The
Section
5:
ONGOING Cultural EVENTS and Museum Exhibits
Alphabetical
Listing
5.1
- The
Bruce County Museum & Cultural Centre
519-797-2080
www.brucemuseum.ca
Contact: Nancy White, Program Coordinator
519-797-2080 ext. 107
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1-866-318-8889
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5.2 - Bruce Penninsula
Bird Observatory
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Steve
Patterson
"the voice for birds on the Bruce"
5.3 – The
http://www.durhamart.on.ca/
The Durham Art Gallery is very thankful to the numerous artists who made such a
substantial contribution to our ongoing vitality. You can show them your appreciation by taking
home one of their marvelous art works. And we appreciate your efforts to pass
this information on to friends and family members.
We need your support to succeed!
All the best,
Ilse
--
Ilse Gassinger
Executive Director
Durham Art Gallery
251 George Street East
Durham ON N0G 1R0
519-369-3692
www.durhamart.on.ca
Gallery hours: Tuesday to Friday, 10 to 5;
Saturday and Sunday, 1 to 4
plus Thursday evenings, 7 to
5.4 – Fiddlefern
Country
Dancing
Time to get rid of the winter BLAHSs and do some dancing.
Join
us at
Doors
open at
Please
remember we need your support and attendance to help us continue our
"Scrievit is a three piece acoustic ensemble that deftly
balances on the line between traditional and contemporary folk music. Featuring
Christine
Storey
on fiddle and vocals; Ed Nicol on guitar, mandolin, bouzouki and
vocals and (
SPRINGFLING:
Start to make plans now for our annual SpringFling Dance Weekend.
May 1/2 – Nils Fredland, Sheesham & Lotus with Karen Taylor
REGISTRATION FORMS
Will be available on our website this week. Please visit www.fiddlefern.net (Form should be available by Wednesday. Look for the SpringFling REGISTRATION link on the front page)
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In praise of ... country dancing
- The
Guardian,
In these difficult times, it is more important than ever to remember what makes for a happy life. Naturally work and financial security are important. But the top influences are community, exercise, listening to music and doing things in a group. These are the top four predictors of contentment. Counterintuitively, perhaps, they are all found together in country dancing. It seems unimportant whether it is Scottish, Irish or English, line dancing or the polka, the effect of all that twirling with family and friends while responding to the music produces a sense of wellbeing hard to replicate in any other single activity. It may be at odds with other known attributes of country dancing - the quasi-martial atmosphere of barked commands, the withering look of your partner when you go up rather than down the line, the pipes at what seem unnecessarily close quarters, and other people jumping on your toes. Yet the cumulative impact defies the individual elements. Economists who have made a business of studying happiness, such as Richard Layard and Richard Easterlin, might point to the larger impact of cohesive, broadly equal societies - Scandinavia, Canada, Ireland and New Zealand show up most strongly on the happiness heat map - but those of us condemned to the miserylands of Britain know that, in a community hall near us, happiness awaits in the shape of friends and strangers, old and young, all ready to share in a common activity. It is quite pointless, except that we feel better afterwards.
5.5 - The
The upcoming exhibit at The Flesherton Art Gallery October 23 2009 , will feature new work
by two very old friends. Carol Binns-Wood and
Carolynn Bloomer have been making art since they were kids hanging out in their
parents’ basements in Pointe Claire, a suburb of Montreal Toronto
Carol Binns
–Wood’s fascination with the female form as a vocabulary for telling stories
has spanned many years. These women in her pictures speak not only of the
individuals that they portray, but also of the stories of us all. The human
form has been used as the iconic depiction of human activity or desire since
ancient times.
Carol has been exploring themes of exposing and revealing and armouring with images of women undressing and dressing. With this work, she is concerned with the power of undressing and how disrobing is far more intimate than the actual nudity itself. Patients or artist’s models are afforded privacy when undressing, even if they are soon to be placed in an utterly exposed situation. Although these works are not necessarily meant to be voyeuristic, they try to be deeply personal. The discarded clothing has a story of its’ own to tell. This exhibit will include colourful figure paintings and fabricated, altered and adorned articles of clothing. The narrative is woven between these two elements, the conversation bouncing between the woman and the clothing she sheds. These garments then speak for themselves, pass on the story and invite the viewer to engage in this dialogue.
