Guelph Museums

REMINDER!
Join us on Friday, October 23 for Fourth Friday: The Woebegones at Guelph Civic Museum from 7-9 p.m. This Fourth Friday show will knock your socks off. The Woebegones, aka Jen Rafter and Aaron Way, deliver heart, soul, and power with every performance. With an adoring and enthusiastic local following, we expect the room will be rocking – so arrive early for the best seats.

Admission by donation starts at 5 p.m. with the concert beginning at 7 p.m. Cash bar available.

Learn more on our website: https://guelphmuseums.ca/event/fourth-friday-the-woebegones/
The Woebegones
The City of Guelph
Gather In Guelph
Waterloo-Wellington Museums and Galleries
Downtown Guelph

Join us TONIGHT at 7 p.m. for Military Lecture: Love & War: From the front and home fronts at Guelph Civic Museum.

Susan Brown, joined by Blair Janzen, presents the real stories of her parents, which have been compiled into a book titled “Love and War” as an epistolary narrative. The narrative is based on 400 letters between Brown’s parents and grandparents, detailing their experiences as medical personnel in England, North Africa, and Italy during the Second World War. Their accounts are fascinating in terms of their roles and life in the military. These are real stories. A doctor and nurse from Guelph who reunite overseas and marry in England. Deployment to North Africa is her future; his is deployment to Italy. Their military roles bring them close to a variety of battlefronts in all three areas. It’s a loving memoir wrapped in adventure. The poignancy in war is revealed in several stories: the unknown graves in an Italian town, managing allied soldiers dietary and religious needs in a medical setting, paying POWs in food for services, and the gratitude of occupied populations for medical support.

Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the presentation starts at 7 p.m., followed by a question period. The lecture premieres in-person at the Civic Museum. The recorded conversation will be available on YouTube, and our Museum Everywhere Portal. Guelph Museums’ Military Lecture series is presented in partnership with the Laurier Centre for the Study of Canada.

Full details on our website: https://guelphmuseums.ca/event/military-lecture-love-war-from-the-front-and-the-home-fronts/
The City of Guelph
Gather In Guelph
Waterloo-Wellington Museums and Galleries
Guelph Historical Society
University of Guelph
University of Guelph Alumni
Laurier Centre for the Study of Canada
Wilfrid Laurier University

SAVE THE DATE!
Join us on Friday, October 23 for Fourth Friday: The Woebegones at Guelph Civic Museum from 7-9 p.m. This Fourth Friday show will knock your socks off. The Woebegones, aka Jen Rafter and Aaron Way, deliver heart, soul, and power with every performance. With an adoring and enthusiastic local following, we expect the room will be rocking – so arrive early for the best seats.

Admission by donation starts at 5 p.m. with the concert beginning at 7 p.m. Cash bar available.

Learn more on our website: https://guelphmuseums.ca/event/fourth-friday-the-woebegones/
The Woebegones
The City of Guelph
Gather In Guelph
Waterloo-Wellington Museums and Galleries
Downtown Guelph

REMINDER!
Join us on Thursday, October 15 at 7 p.m. for Military Lecture: Love & War: From the front and home fronts at Guelph Civic Museum.

Susan Brown, joined by Blair Janzen, presents the real stories of her parents, which have been compiled into a book titled “Love and War” as an epistolary narrative. The narrative is based on 400 letters between Brown’s parents and grandparents, detailing their experiences as medical personnel in England, North Africa, and Italy during the Second World War. Their accounts are fascinating in terms of their roles and life in the military. These are real stories. A doctor and nurse from Guelph who reunite overseas and marry in England. Deployment to North Africa is her future; his is deployment to Italy. Their military roles bring them close to a variety of battlefronts in all three areas. It’s a loving memoir wrapped in adventure. The poignancy in war is revealed in several stories: the unknown graves in an Italian town, managing allied soldiers dietary and religious needs in a medical setting, paying POWs in food for services, and the gratitude of occupied populations for medical support.

Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the presentation starts at 7 p.m., followed by a question period. The lecture premieres in-person at the Civic Museum. The recorded conversation will be available on YouTube, and our Museum Everywhere Portal. Guelph Museums’ Military Lecture series is presented in partnership with the Laurier Centre for the Study of Canada.

Full details on our website: https://guelphmuseums.ca/event/military-lecture-love-war-from-the-front-and-the-home-fronts/
The City of Guelph
Gather In Guelph
Waterloo-Wellington Museums and Galleries
Guelph Historical Society
University of Guelph
University of Guelph Alumni
Laurier Centre for the Study of Canada
Wilfrid Laurier University

REMINDER!
Join us on Saturday, October 24 and Sunday, October 25 at Guelph Civic Museum for We Remember: Beaded Poppy Workshop with Naomi Smith (Chippewas of Nawash) from 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

Create an embossed beaded poppy pin during this two-day workshop, while learning about traditional teachings, Indigenous raised beading techniques, and working with deer hide.

All are welcome (recommended 15 years old and up). Comfort with hand sewing is an asset. Participants should bring a basic sewing kit, including small flat nose pliers, small scissors, thimble, and magnifier.

Lunch: Participants are welcome to bring a bagged lunch, to pick up lunch in the area, or to select a lunch add-on at registration from a pre-set menu provided by Bardo, priced at $35.00 per person, per day.

The workshop fee is $257.00+HST ($192.00 registration + $65.00 for poppy-making kit materials). Indigenous participants will only be charged for the kit fee and lunch, if selected.

Preregistration via Eventbrite is required. Limited to 20 participants, including six spaces reserved for Indigenous participants.

Register here: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/2001089453423?aff=oddtdtcreator
The City of Guelph
Gather In Guelph
Guelph Arts Council
Guelph Indigenous Community Council
Waterloo-Wellington Museums and Galleries
Royal Canadian Legion - Branch 234 Guelph
Six Nations of the Grand River
Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation
Métis Nation of Ontario

LONG WEEKEND HOURS!
The long weekend is coming up fast. Guelph Civic Museum and McCrae House will maintain normal operating hours. On Saturday, October 10 and Sunday, October 11, Guelph Civic Museum will be open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and McCrae House will be open 1-5 p.m. On Monday, October 12 Guelph Civic Museum and McCrae House will be closed.

Include us in your weekend plans: https://guelphmuseums.ca/plan-your-visit/hours/
The City of Guelph
Gather In Guelph
Waterloo-Wellington Museums and Galleries

🎭 **What if a night of music could make you stop and think about peace?**

We’re bringing **War And Peace: Songs And Monologues** to Guelph Little Theatre.

This powerful one-person performance from Rhapsodius (Andrew Craig) weaves together music, spoken word and ideas about the human condition — featuring songs about war and peace from artists including Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Bob Dylan, John Lennon and Bob Marley.

It’s an evening designed to **educate, enlighten, uplift and inspire** — and to leave us considering whether a peaceful world really is possible… and how we might help create it.

📍 Guelph Little Theatre, 176 Morris St
🎟️ **Tickets are on sale now — get yours and join us.**

Happy Customer Service Week!

This week, we're celebrating the people who help deliver the essential programs and services you rely on every day.

Whether it's helping people at a service counter at City facilities, maintaining parks and roads, supporting recreation programs, responding to emergencies, or working behind the scenes, City staff make a difference in moments that matter.

Thank you to staff for the care, professionalism, and commitment to serving Guelph's growing and diverse community.