Arts Council of Northumberland Newsletter, September 18, 2009

Arts Council of Northumberland

The newsletter of the Arts Council Of Northumberland

Arts Northumberland

 

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

Susan Caron - Cobourg artist Susan Caron blossoms A devastating industrial accident caused a local artist to recreate the work that fills her life. Susan Caron's left hand was crushed...

 

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, 7:00 pm at the Park Playhouse. Meet and greet the members of our fabulous arts community over a complimentary glass of wine and nibbles.

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 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

Paving the way for the Capitol. The Capitol Theatre has launched a paver program to help raise funds for the theatre. Put your name or the name of a loved one on the sidewalk in front of the Queen Street theatre

 

New Spirit of the Hills gallery features 20 county artisans A new art gallery featuring Northumberland County artists

 

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


Mysteries and More at the Cobourg Public Library. Free Friday films featuring classic crime and drama, tea and pastries All films start at 2p.m. in the Rotary Room on the main floor. September 18…The Taking of Pelham 123. Released in 1974, this is the original thriller about the hijacking of a New York subway. Compare it with this year’s remake. September 25…Vertigo, 1958: Directed by Alfred Hitchcock with James Stewart and Kim Novak. “One of the two or three best Hitchcock ever made.” – Roger Ebert.

 

A.K.Collings Gallery, Port Hope Opening. Saturday, September 19, from 2:00 to 4:00 pm. (Exhibition runs from Sept 11 to Oct 5). Witty. Intelligent. Affectionately Subversive. Drawing on well known works from the past five centuries of Western Art's "Greatest Hits List", Fiona Crangle's new series of paintings and sculptures gently probes human nature. Childhood, gender stereotypes, sexuality, religion, and our notions of

 

Spirit of the Hills Showcase Gallery The new gallery is now open and will showcase paintings, photographs, 3-dimensional / mixed media, and pottery. The gallery is located at 29 King Street East in downtown Cobourg right next to the Oasis Restaurant. A grand opening reception to celebrate the new venue will take place Saturday, Sept. 19th between 2:00 and 4:00 pm.  Hours are Saturday 10:00 am – 4:00 pm; Sunday 12:00 – 4:00 pm for the first Sunday only

 

Jukebox Hits Live With Freddy Vette & The Flames - Saturday, September 19th at 8:00 pm at the Capitol. Tickets $35. “Jukebox Hits Live with Freddy Vette & the Flames” is an experience unlike any other oldies show. With the appealing sounds of a saxophone and a thumping stand-up base, the eight piece band led by entertainer, Freddy Vette, pays tribute to the music that started it all, 50's Rock & Roll !!!

 

First Stages Theatre Presents - THE ROAD TO MECCA, By Athol Fugard, Sunday, September 20, 3:00 pm at the Capitol Port Hope. Starring: Maria Heidler, Godric Latimer-Kim, Sven Van de Ven. Directed by Robert Latimer-Cornell Inspired by the true story of Helen Martins, this beautifully wrought drama illuminates human conflict on many levels. This idea-rich play probes the concerns of old and young, liberal and conservative, and the secular and religious. The "Mecca" metaphor speaks to the relationship between imagination and freedom. South Africa's pre-eminent playwright Athol Fugard explores the backwaters of human creativity in this inquiry into the transformative power of art. Winner of the 1999 Audie Award for Best Theatrical Production and the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Foreign Play. “Poetry may seem irrelevant to a person's life, but people die every day for want of the nourishment poetry can give them.” ~ William Carlos Williams. "Glows with a rare luminosity and intensity. Fugard's most eloquent and transforming play." ~ CSM

The entire season of First Stages Theatre HERE

 

Film Mondays at the Cobourg Public Library at 2:00 pm, showing For Me And My Gal, Judy Garland and Gene Kelly

 

Tuesday Films at the Capitol, Port Hope, showings at 8:00 pm. Cheri - www.imdb.com/title/tt1179258/

 

Finnan & Associates proudly present Grammy nominee ELIZA GILKYSON in concert www.elizagilkyson.com. THURSDAY SEPT 24th, at 8:00 pm (Dinner at 6:30) at The Northside, 92 King St. West, Cobourg. Tickets $50 for dinner and concert

Limited "Concert Only" tickets $25 For tickets call: 905-377-9709. www.thenorthside.ca

 

Thursday Films at the Capitol, Port Hope, showings at 8:00 pm. - Whatever Works - September 17th, www.imdb.com/title/tt1178663/

 


What’s Coming – At The Lectures, Readings and Book Launches


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 7:30 pm,  Meet at 66 King East, Cobourg. Readings by Sheila Wright, Patricia Calder and Brian Mullally

 

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 27th, 7:00 pm.

