|
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
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
The Forsyth Report: Friends of Music –
Stars of Tomorrow
Stars of Tomorrow, hosted by Iain Scott, is an
annual operatic treat presented by Friends of Music. His unique and
entertaining perspective on opera makes Iain one of Canada’s
most popular opera educators. MORE
The Forsyth Report – Duet For One. Producer/director Robert Latimer and First Stages Theater
Company never cease to amaze me. Each time I go to a performance I
think it can’t get any better than that. Well it does and it did last
Sunday when David Gardner
and Karen Sweet
read Duet for One. MORE
2009
Governor General’s Award Winners – Visual and Media Arts
Neurartic
Blog - The winners of the 2009 Governor General's Awards in Visual and Media
Arts have been announced. The laureates are, Tony Urquhart,
Raymond Moriyama, Robert Morin, Kevin Lockau,
Gordon Smith, Nobuo Kubota, Rita McKeough, Kim
Ondaatje and John Greer.
What’s On – This Weekend And The Coming
Week
Friday Mysteries and More – 2:00 pm Cobourg Public Library – 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?
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
Girlicious And Guests, Friday8:00 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
Youtheatre Company Inc. REGISTRATION DATES: Friday March 27, 6pm-8pm • Saturday, March
28, 10am-12pm, Trinity United Church,
Cobourg. SPRING CLASSES, April 4th to June 6th • 10 week
course for $300. PUPPETEERING CLASSES, Ages 5-9 years • Sat. 10am-12pm.
DRAMA CLASSES, Ages 10-13 years • Sat. 1pm-3pm, Ages 14-18 years • Mon. 6pm-8pm. For more information call MARY ANN at 905-372-6959
or email ANDREA at arms@cogeco.ca.
Oriana Singers - Bach to Bernstein - Saturday, 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.
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
Daphne Svenningson
– The Black Sea – Turkey, Georgia, Russia, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Romania. Sunday, 1:30 pm, Art Gallery of Northumberland.
905-372-0333.
Northumberland Film Sundays - STONE
OF DESTINY, Sunday, 4:00 pm Mall Cinema Cobourg.
Starring Charlie Cox, Kate Mara, Billy Boyd and Robert Carlyle. Stone of Destiny tells the story of Ian
Hamilton, a dedicated nationalist who reignited Scottish national pride in
the 1950s with his daring raid on the heart of English colonialism to bring
the Stone of Scone back home.
St. Lawrence String Quartet Sunday, 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.
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. Waltz With Bashir Golden Globe
Winner (Best Foreign Language Film
One night at a bar, an old friend tells director Ari about a recurring nightmare in which he is chased by
26 vicious dogs. Every night, the same number of beasts. The two men conclude
that there's a connection to their Israeli Army mission in the first Lebanon
War of the early eighties. Ari is surprised that he
can't remember a thing anymore about that period of his life. Intrigued by
this riddle, he decides to meet and interview old friends and comrades around
the world. He needs to discover the truth about that time and about himself.
As Ari delves deeper and deeper into the mystery,
his memory begins to creep up in surreal images.
Robert Keyes, guitar “From Bach to
Bacharach” will be appearing at St. Paul’s Church, Port Hope. Wednesday, April 1st, 11:30 – 12:00 pm.
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
Films At The Capitol Thursday – 8:00 pm. Doubt. Nominated for 5 Academy Awards including Best
Actress (Meryl Streep) Set
at a Catholic school in the Bronx, it centers on a nun
who grows suspicious when a priest begins taking too much interest in the
life of a young black student. Is she being overly protective or not
protective enough? And can she work within the system to discover the truth?
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
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
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.”
SOUVENIR: A Fantasia on the Life of Florence Foster Jenkins. For the first time in its 10 year history,
a First Stages production has been picked up by another theatre. Stirling Festival Theatre will remount SOUVENIR starring
Diane Fabian and Robert Latimer. Wednesday, April 1st,
2:00 pm and Thursday, April 2nd, 8 PM, Stirling Festival Theatre, 41
West Front St. Stirling
Ontario. Box Office: 613-395 2100 /
1-877-312-1162
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
Shapenote Singers - Special Event: Sacred
Harp singing at St. Mark's Anglican Church (51 King Street, Port Hope), Sunday, April 5th, 12:30 to 2:30 pm. Please bring a friend, and feel free to forward this
email to anyone else who might be interested. This is a great opportunity to
introduce shape-note singing to a new audience, including those who may not
be able to attend our regular monthly singings because of other commitments. Regular Monthly Singing: Sunday, April 12th, 2009 (Easter Sunday). 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. The Lawless Gallery (10831
Hwy. 2, Grafton). This singing will mark the second anniversary of the Shelter
Valley Shapenote Singers. It falls on Easter Sunday
as well, which gives us even more cause to celebrate. Elizabeth Barlow, 905.349.2042.
resolutely.outmoded@gmail.com
Blues legend Johnny Winter and his Blues Band
with Jimmy Bowskill and his band opening! Thursday
April 9th, Cobourg Victoria Hall
Concert Hall. The double bill Rockin'
Blues show of the year! -phone 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, Cobourg Tickets: $31.50 Hosted by Mark bird
Stafford with special guests: Jerome Godboo, Chuck Jackson and David Rotundo.
Harmonica Knights has been featured across the country on festival stages and
clubs and no doubt will be the event of the year for blues and harmonica
fans. It is a rare performance lineup with four of Canada's
leading blues singers and harmonica players on one stage at Park Playhouse
& Performing Arts Centre.
Ultimate Elvis Show - JAY ZANIER, April 25th, 8:00 pm at the Park, Cobourg. Tickets: $31.50 In 2007 Jay Zanier
knocked the Collingwood Elvis Festival judges on their ears with a dynamic
performance as “The King Of Rock n’ Roll” and was voted the
Grand Champion and traveled to Memphis to compete in the first-ever ULTIMATE
ELVIS FESTIVAL co-ordinated by Elvis Presley
Enterprises.
LJYO's 10th Concert Season - Sonic Bloom - May 3rd, 3:00 pm Port Hope United Church. Don't miss the tenth season
finale with specially commissioned new works. Alumni from previous seasons
will join our ranks and spread out throught the
church, creating a surround-sound symphonic welcome to spring. Tickets are $12.00
for students $15.00 for adults and $40.00 for a family of four (two adults,
two children). Tickets are available through the LJYO website at www.ljyo.ca or at the Box
Office or the Capitol Arts Centre in Port Hope.
What’s Coming – At
The Auditions
Trent Hills Idol Contest, registration
$15 and auditions at the Blu Note Café & Lounge
corner of Queen & Bridge St. as well as the first eliminations from Mar.23rd
to May 1st. Semifinals at
the Aron Theatre with audience on May 23rd, 2:00 pm
(admission $5), finals at the Aron Theatre prizes
for the finalist on May 30th, 2:00
pm (admission $5). contact:
Annette Rivera @705-632-0001
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
Tba
Arts Blogs We Like |
