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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…

  • 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…

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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…

  • 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…

  • Wildfires on a hillside. Orange sky. Trees burning.

    Climate Change—Challenges And Opportunities

    Science and Technology
    Tartu College – G1 310 Bloor St. West, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

    New this year!This workshop will help you go beyond the headlines to explore the complex issue of climate change and its global impact. Grounded in science and cutting-edge research, participants…

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    The Golden Age of Entertainment: TV, Film, Music

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

    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…

  • Swansea Walk

    This beautiful area of Toronto became a community in the 1890’s and joined Metro Toronto in 1967. Explorer Etienne Brûlé first set foot here in 1615. A beautiful winding, hilly…

    Free

  • 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…

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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…

  • A laptop on a table with financial graphs displayed on screen

    Fortunes and Fiascos

    Business and Finance
    Tartu College – G1 310 Bloor St. West, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

    New this year!This workshop explores what makes companies tick. How should success be defined? Are there behaviours, conditions or opportunities that tend to generate winners? Focus will be placed on…

  • Close up of an ink well pen writing in cursive on a piece of lined paper

    Memoir Writing and Reading (FULL)

    Personal Interests
    Tartu College – G6 310 Bloor St. West, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

    Memoir, unlike autobiography, is the art of reminiscing about particular events, people and/or time periods in our lives and is becoming increasingly popular. As in previous years, participants will present…