ELMIRA – The Elmira Theatre Company released upcoming audition dates for the production of Forever Love by Michael Grant.
Arts & Entertainment
Celebrating local Palestinian arts, culture and community
GUELPH – ‘Palestine in the Park’ was a festival celebrating local Palestinian arts, culture and community in Guelph on Aug. 10.
ECFTA and Riverfest announce Creative Roots Artist: OMBIIGIZI
ELORA — OMBIIGIZI is Riverfest Elora and the Elora Centre for the Arts’ (ECFTA) 2024 Creative Roots Artist of the Year.
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is coming to Theatre Orangeville
ORANGEVILLE – From Aug. 23 to 25 Theatre Orangeville’s Young Company will offer a presentation of C. S. Lewis’ The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, dramatized by Joseph Robinette.
Local artist uses 101 bike rims to create sculpture arch
CENTRE WELLINGTON – Take a big idea. And then make it bigger.
Rising high-profile film industry activity in Centre Wellington
ELORA – In early 1979, An American Christmas Carol starring Henry Winkler was filmed extensively in Elora.
A wet weekend at this year’s Riverfest Elora
ELORA – It was a wet weekend for Riverfest Elora, but most of the bands got to play and most concert-goers got to see the bands they came to see.
Bikes and Blues Fest in Centre Wellington to use cycling to raise water awareness
CENTRE WELLINGTON – The second annual Bikes and Blues Festival takes place Aug. 24 from 10am to 5pm at the Wellington County Museum and Archives, and on trails and roads around local waterways.
Rain fails to dampen spirits at highland dance competition
FERGUS – The 79th Fergus Scottish Festival and Highland Games were in full swing on Aug. 11 when the festival dawned some authentic Scottish weather.
Local dancers compete at Fergus Scottish Festival
FERGUS – A few local dancers went home with some hardware following the Fergus Scottish Festival and Highland Games over the weekend.
The Grand Ole Opry comes to Cambridge
CAMBRIDGE – Opry Gold is a toe-tappin’, roof-raisin’ salute to the greatest music in the history of country music.
Elora Centre for the Arts launches speaker series
CENTRE WELLINGTON – A three-part speaker series exploring the art-based approaches to health and wellness is coming to Elora next month.
Sargent’s book recalls people, places of 1950s Belwood
BELWOOD – Born one day after the end of the Second World War, Bob Sargent grew up in the 1950s on a 100-acre farm one mile north of Belwood.
Elora artist Julianna Cox exhibiting in New York
ELORA – Julianna Cox will be featured in an upcoming solo exhibit of small works on paper at the James Cox Gallery in Woodstock, New York.
‘A Nation’s Table’ documentary premiered at U of G arboretum
GUELPH – A Nation’s Table: The Anita Stewart and Food Day Canada Story was unveiled at the University of Guelph Arboretum on July 25.