Events
WHEN: Tuesday, May 27th, 2008 starting at 7pm
WHERE: Fermenting Cellar, Distillery District
DJs: DJ trio Track Meet
HOW MUCH: $10 gets you into the site, plus food • CASH BAR
DRESS CODE: look nice!
The Festival of Architecture and Design is here again, and the folks at ERA Architects, Spacing Magazine, Toronto Society of Architects, Wireless Toronto, and [murmur] are throwing the fourth annual Toronto the Good party to celebrate Toronto.
This year, Toronto The Good wants attendees to explore an idea: planners, architects, developers, and interested residents from around the world are using a new tool - the urban centre - to educate the public and debate local development issues. Cities such as London, Amsterdam, New York, Chicago, and San Francisco have a place for the masses to come and learn about how their metropolis has grown and where it is headed.
One of this city's best-known personalities, Johnny Lombardi was a pioneer in the promotion of Toronto's cultural diversity. Born in this city to an Italian immigrant family, he quickly achieved success by appealing to the needs of this city's rapidly growing Italian immigrant neighbourhoods - first as the proprietor of a grocery store, opened in 1946, then as an impresario of Italian entertainment. Lombardi is responsible for two vital Toronto institutions: CHIN Multicultural Radio and the CHIN International Picnic.
Come see the competition finalists of the 2008 Poster Design Competition and vote for your favourite as People's Choice! This competition was based on the idea that protecting our heritage resources-buildings, structures, landscapes, and neighbourhoods, is fundamentally about enhancing the meaning and quality of life, maintaining a unique sense of place, supporting the cultural and economic vitality of our cities, and improving the health and sustainability of the environments we inhabit.
Urbanscape Gallery
2959 Dundas Street West, between Keele and Pacific
Gallery Hours: Wed. - Sat., 2:00-6:00 p.m.
For more information, please visit www.urbanopathy.com
Nationally recognized for its distinctively Canadian style, Runnymede Branch was designed by John M. Lyle, one of this country's most distinguished 20th-century architects. In the 1920s, a surging sense of national pride inspired Lyle to create a uniquely Canadian architecture that blended European styles with Canadian themes and ornamentation. Runnymede Branch was an early attempt at such a design.
The building is constructed of variegated red and yellow Credit Valley stone, and combines Georgian, French, and early Quebec styles, the latter in its steeply pitched, hipped roof. Lyle used Canadian aboriginal motifs for much of the decoration, including totem poles at the main entrance and arrowheads in the iron railing above. Carvings of native plants and animals also embellish the building. In 1989, the Runnymede Branch was featured on the first in a series of postage stamps celebrating Canadian architecture. The building was most recently restored and enlarged in 2005.
Green Meadows, otherwise known as "The McDougald Estate", was constructed circa 1950 for John Angus "Bud" McDougald and his wife Hedley Maude. Though the main house, an elegant Colonial Revival mansion, is all that is left of the estate today, the McDougald property once comprised 300-acres of land stretching north from what is now Van Horne Avenue to Finch Avenue, and east from Leslie Street to what is now Don Mills Road. Green Meadows was focused around two of Bud McDougald's great interests - horses and antique automobiles. It featured barns for thoroughbreds and a track for racing, and included garages with room for 30 cars. Preserved and restored when the surrounding estate was developed into residential neighbourhoods, the main house remains a fine example of a Canadian Establishment estate house from the mid-twentieth century.
On Tuesday, July 1 at 2pm, The Tollkeeper's Cottage will be opened to the public for very first time.
The historic Tollkeepers Cottage, believed to be the oldest tollgate surviving anywhere in Canada, was rediscovered 15 years ago and lovingly restored by the Community History Project and public support. In the 1800s, private companies were retained to build roads and were permitted to charge road tolls. The three-room cottage was home to the tollkeeper and his family when Davenport Road was a toll road in the 19th century.
The museum will highlight the history of tolls, roads and 19th century life for those with modest means, a contrast to the wealth and luxury of Casa Loma and Spadina House Museum not far from the cottage site. The park surrounding the museum will be renamed The Tollkeeper's Park in recognition of the site's historic significance.
