exhibit of Children's Books and Stories about Food, located at the Osborne Collection of Early Children's Books on the fourth floor of the Lillian H. Smith branch. It is a remount of Breakfast, Dinner, Lunch and Tea: An Exhibit of Children's Books and Stories about Food. Developed by […]

For the Record: An Idea of the North – Toronto Hip Hop Exhibit Opens Feb 16, 2019

February 8, 2019 | Bill V. | Comments (3)

For the Record: An Idea of the North is our newest exhibit in the TD Gallery on the main floor of the Toronto Reference Library. This interactive mixed media exhibit focuses on the role of Soundsystems and DJs in the emergence of Toronto's hip hop music scene. The TD Gallery features free exhibits for Torontonians and visitors […]

TRL Program Calendar February 2019

January 31, 2019 | sylvia | Comments (0)

Free movies, free programs, free classes. All at the Toronto Reference Library. Click on each image to enlarge or download The February 2019 Toronto Reference Library calendar (PDF). For a full listing to browse or search, visit our Programs, Classes and Exhibits.