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Icon of the event Summer Afternoon at the Movies
Tue Jul 16, 2013 | 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Toronto Reference Library

Sherlock Holmes Faces Death (1943) Basil Rathbone stars as the great detective Sherlock Holmes, with Nigel Bruce as Dr. Watson, in a film loosely based on the novel "The Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual". (68 min.) Rated: G...

Icon of the event MAP Family Saturdays - Textile Museum of Canada at McGregor Park
Sat Oct 05, 2013 | 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
McGregor Park

Learn how cloth is made, and make a bookmark to take home with you.

Icon of the event GO to the movies!
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm on recurring dates listed below
York Woods

Join us for a fun family movie! Arrive at the library early to make sure you get a seat. Groups of 10 or more please call to register at (416) 395-5980....


Upcoming Dates:
Wed Jul 03
Wed Jul 17
Wed Jul 31
Wed Aug 14
Icon of the event The Yellow Book:  1890s Print Culture and the Digital Vision
Thu Oct 10, 2013 | 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Toronto Reference Library

Ryerson Professor Lorraine Janzen Kooistra introduces The Yellow Nineties Online, her project digitizing all volumes of the nineteenth-century avant- garde literary and arts magazine. Presented with the William Morris societ...

Icon of the event Tea And Movies
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm on recurring dates listed below
Don Mills

Join us on Friday afternoons at 2:00 for a series of classic films! No registration required. Tea and coffee will be served before the movies....


Upcoming Dates:
Fri Sep 13
Fri Oct 11
Icon of the event 2013 Travel & Amazing Race Magic Show
Wed Aug 07, 2013 | 2:00 pm - 2:45 pm
Dufferin/St.Clair

Miss Tilly will lead the children on an imaginary trip around the world. Along the way, they will encounter unexpected traps and delightful magic tricks. Register @ 416-393-7712.

Icon of the event Summer Afternoon at the Movies
Tue Aug 13, 2013 | 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Toronto Reference Library

Amour (2012) Retired music teachers Georges and Anne must learn to cope with their lives after a medical crisis affects one of them. Winner of the 2012 Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival, and Best Foreign Language Featur...

Icon of the event French Film Screening
Sat Sep 28, 2013 | 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Toronto Reference Library

Join us for a screening of a French-language film (title to be announced). Subtitled in English....

Icon of the event Origami Workshop with John Jay Guppy
Sat Sep 28, 2013 | 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
McGregor Park

Learn how to fold traditional favourites and latest new models. Open to everyone over seven years of age. All paper is provided. Examples of advanced origami will be on show, plus books and magazines demonstrating the ever gr...

Icon of the event Seniors' Cultural Tea
Mon Jun 24, 2013 | 11:30 am - 1:30 pm
Goldhawk Park

Join us for song, dance and socializing! All seniors welcome, no registration required.