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From The Arts
Council
Calling all arts groups
INNRESPONSE is an Ontario not-for-profit corporation (#647441) with
charitable status through Charities Canada (#888661261RR0001) facilitating
instructional and experiential programs focusing on the under-represented
groups of visual and performing artists in rural communities. We are
particularly motivated to encourage youth so that they will be the continuing
generation of inspired and motivated community participants. In the spirit of
giving back to a community through creative endeavour,
we support activities that integrate professionals with amateurs, families,
all age groups and skill levels. INNRESPONSE is a cultural organization of
volunteers with a wide experience in the Arts, Education, Business and Capacity Building who wish to share this through
partnerships with innovative groups and individuals.
If you have an arts
project that might benefit from partnership with a charitable organization
and would like more information, contact INNRESPONSE President, Linda Greenwood at lingreen@xplornet.com.
Northumberland Conference of the Arts - May 8th
-9th, at Northumberland Heights, organized by
Community Futures Development Corp. in co-operation with the ACN. 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.
For more info on membership, click HERE
Arts Headlines
Collecting
And Taste – neurartic blog - Modern
and postmodern art is often a subject of ridicule. How can the amateur make
inroads into the somewhat opaque traditions of twentieth-century art?
No
Increase In Federal Funding For CBC, Minister Says
"The beleaguered CBC will not be getting any help from Ottawa
to cope with its economic woes. Heritage Minister James Moore says the public
broadcaster already receives substantial public funding each year and should
not expect more."
With
$2.6M Deficit, Stratford Fest Asks For Govt. Help
"Facing dwindling ticket sales from U.S.
theatre goers and its first deficit since the early 1990s, the Stratford
Shakespeare Festival is appealing to government for financial support to help
it through the recession. The Stratford,
Ont., festival revealed in a press release sent out on Saturday that it had
suffered a $2.6-million deficit in 2008 despite a program featuring
Christopher Plummer in a critically acclaimed production of George Bernard
Shaw's Caesar and Cleopatra."
Poetry'z Own Weekend Festival planned for April 17-19
What’s On – This Weekend And The Coming
Week
Friday Mysteries and More – 2:00 pm Cobourg Public Library – Charade 1963. Director
Stanley Donen. Stars Cary
Grant and Audrey Hepburn. A black romantic comedy and macabre farce as a Parisienne woman dodges four sinister men
For the March Break Programme
at the Cobourg Public Library, Click HERE
The Irish Descendants – Friday, 8:00 pm at the Capitol. The band's award winning recordings range
from lilting ballads to toe-tapping reels, and their high-energy, humorous
live performances have made them a popular attraction at home and abroad. To
date, the band has sold half a million albums.
A.K. Collings Gallery, Port Hope,
presents "Untended Spaces": an exhibition of photographs by Ted Amsden. The artist will be present for the reception
from 2:00 to 4:00 on Saturday. Amsden's images of
abandoned industrial spaces have been described as "beautiful",
"poignant" and "redemptive". Certainly, the timeliness of
this body of work is undeniable. MORE
An Illustrative Life - Jirina
Marton,
opening reception Saturday, 2:00 to 4:00 pm. at the Colborne Art
Gallery New works by the other gallery artists will be
featured in the 2nd and 3rd galleries. Marton was
born in Prague, where she studied
art before having to escape communist Czechoslovakia,
ending up in Paris France. It was there that a friend inspired her to
start making illustrations for children's books. Marton has
illustrated picture books internationally, and her paintings are exhibited in
Italy, Japan,
France, Spain
and Canada
from March 14 until April 26.
DISCOVER ACRYLICS March 14th, 5 HR.
Workshop The Painted Tree, Cobourg
An exploratory, introductory workshop offering a broad overview of acrylic
paints, mediums, gels and pastes, grounds and painting techniques.
905.372.1313. The fee is 60.00+GST for the day long workshop. 10:00 - 4:30 pm. This work shop is fully subscribed, but the April 18thworkshop
has two places open. Also, USING ACRYLICS LIKE OIL - April 4th has
four places open.
Amateur or professional artists and photographers
from Northumberland County
will once again display their work during Spirit of the Hill's ninth annual Juried Art and Photography Show on Saturday,
March 14th and Sunday, March 15th. The show and sale will be held
within the Percy Heritage Centre, 35
Church Street, Warkworth.