Carolynn Bloomer works in ceramics and mixed
media. In this collection of porcelain
vessels she has kept the clay mostly unglazed in order to show the pure
material and its honest surface, and to emphasize its sculptural aspect.
The shapes refer to floating space capsules and, as well, to a conventionalized
female form. Carolynn continues to explore ideas of parenthood and specifically
motherhood through these pieces, thus, they rock on rounded bottoms (one
occasionally feels off-balance as a parent) but they always come back to
centre.
She likes to use advertising slogans, shopping lists, recipes and other
minutiae of daily domestic life to speak of feeling pulled between the need to
nurture creativity in the studio, and the need to nurture her family at home.
Scratched, impressed or painted on the surface of the work, these prosaic
expressions give a playful counterpoint to the form. The colour divulges her
passion.
In the wall works, Carolynn uses one of her favourite muses, the Venus of Willendorf, to muse about cultural bias, femininity and
other things. She loves the unabashed naturalism of the Venus and has
appropriated and modelled her in clay (in varying
sizes, in the round or just as a relief) to use in her work as a stand-in for
Mother Nature, all mothers, or- sometimes- just Woman.
David Turner.
N0C 1E0
(519)-924-3560
fleshertonartgallery@cablerocket.com
5.6 – The Grey Bruce Agriculture and Culinary Association
Sunday, October 18, 2009
Local Food Tasting Event
11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Meet the producers whose products you see in the local food stores, or shake
hands with the owners and/or staff of your favourite restaurant, or discover
what's new in great tasting local food in Grey Bruce.
The Grey Bruce Agriculture and Culinary Association (the folks who publish that
great local food map) presents a "Taste of Grey" type event.
When:
Where:
Style: Farmers and food establishments pair up to offer you
local tastings. Mingle, pick up samples, taste and talk.
Note: a fundraiser for the Durham Tornado Fund
Times:
Ticket price: $20 (Tickets can be purchased at Chicory Common [Durham],
Noah's Inn [Neustadt], Simply Deli-cious [Walkerton],
Mocha Cafe [Chesley], Remax [Flesherton], Queen's
Bush Pub [Hanover], Sidekicks Cafe [Markdale], and Carolyn's Kitchen
[Elmwood].)
Some of our participants include: Biermans Bar and
Grill, Munshaws Bistro, Noah's Inn, Williamford Pie Company, Glencolton Farm, West Grey Premium
Beef, Saugeen River CSA, Scotch Mountain Meats, Neustadt Brewery, MacLean's
Ales ......
Speakers, local food displays, lots of yummy food! Come join us and support
your local farmers and the amazing food businesses that serve what is grown
right here in Grey Bruce. For more information, email Ann at apickles@greybruceaca.com.
5.7 – Grey Bruce Coalition for Peace and Justice
From: Grey Bruce
Coalition for Peace and Justice <gbpeace@bmts.com>
Subject: Upcoming - peace & justice events
To: "Barney & Liz Barningham" <peace_eh33@yahoo.ca>
Received: Friday, September 11, 2009, 2:52 PM
What's happening?
Saturday,
September 12th, 2pm - Kincardine Legion,
A World Peace Day
event titled, Peace
in My Neighbour's Faith. This free event is
designed to foster Peace through interfaith dialogue.
Saturday,
September 19th,
This is part of a Worldwide Rally for Marc Emery,
the Canadian marijuana activist who is going to jailed for 5 YEARS in the
Monday, September
21,
The United Nations' International
Day of Peace - marked every year on September 21 - is a global holiday
when individuals, communities, nations and governments highlight efforts to end
conflict and promote peace. The GBCPJ
will be showing an excellent movie titled The Strangest Dream and will include a discussion on
peace efforts afterward. This is a free event.
