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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 Henderson – musician. The Ancient
Music Trio will be performing on Sunday, December 13th at the Human Bean,
Cobourg and on December 20th at St. Mark’s, Port Hope. To purchase a cd
(or place an advance order), please contact Deborah Henderson at deborah.henderson@sympatico.ca The Painted Tree, Cobourg has announced its schedule for winter/spring
classes. Visit the Website HERE |
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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 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. Holiday concerts support Fare
Share Food Bank With Christmas fast approaching, the
Fare Share Food Bank reminds residents not to forget the community's
less-fortunate this holiday... Holiday rock opera returns to
Victoria Hall Brighton's 'Vocalese'
will perform on Dec. 12 Novel examines immigrant life in
small-town Ontario Canadian comic Derek Edwards
invades Port Hope 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 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, Sinclair - Greenlegs - Saturday, December 12, 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 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 The Ancient Music Trio willbe performing
selections from their new cd, "English Music
of the Golden Age" as well as some "old" (as in 16th century)
Christmas favourites, Sunday, December 13th
from 2 to 4 pm at The Human Bean Coffee House, 80 Kings St., Cobourg. 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! Service of Carols and Lessons, Sunday,
December 23rd at 7.30, St. Peter's Church, A Life of Christmas, December 14 and 15 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 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 A performance of Twelve
Days of the Infanta, a spectacle by Eric
Winter, will be held at 66 King East on Thursday
17th of December at What’s Coming – At The Lectures, tba What’s Coming? - At The Theatre And Dance Nutcracker with a Twist, December 17 and 18
at What’s Coming? - At The Concerts and Opera 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 Der Rosenkavalier – Richard
Strauss, Carmen – Georges Bizet,
January 16, 2010 at 1:00 pm, 3 hours, 30 minutes,1 intermission. One of
the most popular operas of all time, Carmen "is about sex, violence, and
racism—and its corollary: freedom," says Olivier Award-winning
director Richard Eyre about his new production of Bizet's
drama. "It is one of the inalienably great works of art. It's sexy, in
every sense. And I think it should be shocking." Elīna Garanča
sings the seductive gypsy of the title for the first time at the Met,
opposite Roberto Alagna
as the obsessed Don José. What’s Coming – Workshops and Auditions Acrylic painting and collage classes- with 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, 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 Movies at “The Boys Are Back” -
Tuesday, January 12th www.imdb.com/title/tt0926380/ “An Education” –
Thursday, January 14th www.imdb.com/title/tt1174732/ “Cooking With Stella” –
Tuesday, January 19th www.imdb.com/title/tt1479676/ “Cairo Time” –
Thursday, January 21st www.imdb.com/title/tt0896529/ “TBA” – Tuesday,
January 26th “The Damned United” –
Thursday, January 28th www.imdb.com/title/tt1226271/ What’s On – At The Competitions Arts Blogs We Like |
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