Celebrate Summer Wednesday 6 June when Limestone District School Board, Blue Skies Music in the Community, Open Voices Community Choir, Gary Rasberry, plus "The Kitchen Gypsies" all team up to present "what if kids ran the world?" - a concert full of summer-fun songs and family sing-alongs. All 750 matinee seats are already filled. However, while they last, early-evening 7 p.m. show tickets are now available for only $10 (15 and under) and $20 (adults) ONLY AT The Grand Theatre box office https://www.kingstongrand.ca/event/what-if-kids-ran-world 

218 Princess Street, Kingston K7L 1B2 or call 613 530-2050.

The concerts feature Gary Rasberry (poet, author, teacher, singer-songwriter, recording artist, and Juno-Nominee for Children's Album of the Year) plus The Kitchen Gypsies (the Kingston-based group that plays the Gypsy Jazz style of music also known as "gypsy swing", "hot club jazz", and "Jazz Manouche", created by Django Reinhardt in France in the 1930’s).

Gary Rasberry has enjoyed a 20-year performance career at festivals including Blue Skies, Northern Lights, Boreal Home County, and Shelter Valley Folk. He lives in Kingston, teaches at Queen’s University, and offers song, story & sound workshops in schools. Gary's Juno-nominated album, “What’s the Big Idea?!?” is full of the musical echoes of Pete Seeger, a splash of Fred Penner and the nostalgic vibe of songs sung around the campfire. Like his album “The Very Next Day”, his concerts offer a rollicking ride through fields of guitar "pop", blues and "roots" music. 

The Kitchen Gypsies stick to the "classic" line-up of musicians featured in Django Reinhardt's most famous group, the "Quintette du Hot Club de France", in which the solo work alternated between Reinhardt on guitar, and jazz violinist Stéphane Grappelli. The Kitchen Gypsies are: Suzanne Becker (Violin/Vocals), Ray Croxford (Bass), Ray Desrosiers (Accordion/Harmonica/Vocals), Gary Greer (Rhythm Guitar), and Ron Heidebrecht (Lead Guitar/Vocals). They have performed together at festivals, events, gatherings and celebrations in and around Kingston for a many years.

Be sure to bring the kids. As Debra Rantz, Director of Education for this concert's partners the Limestone District School Board remarks, “The power of live music - going to a concert, performing, or playing an instrument - deepens a student’s appreciation and broadens their minds. The Open Voices concert also demonstrates to students how music is a lifelong enjoyment or skill, and how you can sing and enjoy music your entire life. We can’t thank Open Voices enough for providing such a wonderful opportunity for our students, both as performers and as the audience.”

Mon. May 21/18 @ 6:30pm to 9 pm.

Grace Mennonite Church

677 Niagara Street

Speaker: Paula Burketo: Principal Landscape Architect of  Design Of Oak Garden Theatre, Niagara Parkway, Niagara Falls.

Topic: How the garden was created & history.

Comment reconnaître l'Amour Divin dans les moments difficiles ?
Dimanche le 06 Mai de 10h30 à 11h30
au 12220, 2e Ave, St-Georges Est.
Présenté par ECKANKAR.
Bienvenue à tous.
http://www.eckankar-francais.org

The May meeting of the Peterborough Historical Society will feature a lecture and book launch. Prior to emigrating to the Peterborough area in 1832, Susanna Moodie was associated with the Anti-Slavery Society in London and published two anti-slavery tracts. Speakers Molly Blyth and Michael Peterman, editors of a forthcoming book, Mary Prince and Ashton Warner: Two Slave Narratives Transcribed by Susanna Moodie, will discuss their research and discoveries. Copies of the book will be available for purchase at the event.

Please join us for our monthly coffee and chat at the Quinte Sports and Wellness Centre. We meet the second Tuesday of every month in the multipurpose room on the second floor--there is an elevator for easy access. 

On May 8th we have a guest speaker from Alarm Systems discussing safety in the home.

Each year on the last Saturday in April practitioners of traditional book related crafts including letterpress printers, printmakers, paper makers and hand bookbinders gather at the Grimsby Public Art Gallery to present their work to the public, renew connections with colleagues and share their expertise with the next generation of artists and artisans.

Started in 1979, Wayzgoose was a small gathering of friends and colleagues that attracted about 300 visitors. Since then it has grown into an eagerly awaited annual event with an attendance of between 2000 and 2500 people. Participants and visitors come from across Ontario, from Quebec and from the North Eastern states. There are also often a few travelers from Europe, Japan and across the U.S. who find their way to Grimsby to enjoy and appreciate this fascinating craft.

Wayzgoose provides a wonderful opportunity to experience first-hand the traditions that turned us into a literate society. This annual book arts fair brings together private presses from all across Canada and the United States representing the renewal of old friendships, the beginning of new ones, and the appreciation for handmade book and paper arts. 

Demonstrations and displays of paper making, book binding, calligraphy, paper marbling, and book making celebrates the love of fine art, fine craft, and stories.