Saturday, April 17, 2021

Arts & Culture

Funding For Summer Camps

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Meaford locals will have something to celebrate this summer as the Municipality embraces a renewed focus on well-being through the arts. Thanks in part to a $4,800 donation from the Meaford Culture Foundation, kids will be able to participate in three in-person art camps provided by The Imagination Studio and Karen Dueck. The Imagination Studio will run two En Plein Air (oil painting) camp sessions July 6-8 and August 10-12, where kids will explore and learn to paint natural landscapes. Each...
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Library to Host Virtual Book Talk

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The Meaford Public Library will host local historical fiction writer Al McGregor. The event will be a virtual book talk, through Zoom, held on Wednesday, April 7, at 2 p.m. McGregor will discuss his most recent book, An Angry Sky, a Novel of the Phoney War. The novel is set in the period from 1939 to early 1942, a time of threats, secrets and the faint hope for a negotiated peace. The scenes shift from wartime London, to France and the...
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Meaford Museum Re-Opens

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After a lengthy lock-down over the winter, the Meaford Museum has announced that it is reopening to the public. With over nine thousand artifacts...
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Uncovering of Old Sign Brings Back Memories of the Meaford Creamery

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There was quite a stir last week on the main street when an old sign for the Meaford Creamery was uncovered at the AJ...
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Too Far Back in the Bush, The Story of Meaford Knights’ Hockey Team and their 1957-58 Championship Season

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One of Meaford’s most notable moments in hockey history is being retold by sports enthusiast Brad Wilcox, who grew up in awe of the...
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Tom Thomson Art Gallery Announces #myessential Community Project

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The Tom Thomson Art Gallery is excited to announce the launch of their latest community art project: #myessential. This project reflects on what the...
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Artist Selected to Create Sculpture of Nookomis Gitche Name’ Kwe – the Grandmother Sturgeon

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The Gitche Namewikwedong Reconciliation Garden Committee has announced that Kathryn Corbiere has been selected to create the sculpture of Nookomis Gitche Name' Kwe -...
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SweetWater Music Festival Continues ‘Surreal’ Programming this Winter

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The SweetWater Music Festival is providing a much-needed distraction from lock-downs and the cold winter weather by offering virtual music programming until the end...
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Owen Sound Poet Laureate Tenure Extended

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The Owen Sound & North Grey Union Public Library Board has passed a resolution extending the tenure of Owen Sound's Poet Laureate. “That the Library...
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Keeping the Arts Alive in Meaford

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Meaford’s entertainment culture boasts a vibrant community of talented local musicians where the downtown is usually bustling throughout the year with live music and...
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The Artists’ Kitchen Table on Exhibit in Owen Sound

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Staff The Artists' Kitchen Table is an exhibition of illustrated recipes from two dozen artists at The Grey Gallery in downtown Owen Sound.Curated by Anne...
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10th Annual Fall Open Studio Weekend This Weekend

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Sorche Paterson With the usual fall attractions cancelled - the many fall fairs across our county, the Scarecrow Invasion and parade, or the local craft...
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