Community Messages

Saturday, September 21, 2024 9 AM-1PM at Cooke's-Portsmouth United Church 200 Norman Rogers Drive

Many crafters, Bake sale and Single Serve Meals

Children's story time at 10:30

Free Admission, ample parking

Singer/songwriter Jeff Rogers’ unmistakably soulful voice often evokes weighty comparisons to the past – whether that’s Stevie Wonder, Ray Charles or even Otis Redding…. however, his tone, range, phrasing, and sincerity, all make him unmistakably contemporary – and totally original.

Tickets are $20 ($16 for members) and are available at the Club. Call (613) 542-8152 to purchase by credit card or bruce@kingstonbluessociety.ca to pay by e-transfer Call (613) 384-8168 for further details

This year we are holding our Annual Nine & Dine Golf Tournament in September!!!  What a perfect time to take a break from your busy schedule and play golf, have a great meal, and support The Mess Studio!  Sunday, September 15, 2024 at 1:30 pm ~ Rivendell Golf Club in Verona.  Not a golfer?  Join us for supper and enjoy our silent auction and take home a new piece of art for your home! 

We are back with concerts! All the necessary repairs have been made from the lightning storm that caused problems for the theatre organ. We are now able to have concerts on the largest Theatre Organ in Canada.

Our first concert will be with Lance Luce on September 20,2024. At the Korean Church of Kingston, 89 Kirkpatrick Street Kingston Ontario at 7:30 PM. Even thought this is a church we will not be featuring church music. Lance is the organist who plays for the Detroit Red Wings Home Games.

Call Nancy Young (613) 389-6218, email royandnan@sympatico.ca for tickets or more information.

Forever Highwaymen, Saturday, September 21, 2024, at 7:30 p.m. Performing at the Kingston Grand Theatre / Regina Rosen Auditorium

Come welcome the spirit of the Delta Blues, the gritty inspiration of the farmhouse jam, the sheer brilliant power of guitar-driven classic rock. It's rough. It's raw. It's powerful. It's Dead Root Revival!

Gift yourself time to make the short drive to Frontenac Provincial Park for a guided, Forest Bathing walk. Immerse yourself in the forest through simple invitations. Find your natural balance, a deeper connection and belonging to our natural world. Unplug, relax and allow the goodness of the forest to soothe your mind, nourish your body & rejuvenate your soul.

Side effects of Forest Bathing can include; Reduced Stress, Increased Immunity, Laughter, Better Sleep, Enhanced Creativity and so much more. Come wander and find wonder again.

Each walk will be 3 hours in length & include a special forest tea and a light snack.

Testimonials

"The experience was well beyond any expectation. A soul refreshing afternoon that instilled an inner calm I continue to feel days later."

"Claire gently guided us along the path and brought us to a place of rest and healing. I came away feeling peaceful and calm with a renewed sense of what the forest has to offer all of us."

Cooke's-Portsmouth United Church 200 Norman 

Rogers Drive is hosting a Roast Beef and Apple Crisp

Dinner on Friday September 27th @ 5P.M. 

$22.00 per person, $8.00 for children 5-12

Ample parking. For tickets email cpucevents@gmail.com

Pat Temple always has a great cast of HiLO Players. Pat always puts together incredible shows, but he himself admits that this musical line up is one of the best . Don’t miss it! Tickets are $20 ($16 for members) and are located at the Club. Tickets can be purchased by credit card over the phone by calling 613-542-8152

The Kingston Symphony's 2024-2025 season starts on Sunday, September 29, 2024 with a Masterworks concert titled The Golden Age of Hollywood. With music from Casablanca, Robin Hood, Sunset Boulevard, Singin’ in the Rain, and more, it's the perfect time machine to transport yourself to the glamorous world of show biz as it existed in the 30s, 40s, and 50s. During the middle of the 20th century, the very best musicians in the world were part of the MGM and Warner Bros. orchestras. The gifted compositional minds of the romantic symphonic era all turned their attention to scoring the iconic films which would come to define Hollywood. This concert salutes these true masters who created some of the greatest music of the era with extraordinary colour, flair, and sweep.

There will be a reunion of the Chalmers Church Choir and their former
director, David Cameron, on Saturday 5 October, with a public
performance at 3pm of works by Rutter, Goss, Stainer and Willan.

Any choristers who sang with David either in church services or concerts
from 1966 to 2010 are invited to attend the reunion, beginning at
1:30pm. There will be music, stories, finger foods, and renewal of old
friends and acquaintances. For more information contact Allen Fletcher,
afletcher8@cogeco.ca

Chalmers United Church is at 212 Barrie St in Kingston.

For forty four years David Cameron conducted Chalmers Church choir.
During those years David and the choir produced hundreds of concerts,
many with orchestra, most notably the ones on Good Friday. These
included the Brahms, Mozart, Faure, Durufle, Widor, Daley, and Rutter
Requiems, Handel's Messiah (many performances), Bach's St Matthew and St
John Passions, to mention only a few.