Events List
7 events found.
Week of Events
Sunday, September 28, 2025
No events on this day.
Monday, September 29, 2025
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September 29, 2025 -Dates that Matter: Turning Points in History (FULL)
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Virtual EventSeptember 29, 2025 -History of Spain and Travel in Spain Today
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September 29, 2025 -The European Rollercoaster: Europe Since the End of the Cold War (FULL)
Dates that Matter: Turning Points in History (FULL)
We have all lived through significant historical shifts. Think 9/11, Oct 7th, Nov 22, 1963, or the fall of a wall in Berlin in 1989. Further back in history: 1066; 1453; the shooting of an archduke in Sarajevo; the Magna Carta of 1215; December 7, 1941; 1929; 1867; 1492; the 1455 discovery of the printing…
History of Spain and Travel in Spain Today
Spain has a long and interesting history, as successive waves of conquerors have come to the land of the original Iberian peoples, each leaving its particular marks. Looking at this gives not just the flavour of Spain, but of the Mediterranean itself. Phoenicians, Carthaginians, Romans, Gauls, Celts, Goths and Visigoths with early church Roman Catholicism,…
The European Rollercoaster: Europe Since the End of the Cold War (FULL)
New this year!This workshop will focus on understanding today's Europe in all its complexity. Why? After the Cold War ended, there was a widespread sense that democracy would prevail, peace and prosperity would follow, and the horrors of fascism and communism were past. In the intervening years, that quaint notion has fractured: war in Yugoslavia…
Tuesday, September 30, 2025
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Virtual EventSeptember 30, 2025 -Artists’ Lives (FULL)
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Virtual EventSeptember 30, 2025 -Contemporary Film B
Artists’ Lives (FULL)
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,…
Contemporary Film B
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…
Wednesday, October 1, 2025
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October 1, 2025 -The Play’s the Thing (FULL)
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October 1, 2025 -World of Opera: Listening and Learning
The Play’s the Thing (FULL)
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…
World of Opera: Listening and Learning
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…
Thursday, October 2, 2025
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Virtual EventOctober 2, 2025 -Economist Readers (FULL)
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October 2, 2025 -Nobel Prize Winners in Science and Medicine
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October 2, 2025 -Climate Change—Challenges And Opportunities
Economist Readers (FULL)
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 Winners in Science and Medicine
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…
Climate Change—Challenges And Opportunities
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 will gain a comprehensive understanding of the science behind climate change, its current and projected effects on the environment, and the societal challenges it presents.…
Friday, October 3, 2025
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October 3, 2025 -The Golden Age of Entertainment: TV, Film, Music
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October 3, 2025 -Swansea Walk
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Virtual EventOctober 3, 2025 -Celebration of Song
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October 3, 2025 -Events of the Fortnight
The Golden Age of Entertainment: TV, Film, Music
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…
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 stroll past many historic homes and parks including a park named in honour of Lucy Maud Montgomery who lived at 210 Riverside Drive from 1935…
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Celebration of Song
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…
Events of the Fortnight
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…
Saturday, October 4, 2025
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