Doors open at 11 am and cards start at 12:30pm

$5 at the door

pies and sandwiches available for sale

no beginners please

Doors open at 11 and cards start at 12:30 pm

pies and sandwiches available for sale

$5 at the door

No beginners please

The Kingston Baroque Consort is pleased to announce its third season of
music from the Baroque era. The 2023-24 season will begin with a Baroque
Festival, and will include four concerts featuring familiar and
unfamiliar Baroque delights, all on Fridays at 5:15pm at St James
Church, 10 Union St, Kingston.

With generous support from the Kingston Arts Council, the season begins
with the “Baroque Festival of Music, Art and Dance” in early October.
The festival concert, “Enchanted Steps” on Friday 6 October at 5:15pm,
will include special guest Violinist Christina Zacharias of the renowned
Toronto-based Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, and will feature dance music
by Charpentier, Telemann, and Purcell.

The festival will also include a lecture on “Louis XIV, Versailles, the
King of Siam, and Ballet-Opera Diplomacy in the 17th Century” with
Queen’s University Professor and Bader Chair in Southern Baroque Art
Gauvin Bailey, and a workshop on “Baroque dance basics” led by Baroque
dance specialist Edgar Tumak.

The season continues with three more concerts:

“Baroque Passions: Heartbreak and Tenderness”
Spellbinding music by Telemann, Steffani, Locatelli, and Hasse
Friday 10 November, 5:15pm

“The Enchanted Garden: Music and Poetry inspired by Nature”
Welcome spring with Vivaldi, Couperin and more
Friday 2 February, 5:15pm

“Celebration! Dazzling Baroque Showpieces”
Bach’s Orchestral Suite No.1 and Mouret’s Symphonies de Fanfares (of
“Masterpiece Theatre” fame)
Friday 5 April, 5:15pm

Single tickets: Adults $25, Students $10, Under 17 free
Subscription to all 4 concerts, including the Baroque Festival: Adults
$80, Students $30, Under 17 free

Tickets are available by emailing/calling legerek@queensu.ca,
613-217-5099, or can be purchased at Novel Idea, 156 Princess St.

The KBC is Kingston’s newest orchestra devoted wholly to Historically
Informed practice of music from the Baroque era. Founded by Katie
Legere, Jeff Hamacher, Julia McFarlane, and Michael Capon, the KBC is a
collective of professional musicians drawn from the Kingston Symphony
Orchestra and the wider community.

Violins: Gisele Dalbec-Szczesniak, Andrew Dicker, Lisa Draper, Venetia
Gauthier, Danielle Lennon, and Julia McFarlane
Viola: Eileen Beaudette
Cello/Gamba: Jeff Hamacher
Flute: William Egnatoff
Recorders: Heather Schreiner
Bassoon and recorder: Katie Legere
Harpsichord: Michael Capon

Web: https://livemusickingston.ca/kingston-baroque-consort-2023
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KingstonBaroque/

Showcase of agriculture through friendly competitions, craft buildings, truck & tractor pulls, demo derby, live entertainment, midway, vendors, food and refreshments. Fun for all ages.  www.miltonfair.com     Adults $15, Children (5-12) $5, Children under 5 are free, On site Parking $5, Family Pass $35

Wednesday, September 20, 7:00 pm – The Miner Family Legacy

Tom Coke, Historian at Jack Miner’s Sanctuary, discusses the history of the family, motivations of opening the sanctuary, and the mission and future of the sanctuary.

Join us online via Zoom – Free & open to everyone!

Register on our website - https://essex.ogs.on.ca/

The 52nd Annual Gem and Mineral Show sponsored by the Kingston Lapidary and Mineral Club. 

The show and sale features riches from the earth and includes: unique jewellery, crystal treasures, minerals and gemstones, exotic fossils and gemstone carvings, a children's mine and jewellery workshop and hourly door prizes. 

This event is held over three days October 11, 12 and 13 at the Event Centre, St. Lawrence College, 100 Portsmouth Avenue, Kingston. 

Admission is only $5.00 for all three days and children under 12 are free.

https://www.mineralclub.ca

Homelessness is on the rise in Windsor Essex County. On October 10th help us to recognize world homelessness day.

We will be holding a food drive on October 10th to fill our Food Bank for those in need. Thank you to Loblaws, No Frills, Tailgate Takeout and Windsor Police Service for your support. 

Our Food drive will be held from 11AM-4 PM at all below locations. Monetary donations will also be collected. Non expired and non perishables only please.

Drop off Locations:

- 355 Church Street, Windsor (Salvation Army)

- 2430 Dougall Ave, Windsor (Superstore)

- 4371 Walker Rd, Windsor (Superstore)

- 400 Manning Rd, Tecumseh (Zehrs)

- 5890 Malden Rd, Windsor (Zehrs)

- 3975 Wyandotte St E, Windsor (Tony and Kathy No Frills)

- 3199 Lauzon Rd, Windsor (Learning Corner Child Care Centre)

A free BBQ will be held at the Windsor Centre of Hope (355 Church Street)  to anyone in need of a hot meal. Our BBQ will be held in our parking lot from 11AM-2PM. Monetary and non perishables will be collected if you wish to do so.

In 2022 The Salvation Army Windsor Centre of Hope:

🏠 Housed 813 people

🍞 Distributed over 268,000lbs of food

🚿 Free Showers to 173 people

To continue to help those homeless we need you!

Please donate here: www.salvationarmywindsor.ca/donate/

October is celebrated as Islamic Her/History Month in Canada and gives us an opportunity to learn about Islam and honour the rich history and diversity of Canadian Muslims and Muslims living across the globe.

Niagara LIP is pleased to offer a free, virtual workshop-Islam: Its Roots & Wings. The workshop will be facilitated by the Canadian Council of Muslim Women (CCMW) on Tuesday, October 3, 2023, from 10 am to 12 pm. Registration is required, and workshop capacity is limited to 50. Please register your attendance at the link below:

https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwtduCoqTgqHtMEtwVlEYjWzqN6npr0Yme4

About this workshop: The Islamic Herstory Month Workshop allows for participants to get an overview of Islam and to challenge the many myths & misconceptions surrounding Islam. Workshop topics include basics of Islam; alarming surge in Islamophobia; hijab in Islam; gendered Islamophobia and the many contributions of incredible Muslim women.

We anticipate there will be high interest in this workshop and capacity is limited. If registration is full and/or you have any questions, please feel free to connect with amy.andrews@niagararegion.ca