Easter Egg Hunt at Myrtleville House

Saturday April 11, 2009
from 10 am - 3 pm

For children ages 8 and under (Children must be accompanied by an adult).

Bring your Easter Basket and load up!  Then join the Myrtleville House staff
after the hunt for some delicious bunny cookies, an Easter craft and many
more activities!

For more information contact:

Myrtleville House Museum
34 Myrtleville Drive
Brantford, Ontario  N3V 1C2
(519) 752-3216

www.brantmuseums.ca

This is a free family event!

 

Paris Historical Society presents Walt Wingfield at the Sanderson Centre

Paris Historical Society fundraiser

The Paris Historical Society is trying something a little different as a fundraiser - bringing in one of the popular Wingfield Farm series of plays by Dan Needles to Brantford's Sanderson Centre on Saturday April 11th.  Tickets are $30. 

For more information about the tickets to the fundraiser, phone 519-758-8090 or 1-800-265-0710 or visit www.parishistoricalsociety.com.

 

A JANE'S WALK OF ST. GEORGE - MAY 3rd

A JANE'S WALK OF ST. GEORGE

The SOUTH DUMFRIES HISTORICAL SOCIETY
PRESENTS A

JANE'S WALK of ST. GEORGE

SUNDAY, MAY 3rd, 2009
STARTING at the ST. GEORGE MUSEUM & ARCHIVES
36 MAIN STREET SOUTH
2:30 PM START - FREE ADMISSION - ALL WELCOME

What is a Jane's Walk?

Jane's Walk is a series of free neighbourhood walking tours that helps put people in touch with their environment and with each other, by bridging social and geographic gaps and creating a space for cities to discover themselves. Since it's inception in 2007, Jane's Walk has happened in twelve North American cities: Toronto, New York, Ottawa, Calgary, Edmonton, Vancouver, Winnipeg, Halifax, Guelph, Charlottetown, Thornbury, and Salt Lake City. More partner cities and towns are being added in 2009 including Montreal, Regina, Boston, Chicago and New Orleans.

Jane's Walk honours the legacy and ideas of urban activist and writer Jane Jacobs who championed the interests of local residents and pedestrians over a car-centered approach to planning. Jane's Walk helps knit people together into a strong and resourceful community, instilling belonging and encouraging civic leadership.

All Jane's Walk tours are given and taken for free. These walks are led by anyone who has an interest in the neighbourhoods where they live, work or hang out. They are not always about architecture and heritage, and offer a more personal take on the local culture, the social history and the planning issues faced by the residents. Jane Jacobs believed strongly that local residents understood best how their neighbourhood works, and what is needed to strengthen and improve them. Jane's Walks are meant to be fun, engaged and participatory - everyone's got a story and they're usually keen to share it.

VISIT THE JANE'S WALK WEBSITE AT: www.janeswalk.net

PIERRE BERTON BIOGRAPHER TO SPEAK IN ST. GEORGE

The SOUTH DUMFRIES HISTORICAL SOCIETY
PRESENTS A PUBLIC TALK BY:

A. B. McKILLOP
Author of Pierre Berton: A Biography

About the SPEAKER:

Chancellor's Professor and Chair of the Department of History at Carleton University, Brian McKillop is one of Canada's leading historians. He is the author of several scholarly works, as well as The Spinster and the Prophet, which was shortlisted for the Governor General's Award for Nonfiction and the Charles Taylor Prize for Literary Non-Fiction and which won the Arthur Ellis Award for Best "True Crime," the UBC President's Medal for Biography, and the Toronto Book Award. He was elected to the Royal Society of Canada in 2001 and lives in Ottawa.

SUNDAY APRIL 26th, 2009
at the ST. GEORGE FIRE HALL (72 MAIN STREET NORTH)
2:30 PM START - FREE ADMISSION - ALL WELCOME

PUBLIC TALK ABOUT RARE BREEDS CANADA & DOON MUSEUM UPDATE

The SOUTH DUMFRIES HISTORICAL SOCIETY
PRESENTS A PUBLIC TALK BY:

AMY BRADLEY
Agricultural Specialist at Doon Heritage Crossroads

Rare Breeds Canada is a non-profit, national organization that promotes the use of rare and heritage breeds of livestock and poultry. The group's mission is to make Canadians more aware of their agricultural heritage and involve them in conserving endangered breeds of farm livestock. Currently Rare Breeds Canada lists over 100 breeds of livestock and poultry as endangered, critical or rare. The need to save these breeds is based on the genetic diversity and characteristics that they possess, as well as the unique story in agricultural history that these breeds hold.

Covered in this talk will be what criteria are used to determine if a breed is rare or not, what breeds are in the most need of help currently and how people can get involved.

Plus: An update on the construction of the new Regional History Museum at Doon Heritage Crossroads.

SATURDAY, MARCH 28th, 2009
at the ST. GEORGE FIRE HALL (72 MAIN STREET NORTH)
2:30 PM START - FREE ADMISSION - ALL WELCOME

This event will also feature the business of our Annual General Meeting.

Rare Breeds Canada Website: www.rarebreedscanada.ca/