This year's adjudication will be conducted by Ricardo Gomez. A working
sculptor who taught for thirty years at the Alberta College of Art, Calgary
as well as Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario. More info: http://www.spiritofthehills.org/spirit-events.html
Sweet Water Country Music – Sunday, 2:00 pm Victoria
Hall, Cobourg. Join Al Briso, Tom Hall,
Joe Howe, Carl Kees, Steve O'Connor, Steve Piticco, Don Reed and Dusty King Jr. for an afternoon
sure to please all the country music fans.
Special Event - Stars of Tomorrow - Saturday,
3:00 p.m. - St. Peter's Church, Port Hope - Iain Scott, one of Canada’s leading experts on
opera, is a lecturer, opera tour guide, and a familiar voice on CBC opera
broadcasts.
In spring 2009 Iain will make his fifth appearance
as concert host, bringing with him his unique and entertaining perspective on
opera. He will also bring three young singers who Iain considers will be
Stars of Tomorrow. They are final year students at the Faculty of Music,
University of Toronto Opera School. Read more...
March Break Workshops for ages 7-12, 10:00 am – noon at the Upstairs Gallery Port Hope. March 17: Jewelry Making; March 18 - Garden
Stepping Stones & Garden Creatures; March 19 Bird Houses/Bird Feeders; March
20 Garden Chimes.
Monday Musicals Matinees –1:30 pm - at the Cobourg Public Library. No film today.
How to Take Great Digital
Pictures Tuesday, 10:30 am. Port Hope Public
Library. Northumberland Photography Club presents a free two-part
program that will teach kids ages 8 to 13 years how to take great digital
photographs. Participants may use a digital camera or a cell phone
camera. Part 1 - Tuesday, March 17th, 10:30 am; Part 2 - Thursday, March 19th, 10:30 am. For a full schedule of March Break events,
Click HERE
Tuesday Classic Movie Matinees – 2:00 pm
at the Port Hope Public Library, no musicals till April 20th.
Films At The Capitol, Tuesday 8:00 Frost/Nixon. For three years after being forced from
office, Nixon remained silent. But in summer 1977, the steely, cunning former
commander-in-chief agreed to sit for one all-inclusive interview to confront
the questions of his time in office and the Watergate scandal that ended his
presidency.
The Ancient Music Trio, Wednesday,
March 18th - Fred Cory & Julian
Nelson, recorders; Deborah Henderson, violin, serve up their own special
blend of savoury melodies and sweet-voiced
harmonies from 13th to 18th century Europe at Trinity
United Church, Cobourg from 12 noon to 12:30.
Brown bag lunch to follow.
The Legend of Verschoyle
Benson Blake, Ganaraska Conservation Pioneer - East Durham Historical Society
Wednesday, 7:30 pm, Ganaraska Region
Conservation Authority, 2216 County Road 28, Port Hope,
across from Comfort Inn. Speakers: Marian Martin and Larry Hall. Free
admission. Info: Ron Getz at 905-797-2247
Poetry and Conversation and Wine
and Music – Thursday, 7:00 pm at 66 King
Street East, Cobourg.
Bridget Campion and a mystery reader, guest poet -
Steve McOrmond; M.C. - Roy Kempton
Films at the Capitol, Thursday 8:00 pm – Welcome To The Sticks. Although living a
comfortable life in Salon-de-Provence, a charming
town in the South of France, Julie has been feeling depressed for a while. To
please her, Philippe Abrams, a post office administrator, her husband, tries
to obtain a transfer to a seaside town, on the French Riviera, at any cost.
The trouble is that he is caught red-handed while trying to scam an
inspector. Philippe is immediately banished to the distant unheard of town of
Bergues,
in the Far North of France. Leaving his child and wife behind, the crucified
man leaves for his frightening destination, a dreadfully cold place inhabited
by hard-drinking, unemployed rednecks, speaking an incomprehensible dialect
called Ch'ti. Philippe soon realizes that all these
ideas were nothing but prejudices and that Bergues
is not synonymous with hell.
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
Madama Butterfly – Puccini, Saturday, April 18th, 1:00 pm at the Capitol. Running time 3 hours 21 minutes
/two intermissions, Cristina Gallardo-Domās 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-Domās,
Marcello Giordani
What’s
Coming – At The Lectures, Readings and Book Launches
Susan Statham talks about her
work her portraiture interest and technique at the library on Tuesday, March 24th, 6:00 pm at the Campbellford Public Library. Statham is both an
avid student and teacher. She is a
graduate of the Ottawa School of Art, Algonquin
College, The National Portrait
Academy and the University of Waterloo.
