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Unwrapping the Secrets of Ancient Egypt: HorusSeptember 2, 2014One of the oldest, commonly worshipped, and most powerful gods was often depicted as having the body of a man and the head of a falcon.Unwrapping the Secrets of Ancient Egypt: AnubisAugust 27, 2014One of the oldest and most commonly worshipped gods throughout Ancient Egypt had the body of a man and the head of a jackal.Hieroglyphics and Scalable Programming for CampersAugust 25, 2014Camps are tough to program. This is one of the deep truths in life, like the Sun rising in the East and vanilla being the superior flavour of ice cream. These things are just known, drifting among us all in the collective unconsciousness. But why?
Friendly Entertainment & Promotion Company had its beginning in 1979, when engineer John Quarterly first arrived in Canada and started doing volunteer work for the Canadian Opera Company, as a clown at Toronto's Harbourfront, while adding magic and juggling to routines that developed into The Amazing Dickens, an original and successful magic, mindreading, and clown act, later followed by Friendly the Clown, who specializes in performing for children's parties, parties for grownups, and walkabouts for corporate and retail events.
AGO is Toronto-born Frank Gehry's first building in Canada and marks the very place where he made the initial connection between art and architecture. Hallmarks of his AGO design connect the city and the Gallery in provocative new ways including,dramatic sculptural staircases, the warmth of Douglas fir, and the extensive use of glass which infuses the galleries with natural light. As you will discover, it is an extraordinary new home for extraordinary new art.