Black History Month Evening Movie: Queen of Katwe
Thu Feb 28, 2019
6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
120 mins
Location: Malvern Public Library, 30 Sewells Road, Toronto, ON
In celebration of Black History month, join the Malvern District branch for a free evening movie.
Registration not Required.
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AGO Talk: Julie Crooks on "Mickalene Thomas: Femmes Noires"
Thu Feb 28, 2019
2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
60 mins
Location: Toronto Reference Library, Beeton Hall, 789 Yonge Street, Toronto, ON
Curator Julie Crooks talks about the Art Gallery of Ontario's solo exhibition by African-American contemporary artist Mickalene Thomas. Thomas' first large scale exhibition in Canada sparks timely and urgent conversations about race, representational politics, Black celebrity culture and sexuality as seen through a Black queer feminist perspective.
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Mystic Drumz Hands on Drumming Workshop
Thu Feb 28, 2019
2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
60 mins
Location: Centennial Public Library, Program Room, 578 Finch Avenue West, Toronto, ON
This Mystic Drumz workshop will feature demonstrations on African instruments including Djembe Drums, Talking Drums, Agogo Bells and more. Every participant receives an instrument and instruction how to play it. The entire group becomes a percussion ensemble and learns a full song from start to finish. Participants may have a chance to try more than one instrument in this session. Space is limited.
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Movie: Ninth Floor
Thu Feb 28, 2019
6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
90 mins
Location: Dufferin/St.Clair Public Library, 1625 Dufferin Street, Toronto, ON
It started quietly when a group of Caribbean students, strangers in a cold new land, began to suspect their professor of racism. It ended in the most explosive student uprising Canada had ever known. Over four decades later, Ninth Floor reopens the file on the infamous Sir George Williams Riot - a watershed moment in Canadian race relations and one of the most contested episodes in the nation's history.
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