Don't miss this opportunity to sample a wide range of artisanal cheeses and stock up for the holidays! Accessorise your cheese with local crackers, baked goods, condiments, and other gourmet wares from local vendors. Enjoy cooking demonstrations that feature the finest Quebec and Ontario cheeses and enjoy fondue, raclette, and cheese-making stations. Your ticket includes […]
Professor Janine Marchessault (Cinema and Media Studies, York University) Co-sponsored by the School for Studies in Art and Culture Followed by a reception in the History Lounge (433 Paterson Hall) Abstract Expo 67 was a spectacular showcase of avant garde audio-visual technology and multi-screen film. One might expect that its cinematic legacy would have been lovingly preserved […]
Calling all elves!! Santa and Phil the Magic Reindeer are visiting Billings Estate National Historic Site to get you in the Christmas spirit! Join us at the museum for Christmas crafts, stories, and of course, Santa! Cost: $6.30/adult, $10.45/pair, $16.75/family
Get into the holiday spirit with us and drop in to a Christmas Craft-ernoons weekends in December. Crafts are available on the first floor by donations and are ideal for young and young at heart crafters. Activities will be offered in varying degrees of difficulty.
The town of Smiths Falls will host 1800 tourists from across the region as they attend the North Pole Express at the Railway Museum of Eastern Ontario. It is an honour to have Shoppers Drug Mart as a sponsor and partner for the 2017 event. This event sells out every year and adding a second […]
Get into the holiday spirit with us and drop in to a Christmas Craft-ernoons weekends in December. Crafts are available on the first floor by donations and are ideal for young and young at heart crafters. Activities will be offered in varying degrees of difficulty.
An MVTM project spearheaded by Maureen McVey and produced by Robert Newton, this documentary film features stories from the final stages of the textile industry in the Mississippi Valley in the mid-twentieth century, as told by the people who actually lived them. At the time, it no doubt seemed like just another day on the job, but with the virtual demise […]
Get into the holiday spirit with us and drop in to a Christmas Craft-ernoons weekends in December. Crafts are available on the first floor by donations and are ideal for young and young at heart crafters. Activities will be offered in varying degrees of difficulty.
This is the movie they were filming last winter in Almonte! Enjoy the film and spot the Mississippi Valley Textile Museum in the movie. 1:23 - Romance Those years of law school pay off for Emma but not in ways one would expect. When she finds out that her beloved ice-sculpting contest, part of her hometown's […]
Séances aren’t just for Halloween! They were actually very popular at Christmas during the Victorian and Edwardian eras as a way to connect, during this very special time of the year, with a loved one who had passed. Psychic Connie Adams leads a size-restricted group of participants through a traditional séance in one of Ottawa’s […]