The newsletter of the Arts Council Of Northumberland
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The Arts Council Of Northumberland is a non-profit volunteer
organization dedicated to enhancing the quality of life within our community
by developing widespread appreciation of, support for and involvement in the
arts and culture. This
newsletter covers theatre, music, lectures, films, workshops and exhibitions. A
separate, edition is devoted to the visual arts and galleries. Past issues of
the newsletters are available HERE.
A
long-range calendar of events is available HERE. Arts and
cultural organizations wishing to place events on the long-range calendar
please notify Oliver Steins at soliver@cogeco.net
ACN Member
Artists Of The Week Opening on Saturday at Kreps Hawkins is presenting a mix
of new and old work, with some pieces that have been reworked. She likes to use cast-off materials and
bring them together in non-traditional ways. "I like to tell a story about our
affinities with materials and how they affect us and our environment . . .
how they serve us, building us up and destroying us at the same time . . .
Things are not what they appear on the surface." Derry
will be showing 10 pieces, three of them recently completed. They are
figurative-based. Once she starts
working with materials, she says "they speak to me." She considers
inner issues as she works. She uses "fabric as an expressive medium." Across the street Ganaraska
Art and Framing, an ACN member gallery, is opening the showing of paintings
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From The Arts
Council Northumberland Conference of the Arts - May 8th
-9th, at Northumberland Heights, organized by
Community Futures Development Corp. in co-operation with the ACN. “The Business of Art” will provide artists, both
visual and performing, practical business and promotional tools to help build
a thriving business., the seminars will provide a
whole approach broken down into key areas of focus in a relaxed, comfortable
setting. The Conference Brochure in PDF format can be downloaded here:. http://www.northumberlandarts.ca/welcome.htm Exposure! Exposure! Exposure! Want Lots of Visitors on your Webpage? 1,200 to 1,400 different people visit the ACN
website each month. The Workshops page was viewed 171 times
in January of this year, and was viewed 310 times last March. Perhaps this
indicates a seasonal peak of interest in attending arts and craft courses. Individual members’ web pages average 50-60
viewings per month. For members without websites, this means that 50-60
people are able to view your work each month. For members with websites, your
page not only provides a view of your work, but also presents an opportunity
for 50-60 people to “click through” to your website to view more
of your work. Members who have had web pages since we first
offered them in January 2007 have had between 1,000 and 1,700 viewings by
people visiting the ACN website. Confused about anything you just read? Our webmaster Duane Schermerhorn will answer your questions. Drop
him a line at draydesign@draydesign.com.
For more info on membership, click HERE
Arts Headlines Its Main Sponsor Lost, Canadian Film Fest Is Cancelled - The
Globe and Mail ( Overheard
in the Gallery – neurartic blog Poetry'z Own Weekend Festival planned for April 17-19 Performances
of “Hair” rise above disappointing production Cobourg
Film festival celebrates outstanding women What’s On – This Weekend And The Coming
Week Friday Mysteries and More – Nathan Rogers. Friday. E.N.S.S. Brighton, The Drama
Department Presents Les Belles Soeurs (in English) Friday and
Saturday. Tickets at the Door $6.00 or call 613-475 0540 to
reserve. Mature subject matter. The Northumberland Players Present “Hair”,
Friday, Saturday Recent Works by Judith Kreps Hawkins,
Veronica Derry and Alice Vander Vennen. Opening Saturday, Paintings by Carmel Bouzanne
–until March 31st with an opening reception Saturday from 1:00 –
4:00 pm at Ganaraska Art & Framing 105 Walton Street, Port Hope. Her work relates to a moment of time in the
transformation of nature’s abundance, often in its process of
deterioration. “My new abstract pieces are imbued with the desire of
sun’s warmth combined with paint's journey of the mind as we reach
towards the end of another long, cold season.” Cobourg Sacred Circle Dance, Sunday, March 8, Horizons of Friendship shows Offside (youth friendly), Volver (rated R)
and Muriel’s Wedding (rated
R).Saturday, starting at 1:00 pm at Trinity United Church, Cobourg,
this event is all inclusive, family-friendly (free baby-sitting available)
and wheel chair accessible. This is a free event, just a way for a group of
organizations in the community to mark International Women’s Day with a
selection of International Films about the lives of women. Please share with
anyone you know who might like to attend. You can drop in an out, come for
one film, two or all three and it is not just an event for women – everyone is welcome. at
905.372.4318x309 or Jane (Northumberland Services for Women) 905.372.7056X231 The Northumberland Film Sundays, Sunday, Monday Musicals Matinees – Port Hope Public Library Spring Author Series
with a reading by Helen Humphreys on Tuesday, at 4:00 pm.
