For those coping with the death of a loved one.
This month's topic: Surviving the holidays.
Brockville General Hospital - Garden Street Site, 4th floor.
Groupe vocal Décibel vous accueille, le 25 novembre à 13h00, au Centre culturel Humania, 1675 St-Pierre Ouest à Saint-Hyacinthe, pour son premier bingo bénéfice. Au programme: recettes, dégustations, plaisir et chants de Noël!
The Jocko Point Community Centre will hold its monthly all-you-can-eat Brunch buffet on December 3 from 9 am until noon. In addition to the usual breakfast fare (scrambled eggs, bacon, sausages, home fries, beans), you will find a variety of salads, hot dishes and desserts. Adults: $11.00. Children 7-12: $3.50. Children 6 and under: free.
Bring your Shoebox gift items to the Kingston School of Arts. We will supply the shoebox, paint supplies, coffee/tea and treats, and you will decorate the gift box for donation to a woman living in a Kingston shelter.
The Shoebox Project for Shelters collects and distributes gifts in the form of shoeboxes for women who are homeless or at risk of homelessness in communities across Canada and the US.
Register: Facebook ~The Kingston Shoebox Project/Events Information: www.shoeboxproject.com/kingston Email: Kingston@shoeboxproject.com
Other Desert Cities involves a family with differing political views and a long-held family secret.
Other Desert Cities - Feb 7-10, 2018
Written by Jon Robin Baitz
Directed by Scott Fitzgerald
A much acclaimed finalist for the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Brooke Wyeth returns home to Palm Springs after a six year absence to celebrate Christmas with her parents, her brother, and her aunt. Brooke announces that she is about to publish a memoir dredging up a pivotal and tragic event in the family’s history - a wound they don’t want reopened. In effect, she draws a line in the sand and dares them all to cross it.
Reserve tickets by calling 705-358-1425 or emailing tixgtg@gmail.com
Tickets can be picked up and paid for at the front of house the evening of the performance.
Doors open at 7 PM Show begins at 7:30 PM
Gateway Theatre Guild - Your Community Theatre
Gateway Theatre Guild is excited to announce auditions for Other Desert Cities written by John Robin Baitz and directed by Scott Fitzgerald.
Other Desert Cites tells the story of Brooke Wyeth who returns home to Palm Springs after a six-year absence to celebrate Christmas with her parents, her brother, and her aunt. Brooke announces that she is about to publish a memoir dredging up a pivotal and tragic event in the family's history—a wound they don't want reopened. In effect, she draws a line in the sand and dares them all to cross it.
Characters:
Lyman Wyeth: (male- late 50s to early 70s) patriarch of the family. A Hollywood “B” actor with some celebrity and political influence. Conservative with a sense of humor about himself and a deep love and care for his adult children.
Polly Wyeth: (female- mid-50s to late 60s) Lyman’s wife. She is graceful and funny and doesn’t suffer fools gladly. She is deeply devoted to the preservation of family and all it stands for, and even more, the health of her husband.
Brooke Wyeth: (female- mid-30s to early 40s) Lyman and Polly’s adult daughter. A writer who is now a native New Yorker although born in California. She thrives on solitude, coffee shops, intelligent conversation, and being understood. She loves her family but also her independence.
Trip Wyeth: (male- late 20s to mid-30s) Brooke’s brother. A TV producer – easy going, takes life as it comes, loves being around family and, oddly, all its traditions. Devoted to his older sister and her health.
Silda Grauman: (female- late 50s to early 70s) Polly’s sister, a woman of indeterminate age. A former TV writer who is definitely from the more Bohemian gene in the family. Impulsive, creative, reckless, fragile, funny – she’d rather be living alone but is dependent upon Polly and Lyman for support entirely.
To book an audition please contact Scott Fitzgerald at scottf@nipissingu.ca
Audition Dates
November 27, 28 - bookings starting at 7pm and December 2 - bookings starting at 1pm.
Callbacks
If needed will be December 3.
Audition Sides
Will be provided to all interested individuals at the time of the audition booking.
Productions Dates
February 7 – 10, 2018
1837: The Farmers' Revolt is told in ensemble fashion with a vaudevillian combination of words, music and laughter, focusing on the farmers, workers and rank-and-file Reformers who find themselves coming up against oligarchic unfairness and eventually pick up pitchforks to fight for responsible government.
The production is suitable for children.
To reserve tickets: www.gatewaytheatreguild.ca
Please pickup and pay for your tickets at the door. Cash or cheque only. Doors open at 7:00 pm.
Tickets: $20 for Adults; $15 for Students.
Flex-Passes are still available. Get three entrances to any GTG performance this season for $50. Can be used as a group, or as an individual. See website for details.
Get your Christmas shopping done while supporting a local school! We have over 25 vendors for a great shopping experience on November 30, 5pm to 8:30pm. Admission $2 per person. Prizes available to be won! Organized by the Parent Committee of Georges P. Vanier School, 6200 Edgar Street.
Bring non-perishable food donations or cash donations for the Inn of the Good Shepherd to the Sarnia Kinsmen Christmas Parade on Saturday, December 2 from 6:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m. on Christina Street. Watch for the Sarnia Christian School bus and for parents and students wearing Sarnia Christian School shirts.
Monthly Meeting on Wednesday, December 20 at 12:45 p.m. in the Volunteer Education Centre at the Manor.
