Arts Council of Northumberland Newsletter, December 25, 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 Members Of The Week – a Merry Christmas to all members and supporters of the arts

 

From The Arts Council

Fleming College ARTS PROGRAMMING 2010. Join renowned instructors Monika Becker, Jim Henderson, Michael Lyons, Daniel Matmor, Heidi von Palleske, Sian Pritchard, John Pryce, Jennifer Reymes, Stuart Ross, Susan Statham, Cindy Taylor, Brent Townsend, Alice Vander Vennen and others for an amazing slate of Arts courses right here in Northumberland County! For more information, or to register call 905.372.6865 ext. 5221. see attachment.

 

As posted in the December version of Craftflash e-news, the deadline for eastern Ontario makers to apply to the Ontario Crafts Council’s Eastern Focus section at the Spring 2010 One of a Kind Show has been extended until January 6th, 2010. For all details, forms and a full description of this one time only subsidized opportunity, visit www.craft.on.ca/OCC_News/Eastern_Update

 

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

Local authors, musicians celebrate Christmas Local authors Claire Mowat and Gregory Ward will read Christmas-themed selections from their works as part of a special musical evening celebrating the season.

 

The Arts Northumberland Blog:

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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 2:00 pm in the Rotary Room on the main floor. Entire fall schedule HERE  

 

Charles Dickens' Christmas Carol Sunday December 27 at 3 p.m. St. Peter’s Church, Cobourg. Interspersed with beautiful seasonal songs and carols, the readers include Suzanne Grew Ellis, Richard Scrimger and Pat Weller. Directed by Michael Ellis, the talented singers, Ellen Torrie, mezzo-soprano Elizabeth Ann Barlow and tenor Donald Aitchison are accompanied by gifted pianist Randy Mills. tickets 905-372-2210.

 

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

 

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

Northumberland Learning Connection presents Opera brown-bag-lunch talks

Bring your lunch and join us for opera talks one hour before the Metropolitan Opera HD broadcasts at the ©Cameco Capitol Arts Centre, 12:00–12:30 pm in the A.K. & Bob Sculthorpe Studio Theatre at the ©Cameco Capitol Arts Centre, Port Hope

January 9, 2010: Elizabeth Wilson on Der Rosenkavalier by Richard Strauss

January 16, 2010: Marguerite Doritty on Carmen by Georges Bizet

January 23, 2010: Ian Montagnes on Les Contes d’Hoffmann by Jacques Offenbach

March 20, 2010: Thais Donald on Simon Boccanegra by Guiseppe Verdi

Coffee and tea are on the house! $5.00 per person, at the door only

For more information, please call Joanne Bonebakker at 905-349-3402 or visit www.northumberlandlearningconnection.ca

What’s Coming? - At The Theatre And Dance

Steel Magnolias, Produced by Garth Holloway and Doreen Page, Directed by Chris M. Worsnop DINNER THEATRE at The Best Western Cobourg Inn and Convention Centre, Cobourg January 22, 23, 24, 29, 30, 31, February 5, 6 (matinee and evening) and 7, 2010. The story introduces us to a gaggle of gossiping ladies in a 1980's Louisiana small-town beauty parlour. The characters are familiar and engaging; truly hilarious in their joking as they cut up their local society with their biting yet honest insights, all the while fussing with their hair. The play swings between slap-your-sides comedy and dab-your-eyes tender moments. The ending is deeply moving; a skillfully crafted and lovingly evoked picture of kookiness and sisterhood.

Richard Forget's Magic Stripped, Saturday, January 30th, 8:00 PM at the Park Playhouse, Cobourg. "Canada can lay claim to one of the best magicians in the world." The National Post. Richard Forget is an international award winning magician with a show that places him at the forefront of the magic world. He has created a magnificent magical experience that is inspired by his years traveling throughout the world and living in Toronto, Canada. Richard’s vignettes tell a fascinating tale about Richard’s experiences in an urban setting and in a modern world, with a magical twist. As a world class magician, Richard has performed in Canada, the United States, Europe and Asia, as well as on live television in front of millions of viewers, mesmerizing a wide variety of audiences with his innovative, thought provoking and visually stunning illusions.

 

What’s Coming? - At The Concerts and Opera

 

Der Rosenkavalier – Richard Strauss, January 9, 2010 at 1:00 pm  Expected Running time: 4 hours, 45 minutes, 2 intermissions. Strauss’s comic masterpiece of love and intrigue in 18th-century Vienna stars Renée Fleming as the aristocratic Marschallin and Susan Graham in the trouser role of her young lover. Edo de Waart conducts a cast that also includes Kristinn Sigmundsson and Thomas Allen.

 

BACH 325, Randy Mills, organist will play the compete organ works of J.S. Bach on Wednesdays and Sundays, Jan. 6 to March 10. Wednesdays at 7:30pm (Jan. 6, 13, 20, 27, Feb. 3, 10, 24, Mar. 3, 10) St Mark's Church, King St., Port Hope.  Sundays at 2:30pm (Jan. 10, 17, 24, 31, Feb. 7, 21, 28, Mar. 7) The Memorial Chapel, Trinity College School, Ward St., Port Hope. Free admission. Info: www.tcs.on.ca/bach325<http://www.tcs.on.ca/bach325>

Mills, who is Chapel Organist at Trinity College School as well as Music Director at St Mark's Anglican Church, has used the programmes of one of his teachers, British recitalist Peter Hurford, as a guide for arranging the seventeen concerts.
Both the Hill, Norman and Beard organ at TCS, imported from England in 1965, and the 1986 Gabriel Kney (London, ON) tracker pipe organ at St Mark's are considered fine instruments for the interpretation of Bach's works. In particular, the Kney organ is based on small organs by Gottfried Silbermann, Bach's favourite builder, which Mills was able to study in Germany in 1992. Admission is free to all concerts, and further information is available at: www.tcs.on.ca/bach325<http://www.tcs.on.ca/bach325>

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.