 


What’s Coming? - At The Theatre And Dance


NEW!!!! National Theatre, London live  in High Definition at The Capitol, ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL, by William Shakespeare. Thursday, October 1st, 8:00 pm  Tickets $18. 'A masterpiece of deep feeling and cutting intelligence.' Sunday Times, 'A fairy-tale for adults... beautiful funny and touching.' Daily Telegraph 

 

DINI PETTY – A BROAD VIEW, Friday, October 9th at 8:00 pm at the Capitol Port Hope,  Tickets $35. Dini Petty is a Canadian icon and A “Broad” View is her story. It’s a story that people want to hear. There are few women whose life journey takes them where Dini Petty has been. In this show she draws audiences into her personal universe. The audience laughs, cries and occasionally gasps with her honest, true-from-life stories.

 

Comedy thriller at Brighton Barn Theatre. When the Reaper Calls, by Peter Colley, opening Friday, Sept. 25 through Oct. 10. Evening performances start at 8 p.m. Sept. 25, 26, Oct. 1, 2, 3, 8, 9 and 10. There are 2 p.m. matinees Sunday Sept. 25 and Oct. 4.

 

DINI PETTY – A BROAD VIEW, Friday, October 9th at 8:00 pm at the Capitol Port Hope,  Tickets $35. Dini Petty is a Canadian icon and A “Broad” View is her story. It’s a story that people want to hear. There are few women whose life journey takes them where Dini Petty has been. In this show she draws audiences into her personal universe. The audience laughs, cries and occasionally gasps with her honest, true-from-life stories.

 

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


All-Canadian Jazz Fest line-up

Friday, Sept. 25 - Danny Marks All-Star Blues Revue

Saturday, Sept. 26 - Dixie Demons, Mireille Proulx Duo, Time Warp: 'Ellingtonia Suite', June Garber, TD Canada Trust Young Jazz Showcase.

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.

 

Port Hope Friends of Music - Angčle Dubeau & La Pietŕ, Friday Friday, October 2, 8:00 p.m. Cameco Capitol Arts Centre, Program: Myths & Legends. As it is the case with all art forms, music is a language. It communicates feelings, emotions. But its power of evocation is such that it may give rise to recollections, dreams, images.

 

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.

 

SUSAN AGLUKARK / DAWN LANGSTROTH, Saturday, October 3rd at 8 pm Tickets $39, at the Capitol Port Hope. An evening of incredible Canadian talent. Singer / songwriter Susan Aglukark is one of Canada's most unique artists and a leading voice in Canadian music. Blending the Inuktitut and English languages with contemporary pop music arrangements to tell the stories of her people, the Inuit of Arctic Canada, Susan’s clear voice and thoughtful lyrics have won her several Juno Awards. Dawn Langstroth’s passion for singing is instinctive. Growing up in a musical home as the daughter of  Anne Murray and Bill Langstroth, Dawn was quick to join in school musicals and choirs. Focusing on songwriting for the past five years, she has composed an impressive catalogue of songs and has already claimed a strong foothold in the Canadian music scene.

 

The Solina Road Band at Coldsprings Hall on Fri. Oct. 9th at 7:30 P.M. Admission is $10 at the door. Canteen at intermission. The band features popular musicians, Lynn and Larry Hornsby, Rob Laing, and Al Kirby. The music encompasses bluegrass, gospel, traditional, contemporary and instrumental.

