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APRIL — JUNE <strong>2012</strong><br />
CULTURE, ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT<br />
@ THE REFERENCE LIBRARY<br />
All programs in Elizabeth Beeton Auditorium.<br />
THE SOLO TRAVELER<br />
Janice Waugh talks about her<br />
adventures and her Solo Traveler blog.<br />
Her new book, The Solo Traveler’s<br />
Handbook, provides practical tips and<br />
encouragement for those seeking their<br />
own solo travel adventure.<br />
Tues. May 1, 7 pm<br />
Annette Street<br />
Thurs. May 3, 7 pm<br />
Dufferin/St. Clair<br />
Thurs. May 10, 7 pm<br />
Riverdale<br />
GREAT BOOKS<br />
Mathematics Education: Are We<br />
Perpetrating a Fraud?<br />
Does the modern syllabus prepare<br />
students for our modern technological<br />
society? Professor Ed Barbeau discusses<br />
the role math will play in their lives.<br />
Tues. April 24, 1 pm<br />
The Silvering Screen: Old Age and<br />
Disability in Cinema<br />
Dr. Sally Chivers explores how movies<br />
often link aging with disability and how<br />
the culture of youth leaves little room for<br />
positive images of the elderly in cinema.<br />
Tues. May 1, 1:30 pm<br />
Why The War of 1812 Still Matters<br />
Wayne Reeves, <strong>Toronto</strong>’s Chief Curator,<br />
Museum Services.<br />
Tues. <strong>June</strong> 12, 1 pm<br />
INTERNATIONAL POLITICS<br />
The Middle East in Revolt<br />
The Arab Middle East is in the process<br />
of a historical transformation. Professor<br />
Sabah Alnasseri, from York University, on<br />
what you need to know to understand<br />
the issues.<br />
Fri. April 27, 1 pm<br />
The Roma: Europe’s Continuing<br />
Victims<br />
Professor Alan Davies discusses the<br />
Roma’s history of persecution and<br />
continuing hostility and neglect in the<br />
European Union.<br />
Tues. May 8, 1 pm<br />
Cuba: What’s Going On and Where Is<br />
It Going?<br />
Is a private enterprise culture emerging in<br />
Cuba? Professor Dan Ondrack of Rotman<br />
School of Management discusses the crisis<br />
and contradictions in Cuba today.<br />
Tues. May 29, 1 pm<br />
Discover four great books and hear why each is still relevant in our<br />
very modern world.<br />
Homer, The Iliad<br />
Professor Frederick Sweet,<br />
Continuing Studies,<br />
University of <strong>Toronto</strong><br />
Fri. <strong>June</strong> 1, Noon<br />
Mount Pleasant<br />
Plato, The Republic<br />
Professor John Greenwood,<br />
Continuing Studies,<br />
University of <strong>Toronto</strong><br />
Tues. <strong>June</strong> 5, Noon<br />
<strong>Toronto</strong> Reference <strong>Library</strong>,<br />
Elizabeth Beeton<br />
Auditorium<br />
William Shakespeare,<br />
Hamlet<br />
Professor Alan Ackerman,<br />
Drama and English<br />
departments, University of<br />
<strong>Toronto</strong><br />
Wed. <strong>June</strong> 6, 6:30 pm<br />
Beaches<br />
Charlotte Perkins Gilman,<br />
Herland<br />
Professor Ann Shteir,<br />
Women’s Studies &<br />
Humanities, York University<br />
Wed. <strong>June</strong> 13, Noon<br />
Palmerston<br />
YOU ARE HERE:<br />
PROVINCIAL PLAQUES AND<br />
THE WAR OF 1812<br />
Sam Wesley of the Ontario Heritage Trust<br />
examines how provincial plaques bring<br />
the people and events of the War of 1812<br />
to life. Presented with the North York<br />
Historical Society.<br />
Wed. May 23, 7:30 pm<br />
North York Central <strong>Library</strong>, Room 1<br />
PLUS MANY MORE EVENTS<br />
Visit torontopubliclibrary.ca/<br />
thoughtexchange for details.<br />
APRIL — JUNE <strong>2012</strong><br />
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