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To Regina, With Love

Thursday, February 21, 2019
RPL Film Theatre
7:00pm

Let's celebrate Valentine’s Day and listen to heartfelt true stories about loves found and lost. It’s a night of storytelling led by theatre artist Gabrielle Dufresne.

True love stories told live! To Regina, With Love is a unique and unforgettable way to celebrate Valentine’s Day -- listening to heartfelt and hilarious true stories about loves found and lost. It’s a night of storytelling led by theatre artist Gabrielle Dufresne. Do you want to share your story? We know this town is full of romantic stories and we want to hear yours. Bring pictures, letters, postcards and tell your story. The show is connected with all month long exhibition in the Prairie History Room. You will find there artifacts and letters, from the Civic Museum of Regina Collection and the Prairie History Room, that deal with stories of falling in love in Regina, falling in love with Regina, falling out of love in Regina, etc.

Submit your story: gab_48@hotmail.com 

Register today: http://attend.reginalibrary.ca/event/1159028

Spotlight

Busy Lizzie

The 1920’s German Fisher Tin Busy Lizzie Housemaid was manufactured by Georg Fisher who had started production of tinplate toys in Nuremberg, Germany in 1903. One of its most appealing products was Busy Lizzie Housemaid.
This toy, donated by Mel Hodder in 1983, is still in full working order: once wound up, she moves forward energetically pushing her mop, still complete with sponge.

Trivia

Tinplate was used in the manufacture of toys beginning in the mid-19^th century. Made from thin sheets of metal plated with tin, hence the name tinplate, the toys were originally assembled and painted by hand.