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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 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 Cake Decoration
Wed Oct 09, 2013 | 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Cliffcrest

Meet Patricia Albi of CakeMom.ca and learn all the basic of cake decorating, just on time for Thanksgiving celebration. Demonstration only.

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@the Library:Thai Dance: Learn & Enjoy Thai Dramatic Arts with Tdat!
Sat Sep 28, 2013 | 10:30 am - 11:30 am
Agincourt

Tdot Tdat presents a show like no other. Participants will learn and practice the body language of basic postures and gestures that make Thai dance special. Throughout this crash course, performances will feature the beauty a...

Icon of the event Culture Days @ the Library: The Birth of Trickster
Fri Sep 27, 2013 | 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Gerrard/Ashdale

In collaboration with Culture Days and the Neighbourhood Arts Network, Toronto Public Library hosts over 40 Toronto-based artists and arts organizations in a celebration of arts and culture at library branches throughout the ...

Icon of the event Console Gaming
4:30 pm - 6:30 pm on recurring dates listed below
Bloor/Gladstone

Play some old favourites on the PS3, 360, and Wii. Check out some recent titles.


Upcoming Dates:
Mon Sep 23