 

Puccini Tosca Live From The Met at the Capitol, October 10th, 1:00  pm. “Tosca combines Puccini’s glorious musical inspiration with the melodramatic vitality of one of the great Hitchcock films,” says Met Music Director James Levine, who conducts this new production. The opera tells the story of three people—a famous opera singer, a free-thinking painter, and a sadistic chief of police—caught in a net of love and politics. Soprano Karita Mattila, recently seen in this season’s Live in HD presentation of Salome, sings the title role for the first time outside her native Finland. Luc Bondy, acclaimed for his imaginative theater and opera productions, directs. The cast also includes Marcelo Álvarez as Cavaradossi and Juha Uusitalo as Scarpia.

 

VALDY, Saturday, October 17th at 8 pm at the capitol, Port Hope. Tickets $35

Valdy has been part of the fabric of Canadian pop and folk music for years. A man with a thousand friends, from Newfoundland to Vancouver Island to Texas to New Zealand, he's a folksinger who catches the small but telling moments that make up life. With great tunes like ‘Play Me a Rock & Roll Song’, Valdy has sold almost half a million copies of his 13 albums, has two Juno Awards, a total of seven Juno nominations, and four Gold albums to his credit.

 


What’s Coming – Workshops and Auditions


The Ontario Crafts Council presents the 2009:OCC Eastern Gathering A social event and potluck for members and spouses. Hosted by Susan McDonald, www.practicallypotty.com Come join us in Port Hope on Saturday September 26th, 4:00 – 7:00 pm, 4166 4th Line, Port Hope, for an afternoon of camaraderie, food and fun. You can meet some new OCC members and greet old friends. You are welcome to bring spouses, as well as those curious about becoming members (that is, if they bring food!)

 

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 4:00 pm.9 Highland Drive, Port Hope, Cost? $75.Maximum 8, minimum 5. Call Diane 905-885-9709 or email dtaylor@eagle.ca

 

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, 9:30 am to 12:30 pm,  Lions’ Community Centre, Elgin Street, Cobourg.  $5.00 non-members

 

Writers take note. banish writer's block by escaping to a writer's retreat organized by Gwynn Scheltema from October 23 - 25 at the Elmhurst's Resort on Rice Lake. This is the perfect retreat to inspire all types of writing; poetry, fiction, memoir, and non-fiction. Writers will have three days to focus on their writing while the resort takes care of the rest. The retreat program offers 4 in-depth writing workshops along with optional activities and creativity sessionsCost is $695 for all meals, single room accommodations, resort amenities and the three-day retreat program. $30 discount for WCDR/HHWEN/CAA/PWAC members (other writing association members please query). Full retreat details and online registration

 

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, Sunday,  February 7, 2010, 3:30 pm, Trinity United Church,

"Genius", Beethoven's Mass in C, Sunday, March 28, 3:30 pm, Port Hope United Church, 34 South Street, Port Hope

Victoria, Music for Queen Victoria and her Empire, Saturday, May 16, 3:30 pm. Trinity United Church

 

“Spin-In 2009" Tuesday October 6, 10:00 am-3:00 pm, John's United Church, Bridge St. W., Campbellford, admission $5, suppliers & lucky draws. Contact Laurie Goldiuk 905-885-0190.

 


What’s On And Coming – At The Shows, Exhibitions and Tours


Pine Ridge Art Association Art Show & Sale" at the Cobourg Public Library, October 16th 17th & 18th, Hours are 9-30-5:00 Friday & Saturday, 12 -30—4:00 Sunday, works of art from over 40 local artists, in oil, acrylic, water color and mixed media. Raffle tickets will be on sale at the show for 3 jury selected works of art Come out enjoy and support your local talent . Maureen Mullally at 905-372-7214

 

RICE LAKE X is the 10th annual public outdoor exhibition of stone sculpture from Zimbabwe.. Closing Party with live Zimbabwean music: Sept 27, 2.00 – 5.00 p.m.  Admission: Free. Donations to the Stephen Lewis Foundation and ZimArt-in-Trust, for projects supporting HIV/AIDS orphans in Zimbabwe, gratefully accepted. Curator’s talk and tour: Anytime by appointment. Groups welcome. The Rice Lake Gallery, founded in 2000, is open year round by appointment. RICE LAKE GALLERY, ZIMART, 855 Second Line, Bailieboro, ON K0L 1B0, (20 km N. of Port Hope; 15 km S. of Peterborough), 705.939.6144 www.zimart.ca  zimart@sympatico.ca

 

The Colborne Art Gallery group show with Christine Benson, Bill Rowland, & Janita Wiersma, and gallery artists; opening with the artists Saturday, September 26th from 2:00 – 4:00 pm at the Gallery.The show will be on through November 8th, 2009.

