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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 Member
Artist Of The Week Alice VanderVennen - “The journey of life reflects a capability of piecing together many views of the world, activities and relationships as an expression of one’s vision. I attempt to reflect this as I work with multiple materiality, fabric, branches, wire, copper, paper and ceramic shards as part of a visual language suggesting a story. The story is part women’s history, the meaning of objects in everyday life and the collection and sorting of intriguing things. I strive to have my art speak as a celebration of the human spirit in relation to its Creator, whether from secret spaces or the most flamboyant expressions. The works form a record of my own journey in life Vander Vennen is offering summer workshops. Please see the
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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
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Headlines Cobourg's Park Playhouse presents Canada's premier funny man One of Canada's funniest men is returning to Cobourg. Ron James takes to the Cobourg's Park Playhouse and Performing Arts Centre. Colborne Art Gallery hosts October Browne 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 2:00 pm in the Rotary Room on the main floor. Entire fall
schedule HERE . Ron James, Friday, May 28th, 8:00 PM, at the Park Playhouse, Cobourg. Coming off another critically acclaimed, highly rated CBC-TV comedy special, Canada's most consistently sold out stand-up comedian, RON JAMES, makes a visit to Cobourg with a poetically-charged, rocket fuelled trip across Canada's cultural landscape. "Blossoms Studio Show" at 16 Robertson St. Colborne, (near Foodland). This show coincides with the Apple Blossoms Tyme Festival, May 29th and May 30th 10:00 am to 5:00pm. A portion of the proceeds will go to the Children's Wish Foundation to help children with cancer. 905-376-4404. Sink Your Teeth into Bree Tanner, Saturday, June 5th, 11 am - Mary J. Benson Branch, Port Hope. Fans of Twilight take note – A new Stephanie Meyer book is being released on June 5th. So get your fangs out, have breakfast on us, and celebrate the newborn vampire introduced in Eclipse. Great prizes to be won, including copies of The short second life of Bree Tanner.Copies of the book will be available to purchase, courtesy of Furby House Books. The Colborne Gallery
spring concert Sat. May 29 at 7.30 p.m. by solo musician October
Browne. The Colborne Art
Gallery is a collective, non profit art gallery in Colborne. A cultural
gem in Neil Young Tribute, Saturday, May 29th, 2:00 PM. at the Park Playhouse, Cobourg. Featuring: Francois Choquette, Heather Luckhart, Trish Robb, PHLO, Mike Kelly - matinee concert with twelve incredible musicians as they celebrate & perform the Music of Neil Young! Choral Legacy presents Songs of Inspiration. Sunday May 30th, 2:30 pm, The Ruth Clarke Centre, 81 Mill Str. S. Port Hope. Join this unique women's choir for an afternoon of spirituals, sacred and secular songs as well as stories to inspire and uplift you. Take part in the sing along and stay for light refreshments. Tickets: $10.00 at the door or call 905-349-2188 Film Monday Musical Matinees at the Cobourg Public Library at 2:00
pm – schedule HERE Reading The Port Hope Play by playwright Charles Hayter at Monday May 31st at 7:00 pm at Furby House Books, Port Hope. The world premiere of 4th Line Theatre’s production of Eldorado Town – The Port Hope Play is July 1st at The Winslow Farm in Millbrook. Classic Movie Matinees at the Port Hope Public
Library, Tuesdays 2:00 pm. – schedule
HERE Tuesday Movies at 8:00 pm at the Capitol, Port Hope - “ “The Secret of Their Eyes” – Tuesday, June 1st www.imdb.com/title/tt1305806/ Shimmy Bellydance 'Goddess Theory' an original story by Jenny Bryans. Wednesday, June 2nd, 7.00 PM, the Capitol Theatre, Port Hope. Three young women searching for "more" wish to join the acolytes who worship the Goddesses Beauty, Love, Change and Kavita (the lead Goddess who rules them all).This is definitely a show the whole family will enjoy! Thursday Movies at 8:00 pm at the Capitol, Port Hope “Chloe” – Thursday, June 3rd www.imdb.com/title/tt1352824/ What’s Coming – At The
Lectures, Readings, Book Launches and Awards
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Theatre And Dance Moksha Belly Dance, “The Women of Menace” Saturday, June 12th, 8.00 PM at the Capitol Theatre. An evening of swirling veils, exotic music, dazzling costumes, ancient dance and the occasional weapon. Be prepared to be mesmerized by the empowered allure, seductive confidence, divine artistry and elegant grace of these local goddesses. To view a video please visit www.youtube.com and search Moksha bellydance. What’s Coming? - At The
