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Save the date! Deputy Mayor Morley’s Fall Fest – Oct 1
Save the date! Deputy Mayor Morley’s Fall Fest – Oct 1
Thursday Sept 21 2023
7:30 pm
Etobicoke Historical Society
Montgomery's Inn : 4709 Dundas St W,
Frank Nicholson will help us see the history of Toronto unfold through the careers of some of the sixty-five chief magistrates the city has had since being incorporated in 1834, including our first mayor, William Lyon Mackenzie, the leader of the Rebellion of 1837, and Mel Lastman, who oversaw the amalgamation of the city and its suburbs creating Megacity, our current city, twenty-five years ago.
Frank Nicholson earned a PhD in history with a study of the establishment of metropolitan government in London, England, during the late 19th century. Frank worked for many years in Ontario’s municipal sector, first as a senior policy advisor in the local government policy branch at the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing, and then as director of government relations for a municipal managers association. Since retiring, he has focused his energies on deepening his knowledge of our city’s history and sharing it with others by leading historical walking tours for Heritage Toronto and delivering talks at several local organizations.
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Save the date! Deputy Mayor Morley’s Fall Fest – Oct 1
Save the date! Deputy Mayor Morley’s Fall Fest – Oct 1
Save the date! Deputy Mayor Morley’s Fall Fest – Oct 1
Sunday, October 1,
12–5pm
Fairfield Park, 90 Lothian Ave
Invite your family, friends, and neighbours! We’re hosting a family-friendly, outdoor festival to celebrate the changing seasons and bring our communities together.
Check ambermorley.com/events/fall-fest for more details closer to the date
The Don - Inmates, Guards, Governors and the Gallows
Save the date! Deputy Mayor Morley’s Fall Fest – Oct 1
The Don - Inmates, Guards, Governors and the Gallows
Thursday Oct 19 2023
7:30 pm
Etobicoke Historical Society
Montgomery's Inn : 4709 Dundas St W,
Join writer and researcher Lorna Poplak as she presents the facts behind the Don Jail’s location and construction, and shares tales about inmates, guards, governors, gangs, officials, and even a pair of ill-fated lovers whose doomed romance unfolded in the shadow of the gallows. The illustrated talk will highlight the Don’s tumultuous descent from palace to hellhole, its shuttering and lapse into decay, and its astonishing modern-day metamorphosis.
Lorna Poplak is a Toronto-based writer, editor, and researcher with a fascination for the dark side of Canadian history. She is a member of Crime Writers of Canada and Sisters in Crime. Her two nonfiction books, both published by Dundurn Press, are Drop Dead: A Horrible History of Hanging in Canada (2017), and The Don: The Story of Toronto’s Infamous Jail (2021). In 2022, The Don was shortlisted for both the Crime Writers of Canada Excellence Award and the Heritage Toronto Book Award. For more information, please visit www.lornapoplak.com.
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Etobicoke Philharmonic Orchestra
Handmade Art and Fine Craft Sale - Fall 2023
The Don - Inmates, Guards, Governors and the Gallows
Friday Oct 20, 2023
8 pm
Martingrove Collegiate Institute
50 Winterton Drive
Our season opener sparkles with superstar soloist, Andrew Wan, concertmaster of Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, performing the Beethoven violin concerto.
This passionate, expressive piece is an icon now but had a tepid reception initially , taking several decades to capture the public's imagination due to its length, complexity and expansive symphonic thought—revolutionary! Now, we recognize it as a beacon lighting the way from the classical to the new romantic era. Well into that new era, nearly a century later, Sibelius' love of his homeland inspired landmark works that became synonymous with the independent Finland. See if you agree with the critic at the premiere of his second symphony who saw a historic throughline: "one of the few symphonic creations of our time that point in the same direction as Beethoven's symphonies".
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Handmade Art and Fine Craft Sale - Fall 2023
Handmade Art and Fine Craft Sale - Fall 2023
Handmade Art and Fine Craft Sale - Fall 2023
Saturday November 18, 2023
10 am - 4 pm
Nielson Park Creative Centre
56 Nielson Drive
Shop directly from local artists and artisans who create home accessories, fibre art, scarves and hats, quilts and quilted decor pieces, rug crafting art, calligraphic artwork, jewellery, stained glass, paintings, sculptures, wood carving, soaps, greeting cards, pottery and more.
In our gallery space, learn about our six resident art groups classes and shop for unique artworks, textiles, quilted items, rug hooked crafts, cards and more.
Admission and parking are free!
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Etobicoke Philharmonic Orchestra
Handmade Art and Fine Craft Sale - Fall 2023
Handmade Art and Fine Craft Sale - Fall 2023
Friday November 24, 2023
8 pm
Martingrove Collegiate Institute
50 Winterton Drive
Michael Berkovsky plays the mighty Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 in this concert of contrasts that also features contemporary composer Andrew Balfour’s haunting “Pyotr’s Dream" and Beethoven's Symphony No. 4.
Balfour based his piece on a Tchaikovsky hymn, with string voices evoking an ethereal, dreamy mood. From his diary, we know that Tchaikovsky’s dream, evoked whenever he studied a Beethoven symphony, was to compose a symphony of his own. His powerful Piano Concerto No. 1, with its ominous opening chords storming through the hall, contrasts with Beethoven’s playful Symphony No. 4. There is very little of Beethoven-the-all-conquering-hero as he freezes time in the slow introduction, combines song with fanfare in the second movement, drags us onto the dance floor for a barely danceable third movement before flinging wild, edgy chords at us in the finale.
This concert will thrill, intrigue, amuse... and perhaps delightedly exhaust you!
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Ongoing Events
Self Directed Walking Tour Montgomery's Inn: At the Intersection of Routes, Waterways and Fields
Self Directed Walking Tour Montgomery's Inn: At the Intersection of Routes, Waterways and Fields
Self Directed Walking Tour Montgomery's Inn: At the Intersection of Routes, Waterways and Fields
Re-imagine this urban landscape as your stroll the grounds of the 1830s Montgomery's Inn. From the land's enduring Indigenous use from time immemorial, to the Inn's time as a prosperous 19th-century settler inn and farm, you will discover history of the early Black inhabitants of Etobicoke and the 20th-century Chinese immigrants who rented this land to earn a hard-fought living by their own labour.
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Image credit: Toronto Historical Collection, Montgomery's Inn Photo Archive, 023A_004
Montgomery's Inn - Farmers' Market
Self Directed Walking Tour Montgomery's Inn: At the Intersection of Routes, Waterways and Fields
Self Directed Walking Tour Montgomery's Inn: At the Intersection of Routes, Waterways and Fields
The Montgomery's Inn Farmers Market operates year-round, Wednesday, 2-6 pm. Shop indoors this winter for local veggies, baked goods, prepared foods & more! Enjoy a fire in the fireplace and a free visit to the museum until 4 pm.
Free parking available.
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Mural Walking Tour
Self Directed Walking Tour Montgomery's Inn: At the Intersection of Routes, Waterways and Fields
Mural Walking Tour
Guided Mural Tours in the Village of Islington Outdoor Art Gallery
Discover one of Toronto’s most spectacular art treasures on a fascinating, free guided walking tour. Available year-round. Our knowledgeable guides will introduce you to 28 stunning murals and share their fascinating stories of life in the historic Village of Islington over the past 200 years. Enjoy these spectacular works by renowned Canadian artists during a 90-minute, 2-km walk along Dundas Street between Islington and Kipling Avenues. Most tours start and stop at our community museum Montgomery’s Inn at 4709 Dundas St. W. Etobicoke. Find out when the next available tour is by emailing the BIA office info@villageofislington.com.