Donald G. Saari, Distinguished Professor of Mathematics and Economics; Director of the Institute for Mathematical Behavioral Sciences, University of California, Irvine

Black holes, faster-than-light travel and time machines appear regularly in science and non-science fiction and sometimes even on the evening news. But what is really known about them?

Join the Toronto Public Library for a night under the stars at the Gerrard/Ashdale library. U of T Astronomy Professor Michael Reid will begin with a short talk about how to find your way around the winter sky and then, if it's clear, we'll go outdoors to look at the stars. We hope to be able to see Jupiter and its moons. This definitely calls for hot chocolate. Suitable for all ages. Gerrard/Ashdale Library1432 Gerrard Street EastToronto, ON  M4L 1Z6 416-393-7717

* * * Note: this event is a GO for tonight. We considered canceling this event because of the weather but conditions seem ok. Safe travels to all. * * * Join us for our monthly recreational astronomy night meeting. This is where our members get to show their latest projects, or give tutorials and tips on just about everything to do with Astronomy. • Chris Vaughan - The sky this month• Ron Macnaughton - How Kepler did it• Ed Treijs - The sky in 13,372 AD and other things to look forward to

Dr. Ray Jawawardhana The Jacob Bronowski Memorial Lecture

Brian P. Schmidt, Distinguished Professor, Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Australian National University 2014 Neil Graham Lecture in Science

Stephen Ro

Stephen Morris, J. Tuzo Wilson Professor of Geophysics, University of Toronto 2014 J. Tuzo Wilson Lecture

Have a thirst for a different kind of astronomy event? Then join the Dunlap Institute on Wednesday, November 12th, for Astronomy on Tap TO. It'll be a fun night of learning and talking about astronomy over your favourite pint or cocktail. You'll hear short talks presented by U of T astronomers on a variety of fascinating topics. You'll have a chance to win great prizes. And there'll be plenty of time for you to talk to astronomers. Wednesday, November 12th7pm (doors 6:30)

Speaker: Dr Rachel Friesen, David Dunlap Institute "With 66 radio dishes operating as a single telescope located 5 km above sea level on the Chajnantor plateau in northern Chile, the ALMA observatory was designed to probe fundamental questions about our universe, from the formation of galaxies to planets. I will talk about why we built ALMA, how it works, and describe some of my own work with ALMA studying the earliest stages of star formation."