Saturday,
September 23rd, 6:30pm - Victoria Park in Kincardine
The sexual Assault
Services of Women's House is presenting a Rally & March for their
annual Take Back the Night event. for
more information or directions contact
Thurs & Fri,
Sept 24 & 25, The
Downtown Bookstore,
Sheatre presents a staged
theatrical reading of A Desperate Road to Freedom, a historical
sketch about the perilous journey of a slave girl and her family to connect
with the Underground Railway to
Tuesday, November
17th, evening -
Grey/Bruce Coalition
for Peace & Justice has arranged for peace activist, Jim Loney to speak to us
on the important issue of
NOTES &
FOLLOW-UP:
We had received a
link to this opinion piece which I thought I would share.
The Grey Bruce
Coalition for Peace & Justice has recently purchased 7 new movies on
peace and justice themes for the Owen Sound Library. Check out our current
list of donated movies here. Feel free to make
suggestions!
A Campaign to
establish a Canadian
Department of Peace has been organized in
Grey Bruce
Coalition for Peace & Justice (Now posting to over 250 members in Grey Bruce)
- Wish to request that your local
information be posted?
- Wish to be added or removed from this
list?
- Wish to change your E-mail address?
E-mail to: gbpeace@bmts.com
website: http://www.bmts.com/~gbpeace/
5.8 –
About this
season's concerts:
The paintings of several
Oct 23 Alan Rhody – All
the way from Nashville, he’s a little bit country and he has 5 Platinum Records
to prove it. In addition to the body of music that he performs live, he has
written hits for the likes of Kevin Welch, Oak Ridge Boys, Del McCoury, Lorrie Morgan, George Jones. On this evening we
will also be showcasing the art work of
Oct 30 Tony
Cox & Ryan LeBlanc –
Award winning guitarist from
Nov 21 Dentdelion
– Two families, two generations of fresh, new trad-folk
Québécois. This is the quintet who wowed you last year. With la Tondeuse, the most recent of the 18 CDs among them, they
bring you a whole new collection of original tunes inspired by Québec
traditions. Expect fiddles, guitars, banjos. mandolins, flute and foot
stomping. Because of the big sound, we may be taking this concert to a nearby
hall and will keep you posted. www.dentdelion.net Concert
Feb 27 Ian
Bell – One of our own hidden
gems, this multi-instrumentalist writes and sings songs about life and lives
lived in
Mar 5 Maeve
"
We will likely
schedule one concert each in April and May then break for the summer.
We are keeping this
concert series open to the community so feel free to tell folks about these
events.
Kindest regards,
Paulette Kirkey
RR 1
519-986-2669
mapleviewstudio@yahoo.ca
How it works:
About house concerts:
The
hosts hire a performer or performers for the event and invite friends,
neighbours, relatives - anyone they wish - to attend a concert in their home.
The host often provides accommodations and meals for the performer and usually
supplies light refreshments such as tea and coffee for the audience. The host
also collects the donations in advance from the audience and pays all proceeds
directly to the performer.
The audience - you:
provide a donation to the performer, paid in advance and in an amount based on
a recommendation that is either in line with or less than you would pay to see
the same performer in a public place. If you wish, you may bring snacks or
drinks that you might enjoy or wish to share. You get an uncommon opportunity
to meet and hear world class performers that would not normally be available in
a small community nor in such an intimate environment.
Your hosts - Don Horne and Paulette Kirkey:
Grey Highlands residents, folk music fanatics, festival and events organisers, very active volunteers in the arts - past
president of the Mariposa Folk Festival and Artistic Director of Toronto's 27
year old Flying Cloud Folk Club. This background has given us access to some
wonderful performers and we are pleased to bring you great performances in a livingroom near you. We have a smoke free home with two
cats who do not attend the concerts. We will email driving directions to all
who reserve. We are at a dead end and there is plenty of parking on the road,
in the school bus turnaround and in our driveway.
Tickets and pricing:
Recommended donation for each concert is $20 per person in advance. Call
for student/child pricing.
You may purchase all your tickets at once if you wish
or buy them one concert at a time. You can drop your cash payment off if you
prefer but it would be a good idea to call or email first to make sure we will
be at home. Alternatively, cheques made out Paulette Kirkey can be mailed to us or simply left in our mailbox.
We can also accept payment by PayPal to mapleviewstudio@yahoo.ca. If you don't know how, we can email you instructions.