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, 7:30 pm. Thomas F.
Pawlick, an award winning investigative
science journalist, journalism professor, and organic farmer will discuss his
book The End of Food. Fifth
generation local dairy and beef farmer, and Past President of the
Northumberland Federation of Agriculture, Gaye
Hoskin, will address issues surrounding
the production, distribution and marketing of food in Northumberland County.The evening will include an information market of
local food producers, door prizes and complimentary refreshments. All are
welcome. Tickets, $20, Victoria Hall Box Office, 905.372.2210.
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.
Port Hope Public Library Spring Author Series
Saturday, April 18th Terry Fallis, author of The Best Laid Plans, which won the
2008 Stephen Leacock Award for Humour,
and author, playwright and CBC Radio host Erika
Ritter on Saturday, May 2nd.
What’s Coming? - At The Theatre And Dance
 First Stages Presents
DUET FOR ONE, by Tom Kempinski
Sunday, March 22nd
, 3:00 pm at the Capitol. Starring: Karen Sweet and David Gardner
Directed by Robert Latimer. Winner of the 1980
London Theatre Critics Award for Best Play, this is an immensely moving story
about a concert violinist who is stricken with multiple sclerosis that
necessitates her retirement from the stage and then threatens her marriage as
well. The play revolves around sessions between the violinist and her
psychiatrist in which she tries to cope with her illness and its affect on
her life. The story is loosely based on the life of world-renowned cello
virtuoso Jacqueline du Pre and her husband, pianist
and conductor Daniel Barenboim. "As moving a
piece of theatre as you could wish for or perhaps bear." ~ London Daily Mail. "A wonderfully sensitive play,
positive and optimistic." ~ London Financial Times. "A first-rate play."
~ London Sunday Times. "Deeply satisfying... a triumph."
~ Punch
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.
Camelot - For one brief
shining moment, Victoria Concert Hall, Cobourg will become the fabled court of
Camelot with King Arthur, Sir Lancelot, Guenevere,
Merlin, Mordred and even the witch Morgan LeFay. Presented by the VOS, Camelot is a Lerner and Loewe musical based on the King Arthur legend as adapted
from the T. H. White novel The Once and Future King. The original 1960
Broadway production ran for 873 performances and won four Tony Awards."Don't let it be forgot that once there was a
spot, for one brief shining moment that was known as Camelot".
Performances will take place April 23,
24, 25, 30, May 1, 2 at 7:30 p.m. and April 25, 26
and May 2 at 2 p.m.
Tickets are $20.00 for adults, $15.00 for children 12 and under and $16.00
for groups of 20 or more. Reserved, theatre-style seating. Call the Box
Office to reserve your seats.
What’s
Coming? - At The Concerts
The Port Hope Friends Of Music 2009/2010 season HERE
Words and Music, The 25th Season - Brad Halls and his Guest Vocalists return to Cobourg's
historic Victoria Hall Concert Hall Friday March 20
and Saturday, March 21, with MEMORIES ARE
MADE OF THIS, with guest vocalists Laura Harp and Blair McFadden. Join us for
the classic songs including Try to Remember, I'll
Remember April, September Song, They Can't Take That Away from Me, Memories
of You and many more.
Jaymz Bee's Royal Jelly Orchestra Live In Concert, Sunday March 22nd, 2:00 pm at the Park, Cobourg. jazz and
blues extravaganza featuring over a dozen award winning artists!
Ancient Music Trio, Wednesday March 25th
- a second helping of savoury melodies and
sweet-voiced harmonies from 13th to 18th century Europe at St Paul's Presbyterian Church, Port Hope, as part of its
"Musical Soup for the Soul" series. Soup is
served from 11:30 to 12:10. Recital from 12:15 to 12:45.
Girlicious And Guests March 27th, 8:00 pm at the Park Cobourg. Natalie, Nichole, Tiffanie
and Chrystina. They are sassy, sexy, seductive and
sweet, and they have voices to match. They ooze a sex appeal so innocent, it
hurts. And when they move, the world moves around them. A year ago they were
four strangers who shared a single dream. Today they are four best friends
living that dream. They are more than just delicious, they are Girlicious. And they are going to make you squirm with
delight
St. Lawrence String Quartet Sunday, March 29, 3:00 p.m. - Cameco Capitol Arts Centre The
quartet has won two Grammy Awards for works played with imagination,
sensitivity, and the sensational physical abandon that audiences cheer. The
program will include Haydn: String Quartet in E flat major, opus 9, No. 2,
Dvorak: String Quartet in G major, opus 106, and a new work by John Adams. Click here for more.
