How to beat Toronto’s sky-high box office prices with discount tickets for shows
Good news! Discount tickets for shows you’d love to see are available without you having to stand out in the cold or the rain or the blazing heat for rush tickets. The question is, where can you look for deals? This warranted a smack on my forehead. For discount tickets for shows – first up, […]
You don’t have to be a kid to enjoy the affection of a gentle animal at a petting zoo or farm
There are many kinds of farms where you can spend a pleasant afternoon. Winery farms. Pick-your-own farms. But, far as I’m concerned, a petting farm is a whole other thing. There’s something wonderful about getting up close to farm animals who are eager to mooch a few bites of food and enjoy a pat on […]
Volunteering for seniors
I’m your leading example. I’ve never been a “joiner.” But I found my niche as a volunteer when I responded to an ad by the Rotman Research Institute at Toronto’s Baycrest Centre. I participated in a number of memory studies over about a year. Each involved an afternoon at Baycrest and live and computer-based memory […]
How do Spring activities and artists go together? Just enjoy one of these nearby artist studio tours!
So I asked Colin Whitebread about the back-story to his paintings. Colin is one of the painters on the West Durham Studio Tour (just two days) that we enjoyed on April 22, 2018. “It’s all influenced by Mexico. I was a high-school art teacher and took groups of kids to a small village in Mexico […]
Miracle cures, elixirs promising you a longer life and of course snake oil! A cure for whatever ails you…
It’s hard to believe that, until the last 100 years or so, cures, liniments, nostrums and patent medicines were just about entirely unregulated. Clark Stanley’s Snake oil This wonderful Clark Stanley’s Snake Oil ad doesn’t hold back. The claim – that this liniment (a medicinal preparation in an oily, soapy, or alcoholic vehicle, intended to […]
Tips on the best walks for seniors: start with the best destinations
When was the last time you hit the Bloor Street strip? Did you know that the stretch of Bloor St. between Bathurst and Avenue Road has 20 of the best walking destinations? Check out destinations like the Japan Foundation, the Bata Shoe Museum or the Native Canadian Centre of Toronto and the Hot Docs Ted […]
Help Ryerson University with their brain research and you might learn something
Seven laboratories at Ryerson University look to the Ryerson Senior Participant Pool for subjects to help with their brain research. They’re interested in all aspects of the aging brain. They would like to get to know you. You’ll get the chance to participate in some fun and fascinating work. Not only that, but you’ll be able to […]
See the best documentaries, hear experts and meet others with similar interests – and it’s affordable!
You may remember it as the Midtown Theatre, the Capri the Eden or the Bloor Cinema, but since 2016 it’s been known as the Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema. Long a community cinema, the theatre now hosts some of Canada’s and the world’s best documentaries. There are also special documentary presentations, expert speakers and showcase […]
