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Icon of the event East York Historical Society
7:30 pm - 9:00 pm on recurring dates listed below
S. Walter Stewart

Presentation on local historical subjects by the East York Historical Society. Meetings are free and have a guest speaker. All welcome. Call 416-396-3975 for information.


Upcoming Dates:
Tue May 28
Icon of the event The Treehouse Talks
Fri Jun 14, 2013 | 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Toronto Reference Library

3 monthly speakers x 3 monthly topics = 1, 000 ideas! Discover new ideas, ways of thinking and styles of presentation. While our speakers appear to have nothing in common, Treehouse knows that where three ideas collide, count...

Icon of the event Dr. Donald Smith's Mississauga Portraits
Thu Jun 27, 2013 | 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Spadina Road

Meet Dr. Donald Smith, Professor Emeritus at University of Calgary. Smith's newest book brings to life some of the Mississauga's most important and interesting community leaders from the mid-nineteenth century. Each portrait...

Icon of the event The Treehouse Talks
Fri Sep 13, 2013 | 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Toronto Reference Library

3 monthly speakers x 3 monthly topics = 1, 000 ideas! Discover new ideas, ways of thinking and styles of presentation. While our speakers appear to have nothing in common, Treehouse knows that where three ideas collide, count...

Icon of the event It's Not All CSI And Serial Killers
Fri May 24, 2013 | 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Don Mills

Where do crime and mystery stories come from? Sharon A. Crawford, Writer in Residence at the Toronto branch of the Canadian Authors' Association, will discuss the origins of her plots and characters as she reads from Beyond t...

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Wed May 22, 2013 | 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Yorkville

In this illustrated talk, Queen's University historian Steven Maynard looks at the emergence of modern gay and lesbian identities in Toronto during the 1920s and '30s. Part of the Pride and Prejudice, History and Memory seri...

Icon of the event Author Reading
Thu Jun 13, 2013 | 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
College/Shaw

In recognition of Italian Heritage Month, join us for an evening of Italian Canadian author readings with Gianna Patriarca and John Calabro.

Icon of the event We All Becomes Stories: Experiences of Aging and Memory
Fri Jun 07, 2013 | 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
McGregor Park

Meet Ann Elizabeth Carson and Ellen S. Jaffe, published authors, poets and story-tellers. Like 90-year-old Hagar Shipley in Margaret Laurence?s novel The Stone Angel, we can learn more about ourselves and the meaning of our l...

Icon of the event Author Talk: Marguerite Pigeon
Mon May 27, 2013 | 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Parliament Street

Marguerite Pigeon is a writer of poetry and fiction....

Icon of the event Meet author Barbara Mutch
Thu Jun 13, 2013 | 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Beaches

Meet author Barbara Mutch as she reads from her novel, "The Housemaid's Daughter". An Epic Journey. An Uncertain Love. An Enduring Friendship.