 

"Killer & the King" Saturday, January 16th, 8:00 PM, 17th, 2:00 pm at the Capitol, Port Hope. Award winning tribute artists Joe Passion and Michael John present a Vegas Style Tribute to Elvis Presley & Jerry Lee Lewis featuring the best of Rockabilly.

 

A Tribute to Frank Sinatra –m Featuring Vocalist Dave Statham and Swing Shift Big Band, Sunday January 24th, 2:00 PM, at the Park Playhouse, Cobourg, Tickets: $30 Plus GST

Swing Shift is firmly established as one of Ontario’s finest big bands and they have been wowing audiences with their “Tribute to Frank Sinatra” show, playing Frank’s greatest hits from his early days as a musical heart throb to his Vegas “Rat Pack” years, and they play Mr. Sinatra’s songs the way he intended them to be played.

Swing Shift Big Band was created in August, 1996 with the intent of preserving the timeless sounds of the big band era, and they have been entertaining all over Ontario from smaller intimate venues to crowds of over 6,000.  Once you hear this powerful band you will agree that the combination of 5 saxophones, 4 trumpets, 4 trombones, piano, bass, drums and guitar along with their exceptionally talented vocalist Dave Statham belting out timeless classics like Come Fly With Me, My Kind of Town, Theme from New York New York and Luck Be A Lady to name a few, will make for a show you will not want to miss.

 

Honeymoon Suite, Friday, January 29, 8:00 PM at the Park Playhouse, Cobourg. A special live performance from the band who charted a number of hit songs from the 1980s. Enjoy the intimate confines of Park Playhouse and sing along to your favorites including; “New Girl Now”, “Feel It Again”, “What Does It Take” and “Bad Attitude.

 

What’s Coming – Workshops and Auditions

Choral Legacy is a women's choir that sings music in three or four part harmony. Our musical selections encompass a wide variety of styles, including jazz standards, show tunes, and popular music. The chorus rehearses on Monday nights under the direction of Shasta Morey, at Baltimore United Church starting at 7:15 pm.

We are always looking for women who enjoy the fun and friendship that come from singing together. If you are interested in joining our choir, please call Ann Knott 885-6534 or Shasta Morey 349-2188.

 

Acrylic painting and collage classes- with Carmel Bouzanne, Port Hope starting after Jan. 15th, 2010.Please call 905 885 9266, or email carmel.b@sympatico.ca----

 

This from ACN member Chrissy Poutras:I am the owner of Spark Box Studio, a new artist studio and residency program in Picton, Ontario. We have recently launched an Emerging Artist Residency Award which gives young emerging artists the chance to participate in an artist residency free of charge for up to one week. Along with this opportunity we have also started building a resource site for emerging artists called the Emerging Artist Guide. This guide can be viewed by going to www.emergingartistguide.wordpress.com.. Website: www.sparkboxstudio.com.

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: 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 Tours

 

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 Bon Echo Provincial Park, Hwy.41, Cloyne, ON.  The theme of this juried exhibition of original art is about Canadian Nature, Wildlife, or Countryside, and will take place on July 23, 24, 25, 2010.  deadline for applications: March 1, 2010. For Applications & Information:  Derek Maggs, Executive Director, Friends of Bon Echo Park, 16151 Hwy. 41, RR#1, Cloyne , ON, K0H 1K0.Phone:  613-336-0830

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, 98 Bridge St. E. Painting in the traditional manner in a painterly, impressionistic style, her fresh, bright use of color enlivens the works and captures your attention.  The show is open during regular library hours.

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 100 Mile Diner in Warkworth from Thursday, November 5th until the end of the year. The show is entitled “A Dawdle Down Dutch Line” features oil paintings of local area landscapes, a favourite theme.

 

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

NFS next movie on January 10th, “The Boys are back” 4:00 pm at the Mall Cinema Cobourg – details here: http://www.northumberlandfilm.ca/#film7 . Tickets are now available from the Human Bean.

 

Fifth Annual Film Festival.  January 29, 30, 31 Full details here: http://www.northumberlandfilm.ca/festival/

The line up is already getting compliments and series tickets are selling fast. Tickets at $45 include 5 films and a reception Saturday night at Victoria hall.  If any singles are left, they will be sold for $9 “at the door”.

 For the 2010 Festival, the Films are:

Creation - Friday 6:30 pm

Cairo Time - Saturday 1:30pm

The Young Victoria - Saturday 6:00pm - followed by a Reception in Victoria Hall at 8:00pm.

Broken Embraces - Sunday 1:00pm

Cooking with Stella - Sunday 4:00pm

Tickets are available at the Human Bean and at Victoria Hall.

 

 

Movies at 8:00 pm at the Capitol, Port Hope

“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

 

‘Neurartic’ – an 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.