Concerts and Opera There is a new Opera Guild in your neighbourhood! Starting in September 2010, the Northumberland Opera Guild will run a full program of monthly lectures, focussing on the upcoming 2010-2011 season of the Canadian Opera Company, and will organize bus trips to the Sunday afternoon performances at the Four Seasons Centre in Toronto. Annual Membership Fees are $25 for a single and $35 for a family. To join, please send your name, address, phone number, e-mail address (if available) and a cheque payable to The Northumberland Opera Guild to: Val Mancktelow, Treasurer, 208 Walton Street, Port Hope, Ontario, L1A 1N9. For more information, please contact Thaïs Donald, President at (905) 885-7483 or northumberlandoperaguild@gmail.com The Parish of Perrytown - (St. Anne-St. George-St. Paul) PRESENTS "With A Song In Our Hearts", Sunday, June 6th at 4P.M.Third annual Spring Concert Songs, sacred songs, folk songs, ballads, show tunes, gospel. Directed by Chris Tracey with St. Paul's choir, St Paul's Anglican Church, Perrytown 6876 County Rd. # @ 7th Line, 10 KMS North of HWY 401 @ Welcome/Port Hope Exit Admission $10 (Family of 3 or more: $25) Phone 905-342-5680 Email: saint gap@gmail.com The Oriana Singers present their Annual Fundraising Concert - Around the World in 80 minutes Saturday, June 5, Baltimore Recreation Centre Hall, Doors Open at 7pm Assigned Seating – tickets must be purchased in advance from the Victoria Hall Box Office, Ticket Price $35, Call 905-372-2210 or 1-888-COBOURG, Songs from Japan, Finland, Hawaii, Spain, etc, Silent Auction, Raffle, Full Bar, Dessert Buffet Westben presents The Selfish Giant - A new musical by Brian
Finley & Ken Tizzard based on the short story by Oscar Wilde, June 11
& 18 at 7:30 pm: June 12, 13, 19 & 20 at 2 pm, Westben,
Campbellford Westben presents a world premiere musical starring Robert Longo as the Selfish Giant along with Gabrielle Prata as Virginia Snow and Donna Bennett as Linette along with the fifty voices of the Westben Youth Chorus & Friends. Growing out of several months of discussion and debate, this musical adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s provocative short story “The Selfish Giant” remains both true to the original while standing alone as a modern work. Brian Finley and Ken Tizzard have masterfully recreated the power and magic of Wilde’s ‘words on paper’ into rich musical themes. Equally relevant to both children and adults, this full length, fully staged theatre piece has a colourful musical score which ranges from infectiously sunny to hauntingly beautiful. It finds an amazing musical meeting place between the worlds of music theatre and opera. Words and Music 2010 - presented and performed by Brad Halls and His Guest Vocalists. Friday, June 11 and Saturday June 12, at Victoria Hall, Cobourg. Halls his guest vocalists Eileen March and Catherine Ford present “The Songs of the Beatles”. The Magic
Flute, July 2,3,4 at 2:00 PM, Westben
Concerts At The Barn. is a fully staged production with orchestra. The
UBC Opera Ensemble are stopping at Westben for three performances while on
route to Europe. Milt Jewell is busy with set design, Ron Vogan is
preparing the surtitles and lighting design while Jim MacDonald is getting
The Barn in tip top shape. Westben welcomes recent Juno Award winner Adrianne Pieczonka, as well as
mezzo soprano Laura Tucker and Host Iain Scott to Saturday Night at The
Opera, July 24 at 7:30 pm. This concert will be sold out so
don't wait to reserve your seats. What’s Coming – Workshops
and Auditions Fabrics and textiles often have unique histories and hold special meaning. People treasure fabric from mothers, grandmothers, childhood, special places and events. Local professional artist and educator Alice Vander Vennen is now providing textile art workshops for anyone interested in stitching these and similar materials together into evocative art pieces. The three workshops Alice is offering are: “Working with Memory: Creating with Memorabilia”, Friday,
June 18, 3-7:30 pm; Saturday, June 19, 10 am-5
pm. “Journey in Colour: The Visual Story”, Friday, July 23,
3-7:30 pm; Saturday, July 24, 10 am-5 pm. “Incorporating Nature: Branching Out”, Friday, September 10,
3-7:30 pm; Saturday, Sept. 11, 10-5 pm. For more information, contact Alice at alice@alicevandervennen.ca, or 905-372-9319. Registration can be completed via her website, www.alicevandervennen.ca. New Instructors at the Painted Tree, Cobourg - Beth Hoselton and Avril Bull have joined the line up of instructors at The Painted Tree Art Supplies. Beth will be teaching an Introduction to Watercolour course and Avril will be teaching an Introductory drawing course. Summer Kid's Schedule Now Available. Sundays-Buy 2 get 1 free Stretched Canvas!! We are open 1-4:00. Members are admitted to La Jeunesse Youth Orchestra through auditions, which are held each year in June and again in September. Our next scheduled auditions are June 10, 11 and 12, 2010. At any time of year, we are interested in talking to potential new members. If you would like more information or would like to schedule an audition, please contact Orchestra Manager by email (ljyomanager@hotmail.com), by phone at 1-866-460-LJYO or visit www.ljyo.ca Northumberland Players – AUDITIONS – for Having Hope at
