What's On at the Library

To celebrate Keep Toronto Reading, these city-wide partners are offering a range of programming inspired by The Cellist of Sarajevo.

The Travelling Cellist

Toronto Symphony Orchestra cellists will perform Albinoni’s Adagio at a variety of unexpected locations.

Visit keeptorontoreading.ca for times and locations.

March 17 – April 7
Various locations/times

Art and War

An examination of the stories that emerge from places of conflict and the ethics of capturing those images. With lens-based artist Rita Leistner, Newsweek photo editor Jamie Wellford and photojournalist Mike Kamber. Moderated by Ryerson University’s Doina Popescu.

Saturday, April 5, 4:30 pm
$15, $10 for students
Munk Centre (Campbell Room), 1 Devonshire Place

Note: Incorrect information about the venue for this event appeared in our printed program guide. It’s at the Munk Centre, and not the Gardner Museum. 

University of Toronto Public Lecture: Perspectives on Sarajevo

Writer Myrna Kostash and Dragana Obradovic of the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures will reflect on personal and literary perspectives of Sarajevo. Special thanks to the support of the Avie Bennett Chair in Canadian Literature, Department of English.

Tuesday, April 8, 6:00 pm
University College (Room 179), 15 King’s College Circle

Music in the Time of War

Pianist Philip Chiu presents a free lunchtime concert featuring music written in times of war including works by Ravel, Prokofiev and Pavel Haas.

Tuesday, April 15, Noon
Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre, 145 Queen St. W.

Romeo and Juliet in Sarajevo

A special screening of John Zaritsky’s award-winning documentary about two young lovers, one a Bosniak, the other a Bosnian Serb, killed by snipers during the Siege of Sarajevo. Featuring a Q & A with the director.

Sunday, April 27 at 1:30 pm
$14.60
ROM Theatre, 100 Queen’s Park
Have a library card? Save 15%. Enter code TPLSARAJEVO at hotdocs.ca or present your card at the advance box office (2 Bloor Street West Cumberland Terrace, lower level)

Toronto District School Board

As part of our One Book programming, the Toronto District School Board will be discussing The Cellist of Sarajevo with over 1,000 secondary school students. Author Steven Galloway will be visiting with students to discuss his novel. The Toronto Symphony Orchestra will also be doing a workshop for students.