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Icon of the event Family Movie - Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted
Fri Jun 07, 2013 | 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Danforth/Coxwell

Alex, Marty, Gloria and Melman are still fighting to get home to their beloved Big Apple. Their journey takes them through Europe where they find the perfect cover: a traveling circus, which they reinvent - Madagascar style. ...

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

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...

Icon of the event Junk Food Art Competition!!
Mon May 27, 2013 | 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Danforth/Coxwell

Do you like junk food?? Are you artistic?? Then this program is for you! Put your love of junk food and art to the ultimate test with this JUNK FOOD ART COMPETITION!! Ages 12-18. Space is limited so please register in branch...

Icon of the event Summer Afternoon at the Movies
Tue Jul 30, 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 Use Your Words: Workshops for Emerging Writers
Sat Jul 27, 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. Sheila Heti's book How Should a Person Be? was chosen by The New York Times as one of the 100 Best Books of 2012. Cont...

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 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 Summer Afternoon at the Movies
Tue Aug 06, 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 Celebrating Italian Heritage Month - Italian Influences in the Modern World
Wed Jun 05, 2013 | 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Downsview

From Caboto to Marconi, Da Vinci to Marchionne,...