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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. Website: http://www.northumberlandarts.ca/ 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 Artists Of The
Week Two local artists and Arts Council of Northumberland members, Pat Stanley and Cori Lee
Marvin, are in the upcoming Artist Project art fair in
Toronto. The Artist Project Toronto is the art
show with “soul” and one that celebrates and showcases the talents of
Canadian and International independent artists. You can view and purchase
original art from over 175 carefully juried contemporary artists and enjoy
an eclectic program of talks, special features and art
installations. The Artist Project –
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From The Arts Council Stage 1 applications can be made at any time under the Ontario Cultural Attractions Fund and that the Stage 2 application DEADLINES are now available online: http://www.ocaf.on.ca/en/apply.aspx The next Stage 2 Deadline upcoming is February 26, 2010. Are you an artist working or interested
in working in schools or community settings? The Royal Conservatory, with the support of the Ontario Arts Council, is pleased to offer the Artist-Educator Foundations Course for artists who are already engaged in arts education, and for those who would like to learn more about arts education. This 30-hour course prepares artists to work in schools and/or in community settings. Calling The Northumberland Film
Community. The Park
Playhouse has a new 14 by 24ft retractable screen.
Dallas Varcoe, the manager of the Park, is considering enlisting
Cinephiles’ as a sort of rotating advisory board on the films or themes to
explore, or directors, Cobourg residents might find interesting.
Interested? please contact: Dallas Varcoe, Park Playhouse, Theatre
Manager, ph. 905-377-9595, fax 905-377-9099, dallas@parkplayhouse.ca; www.parkplayhouse.ca 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'... Warkworth photographer tops annual contest. The Trent Hills Heritage Committee kicked off Heritage Week on Tuesday with the announcement of this year's Heritage Barn Photo Contest winners. Port Hope organist
performs Bach concert series 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 ANOTHER FREE SEMINAR by HEATHER STUBBS! Upgrade Your Personal Impact. If you missed it the first time, NOW'S YOUR CHANCE! Saturday, February 20, 2010, 2-4- pm, Cobourg Public Library. Do you know that public speaking skills will enhance your success in any field? Your personal impact affects the way people listen to you. You can develop the skills to make sure you get your message across. Opening the 38th Annual Regional
Juried Exhibition, Saturday, February 20th, 2:00-4:00 pm at the
AGN Cobourg Port
Hope Canadian Cancer Society - “Sass La Jeunesse Youth Orchestra
presents ‘In The Spotlight’,
an opportunity for our soloists and featured sections to perform with the
backing of a full symphony orchestra. Selections by Dvorák, Sibelius,
Chaminade & Bruch. Sunday, Feb
21, ORGAN RECITALS for LENT, SUNDAYS AT 4:00 pm. The Northumberland Centre of the Royal Canadian College of Organists is again presenting its annual Lenten Organ Recital Series in 2010. Spend an hour or so on Sundays at 4 enjoying delightful music performed on the organs of this area's most beautiful churches, one of which is presented this year for the first time. February 21: 1978 Karl Wilhelm organ, St.
Andrew's Presbyterian Church, 200 King Street West,
Cobourg. The Cobourg and District Historical Society Presents an Illustrated Talk by Pauline Drope Browse Bringing Back the Harwood Railway Station, February 23rd, 8:00 pm, Citizens’ Forum Victoria Hall, Cobourg. In the 1850s, the construction of the Cobourg-Peterborough Railway included a station at Harwood on the south shore of Rice Lake. Join us to hear the story of the important heritage railroad station which "left Harwood" and is now on its way back. 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 Movies at 8:00 pm at the Capitol, Port
Hope - tba 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 8:00 pm at the Capitol, Port
Hope – tba What’s
Coming – At The Lectures, ANOTHER FREE SEMINAR by HEATHER STUBBS! Upgrade Your Personal Impact. If you missed it the first time, NOW'S YOUR CHANCE! Saturday, February 20, 2010, 2-4- pm, Cobourg Public Library. Do you know that public speaking skills will enhance your success in any field? Your personal impact affects the way people listen to you. You can develop the skills to make sure you get your message across. The Cobourg and District Historical Society Presents an Illustrated Talk by Pauline Drope Browse Bringing Back the Harwood Railway Station, February 23rd, 8:00 pm, Citizens’ Forum Victoria Hall, Cobourg. In the 1850s, the construction of the Cobourg-Peterborough Railway included a station at Harwood on the south shore of Rice Lake. Join us to hear the story of the important heritage railroad station which "left Harwood" and is now on its way back. Poetry and Music and Wine and
Conversation Thursday Evenings &:30 at 66 King Street East, Cobourg.
