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Pub night brings he’s got guts! old and new Silverthorn friends together lISA QUEEN lqueen@insidetoronto.com
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he older we get, the better we were.” That light-hearted motto is the theme for a pub night that will bring together neighbours and former residents of York’s Silverthorn community ranging in age from teens to more than 90 years old. The second annual pub night on Saturday, Nov. 3 is expected to draw as many as 150 people, according to organizer Laurie Roberts. He is the founder of Silverthorn Memories, a group dedicated to preserving the area’s history and sense of community. The idea for the group was born at last year’s official closing of Silverthorn Public School, which Roberts described as the heart of the neighbourhood. “A large part of our local history was going,” he said in an email, adding he hadn’t fully appreciated the significance of the Silverthorn community’s past until the school closed. Already some history had been lost during a fire at the school in 1957 that destroyed documents and photographs, Determined to keep memories of the school and the community’s past alive, he began talking to others who shared his view. “Meeting some of my old friends, I realized that others were also interested and (we) set out to bring people, photos, stories, etc., together,” he said. Today, Silverthorn Memories >>>SILVERTHORN, page 5
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halloween hijinks: Claudia De Simone, left, encourages her son Oliver De Simone Santos to dive into a scary vat of ‘guts’ (spaghetti) to find the ‘eyeballs’ hidden inside during the Oakwood Village Community Association Halloween Street Party Saturday on Glenora Avenue.
York playwright celebrates work’s milestone FANNIE SUNSHINE fsunshine@insidetoronto.com Robert Morgan had no idea the “little play” he helped create a quarter century ago and showcased in a
small theatre downtown would go on to be translated into several languages, performed for worldwide audiences and, perhaps most surprisingly, would still have life 25 years later.
The Anger in Ernest and Ernestine will celebrate its 25th anniversary with performances Nov. 6 to 24 at Unit 102 Theatre, 376 Dufferin St. Morgan, who co-wrote the production with Martha Ross and Leah
Cherniak, takes on the role of directing the comedic tragedy. “There are no changes to the text,” said the York resident. “The text is the tip of the iceberg. I’m interested >>>comedy, page 6
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