We welcome you to join the celebration, with refreshments and the park dedication by Councillor Joe Mihevc.
The Cottage is located at Bathurst and Davenport Road.
Programme
11am: Heritage Toronto walking tour of Hanlan's Point. Tours will begin at the mainland ferry dock inside the Terminal, or meet at Hanlan's Point Ferry Dock at 11:30 am.
1pm: All guests are asked to assemble near the Gibraltar Point School for the Arts. Fort York Fife and Drum will lead the procession to the lighthouse.
1:30pm: Performance by Shadowland Theatre and official remarks. Following the official remarks and unveiling of Heritage Toronto plaques, guests are invited for tours of the lighthouse.
2-3pm: Afternoon Tea on the lawn of Gibraltar Point School for the Arts.
Join The Friends of Fort York and David Crombie on a 5 km walk, from Fort York National Historic Site to the Distillery District National Historic Site, exploring the then and now of Toronto's waterfront along the way. This heritage walk is part of the Great Waterfront Trail Adventure, the first end to end bike ride from Niagara to Quebec along the Waterfront Trail.
The walking tour will leave Fort York at approximately 9:45 am, proceeding down Bathurst Street to Queen's Quay, along Queen's Quay to Jarvis Street, north to the Esplanade, and then along the Esplanade to the Distillery District.
*Wear appropriate footwear
*Rain or shine
*Plan for a 2 hour walk
Wedded Bliss?
A Play with a Wandering Audience at Historic Black Creek Pioneer Village
Tuesday July 22, 2008
Doors open: 7:30pm
Play starts: 8pm
An Original Black Creek Pioneer Village Dramatic Performance!
Join us on the evening of July 22, 2008 when Black Creek Pioneer Village will come alive as a theatre with a wandering audience.
Visitors, led by costumed guides, will watch as the courtship of Robert and Katy unfolds in our candle-lit historic buildings.
Robert’s dastardly brother comes to town the night before the wedding. What will Katy do? Choose the charming brother or marry the
staid but financially secure Robert?
TICKETS $12/each
To reserve your ADMISSION please call: 416-667-6295
www.blackcreek.ca
SCARBOROUGH HISTORICAL MUSEUM in Thomson Park (east side of Brimley Rd. just north of Lawrence Ave. ) is having a special VICTORIAN ENTERTAINMENT EXTRAVAGANZA July 26 & 27 from noon to 5 PM
There will be Victorian inspired entertainment put on throughout Saturday and Sunday afternoon. It is a family friendly weekend full of mirth and merriment. You'll see a traditional melodrama and a new musical based on the lives of the pioneers written and performed by our youth and played on the McCowan log house stage. Music from Gilbert and Sullivan and group sing-alongs will take place in the Cornell house parlor.
Admission is "Pay as you Wish"
SCARBOROUGH HISTORICAL MUSEUM in Thomson Park (east side of Brimley Rd. just north of Lawrence Ave. ) is having a special VICTORIAN ENTERTAINMENT EXTRAVAGANZA July 26 & 27 from noon to 5 PM
There will be Victorian inspired entertainment put on throughout Saturday and Sunday afternoon. It is a family friendly weekend full of mirth and merriment. You'll see a traditional melodrama and a new musical based on the lives of the pioneers written and performed by our youth and played on the McCowan log house stage. Music from Gilbert and Sullivan and group sing-alongs will take place in the Cornell house parlor.
Admission is "Pay as you Wish"
You are invited to join Peter Ortved, Chair, Heritage Toronto Board, Councillor Joe Mihevc, St. Paul's West, Fredelle Brief, Chair, Community Relations Commitee, Canadian Jewish Congress Charities Committee and Cyril Levitt, Co-Author, The Riot at Christie Pits for the public presentation of a Heritage Toronto plaque to commemorate, on its 75th anniversary, the Riot at Christie Pits.
