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Icon of the event Dalton Higgins: Use Your Words: Summer 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 Great Books: Plato's Symposium
Mon Sep 30, 2013 | 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Toronto Reference Library

Dr John Greenwood of University of Toronto presents Plato's Symposium, a rousing philosophical discussion on the nature of love. In his characteristically challenging fashion, Socrates alerts the group to their own inadequate...

Icon of the event Great Books: Sophocles' Oedipus the King
Tue Sep 24, 2013 | 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Toronto Reference Library

Frederick Sweet, of the University of Toronto, presents Sophocles' brilliant play, where we are confronted by the critical issue of a prenatal curse which precipitates the breaking of two profound taboos. Is there any room in...

Icon of the event I Am so the Boss of You!:  Kathy Buckworth Running your Family like a Business
Tue Sep 17, 2013 | 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
North York Central Library

Every parent has had their child say to them You Are Not The Boss Of Me! And some of them are unfortunately right. Kathy Buckworth, award winning author, columnist and CityLine parenting expert, shares her expertise and her...

Icon of the event Islamic History Month: Dr. Shabir Ally
Tue Oct 15, 2013 | 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Toronto Reference Library

Dr. Shabir Ally, president of the Islamic Information & Dawah Centre (Ph.D from the University of Toronto with a specialization in Qur'anic Exegesis) speaks on the rise of intellectual activity among Muslims during the Abbasi...

Icon of the event Sheila Heti: Use Your Words: Summer 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 Notable Books of 2012. S...

Icon of the event Surviving and Thriving this School Year: Tips for Parents from Maureen Dennis
Tue Oct 08, 2013 | 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
North York Central Library

Join Maureen Dennis, President and Founder of WeeWelcome and Parenting Expert for the Marilyn Dennis Show, as she shares survival tips and strategies to get parents and students through the new school year successfully. With...

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) discusses her research revealing a surprising picture of Toronto in the Victorian/Edwardian period. Drawing from her book, Vanguard of the New Age: The Toronto Theosophical Soci...

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 The Treehouse Talks
Fri Oct 11, 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...