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From The Arts
Council
Calling all Visual Artists. The monthly ‘Visual
Arts Newsletter’ is now being edited. Please send in any news, events
etc. that you would like to see included.
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
Culture tourism draws whole new
crowd to Northumberland
Northumberland
County is a haven for culture and
heritage. Whether it’s Port Hope’s Capitol Theatre and historical
downtown core, Cobourg’s venerable Victoria Hall or the rejuvenation of
Main Street, Warkworth
and its business community, municipalities across the
county have attached their cart to cultural tourism.
Hardly a day goes by that our newsroom isn’t notified
about an art gallery opening, a theatre production, a concert or a festival,
which attracts not only locals, but some of the eight million people who live
within the Greater Golden Horseshoe area, a 32,000 square kilometre
stretch of land around Lake Ontario, from Niagara in the west to Peterborough
in the east.
Cashing in on culture
“Tourism is definitely big business in Northumberland
County,” said Mr. Borowec. “According to Statistics Canada’s
Regional Tourism Profiles, 2007, the average day-tripper to Northumberland
spends $84 per visit, while an overnight visitor drops $146 a night.” The
latest addition to Northumberland County’s
culture tourism stage is the inaugural ‘Poetry’zOwn Weekend
(POW!) Festival 2009’.
From April 16 to 19, poetry aficionados from near and far will gather in
Cobourg for the festival, hosted by the Cobourg Poetry Workshop (CPW), with
partial funding by the Canada Council for the Arts through the League of
Canadian Poets.
Portrait of an artist - Susan
Statham
Renowned local painter, Susan Statham, has built her
reputation in the difficult subject matter of portraits. "It's the
challenge and my experience has been (that) recipients are always so
grateful. They're so happy," said Ms. Statham. "I feel like I'm
bringing joy when I'm doing someone's portrait."
What’s On – This Weekend And The Coming
Week
Friday Mysteries and More – 2:00 pm Cobourg Public Library – no movie today. Next Friday - Deathtrap.
1982. Directed by Sydney Lumet with Micahel Caine, Christopher
Reeve and Dyan Cannon. If you were a famous but now
failed playwright eager for the next big hit, what would you do for a script?
Pay for it? Pray for it? Kill for it?
Words and Music, The 25th
Season - Brad Halls and his Guest Vocalists return to Cobourg's
historic Victoria Hall Concert Hall Friday and Saturday, , 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.
La Sonnambula
(New Production) – Bellini, Saturday, 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
Lunch At Allen's – Saturday, 8:00 pm at the Capitol.
An extraordinary musical revue by internationally renowned artists, Murray McLauchlan, Cindy Church, Marc Jordan, and Ian Thomas who
perform together as a band -- the stage show is an intimate and humorous performance
by some of Canada's finest individual performers.
Sacred Circle Dancing, Sunday, 2:00
– 4:00 pm, the Fusion Wellness Yoga Studio, 210 Willmott St., Unit 5, Cobourg. Please note that this will be our
last dance at Willmott. Fusion is moving to 9 Elgin St. E, Unit 4 at the corner of Division and Elgin. info: Astrid at achudson@sympatico.ca,
 First Stages Presents DUET FOR ONE, by Tom Kempinski
Sunday, 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
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!
Tuesday Classic Movie Matinees – 2:00 pm
at the Port Hope Public Library, no musicals till April 20th.
Susan Statham talks about her
work her portraiture interest and technique at the library on Tuesday, 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.
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,. $185.00. Pre-registration
is required. Contact Melanie at melanie.browne@sympatico.ca or 905-885-6116.
The Cobourg and District Historical Society
- presents Rod Clarke, author of the
acclaimed book Narrow Gauge Through the Bush, who will give an illustrated
talk on "Railways in the 1850s and 1860s"
Tuesday, 8:00 pm, Citizens' Forum at Victoria Hall,
Cobourg.
Films At The Capitol, Tuesday 8:00. Revolutionary Road. April and Frank Wheeler are a young,
thriving couple living with their two children in a Connecticut
suburb in the mid-1950s. Their self-assured exterior masks a creeping
frustration at their inability to feel fulfilled in their relationships or
careers.
Ancient Music Trio, Wednesday -
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.
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Friday March 27th and Saturday
March 28th, 8:00 pm at the Capitol. Shaer
Productions, the King Street Players and Cameco
present the newly released UK
version of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.
This family favorite by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice is a guaranteed good
time for the entire family. This colourful
retelling of the biblical story about Joseph, his uncanny abilities and his
designer coat sings out to young and old alike with a score which is wall to
wall hits - including Close Every Door and Any Dream Will Do.This
touring production features a large 40 member cast, a 15 piece orchestra, and
a 50 voice children's choir featuring a combination of children from the La Jeunesse Children's Choir, students from Trinity College
and members of the Joyful Noise Choir in Millbrook
What’s
Coming At The Opera Broadcasts “Live From The Met” at the Capitol
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
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 HERE.
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
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.
Wingfield’s Inferno, Friday, April 3rd, 8:00 pm at the Capitol. Burn
baby, burn! Rod Beattie, aka Walt Wingfield, brings the heat as he returns to the Capitol
Theatre in Wingfield’s Inferno, the sixth
installment of Dan Needles’ hilarious series.
A fire devastates the Orange Hall in Larkspur and
Walt takes it upon himself to organize the rebuilding. But with high
insurance costs and government red tape in the way, Walt has no choice but to
light a fire under a colourful cast of local
characters for help. “He has lots of experience fighting fires. The only
thing is – a lot of the fires have been on his farm.”
First Stages Play Readings – Three Tall Women, by Edward Albee
- Sunday, April 19, 2009 @ 3:00 pm.
Starring: Corinne Conley, Jillian Cook and Godric
Latimer-Kim. Directed by Maria Heidler. This
engaging examination of the life of one woman won the 1994 Pulitzer Prize for
Drama. Her long life is laid out for display, no holds barred. She cascades
from regal and charming to vicious and wretched as she wonders about and
remembers her life. How did she become this? Who is she? Her life, memories
and reminiscences are unceremoniously examined, questioned, accepted or not,
but at last, understood. "An extraordinarily brilliant play... the best, most forceful work Albee has given us." ~ The New York Post. "Beautiful and enduring." ~ The
New Yorker. "A dazzler... electrifying and heartrending." ~
Wall Street Journal. "A play so good it can only exist on the
stage. A perfect illustration of why theatre is an indispensable art." ~
The New York Times.
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. 905-372-2210 or
1-888-COBOURG
What’s
Coming? - At The Concerts
The Port Hope Friends Of Music 2009/2010 season HERE
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. at the Capitol. 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.
Classic Albums Live – Pink Floyd Dark Side
of the Moon – Saturday, April 4th, 8:00 pm at the Capitol. Remember when you used to listen to an
entire album? Classic Albums Live does. For the first time in popular music,
the greatest albums from the 60s and 70s are recreated live on stage, note
for note- cut for cut.
"This has never been done before," says
series producer, Craig Martin. "There's a real thirst to hear these
albums performed start to finish. For many of us this is the music we grew up
with - the soundtrack of our lives."
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
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.
The Art of the Short Story, classes
taught by Barbara Nutley Hunter start April 15th
and run for 6 weeks at The Painted Tree, Cobourg. (905) 372-1313
Northumberland Hook and Needles Guild. This
friendly, creative group of knitters meets the 1st and
3rd Thursdays of each Month! 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 29 -
Stone Of Destiny, April 19 - To Be Advised
What’s
On – At The Competitions
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