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Pride and Proud to be Reading
June is Pride Month, a time for the LGBTQ community and everyone to celebrate diversity, queer sensibilities and good summer times. In Toronto, it culminates in the Pride Parade, scheduled for Sunday, June 24, the 38th annual parade in Toronto and one of the largest in the world Toronto Public... Continue reading
Posted Jun 12, 2018 at Toronto Reference Library Blog
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TRL Program Calendar June 2018
Free movies, free programs, free classes. All at the Toronto Reference Library. Click on each image to enlarge or Download The June 2018 @ TRL as a pdf. For a full listing to browse or search, visit our Programs, Classes and Exhibits page. Continue reading
Posted May 31, 2018 at Toronto Reference Library Blog
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2018 Pritzker Architecture Prize Laureate: B.V. Doshi and the Toronto Connection
Balkrishna V. Doshi Drashtiunit, Wikimedia Commons On Friday evening, Balkrishna V. Doshi was awarded this year's Pritzker Architecture Prize in a ceremony at the serenely beautiful Aga Khan Museum in Toronto. Established in 1979, the Pritzker is awarded annually to a living architect who "has produced consistent and significant contributions... Continue reading
Posted May 21, 2018 at Toronto Reference Library Blog
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TRL Program Calendar May 2018
Free programs, free movies, free classes. All at the Toronto Reference Library. Click on each image to enlarge or Download The May 2018 @ TRL as a pdf. For a full list of programs to browse or search, visit our Programs, Classes and Exhibits page. Continue reading
Posted Apr 30, 2018 at Toronto Reference Library Blog
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TRL Program Calendar April 2018
Free programs, free movies, free classes. All at the Toronto Reference Library. Click on each image to enlarge or Download the April 2018 @ TRL calendar as a pdf. For a full list of programs to browse or search, visit our Programs, Classes and Exhibits page. Continue reading
Posted Mar 31, 2018 at Toronto Reference Library Blog
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TRL Program Calendar March 2018
This post was revised on March 5, 2018 Free programs, free movies, free classes. All at the Toronto Reference Library Click on each image to enlarge or Download The March 2018 @ TRL as a pdf. For a full list of programs to browse or search, visit our Programs, Classes... Continue reading
Posted Mar 1, 2018 at Toronto Reference Library Blog
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TRL Program Calendar February 2018
This post was revised February 3, 2018 Free programs, free movies, free classes. All at the Toronto Reference Library Click on each image to enlarge or Download The February 2018 @ TRL as a pdf. For a full list of programs to browse or search, visit out Programs, Classes and... Continue reading
Posted Jan 31, 2018 at Toronto Reference Library Blog
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TRL Program Calendar January 2018
Happy New Year and please join us throughout 2018 for more programs, films, classes and special events. All free at the Toronto Reference Library. Click on each image to enlarge or Download The January 2018 @ TRL as a pdf. For a full list of programs to browse or search,... Continue reading
Posted Dec 31, 2017 at Toronto Reference Library Blog
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TRL Program Calendar December 2017
Free programs, free movies, free exhibits. All at the Toronto Reference Library. Click on each image to enlarge or Download The December 2017 @ TRL as a pdf. For a full list of programs to browse or search, visit our Programs, Classes and Exhibits page. Continue reading
Posted Nov 30, 2017 at Toronto Reference Library Blog
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TRL Program Calendar November 2017
This post was revised November 2, 2017 Come celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Toronto Reference Library which opened November 2, 1977. Forty years of books, technology, lectures, films, music, dance and millions of people using this building. Click on each image to enlarge or Download The November 2017 @... Continue reading
Posted Oct 31, 2017 at Toronto Reference Library Blog
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TRL Program Calendar October 2017
This post was revised October 6, 2017 Free programs, free movies, free exhibits. All at the Toronto Reference Library. Click on each image to enlarge, or Download The October 2017 @ TRL as a pdf file. For a full list of programs to browse or search, visit out Programs, Classes... Continue reading
Posted Sep 30, 2017 at Toronto Reference Library Blog
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TRL Program Calendar September 2107
Free programs, free movies, free exhibits. All at the Toronto Reference Library. Click on each image to enlarge or Download The September 2017 @ TRL as a pdf file. For a full list of programs to browse or search, visit out Programs, Classes and Exhibits page. Continue reading
Posted Aug 31, 2017 at Toronto Reference Library Blog
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TRL Program Calendar August 2017
Free programs, free movies, free exhibits. All at the Toronto Reference Library. Click on each image to enlarge or Download The August 2017 @ TRL as a pdf file. For a full list of programs to browse or search, visit out Programs, Classes and Exhibits page. Continue reading
Posted Jul 31, 2017 at Toronto Reference Library Blog
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TRL Program Calendar July 2017
