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Exhibits THINGS TO DO 

Daily to Jan. 2: Space out at scifi exhibit at reference library

November 1, 2021November 9, 2021 Streeter staff Judith Merril, science fiction, Toronto Reference Library, Yonge Street

“Spaced Out: 50 Years of the Merril Collection” showcases some of the strange and wonderful things held by TPL’s Merril Collection.

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Film & Theatre THINGS TO DO 

Nov. 5: View the Great Canadian Sci Fi Film Festival

October 22, 2021November 5, 2021 Streeter staff College Street, film festival, Royal Theatre, science fiction

The Great Canadian Sci Fi Film Festival is showing 17 science fiction films from around the world in two-and-a-half hours on Nov. 5.

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Presentations & Workshops THINGS TO DO 

Oct. 26: Frankenstein and other Victorian science fiction

October 12, 2018October 8, 2018 Streeter staff Frankenstein Dreams, Memorial Park Avenue, S. Walter Stewart Library, science fiction

Michael Sims discuss the importance of Victorian science fiction literature and why the genre remains relevant today, as presented in Frankenstein Dreams.

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Column VIEWS 

Native science fiction looks back and to the future

September 20, 2016October 16, 2019 Eric McMillan Drew Hayden Taylor, science fiction

Why has no one thought of science fiction from an aboriginal perspective before? After all, First Nations have actually had the first contact experience.

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NEWS 

Career change leads Lopez to the dark side

October 18, 2013June 15, 2014 Brian Baker Adam Lopez, Fantasy, horror, science fiction, Toronto After Dark Film Festival

With all the work Adam Lopez is doing for the Toronto After Dark Film Festival, one would think he was undead.

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THAT WAS THEN. This is now.

Empringham Hotel 1903
*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN 

From stately hotel to strip club—the Empringham story

November 19, 2020May 5, 2021 Eric McMillan

The Empringham, Danforth or Play Pen — they’re all the same hotel, standing at Danfoirth and Dawes from the late 1800s into the 1980s.

Queen and Waverley 1903
*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN 

Can you believe this century home still stands at Queen and Waverley?

February 27, 2020March 4, 2020 Eric McMillan
Beltline bridge over Yonge Street ion 1915
*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN 

When horses passed UNDER the Beltline bridge

December 1, 2019February 6, 2020 Eric McMillan
Yonge-Eglinton southeast
*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN 

Now that the Yonge-Eglinton mess has been cleared up (almost)

October 24, 2019October 25, 2019 Eric McMillan
Mt. Pleasant loop being built
*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN 

When building transit was simpler at Mt. Pleasant and Eglinton

May 9, 2019November 24, 2020 Eric McMillan
Hay wagons on Yonge Street
*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN 

The days of hay wagons and streetcars on Yonge Street

February 1, 2019February 3, 2019 Eric McMillan
Avoca bridge being torn down
*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN 

The viaduct that brought Moore Park into Toronto

December 1, 2018December 15, 2018 Streeter staff

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