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Icon of the event Impressionism in Music--With Rick Phillips, Sound Advice
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm on recurring dates listed below
Bloor/Gladstone

Linked to the late 19th century French movement in painting by Monet, Cezanne and Renoir, Musical Impressionism sought a new, subtle form of music, one that appealed more to the senses than the mind. More important than the s...


Upcoming Dates:
Thu Oct 17
Icon of the event Love, Curiosity, Control: Why we Photograph Others
Wed Oct 16, 2013 | 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Bloor/Gladstone

This presentation will consider approaches to and theories about the act of taking photographs of others, in relation to the art photography of Diane Arbus, Richard Avedon, Thomas Struth, and Nan Goldin, photojournalism of Ja...

Icon of the event French Film Screening
Sat Oct 12, 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 Halloween Movie
Fri Oct 11, 2013 | 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Perth/Dupont

Come and enjoy the 1993 classic-Hocus Pocus-...

Icon of the event PA Day FUn
Fri Oct 11, 2013 | 2:00 pm - 2:45 pm
Pape/Danforth

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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 MAP Family Saturdays - Toronto Zoo at Thorncliffe
Sat Oct 05, 2013 | 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Thorncliffe

Do you know which bear survives by eating bamboo only? Which bear enjoys taking a long winter's nap? Learn more about the Toronto Zoo's three bears: the giant panda, grizzly bear and polar bear, and the "bear" essentials th...

Icon of the event Storybreak:  After School Stories and Crafts
4:00 pm - 4:40 pm on recurring dates listed below
Pape/Danforth

After school story fun for ages 4+


Upcoming Dates:
Tue Oct 01
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 Culture Days: Stenciling workshop with Jerry Silverberg
Sat Sep 28, 2013 | 12:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Pape/Danforth

Use the artist's stencils or create you own to make a greeting card or art work. Ongoing from 12:30 and 4 pm. All ages.