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November 2011

Great things to do in the GTA and Region of Durham

Please confirm dates
* indicates matinees

2 ~ PINERIDGE ARTS COUNCIL

MONTHLY MEETING – 7:00 pm
Pickering Recreation Complex
Rm. 1, Valley Farm Rd.
www.pineridgearts.org
905-509-3855

2 & 30 ~ Music & Art Evenings

Gypsy Grass – 7:30 pm
Safari Bar & Grill
60 Randall Dr., Ajax 905-683-3833
Di at 905 427 0877 | www.diannebody.com
di.gypsygrass@hotmail.com | www.safaribarandgrill.com
see our Audition and Juried Art Show page for more information

3, 4, 5, 6*, 10, 11, 12, 13*, 17, 18, 19* ~ Scar. Music Theatre

Scar Music theatreJoseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat
8 pm (*Mat)
Scarborough Village Theatre,
3600 Kingston Rd., Scarborough.
www.theatrescarborough.com
416-267-9292

3 ~ Young Singers

Annual Christmas Concert – 7:00 pm
Trinity Pentecostal Church
900 King St. E., Oshawa
youngsingers.ca 905-686-9821

3 ~ The Scugog Mayor’s Annual Gala for the Arts: The Legacy of Scugog

The Scugog Council for the Arts (SCA) is excited to present their second annual arts gala event – The Scugog Mayor’s Annual Gala for the Arts
Tickets and sponsorships for The Legacy of Scugog are now available and selling quickly! Individual tickets are $125 and tables of eight are $1000. Book your table now and stay up to date on gala news, auction donations and sponsorship options by visiting www.scugogmayorsgala.ca or contact: The Scugog Mayors Annual Gala for the Arts Committee 905 982-2121 | info@scugogarts.ca

4, 5, 6 ~ Northumberland Players

NorthumberlandA Month of Sundays – Dinner Theatre
Best Western Cobourg Inn
northumberlandplayers.com
905-372-2105

4 5, 9, 10, 11, 12 ~ Durham Shoestring Performers

Durham ShoestringDoubt: A Parable– 8 pm
Arts Resource Centre
45 Queen St., Oshawa
www.durhamshoestring.org
905-725-9256

4 5, 10, 11, 12, 17, 18, 19, 20* ~ Northumberland Players

NorthumberlandDoubt: A Parable – 8:00 pm (*Mat)
Firehall Theatre
213 Second St., Cobourg
northumberlandplayers.com
905-372-2210

4 to December 31 ~ Herongate Barn Dinner Theatre

HBTRock 'N’ A Hard Place – 6:00 pm
Sundays at Noon
2885 Altona Rd., Whitevale
www.herongate.com 905-472-3085

5 ~ Dunbarton Fairport United Church

Fall Turkey Supper – 5 & 7pm
1066 Dunbarton Rd., Pickering
www.dunbartonfairport.on.ca
905-839-7271

5 ~ Club Loreley

Evening in Salzburg – 6:30 pm
389 Dean Ave., Oshawa
www.clubloreley.org 905-579-2565

5 & 6 ~ Art Guild of Scarborough

Fall Art Show & Sale – 10:00 am
Centennial Comm. Rec. Centre
1967 Ellsemere Rd., Scarborough
theartguildofscarborough.com

6 ~ Class Act Dinner Theatre

Candidate for Death!
Brunch/Show – 11:45 am
104 Consumers Dr., Whitby
www.classactdinnertheatre.com
905-668-2229

5 & 6~ Song Writer Workshop Level 1

Looking for the right tools to write your own songs? Download PDF
Join us for this two-day interactive workshop for
youth and adults.
Singer/Songwriter, Author, and Musician Ron Beer will guide you through the steps.
Saturday, November 5 & Sunday, November 6, 2011
St. Francis Centre (78 Church St. S, Ajax)
12:30 to 4:30 p.m. (Ages 14+ yrs)
Robert Prochilo robert.prochilo@townofajax.com
905-619-2529 x7508

5 to 27 ~ Scugog Arts Resource Centre

Artist Reception, November 5, 2011, 1-4 pm
In Postcards from The Rock, the Port Perry artist displays an affectionate look at the province of Newfoundland and Labrador.
Scugog Arts Resource Centre and Gallery,
181 Perry St., Unit G-1, Port Perry.
Regular gallery hours are Monday to Friday, 11 am – 4 pm, or by appointment. For more information go to
www.scugogarts.ca | 905-982-2121.

