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Icon of the event MAP Family Saturdays - Scarborough Museum at Eglinton Square
Sat May 18, 2013 | 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Eglinton Square

Scarborough Museum presents The Early Settler Experience. Enjoy discovery boxes, games, reproduction 19th century toys and stories as you discover Scarborough's past!...

Icon of the event Films about Seniors for Seniors
Tue Jun 25, 2013 | 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Annette Street

Join us for a presentation of the film "Strangers In Good Company" (1990)....

Icon of the event Summer Afternoon at the Movies
Tue Aug 27, 2013 | 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Toronto Reference Library

Beat the heat by watching new and classic film in the Beeton Auditorium on the first floor. Full list of film titles available in June. Program dates: July 9, 16, 23, 30 and August 6, 13, 20, 27

Icon of the event Syria in Crisis
Tue May 28, 2013 | 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Toronto Reference Library

Syria is an ancient country and it plays an important geo-strategic regional role. When the current conflict began, the Syrian "opposition" called for "regime change" and forced the government into a non-compromising position...

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Tue Jun 11, 2013 | 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Annette Street

Annette Street Library presents a NFB film: "We Were Children" - This documentary tells the true story of two children, taken from their homes at ages 4 and 6 to live in residential schools. This film gives voice to two child...

Icon of the event MAP Family Saturdays - Bata Shoe Museum at McGregor Park
Sat May 18, 2013 | 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
McGregor Park

Have you ever wanted to feel a sealskin boot or touch a shoe made from a tire? Well now's your chance! Join the Bata Shoe Museum staff at McGregor Park Branch to touch and examine Museum objects up close while hearing the fa...

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

Beat the heat by watching new and classic film in the Beeton Auditorium on the first floor. Full list of film titles available in June. Program dates: July 9, 16, 23, 30 and August 6, 13, 20, 27

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Sat Jun 08, 2013 | 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Annette Street

Annette Street Library presents a NFB film: "We Were Children" - This documentary tells the true story of two children, taken from their homes at ages 4 and 6 to live in residential schools. This film gives voice to two child...

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
Toronto Reference Library

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
Toronto Reference Library

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....