We may squirm and chuckle as we explore these eye-popping, head-shaking, bad advertisements from the past — but it is an important barometer to gauge what social values were important at the time. Whether these advertisements stemmed from the minds of ‘madmen’, or were cooked up in the stuffy offices of ad agencies, the world […]
Good conversation, relaxed atmosphere, delicious snacks, and art-making! In partnership with Royal Rose Art Gallery & Gifts, sign up for an evening of casual watercolour painting with guided instruction. Happening on Friday, June 6th at 7PM at Hillary House National Historic Site. Previous experience not at all required, but a masterpiece will be produced nonetheless! […]
At the end of WW1, wounded soldiers were returning to Canada in huge numbers, and the country was scrambling to find spaces to treat them all. In 1919, near Christie and Dupont streets in Toronto, a military hospital opened in a renovated cash register factory. Kristen's book, The Roosting Box: Rebuilding the Body After the […]
