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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 Members Of The Week Showing at
the And Pat Stanley -
The artist examines the tensions generated by the interaction of man-made and
natural landscapes. She uses experimental painting techniques and a mixture
of both abstract and representational imagery to capture and communicate the
effects of environmental stress on both urban and rural structures. The Painted Tree, Cobourg has announced its schedule for winter/spring
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From The Arts Council A revised deadline of 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 32 singers
explode in harmony Thirty-two young people recently
participated in the Northumberland Chorus Youth in Harmony Explosion II
program. Throughout the month of October, the a cappella quartet Class Act Coco Before Chanel last NFS film before Christmas
Northumberland Film Sundays (NFS)
screens Coco Before Chanel at Cobourg's
Northumberland Mall Theatres this Sunday, Dec. 6 at 4 p. m. Coco Before Chanel is a Friends of Music
presents Messiah, silent auction Dec. 5 On Dec. 5, Friends of Music returns to Park offers
Essentials entertainment Dec. 12 Go to a concert by Canadian a cappella group
The Essentials and you can expect to have a good time. Essentials members Joe
Oliva (bass), Special
one-night art show, silent auction will benefit folk festival
Shelter Valley Folk Festival will
unveil The Art Project at Meet at 66 King East in Cobourg this Thursday, Dec.
10 at 6:30 p. m. Fractured fairy tale featured at
Capitol. The 8th annual Capitol Christmas panto,
'Jack and the Beanstalk', is a show sure to delight everyone from three to
103, said the production's director and theatre managing director. The Arts Northumberland Blog: Jirina Marton
Wins Gov. General’s Literary Award The artist has drawings for sale at the Colborne
Art Gallery 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 8th Annual Capitol Christmas
"Panto", "Jack & the
Beanstalk" December 5th -
20th schedule HERE .at the
Capitol, Port Hope. a family tradition at the Capitol Theatre. Filled with
comedy, music, mayhem and song, it's once again time to cheer at the hero and
boo at the villain. Book early and don't miss one of the favourite shows of
the year. "Naughty Pantos" (For adults only) This year we have something new for
our patrons. for the first time we'll be presenting
a slightly "naughty" version of our seasonal hit. With a bit of
ribald humour, some sexy songs and a few more
delicious surprises, this show will make a perfect evening for adventurous
adults who love a bit of good, clean "naughty' humour Wootton - Moon
Remembered, Saturday, December 5, ARADIA ENSEMBLE, chorus and
soloists with the 1742 Dublin version of Handel’s Messiah …
Saturday December 5th, 8:00 p.m. at Port Hope United Church. The excitement is building for
this evening, as we welcome conductor Kevin Mallon
and soloists Laura Albino, Marion Newman, Nils Brown
and Sean Watson to the wonderful acoustics of More information about Aradia Ensemble on our website http://www.urlzoom.org/6fk or at the Aradia Ensemble website http://www.urlzoom.org/6fl GODDESSES, DIVAS and VIXENS, A Belly dance
Showcase hosted by Moksha Belly dance. Saturday,
December 5th. “ONE NIGHT ONLY” Sweet Water Country Music, Sunday, December
6 at LaJeunesse YOUTH
CHOIRS Present “
A SWINGIN’ VICTORIAN CHRISTMAS” With Artistic Director –
Markus Howard, Sunday, DECEMBER 6, at Film Monday Musical Matinees at the Cobourg
Public Library at 2:00 pm – schedule HERE Classic Movie Matinees at the Port Hope Public
Library, Tuesdays 2:00 pm. – schedule HERE Shelter Valley Folk Festival
Unveils The Art Project Meet at 66 King Street East in Cobourg, Preview
begins Thursday December 10th, at 6:30pm Shelter Valley Folk Festival
unveils a special art collection in downtown Cobourg for one night only. Join
us for an evening of live music, delicious sustenance, and the discovery of
unique and wonderful works donated for a Silent Auction to close our 2009
fundraising campaign. The Art Project brings together works from Festival
performers, local and national personalities, and well known local creators.
The proceeds will help support the Festival’s year round activities
including the “Artists in the Schools” program, Community Concert
Series and Songwriters Showcase providing an opportunity for young talent
through learning and experience. Exploring GREAT SCENES from OPERA with Iain
Scott, Thursdays, December 17th Applying Wagner’s theories of
music-drama to the nursery The meaning-filled fairy-tale of innocent children
lost in a wood The FOREST SCENE from Humperdinck’s “HANSEL UND
GRETEL” Why this is a conductors’ favourite in
operatic literature?. contact Gail Rayment 905-377-0536 What’s Coming – At The Lectures, Sinclair - Greenlegs - Saturday, December 12, What promises to be a new Christmas
Tradition for us is the Victoria Hall Christmas
dinner, new this year, priced at $50, on Saturday
Dec. 12th at What’s Coming? - At The Theatre And Dance Shantero Productions “DEREK
EDWARDS” Thursday December 10th, Nutcracker with a Twist, December 17 and 18
at What’s Coming? - At The Concerts and Opera The Essentials, Christmas Show, Saturday, December
12th, Their
award winning show
will is one
you don’t want
to miss. They’ve been
certified gold, appeared
in a CBS
movie and are
continually invited to
perform The Shelter Valley
Shape-Note Singers sing on the second Sunday of each month. Our next singing will take place Sunday, December 13, We'll have Christmas treats at break
time! A Life of Christmas, December 14 and 15 at A
Merry Christmas Playdate with: MAX
& RUBY, MISS SPIDER, BANANAS IN
PAJAMAS, THE FAIRLY
ODD PARENTS Saturday,
December 19th, Show:
1PM, 2nd show 7PM
at the Park Playhouse, Cobourg. The stars come
out to shine
in a power-packed hour-long
live show when
A Merry Christmas
Playdate
with Max &
Ruby, Miss Spider,
The Fairly OddParents, and
Bananas in Pyjamas, with
special guest Santa
Claus comes to
Park Playhouse &
Performing Arts Centre
on Saturday, December
19th, 2009, for
a 1pm and
7PM show. Engaging
and entertaining, Playdate creates
family memories that
last a lifetime!
