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SUMMARY:Piping Nights at McCrae Memorial Gardens
DESCRIPTION:The Guelph Pipe Band offers a full performance in uniform starting at 6:30 p.m. They will play a variety of tunes that they perform at competitions. and the pipe major will share information about the music and the band. Visitors are encouraged to bring their own lawn chairs.
URL:https://guelphmuseums.ca/event/piping-nights-at-mccrae-memorial-gardens-9/
LOCATION:McCrae House\, 108 Water Street\, Guelph\, Ontario\, N1G 1A6\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Military Lecture: From the Clouds: The 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion
DESCRIPTION:During the Second World War\, Canada fielded a battalion of super soldiers. They were the 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion\, and as part of British 6th Airborne\, they served with distinction in Normandy\, the Low Countries\, and Germany. They were among the first to close the gap between the Allies and the Red Army in May 1945 – and they kept the Soviets from taking Denmark in what could be seen as the first move in the chess game that became the Cold War. \nDoors open at 6:30 p.m. and the presentation starts at 7 p.m.\, followed by a question period. \nThe lecture premieres in-person at the Civic Museum. The recorded conversation will be available on YouTube\, and our Museum Everywhere Portal. Guelph Museums’ Military Lecture series is presented in partnership with the Laurier Centre for the Study of Canada. \nAbout the Presenter\n \nNorma Graham is a retired librarian with a decades-long fascination with military history. Since 2020 she has been studying Canada’s role in the Second World War. At retirement she decided to tell the stories of Canadian airmen\, soldiers\, and sailors that the world never knew and Canadians have largely forgotten. \nGraham has presented on several YouTube channels including WW2TV\, Homebrew History\, and Ham & Jam Airborne History. She recently gave her third presentation at the Canadian Military History Colloquium at Laurier. Graham has been published in Flightlines and Airforce magazines and recently co-authored a paper with Dr. Matthew Barrett which was published in Canadian Military History Journal. She also travelled to the UK in September 2025 and gave a presentation at the We Have Ways of Making You Talk Second World War Festival. \nIn September 2025 she returned to academia and is currently pursuing her MA in History at Laurier University
URL:https://guelphmuseums.ca/event/military-lecture-from-the-clouds-the-1st-canadian-parachute-battalion/
LOCATION:Civic Museum\, 52 Norfolk Street\, Guelph\, Ontario\, N1H 4H8\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260919T140000
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SUMMARY:Transported – A Film Screening and Conversation with Newcomers to Guelph
DESCRIPTION:Transported – A Film Screening and Conversation with Newcomers to Guelph \nJoin us for an afternoon of stories and community as we celebrate the launch of the 2026 edition of Transported: Objects of Meaning and the Immigrant Experience\, a project that explores who we are and where we come from through the objects we carry. The premiere of the Transported films includes a conversation with the participants and from their homelands. \nTransported features five short films\, starring newcomers to Canada who have chosen Guelph as their home. The participants\, E. Nguyen Dinh (Vietnam)\, Wranus Saleh (Afghanistan)\, Allie and Baylie … (USA)\, (Iraq)\, and Alejandra Velarde Lopez (Mexico) share stories of personal objects that reflects their experience of migration\, survival\, innovation\, culture\, and identity. \nDawn Matheson\, creative director of the Transported project\, says that “the objects hold unique personal significance; they are more than a ‘thing’ — they represent memory\, legacy\, and part of a journey.” Following a screening of the short films\, Matheson will lead the participants in a conversation about their experiences. \nThe short films in the 2026 edition of Transported were directed and edited by Matheson\, with cinematography by Jhunren Baluyot and editing by Todd Buttenham. The project is a partnership with Matheson\, Guelph Museums\, and the Guelph Neighbourhood Support Coalition\, supported in part by The Musagetes Fund\, held by the Guelph Community Foundation. \nThe first edition of Transported took place in 2017\, featuring stories and objects from Mwangi Wa Wairimu (Kenya)\, Oluwaseun Jilani (Nigeria)\, Amira AL Tahhan (Syria)\, Nicola Maggs (England) and Farshad Mazloumi (Iran). The project was directed by Dawn Matheson\, with cinematography and editing by Erin MacIndoe Sproule\, as part of the Guelph Film Festival’s “Hidden Histories” program\, in partnership with The Guelph Neighbourhood Support Coalition and Ed Video Media Arts Centre with funding in part from The Guelph Community Foundation. \nThe films and objects in the 2026 edition of Transported will be on view in the new Gathering Gallery at Guelph Civic Museum\, opening in early 2027. \n \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://guelphmuseums.ca/event/transported-a-film-screening-and-conversation-with-newcomers-to-guelph/