Sunday, August 17, 2008
11:00 AM
Southeast corner of Christie Pits Park, Christie Street and Bloor Street, across from Christie Subway Station
Light refreshments to follow ceremony
Master of Ceremonies: Judy Stoffman, Chair, Christie Pits Plaque Committee
Heritage Toronto gratefully acknowledges support from the Toronto Star, Rose Corporation, York Heritage Properties, Ltd. , and Ruland Realty for the Riot at Christie Pits plaque project
Sunday, August 24th 2008 from 1 - 4pm at O'Connor Estate located on the grounds of Senator O'Connor College School, 60 Rowena Drive (Victoria Park & Ellesmere area).
Celtic Family Garden Party
Adult $10
Children: a Twoonie
Silent Auction, Prizes, Irish kitchen
Welcome popular entertainer, Hugo Straney together with traditional musicians Loretto Reid and Jim Fay. Irish dancing with Maureen Mulvey-O'Leary
This event is an awareness and fundraiser to save the historic O'Connor Estate/formerly Maryvale Farm --- built in 1933 by Frank O'Connor who founded the Laura Secord Candy company and went on to become Senator O'Connor in 1935.
Tickets and enquiries: Monica 416-498-0227 Christine 416-484-6274 also email: info@irishheritagehouse.com Web: www.irishheritagehouse.com
All are welcome (please consider bringing your own chair)
The Toronto Field Naturalists (TFN) is an organization whose members have worked for 85 years to help Torontonians explore, love and conserve our city’s unique natural heritage.
To celebrate its 85th anniversary, the TFN is hosting a Nature Art Exhibit/Sale at which some 20 TFN member artists and photographers will display their interpretations of Toronto’s flora and fauna. The event will take place at The Papermill Art Gallery, Todmorden Mills Heritage Museum and Arts Centre, 67 Pottery Road, Toronto, and will be open to the public from August 27 to September 14. Artists will be available to discuss their work.
At the Art Exhibit, special tribute will be paid to artists Eva Davis, the late Diana Banville, and Mary Cumming who is credited with founding, some 40 years ago, the Nature Arts group within the TFN. This group of artists and photographers frequently work together in Toronto’s parks and ravines, and their creations enhance the pages of the TFN’s newsletter, published eight times a year since 1938.
The Toronto Field Naturalists (TFN) is an organization whose members have worked for 85 years to help Torontonians explore, love and conserve our city’s unique natural heritage.
To celebrate its 85th anniversary, the TFN is hosting a Nature Art Exhibit/Sale at which some 20 TFN member artists and photographers will display their interpretations of Toronto’s flora and fauna. The event will take place at The Papermill Art Gallery, Todmorden Mills Heritage Museum and Arts Centre, 67 Pottery Road, Toronto, and will be open to the public from August 27 to September 14. Artists will be available to discuss their work.
At the Art Exhibit, special tribute will be paid to artists Eva Davis, the late Diana Banville, and Mary Cumming who is credited with founding, some 40 years ago, the Nature Arts group within the TFN. This group of artists and photographers frequently work together in Toronto’s parks and ravines, and their creations enhance the pages of the TFN’s newsletter, published eight times a year since 1938.
The Toronto Field Naturalists (TFN) is an organization whose members have worked for 85 years to help Torontonians explore, love and conserve our city’s unique natural heritage.
To celebrate its 85th anniversary, the TFN is hosting a Nature Art Exhibit/Sale at which some 20 TFN member artists and photographers will display their interpretations of Toronto’s flora and fauna. The event will take place at The Papermill Art Gallery, Todmorden Mills Heritage Museum and Arts Centre, 67 Pottery Road, Toronto, and will be open to the public from August 27 to September 14. Artists will be available to discuss their work.
At the Art Exhibit, special tribute will be paid to artists Eva Davis, the late Diana Banville, and Mary Cumming who is credited with founding, some 40 years ago, the Nature Arts group within the TFN. This group of artists and photographers frequently work together in Toronto’s parks and ravines, and their creations enhance the pages of the TFN’s newsletter, published eight times a year since 1938.
The Toronto Field Naturalists (TFN) is an organization whose members have worked for 85 years to help Torontonians explore, love and conserve our city’s unique natural heritage.
