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The newsletter of the Arts Council Of Northumberland Arts Northumberland |
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The Arts Council of Northumberland encourages creativity and raises
the visibility of the artist and the arts community through advocacy,
communications and leadership. 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. A listing of member artists 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 Of The Week Deborah
Uman-Sures – visual artist Uman-Sures and many other ACN visual artists will show off
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From The Arts
Council Do
you read this newsletter faithfully? Then you deserve a reward. Please join us for our “Reader Appreciation Event” on Sunday, September 20th, Calling our arts organizations. This is your opportunity to introduce
your new season events. Calling all individual artists. This is your opportunity to introduce
yourself and your art to our faithful readership. All inquiries to Oliver
Steins, soliver@cogeco.net or Dorette Carter, 372-0333. Please join us
to celebrate the arts and the artists who make such wonderful contributions
to our quality of life. The
Arts Council is now on “Twitter” The Arts Council now has a Twitter
account and will be issuing some of our news and notices as
"tweets". If you have a Twitter account, start
following us ( http://twitter.com/artsn
). If you don't have an account yet, you can
sign up for free and start following us, or you can bookmark our page and
visit us for updates ( http://twitter.com/artsn ). Our tweets will be seen by all of our
followers - which now include the Do you want to more know about Twitter,
and how it and the other social media can be used to promote your work?
Let us know. The ACN website now has a map of cultural attractions – galleries,
theatres, museums - in Northumberland. It is a work in progress with the
possibility of including studios, arts supplies stores and other ancillary
businesses. Check it out HERE 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 Artists
and artisans on display at Northumberland Hills Studio Tour Northumberland
in the spotlight at Scott's Barn Cultural Centre Port
Hope celebrates Joseph Scriven's legacy Port
Hope Friday Morning Art Group show opens new gallery site The Arts Northumberland Blog: The Ramblin’
Rose Arts Report: Rhythm and Form, work by Claus Heinecke
& gallery artists. Spirit of the Hills 3rd Annual Photography Show What’s On – This Weekend And The Coming Week La Jeunesse Youth
Orchestra auditions for the 2009 - 2010 Season, Friday September 11th and
Saturday September 12th. All Strings, Woodwinds, Brass, & Percussion players
of ages 10 -- 22 welcome to audition. To book an audition appointment, phone
Tracy Sachdeva at 1-866-460-5596. For more information
about LJYO, check our website ljyo.ca. Northumberland Hills Studio Tour, Saturday
and Sunday, September 12th and 13th, Spirit of the Hills Showcase Gallery The new gallery will first open its
doors next Saturday, Sept. 12th at Canton Studio Art Show, September 12th
& 13th, Saturday and Sunday, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Municipality of Port Hope, Canton Office, (Main Floor), Featuring the Watercolors of Rosemary Freeman, Jill Ireland, John Morgan RICE LAKE X is the 10th annual public outdoor
exhibition of stone sculpture from Second Annual Prairie Day Festival at the
Alderville Black Oak Savanna. Saturday, September
12, from Martha Robinson exhibits recent water colours and oil
paintings in Northumberland
Vernacular, Saturday, September 5th-September 17th,
Potager Gallery at Scott's Barn Cultural Centre, Open Tuesday to
Sunday Brad Halls, Christine
Vanderbank and Beth Hunt present THE SONGS OF BURT BACHARACH.. Friday September 11
and Saturday September 12, Victoria Hall Concert Hall, Cobourg Burt Bacharach has been at the top of the
songwriting game for almost the past 50 years. Enjoy his enduring pop hits Do you Know the Way to San Jose?, The Look of Love,
Close to You, This Guy's in Love with You and so many others. Ruth Harcort
Sings - Sunday, September 13th, Film Mondays at the Cobourg Public Library
at 2:00 pm, showing For Me And My Gal, Judy Garland and Gene Kelly A Special Introductory Event in September,
Monday, September 14th at Northumberland Orchestra & Choir
Auditions: for Choir - Tuesday 15 Sept;
for Orchestra - Thursday. 17 Sept.
905-377-1477. Tuesday Films at the Capitol, Port Hope,
showings at Poetry and Wine, Music and Conversation at Thursday Films at the Capitol, Port Hope,
showings at What’s Coming – At The Lectures, Memory: What, How, and Where We Remember.
