TOPHATs Photography, Nutcrackers and New Zealand!?!

Join Lawrence, you top hatted host for an evening of New Zealand craft and culinary, followed by LUMINOUS 2026: A Photography Exhibit and then A Legacy in Motion: The National Ballet of Canada at 75.

At 5:30pm, we will meet at the patio upstairs at Hemmingways for our social. I'm going to have Boston Clam Chowder with their Sandwich of the Day, and wash it down with a Triple Bogey Lager.

http://www.hemingways.to/
142 Cumberland St, Toronto, ON M5R 1A8

At 6:30 pmish, we will pay our tabs and walk over to the Heliconian Club, to see their LUMINOUS 2026: A Photography Exhibit.

Luminous Photographers: Linda Briskin, Brianna Caryll, Lucie Collins, Martha Davis, Kye Marshall, Denise Roberts, Jana Skarecky and Henrietta Walmark

Performers: Taivi, Brianna (Bri) Clarke, Kate Marshall Flaherty, Bianca Lakoseljac, Kye Marshall, Elizabeth Ruth, Jana Skarecky and JC Sulzenko

Guest Photographers: Simone Creed, Grace Dan, Vivian East, Florence Guttman, Nola McConnan and Tanya Murdoch

https://torontoheliconianclub.wildapricot.org/event-6747477
35 Hazelton Ave, Toronto, ON M5R 2E3

At 7:30 mish, we will walk to the TD Gallery at the Toronto Reference Library, to see A Legacy in Motion: The National Ballet of Canada at 75.

Highlights:
Stageworn costumes from Swan Lake, The Nutcracker and other popular ballets
Over 40 original costume designs by nine designers
Visual timeline of the history of The National Ballet of Canada
Vintage posters and programmes
Examples of benesh notation (the choreography equivalent of sheet music)
Archival photos, stage designs and more

https://tpl.ca/programs-and-classes/exhibits/trl-exhibits/
789 Yonge St Main Floor, Toronto, ON M4W 2G8