The FIRST Tech Challenge Tournament is a first for Kingston!  Come watch students in grades 7-12 compete head-to-head with robots their teams have designed and built.  The teams compete in 90-second matches that are guaranteed to entertain people of all ages.

Free admission.

Date and time:  Saturday, January 14, 2023 

1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Visit the Chimczuk Museum free on Saturday, January 14, 2023 for a fun filled day of family-friendly activities.

As the travelling exhibition, Dinosaur Discoveries: Ancient Fossils, New Ideas comes to a close, Museum Windsor wants to have one final celebration in the form of an activity filled free day at the Chimczuk Museum. The list of activities includes:

Presentation by dinosaur expert Dr. Denis Tetreault entitled Tyrannosaurus vs. Triceratops: Life and Death at the End of the Age of the Dinosaurs.

Presentations will be at 1pm and 4pm (seating is first come, first seated – no reservations).

“Ask a Paleontologist” in the Dinosaur Discoveries exhibit ­– between presentations, Dr. Tetreault will be roaming the dinosaur exhibit ready to answer your most pressing dinosaur questions.

Fossil discovery station. Ever wonder what it would feel like to touch fossilized dinosaur poop? Stop by our discovery station to touch and feel original and replica fossils.

Self guided dinosaur crafts and dino themed scavenger hunt.

Museum Gift Shop sale featuring discounts on dinosaur and select holiday items.

Visitors are encouraged to bring non-perishable food items for the Windsor Youth Centre.

Dinosaur Discoveries: Ancient Fossils, New Ideas is organized by the American Museum of Natural History, New York, in collaboration with the California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco; The Field Museum, Chicago; the Houston Museum of Natural Science; and the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, Raleigh.

Late Breakfast   cooked by Ladies Auxiliary 11 am to 1 pm    $15.  tickets at the Legion Bar or at the door.

Ceasar Bar, Entertainment from 1 pm to  4 pm  with Michael Tremblay. All Welcome .

The four Oakville Rotary Clubs are pleased to announce the return of the Paul Harris
Fellow Awards live event on Thursday, January 26 th . The eight 2023 nominees will be
announced and recognized for their service to the Oakville community and beyond at a
gala dinner at the Oakville Conference Centre. Tickets are $75/person and registrations
are required at https://rotaryoakville.ca Registration closes Sunday, January 22 at
6:00pm. The public is invited to attend, but tickets will not be available at the door.

The Paul Harris Fellow Award is the highest award a Rotary Club may grant to a
community benefactor or club member. This year’s nominees whose considerable
contributions to the Oakville community and beyond are most appreciated and continue
to make a difference locally and globally. Community nominees, who are not Rotarians,
are recognized annually in this manner as club members believe the nominees’ choices to
give back to their community are in line with the Rotary motto of “Service Above Self”.

In addition, Oakville Rotary is pleased to announce that Marsha Smith, Halton
Environmental Network’s new CEO and Chair of the Board will be the featured speaker.
Rotary International has added the Environment as an area of service for Rotarians
around the world and her topic is timely for many reasons. Speaking about Achieving
Social Change Through Community Service, all attending will benefit from her extensive
knowledge and informative presentation.

Smith’s journey over the last 20 years has been at the nexus of information
management, environmental science, and social justice, with experience spanning
every sector; private, entrepreneurial, non-profit and the public. She has worked both in
Canada and overseas to improve water quality, protect species-at-risk, preserve
ecosystems, and increase community resilience. Smith has both a Master of
Environmental Science from the University of Toronto, and a Bachelor of Environmental
Studies from the University of Waterloo and is working towards her PhD.

Huntsville’s Got Talent takes the Algonquin Theatre stage on Saturday, March 4, at 7:00 PM! Celebrate local talent as 10 finalists aim to impress the judges and wow the audience. Special guest performances. Proceeds to Community Living Huntsville. Tickets: tickets.algonquintheatre.ca 

Muskoka Shield vs Ville-Marie

Make this Valentine’s Day continue into the weekend. Celebrate it during Orchestra Kingston’s Tribute to Women In Music, featuring multi-award-winning violinist, Kingston’s own Clara Moellman  performing the “glorious, show stopping” Max Bruch Violin Concerto No.1. On the same program: the “irresistible” Amy Beach “Gaelic” Symphony No.2 inspired by Old English, Irish, and Scottish melodies. At The Spire in Kingston. Tickets: Free for kids (16 and under), $20 (senior & student), $25 (adult) at https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/orchestra-kingston-celebrating-women-in-music-tickets-495674625147, Novel Idea, Arden Music, and at the door.

Orchestra Kingston gratefully acknowledges the support of the Kingston Arts Council, City of Kingston, and OLG.

Masks are recommended by Public Health Ontario.

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Proclaimed “incredible” and “impeccable” (Craig Bakay, Frontenac News, 2019), Clara Moellman’s performances show off “her passion and her persistence,” according to Orchestra Kingston music director John Palmer, who adds, “She has really impressed everyone.” 

Clara Moellman, winner of multiple Kiwanis Music competitions, recalls, “I was 13 years old when I first heard a recording of this violin concerto by the famous David Oistrakh. I knew, even back then, that I wanted to achieve that kind of strength and power of interpretation.” 

Kingston audiences will be the winners when they hear Clara Moellman perform the truly “barnstorming” Max Bruch Violin Concerto No.1 with Orchestra Kingston, Sunday 19 February 2023 at The Spire 2:30pm in Kingston.

After many years of intensive study and practise with well-known Kingston teacher and violinist Caroline Bourque, 16 year old Clara says, “I now understand well all the orchestral colours of Bruch’s ‘grand and lyrical’ piece.”

Moellman explains the wide, emotional range of the Bruch. “The first movement is meditative and introduces me to the audience. Then, the tender melodies of the second movement lead to a kind of conversation between me and the  orchestra. Finally,” she concludes, “the joyful, exuberant third movement leads us all to the concerto’s final, fiery finish.”

Palmer says, “Music does great things for kids and families, offering young people like Ms Moellman the self-discipline that leads to knowing exactly what they are doing and exactly what they want. The Moellman family is a pleasure to work with.”

Celebrating Women in Music, the concert program concludes with the “big hearted” Gaelic Symphony No. 2 by Amy Beach. With over 300 compositions to her credit, Beach was the “most frequently performed American composer of her generation."

Praised as "big hearted, irresistible, confident" (- Andrew Achenbach, Gramophone, 2003) this work was the most successful of any symphony composed by her contemporaries. Beach drew inspiration for this large orchestral work from the simple, rugged, and unpretentious beauty of Old English, Irish, and Scottish melodies; so, she subtitled the work, “Gaelic”.

An American child prodigy, Amy Beach made her performance debut at 16 years of age and within ten years published the Symphony No. 2 in E minor, her “Gaelic Symphony”, then saw it debut with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, all while she was still in her twenties.

Floor Shuffleboard   Brockville Legion

Every Wednesday 1- 4 pm

Seniors 50+

Members $3. ea.

Non- Members $4. ea.

Public Welcome

Carpet Bowling  Brockville Legion

Seniors 50 +

Every Monday 1- 4 pm

Members $3 ea.

Non -  Members $4 ea.

Public Welcome