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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 Susan
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From The Arts
Council Thanks to all of you who joined us at our “Reader
Appreciation Event” at the Park Playhouse
and to Becky Choquette who was our hostess. 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 ACO Port Hope House Tour showcases heritage buildings. In
its 44th year, you might think finding new unique heritage buildings in Port
Hope to feature on the Architectural Conservancy of Ontario (ACO) Port Hope
House Tour would be getting challenging. Luckily Port Hope is brimming with
interesting architecture, said Susan Carmichael, house tour chair. Expect laughs, thrills When the
Reaper Calls -Lust, infidelity, romance, suspense, intrigue are all
part of Brighton Barn Theatre's comedy/thriller,When
the Reaper Calls,being presented beginning Friday, Sept. 25. [more] Entertainment legend Mickey
Rooney has Dressler connection - The Arts Northumberland Blog: The Ramblin’
Rose Arts Report: tba What’s On – This Weekend And The Coming Week All-Canadian Jazz Festival 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. Mysteries
and More at the Cobourg Public Library. Free Friday films
featuring classic crime and drama, tea and pastries All films start at The Lions Club of The The Mickey Rooney’s 89th
birthday tour! Mickey Rooney and Jan Rooney bring their acclaimed off Broadway
musical: Let’s Put On A Show! Saturday, September
26th, at the Park Tickets: $55 Plus GST Doors: 7:00PM Show: 7:30PM
Films at The Capitol – Saturday, Northumberland Film Sundays, first movie in the series of six - DEPARTURES. Sunday, October 4th,
RICE LAKE X is the 10th annual public outdoor
exhibition of stone sculpture from Film Mondays at the Cobourg Public Library
at Classic Movie Matinees at the Port Hope Public
Library, Tuesdays Tuesday Films at the Capitol, Port Hope,
showings at East Durham
Historical Society Annual Heritage
Dinner, Wednesday, September 30, 6:00 p.m. at St.
Paul's Presbyterian Church, 131 Walton St., Port Hope. Featuring
speakers and musicians from 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. Wednesday, September 30 to November 11.
(seven Wednesdays) Time? 2:00 to 4: NEW!!!! National Theatre, 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 27th, 7:00 pm. What’s Coming? - At The Theatre And Dance DINI PETTY – A BROAD VIEW, Friday,
October 9th at Comedy thriller at Brighton Barn Theatre. When the Reaper Calls,
by Peter Colley, opening Friday, Sept. 25 through
Oct. 10. Evening performances start at DINI PETTY – A BROAD VIEW, Friday,
October 9th 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 Port Hope Friends of
Music - Angčle Dubeau
& La Pietŕ, Friday, October 2, 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 The Puccini Tosca Live From The Met at the
Capitol, October 10th, EST. 11/15 Band joins the
Baxter Creek Band for Angels in Flight for Leukemia Fundraiser. Friday. October 23rd 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 What’s Coming – Workshops and Auditions 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 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 The 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 A.K.Collings Gallery. 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, The Friday Morning Painting Group- Upstairs
Gallery, new location, 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 in September at
the Rainbow Cinemas at 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. Has been postponed. Details tba 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, 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
Walter Luedtke. Please send any notices or comments to wluedtke@cogeco.ca. |
