Murney Tower is closed for 2020
CKWS coverage of the 2019 Awards presentations is here
The 2019 Reports of the Society’s activities are here. The Financial Statements for 2019 are here.
Heritage Dinner photo gallery is here.
We meet at the Central Library, 130 Johnson Street. Refreshments will be available from 6.30 and the meeting starts at 7.00. The meetings include a brief business report and a guest speaker followed by a question period. Talks are usually illustrated and cover many aspects of regional history. Guests and visitors are always welcome.
We regretfully announce the cancellation of the fall 2020 KHS lecture series. We reached this decision after a long and careful deliberation. While our lecture venue in the Central Library has reopened for public use, the conditions of that access, we decided, were too onerous to facilitate enjoyable and profitable lecturing. Those attending a lecture would be obliged to wear a COVID mask throughout the proceedings and would have to sit in a socially-spaced seating plan, which by our reckoning would sustain audience of only about 20 people. Other venues would demand the same restrictions. ZOOM lecturing seemed impersonal and not within the reach of all KHS members. Beyond these practical considerations, there is also the lurking possibility of a resurgence of the pandemic. All these realities, plus the wellbeing of our speakers, have led us to cancel – although postpone would be better word – our lecture offering this fall.
Do not despair, however. We have a wonderful inventory of potential speakers ready to address us on topics ranging from local artists, local architecture, local museums and broader matters such as Kinston’s connection with Governor-General Lord Tweedsmuir. We hope that as the COVID horizon clears we will be able to present you with an inviting lecture program for 2021. Stay tuned for news in November.
Duncan McDowall, KHS lecture program chair
With meetings cancelled, you might want to catch up on your reading about Kingston.We have produced a Reading List – click here to see it. With libraries closed, you may have to be creative in finding copies! Contact us here with suggestions for additions to the list.
November 4th at 7 p.m.: The Marine Museum of the Great Lakes presents Roger Litwiller giving a Zoom presentation on Kingston’s Fighting Corvettes. You must register at least 2 hours ahead of time for the link, at http://marmuseum.ca/index.php/education/nautical-nights Tickets are $5.
November 18th at 7 p.m.: The Marine Museum of the Great Lakes presents Sherry Pringle giving a Zoom presentation on Extraordinary Women. You must register at least 2 hours ahead of time for the link, at http://marmuseum.ca/index.php/education/nautical-nights Tickets are $5.