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April 2009

1-4 Daily to
Apr 4
Menopositive the Musical, is cranking up the heat in
soldout theatres across Canada. The Players are remounting this musical in the beautiful Victoria Hall for two weekends this year. Patrons will enjoy the rollicking and rivetting explosion of music, revelations and gutsplitting humour about the change….
Northumberland Players
Victoria Hall
55 King St. W.
Cobourg, ON K9A 2M2
     
1-26 Thurs-Sun
to Apr 26
Jirian Marton
Colborne Art Gallery
41 King Street East
Colborne ON
     
2, 16
Thursday
(ongoing)
7:15 pm - Bi-Weekly Meetings
Northumberland Hooks and Needles Guild
Meets: First & Third Thursday of every month.
Topic: Knitter Knatter
Regency Manor Retirement Home
(Corner of Dorset and Princess Streets)
Port Hope ON
     
2, 9, 16, 23, 30
Thursdays (ongoing)
9:30 am - 11:30 am - Monthly Meetings
Northumberland Rug Hookers
Meets : Thursday of every month.
Market Building behind Victoria Hall, Second Street, Cobourg
     
4, 11, 18, 25
Saturdays
(ongoing)
8:30 to 11:30 am - Weekly Meetings
Northumberland Wood Carvers
From September to May
Alnwick Civic Centre, Roseneath
     
5 Sunday 3:00 pm - The Messiah
Northumberland Orchestra and Choir
Port Hope United Church,
34 South Street
     
7
Tuesday (ongoing)


7 pm - Monthly Meeting
Heritage Alnwick / Haldimand
Meets :   1st Tuesday of every month.
Grafton Town Hall, Grafton
     
8, 22
Wednesday (ongoing)
7 to 9 pm - Two-Weekly Meetings
Northumberland Rug Hookers
Regency Manor, Port Hope.
Meets : every second Wednesday of the month.
     
9
Thursday (ongoing)






Thursday (ongoing)
10 am - Monthly Meeting
Cobourg Library Book Club
Meets :   2nd Thursday of every month. Everyone welcome.
Cobourg Library, King Street West, Cobourg
lee.beech@sympatico.ca
Call Lee at : 905-372-9593

10 am to 3 pm - Bi-Monthly Meeting
Warkworth Spinners & Weavers
Meets: 2nd Thursday of the month, September-June
Heritage Centre, Church Street
Warkworth, Ontario
     
14 Tuesday (ongoing)



Tuesday (ongoing)
7:00 pm - Monthly Meeting (Guest Speaker)
Brighton Arts Council
Lions Hall on Hwy 2
Community Center

4:30 to 6:00 pm - Monthly Board Meeting
Cobourg Museum Foundation
Meets : 2nd Tuesday of every month.
Museum site : The Barracks, 128 Durham Street (& Orr Street), Cobourg
Open House - last Saturday in September
Heritage Days Display - February at Northumberland Mall
joan.chalovich@bellnet.ca
905-349-2033 or 905-377-0107
     
14, 28
Tuesday (ongoing)
9:30 am - 1:30 pm - Bi-Weekly Meetings
Northumberland Hills Stitchery Guild
Meets :   2nd and 4th Tuesday of every month.
July and August get-togethers at members' homes.
An on-going educational, artistic and friendly outing for those interested in needlework.
Lions Community Centre
157 Elgin Street East, Cobourg
For more information call Vivian at 905-372-1141 or Jennifer at 905-885-9206
     
15
Wednesday (ongoing)







Wednesday (ongoing)

7 to 9 pm - Meeting
Warkworth Writers' Group
Meets :   3rd Wednesday of every month.
A place where writers and aspiring writers can share their work and give and receive support.
Percy Heritage Centre, Warkworth
sheilawright35@hotmail.com
Call Sheila at : 705-924-1906

