Photo Opportunity - Bloor/Gladstone Library Celebrates 100 Years of Service Today

Official Ceremony at 6:30 pm

TORONTO, Oct. 23, 2013 /CNW/ - Toronto Public Library's Bloor/Gladstone branch, a much-loved community cornerstone is celebrating 100 years of service today with an all-day birthday party, 100 years to the day the library originally opened. Media are invited for a photo opportunity at 6:30 pm at the official ceremony.

All-Day Birthday Party Details:
10:00 am	Soli & Rob sing-along concert for preschoolers
3:00 pm	Family entertainment with a performance by Centre of Gravity. Meet a local police officer on horseback and have your picture taken on a Toronto Fire Services fire truck.
4:00 pm	Strolling magician Shane Cobalt inside the library.
6:00 pm	Meet Toronto Public Library Board Chair Councillor Paul Ainslie, local Councillor Ana Bailão and Bloor/Gladstone Branch Head Gloria Jacobs
6:30 pm	Official ceremony
6:50 pm	Refreshments and entertainment the Mark Sepic Trio

Bloor/Gladstone joins three other Toronto Public Library branches providing a century of service to their communities: Yorkville (1907), Annette Street (1909) and Riverdale (1910) branches.

Toronto Public Library is one of the world's busiest urban public library systems. Every year, 19 million people visit our branches in neighbourhoods across the city and borrow 32 million items. To learn more about Toronto Public Library, visit our website at torontopubliclibrary.ca or call Answerline at 416-393-7131. To get the most current updates on what's happening at the library, follow us on Twitter @torontolibrary.

SOURCE: Toronto Public Library

Media Contact: 
Edward Karek, Communications Officer, 416-397-5925
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