Home, by David S. Craig - Wednesday, June 9 & Thursday, June 10 at
7:00 pm, (possible callbacks Sunday, June 13 @ 1pm), Fire Hall - 3rd
Floor, 213 Second Street, Cobourg ON
(905.372.0577) Having Hope at Home, by Canadian playwright David S. Craig, is a very clever, funny and heartwarming look at a family learning to love each other again through hope and forgiveness. Modern medicine meets midwifery at full speed when the daughter of a gynecologist insists on doing things her own way. All the action takes place in the kitchen of the grandfather's old farmhouse …somewhere in Canada. Director, Brenda Worsnop. No prepared piece necessary for auditions. Production dates: October 22, 23, 24, 29, 30, 31 and November 5, 6, 7, 2010 at the Best Western.Call Producer, Doreen Page, at 905-377-8590 if more information is required. Artworth began uniting
children with local professional artists and artisans in Warkworth in 2005. This year’s camp runs from July 5th through
July16th and is a journey from the self expression of creating art, to
the expansion of that expression in creating a performance. The
Funtastic Arts camp will include Cindy Taylor is offering a series of photography workshops
through the Fleming College campus in
Cobourg. Please
visit the website HERE for information on
the courses. 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. 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. The Painted Tree, Cobourg has announced spring classes. Visit the Website HERE. Also a series of kids’ workshops is in the planning stage. 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:; May 20 – Shawls; Jun 17 – Knitting Challenge Finale. What’s On And Coming – At
The Shows, Exhibitions and Tours Art
Show and Sale of original works by Port Hope artist Rae Polutik, At Ruth
Clarke Centre -81 Mill Street, Port Hope Saturday June 5th - 10:00am to
4:00pm "After Pictures' Chris Down, Jane Eccles, Olexander Wlasenko, Visual Arts Centre, June 6 -July 4, Opening June 6th 2-4 pm 143 Simpson Avenue, Bowmanville, 905-623-0276 This is an exhibition of paintings and drawings tied together by artists who reference photography. The Colborne Art Gallery - Edges, a show by Gallery member Avril Bull until June 13th. Bull finds edges are something to run along, bump into, climb on to, hang on or fall off. This show is an exploration in paintings and original prints that encompasses many edges. Those on the edge in school, society and our environment. These edges can be happy , challenging or sad places. Life is edgy. 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 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. 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 100 Mile Diner,
Warkworth. 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 Horizons of Friendship’s 13th Annual Homes,
Gardens and Music Tour Sunday, July 11th, 1:00-5:30 p.m. Spend an elegant mid-summer afternoon enjoying live music and light refreshments as you tour homes and gardens in Cobourg and area. Proceeds go to Horizons of Friendship to support self-help projects that provide a viable alternative to poverty and injustice in Central America and Mexico. www.horizons.ca Call 905 372-5483 or 1-888-729-9928 for tickets. $30 ($22 tax receipt) 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 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 What’s On – At The
Competitions "Make it Indie" VENDOR CALL. All
creators and purveyors of Fine Craft and Decorative Art are invited to
submit work for the inaugural Christmas Fine Craft and Decorative
Art Show and Sale, 2010. Please see our website @
www.//makeitindie.blogspot.com for more details and vendor information and
forms or call Sally @905-377-0740.Submissions accepted until June
1st 4th Line Theatre is accepting submissions for its 2010 New Play Competition. The entry level for new projects is referred to as ‘seeding.’ Playwrights who have had at least one full-length work for the stage professionally produced are invited to submit story ideas, draft treatments or draft scenes of a proposed play project for seed funding. At a later date successful projects may be eligible for commissioning. Submissions should reflect 4th Line Theatre’s mandate and mission: to preserve and promote our Canadian cultural heritage through the development and presentation of regionally-based, environmentally staged, historical dramas and to develop and present original Canadian works of the highest quality which explore regional themes, history and heritage. The closing date for submissions is April 23, 2010. Arts Blogs We
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