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The Newsletter
of the Arts Council Of Northumberland he 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 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 Artist Of The Week Jeanette Bartosik
– Glass Jewelry, at the ACN gift shop, Port Hope |
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From The Arts Council 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'... Port Hope organist
performs Bach concert series Art Gallery of Northumberland hosts art history lecture
series Film festival presents best of the TIFF Honeymoon Suite to rock Cobourg's Park Playhouse The Arts Northumberland Blog: tba 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 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 For the 2010 Festival,
the Films are: Creation - Friday Cairo Time - Saturday The Young Victoria - Saturday
Broken Embraces - Sunday
David Hamilton, producer of Cooking with
Stella, has confirmed he will attend to present and Q and A the film on
Sunday. Cooking with Stella - Sunday
Tickets are available at the Human Bean and at Victoria
Hall. 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
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 Honeymoon Suite, Friday, January 29,
The National Theatre,
Following His Dark Materials, Coram Boy and War Horse, the National Theatre's
latest spectacular family production is an exhilarating adventure story of survival
and self-discovery based on a novel by Terry Pratchett.
A parallel world, 1860. Two teenagers thrown together by a tsunami that has destroyed
Mau’s village and left Daphne shipwrecked on his South Pacific island, thousands
of miles from home. One wears next to nothing, the other a long white dress; neither
speaks the other’s language; somehow they must learn to survive. As starving
refugees gather, Daphne delivers a baby, milks a pig, brews beer and does battle
with a mutineer. Mau fights cannibal Raiders, discovers the world is round and
questions the reality of his tribe’s fiercely patriarchal gods. Together
they come of age, overseen by a foul-mouthed parrot, as they discard old doctrine
to forge a new Nation. Live music, thrilling dance and spectacular puppets combine
to bring to life the spectacular and surprising world of Terry Pratchett's Nation on the National Theatre stage. Richard Forget's
Magic Stripped, Saturday, January 30th, "Pavlo, Rik Emmett & Oscar Lopez"
Mediterranean Magic, Triumphant Fusion, and Hot Latin Fire, Sunday, January 31st,
Film Monday Musical Matinees at the
Cobourg Public Library at 2:00 pm – schedule HERE The Port Hope Poetry
Reading series will hold its second meeting Monday,
Feb. Art History Lectures at
the February 1: Art
History Lecture - Orientalism: The Other in 19th
Century Paintings, by Andrew Gregg, Classic Movie Matinees
at the Port Hope Public Library, Tuesdays Movies at BACH 325, Randy Mills, organist will
play the complete organ works of J.S. Bach on Wednesdays and Sundays, Jan. 6 to
March 10. Wednesdays at Mills, who is Chapel Organist at Movies at What’s
Coming – At The Lectures, 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 Art History Lectures at
the February 8: Art History Lecture - Make His Face
to Shine: Depictions of God in the Judeo-Christian tradition, by Rev. Don Aitichsonth, Heart of Northumberland Big
Sisters Big Brothers ‘Spring
into The Garden Speaker Series’, held in Port Hope,
Calvary Pentecostal Church at 401 Croft Street, On Thursday evenings in March at 7:30 p.m. (doors open at 7:00),
Speakers: - Liz Primeau, Frank Kershaw, Marion Jarvie and Paul Zammit, and
they are being sponsored by the Northumberland Master Gardeners. So, in addition to hearing wonderful
speakers, you will be able to have your gardening questions answered by
Master Gardeners who will be in attendance each evening of the Series. Helen
Lackey. Helen can be reached at wlackey@cogeco.ca and by phone – 905
-377-9803 for further information. Tickets: $35 each for the series and will
be available February 1st at the Big Sisters Big Brothers Second Helpings
Store, 18 John St. Port Hope, or at two Cobourg locations, Jardiniere, 22 King St. E. and DGY (Days Gone Buy), 12
King St. E. The Northumberland Learning Connection’s
Spring 2010 lecture series, City building and place making: architecture for
the 21st Century, begins on March 25th.
