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Artifacts: Readings Music and Chinese Immigrants

artifacts: Now collected in one book, The Ward Uncovered is an essential Toronto time capsule, according to NOW Magazine. Book launch with dramatic readings music, and artifacts on display. 7-9 pm. Discovered underneath were half a million artifacts from the area's days as The Ward, a poor but vibrant 'arrival city' home to Irish, African-American, Jewish and Chinese immigrants between 1840-1950. Free. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.