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Icon of the event Celebrating Italian Heritage Month - Family Time in Italian!
Sat Jun 08, 2013 | 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Downsview

Join Happie Testa, co-owner of the multilingual children's bookstore Rainbow Caterpillar, as she reads delightful books to young children in both Italian and English. Happie will also be sharing some insights on how to get ki...

Icon of the event Use Your Words: Workshops for Emerging Writers
Sat Jul 13, 2013 | 2:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Toronto Reference Library

Find inspiration and hone your craft with some of the hottest writers in Toronto. For young writers 16-30. Dalton Higgins (Vibe, The Source). Dalton inhabits the worlds of digital culture, hip hop and popular culture - and co...

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 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 Eva Stachniak - Evergreen Author
Tue Aug 27, 2013 | 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Runnymede

Come and hear Eva read from, and talk about, her book "The Winter Palace" which is on the shortlist for the Ontario Library Association's Evergreen Book of the Year.

Icon of the event The Secret City: An Occult History of Toronto
Tue Jun 25, 2013 | 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Toronto Reference Library

Professor Gillian McCann (Nipissing University, PhD from UofT) discusses her research revealing a completely different picture of Toronto in the Victorian/Edwardian period than the one most people have in their minds. Drawing...

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 Use Your Words: Workshops for Emerging Writers
Sat Jul 27, 2013 | 2:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Toronto Reference Library

Find inspiration and hone your craft with some of the hottest writers in Toronto. For young writers 16-30. Sheila Heti's book How Should a Person Be? was chosen by The New York Times as one of the 100 Best Books of 2012. Cont...