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Icon of the event YAG Puppet Show
Sat Jun 15, 2013 | 11:00 am - 11:30 am
Don Mills

Don Mills Branch YAG (Youth Advisory Group) will be performing a special puppet show. Drop-in. No registration required.

Icon of the event Use Your Words: Workshops for Emerging Writers
Sat Jul 13, 2013 | 2:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Toronto Reference Library

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 Meg Wolitzer
Tue May 21, 2013 | 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Toronto Reference Library

Bestselling author Meg Wolitzer ("Ten Year Nap") discusses her book, "The Interestings." With Globe & Mail's Johanna Schneller....

Icon of the event Summer Afternoon at the Movies
Tue Aug 13, 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 Aboriginal Celebration Performance and Discussion
Tue Jun 11, 2013 | 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Toronto Reference Library

Join us in celebrating Canadian Aboriginal culture with a discussion and a performance of song, dance and drum. Presented by the Native Canadian Centre of Toronto....

Icon of the event 2013 June Callwood Lecture: Mark Tewksbury
Mon May 27, 2013 | 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Toronto Reference Library

"Straight Talk from a Gay Jock: Stories from a Reluctant Activist in Sport." Mark Tewksbury, gold medal Olympian and chef de mission for the 2012 Games delivers the annual June Callwood lecture. Hosted by CTV's Seamus O'Rega...

Icon of the event Jeannette Walls
Fri Jun 14, 2013 | 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Toronto Reference Library

The author of the best-selling memoir, "The Glass Castle" discusses her heartbreaking and redemptive new novel "The Silver Star" with CTV's Marci Ien....

Icon of the event Spring Afternoon at the Movies
Tue Jun 18, 2013 | 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Toronto Reference Library

Intouchables (2011). An aristocratic quadriplegic man hires a man from the projects to be his personal attendant. In this comedic tale the two men learn from each other and develop an unusual friendship. A hit film in Fran...

Icon of the event Summer Afternoon at the Movies
Tue Aug 20, 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 Summer Afternoon at the Movies
Tue Jul 23, 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