By Jon Farmer
Most high school students won't claim that their homework makes a difference in the world but two art classes from St Mary's High School disagree. On Thursday November 5th from 4-7pm, Ms. MacLellan's grade nine and ten students will host an exhibition of original silkscreen and block prints at the Tom Thomson Art Gallery. All artworks will be available for purchase and proceeds from the show will support Syrian refugees through the Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace.
When photographs of three year old Alan Kurdi's drowned body launched the plight of Syrian refugees back into world news, Ms. MacLellan used it to demonstrate the power of an image...
by Kelly Babcock
Thursday, October 29th, at 9PM, at the Avalon Jazz Lounge & Patio, 229 9th Street E., It's Jazz Jam! Come out and jam on any kind of jazz you want. Bring an instrument or your voice and join Kaelin Murphy at the Avalon! admission: pay what you can
Friday, October 30th, from 4PM to 6PM, at The Bleeding Carrot, 945 Main street,it's Friday Afternoon Coffee House & Open Mic with Hub Arts Editor Kelly Babcock as your host. Bring your guitar or your harmonica, your banjo or your mandolin, your voice, your original songs or your favourite covers, your ears and your friends and your family, bring anything musical or poetic to play or recite or just come and listen. admission: free
Friday, October 30th, at 6PM, at Tone Yoga . Music . Dance, 900, 1st Ave W., come attend the "Yogic Breathing Workshop with Maxine." "In this workshop we will explore various yogic breathing practices such as Dirgha, Uijayi, Kapalbhati, Nadi Shodhana, Shitali, among others, to discuss their usefulness in our daily lives and within our yoga practice." admission: $20 plus HST
Friday, October 30th, at 8:30PM, at the Avalon Jazz Lounge & Patio, 229 9th Street E., presents Bobby Dean Blackburn, Jazz and Blues from the ...
by Kelly Babcock
Thursday, October 22nd, at 9PM, at the Avalon Jazz Lounge & Patio, 229 9th Street E., Come out and jam on any kind of jazz you want, just bring an instrument or your voice and join Kaelin Murphy at the Avalon! Admission: Pay what you can
Friday, October 23rd, at 6PM, at the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 6, 1450 2nd Avenue West, The Bishop Home presents the 11th Annual Trivia Challenge. Doors Open at: 6 pm, First Question at 7pm-SHARP! $120 per team (up to 8 players) $15.00pp. Prizes for best costumed/themed table, top 3 teams plus more. Bring your friends, food and have some fun with TRIVIA!!! To Register call Patty at Bishop House—519-371-0031
Friday, October 23rd, at 9PM, at the Avalon Jazz Lounge & Patio, 229 9th Street E., presents Kunle, a versatile musician that delivers a mix of music from Celtic through blues and ...
One of Quebec's most respected fiddlers and singers will be in Owen Sound with the trad-folk trio Mil on November 7.
Claude Méthé, with guitarist Dana Whittle and flute and whistle player Denise Levac, will co-host an all-instruments Quebec dance repertoire workshop for area musicians that afternoon at The Harmony Centre, then play for the regular Fiddlefern Country Dancers contra dance that evening at nearby St. George's church hall, with dance callers Frank Francalanza and Lorraine Sutton.
Méthé, also a singer and prolific composer, is among the most influential Quebec fiddlers of his generation. His career began in the 1970s and 80s with Le Rêve du Diable, a group he co-founded and for which he received honours from the Québec National Assembly in 2012. Arguably Quebec's first commercially successful trad band, Le Rêve du Diable was indirectly responsible for spawning and influencing many more to come.
Méthé's solo album L'Amant confesseur was nominated for trad Canadian folk album of the year. Guitarist, singer and songwriter Dana Whittle, originally from
Back in 2007, the City of Owen Sound's Cultural Advisory Committee invited local residents to suggest the course of the City's involvement in cultural policy and support through its first-ever Cultural Master Plan. One of the initiatives which generated the most support was the launch of an awards program to recognize excellence and achievement in the arts, culture, and heritage. The Owen Sound Cultural Awards launched in 2009 and is now in its seventh year.
Nominations are now open for the 7th Annual Cultural Awards. The Cultural Advisory Committee invites residents to nominate their favourite artist, event, or organization for one of the eight awards to be presented at a reception at the Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre in February 2016.
The awards include:
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