Helen Humphreys is the award-winning author of Leaving Earth, The Lost
Garden, and The Frozen Thames. Her newest book Tuesday Classic Movie Matinees – Films At The Capitol, Tuesday 8:00 pm
Last Chance Harvey Golden Globe Award
Nominee - Best Actor & Actress- Dustin Hoffman & Emma Thompson. In An evening with Dr. James Orbinski
and his documentary movie, 'Triage', Thursday March 12th, Movies at the Capitol, Thursday What’s
Coming At The Opera Broadcasts “Live From The Met” at the Capitol La Sonnambula (New
Production) – Bellini, Saturday, March 21,
1:00 pm at the Capitol. (Sung in Italian) Mary Zimmerman,
who directed Natalie Dessay in last season’s
hit production of Lucia di Lammermoor,
underlines La Sonnambula’s dual elements of
sleep and wakefulness in an intriguing staging set in the present.
Bellini’s hauntingly lyrical score soars as performed by Dessay and Juan Diego Flórez,
back from their sensational run together in La Fille
du Régiment. Conductor: Evelino Pidò; Production: Mary Zimmerman; Natalie Dessay, Juan Diego Flórez,
Michele Pertusi
Madama Butterfly – Puccini, Saturday, April 18th, 1:00 pm at the Capitol. Running time 3 hours 21 minutes
/two intermissions, Cristina Gallardo-Domâs returns
to the title role of Anthony Minghella’s
stunning production, a new classic of the Met repertory, opposite Marcello Giordani. Conductor: Patrick Summers; Production: Anthony
Minghella; Cristina Gallardo-Domâs,
Marcello Giordani What’s
Coming – At The Lectures, Readings and Book Launches Poetry and Conversation and Wine and
Music - Mar 19th at
66 King Street East, Cobourg. Bridget Campion
and a mystery reader, guest poet - Steve McOrmond,
M.C. - Roy Kempton Susan Statham talks about her
work her portraiture interest and technique at the library on Tuesday, March 24th, Our Hills and Heritage: Five views of Northumberland
County Five Thursday lectures April 2 - May 7, 2009 at 7:15 pm Columbus
Community Centre 232 Spencer Street, Cobourg.
Northumberland County is our home, but how many of us know how it has
developed since the first years of settlement? How many of us can read the
clues in the landscape, or understand Northumberland's place in Canadian
literature and art? This series has been designed to offer fresh insights and
open our eyes to the county about us. ... read more Food,
Farms and the Future...Where Do We Grow From Here? Victoria Hall Volunteers, Wednesday, April 8, Victoria Hall,
Cobourg, The POW Festival is a weekend
– April 16th – 19th
- of poetry in Cobourg The Festival
will have 13 presentations over a four-day period including – eight
poetry readings, a poetry recitation by a professional actor, a panel
discussion, a special lecture by one of the poets and two ‘open Mic’ sessions. More details tba. What’s Coming? - At The Theatre And Dance The Northumberland Players - The Last Resort by
Norm Foster at the Concert Hall at Victoria Hall, Cobourg. An
off-the-wall spoof about a New York restaurateur on the run from the mob. He
finds himself at a run down hotel in Saskatchewan where everyone who checks
in could be the Hit-man who is out to get him. March 27,
28, 29, April 2, 3, 4 at 8:00 p.m.
$25.00, 905 372-2210. Over the River and Through the Woods April 17th
– May 2nd at the Brighton Barn Theatre.
The play is by Joe diPietro, the author of the
hilarious "I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change". This play is a
comedy about family relationships, specifically, intergenerational ones. What’s
Coming? - At The Concerts |
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This newsletter is edited by
Walter Luedtke. Please send any notices or
comments to wluedtke@cogeco.ca. |
