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ROAAr Book Club Presents: Riddles and Riddling Ways

Wednesday, March 23, 2022 12:00to13:00
McLennan Library Building Rare Books and Special Collections, McLennan Library Building 4th floor, 3459 rue McTavish, Montreal, QC, H3A 0C9, CA
men standing next to a pink curtain reading Good Dinners.

Virtual event description:

Riddle me this: is the time ripe to bring food-themed riddles back into fashion? Find out in this panel discussion with the curators and researchers behind the Exhibition “Riddles and Riddling Ways”.

Bonding over food and games is a practice that has been around for centuries. Many 18th- and 19th-century communities gathered for dinners bountifully infused with play of all kinds to further their enjoyment of each other’s company. Among their favourite pastimes during meals was telling and solving riddles. Join Nathalie Cooke and guests for a discussion of riddles in their many forms – illustrated plates, edifying pictorial puzzles, “Conundrum Suppers” and many more.


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