Tag: Music
Owen Sound Little Theatre opens 2024-25 season with The Prom
The director of Owen Sound Little Theatre’s opening production of its 2024-25 season hopes everyone who sees it rethinks what they consider to be normal. The Prom, which opens at the Roxy Theatre on Nov. 14, is a musical with tonnes of humour and great music, but Corry Lapointe said the love story being told […]
Town hall meeting Nov. 4 to discuss Summerfolk’s future
Summerfolk is facing extreme financial pressure and will consider downsizing as it manages rising costs and its debt, operations manager Jaret Koop said. The future of next year’s festival is not in doubt but changes are coming and the community’s input at an upcoming town hall meeting will help shape the next festival, he said […]
Swifties left out of sold-out Toronto shows can still party in London
Ticketed dance and video parties are planned in London in the lead-up to mega pop-star Taylor Swift’s six-show Toronto run next month.
Brews News: Pumpkin ales in full season
It’s the season for the most seasonal of craft beers â pumpkin ales.
New eating disorders clinic for Western, Fanshawe students filling ‘huge gap’
Years in the making, a new London eating disorders clinic for university and college students is opening next week but still trying to raise money to support the work it will do.Â
Grey County and Chef Roger Mooking team up to showcase region
Celebrity chef Roger Mooking and Grey County are sharing the story of the region’s culinary heritage, diverse agriculture and hardworking families with the Gather Campaign. “This is his world. He knows culinary, he knows culture, he knows art, he knows all of those things and he knows our area now,” said Savanna Myers, Grey County’s […]
Hepworth-Shallow Lake legion to celebrate grand opening on Nov. 2
The Royal Canadian Legion Branch 586 will celebrate the grand opening of its brand-new building on Nov. 2 nearly three years after a fire destroyed the legion’s former home in Hepworth. The old legion building burned to the ground on Jan. 21, 2022. Much of the local legion’s memorabilia and the former home of the […]
Late London artist set to be honoured with exhibit: ‘Gentle soul’
Deep-sea fish, renaissance sketches, Gibbons Park and 1920s jazz. Â It was all in a dayâs work for London artist Tom Hilborn. Â An upcoming exhibition at the TAP Centre downtown is celebrating the eclectic works of Hilborn, a prolific creator who died earlier this year of cancer. He was 67 years old. Â âThis […]
Hollywood celebrities line up to honour Victor Garber at London film festival
There’s a little bit of Hollywood touching down in London. The Forest City Film Festival is honouring London-raised screen legend Victor Garber with a lifetime achievement award at its week-long film festival here later this month, and he’ll bring a little Tinsel Town magic with him. As part of the celebration, expect Hollywood celebrities to […]
New Harmony Centre program provides a presence for small organizations
The Harmony Centre in Owen Sound has launched a new program that provides small local organizations with all the benefits that come with being located in a bustling community hub. The volunteer-run charity located in a former church near the city’s downtown has launched what is being called the Community Headquarters program. Jeff Elie, chair […]