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Gardening for a Cooler Planet - Permaculture City series last talk in WESTMOUNT library
16 April 2016 - 4:43pmClimate change is having a huge impact on human life globally. Find out how gardening and farming based on ecological principles is crucial in mitigating
the effects of climate change and can even help to cool the planet. A special focus will be on projects that promote climate and social justice.
It's all about relationships
23 March 2016 - 3:17pmThe Life Changing Magic of Tidying up, a New York Times #1 bestseller, a book everybody is talking about, a book which became instantly popular in Japan and every other country in America and Europe when it was published.
Polish Film Festival starts in April with The Heart and the Sweetheart/Serce serduszko
15 March 2016 - 4:45pmJoin us for the Polish Film Festival in April!
“Fighting Poland” – an exhibition and "Warsaw44" film in Central Library
5 March 2016 - 1:34pmFor the month of March Central Library will be hosting an exhibition prepared by the Institute of the National Remembrance called “Fighting Poland”.
The psychology of everyday life
19 January 2016 - 5:51pmFinding Your Way 2016 – A lecture series on the psychology of everyday life is here again. Once more we have here in the Central Library our guests from Western University, doctoral students from the Psychology Department with ten talks given over three days.
The nature of our suffering
13 January 2016 - 3:43pmSweet Dreams by Massimo Gramellini is an interesting piece of fiction. It shows the life struggle of a boy, later a man, who experienced a traumatic life event in his childhood - the death of his mother.
I was crying when Rosette died...
11 January 2016 - 3:30pmI was crying when Rosette died - a beautiful mulatta girl, who for me symbolized love, not only romantic but interracial love, and a hope for better interracial relationships.
European Film Festival - November 2015, Wolf Performance Hall
2 November 2015 - 4:49pmJoin us for the European Film Festival in the Wolf Performance Hall in Central Library.
Warsaw Uprising 1944 - amazing film and an exhibition
29 June 2015 - 4:31pm“Canadian Aviators Help Warsaw during the Uprising” this is the title of a beautiful exhibition which will be on the 2nd floor of the Central Library for the month of July.
Masters of Polish Poster Art
13 April 2015 - 3:12pmSaturday, April 18, Central Library
The poster has a particular place in Polish art after World War II. Without exaggeration, it is a Polish specialty as an extremely lively, creative, and ambitious branch of art in this country.