6 to 20 ~ Cultural Expressions features Karen Bigelow

"Come Walk With Me" a collection of works by Canadian Artist, Karen Bigelow, November 6 to 20, 2011 Opening reception Wednesday November 9, 2011 Noon to 4 p.m. & 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Cultural Expressions Art Gallery (Old Pickering Village)
62 Old Kingston Road, Ajax, ON

6 ~ St. Paul's Presbyterian Church

12251 Regional Rd. 31, Leaskdale
2:00 pm ~ $15.00 per person
Gospel / Bluegrass concert featuring:
GENERAL STORE
www.genstorebluegrass.com
Tickets available at: Blue Heron Books, Uxbridge
Online: www.CootEntertainment.ca
Phone: 416-540-9831
Presented by Coot Entertainment

8 ~ Pickering Veterans'

Pickering Veterans'The members of The Pickering Veterans’ Association invite Veterans and their families to celebrate Remembrance Week with families of Pickering.
We are happy to announce we have Legion 606 supporting our event!
Date: Tuesday November 8th 2011 - Remembrance Week!
Time: 7PM – 8:30PM
Location: Pickering City Complex Rotunda
Host for the evening: Tom Hayes
Celebrate Remembrance Week and The City of Pickering Bi-Centennial!
To honour all Veterans “Past and Present” from peacekeeping missions!
We encourage you to attend and help us keep the name “Veteran” alive in our Community!
Rsvp: 905 839 9507 – Elsie Hetherman – President Pickering Veterans’ Association email: pickvets@rogers.com

8 ~ Pickering Township Historical Society

Guest Speaker Paul Arculus "Bill Durant's Right-Hand Man"
7:30 Eastshore Community Centre, 910 Liverpool Rd.

9 ~ Shuttlebug Weavers & Spinners

Monthly Meeting – 1:00 pm
Greenwood Rec.Bldg. 905-649-5550
9 Oshawa Art Association
Monthly Meeting – 7:00 pm
Arts Resource Centre, Oshawa
905-426-8613

9 to 20 ~ Karen Bigelow at Cultural Expressions

Opening Reception ~ Come Walk with Me
Cultural Expressions Gallery
62 Old Kingston Road, Ajax
www.culturalexpressions.ca
905-427-2412

 

10, 11, 12, 17, 18, 19, 24, 25, 26 ~ Whitby Courthouse Theatre

Whitby Courthouse TheatreMindgame – 8:00 pm
Whitby Courthouse Theatre
426 Centre St., S., Whitby
www.whitbytheatre.org
905-430-3774

11 ~ Remembrance Day

Reading and RemembranceFree on-line lessons for educators at ReadingAndRemembrance.ca
This year's theme is Peacekeeping and Peacemaking

The 10 lessons and 20 Minutes commemorate individual peacekeepers serving in the Armed Forces with the UN and NATO and Canadians who help preserve global peace and protect fundamental human rights; they include those who made the ultimate sacrifice.

 

11 ~ Deadline for entry for City of Pickering Teen Art Show

Rules and Regulations

 

11, 12*, 17, 18, 19 ~ Victorian Operetta Society

VOSVimy – 8:00 pm (*Mat.)
Victoria Concert Hall
55 King St. W., Cobourg
www.vostheatre.com
905-372-2210

12 ~ Cathedral Bluffs Orchestra

Concert #1 – 8:00 pm
P.C. Ho Theatre
5183 Sheppard Ave. E., Scar.
www.info@cathedralbluffs.com
416-879-5566

12 ~ Onstage Productions (formerly Scarborough Choral Society)

We'll Meet AgainWe’ll Meet Again – 3 and 7 pm
Ebenezer United Church
5000 Steeles Ave. Markham
www.scarboroughchoral.org
416-556-9552

 

 

 

 

12 ~ Capitol Arts Festival Theatre

CapitolThe Beatles Let it Be – 8:00 pm
14 Queen St., Port Hope
www.capitoltheatre.com
1-800-434-5092

12 & 13 ~ Port Perry Artists' Association Art Show and Sale

AUTUMN ART FESTIVAL
The Scout Hall 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
15585 Simcoe Street, Port Perry
ppartists@yahoo.ca or Jane Cooper 905-982-1153

13 ~ Deadline for Submission

Cultural Expressions Gallery
Colour of Life Xmas Show
– 1:00 pm
62 Old Kingston Road, Ajax
www.culturalexpressions.ca
905-427-2412

14 to 26 ~ Pickering Teen Art Show

Awards Gala Nov. 26 – 7:00 pm
Petticoat Creek Comm. Centre
470 Kingston Rd., Pickering
www.cityofpickering.com
905-420-4660 X6101

16 ~ St. Georges Anglican Church

The Three Cantors – 7:00 pm
St. Georges Worship Centre
77 Randall Dr., Ajax
www.stgeorgeschurch.ca
905-683-7981

17 ~ Durham Folklore Society

Monthly Meeting – 7:30 pm
Northview Community Centre
150 Beatrice St., Oshawa,
905-985-3424

