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This week: events to go to alone
Thu22Oct
FreeCultureToronto
18:45–19:45
Dance With Us! Ballet movement session with the National Ballet
Toronto Public Library – Toronto Reference Library, Beeton Hall
At the Toronto Reference Library, teaching artist Tanya Howard, a former First Soloist with the National Ballet of Canada, demonstrates music and choreography from well-known ballets and invites participants to try some gentle ballet-inspired movement. You can also look at costumes from the company and learn how they bring performances to life; joining in the movement is optional. It is free with registration, and you can visit the «A Legacy in Motion» exhibition before or after.
«Dance With Us! Led by The National Ballet of Canada»
Starts 18:45, ends about 19:45. Source: Toronto Public Library events.
Fri23Oct
FreeSocialToronto
18:00–20:00
Intro to Dungeons & Dragons for adults, York Woods library
Toronto Public Library – York Woods, Program Room
York Woods library in North York invites adult beginners to learn the basics of Dungeons & Dragons, one of the world's most popular tabletop role-playing games. No experience is required and you do not need to bring anything: pre-generated characters are provided. It is free but space is limited, so register online or by phone; a shared adventure is a natural way to make new friends.
«Intro to D&D for Adults»
Starts 18:00, ends about 20:00. Source: Toronto Public Library events.
Sat24Oct
FreeSocialToronto
14:00–15:30
Book Lovers Speed Friending at Parliament Street library, Toronto
Toronto Public Library – Parliament Street
Parliament Street library in Cabbagetown hosts an afternoon of speedy book chats designed to help readers make new friends. Whether you love the classics, thrillers or literary fiction, you rotate through short conversations with fellow book lovers over tea and cookies. It is free, but spaces are limited, so register to guarantee a spot; it is made for people coming alone.
«Book Lovers Speed Friending»
Starts 14:00, ends about 15:30. Source: Toronto Public Library events.
Mon26Oct
FreeCultureToronto
18:00–20:30
Classic 1935 horror double bill, North York Central Library, Toronto
Toronto Public Library – North York Central Library
On Monday 26 October the North York Central Library in Toronto presents its monthly Festival Select screening, a series of fiction and non-fiction films that push the boundaries of the medium, run by the library's Society and Recreation department in Room 101. This month's programme is a double bill of two classic films from 1935. Mad Love follows a renowned surgeon obsessed with a stage performer, who is asked to save her husband, a famed pianist, after an accident crushes his hands, and he decides to graft new hands onto him. Mark of the Vampire is the second feature, a vintage tale from the same year. The listing shows no charge and no registration, and the language is English. The screenings start at 18:00 and end about 20:30, a fitting seasonal plan for film fans a few days before Halloween.
«Festival Select: Mad Love (1935) and Mark of the Vampire (1935)»
Starts 18:00, ends about 20:30. Source: Toronto Public Library events.
Tue27Oct
FreeSocialToronto
18:00–20:00
Tuesday evening board games for adults, North York Central Library
Toronto Public Library – North York Central Library (E-Learning Lab, 2nd floor)
North York Central Library, on Yonge Street above North York Centre station, hosts a weekly evening of modern and classic board games for adults on its second floor. Expect Codenames, Bananagrams, Exploding Kittens, Sushi Go, Scrabble, chess and many more. It is a free drop-in, and the library invites you to come with friends or make new ones at the table.
«Board Games for Adults: Tuesday Evening»
Starts 18:00, ends about 20:00. Source: Toronto Public Library events.
Tue27Oct
FreeLearningToronto
19:00–20:00
The Lede, live newsroom front-page debate, Toronto Reference Library
Toronto Public Library – Toronto Reference Library
On Tuesday 27 October the Toronto Reference Library on Yonge Street hosts The Lede, a special event for Media Literacy Week created with the Canadian Journalism Foundation. Three journalists from The Globe and Mail, the national newspaper, each pitch the story they think deserves the lead position on tomorrow's front page: Robyn Doolittle, the deputy head of investigations, Ryan MacDonald, the politics and economy editor, and Solana Cain, the senior visuals editor. Editor-in-chief David Walmsley questions their assumptions and makes the final call live, and the audience takes part rather than only watching. The aim is to show how editors weigh impact, timeliness, public interest and relevance under pressure. The event is held in the Appel Salon, on the second floor. Booking is done through Eventbrite. It starts at 19:00 and ends at 20:00. The language is English.
«The Lede: A Live Editorial Meeting Experience»
Starts 19:00, ends about 20:00. Source: Toronto Public Library events.
Thu29Oct
FreeCultureToronto
18:00–20:00
Film Club: A Haunting in Venice at Brentwood library, Toronto
Toronto Public Library – Brentwood (Community Room)
The adult film club at the Brentwood branch in Etobicoke gets into the Halloween mood with Kenneth Branagh's A Haunting in Venice (2023): a retired Poirot reluctantly attends a séance in a decaying palazzo, and when a guest is murdered he is pulled into a world of shadows and secrets. Rated PG, 103 minutes, shown with English closed captions. Free; take a seat in the community room and stay to talk about it afterwards.
«Film Club: A Haunting in Venice (2023)»
Starts 18:00, ends about 20:00. Source: Toronto Public Library events.
Fri30Oct
FreeCultureToronto
18:00–19:45
Adult horror movie night: The Sixth Sense, Pape/Danforth library
Toronto Public Library – Pape/Danforth (2nd floor Program Room)
For spooky season the Pape/Danforth branch, at the corner of Toronto's Greektown, screens M. Night Shyamalan's The Sixth Sense (1999) for adults: young Cole is visited by ghosts and confides only in child psychologist Malcolm Crowe, until the truth jolts them both. 107 minutes in the second-floor program room. Free; an easy evening out where the film does the talking and the conversation starts on the way out.
«Adult Horror Movie Screening: The Sixth Sense»
Starts 18:00, ends about 19:45. Source: Toronto Public Library events.
Fri30Oct
FreeCultureToronto
19:00–20:00
Live in the Library: theremin performance, Parkdale Library, Toronto
Toronto Public Library – Parkdale
On Friday 30 October the Parkdale branch of the Toronto Public Library, on Queen Street West, hosts Live in the Library: Hands off with the Theremin. Colin Boothby gives a free hybrid performance and interactive workshop built around the theremin, the electronic instrument that is played without physical contact, by moving the hands in the air near two antennas. Between the performances the audience learns how the instrument works and can try it for themselves. The listing says no registration is required and drop-ins are welcome, and the programme is described as hybrid, meaning that an online option exists alongside the room. The language is English. The event starts at 19:00 and ends at 20:00, an unusual and playful hour of sound that suits a solo visitor on a Friday evening just before Halloween.
«Live in the Library: Hands off with the Theremin!»
Starts 19:00, ends about 20:00. Source: Toronto Public Library events.
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