Discover nature and history along Kingston’s waterfront trail
Walking along the waterfront trail in Kingston, you’ll find art sculptures, rich historic architecture, military towers and a rare Titanic-era vessel.
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Athletes of Kingston
Nolan Lalonde: back on the ice in Kingston
Eat + Drink
Local flavours come together at Café Union
Arts + Culture
Historical & haunted: Kingston’s spooky attractions
A sentinel of history and heritage: the Murney Tower Museum
They are timeless sentinels. Formidable giants, perched in a protective embrace of Kingston on the shores of Lake …
Discover (You)r History: Family Collage Activity at The Tett
Families are invited to bring family photographs, which will be photocopied by the instructor…
Where history comes to life
At the Military Communications and Electronics Museum, the adventurous can step into the pages of Canadian history to discover the role that military communications and electronics have played in conflict and peacekeeping for more than a century.
Black History Month Closing Social & Karaoke Night at Pedal Works
A vibrant evening of music, dancing, and singing…
Ras Burnett (NYC) + Nambi at the Broom Factory + Black History Month Panel at The Broom Factory
(h)EAR Concert and Workshop series + Bandwidth presents a night of music with two…
Making Sense of History: An Interactive Event at the Museum of Health Care
The Museum of Health Care is participating in Historic Places Days! This is a national advertising campaign designed to encourage people to discover new historic places. The….
The history behind Kingston’s historic inns
You may be familiar with some of Kingston’s historic inns, which combine vintage charm with modern comfort for visitors. But what do you know about the origins of these inns?
A short history of street names in Kingston
From Union to Division, Princess to Earl, learn about the naming origins of some of Kingston’s oldest streets.
History Is Rarely Black or White Speaker Series: Style as Armour
Julie Crooks and Nigel Lezama join Jason Cyrus to explore the use of style to both affirm one’s personhood and challenge oppression. Together they examine archival tintypes,….
History Is Rarely Black or White Speaker Series: Cotton Production, Black History, and the Canadian Experience
Charmaine Nelson and Shannon Prince join Jason Cyrus to investigate the ways in which cotton production in the United States forever changed the landscape of Canadian diversity. Together they….
History Is Rarely Black or White Speaker Series Black Bodies, White Gold
The global thirst for cotton was fueled by the atrocities of the Transatlantic Slave Trade. Anna Arabindan Kesson will join History Is Rarely Black or White curator Jason Cyrus and….