17 18, 19, 24, 25, 26, 27*, Dec. 1, 2, 3, 4*, 8, 9, 10 ~ Oshawa Little Theatre

OLTAnnie – 8:00 pm (*Matinee)
Oshawa Little Theatre
62 Rusett Ave., Oshawa
www.oshawalittletheatre.com
905-723-0282

19 ~ Capitol Arts Festival Theatre

CapitolAbrams Brothers – 8:00 pm
14 Queen St., Port Hope
www.capitoltheatre.com
1-800-434-5092

19 ~ Eastside Harmony Chorus

For the Love of Music – 8:00 pm
Royal Cdn. Legion
45 Lawson Rd., Scarborough
905-686-9059

19 & 20 ~ Sumi-e Artists of Canada

Sumi-eSinging Ink ~ Opening Ceremony at
1 pm Saturday
Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre
6 Garamond Court, Toronto, M3C 1Z5
West of Don Valley Parkway, North of Wynford Drive
Tea Room, Free admission, Free Parking, Everyone welcome
For further information please contact Gary and Connie Bist, Show Chairpersons, 905 882 9433 | gbist@rogers.com www.sumieartistsofcanada.org

20 ~ SilverStone Gallery

1st Anniversary1st Anniversary Bash – Noon
617 Liverpool Rd., Pickering
www.silverstonegallery
905-492-0274 or 905-686-1325

 

 

 

 

 

23 ~ Ashburn Art Circle

Monthly Meeting – 7:00 pm
Ashburn Cent. Com. Centre
780 Myrtle Rd. W. Ashburn
905-655-3086

25 ~ Durham Region presents The Art of Transition Tourism Summit and Creative Awards

Art of TransitionDownload pdf of itinerary

7:30 a.m. – 8:00 a.m.
Light breakfast and networking.

8:10 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
Be moved by motivator and author Robin Sharma. Ticket includes a light breakfast and a signed copy of his bestseller Letters From The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari, compliments of Dagmar Resort. Click here to purchase tickets, $30 plus HST.

10:00 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.
CULTURAL TOURISM
Specialist in Place-Based Cultural Tourism, STEVEN THORNE, discusses why “place” is the key to cultural tourism, and how you can unlock its treasures.

10:50 a.m. – 11:50 a.m.
CYCLE TOURISM PANEL DISCUSSION
JEFF BROOKS, Principal Planner, Regional Municipality of Durham will moderate as ELEANOR MCMAHON, President and Founder, Share the Road; LOUISA MURSELL, Project Manager, Welcome Cyclists Network and MELISSA CLAXTON-OLDFIELD, President, Oshawa Cycling Club discuss how to foster a cycling culture and increase cycle tourism in the region.

Noon – 12:50 p.m.
CULINARY ARTS DEMONSTRATION
Durham College’s Chef DAVID HAWEY and his crew show us how to entertain in style. Using local ingredients they will demonstrate how to prepare hors d’oeuvres, mini-scotch eggs, keftedes, and herbed mushroom pastries.

1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
CULINARY TOURISM
REBECCA LeHEUP, Executive Director, Ontario Culinary Tourism Alliance (OCTA) will present about culinary tourism, giving visitors a taste of our culture.

2:00 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.
SOCIAL MEDIA
BARRY A. MARTIN , Principal at Hypenotic, shares how marketing has changed and so has the way we’re influenced by it. Come learn how to design a marketing strategy for a social era!

2:45 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.
FILM INDUSTRY PRESENTATION
DONNA ZUCHLINSKI, Film Commissioner, Industry Development Ontario Media Development Corporation and BRIAN MALCOLM, Executive Director, Parkwood National Historic Site, discuss the film industry.

3:15 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.
CUSTOMER SERVICE EXCELLENCE
The Bowmanville Zoo’s MICHAEL HACKENBERGER speaks to The Biology of Training for Customer Service Excellence.

3:45 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
CREATIVITY PRESENTATION
Artist WILLIAM LISHMAN speaks of the Creative Continuum.

4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
SAVOUR THE SEASON SAMPLINGS
Sample food from restaurants boasting locally sourced products prepared by regional food artisans.

5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.
CREATIVE AWARDS CEREMONY
Emcee Dan Carter will lead us through the inaugural Durham Art of Transition Creative Awards.

6:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
EVENT CLOSING
Remarks, followed by entertainment by Devi Mandir, Chinese Sword Dancers, H.E.R. and The GeekFreaks.