 

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 St., Brighton

 

For those who like to follow Ron Bolt's painting career, he will have two events in Toronto this October. - Toronto International Art Fair, Oct. 22-27 at the downtown location of the Metro Convention Centre. See the Loch Gallery and Christina Parker Gallery booths for new work. TIAF 2009 - Solo show of new work @ Loch Gallery, 16 Hazelton Ave., Toronto, Oct. 31 - Nov. 18. info@lochgallery.com. Please drop in and say hello.

 

The Friday Morning Painting Group- Upstairs Gallery, new location, 60 Walton St., Port Hope. The show runs from September 5th – October 5th.

 

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.

 

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, King Street Cobourg. She is also exhibiting at Ganaraska Art and Framing, Walton Street Port Hope.

 

Evelyn Van Hoekelen, Campbellford Public Library. A number of the paintings featured were inspired by her visit to Bon Echo Park.  Others find her focus more on colour and design. Evelyn has been working in oils for the last ten years, taking courses, private lessons, and working in her home studio. Her studio and home are full of paintings and drawings. Until the end of September.

 

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. Has been postponed. Details tba

 

The Lions Club of Brighton Annual Juried Art Show, September 25, 26 and 27. Held in the 7,500 square foot gymnasium of the local high school, the show typically hosts over 30 artists who each have a minimum of 128 square feet of display area. Admission to the public is free. The show commences on Friday evening with a Gala invitation event involving music and refreshments. Brighton also hosts the well known Applefest street celebration on the same weekend drawing many visitors to Apple Country.

 

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 8:00 - 10:30 p.m. in the Concert Hall, guests will sample not only fine wines selected by local sommelier Bruce Maclean, but also an assortment of wonderful cheeses of the world. Entertainment for the evening will be provided by Shelagh Purcell playing the grand piano.  There will also be a silent auction.  Tickets are $35.00 and are available from Victoria Hall Volunteer members or the Concert Hall box office at 905-372-2210.

 

The Northumberland Potters Christmas Show, November 21st & 22nd, Baltimore Community Centre


What’s Coming?At The Movies


Films at the Capitol, 8:00 pm

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, 4:00 p.m. Click here for Trailer. Winner of the 2009 Oscar for the best Foreign language film.

 

 

See the line-up at the Vintage Film Festival, October 23rd-25th HERE


What’s On – At The Competitions



Arts Blogs We Like

 

Neurartican eclectic blog by A.K. Collings, Port Hope

‘View On Canadian Art’ Your Cultural Concierge! VoCA offers critical commentary on the Canadian art scene, with a focus on Toronto. Featuring exhibition previews, critics’ picks, interviews and in-depth articles on art in Vancouver, Calgary, Winnipeg, Ottawa and Halifax.

Art Daily – The first art newspaper on the net!

 

Members’ Billboard

ACN member Heather Stubbs has a website devoted public speaking and presentation skills. As a speaker and presentation skills trainer, she  draws on a lifetime of performing experience to provide a lively, insightful and thought-provoking presentation. Have a a look at http://www.skilltime.ca. She also issues a weekly newsletter.

 

 


Business Friends of the Arts

Dray Design Studio Website Design, Print and Graphic Design

Bart Hawkins Kreps  Website Design, Print Design, Editing

Aye Lighthouse B&B  Bed & Breakfast

Ganaraska Art & Framing  Picture Framing, art and photography lessons

The Human Bean  Coffee shop, with live music and monthly artist exhibition

Meet at 66 King Street  Fine dessert lounge

Northumberland View  News & Entertainment

Painted Tree  Art supplies and classes

Scott's Barn  Culture Centre

Where They Play Productions  Music Recording St

 


This newsletter is edited by Walter Luedtke.

Please send any notices or comments to wluedtke@cogeco.ca.