5.9 – Level Gallery
Artist Mark Berens
presents a new collection December 15, 2009 -
January 15, 2009
Be sure to stop by level gallery in
person or online over the next
few weeks!
Leah, Paul, Bryan and Sue
to
pre-register.
rk.
level gallery
Winter Hours:
Wed
Thurs-Fri 11-5
Sat 11-6
Sun 12-4
705 444 0047
5.10 – Massie Hall Coffee House
Live@ Massie Hall
Coffeehouse Concert Series kicks off April 12.
Posted By Live @ Massie
Hall
1
Saturday April 12 marks the kick-off of the second season of Live@
Massie Hall, near Chatsworth. Not to be confused with the other
Massey Hall, located in
Massie Hall is a former one room schoolhouse built on the banks of the
Tickets for all shows are $15 and include beverages and snacks at The Downtown
Bookstore 945 @nd Ave. East, Owen Sound, or call Pete
Miller
More details under events calender.
5.11 – M'Wikwedong Native Cultural
Please join the sacred dance
circle at M'Wikwedong Native Cultural Resource Center
the 2nd Thursday of the month, led by myself and Martie
Barth.
Next dance will
be Valentine's Day, Feb 14th, 7 to 9pm.
Directions:
5.12 - Nature’s Millworks
Coming
Events at Nature’s Millworks - 2009
Check our
website for a full listing of events right through to Christmas at www.naturesmillworks.com. Watch in this publication and others for our
events for August through to Christmas.
As well as the free admission shows of local
talent in the second floor gallery we have an exceptional selection of
children’s books, glass, pottery, kids’ stuff, puzzles and games for all ages,
antiques and mill artifacts. All products are within the themes of
Earth, Fire, Sun, Water and Wind
most are locally produced and are environmentally
friendly.
Nature’s Millworks
is located in Paisley on the Bruce Peninsula and is about half way between
Walkerton and Owen Sound just off Bruce Road # 3, about 600 m west on Bruce Rd.
# 1.
5.13 – New Trad
5.14 – The Rockafellers
Dave
Russell of Priceville and his band rock!!!!
In 2009:
The Rockafellers
are playing
the Hard Rock Cafe
on
Windy Oneils in the Village at Blue mountain on
June 27th and 28th
5.15 - Scatter the Cat
Hello folks,
I just want to let you know that Scatter the Cats will be back at The Dam Pub
for a Friday night gig Feb. 29, then the next night playing a contradance with Kate McLaren calling for the Fiddlefern Country Dancers at
Then Scatter the Cats and friends, including piper, flute and whistle player
Ian Harper, singer Tara MacKenzie and string and fret
whiz Bob Robins are back at The Dam Pub for a St. Paddy's extravaganza March 15
and Scatter the Cats with Ian Harper are in for another Friday night on March
28.
Scatter the Cats will also be part of the annual Fiddlefern
Spring Fling the first weekend in May in
See http://www.fiddlefern.net
and check out the slide show from 2006 and the 2008 band lineups.
And don't forget Wednesdays are Trad music open
sessions at the pub, 7 to 10, with various Scatter the Cats members and others
at The Dam Pub, Thornbury's roots, blues, folk and celtic music venue.
And don't forgot the open traditional music sessions the first Sunday afternoon
each month at the Downtown Bookstore in
So mark you calendars for some great Traditional music and dance.
Hope top see some of you there, or somewhere.
Cheers,
Will Henry,
on behalf of Scatter the Cats
5.16– Shalimar
Shalimar's Veil
Belly Dance lessons, parties, workshops
CDs, DVDs, Belly Dance Accessories
Drawing & Watercolour classes
Flow Yoga
519 370 0754
5.17 –
Shoreline Chorus
the series
of concerts by Shoreline Chorus out of
Saturday
May 9th,
Friday May 15TH, 7:30PM, Massie United
Church
Friday May
22nd, 7:30PM, Trinity United Church, Annan
Friday May
29th, 7:30PM, Meaford United Church
Saturday
June 9th, 2PM and 7:30PM,
Division Street United Church,
Shoreline
Chorus is a 40 member choir of Soprano, Alto, Tenor, and Bass format. The
set lists include traditional gospel tunes, upbeat African melodies, and
some contemporary pieces such as Oscar Peterson's Hymn to Freedom and Gordon
Lightfoot's Canadian Railroad Trilogy. An ecletic
mix, for sure!
