Queen's Park Archives

Dec. 26–Jan. 6: Kids drop-in activities at the museum

December 12, 2018December 10, 2018 Streeter staff 0 Comment Queen's Park, Royal Ontario Museum

Kids can make, discover and explore at the Royal Ontario Museum over the holidays with daily activities and live performances, included with ROM admission.

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December: Wildlife photographer of the year exhibit

November 17, 2018November 22, 2018 Streeter staff photography, Queen's Park, Royal Ontario Museum

The world-renowned Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition returns to the Royal Ontario Museum for its sixth year starting Dec. 1

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Dec. 1: Lecture at ROM on ‘friendly spiders’

November 17, 2018November 15, 2018 Streeter staff Bloor Street West, Queen's Park, Royal Ontario Museum, spiders

Prof. Chris Buddle lectures on “Arachnophobes to Arachnophiles: Friendly Spiders in Your House, Garden and Parks” at the Royal Ontario Museum.

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Oct. 30: Legend and legacy of Spider-Man at the ROM

October 16, 2018October 8, 2018 Streeter staff Queen's Park, Royal Ontario Museum, Spider-Man, spiders

Comic giants Chip Zdarsky and Adam Kubert unpack the history of Spider-Man in popular culture at the Royal Ontario Museum.

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Sept. 28–Nov. 23: Friday Night Live at the ROM

September 14, 2018September 21, 2018 Streeter staff Queen's Park, Royal Ontario Museum

You can start your Friday nights on the dance floor with top DJs and live artists, or explore the Royal Ontario Museum’s galleries with tasty food and drinks.

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June 29: How Indian dyed cottons transformed Europe’s interiors

June 15, 2018May 29, 2018 Streeter staff Design, Queen's Park, Royal Ontario Museum

Rosemary Crill presents a fascinating look at how the hybrid designs of chintz fabrics, with their exotic flowers and trees, fed into the 18th-century craze for Chinoiserie.

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June 1: Journeys in Indigo at the ROM

May 18, 2018May 25, 2018 Streeter staff Queen's Park, Royal Ontario Museum

Jenny Balfour-Paul presents a richly illustrated lecture on the world’s only natural blue dye in “Journeys in Indigo: Red Sea to Rajasthan.”

NEWS

Midtown student serves as legislative page

March 12, 2015March 13, 2015 Shawn Star Arlyne James, Legislative Page, Mike Colle, Ontario government, Queen's Park

Arlyne James has just wrapped up a “unique and amazing” one-month stint as a legislative page, where she was paired up with Eglinton-Lawrence MPP Mike Colle. Her activities included delivering messages and water to the MPP, as well as taking classes on the legislative process and mathematics, and meeting with the party leaders and House speaker.