Free programs, free movies, free exhibits. All at the Toronto Reference Library. Click on each image to enlarge or Download The July 2017 @ TRL as a pdf file. For a full list of programs to browse or search, visit our Programs, Classes and Exhibits page. Continue reading
Posted Jun 30, 2017 at Toronto Reference Library Blog
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TRL Program Calendar June 2017
Free programs, free movies, free exhibits. All at the Toronto Reference Library. Click on each image to enlarge or Download The June 2017 @ TRL as a pdf file. For a full list of programs to browse or search, visit our Programs, Classes and Exhibits page. Continue reading
Posted May 31, 2017 at Toronto Reference Library Blog
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TRL Program Calendar May 2017
Free programs, free movies and TCAF – the annual Toronto Comic Arts Festival, all on this month. Click on each image to enlarge or Download The May 2017 @ TRL as a pdf file. For a full list of programs to browse or search, visit our Programs, Classes and Exhibits... Continue reading
Posted May 1, 2017 at Toronto Reference Library Blog
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The Battle of Vimy Ridge, April 1917--One Hundred Years of Memory and Myth
In Canadian history, the Battle of Vimy Ridge stands as one of the most celebrated and mythologized combats of the Great War. It was initially hailed a great victory, a turning point, and a celebration of Canadian nationalism. “CANADIANS LEAD IN TRIUMPH” said the Globe and Mail in huge type... Continue reading
Posted Apr 7, 2017 at Local History & Genealogy
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TRL Program Calendar April 2017
Free programs, free movies, free music all on this month. Click on each image to enlarge or Download The March 2017 @ TRL. For a full list of programs to browse or search, visit our Programs, Classes and Exhibits page Continue reading
Posted Mar 31, 2017 at Toronto Reference Library Blog
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TRL Program Calendar March 2017
Lots of authors, including Mohsin Hamid and Roxane Gay, writer in residence Pasha Malla, and exhibits and lectures on Vice and Virtue in Toronto. Plus plenty of free movies, computer classes and eLearning. Click on each image to enlarge or Download The March 2017 @ TRL as a pdf file.... Continue reading
Posted Feb 28, 2017 at Toronto Reference Library Blog
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New Steps to Justice Website Gives Step-by-Step Legal Information
This guest post is one in a series providing practical, easy to understand legal information from CLEO (Community Legal Information Ontario / Éducation juridique communautaire Ontario). Having problems with your landlord? Worried that you are being treated unfairly at work? Getting separated or divorced? These are some of the issues... Continue reading
Posted Feb 24, 2017 at Toronto Reference Library Blog
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TRL Program Calendar February 2017
Come celebrate Black History Month at Yonge and Bloor! Click on each image to enlarge or Download February 2017 @ TRL as a pdf file. For a full list of programs to browse or search, visit our Programs, Classes and Exhibits page. Continue reading
Posted Jan 31, 2017 at Toronto Reference Library Blog
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TRL Program Calendar January 2017
Ring in the New with Introduction to Scribus, MuseScore and Inkscape. Hear Gail Vaz-Oxlade and Victoria Ryce explain singles' finances as the CEO of Everything. And last chance to see Once Upon a Time: Fairy Tales from the Osborne Collection of Early Books at the TD Gallery on the first... Continue reading
Posted Dec 31, 2016 at Toronto Reference Library Blog
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TRL Program Calendar December 2016
Drop in for free films, bring the kids for Once Upon a Time fun, or join a book club. Click on each image to enlarge, or download the December 2016 @ TRL as a pdf file. For a full list of programs to browse or search, visit our Programs, Classes... Continue reading
Posted Nov 30, 2016 at Toronto Reference Library Blog
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Legal Tips from CLEO: Your Rights When Taking Your Car in for Repair
This guest post is one in a series providing practical, easy to understand legal information from CLEO (Community Legal Information Ontario / Éducation juridique communautaire Ontario). While most garages are trustworthy, many people have understandable worries about being overcharged, getting shoddy work, or being charged for unnecessary repairs. This blog... Continue reading
Posted Nov 16, 2016 at Toronto Reference Library Blog
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Terrific post Bill. And, the Scandinavian's made an impact on architecture in Toronto. Our "new" City Hall was designed by Finn Viljo Revell: http://omeka.tplcs.ca/virtual-exhibits/exhibits/show/torontocityhall/competition/revell
One of the finalists in the City Hall competition was the team of Halldor Gunnløgsson and Jørn Nielsen of Denmark:
http://omeka.tplcs.ca/virtual-exhibits/exhibits/show/torontocityhall/competition/gunnlogsson
True Nordic: How Scandinavia Influenced Design in Canada, Part 2
I went to the opening of True Nordic: How Scandinavia Influenced Design in Canada, the new show at the Gardiner Museum, a couple of weeks ago. I wrote a blog post about the show and some of the Canadian books available to support that show. In this blog post I wanted to write about some of the ...
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