LOCATION:Civic Museum\, 52 Norfolk Street\, Guelph\, Ontario\, N1H 4H8\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Fourth Friday: The Rag & Bones Collective
DESCRIPTION:Celebrate Culture Days with song and stories as Brad Woods returns to the Fourth Friday stage with The Rag & Bones Collective – equal parts pub night\, campfire and kitchen party. \nAdmission by donation starts at 5 p.m. with the concert beginning at 7 p.m. Cash bar available. \nAbout the Artist\nBrad Woods has told stories at festivals\, theatres\, conferences\, prisons\, churches and pubs all over North America and the UK. He tells traditional tales\, literary classics and personal stories. His stories have been featured in a variety of broadcasts and publications including CBC Radio 1\, the Globe and Mail and Canadian Running Magazine. Brad has told to all ages and in every type of venue imaginable. He is the recipient of the Alice Kane Award for Storytelling and used it to travel to Lesotho (Southern Africa) to tell\, trade and collect stories on behalf of Bracelet of Hope. \nWoods shares the stage at this performance with The Rag & Bones Collective\, a musical ensemble that injects song into the stories. Sometimes the words lead\, sometimes the melody carries the moment—and together they create a magical listening experience
URL:https://guelphmuseums.ca/event/fourth-friday-the-rag-bones-collective/
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SUMMARY:Military Lecture: Love & War–From the front and the home fronts
DESCRIPTION:Susan Brown presents the real stories of her parents\, which have been compiled into a book titled “Love and War” as an epistolary narrative. The narrative is based on 400 letters between Brown’s parents and grandparents\, detailing their experiences as medical personnel in England\, North Africa\, and Italy during the Second World War. Their accounts are fascinating in terms of their roles and life in the military. These are real stories. A doctor and nurse from Guelph who reunite overseas and marry in England. Deployment to North Africa is her future; his is deployment to Italy. Their military roles bring them close to a variety of battlefronts in all three areas. It’s a loving memoir wrapped in adventure. The poignancy in war is revealed in several stories: the unknown graves in an Italian town\, managing allied soldiers dietary and religious needs in a medical setting\, paying POWs in food for services\, and the gratitude of occupied populations for medical support. \nDoors open at 6:30 p.m. and the presentation starts at 7 p.m.\, followed by a question period. \nThe lecture premieres in-person at the Civic Museum. The recorded conversation will be available on YouTube\, and our Museum Everywhere Portal. Guelph Museums’ Military Lecture series is presented in partnership with the Laurier Centre for the Study of Canada. \nAbout the Presenter\n \nSusan Brown is the second daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Charles Pinch. She is a retired nurse and founder and CEO of Robertson-Brown Healthcare Services in Kitchener\, Ontario. She presently resides in Guelph.
URL:https://guelphmuseums.ca/event/military-lecture-love-war-from-the-front-and-the-home-fronts/
LOCATION:Guelph Civic Museum\, 52 Norfolk Street\, Guelph\, Ontario\, N1H 4H8\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Fourth Friday: The Woebegones
DESCRIPTION:Warning: this Fourth Friday show will knock your socks off! The Woebegones\, aka Jen Rafter and Aaron Way\, deliver heart\, soul\, and power with every performance. With an adoring and enthusiastic local following\, we expect the room will be rocking – so arrive early for the best seats. \nAdmission by donation starts at 5 p.m. with the concert beginning at 7 p.m. Cash bar available. \nAbout the Artist\nWake your senses\, ease your spirit and forget your troubles with The Woebegones\, a captivating Guelph-based duo featuring Jen Rafter on vocals and Aaron Way on guitar. \nDelivering soul stirring sets\, shared with an authenticity and openness that soothes and inspires. \nRafter’s powerful voice rings deep\, channeling influences of soul\, blues\, folk and country while Way’s affinity for the guitar follows in a fashion all his own. \nWhat began as a pandemic experiment in livestreaming for friends has flourished into an eclectic repertoire and enchanting collection of original songs about love\, loss and life’s challenges and mysteries. \nCombining raw\, emotive lyrics with powerhouse vocals and percussive guitar\, The Woebegones ask you to relate\, relax\, recover and revel in the sound of vulnerability\, resilience and strength.
URL:https://guelphmuseums.ca/event/fourth-friday-the-woebegones/
LOCATION:Civic Museum\, 52 Norfolk Street\, Guelph\, Ontario\, N1H 4H8\, Canada
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