{"id":4067,"date":"2009-02-27T12:31:04","date_gmt":"2009-02-27T17:31:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/2009\/02\/27\/event-guide-torontos-175th-birthday-first-post-office-benefit-other-activities\/"},"modified":"2009-02-27T14:07:42","modified_gmt":"2009-02-27T19:07:42","slug":"event-guide-torontos-175th-birthday-first-post-office-benefit-other-activities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2009\/02\/27\/event-guide-torontos-175th-birthday-first-post-office-benefit-other-activities\/","title":{"rendered":"Event Guide: Toronto’s 175th Birthday — First Post Office benefit & other activities"},"content":{"rendered":"

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WHAT: <\/strong>5th annual birthday benefit for Toronto’s First Post Office
\nWHERE<\/strong>: St. Lawrence Hall, 157 King Street East
\nWHEN<\/strong>: Friday, March 6, 2009, 7:30PM
\nHOW<\/strong>: Tickets $25 & available at door. Reservations should be made @ 416-865-1833<\/p>\n

No, not a knicker and fancy fan fashion show, but a fundraiser for Toronto’s First Post Office<\/a>, tucked in behind George Brown College on Adelaide Street. It’s still a functional post office and one of the few museums that keep Canada’s (and, of course, Toronto’s) postal history alive. More on the event:<\/p>\n

With Bruce Bell, Richard Fiennes-Clinton, the Fort York Regency Dancers, the Culinary Historians of Ontario, soprano Aleksandra Balaburska and pianist Irene Wong-Montgomery.<\/em><\/p>\n

The Culinary Historians of Ontario and students of Applied Food History at George Brown College will be serving “175 Years of Cakes<\/strong>” during the intermission. <\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Other events<\/strong><\/p>\n

Beginning next week, the City of Toronto museums are hosting a variety of events and are free to enter from March 6-8th.\u00a0 Full details and event listings can be found here<\/a>. As well, on March 6th City Hall will be hosting a variety of events all day long. Full listings can be found here<\/a>, but do poke through them as there is an impressive range of films on Toronto being shown as well as readings, including the launch of Toronto’s Visual Legacy: Official City Photography from 1856 to the Present<\/em>. Many of our historical posts on Spacing<\/em> use photos from the City Archives. Now we have a book that collects some of the best.<\/p>\n

To mark Toronto’s 175th Anniversary on March 6, 2009, City Hall will open its doors and invite residents in to celebrate the heritage, unity and diversity of our city through music, literature and art.<\/em><\/p>\n

City Hall will be transformed into an exhibition hall featuring art installations, spoken word, dance and music. Special programming will also commemorate the City’s early history.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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