To celebrate its 85th anniversary, the TFN is hosting a Nature Art Exhibit/Sale at which some 20 TFN member artists and photographers will display their interpretations of Toronto’s flora and fauna. The event will take place at The Papermill Art Gallery, Todmorden Mills Heritage Museum and Arts Centre, 67 Pottery Road, Toronto, and will be open to the public from August 27 to September 14. Artists will be available to discuss their work.
At the Art Exhibit, special tribute will be paid to artists Eva Davis, the late Diana Banville, and Mary Cumming who is credited with founding, some 40 years ago, the Nature Arts group within the TFN. This group of artists and photographers frequently work together in Toronto’s parks and ravines, and their creations enhance the pages of the TFN’s newsletter, published eight times a year since 1938.
The Toronto Field Naturalists (TFN) is an organization whose members have worked for 85 years to help Torontonians explore, love and conserve our city’s unique natural heritage.
To celebrate its 85th anniversary, the TFN is hosting a Nature Art Exhibit/Sale at which some 20 TFN member artists and photographers will display their interpretations of Toronto’s flora and fauna. The event will take place at The Papermill Art Gallery, Todmorden Mills Heritage Museum and Arts Centre, 67 Pottery Road, Toronto, and will be open to the public from August 27 to September 14. Artists will be available to discuss their work.
At the Art Exhibit, special tribute will be paid to artists Eva Davis, the late Diana Banville, and Mary Cumming who is credited with founding, some 40 years ago, the Nature Arts group within the TFN. This group of artists and photographers frequently work together in Toronto’s parks and ravines, and their creations enhance the pages of the TFN’s newsletter, published eight times a year since 1938.
The Toronto Field Naturalists (TFN) is an organization whose members have worked for 85 years to help Torontonians explore, love and conserve our city’s unique natural heritage.
To celebrate its 85th anniversary, the TFN is hosting a Nature Art Exhibit/Sale at which some 20 TFN member artists and photographers will display their interpretations of Toronto’s flora and fauna. The event will take place at The Papermill Art Gallery, Todmorden Mills Heritage Museum and Arts Centre, 67 Pottery Road, Toronto, and will be open to the public from August 27 to September 14. Artists will be available to discuss their work.
At the Art Exhibit, special tribute will be paid to artists Eva Davis, the late Diana Banville, and Mary Cumming who is credited with founding, some 40 years ago, the Nature Arts group within the TFN. This group of artists and photographers frequently work together in Toronto’s parks and ravines, and their creations enhance the pages of the TFN’s newsletter, published eight times a year since 1938.
The Toronto Field Naturalists (TFN) is an organization whose members have worked for 85 years to help Torontonians explore, love and conserve our city’s unique natural heritage.
To celebrate its 85th anniversary, the TFN is hosting a Nature Art Exhibit/Sale at which some 20 TFN member artists and photographers will display their interpretations of Toronto’s flora and fauna. The event will take place at The Papermill Art Gallery, Todmorden Mills Heritage Museum and Arts Centre, 67 Pottery Road, Toronto, and will be open to the public from August 27 to September 14. Artists will be available to discuss their work.
At the Art Exhibit, special tribute will be paid to artists Eva Davis, the late Diana Banville, and Mary Cumming who is credited with founding, some 40 years ago, the Nature Arts group within the TFN. This group of artists and photographers frequently work together in Toronto’s parks and ravines, and their creations enhance the pages of the TFN’s newsletter, published eight times a year since 1938.
The Toronto Field Naturalists (TFN) is an organization whose members have worked for 85 years to help Torontonians explore, love and conserve our city’s unique natural heritage.
To celebrate its 85th anniversary, the TFN is hosting a Nature Art Exhibit/Sale at which some 20 TFN member artists and photographers will display their interpretations of Toronto’s flora and fauna. The event will take place at The Papermill Art Gallery, Todmorden Mills Heritage Museum and Arts Centre, 67 Pottery Road, Toronto, and will be open to the public from August 27 to September 14. Artists will be available to discuss their work.
At the Art Exhibit, special tribute will be paid to artists Eva Davis, the late Diana Banville, and Mary Cumming who is credited with founding, some 40 years ago, the Nature Arts group within the TFN. This group of artists and photographers frequently work together in Toronto’s parks and ravines, and their creations enhance the pages of the TFN’s newsletter, published eight times a year since 1938.
