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  • Health and Wellness

    Health and Wellness
    Zoom
    Virtual Event

    If you are interested in the latest science and what’s new and exciting in the fields of Health and Wellness, please join us for discussion and insights.

  • Portrait of a Woman c. 1917–18 Amedeo Modigliani (Italian, 1884–1920) Italy, 20th century

    Artists’ Lives (FULL)

    Biographies
    Virtual Event

    Join our continuing exploration of artists’ lives and artwork spanning a variety of time periods, geographies, cultures, identities, art forms, and media. We’ll also analyze representation of these lives and consider connections to our own world. As a member of our workshop, you will present once, selecting your own focus, e.g. the artist’s life, artwork,…

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    Contemporary Film B

    Film
    Virtual Event

    Come and join a Zoom discussion group of film lovers. Participants will each select a contemporary film available on Netflix that they wish to introduce to the group. Two films are discussed at each workshop. Participants are expected to have viewed the two films recently in advance of the workshop to ensure lively and congenial…

  • View of a proscenium arch theatre from the balcony. The audience is clapping enthusiastically. The stage has a white screen on it.

    The Play’s the Thing (FULL)

    Visual and Performing Arts
    Tartu College – G1 310 Bloor St. West, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

    New this year!Thornton Wilder regarded theatre as "the greatest of all art forms, the most immediate way in which a human being can share with another the sense of what it is to be a human being." Join us as we explore selected classic plays from the 19th and 20th centuries. We will read aloud…

  • An opera singer in a white Grecian dress singing out towards the audience

    World of Opera: Listening and Learning

    Visual and Performing Arts
    Tartu College – G1 310 Bloor St. West, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

    This workshop aims to touch the entire world of opera: from its early beginnings in the 16th C. to the modern day. We will learn about and listen to the music of the historic opera repertoire, the most beautiful music in the world, and view exciting performances on stage by the most enthralling voices. There…

  • Inspiring Talks: Sex, Violence and Sport – Unpacking the Hockey Canada Trial

    Tartu Event Hall 310 Bloor St. West, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

    Canadian journalist and author Laura Robinson will examine the Hockey Canada trial of 2025 and how it has affected the legal definition of consent. She asks if Junior Hockey has changed at all. Laura Robinson was the first Canadian journalist to write on sexual abuse in sport in The Toronto Star in December 1992. Her…

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    Economist Readers (FULL)

    Magazine Journalism
    Tartu College – G1 310 Bloor St. West, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    Virtual Event

    This group will meet to extract the wit and wisdom in politics, business, finance, culture, literature and science from this influential international journal. Subscription copies can be delivered by mail (phone 1-800-456-6086) or electronically (economist@neodata.com). At each session, the group selects about eight articles and the discussion is begun by the proposer of each article…

  • Nobel Prize medal with a side portrait of Alfred Nobel on it in bronze

    Nobel Prize Winners in Science and Medicine

    History
    Tartu College – G1 310 Bloor St. West, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

    Nobel Prizes for Science and Medicine have been awarded since 1901. In this workshop, participants will explore the winners in the four categories: Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine and the additional Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences (in Memory of Alfred Nobel). Participants will investigate what the winners discovered and what the impact of the…

  • An old CRT television on a small wooden table with an orange grid pattern wallpaper behind it.

    The Golden Age of Entertainment: TV, Film, Music

    Visual and Performing Arts
    Virtual Event

    New this year!Lucille Ball, Milton Berle, Johnny Carson, Frank Sinatra, Jackie Gleason, Mary Tyler Moore, Ed Sullivan, Alan Alda, Bea Arthur, Carroll O’Connor, Elvis Presley, Aretha Franklin, and Sammy Davis Jr. These are just some of the legendary performers who defined the golden age of entertainment. These stars from the world of TV, film and…

  • Celebration of Song

    Music
    Virtual Event

    Songs are a vital part of our lives. First, participants will give presentations on their choice of performers (e.g., Tiny Tim, the Beatles, Mel Torme), composers (e.g., Cole Porter, Jim Webb, Lennon & McCartney), historical period or favourite songs. Second, we can choose to sing the songs we discuss acapella or with accompaniment. Just listening is welcome…

  • Film reels unravelling

    Best Films, Ever (FULL)

    Film
    Tartu College – G1 310 Bloor St. West, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

    Devoted film buffs want to share their love of fine films by viewing them together and having great discussions about them. This in-person workshop is designed for just that. The 12 films will be chosen by Workshop members and the Co-facilitators. The films will be drawn from the list of 100 Best Films as ranked…

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    Events of the Fortnight

    Socio-Political
    Tartu College – G1 310 Bloor St. West, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

    At the start of each session the participants suggest topics from the recent newsworthy of further discussion. The discussion of each topic starts with a brief introduction by the person suggesting the topic followed by a general discussion. Facilitators Joan Bartel has lived in four countries, ending up happily in Canada. She enjoyed a long…