March 18, Vivien Taylor, Grahame Woods, Guest Poet - Lara Bozabalian, emcee - Glenda Jackson New website: http://www.poetrycobourg.ca 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, 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 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 Northumberland Players – Sweeney Todd, February 26 to March 6th, at the Capitol, Port Hope. The 1979 Tony Award winning musical is based on a 1973 play Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street by Christopher Bond. The musical tells the story of Benjamin Barker, alias Sweeney Todd, who returns to London after 15 years transportation on false charges. When he learns from his former landlady that his wife poisoned herself after being raped by the judge who wrongly transported him (Judge Turpin by name), he vows revenge. This is one of Stephen Sondheim's (West Side Story, Into the Woods, Company, Side by Side by Sondheim) most praised musicals. "Lorne Elliott Comedy Show"Saturday, March 13th, 8:00 PM at the Capitol, Port Hope Back by POPULAR demand, the hilarious Lorne Elliott is a one-man show delivering comedy at its very best. Lorne Elliott entertains to packed houses from Coast to Coast, bringing a whole new meaning to the word ‘comedy’. His talents transcend the norm when it comes to making people laugh…. laughter is the BEST MEDICINE!!! The perfect cure for Spring Fever!!! First Stages Theatre - BLUE / ORANGE - By Joe Penhall, Sunday, March 21, 3:00 PM at the Capitol, Port Hope. Starring: Denis Simpson &Todd Dulmage, Directed by Robert Latimer-Cornell. In a London psychiatric hospital, an enigmatic patient claims to be the son of an African dictator - a story that becomes unnervingly plausible. This incendiary tale of race, madness and a Darwinian power struggle at the heart of a dying National Health Service is a sardonically comic piece of 21st century British life. Winner of the Olivier, Evening Standard and Critic’s Choice Awards. "A ferocious comedy that justifies some high-powered verbal brutality." ~ New York Times. "Exuberant… a stinging satire, provocative and blackly funny." ~ The Guardian. What’s
Coming? - At The Concerts and
Opera Do you sing in the shower? Love the Met Opera Broadcasts? Attend opera performances in Toronto? Then come and learn more about the joys of live opera at the Northumberland Opera Guild. The Guild programs will run from September to April, and will include monthly lectures, discounted price tickets for, and transportation to performances by the Canadian Opera Company in Toronto, and other special events. For more information, and to get your name on our mailing list, please phone Thais Donald at 1-905-885-7483, or e-mail her at northumberlandoperaguild@gmail.com COC Opera Guilds can only be formed with the blessing of the Canadian Opera Company. There are quite a few - amongst them Kingston, of which Thais Donald used to be president, Peterborough, Oakville, and one in upper New York State. Assuming enough people join there are many benefits such as discounted tickets, access to the Friends' Lounge at the opera house, arranged buses to and from the opera, speakers. ORGAN RECITALS for LENT, SUNDAYS AT 4:00 pm. The Northumberland Centre of the Royal Canadian College of Organists is again presenting its annual Lenten Organ Recital Series in 2010. Spend an hour or so on Sundays at 4 enjoying delightful music performed on the organs of this area's most beautiful churches, one of which is presented this year for the first time. February 28: 1955 Casavant organ, Port Hope United Church, 34 South Street, Port Hope. This recital will be performed by Canadian organist Ruth Watson Henderson and accompanists. March 7: 1954 Casavant organ, St. Peter's Anglican Church, 240 College Street at King Street, Cobourg. March 14: 1911 Casavant organ, St. Paul's Presbyterian Church, 131 Walton Street, Port Hope. March 21: 2003 Content virtual organ, Colborne United Church, 1 Church Street East, Colborne. Free admission but donation appreciated. For additional information as it becomes available, telephone 905-355-3116 or send an e-mail to: swelltogreat@gmail.com The Shelter Valley Folk Festival 2010 Community Concert Series