The Toronto Field Naturalists (TFN) is an organization whose members have worked for 85 years to help Torontonians explore, love and conserve our city’s unique natural heritage.
To celebrate its 85th anniversary, the TFN is hosting a Nature Art Exhibit/Sale at which some 20 TFN member artists and photographers will display their interpretations of Toronto’s flora and fauna. The event will take place at The Papermill Art Gallery, Todmorden Mills Heritage Museum and Arts Centre, 67 Pottery Road, Toronto, and will be open to the public from August 27 to September 14. Artists will be available to discuss their work.
At the Art Exhibit, special tribute will be paid to artists Eva Davis, the late Diana Banville, and Mary Cumming who is credited with founding, some 40 years ago, the Nature Arts group within the TFN. This group of artists and photographers frequently work together in Toronto’s parks and ravines, and their creations enhance the pages of the TFN’s newsletter, published eight times a year since 1938.
The Toronto Field Naturalists (TFN) is an organization whose members have worked for 85 years to help Torontonians explore, love and conserve our city’s unique natural heritage.
To celebrate its 85th anniversary, the TFN is hosting a Nature Art Exhibit/Sale at which some 20 TFN member artists and photographers will display their interpretations of Toronto’s flora and fauna. The event will take place at The Papermill Art Gallery, Todmorden Mills Heritage Museum and Arts Centre, 67 Pottery Road, Toronto, and will be open to the public from August 27 to September 14. Artists will be available to discuss their work.
At the Art Exhibit, special tribute will be paid to artists Eva Davis, the late Diana Banville, and Mary Cumming who is credited with founding, some 40 years ago, the Nature Arts group within the TFN. This group of artists and photographers frequently work together in Toronto’s parks and ravines, and their creations enhance the pages of the TFN’s newsletter, published eight times a year since 1938.
The Toronto Field Naturalists (TFN) is an organization whose members have worked for 85 years to help Torontonians explore, love and conserve our city’s unique natural heritage.
To celebrate its 85th anniversary, the TFN is hosting a Nature Art Exhibit/Sale at which some 20 TFN member artists and photographers will display their interpretations of Toronto’s flora and fauna. The event will take place at The Papermill Art Gallery, Todmorden Mills Heritage Museum and Arts Centre, 67 Pottery Road, Toronto, and will be open to the public from August 27 to September 14. Artists will be available to discuss their work.
At the Art Exhibit, special tribute will be paid to artists Eva Davis, the late Diana Banville, and Mary Cumming who is credited with founding, some 40 years ago, the Nature Arts group within the TFN. This group of artists and photographers frequently work together in Toronto’s parks and ravines, and their creations enhance the pages of the TFN’s newsletter, published eight times a year since 1938.
The Toronto Field Naturalists (TFN) is an organization whose members have worked for 85 years to help Torontonians explore, love and conserve our city’s unique natural heritage.
To celebrate its 85th anniversary, the TFN is hosting a Nature Art Exhibit/Sale at which some 20 TFN member artists and photographers will display their interpretations of Toronto’s flora and fauna. The event will take place at The Papermill Art Gallery, Todmorden Mills Heritage Museum and Arts Centre, 67 Pottery Road, Toronto, and will be open to the public from August 27 to September 14. Artists will be available to discuss their work.
At the Art Exhibit, special tribute will be paid to artists Eva Davis, the late Diana Banville, and Mary Cumming who is credited with founding, some 40 years ago, the Nature Arts group within the TFN. This group of artists and photographers frequently work together in Toronto’s parks and ravines, and their creations enhance the pages of the TFN’s newsletter, published eight times a year since 1938.
The Toronto Field Naturalists (TFN) is an organization whose members have worked for 85 years to help Torontonians explore, love and conserve our city’s unique natural heritage.
To celebrate its 85th anniversary, the TFN is hosting a Nature Art Exhibit/Sale at which some 20 TFN member artists and photographers will display their interpretations of Toronto’s flora and fauna. The event will take place at The Papermill Art Gallery, Todmorden Mills Heritage Museum and Arts Centre, 67 Pottery Road, Toronto, and will be open to the public from August 27 to September 14. Artists will be available to discuss their work.
