Archive 1997-2016
The Ontario Safe Schools Act has done little in the last three years but increase the number of suspensions and expulsions in the province,Education Minister Gerard Kennedy said in a recent interview with Centretown News.
Billings Estate Museum, 2100 Cabot St., will feature ghosts from the past on Oct. 29 and 30. Historical characters re-tell their favourite stories from 7 to 9 p.m. Cost is $12 per person . Call 247-4830 to register.
Dominion-Chalmers United Church, 355 Cooper St., will be holding their free Yuletide Fair on Oct. 30 from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. A luncheon will be available for $5/adults, $2/children, with sittings at 11 a.m., 12:30 and 1:30 p.m. The church is wheelchair accessible.
As I sat in the auditorium at the National Library and Archives watching the flickering figures glow dramatically on the screen while a live pianist played along to the action,I began to realize what a distinct experience silent film is . . .
The National Gallery of Canada. It is a space where local artists dream of one day displaying their work, and Uta Riccius of the local Enriched Bread Artists (EBA) got in. But her art is in an office, not on the gallery walls.