Monthly Archives: November 2013

There will be a free presentation for the public on Wednesday December 4 at 6:30 PM in the Westdale Branch of the Public Library. The session is co-sponsored by Councillor Brian McHattie and the Ainslie Wood Westdale Community Association. Speakers … Continue reading →

The Westdale Children’s School is hosting its 18th annual Merryberry Market, featuring unique gifts for the whole family from a variety of local vendors, live seasonal music, children’s crafts, a silent auction, and a café.

“The Right to WaSH; the Right to Health,” a virtual keynote address by Catarina de Albuquerque, UN special rapporteur on the right to safe drinking water and sanitation, with panelists Dr. Nancy Doubleday, McMaster University; Dr. Ross Pink, Global Water Rights; … Continue reading →

Binkley United Church presents fiddle champion Scott Woods.  Adults $20, children 6-12 $10.  Tickets available at the church or call 905-529-0740 between 7:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m.

The Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board is considering a recommendation to declare Prince Philip School and its site surplus to its needs.  Under Phase 1 of the Property Disposition Protocol, the HWDSB is informing the City of Hamilton and local communities … Continue reading →

Tickets $10, or $15 for both concerts (second concert is March 2, 2014).  For tickets and more information about the orchestra (including a video), see http://spotlight.mcmaster.ca/mcmaster-chamber-orchestra/  

As part of the Hamilton Jewish Federation’s eighth annual Holocaust Education Week, its  Kristallnacht Commemoration features a keynote address by journalist David Halton, “The Holocaust and the Press:  A Tragic Failure.”  Halton argues that the press in the 1930s was partly … Continue reading →

McMaster University Library and the Department of Religious Studies present “Lessons from the Past:  What Ancient Jewish Manuscripts Teach Us about Inter-faith Relations” with Professor Stefan Reif.  Reception to follow.