Five Thursday Evening Lectures by the Northumberland Learning Connection, October
8 - November 5, 2009, 7:15 - 9:15 pm, Columbus Community Centre, 232 Spencer
Street East, Cobourg. Five Friday Morning Seminars: October 9 - November 6,
2009, 10:00 am - 12:00 noon, Upstairs at Furby
House Books, 65 Walton Street, Port Hope Why do we forget certain facts and
experiences while others remain firmly in our minds? Does technology help or
hinder? Do certain types of attention influence memory? Is recollection under
hypnosis possible? How do some cultures convey knowledge by means of spirit
mediums? And what do public memorials and museums add? Six eminent speakers
offer fresh insights and new discoveries about the nature of memory and the
workings of the mind. Read more... Book Launch
Party: please join Sheila Wright for the launch of her first book, "Amare -- A True Italian Love Story". Friday, October 16th,
at Shane Joseph book
launch of After The Flood taking place first in Toronto at the Rivoli Restaurant on November 15th; then in Cobourg at Meet at 66 King East on November 21st. What’s Coming? - At The Theatre And Dance First Stages Theatre Presents - THE ROAD TO
The entire season of First Stages Theatre HERE Comedy thriller at Brighton Barn Theatre. When the Reaper Calls,
by Peter Colley, opening Friday, Sept. 25 through
Oct. 10. Evening performances start at Northumberland Players and The Best Western
Cobourg Inn Present Relatively Speaking Oct. 23, 24, 25, 30, 31 and Nov. 1, 6,
7* *matinee and evening by Alan Ayckbourn, directed by
Mary Doig and Produced by Honor Sylvester. A
mixture of mistaken identities and mishaps is a recipe for a hilarious
disaster in this dinner theatre comedy. The Tickets include a great buffet
and show. For Tickets phone The Best Western Cobourg Inn 905 372 2105 or for
discounted three show season dinner tickets phone The Firehall Theatre 905
372 0577 Check The Northumberland Players website for details. What’s Coming? - At The Concerts and Opera Jukebox Hits Live With Freddy Vette & The Flames - Saturday, September 19th at Finnan & Associates proudly present Grammy
nominee ELIZA GILKYSON in concert www.elizagilkyson.com. THURSDAY
SEPT 24th, at Limited "Concert Only" tickets
$25 For tickets call: 905-377-9709. www.thenorthside.ca All-Canadian Jazz Fest line-up Friday, Sept. 25 - Danny Marks All-Star
Blues Revue Saturday, Sept. 26 - The big Saturday evening concert by the
Oliver Jones Trio. Sunday, Sept. 27 - TD Canada Trust Young
Jazz Showcase, Robi Botos:
'Tribute to Oscar Peterson', Diana Panton with
Guido Basso, Don Thompson and Reg Schwager, Carlos Del Junco Quartet, Carol McCartney with
The Ambassadors Big Band. Friday evening is free, Saturday and
Sunday afternoons are $20 and the Saturday evening concert is $40. One Day Blues Revue - zapp
promotions’ first One Day Blues Revue, Saturday October 3rd,
2:00 pm at the Concert Hall, Victoria Hall, Cobourg. Headlining the day will be 2 blues greats from
Chicago, Melvin Taylor and Studebaker John. Melvin has been called
"stunning" by Jazztimes Magazine and was
a real crowd pleaser at his last Cobourg appearance. The Puccini Tosca Live From The Met at the
Capitol, What’s Coming – Workshops and Auditions Memoir Writing - Write the stories of your
life. Preserve
your life story for generations to come. Leave a legacy so that others may
know where they have come from. It's fun and enlightening to compose your
stories in your own words. Topics covered include where to start, what to
include, how to make it better, and much more. With time to write both in
class and at home, you will have a good collection of anecdotes at the end of
seven weeks. Come to write, come for inspiration. September 30 to November 11.
