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Taking Bertha Crawford’s Story Back to Her Birthplace
A presentation on The Canadian Nightingale at the Elmvale Public Library, June 7, 2019, with thanks to librarian Jodie Delgado.
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1000 Islands Writers Festival 2019
Saturday, April 27, 2019, 2:00-3:00 p.m., Gananoque Inn. Participating in a panel discussion on Selling Yourself and Your Book, with Terry Fallis and Ted Barris.
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Bertha Crawford: A Canadian Cultural Chameleon in Eastern Europe
Thursday, November 8, 2018, 12:15 pm, Walter Hall, University of Toronto. Pre-concert lecture for the Music in the Afternoon series of Women’s Musical Club of Toronto. Preceding a concert by Thomas Oliemans, baritone, with Malcolm Martineau piano.
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Heritage Ignite!
Wednesday, September 26, 2018, 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM, Ottawa Public Library – Main Branch, 120 Metcalfe St. Ottawa’s history enthusiasts share their passion for our past! Local history experts will have 5 minutes each to tell you what ignites their curiosity about Ottawa’ history. Come and be enlightened (quickly!) I’ll be talking about the…
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The Canadian Nightingale Sings Again! Celebrating the life of a forgotten Canadian opera star
Sunday, January 21, 2018, 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., Church of St John the Evangelist, 154 Somerset Street West, Ottawa A concert to launch a new Canadian historical biography. Jane Cooper will read from The Canadian Nightingale: Bertha Crawford and the Dream of the Prima Donna. Ottawa musicians, Cara Gilbertson-Boese and Joanne Moorcroft, will bring together contemporary Canadian singers…
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Our Soldiers’ Stories, sponsored by the Ottawa Public Library
Thursday, November 9, 2017, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., Dominion Chalmers United Church, Woodside Hall, Ottawa Renowned historian Tim Cook, will read from the second volume of his series on Canadians in the Second World War, Fight to the Finish, and discuss his work and his most recent title, Vimy: The Battle and the Legend. Also enjoy…