The Monthly Meeting of the Peterborough Astronomical Association's (PAA) will take place March 7th as a “Hybrid Meeting”, both online and in-person at our traditional physical location of the Rotary Education Centre/Guest Services Building, Riverview Park Zoo. To participate via Zoom, just make sure that in advance, you open a (free) Zoom account on whatever iphone or tablet or device you wish to participate with and then contact https://www.peterboroughastronomy.com/zoom_register.php for the password and link to our evenings classes and presentations. If you wish to participate in person you are more than welcome to do so at the Zoo. Our “Novice Astronomy Classes” are focused on the practical aspects of learning about astronomy. You will be introduced to astronomy related subjects at a very basic level, but in a logical sequence. In this month’s Novice Astronomy Class we continue our Solar System Series, with “The Basics for a Night of Visual Observing”. Shortly after 7:00 p.m. we will have a presentation by our Vice-President, Brian Colville on the Sun and our “Current Solar Cycle”. Brian spends a lot of time and energy studying and imaging our closest star. Prepare to be amazed at the information and images that Brian will present in his talk about what the Sun is doing and what it is showing us as it ramps up to the next Solar Maximum in its eleven year Solar Cycle.

Grimsby, ON— The Grimsby Museum is proud to host its newest “True Crime Talk Series,” featuring guest speakers Cameron Willis and Keith Leckie. Dive into the exciting world of history and true crime in these thrilling discussions. Each talk is $10 per person, space is limited and seats are first come first serve. Pre-registration is required; tickets are available for purchase through the links provided or on the Museums website. 

Cameron Willis Talk

Keith Leckie Talk

Information on upcoming talks:

Join us March 29th at 1pm at the Grimsby Museum for an engaging talk presented by former assistant curator at Canada’s Penitentiary Museum in Kingston, guest speaker Cameron Willis. Willis will explore the great changes that took place at Kingston Penitentiary and in the Canadian federal prison system in general during the twentieth century. This talk follows the life of Louis Gallow, who first came to Kingston Penitentiary in 1919 from Hamilton as a teenager and was paroled for the last time in 1978, to shed light on these changes. Gallow took part in many of the key events of the era and lived through the professionalization of staff, liberalization of discipline, the creation of a rehabilitative regime, habitual offender designations, and new low-security prisons. Explore how prisoners experienced penal change and thought of reform from the perspective of someone who spent much of the 20th century behind bars. Tickets are available for $10 per person; pre-registration is required.

Happening April 12th, at 1pm at the Grimsby Museum with guest speaker Keith Leckie, join us as Leckie explores the true story of the “Black” Donnellys. A tale where Jim Donnelly and Johannah Magee boarded an immigrant ship from Ireland to Canada to start a new life that would eventually become filled with feuds, vendettas, and murder. Learn about how the Donelly family had become one of the most powerful families of Biddulph County, loved by some and hated by others, in this engaging discussion presented by scriptwriter, novelist, and film director Keith Leckie. Tickets are available for $10 per person; pre-registration is required. 

These events are filling up fast and space is limited so make sure to get your ticket while you can. Please contact the Museum for any questions or additional information at: (905) 945-5292, email at: museum-public@grimsby.ca or drop in during business hours.

Grimsby Museum Information:

6 Murray Street, Grimsby, ON, L3M 4G5

Tuesday - Friday: 10am - 4pm

Saturday: 12pm - 4pm