Event: www.sheltervalley.com/concerts.htm or by
Visa/MasterCard order at 905-355-1244 or
1-866-612-SVFF James Keelaghan – Sunday, March 14th, 8pm, Venue
TBA zapp! Productions presents Debbie Davies. February 27 at 8 p.m. Victoria Hall, Cobourg. When the man who discovered Eric Clapton, Peter Green and Mick Taylor tells you to "hear her now", you don't want to miss your chance to see Debbie Davies on The Los Angeles Times says she "wields an electric guitar as if it were a wand". With nine albums under her belt you will be blown away by Debbie Davies and her Blues band - check her out on YouTube. www.debbiedavies.com. The Henderson Family Trio (composer & pianist Ruth Watson Henderson, and daughters Karen, cello, and Deborah, violin) will be performing together --a RARE occurrence - On Sunday February 28th, at 4 pm. United Church, Port Hope, this recital is part of the Royal Canadian College of Organists Lenten Series, and will feature 3 compositions by Ruth Watson Henderson: a new fanfare for organ; a suite for violin & organ; and her setting of Psalm 23 for mezzo soprano & piano. The programme will also include a Haydn Trio and some other works for violin, cello and piano. Shantero
Productions - “The Irish Descendants” - Friday, March 12th,
8:00 PM at the Capitol, Port Hope. A Newfoundland musical tradition.
www.shantero.com/ Port
Hope Friends Of Music - Lizt Alfonso Dance Cuba, Sunday, March 14, 4:00
p.m. Cameco Capitol Arts Centre, Port Hope. A fusion of flamenco and
classical ballet.Praised for its “amazing unanimity” (The New York Times)
and “sheer technical finesse” (Chicago Sun- Times), Lizt Alfonso Dance
Simon Boccanegra – Giuseppe Verdi. March 20, 1:00 pm, at the Capitol Port Hope, 3 hours, 40 minutes, 2 intermissions, Four decades into a legendary Met career, tenor Plácido Domingo makes history singing the title role in Verdi’s gripping political thriller, which is written for a baritone. Adrianne Pieczonka, Marcello Giordani, and James Morris are his co-stars in this moving and tragic story of a father and his lost daughter. James Levine conducts. Conductor: James Levine; Production: Giancarlo del Monaco; Adrianne Pieczonka, Marcello Giordani, Plácido Domingo, James Morris The Oriana
Singers present CLOSE TO HOME
on Port Hope Friends Of Music - Augustin
Hadelich & Ian Parker Date: Sunday, March 28, Ian Parker has performed across the
“Parker is . . . basking in the national and international limelight.”(CBC). Watch Augustin Hadelich playing Chopin, See Video of Augustin Hadelich Visit Augustin Hadelich Website 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 Complimentary Demonstrations at The Painted Tree, Cobourg Sunday Feb 28th, 1:00 - 4:00 pm. Gerry Johnston will be speaking on the importance of properly framing your work and how framing can make a significant impact in the overall presentation of your artwork. Join Lorrie
Priddle for her complimentary demonstration of renowned 19th century
artist William Waterhouse's paintings and his techniques of using
verdachio underpainting, colourful transparent glazing and scumbling
techniques which made him a winner of the international salon Competitions
on several occasions in the late 1800's. Lorrie will show a sample of the
pthalo green and black thinned down verdachio underpainting technique, the
extensive colourful underglazing and then scumbling technique used for
clothing and background painting used by Waterhouse. These old techniques
can be useful to today's artists to create fabulous paintings. Lorrie will show a completed
