In a three-part lecture series, Phil Jenkins, renowned historian, author, columnist, lecturer,musician & songwriter will explore the musical & visual arts and architectural movement throughout our city's past. TO ATTEND ALL THREE LECTURES, PLEASE REGISTER FOR ALL THREE DATES.
Guest speaker: Randy Boswell, Journalist & Carleton University Professor Beginning with the ancient Indigenous inhabitants of the Ottawa Valley and Bytown's earliest natural history societies, Randy Boswell explores our evolving relationship with the wildlife with which we share this planet. All are welcome to attend without charge. Location: Ottawa Public Library, Main Branch, auditorium
Guest speakers: Paul Litt & Christine Jackson, Authors, 'Phyllis Turner Ross: Career Woman and Single Mother', Bytown Pamphlet Series #120 The story of John Napier Turner, Canada's 17th Prime Minister, is well known. Less known is the story of his remarkable mother, Phyllis Gregory Turner Ross, a single mother who came to Ottawa in the...
Guest speaker: Mark Aubin, Author, 'Blight' The 1960s were a time when civic leaders were anxious to bulldoze the past to make way for the modern thruways and dazzling glass towers of the future. What chance did the families and businesses of a working class neighbourhood like Lowertown East have of standing in the way...
Join us on November 18 for a special guided tour of the Smiths Falls Heritage Museum which will be followed by a fascinating presentation by Ted & Marion Outerbridge, proprietors of Smiths Falls' Keyhole House.. Spaces are limited. Pre-registration is required: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/hso-museum-club-excursion-tickets-734716214977?aff=ebdsoporgprofile For those who wish to get together for coffee afterward, let us know...
