This Fall meet your match at the Museum!
This month, the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) launches the Fall season of its popular Connecting Singles series with a fascinating new line-up. These evening programs bring together single mid-career professionals who want to share their personal interests and make new friends. At each monthly event, participants will enjoy cocktails, hors d’oeuvres and an engaging speaker on topics ranging from global warming to how to unleash your inner comedian. If you’re bright, bold and single, what better place to mingle than at the ROM? Connecting Singles is one of the many exciting lectures, courses, and events offered through ROM programs. To learn more, visit www.rom.on.ca/programs.
CONNECTING SINGLES LINE-UP:
-Cool Ideas for Global Warming with Jay Ingram
Friday, September 26, 6:30 - 9:30pm
TV host and award-winning science writer Jay Ingram has explored remote corners of the Earth to find out what can be done to reverse global warming and create a sustainable future. Currently a co-host and producer of Discovery Channel’s Daily Planet, he will draw from his latest book, Daily Planet Book of Cool Ideas, released this month by Penguin Group Canada. Jay Ingram, along with ideas from his friends astronaut and physician Dr. Roberta Bondar, journalist and writer George Monbiot, and conservationist Bill Lishman, will explore the changes of our warming planet. There is a book-signing after the talk. This program is offered with the cooperation of Penguin Group (Canada).
-The Great Generation Debate with Jim Gray
Friday, October 24, 6:30 - 9:30pm
Communication skills coach Jim Gray, a leading North American media strategist, will speak about the communication challenges between the four generations who work side by side in the workforce. An inter-generational panel (a Traditionalist, a Boomer, a Gen Xer, and a Gen Yer) will discuss the difficulties of communicating across different age groups, and how they can be overcome.
-Power of Laughter with Brian Smith
Friday, November 28, 6:30 - 9:30 pm
Enjoy a fun-filled evening of sidesplitting laughter with speaker Brian Smith, an award-winning Second City alumni, filmmaker and improv teacher, who demonstrates how anybody can unleash their inner comedian. Six brave audience members will participate in improv games tailored to encourage and explore everybody’s innate sense of play and spontaneity. Participants are encouraged to keep those tips in mind for the mix ‘n’ mingle later that evening.
Cost per evening:
Advance tickets (Must book by noon on the day of the event):
Public $65 (online $60); ROM members $60 (online $55)
Door purchase: Public $70; ROM members $65
Museum admission is not included.
-Improve your Social Interactions with Emmanuel Lopez
Tuesdays, November 18 – December 2, 7 pm – 9 pm and Friday, November 28,
6:30-9:30 pm (4 sessions)
Do you want to face your fears and initiate meaningful conversations? This four-session course will help you identify and express your passions and goals to attract the relationships you want. Action-oriented motivator and life skills facilitator Emmanuel Lopez of Crackers World Communications introduces simple icebreaker situations and how to apply them to everyday situations.
Cost: Public $160 (online $155); ROM members $145 (online $140) (Note: November 28th Connecting Singles evening included in course fee). Museum admission is not included.