(seven Wednesdays) Time? 2:00 to 4: Chris Worsnop at
the Northumberland Players is preparing workshops for the fall: producing, play
writing, and stage management. Details tba Northumberland Hills Stitchery
Guild is pleased
to invite interested parties to join the Stitchery
Club members when they present a talk by Deborah Uman on “Colour
Theory”, Tuesday, October 27, Writers take note. banish
writer's block by escaping to a writer's retreat
organized by Gwynn Scheltema from October 23 - 25 at the The Painted Tree, Cobourg has announced its schedule for fall
classes. Visit the Website HERE. Dalene Claus looking for a landscape instructor in both Oils or Acrylic. Parent/Child Classes and Kid's Birthday
parties . Now in the store: Silk Screening products
and coming soon, Mat Board. Calling all artists!!The Painted Tree is looking for local
artists to paint, or otherwise decorate, Christmas Ornaments (mini canvases,
glass balls, etc.) to place on a tree at the Capitol
Arts Fundraiser this year. We think that a tree filled with local,
original artwork would raise a lot of money for this cause as well as bring
attention to local artists and their work. The Northumberland School Of The Arts has
an online art and crafts survey HERE Northumberland Orchestra & Choir
Auditions: for Choir. Sköl, Music of Northern Lands, "Genius", Beethoven's Mass in C, Sunday, March 28, 3:30
pm, Port Hope United Church, 34 South Street, Port Hope “Spin-In 2009" Tuesday October
6, What’s On And Coming – At The Shows, Exhibitions and Kingsleys Korner:
FALL SHOWING. Two
members of the Brighton Arts Council, lovingly
known as the twins will be featured at Kingsley’s Korner
for the fall. Marilyn Cundal
and Carolyn Hughes, sisters, have been artists since childhood.
Each presents a nuance of their charming personality in each work of art. The
acrylic or oil renditions seem to convey the joy they feel for the subject
matter, for life and their pleasure when capturing a scene. Most of the art
is available for sale during the show. Location: The Apple Crate Tea Room 46
Prince Edward For those who like to follow Ron Bolt's painting career, he will have two events in The Friday Morning Painting Group- Upstairs
Gallery, new location, Northumberland Hills Studio Tour, September
12th and 13th, CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS for the 2nd Annual
Square Foot Art Show at the All Canadian Jazz Festival. Please the Home Page at www.allcanadianjazz.ca for all the details. Terry Marrocco, artist and
art therapist: Terry's paintings are on display at The Buttermilk Cafe in Cobourg this August.
Terry is a part of the Northumberlandhills Studio
Tour on September 12 and September 13. Susan MacDonald,
textile artist. Her
work is on display and for sale at the AGN gift shop at the Upstairs Gallery, Port Hope. .
Susan Caron’s work can be seen at
Munro’s, Evelyn Van Hoekelen,
Campbellford Public Library. A number of the paintings featured were inspired by her
visit to The Cobourg Art Club
has a display of paintings upstairs at The Mill Restaurant,
Cobourg --an eclectic mix of original work in all media and all members participate. The show
is ongoing and changes seasonally. The Other Canvas - September 19(?),
Westben, Campbellford. a unique event
showcasing national and local talent as well as fundraising, presented in the
picturesque Trent Hills of Northumberland County.The
day will begin with a welcome and orientation, followed by a 'Meet &
Greet' with the artists before a live art auction. Some of the participating artists are:
Robert Bateman, Holly Carr, Charles Pachter, Brent
Butt, Jean Stilwell, and Clermont Duval. The Other Canvas will take place at
Westben Barn Theatre, a magnificent 400-seat timber-frame barn which opens
onto a lush meadow amidst the gently rolling hills of Over eighty percent of the artists’
canvases have arrived from across the county. The artists have excelled in
their creations and provided us with a wide diversity of subjects and
techniques. The public has stepped forward and is showing a strong interest
to support the Meet the Artists & Auction features of the one-day event. Kindly note the following changes. Price of
admission for both the Auction and Meet the Artists portion is $50.00 and
tickets may be purchased by calling Catherine Holt at 705-653-4343 ext. 2104.
We have changed the food & beverage portion, which will be complementary,
and cancelled the gala dinner. The Lions Club of Bacchus Beckons, On Friday, October 30,
the Victoria Hall Volunteers will present their seventh biennial Wine Tasting
Event. Bacchus Beckons is a timely
opportunity to discover new wines for your own holiday entertaining. From The Northumberland
Potters Christmas Show, November 21st & 22nd,
What’s Coming? – At The
Movies Films at the Capitol, Cheri - Tuesday, September 22nd, www.imdb.com/title/tt1179258/ Brothers Bloom - Thursday, September 24th, www.imdb.com/title/tt0844286/ Julie & Julia - Saturday, September 26th, www.imdb.com/title/tt1135503/ Is Anybody There - Tuesday, October 19th, www.imdb.com/title/tt1130088/ Northumberland Film Sundays, first movie in the series of six - DEPARTURES Sunday, October 4th, See the line-up at the
Vintage Film Festival, October 23rd-25th
HERE What’s On – At The Competitions Arts Blogs We Like |
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This newsletter is edited by
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