Presented by Sphere
Entertainment, Playdate is a
musical storytime featuring
some of Treehouse TV
and YTV’s best-known
characters. Kids –
and parents –
are invited to
laugh at Max
& Ruby’s Christmas story
with Santa, dance
and sing along
with Miss Spider
and her Buggy
Bunch, be tickled
by the hilarious
Cosmo and Wanda
from The Fairly
OddParents,
and even join
the Bananas in Pyjamas in their
Christmas holiday adventures!
The Concert Band of Cobourg Christmas
concert on December 20 at 2 and Watson Entertainment: “JOHN LANDRY’S CHRISTMAS
WISH” Sunday December 20th , John
Berry Christmas Show, Sunday, December
20th, 2PM at the Park Playhouse, Cobourg
Tickets: $36.75 includes
tax Mention his
name to just
about any country
music lover and
the response will
likely be, "What
an awesome vocalist!" For
he is noted
for the intense
passion he has
brought to such
hits as "Your
Love Amazes Me"
and "Standing on
the Edge of
Goodbye." John Berry's
wide-ranging tenor voice
remains an instrument
of stupendous power. http://johnberry.musiccitynetworks.com/ Charles Dickens' Christmas Carol Sunday
December 27 at What’s Coming – Workshops and Auditions La Jeunesse Youth
Orchestra
presents "Playing Without Pain - A Wellness Workshop
for Musicians", by physiotherapist Barbara Paull and violinist Christine Harrison. Saturday December 12, noon - 4:30 pm, at Calvary Pentacostal Church, This from ACN member Chrissy Poutras:I
am the owner of Spark Box Studio,
a new artist studio and residency program in Pottery lessons with Susan McDonald at Practically Potty
Studio -- Lessons start now! Call Susan at 905-753-2731 or see www.practicallypotty.com. Beginners to
advanced, day and night classes available. The Painted Tree, Cobourg has announced its schedule for
winter/spring classes. Visit the Website HERE. Northumberland Hooks and Needles Guild which meets the 1st and 3rd Thursdays of
each month at Regency Manor Nursing Home, 66 Dorset St. E., Port Hope at 7:00
p.m. Contact Yvonne O’Neill 905-885-4872. The 1st Thursday of each
month is “Knitter-Knatter” (knitting
news, designer of the month, show and tell). The 3rd Thursday of the month is a
workshop: Dec.17 – Kindness Incentive Celebration; Jan.21 –
Brainstorming Fixes; Feb.18 – Favorite Scarves; Mar.18 – Stash
Reduction; Apr.15 - Seam Sewing; May 20 – Shawls; Jun 17 – Knitting
Challenge Finale. What’s On And Coming – At The Shows, Exhibitions and Spirit of the Hills third
visual arts show at its Showcase Gallery entitled, Join The Festive The show features lots of gift
giving ideas in the form of paintings, photographs, sculpture, jewellery, and
3-D mixed media. All media are
original and created by Spirit of the Hills visual artists. Regular hours: Friday, 1-4, Saturday, 10-4,
Sunday 1-4. Pat Stanley: FAULT LINES Paul Kane Gallery, Spirit of the Hills Christmas
show at the Gallery, Sandi Mackie at Christmas One
Of A Kind, Nov. 26 to Dec. Cindy Taylor is showing photography at the Human
Bean. The Friends of Bon Echo
Park invite all nature artists
to the Bon Echo Art
Exhibition & Sale at Email: fobecho@mazinaw.on.ca Website: www.mazinaw.on.ca/art Doris Scott's landscape and still life
paintings are being shown right now until the end of the year at the Campbellford Public Library, Paivi Marshall showing at Taylor
Accounting at 31 Main Street in Warkworth from Monday, November
2nd until the end of the year. Anneke Newman at the ACN member Trish Pilon invites you to peruse the Teddy Bear
Review Digital magazine. HERE Be sure
to pause at pages 26 & 54 for some video action. (You can't get THAT in
the print edition!!) Susan MacDonald,
textile artist. Her
work is on display and for sale at the AGN gift shop at the Upstairs Gallery, Port Hope. .
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. What’s Coming? – At The Movies Northumberland Film Sundays, Entire fall schedule HERE What’s On – At The Competitions Arts Blogs We Like |
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This newsletter is edited by Walter Luedtke. Please
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