Kensington Market Historical Society

Marcus Garvey and the UNIA Hall in Toronto 1925-1982
2022-05-05 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Toronto) | An online event on Zoom

A Life in Kensington Market
2021-11-24 19:00 - 21:00 | Lillian H. Smith Branch of the Toronto Public Library, 239 College Street, Toronto, Ontario, M5T 1R5, Canada

From Radical Poets to Rabbinical Scholars - the Yiddish Voices of Kensington
2019-11-20 18:00 - 20:00

Toronto 1919
2019-05-16 18:00 - 20:00 | United Steelworkers’ Hall, 25 Cecil St., Toronto, Ontario, Canada

100 Years Ago: Kensington Market and the Great War
2018-11-06 18:00 - 20:00
Please mark November 6 on your calendars for our next KMHS event, “100 Years Ago: Kensington Market and the Great War”.
Details to follow!

A Walk in Support of St. Stephen-in-the-Fields
2018-10-20 13:00 - 14:30 | St. Stephen-in-the-Fields Anglican Church, 103 Bellevue Ave., Toronto, Ontario, Canada
KENSINGTON MARKET HISTORICAL SOCIETY
PRESENTS
A WALK IN SUPPORT OF ST.STEPHEN-IN-THE-FIELDS

We are delighted to offer our popular hour-and-a-half tour of historic Kensington Market – Layers of Kensington – with all proceeds going to the window restoration fund at St. Stephen’s. One of the oldest and most distinctive churches in the city, St. Stephen’s contains windows created by three Toronto firms: Robert McCausland Limited, Dominion Stained Glass, and N.T. Lyon Studio. The windows are now in a dangerously fragile state. A grant from the City will provide half the necessary funds but the gift depends on raising the second half. Kensington Market Historical Society recognizes the importance of St. Stephen’s as a visual gateway to the market, as one of its most architecturally significant buildings, and as a place that welcomes all members of our diverse community.
Please join us on October 20 at 1:00 pm. We will meet at the church and tour the premises with the Rev. Maggie Helwig before heading off into the Market with veteran tour guides Bruce Beaton and Cyrel Troster. Expect to learn some things you never knew about Kensington! We’ll end at Maison Close on Kensington Avenue for snacks, drinks and conversation.

WHERE: St. Stephen-in-the-Fields Anglican Church, 103 Bellevue Avenue
WHEN: Saturday, October 20, 1:00 pm
COST: $50.00 (includes snacks, a glass of wine or beer, and a tax receipt)
Sign up for the tour by sending an email to: lassamsylvia@bell.net

US vs. Them - 100 years of Social (Re)action in Kensington Market
2018-06-07 18:00 - 20:00 | Lillian H. Smith Branch of the Toronto Public Library, 239 College Street, Toronto, Ontario, M5T 1R5, Canada

From Delis to Dairy
2017-11-16 18:00 - 20:30 | Lillian H. Smith Branch of the Toronto Public Library, 239 College Street, Toronto, Ontario, M5T 1R5, Canada

Sites of the Early Jewish Left in Canada
2017-05-29 18:00 - 20:00

Before the Market
2016-11-02 18:00 - 21:00

Book Launch - The Jewish Hour
2016-09-18 14:30 - 16:30 | Lillian H. Smith Branch of the Toronto Public Library, 239 College Street, Toronto, Ontario, M5T 1R5, Canada

General Eclectic: Oral Histories from Kensington Market Exhibition Launch
2015-03-12 02:00 - 16:30 | Lillian H. Smith Branch of the Toronto Public Library, 239 College Street, Toronto, Ontario, M5T 1R5, Canada
General Eclectic: Oral Histories from Kensington Market is an online exhibition of excerpts from the KMHS’s Oral History Project. The exhibition aims to highlight the diversity and personal histories of the beloved downtown neighbourhood, as told by both current and former residents.
Curated by Marianne Williams and Rachel Leaton, Master of Museum Studies students from the Faculty of Information at the University of Toronto.
Presented by the Kensington Market Historical Society and Faculty of Information at The University of Toronto

Human Library event co-sponsored by the Toronto Public Library

A Basket of Apples
2014-06-02 18:00 - 20:00
