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Icon of the event TD Gallery: War Stories: Toronto and the War of 1812-14
Ongoing event running from Sat Mar 30, 2013 - Sat Jun 22, 2013
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A unique exhibition of first hand accounts from the Library's Special Collections....

Icon of the event Luminato at the Library: Gala Reading
Thu Jun 20, 2013 | 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
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Join Claire Messud (pictured) and three of Canada's best-loved authors - Lisa Moore, Sheila Heti and Miranda Hill - for a gala reading. Hosted by Michael Redhill....

Icon of the event Wednesday Afternoon @ the Movies
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm on recurring dates listed below
S. Walter Stewart

Join us on the last Wednesday of every month for a film....


Upcoming Dates:
Wed Jun 26
Wed Jul 31
Wed Aug 28
Wed Sep 25
Icon of the event Summer Afternoon at the Movies
Tue Jul 09, 2013 | 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
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Life Of Pi (2012): The riveting story of a young man's survival at sea in a small lifeboat that he shares with a Bengal tiger. Based on the novel by Canadian author Yann Martel. Ang Lee won the 2012 Best Director Academy A...

Icon of the event Dalton Higgins: Use Your Words: Summer Workshops for Emerging Writers
Sat Jul 13, 2013 | 2:00 pm - 4:30 pm
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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 TD Gallery: Flight: A Thrilling History of an Idea
Ongoing event running from Sat Jul 13, 2013 - Sun Sep 22, 2013
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Featuring rare and unique items from the library's Special Collections, Flight explores both the real and fantastical, the possible and impossible. With a special showing of select prints from one of only five known Audubon B...

Icon of the event Summer Afternoon at the Movies
Tue Jul 16, 2013 | 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
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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 Summer Afternoon at the Movies
Tue Jul 23, 2013 | 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
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Searching for Sugar Man (2012) Two South African fans search for their musical idol, Rodriguez, who disappeared in the 1970s. This film won many awards including the 2012 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, and the 2...

Icon of the event Sheila Heti: Use Your Words: Summer Workshops for Emerging Writers
Sat Jul 27, 2013 | 2:00 pm - 4:30 pm
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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 Summer Afternoon at the Movies
Tue Jul 30, 2013 | 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
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Anna Karenina (2012) Keira Knightly stars as the doomed heroine in the most recent cinematic version of Leo Tolstoy's acclaimed novel. (129 min.) Rated: 14A Next films in the series: Argo (August 6), Amour (August 13), S...