painting she has done in this style and show an underpainting and
completed poster example of Waterhouses' famous painting called "The Lady
of Shallot." Please RSVP as seating is limited 372-
1313 http://www.thepaintedtree.ca/ 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. 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: 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 The Shelter Valley Folk Festival is inviting Visual Artists in all media to apply for participation in the seventh annual festival, taking place Labour Day weekend, September3 – 5th, 2010. Information and applications are available on line at www.sheltervalley.com .The deadline for applications is March 31, 2010. For further information contact the Shelter Valley Folk Festival at 905-355-1244 or at festival@sheltervalley.com. Two local artists and Arts Council of Northumberland members, Pat Stanley and Cori Lee
Marvin, are in the upcoming Artist Project art fair in
Toronto. The Artist Project
Toronto is the
art show with “soul” and one that celebrates and showcases the talents of
Canadian and International independent artists. You can view and purchase
original art from over 175 carefully juried contemporary artists and enjoy
an eclectic program of talks, special features and art
installations. The Artist Project –
Toronto From The Cobourg Art Club - See
paintings by local artists at The
Mill restaurant and pub, Cobourg, a continuing show with lots of
variety. Also, a continuing and current display at the Dalewood Golf and Curling Club on
Dale Rd, Cobourg. Everyone welcome,
for more info call Maureen 372-7214 Black
and White, a theme show by the artists of The Colborne Art Gallery. January 23,
- March 7.What happens when an artist is given a theme to work within,
does this limit their creativity or push it to unexplored levels? The members of the Kingsley’s Korner returns to Mrs B’s Prince Edward St Brighton. Brighton Arts Council presents for the winter at Kingsleys Korner warmest wishes with art displays by their members. Drop by and view the craftsmanship in wood by Darryl Stutt along with his matted photos of winter scenes, wood carvings of winter birds by Clyde Harvie, country scenes in Oils by Anita Gutteridge, Presqu’ile photos by David Lawler and the internationally famous teddy bears by Trish Pilon. Some items are for sale. Brighton Arts Council presents at Lola’s Art Room 78 Main Street displays by members Henry Mitchell, acrylic paintings defined as exceptionally unique in style, Ray Godfrey, water colours nostalgically capturing our most remembered moments, Gail Warnica with self described glass ‘Konfusion’, Darryl Stutt Photography and Tina Osborne Jewelry art. The show runs for February. BAC to 2010. Over 40 works of art
have been placed on display by the Brighton Arts Council at the At the AGN, Upstairs Gallery, Port
Hope: Anne Wilson and Barbara King, February 4 - March 7th.
These two women bring strength to their work that makes the viewer
enjoy the paintings that they are experiencing. Each uses watercolour in
different ways. Both primarily practice landscape with a twist. Anne
Wilson, born and educated in February 20: Opening Reception,
The 38th Annual Regional Juried Exhibition, AGN Cobourg 2 - 4 pm 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.. HEART OF NORTHUMBERLAND 10th
ANNIVERSARY GARDEN TOUR 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. .
What’s
Coming? – At The Movies Movies at 8:00 pm at the Capitol, Port
Hope “Precious” – Tuesday, March 9th www.imdb.com/title/tt0929632/ “The Last Station” – Thursday, March 11th www.imdb.com/title/tt0824758/ “Me and Orson Welles” – Tuesday, March 16th www.imdb.com/title/tt1175506/ “Up in the Air” – Thursday, March 18th www.imdb.com/title/tt1193138/ “Nine” – Tuesday, March 23rd www.imdb.com/title/tt0875034/ What’s
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