At the Art Exhibit, special tribute will be paid to artists Eva Davis, the late Diana Banville, and Mary Cumming who is credited with founding, some 40 years ago, the Nature Arts group within the TFN. This group of artists and photographers frequently work together in Toronto’s parks and ravines, and their creations enhance the pages of the TFN’s newsletter, published eight times a year since 1938.
The Toronto Field Naturalists (TFN) is an organization whose members have worked for 85 years to help Torontonians explore, love and conserve our city’s unique natural heritage.
To celebrate its 85th anniversary, the TFN is hosting a Nature Art Exhibit/Sale at which some 20 TFN member artists and photographers will display their interpretations of Toronto’s flora and fauna. The event will take place at The Papermill Art Gallery, Todmorden Mills Heritage Museum and Arts Centre, 67 Pottery Road, Toronto, and will be open to the public from August 27 to September 14. Artists will be available to discuss their work.
At the Art Exhibit, special tribute will be paid to artists Eva Davis, the late Diana Banville, and Mary Cumming who is credited with founding, some 40 years ago, the Nature Arts group within the TFN. This group of artists and photographers frequently work together in Toronto’s parks and ravines, and their creations enhance the pages of the TFN’s newsletter, published eight times a year since 1938.
The Toronto Field Naturalists (TFN) is an organization whose members have worked for 85 years to help Torontonians explore, love and conserve our city’s unique natural heritage.
To celebrate its 85th anniversary, the TFN is hosting a Nature Art Exhibit/Sale at which some 20 TFN member artists and photographers will display their interpretations of Toronto’s flora and fauna. The event will take place at The Papermill Art Gallery, Todmorden Mills Heritage Museum and Arts Centre, 67 Pottery Road, Toronto, and will be open to the public from August 27 to September 14. Artists will be available to discuss their work.
At the Art Exhibit, special tribute will be paid to artists Eva Davis, the late Diana Banville, and Mary Cumming who is credited with founding, some 40 years ago, the Nature Arts group within the TFN. This group of artists and photographers frequently work together in Toronto’s parks and ravines, and their creations enhance the pages of the TFN’s newsletter, published eight times a year since 1938.
The Toronto Field Naturalists (TFN) is an organization whose members have worked for 85 years to help Torontonians explore, love and conserve our city’s unique natural heritage.
To celebrate its 85th anniversary, the TFN is hosting a Nature Art Exhibit/Sale at which some 20 TFN member artists and photographers will display their interpretations of Toronto’s flora and fauna. The event will take place at The Papermill Art Gallery, Todmorden Mills Heritage Museum and Arts Centre, 67 Pottery Road, Toronto, and will be open to the public from August 27 to September 14. Artists will be available to discuss their work.
At the Art Exhibit, special tribute will be paid to artists Eva Davis, the late Diana Banville, and Mary Cumming who is credited with founding, some 40 years ago, the Nature Arts group within the TFN. This group of artists and photographers frequently work together in Toronto’s parks and ravines, and their creations enhance the pages of the TFN’s newsletter, published eight times a year since 1938.
The Toronto Field Naturalists (TFN) is an organization whose members have worked for 85 years to help Torontonians explore, love and conserve our city’s unique natural heritage.
To celebrate its 85th anniversary, the TFN is hosting a Nature Art Exhibit/Sale at which some 20 TFN member artists and photographers will display their interpretations of Toronto’s flora and fauna. The event will take place at The Papermill Art Gallery, Todmorden Mills Heritage Museum and Arts Centre, 67 Pottery Road, Toronto, and will be open to the public from August 27 to September 14. Artists will be available to discuss their work.
At the Art Exhibit, special tribute will be paid to artists Eva Davis, the late Diana Banville, and Mary Cumming who is credited with founding, some 40 years ago, the Nature Arts group within the TFN. This group of artists and photographers frequently work together in Toronto’s parks and ravines, and their creations enhance the pages of the TFN’s newsletter, published eight times a year since 1938.