25 ~ DEADLINE

JAN/FEB. ARTSCENE
schnipp@interlog.com
905-509-3855

25, 26, 27, Dec. 2, 3, 4 ~ Joanna Malcolm’s

8th Annual Xmas Art Show – 10 am
Studio by the Green
Nestleton Rd.
www.joannamalcolm.com
905-213-4922

25 ~ NEW Deadline for Submissions for McLean Community Centre

Download pdf application for McLean Comm. Centre Exhibitions
togwen@rogers.com
905-831-6057

26 ~ Dunbarton Fairport U. Church

Deck Your Halls Bazaar – 10 am
1066 Dunbarton Rd., Pickering
www.dunbartonfairport.on.ca
905-839-7271

26 ~ Durham Youth Orchestra

DYOFall Concert – 7:30 pm
Hebron Christian Ref. Church
4240 Anderson St., N. Whitby
www.dyomusic.com
905-432-1230

26 ~ Village Voices

Christmas Concert – 7:30 pm
St. Andrews Presb. Church
143 Main St., Markham
www.villagevoices.ca
905-640-8540

26 ~ Friends of Music

Will launch their 37th season by hosting the Elmer Iseler Singers at Port Hope United Church. Canada’s internationally acclaimed choral ensemble and national choral legacy, the Elmer Iseler Singers, Lydia Adams, Conductor
PortHopeFriendsofMusic.ca

26 & 27 ~ Sarah McDougall’s

6th Annual Xmas Art Sale – 2:00 pm
226 Centre St., N. Whitby

27 & 27 ~ A Westben Christmas Carol

Saturday, Nov. 26 at 1 pm The Barn
Sunday, Nov. 27 at 3 pm at The Barn
Saturday, Dec. 3 at 7pm at St Andrew’s Church, Warkworth
Sunday, Dec. 4 at 7 pm at St Paul's United Church,
WESTBEN Arts Festival Theatre
87 Bridge St. East, P.O. Box 1413
Campbellford K0L 1L0
705 653 5508 | 877 883 5777
groups@westben.ca | www.westben.ca

27 ~ FINAL ART TAKE-OUT

10 am to 5 pm
PRAC JURIED ART SHOW
McLean Community Centre
95 Magill Dr., Ajax
www.pineridgearts.org
905-509-3855

27 ~ Club Loreley

Christmas Market – 10:00 am
389 Dean Ave., Oshawa
www.clubloreley.org
905-728-9221

27 to mid December ~ Cultural Expressions Gallery

Colour of Life Xmas Show – 1:00 pm
Cultural Expressions Gallery
62 Old Kingston Road, Ajax
www.culturalexpressions.ca
905-427-2412

28 ~ Rouge Valley Quilters’ Guild

General Meeting – 7:00 pm
Guest speaker: Ruth Kennedy
1367 Altona Rd., Pickering
info@rougevalleyquiltersguild.com
905-420-3142

30 ~ Class Act Dinner Theatre

Class ActDeadly Reunion – 5:45 pm
104 Consumers Dr., Whitby
www.classactdinnertheatre.com
905-668-2229

30, Dec. 1 & 3 Backwoods Players

Some of Backwoods cast will perform in "Sound of Music" at St. Mark's United Church, 201 Centre Street South, Whitby.

Art in Public PlacesDENTISTRY ON LIVERPOOL

  • Pickering

    • Nov. & Dec. ~ Janice McHaffie
      Jan & Feb. 2012 ~ Margaret Farrar

    Reed's Florists, Pickering Town Centre

    • Sept. 20 to Nov. 7 ~ Madelaine Alter

    Body & Mind Wellness Family Chiropractic Centre
    Dr. Robbie Berman, Ajax GO Station, Transit Square
    100 Westney Road South

    • October 11 - December 6 ~ Mary Lumb

    • December 6 - January 31, 2012 ~ Joan Bontje

    • January 31 to March 27 ~ Bonnie Lusty

       

    Debbie's Boutique Cafe
    94 Harwood Ave. S, Ajax L1S 2H8 | 905 239 6721
    http://www.debbiescafe.ca/ across from Ajax Library

    • Nov. 15 to Jan. 15/12 ~ Mary Jo Smith

OPG Info Centre, Pickering

McLean Community Centre, Ajax

SilverStone Gallery, Pickering's Community Art Gallery
Check to see who is in the SilverStone Gallery, Pickering

2011

Workshops in the Gallery

Looking to create a unique gift this season?

Jewellery Making Classes ~ download pdf
with Janice Brown | December 10 & 11 ~ 9:00 a.m. to noon

The Story Chair ~ download pdf
with Marcia Masino | Sunday, December 4th, 2-4 p.m.



           

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within the community by developing widespread appreciation, support and involvement in the arts since 1989.

PineRidge Arts Council
1355 Kingston Road
P.O. Box 66099, RPO Town Centre
Pickering, ON, L1V 6P7, Canada

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