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Fourth Friday: Cachada
Guelph Civic Museum 52 Norfolk Street, Guelph, Ontario, CanadaEvery Fourth Friday of the month enjoy free admission to the Civic Museum from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m., and a free concert starting at 7 p.m. Through the summer,…
Know Your Neighbours
ONLINEIn honour of Welcoming Week, Cinjutha Leon interviewed members of various communities in Guelph to gain an understanding of their moves to Guelph, their community here, and what their lives…
Military Lecture: Battle for Hill 70 with Matthew Barrett
Guelph Civic Museum 52 Norfolk Street, Guelph, Ontario, CanadaOn 15 August 1917, the Canadian Corps for the first time under the command of General Arthur Currie captured the German strongpoint at Hill 70 near Lens, France. Through Their Eyes:…
Fourth Friday: Eko Gemah
Guelph Civic Museum 52 Norfolk Street, Guelph, Ontario, CanadaGuelph Culture Days kicks off with a Fourth Friday concert by Eko Gemah, renowned for their authentic renditions of Andean music from South America. Playing traditional instruments, this band of…
Military Lecture: Spirits, Psychics, & Divination: How the Great War Haunted the British Empire
Guelph Civic Museum 52 Norfolk Street, Guelph, Ontario, CanadaIn the aftermath of the Great War, people from across the British Isles and Dominion nations read prophecies about the coming new millennium, experimented with seances, and claimed to see…
Military Lecture: John Norton – Teyoninhokarawen and the Indigenous Great Lakes 1780s-1820s
Guelph Civic Museum 52 Norfolk Street, Guelph, Ontario, CanadaJohn Norton was born to a Cherokee man and a Scottish woman in 1770, and adopted by the Mohawks in the 1790s. He rose to important military and diplomatic leadership…
Military Lecture: From Wartime Refuge to Peaceful Hippie Haven: Generations of Youth on Grindstone Island
Learn how a private island on Big Rideau Lake, Ontario was presented, experienced, and embodied as a refuge for youth endangered by or alarmed by war. Between 1917 and 1963,…
Military Lecture: Black Military History of Niagara, “I never knew that”
Guelph Civic Museum 52 Norfolk Street, Guelph, Ontario, CanadaThis presentation focuses on military history of Black Canadians from the end of the American Revolution to the present. Doors open at 6:30, and the presentation starts at 7:00 with…
