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An evening with local author of 100 Years of Galt Arena Gardens: The Most Storied Arena in the World.
Cambridge author David Menary, shares his newest book, 100 Years of Galt Arena Gardens: a History of the Most Storied Arena in the World.
Menary's latest book delves into the 100-year history of Canada's longest continually operating area, Galt Arena Gardens. Menary covers the history of the arena as well as many of the players who spent time on the ice, such as Normie Himes and Gordie Howe.
After the event, Menary will have a table available to purchase books and have them signed by the author.
Doors open at 6:00 pm.
Registration is required to confirm attendance. Please register for every person attending. Limited entry without registration may be available at the door but is not guaranteed.
About the Author
David Menary is the author of 100 Years of Galt Arena Gardens: a History of the Most Storied Arena in the World. His first book, Terrier Town: Summer of ’49, won Honourable Mention at the ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year Awards in Chicago in 2004, losing out to Mark Twain's sequel to Huckleberry Finn. His second book, The River and the Railroad, chronicled the fictional adventures of two 13-year-old boys in the last year before the Great War. The setting of New Thunder was based on the Galt area.
A Cambridge native, he has a master’s degree in history from the University of Waterloo, as well as degrees from Western University and Wilfrid Laurier University. He is a longtime member of the Waterloo Historical Society. In addition to writing, he also enjoys painting. Some of his artwork has been selected for juried art shows at the Cambridge Centre for the Arts.
His newspaper career began when he was hired in 1989 as a sportswriter at the Cambridge Reporter by renowned sports editor Carl Fletcher. He was recognized with a Milt Dunnell Award by the Ontario Community Newspaper Association, a Bernice Adams Award, a KW Literary Arts Award, and the Don and Benita Rope Sports Contributor Award. He was inducted into the Cambridge Sports Hall of Fame in 2024.
His most recent works have mostly delved into local history and include the Galt Arena book, as well as BlackWhite: Home Town Memories, an evocative series of black and white photographs from his portfolio of local scenes. Other books include Galt’s Quest for the Stanley Cup, Cambridge Sports Hall of Fame book, Great Trees of Canada, Gordie Howe: A Year in Galt, Brothers of the Wind, Frederick Douglass in Galt, Lusitania: The Waterloo County Connection, and Don Shaver: A Life.
His feature article about Galt Arena Gardens appeared in the Hockey Hall of Fame Induction magazine during Galt Arena’s 100th anniversary year.
He is the founder of It Happened in Cambridge and co-founder of the Cambridge Sports Hall of Fame.
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COST: Free
| Mon, Jan 12 | 9:30AM to 8:30PM |
| Tue, Jan 13 | 9:30AM to 8:30PM |
| Wed, Jan 14 | 9:30AM to 8:30PM |
| Thu, Jan 15 | 9:30AM to 8:30PM |
| Fri, Jan 16 | 9:30AM to 5:30PM |
| Sat, Jan 17 | 9:30AM to 5:30PM |
| Sun, Jan 18 | 1:00PM to 5:00PM |
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