Life Lessons (61)
A look at the lessons parents, teachers, children and adults can draw from a number of different productions.
Autumn Holidays: American Thanksgiving—Thursday, November 24th, 2011
As the days grow shorter and the air cools, we can look forward to the coming holiday season. The people of Avonlea and New Bedford celebrate autumn with fall fairs, festivals, and parties, and Thanksgiving celebrations are part of autumn’s holiday fun. Thanksgiving is held in early October in Canada, but in the USA Thanksgiving falls every year on the fourth Thursday of the month of November.
Road to Avonlea features some spectacular winter scenes that remind us of the beauty and joy!
The stories from Avonlea are smart, funny, and heartwarming. But sometimes, the townspeople’s conversations are peppered with terms that seem foreign and strange to the 21st century audience.
November 11th marks Remembrance Day in Canada, also known around the world as Poppy Day and Armistice Day, and Veteran’s Day in the USA.
The Royal Agricultural Winter Fair—November 4th to 13th, Exhibition Place, Toronto
If you’re in the city of Toronto and looking to experience a little bit of country charm, the 88th Royal Agricultural Winter Fair is taking place now at Exhibition Place.
Spandex hadn't been invented yet, let alone LuluLemon. So what did women wear to tennis practice back in the day?
As with many activities around the turn of the 20th century, dancing had very particular rules of etiquette and form. Learn more, straight from the research archives used in the development of Road to Avonlea!
You Want Me to Put What Under My Pillow!?: Early Hallowe’en Superstitions
Early North American settlers had a number of interesting Hallowe'en-related superstitions and traditions, many of them involving predicting or altering the future.
Sarah Polley News - Take This Waltz and Centre of Excellence Campaign
Sarah Polley fans may be interested to hear about updates on two of her recent projects: Take This Waltz and the Centre of Excellence Campaign.
Following the Canadian Thanksgiving this past weekend, we thought we'd share some Thanksgiving anecdotes from Road to Avonlea and Wind at My Back.