Oriana Singers - Bach to Bernstein - March 28, 2009 at 7:30 pm. St. Peter's Church, Cobourg. Leonard
Bernstein's Chichester Psalms is a challenging
choral work, commissioned for the 1965 Southern Cathedrals' Festival at Chichester Cathedral. It has been described as one of
Bernstein's most exhilarating scores. In addition to several other works from
Bernstein including excerpts from West Side Story, the Oriana
Singers will also perform favourites from J.S.
Bach. Musical numbers will be set around an interesting discussion Messieurs
Bernstein and Bach will be having with each other between numbers. Tickets
are $18 ($16 seniors) at the Victoria Hall Box Office 905-372-2210.
Harmonica Knights April 18th, 8:00 pm at the Park Playhouse. Hosted by Mark bird Stafford
with special guests: Jerome Godboo, Chuck Jackson
and David Rotundo.
What’s Coming – At
The Auditions
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What’s
On And Coming – Classes And Workshops
New! Open Life Drawing Studio
Tuesday nights March
24 to April 28, 6:30 to 9:30 pm
the Art Gallery of Northumberland hosts drop-in life drawing sessions for
artists at the Upstairs Gallery, 34 Walton Street,
Port Hope. A variety of poses from 2 minute gestures to a final one hour
pose. No instruction. $15.00.
Tuesday morning Life Drawing classes at the Upstairs Gallery. Learn the
principles of good drawing through time-honoured
methods of working with the model. Concepts of gesture, contour, tone, and
composition will be introduced and work by masters of the genre will be
discussed. Fun, accessible, challenging, and process oriented, this workshop
is suitable for both beginners and more experienced artists who want to hone
their figure drawing skills. Six sessions, Tuesdays, 10:00 am – 12 p.m., March 24 to April 28, 2009. $185.00.
Pre-registration is required. Contact Melanie at melanie.browne@sympatico.ca
or 905-885-6116.
Handmade Books – with
lettering and bookmaking artist Margaret Challenger,
April 14th – May 5th Tuesday afternoons 1:30-3:30 pm at the Upstairs Gallery, Port
Hope. Tools, techniques imaginative methods and more. Class limited to 12,
cost $100 prepaid. 905-372-0333.
Margaret Challenger will be at the Upstairs Gallery
on April 3rd 3:30
– 4:30 pm with examples of the books.
Northumberland Hook and Needles Guild. This
friendly, creative group of knitters meets the 1st and
3rd Thursdays of each Month! Slipstitch Knitting;
Mar. 19/09 Blocking Tips; Apr. 16/09 Cowichan
Sweaters; May 21/09 Magic Loop Knitting; June 18/09 Knitting Challenge Finale
For a complete listing of all workshops, classes and lessons, on our website,
please click HERE
The Artworth Art Camp
is once again open for registrations for 2009. Full details as well as
registration forms are available from the website www.artworth.ca.
What’s
On And Coming – At The Shows, Exhibitions and Tours
Photographs by Susan Statham and Cindy Taylor
are shown at the Human Bean, Cobourg.
The Ganaraska Studio Tour debuts April 25th
& 26th 10;00
am – 5:00 pm
with over twenty Port Hope and area artists. It is a self guided tour with
brochure and map. Contact Judith Myers 905.753.2455 or (j.myers.art@hotmail.com) or Pam Tate
905.753.2187 (pamela.tate@hotmail.com) for further
details. www.ganaraskastudiotour.ca
Heart Of Northumberland Garden Tour. Sunday,
June 28, 10.00 am - 4.00 pm. A gala of gorgeous gardens! Visit
eleven diverse and delightful town and country retreats in Brighton and
Salem. For information: 1-888-278-2484. All proceeds in aid of Northumberland
Big Sisters Big Brothers
Port Hope Estival!
is calling for artists to participate during the August 1st & 2nd 2009 weekend. We would welcome
artists in all media & we are encouraging any artist to demonstrate their
work during the festival. Estival is a 2 day event
designed to promote the art, food, music & culture of Northumberland
county & the surrounding area. Please check out the website www.porthopeestival.ca
What’s
Coming? –
At The Movies
NFS Spring Lineup - March 8 -
Fifty Dead Men Walking, March 29 - Stone Of Destiny, April 19 - To Be Advised
What’s
On – At The Competitions
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