The Toronto Society
The Toronto Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. A new public education institution building intellectual infrastructure for Toronto for the next 100 years.
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Notes from the Toronto Society (No. 20) (opens the original)
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Friends,Thank you to everyone who joined us last Thursday for Luke Burgis on The Three City Problem. This Thursday, September 24, Reece Martin will give the third lecture of Season Four of The Viaduct, Are Great Places Accidental? at Muzzo Family Alumni Hall.After two evenings considering what forms our intentions, we turn to the places where those intentions take shape: our streets, our neighbourhoods, and our city. We hope to see you there.Buy Tickets<
Notes from the Toronto Society (No. 19) (opens the original)
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Friends,A couple of notes. First, the full set of photos from last Thursday are now live. If you joined us for the event you have a link to these in your email. Second, tomorrow — Thursday, September 17 — Luke Burgis will be joinging us for the second lecture of Season Four of The Viaduct at Innis Town Hall.If you purchased a season pass or a front row ticket, you’ll be able to pick up your copy of The One and the Ninety Nine in the lobby on the day. If you are joining us but weren’t able to get
Notes from the Toronto Society (No. 18) (opens the original)
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Friends,Last night Sherry Ning opened Season Four of The Viaduct with You Are What You Practice: Why Everybody is Religious.Thank you to everyone who joined us to consider practice, attention, and what it takes to fight back against a world that is trying to kill you.An update to the seasonUnfortunately, we’re going to have to wait a little longer for our evening with Ross Douthat. A conflict has come up, and he won’t be able to join us on September 24. We’ve found a new date: Thursday, November
The Viaduct starts this Thursday (opens the original)
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Friends,This Thursday, September 10, Sherry Ning opens Season Four of The Viaduct at Innis Town Hall with:You Are What You PracticeWhy Everybody is Religious<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="472" src="https://sub
Ross Douthat at the Viaduct: What Will Survive the 21st Century? (opens the original)
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Friends,Season and Patron Passes to The Viaduct close this Wednesday, September 2Today is our final major public invitation to join the full season.A Season Pass is $100, compared with $130 for three individual Standard tickets, and includes:Tickets to all three Season Four lecturesA copy of Luke Burgis’s new book, The One and the Ninety-NineRecognition in the playbill as a subscriber to the SocietyIf you are planning on joining us for the complete season, don’t wait.<a class="button prima
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