Explore your imagination with Pan Am Games-themed activities by the Queen/Saulter Library!
From 1pm to 5pm on June 6 the Queen/Saulter Library at 765 Queen Street East will have playful Pan Am Games-themed animations as part of the Riverside Eats & Beats Streetfest!
The Library will have a variety of interactive kids activities with face painting and model making where you can make your own version of Pachi, the official mascot of the TORONTO 2015 Pan Am / Parapan Am Games!
Don’t miss meeting local author Elizabeth Muir. She will be signing her new book “Riverdale East of the Don” which tells the history of the Riverdale area.
FUN FACTS:
An episode of the Kids of Degrassi Street (the original Degrassi series) was filmed in the branch. The branch exterior and the surrounding area was made up to appear to be from the 1930s for the filming of the movie Cinderella Man. Many other films and TV shows have been filmed in or around the branch.
About the Queen/Saulter Library
The branch opened in 1979 and was relocated in 1980 to the former Postal Station G, designed in 1913 by architect E. J. Lennox, the architect who also designed Old City Hall, Casa Loma and the King Edward Hotel! The wooden branch doors, marble flooring and marble counters date back to 1913. The branch shares its space with the Ralph Thornton Centre, a multipurpose community facility that serves the greater Riverdale area.
In addition to its greats books and multi-media, the branch has fun and free programs like the Lego Club, Saturday Family time, health and wellness talks, and a whole schedule of great programming. Also, be sure to make use of the library’s great services like after hours book drop, express checkout, pedometer lending and computer workstations and free WI-FI.
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Thank you to Toronto 2015 IGNITE and Metroland media for their support of the Eats & Beats StreetFEST!