{"id":18258,"date":"2017-09-06T16:13:27","date_gmt":"2017-09-06T20:13:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=18258"},"modified":"2017-09-06T16:13:27","modified_gmt":"2017-09-06T20:13:27","slug":"culture-days-2017-school-is-in-session-with-historical-society","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/culture-days-2017-school-is-in-session-with-historical-society\/","title":{"rendered":"Culture Days 2017: School is in session with Historical Society"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Erika Mazanik<br \/>\nAHS Curator <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Aurora Historical Society is once again branching out for Culture Days.<br \/>\nThis year, we will have not only one, but two locations to share Aurora\u2019s amazing history on Saturday, September 30.<br \/>\nFrom 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Hillary House (15372 Yonge Street) will be open for FREE house tours.<br \/>\nThis will be your last opportunity to visit the house during regular open hours and see our latest exhibit 150 Years Yonge.<br \/>\nAHS will take you through the history of Yonge Street and its role in the formation of Canada. Through the centuries, Yonge Street has had a large impact on early Canadian settlement, including the first settlers of Aurora.<br \/>\nWe encourage you to come visit this important exhibit before it is gone.<br \/>\nAfter that, head on over to the Aurora Cultural Centre at 22 Church Street from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., where class is in session with AHS Educator Leigha Cooney, who will be teaching free lessons on the lost art of calligraphy.<br \/>\nFirst, you will decode a letter from a local Aurora resident, then practice your skills using various methods (including a traditional slate with chalk!) and finally end off with writing your own letter using a dip or feather pen.<br \/>\nStaff will also have a display of the Hillary Archives, so you can see for yourself just how people wrote in the past.<br \/>\nSet in the location of Aurora\u2019s very first school, it\u2019s the perfect location to learn a new skill, or maybe improve an old one.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on AHS and our Culture Days activities contact Leigha Cooney at leigha.cooney@aurorahs.com or 905-727-8991.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Aurora Historical Society is once again branching out for Culture Days.<br \/>\nThis year, we will have not only one, but two locations to share Aurora\u2019s amazing history on Saturday, September 30.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,4,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18258","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archive","category-general_news","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18258","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18258"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18258\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18258"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}