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Verde Canyon Railroad is proud to be a sponsor of the Phoenix-based wildlife rescue, Liberty Wildlife. All are welcome to visit Verde Canyon Railroad depot for Raptors at the Rails, an educational presentation on the patio on select dates 11:00am-12:45pm. This free event prior to the train’s 1:00 pm departure features close-up glimpses of Arizona raptors such as eagles, hawks, owls, vultures, falcons and kestrels, amazing residents of Liberty Wildlife’s educational program. During the summer months, Liberty shares cold-blooded creatures such as tortoises, lizards and snakes during "Reptiles at the Rails".

Phoenix

United States

Arizona

300 N. Broadway

Verde Canyon Railroad

Raptors (or Reptiles) at the Rails

Free snowshoeing in the Westminster Ponds, weather permitting, every Saturday (11 AM -1 PM) and Sunday (1 PM - 3 PM). Snowshoes provided and self-guided trails. Please check their [social media](https://www.instagram.com/westminsterldn/) for more updates.

London

Canada

Ontario

944 Western Counties Rd

Westminster Ponds

Snowshoeing in the Westminster Ponds

Ukutula: Our Timeless Journeys centres on a display of sixteen extraordinarily diverse traditional West African masks. These masks, part of the Agnes’ Justin and Elisabeth Lang Collection, appear in chorus with the contemporary work of five Canadian artists from the African and Asian diasporas: Anthony Gebrehiwot, Jill Glatt, Jessica Karuhanga, Camille Turner, and Winsom Winsom.

Employing photography, new media and video, textile installation and more, the artists of Ukutula: Our Timeless Journeys reflect on diasporic roots by exploring themes of identity, transformation, the body, belonging, place and regional histories. The exhibition collectively invites us to explore the relationship between the past and present, and how our physical and spiritual journeys shape who we are.

421 Ridout Street North

Museum London - Ivey Galleries

Ukutula: Our Timeless Journeys

The shapes of feathers, wings, flowers and leaves combine in a constellation of ceramic and bronze to comprise Forever (Bird-Botanicals), a site-specific installation by Ecuadorian-Canadian sculptor David Constantino Salazar. The work combines recognizable bird anatomy with plant forms to probe the theme of transformation in contemporary culture.

Often representative of freedom, love, peace, and divinity, the symbol of the bird is ripe with meaning. In South American folklore, for example, birds and other animals are evocative of transformation, often shapeshifting between forms in fables. In Museum London’s Atrium, Salazar’s birds are in a state of transition, too, as if between life and death. Here, botanicals grow around misshapen appendages.

To create each element of the work, the artist meticulously hand crafts birds out of clay and throws them against his studio wall. Radically altering their appearance, this act transforms each sculpture into something new entirely. Each component evokes the natural evolution of all living things, as we journey between one state of being to another.

Museum London - Atrium

David Constantino Salazar: Forever (Bird-Botanicals)

As we move around London, signs are all around us, announcing the names of businesses and alerting us to services offered and goods available. In our everyday lives, signs can become part of the landscape, standing out when needed and fading into the background when not. 

As museum objects, however, signs are the physical traces of a past London that only some may remember well. Many recall with affection, for example, Johnny and Dorothy Downs’ banquet facility, the Latin Quarter Place. As we move further into the past, though, London becomes an unfamiliar place. Where was Balkwill’s Hotel, for instance, and who ran it? This exhibition featuring signs from Museum London’s extensive artifact collection recalls and revives this fascinating forest city of yesteryear. It will also introduce some equally compelling Londoners. The signs in _London Recalling_ are mounted high on one of Museum London’s barrel vault walls.  This not only makes the most of the Museum’s architecture but also displays the signs as they would have been seen when first used.

\-Tuesday to Sunday: 11 AM to 5 PM  
\-Thursdays until 8 PM

421 Ridout St. N.

Museum London - Community Gallery, second level

London Recalling: Traces of Places from the City's Past

Every Sunday features The Noah Peterson Trio at the Dodging Duck Brewhaus from 11am-2pm.   Sax, Keys, and Bass will keep your toes tapping while the band swings your entire party away with top notch jazz.

Events

Raptors (or Reptiles) at the Rails

Snowshoeing in the Westminster Ponds

Ukutula: Our Timeless Journeys

David Constantino Salazar: Forever (Bird-Botanicals)

London Recalling: Traces of Places from the City's Past

David Constantino Salazar: Forever (Bird-Botanicals)

David Constantino Salazar: Forever (Bird-Botanicals)

Sunday Jazz Brunch

Sunday Jazz Brunch

Postcard From Earth