Singer-songwriter Thumper Boucher will perform a show live and for free in Heritage Key Virtual, at the Valley of the Kings.
A former major label artist for EMI/SBK and Arista records - real name Darrell Phillips - he's currently signed to Bieler Bros, and records with his RL band Dirtywormz. Thumper writes, records, produces and masters all of his own music. The bass is his main instrument, but he also plays a mean guitar and keyboard too, and has a unique vocal style.
Nine speakers from universities in Ontario and New York State will present their research on the ancient Aegean. The event is free if you have a museum membership - non-members will have to pay the usual museum admission fee.
The event will be held in the Eaton theatre, and is sponsored by the museum, the Hellenic Republic of Greece, Greek Communities of Canada and the Archaeology Centre at the University of Toronto.
Sophisticated virtual technology will be used to project images and colours onto one of ancient Rome's monuments, in this unique event.The Ara Pacis, the emperor Augustus's altar to peace, is being restored to what could have been its original colours for a series of evening openings from February to April.
Ara Pacis will be available to view between 20:00 to 23:00 (last entrance at 22:00) on:
Friday 26, Saturday 27 and Sunday 28 February 2010
Friday 26, Saturday 27 and Sunday 28 March 2010
Friday 23, Saturday 24 and Sunday 25 April 2010
An exhibition about one of Italy's best-loved musicians, Fabrizio de André, is on show in the exhibition space under the Ara Pacis. Tickets to an evening view of the Ara Pacis in colour, as well as entrance to the museum, costs EUR9 (reduced tickets are EUR7).
This Friday promises a feast for archaeology lovers in the Toronto area. The Archaeology Centre, at the University of Toronto, is holding Archaeology Research Day. It takes place from 10 am to 4 pm at Koffler House, 569 Spadina Ave., Room 108.
Fifteen presentations will be given on archaeology research happening all around the world. It’s a free event and there’s no registration. If you’re interested in research involving ancient times, you will not be disappointed. Much of the research that is going to be presented dates to that era. Here are some of the highlights:
2010 marks the 1600th anniversary of the end of Roman Britain in AD 410, one of the greatest turning points in British history. To celebrate (or commemorate) a large number of organisations and museums work together to offer you a year filled with Roman-Britain events.
The programme of 410-2010 events centres around a comprehensive range of conferences across England and Wales. In addition there will be re-enactment festivals and a series of other events and projects all designed to spread public understanding of 410 and push the debate on the period forward: What was life on the island like at this critical moment? Was it fire and sword, with barbarian raids, peasant risings, tribal warfare? How much survived, and how much changed? What did the conquerors leave behind? Did the new Britain forged in the period after the departure of Rome bear the hallmarks of Roman civilisation, or was it a revolutionary new order of Britons and Germans?
Submitted by Jon Himoff on Mon, 01/04/2010 - 16:13
Heritage Key is off to a busy start in 2010 and we are pleased to announce our exciting new web event and content series the Ancient World in London. Starting at the end of January 2010, the project is sponsored exclusively by Addison Lee, London's largest minicab service. During 3 months online we will inspire people to set out for adventures and make their own great historical discoveries either live in London or online.
Britain Loves Wikipedia is a scavenger hunt and free content photography contest that will be held in museums and cultural institutions across the UK, with the aim of increasing the number of pictures available to illustrate Wikipedia articles and inspire new articles. The event will kick off with a launch event at the Victoria and Albert Museum on Sunday 31 January 2010, followed by a series of events each weekend at locations around the UK. Museums looking for more visitors and exposure are still welcome to sign up.
The public are being invited to have their voices heard at an open session in Newcastle, England of a major congress of experts in the field of Roman history and archaeology, on the subject of the frontiers of the Roman Empire. Titled 'Presenting the Roman Frontiers – Communicating the Evidence', it'll take place at Newcastle University on August 21. Newcastle lies just south of the line of Hadrian’s Wall, the huge fortification built across northern England and southern Scotland by the Romans in the 2nd century AD at the northernmost extreme of their empire, to keep out marauding Picts.
Related to the exhibitions 'India Landscape' and 'Garden and Cosmos: The Royal Paintings of Jodhpur', a special evening screening of the film 'Four Women', by Adoor Gopalakrishnan. It features a quartet of stories about four women in traditional Kerala society.
The Wiltshire police has announced there will be a large police presence at Stonehenge for this year's Summer Solstice. Because the celebrations fall over the weekend and fine weather is predicted, bigger crowds than usual are expected and Wiltshire police have said they will clamp down heavily on antisocial behaviour. The police operation will involve an unmanned drone and horses. Also drugs sniffer dogs will be launched at Stonehenge tomorrow as huge crowds descend on the ancient site for the summer solstice.
Snow-weary Toronto residents are set to get some Aegean relief this Saturday. The 
This Friday promises a feast for archaeology lovers in the Toronto area. The 
