Lunchtime Series

The Atwater Library Lunchtime Series features once-a-week presentations by leading writers, musicians, intellectuals, scientists, and many more people sharing their knowledge and experience with the Atwater Library community. Lunchtime Series events usually take place on Thursdays (but sometimes are on other days), from 12:30 to 1:30 pm. Admission is free though we do appreciate donations! Everyone is welcome and we serve coffee and biscuits.

Upcoming Events

Thursday, January 16, 2025 from 12:30 to 1:30 pm
BY ZOOM ONLY: CANADIAN HISTORY – Award-winning author Stephen R. Bown talks about his books The Company: The Rise and Fall of the Hudson’s Bay Empire and Dominion: The Railway and the Rise of Canada.
To REGISTER and get the Zoom link, click here.

Thursday, January 23, 2025 from 12:30 to 1:30 pm
BY ZOOM ONLY: ESTATE PLANNING – Catherine Rahal, Certified Professional Consultant on Aging, gives practical advice for organizing information and documents for those responsible for your affairs following incapacity or death. She will discuss her book If You Love Them Leave Them Lists.
To REGISTER and get the Zoom link, click here.

Thursday, February 6, 2025 from 12:30 to 1:30 pm
IN PERSON AND BY ZOOM: DIGITAL LITERACY AS WE AGE –Kim Sawchuk, Professor, Communication Studies, Concordia University, gives a presentation on the importance of digital literacy for independent living in later life. Dr. Sawchuk is the Director of the ACT research project on ageing, communication and technologies.
To REGISTER and get the Zoom link, click here.
For in-person attendance, there is no registration process. It’s first come, first seated. Atwater Library Adair Auditorium.

FRIDAY, February 28, 2025 from 12:30 to 1:30 pm
IN PERSON ONLY: To celebrate BLACK HISTORY MONTH, the Imani Gospel Singers, directed by Marcia Bailey, perform a program of spiritual music and discuss the evolution of Black gospel music.
There is no registration process. It’s first come, first seated. Atwater Library Adair Auditorium.

Past 2024 Events

WEDNESDAY, January 8, 2025 from 12:30 to 1:30 pm
Heritage, Densification, Westmount and Cabot Square – Dinu Bumbaru, Héritage Montréal Policy Director, discusses issues at play in the proposed redevelopment of the area around the Atwater Library in the context of the Westmount Southeast PPU.

 

 

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