Six Thursday lectures at the March 25 - Buildings and Cities in the 21st
Century - George Baird April 8 - TRANSFORMATIONS IN REGIONAL
ARCHITECTURE - John van Nostrand April 15 – BUILDING SCIENCE AND
SUSTAINABILITY - Ted Kesik April 22 - BUILDING IN THE CANADIAN LANDSCAPE
– Brigitte Shim April 29 - How Transportation is Shaping Cities
in Canada’s Fastest Growing Region – Leslie Woo Bonus presentation, sponsored the Port Hope and
Cobourg branches of the ACO Full series (5) $85, Flex pack (3) $55, Single
tickets $20 What’s
Coming? - At The Theatre And Dance tba What’s
Coming? - At The Concerts and Opera Friends of Music - “The Northumberland Orchestra & Choir present "SKöL" - Music of Northern Lands - an afternoon of favourites with Grieg's "Peer Gynt Suites 1 and 2", Sibelius' "Finlandia" also featuring pieces by Port Hope's Michael Cumberland plus much more.Starting at 3:30 pm on Sunday, February 7, 2010 at Trinity United Church, Division Street, Cobourg. Tickets are available at Victoria Hall Box Office, George's Guitars in Cobourg and Gould's Footwear, Port Hope. The Legendary Platters & The Inkspots” Wednesday, February 10th, The Additional concerts: Martyn Joseph – Friday, February 12th, James Keelaghan
– Sunday, March 14th, Port Hope Canadian Cancer Society - “Sass This summer, Westben is
presenting Adrianne
Pieczonka, who is in the MET
broadcast in March in Simon Boccanegra with Placido
Domingo. Saturday Night at the Opera - Great
Heroines. Also featured at Westben is Mozart’s
The Magic Flute. For other programmes
this summer please the website at http://www.westben.ca What’s
Coming – Workshops and Auditions Learn about upcycling
your "old" clothes or using remnants etc. to create wearable art or a creative
accessory for your home. Ask about upcoming classes beginning mid February - Wednesdays or Saturdays.
Contact Kathryn McHolm 905-753-2196 or
kathrynsgarden@sympatico.ca 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 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 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: 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 At the AGN, February 4 - March 7: Anne
Wilson and Barbara King, February 6: Opening Reception
Anne Wilson and Barbara King, February 8: Art History
Lecture - Make His Face to Shine: Depictions of God in the Judeo-Christian
tradition, by Rev. Don Aitichsonth, February 15: Submissions to the 36th Annual Regional
Juried Exhibition. Get the submission form. February 20: Opening
Reception, The 38th Annual Regional Juried Exhibition, AGN Cobourg February 20 - March 27: The
38th Annual Regional Juried Exhibition, AGN Cobourg The Ganaraska Studio Tour
is just around the corner –and all of the artists/artisans are looking
forward to opening their studios to the public once again. This year there
are twenty-six talented, diverse and dynamic participants ready to welcome
you to the Port Hope area, with a fine show of works ranging from wood and
textiles to paintings, pottery, jewelry and fine art in all
mediums. Our studios will be open from Through The Lens, January 29 to
March 6, An
exhibition featuring the work of local artists Sally McKay-LePage and five other artists. At gallery
artplus Jeanette Bartosik
"lampworked art glass beads and sterling
silver jewellery" is on display and for sale at the AGN gift shop at the
Upstairs Gallery, Port Hope.,
and also in the gift shop of the Spirit of the Hills “A
Northumberland Perspective” at the Campbellford Library, Campbellford from January 14th
to March 31. Opening Reception on Tuesday, January 19th from Spirit of the Hills ‘Mpumalanga Memories’ and features photographs taken
by Jane Osmond during two mission trips
to Mpumalanga Province in South Africa in 2008 and
2009. at the Osmond’ photography demonstrates
a broad palette of imagery: startling beauty, inexplicable joy, and
overwhelming contrasts. She saw
startling beauty in the African people, especially the children, as well as in
the wild animals in their natural habitat. Inexplicable joy burst forth in
spontaneous a cappella singing and dancing even while these young people
struggled to overcome adversity. There were overwhelming contrasts in the
rich and the poor, in modern shopping malls and country markets, and in the
beauty of the land. This African experience brought tears and laughter,
sorrow and joy. Until February 28th. Rod Straker – Then And Now AGN, 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 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 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 For the 2010 Festival,
the Films are: Creation - Friday Cairo Time - Saturday The Young Victoria - Saturday
Broken Embraces - Sunday
Cooking with Stella - Sunday
Tickets are available at the Human Bean and at Victoria
Hall. Movies at “Coco Before Chanel”
– Tuesday, February 9th www.imdb.com/title/tt1035736/ “Love & Savagery”
– Saturday, February 13th www.imdb.com/title/tt1213921/ “Creation” –
Tuesday, February 16th www.imdb.com/title/tt0974014/ What’s
On – At The Competitions Arts Blogs We Like |
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This
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