The Toronto Field Naturalists (TFN) is an organization whose members have worked for 85 years to help Torontonians explore, love and conserve our city’s unique natural heritage.
To celebrate its 85th anniversary, the TFN is hosting a Nature Art Exhibit/Sale at which some 20 TFN member artists and photographers will display their interpretations of Toronto’s flora and fauna. The event will take place at The Papermill Art Gallery, Todmorden Mills Heritage Museum and Arts Centre, 67 Pottery Road, Toronto, and will be open to the public from August 27 to September 14. Artists will be available to discuss their work.
At the Art Exhibit, special tribute will be paid to artists Eva Davis, the late Diana Banville, and Mary Cumming who is credited with founding, some 40 years ago, the Nature Arts group within the TFN. This group of artists and photographers frequently work together in Toronto’s parks and ravines, and their creations enhance the pages of the TFN’s newsletter, published eight times a year since 1938.
The Toronto Field Naturalists (TFN) is an organization whose members have worked for 85 years to help Torontonians explore, love and conserve our city’s unique natural heritage.
To celebrate its 85th anniversary, the TFN is hosting a Nature Art Exhibit/Sale at which some 20 TFN member artists and photographers will display their interpretations of Toronto’s flora and fauna. The event will take place at The Papermill Art Gallery, Todmorden Mills Heritage Museum and Arts Centre, 67 Pottery Road, Toronto, and will be open to the public from August 27 to September 14. Artists will be available to discuss their work.
At the Art Exhibit, special tribute will be paid to artists Eva Davis, the late Diana Banville, and Mary Cumming who is credited with founding, some 40 years ago, the Nature Arts group within the TFN. This group of artists and photographers frequently work together in Toronto’s parks and ravines, and their creations enhance the pages of the TFN’s newsletter, published eight times a year since 1938.
O'Connor House - one of three buildings remaining on the former 850-acre O'Connor Estate/Maryvale Farms of the 1930s. There is a risk of losing it if we do not work together to save it and bring it back to life.
The man who built O'Connor Estate was Frank O'Connor - who, with his wife, Mary Ellen Hayes, were the founders of Laura Secord Candies in 1913. Who has not enjoyed a box of Laura Secord jellied candies or melt-in-your-mouth chocolates. And, did you know, that during the war years of rationed sugar, and other basics, that people would give their ration to Frank so he could continue to make the candies to send away to their beloved soldiers.
Why it is important to be part of this project is because it is North York at its finest. O'Connor House stands on its original foundation - unlike several other historic North York homes which have been moved. It has "good bones," a solid foundation, and architecturally, has beauty and balance. Who does not experience their heart, mind and soul uplifted in the presence of beauty and balance.
The Société d’histoire de Toronto and Alliance Française invite you to join them on Sunday, October 5, between 11:00 am and 3:00 pm for a picnic as part of “Lafontaine-Baldwin Day at the Temple of the Children of Peace” in Sharon, northeast of Newmarket, at 18974 Leslie Street.
The Temple is a National Historic Site, completed in 1832, renowned for its architecture and symbolism, and also for its role in the historic alliance between Robert Baldwin and Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine.
Participants will be welcomed at 11:00 am at the Temple by none other than David Willson who founded the Children of Peace nearly two hundred years ago. They will then visit the historic Doan farmhouse where Mrs. Doan will greet them and tell them of some of the political turmoil which characterized this part of Ontario in the 1830s and 40s and the effects it had on the community which built the Temple.
Orphaned at 2, an heiress at 16, married at 19, and the mother of 8, Elizabeth Fisher Stong led a fascinating 19th century life. Watch as storyteller, Pauline Grondin, brings Elizabeth alive and learn the story behind the original settlers on the land of Black Creek Pioneer Village. As the tale unfolds enjoy warm apple cider and a fall harvest treat in the cozy lamplit historic Half Way House.
Wednesday October 15, 2008
Doors open at 7:30 p.m. Performance begins at 8:00 p.m.
Tickets must be purchased in advance.
$16.00/person
$14.00/members
Call 416 - 667- 6295 to purchase a ticket.
Visit www.blackcreek.ca for more information
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Bellevue Square
Kensington Market
