Celebrating the Harvest Season
As anyone who waits all year for “sweater weather” can tell you, fall ushers in a unique season of warmth and gathering. Autumn is the time when we stop and reflect, not just individually, but as a community as well. At the heart of this is the harvest, the plentiful tables loaded with fresh breads, hearty vegetables, and of course, sweet treats.
Elora House Giving Hope
Human trafficking is the act of coercing individuals by force or fraud into exploitation and can take a number of forms, amounting to modern slavery. It can involve transport and financial gain. Around the world, about 1,000,000 people are trafficked yearly, often across international borders.
Pumpkin Fest at the Davis Family Farm
The Pumpkin Fest runs on September 26 and October 3, a perfect window before Thanksgiving to stroll the fields and pick out your ideal Halloween pumpkin. With seven acres dedicated to pumpkins, you’ll discover all shapes, sizes, and colours – from classic carving pumpkins to decorative gourds for your porch. It’s also the best time to stock up on seasonal goodies to make your Thanksgiving table extra special. Think fresh-baked treats, preserves, and indulgent snacks that taste like fall in every bite.
The Whimsical, Wacky, and Wonderful Art of Rob Finoro
Art is many things to many people; that’s the beauty of it. Art constantly shifts to become whatever is needed by both the creator and the viewer. For Rob Finoro, art is a hobby, something that he does in his spare time to capture the unique thoughts constantly filling his imagination, and that’s what makes his work so special.
ORANGEVILLE MUSIC THEATRE presents “COME FROM AWAY”
You don’t have to “Come From Away” to see this year’s highly anticipated production of the same name from Orangeville Music Theatre (OMT). “Come From Away” is an extremely exciting opportunity for us as we are one of the first community theatre groups to do the show in all of Canada, and the first ever in Southern Ontario,” says Board Member and Director of Advertising Bailey Mills. “Come From Away” is a musical, with book, music and...
HANSCOMB GLASS
Building Something Beautiful Together Whether you realize it or not, glass is everywhere. From the windows that welcome the outdoors inside to the bottles we drink out of and the screens we keep in our pockets all day, we all encounter glass every day of our lives. Yet, glass is also fragile, often fracturing into fragments we discard without thinking. In a world that is increasingly looking towards how to better manage the waste we...
Everything Old is New Again
The past has become the future in Erin. The new library branch links history to growth in a wonderful new way.
Palgrave’s “Master of Absence”
David Milne, the well-known Canadian artist, is often associated with Group of Seven painters, but actually was never part of them. He is, in fact, noted for his difference in artistic techniques from Canada’s most famous artists – his contemporaries.
Artist Feature: Sharon Barker
My artistic journey began with pencil sketches, using shading techniques to bring my images to life. Over the years, exposure to different mediums during my school years encouraged me to experiment more boldly. I explored surrealistic art as a teenager and young adult, always inspired by natural elements.
Beauty Through Simplicity
Roslyn’s favourite moment comes at the start of the process. She grinds her own ink, using a special tool, a suzuri, designed for the process. Drawing water from the lower basin up to the flat palate-like top surface with the edge of the ink block, she swirls it around to draw the rich pigment out, creating her ink. The calming motion of the swirl and the release of the gentle aroma of the ink set Roslyn at ease. In her words, “That’s when I know I can paint”.
Spooky Times
Halloween, as we know it, is actually a mix of ancient and Christian practices. For the ancient Greeks, the return of the goddess Persephone to the darkness of the underworld and being reunited with her husband Hades, took place with the fall equinox. During “Higan”, Japanese Buddhists pay respects to their dead ancestors
Playing the Headwaters Blues
The current lineup of Larry Kurtz & The Lawbreakers have been playing together for 15 years now. Larry plays the harmonica and shares both writing and vocal duties with their guitarist, James Legere. Of course, they’re just two parts of a four-man band. Sam Carothers, who played with Ronnie Hawkins for 20 years, plays bass, and they share their drummer, Scott Bruyea, with The Campfire Poets.
Orangeville Blues and Jazz Festival
Even if you do not necessarily recognize the featured artists at first and there are so many Maple Blues, Juno, and even Grammy award winning musicians, that is part of the joy and reward of the Orangeville Blues and Jazz Festival. Meeting these amazing, new-to-you talents, will surely make you come away with new favourites. The best way to enjoy music is live!
The Fire & Ice Festival
“We’ve now done 12 of them, each of them with a big lofty idea that we pursue for a few months … we try to create a theme, and this year’s theme is Brian’s and it’s going to be really exciting …
Artist Feature: Tony Fenech
“Life is too short to be bored. Make art, not war. Choose your path and make it beautiful!”
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