5.18 –
tel
e-mail museum@greyhighlands.ca
Abandoned Places & Spaces
November 2009 – January 2010
A new
exhibition on display at the
This
exhibit features original work by local artist Bonnie Gardiner. Also on display are striking black &
white photographs by Bruce Brigham from his forthcoming book: Abandoned
Ontario. Bruce is donating photographic
prints to give away to the first 25 visitors to the museum from Saturday
November 14th onwards.
5.19 - Studio Twenty Sunday Painters
Owen
Sound – Every Saturday
WANT TO
PAINT IN A
5.20 - TAROT CLUB
We are a gathering of Tarot enthusiasts
who want to expand and share our knowledge of Tarot cards. Anyone with a
respectful interest in this area of study is welcome to attend. No readings will be given at meetings. This
is an information exchange and an opportunity to appreciate the variety and
differences in artwork and interpretation. Beverages provided. Please bring a
potluck snack to share.
Host/Organizer:
Tarot Instructor, Donna Loree
(519)
363-0599
2008
Meetings will begin in the Spring.
Update will be posted.
5.21 - Tom Thomson
FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 29, 2009
ART TAKES ROOT IN FARMING
Owen Sound, Ontario—From November
27 to January 17 , the Tom Thomson Art Gallery presents The Combine Project,
an exhibition by Walter’s Falls artist Steven White. All are welcome to join us
for the opening reception on Friday, November 27 at
Steven White reconstructs obsolete technology, in this
case a combine harvester, to produce wall and kinetic sculpture. His work
explores issues of technological evolution and devolution and makes poignant
comment on the built-in obsolescence in much of present day technology.
This body of work took 5 years to complete and the
resulting sculptures and prints reflect a playful sense of wonder at the
possibilities present with these lost fragments of technology. The interactive
nature of this work brings the viewer into direct physical contact with these
ideas and engages them in a playful dance. Cranks rotate, sounds are produced
and our individual roles in these complex webs are highlighted. In an age of
intense digital technological development, the low-fi
nature of these sculptures engages the viewer, who then becomes a collaborator
in the finished work.
Free public tours on Sunday December 20 and
January 17 starting at 2pm.
OPENING ON THE SAME NIGHT
Cosmic Images - NOVEMBER 27 2009 TO
JANUARY 4 2010
A touring astro –
photographic exhibit with images taken by Bruce County Astronomical Society
members, mostly from Grey-Bruce sites is on exhibit in the Studio until January
3 2010. Come, celebrate the wonders of our beautiful dark skies in this
International Year of Astronomy 2009.
CALLING ALL ARTISTS
100 SQUARES - NOVEMBER 13 TO DECEMBER 31
2009
Area
artists are invited to submit art for the annual 100 Squares show and
sale. The show is non‐juried and the works will be for sale through
the Gallery Shop, with a portion of the proceeds supporting programming at the
Tom Thomson Art Gallery. Deadline for submissions is
Convergence 2010: 47th Annual
Juried Art Exhibition Call for Entry. This
exhibition is open to all artists residing in Ontario working in any medium.
Artists must have a current membership to the Tom Thomson Art Gallery. Deadline
for submission:
CONTINUING EXHIBITIONS
Community Curators: Select - CONTINUES TO
FEBRUARY 21, 2010
Patrons and Art lovers were given a chance to go into
the vault and select their favorite piece. Come check
out this eclectic exhibition in the Thomson room. If you would like to
participate in future Community Curators or other fundraising activities,
contact the gallery.
For
interviews or photographs, please contact: Michelle Le Chien,
Assistant Curator/Registrar
Tom Thomson
Art Gallery,
Michelle
Le Chien
Assistant
Curator/Registrar
519-376-1932
x 230
840
5.22- Art Town
Contacts:
Sandra Noble Goss
Eleanor Pauling
Andrew Goss