Contact(s)
Mariposa Book Club (NEW!)
September 20 - June 20 (every six weeks) 6:30 p.m.
Beginning September 20 at 6:30 p.m., The Mariposa Book Club is a new, free program offered by The Leacock Museum in partnership with Manticore Books.
Join us every six weeks at Swanmore Hall at the Leacock Museum to discuss a new book, available at Manticore Books in beautiful downtown Orillia.
Light refreshments will be provided and a cash bar will be available. To sign up, contact Jenny Martynyshyn at jmartynyshyn@orillia.ca or call 705-329-1908.
Night of the Vampire
October 25, 2019
Graveyard Extravagoonza:Children's Halloween Party
Saturday October 26th, 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Bring your ghouls, boys and monsters for an afternoon of hauntingly fun vintage Halloween activities. Carve a family pumpkin, make some crafts and play some games. Old fashioned treats will be available for purchase. Email jmartynyshyn@orillia.ca for more information or call the Leacock Museum at 705-329.1908. Admission: $5 per child at the door.
Come in costume!
STORYING CLIMATE CHANGE
Saturday November 16, 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Canadian writers Kyo Maclear (Birds Art Life, Orillia’s Big Read 2017 selection) and Catriona Sandilands (Queer Ecologies) will be joined by local writers and storytellers to read, tell stories, and discuss a new collection of climate change stories, titled Rising Tides: Reflections for Climate Changing Times. Although climate change is global and dramatic, its effects are also experienced locally by people who are struggling to understand the impacts of climate change on their daily lives. Including more than forty works of short fiction, memoir, and poetry, Rising Tides emphasizes the need for intimate stories and thoughtful attention, and also for a view of climate justice that is grounded in ongoing histories of colonialism and other forms of environmental and social devastation. Bringing stories about climate change—both catastrophic and subtle—closer to home, this event will inspire reflection, understanding, conversation and action.
Storying Climate Change seeks to provide a bridge between the everyday and the oft-apocalyptic sentiments surrounding climate change discussion. As part of a series of readings and discussions taking place across Canada, Storying Climate Change invites communities to discuss and reflect on what climate change means for them now.
The event is free. If possible, please register in advance at https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/storying-climate-change-tickets-74292431663.
Sponsored by Storying Climate Change, a Pierre Elliot Trudeau Foundation Fellowship, the Lakehead University Research Chair in Environmental Humanities, Caitlin Press, and Manticore Books.
Eating Their Words: Live and Let Dine
November 22 and 23 at 6:00 p.m.
Bond, James Bond...This year's Eating Their Words theme is geared for those who love action and suspense. The evening will be filled with intriguing team building exercises, games, brain teasers, a mystery menu Bond themed meal and more. 19+ event, cash bar, tickets will be sold through the Leacock Museum for $75 each at 705-329-1908.
