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Jan 16, 20 •
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The Thames Art Gallery and ARTspace open two new exhibitions featuring painting, installation, dance, film and sound Friday. The evening begins at ARTspace with doors opening at 5 p.m. Artist Sam Gunsar will debut his exhibition of...
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Nov 26, 19 •
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Grade 6 to 8 students, along with their parents, are invited to attend a Carousel of the Arts, at Ursuline College on Nov. 28 from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. The event will give students and parents an opportunity to experience a variety of performing and visual...
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Aug 13, 18 •
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Chatham Music Academy has recently relocated to larger facilities in order to accommodate and expand the music instruction and services that it offers. The Academy, founded in 2016 by Devon Hansen, has been housed at St. Andrew’s United Church, but the...
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Aug 8, 18 •
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Music truly is the universal language. It uplifts us, moves us to tears, pumps us up and relaxes us – sometimes at the same time. For the St. Andrew’s Choir that recently returned from a singing tour in France, members experienced that concept first hand,...
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Mar 13, 18 •
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The Jeanne Gordon Theatre in Wallaceburg will hopping April 7 when My Son the Hurricane takes to the stage. Presented by the Wallaceburg and District Council for the Arts, the Niagara/Toronto band mixes New Orleans-style grooves with funk, jazz and hip hop....
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Nov 15, 17 •
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The Wallaceburg and District Council for the Arts is beginning to roll out its 2017-18 performing arts series and the theme this year is diversity and youth. Programmer for the Wallaceburg Arts Council, John Gardiner, said there will be something for everyone...
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Feb 21, 17 •
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East Kent Coun. David Van Damme recently asked Chatham-Kent council to consider a $250,000 interest-free loan to help out the Mary Webb Centre in Highgate. Van Damme is asking for council to consider setting aside funds for the loan to go toward the...
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Sep 15, 15 •
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The Mary Webb Centre in Highgate. (Image courtesy Google) Some of Canada’s biggest names in folk and independent music have come through its doors to entertain. And now the Mary Webb Centre is in need of support to keep those doors open. The former United...
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Jun 9, 15 •
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Theatre Kent is holding auditions June 10 and 11 for Spamalot, its first show of the 2015-16 season. Spamalot is the musical stage version of the classic comedy Monty Python and the Holy Grail, about King Arthur’s quest. The play was nominated for 14 Tony...
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Nov 4, 14 •
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Before the proposed Chatham-Kent master cultural plan is finalized and implemented, the municipality has to overcome concerns that the document isn’t inclusive and lacks input and support. Chatham-Kent director of community services Evelyn Bish says she is...