7:30 pm - Monthly Meeting, at the GRCA Building off
Hwy 28 north of Port Hope
Sponsored by the East Durham Historical Society
Meets :   3rd Wednesday of every month.
info@porthopehistorical.ca
Municipality of Port Hope Historical Society
905-797-2247 or 905-342-2657
     
17-30 Daily to
May 3
The Affections of May. The Players are following the successful Maggie's Getting Married with another offering from the Canadian king of dinner theatre comedies, Norm Foster. The Affections of May is about a woman who, after being deserted by her husband, suddenly finds herself the centre of attention in a small resort town.
Northumberland Players
Best Western Cobourg Inn
     
18 Saturday 1:00 pm - Madama Butterfly (Puccini). High Definition Broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera.
Northumberland Players
Cameco Capitol Arts Centre
20 Queen St., Port Hope
905-885-1071, 800-434-5092
boxoffice@capitoltheatre.com
     
19 Sunday








Sunday
3:00 pm - Three Tall Women by Edward Albee
Play Reading Starring: Corinne Conley, Jillian Cook and Godric Kim Directed by Robert Latimer
First Stages Theatre Company
Cameco Capitol Arts Centre
20 Queen St., Port Hope
905-885-1071, 800-434-5092
boxoffice@capitoltheatre.com

4:00 pm & 8:00 pm - TBA (5th film in spring series)
Northumberland Film Sundays
Northumberland Mall Cinemas
Elgin Street West, Cobourg
     
20 Monday (ongoing)







Monday (ongoing)
7:00 pm - Monthly Meeting.
Arts Council of Northumberland
Meets monthly. Location changes.
An events newsletter and vehicle for discussion and communication amongst all arts, heritage and cultural groups within the County of Northumberland.
All organizations welcome.
905-372-0333

7:30 pm - Monthly Meeting
Campbell-Seymour Heritage Society
Meets : 3rd Monday of every month, except July, August and December.
Heritage Society Office
113 Front Street North, Campbellford
csheritage@sympatico.ca
705-653-2634
     
23-30 Daily to
May 2
2:00 pm & 7:00 pm - Camelot
The fabled story of King Arthur and his legendary Round Table has enchanted generation after generation. His pure, perfect kingdom was shattered because of the tragic passion between his Queen Guenevere and the Round Table's bravest knight Lancelot. Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe shaped that saga into this award-winning musical with its glistening score.
Victorian Operetta Society
Victoria Hall
55 King St. W.
Cobourg, ON K9A 2M2
     
25 Saturday




8:00 pm - Evergreen Club Contemporary Gamelan
Evergreen Club is Canada’s first performing gamelan and is the only ensemble of its kind in Canada dedicated to the commissioning and performance of contemporary music. Audiences have been transfixed by their ravishing sounds. Evergreen Club is an eightmember ensemble that performs on bronze and wooden instruments collectively known as a gamelan, the traditional instrumental ensemble of the Indonesian archipelago. The group will perform both contemporary works and the traditional Sundanese music of West Java.

     
27
Monday
7:00 pm - Workshop: Spinning Camelid
Meets every 4th Monday.
Great Pine Ridge Spinners and Weavers
     
28
Tuesday (ongoing)











Tuesday (ongoing)
7:30 pm - Monthly Meeting No meeting in December
Lakeshore Quilters' Guild
In our meeting on April 28th, we will be hosting a trunk show "Japan through the eye of a Quilter" featuring Helen Fujiki. We would like to welcome guests, the cost for admission will be $5.00. The guild meets at the Ruth Clarke Centre, 81 Mill Street, South in Port Hope. Starting time is 7 pm. For further information contact Lynda at
905-885-5214.
Meets :   4th Tuesday of every month.
St. John's Anglican Church
35 Pine Street North, Port Hope

7:30 pm - Monthly Discussion Group
No meeting in December

Cobourg & District Historical Society
Meets :   4th Tuesday of every month. Open to the public.
Citizens Forum, Victoria Hall
55 King Street West, Cobourg

 

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