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Icon of the event Customer Appreciation Day at  Agincourt Branch
Sat Jun 01, 2013 | 9:30 am - 4:00 pm
Agincourt

Join the staff at Agincourt Branch for a day of fun and entertaining programs and activities, games, face painting, book sale, refreshments, and more! All are welcome. For more information, call the branch at 416-396-8950

Icon of the event Peak Learning with Doug Purdon. Mistresses and Muses
Tue May 28, 2013 | 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Deer Park

Doug Purdon,School of Continuing Studies,U of T,looks at the lives of the muses of some famous artists and the masterpieces they inspired. Find out how Gala Dali and Lee Miller served as muses for Salvador Dali and Man Ray....

Icon of the event Tea & Books
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm on recurring dates listed below
Agincourt

Join us for an entertaining and relaxing afternoon and listen to librarians review and discuss recent publications, upcoming titles, their favourite authors, and recommend some good titles for you to read. Light refreshments ...


Upcoming Dates:
Tue May 28
Tue Jun 25
Icon of the event Spring Book Sale
Sat May 25, 2013 | 11:00 am - 3:00 pm
Leaside

Browse for some new favourites or old treasures at our Spring Book Sale. Sale runs from 11:00 am until 3:00 pm. Everyone welcome.

Icon of the event MAP Family Saturdays - Black Creek Pioneer Village at Richview
Sat May 25, 2013 | 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Richview

How does the wool on a sheep's back turn into a woollen shawl or sweater? Families will help to tease, card and finger spin wool. We'll talk about natural dyes, spinning and weaving. Everyone will take home their own woollen ...

Icon of the event Call for Quilters for
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm on recurring dates listed below
Jones

Interested in quilting or learning how to quilt? Join "The Chatelaines Quilt Club" every Tuesday evening to make a Victorian crazy quilt. No experience needed. All Quilts are worked on together and donated to Charitable org...


Upcoming Dates:
Thu May 23
Thu May 30
Thu Jun 06
Thu Jun 13
Thu Jun 20
Icon of the event Death In Venice
Thu May 23, 2013 | 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Deer Park

Experience Venice through the eyes of two wonderful artists, author Thomas Mann and director Luchino Visconti. See the city and its lagoon as wonderful backdrops to two masterpiece, the novel Death in Venice and its award-w...

Icon of the event The Isenheim Altarpiece with Suzanne Tevlin
Tue May 21, 2013 | 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Deer Park

Join Suzanne Tevlin, artist, art historian and writer as she explores the potential meaning of this awesome and grand altarpiece by Matthias Grunewald, a work with great emotional intensity and terrible realism. Painted for t...