My niece, Alicia Surveyer, has been working with some very interesting design motifs – silhouettes, shadows and reflection. There is a touch of avuncular bias but also a broader view of an artist taking the Group of Seven, especially Lawren Harris’ later works, into a new direction. These elements can be seen in recent …
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If you are driving on the 401 between Toronto and Kingston, consider making a pit stop at the Wondrous Textiles Art Show at the Scotts Barn Cultural Center. This is a showing of Textile Art Works by a trio of artists – Susan MacDonald, Sheree Rasmussen and Judith Tinkl. Each artist works in textiles, …
Port Hope has a library with a range of good services but a bad case of prickly librarians. Perhaps it is because they cannot control the level of conversations. Perhaps it is a brittle composure and inconsistent sense of civility. Perhaps there are impending budget cuts. But expect inconsistency on keeping conversations under control, use …
Cruising by assorted boatcraft down the Ganaraska River is what Float Your Fanny Down The Ganny is all about. As always traveling down the Ganny in Spring is very much dependent on the often sporadic weather. This season was no exception with cool and wet finally changing to a sunny, warmer but still windy …
As promised in our previous posting, the weather was certainly warm for Fanny on the Ganny in Port Hope Ontario. Okay there was a cooling breeze. But the Ganny was well behaved compared to last year’s raging torrent and much cooler of flowtemperatures. So all the preening and primping by Port Hope’s shops was well …
Jane’s Walk is one of those best-ideas-since-Sliced-Bread events. Very simply people go for a walk on the weekend of May 1-2 in 35 cities in Canada or 25 cities in the US or 2 cities [so far] in Europe. Yes, a walk – a free guided tour telling the history of an urban area including …
At the Legion Hall during the Warkworth Maple Syrup Festival, I came across a really tasty find, the Kawartha Fruit Winery plus Jelly, Jams and Preserves Place [I have added the latter phrasing]. Now my friends in Toronto who are truly gourmands and fine wine samplers would enjoy the Winery half of the above craftings. …
When you come up to the Warkworth Golf Course on Route 29 just east of town there is a big barn that features all sorts of paintings, sculptures and Garden arts for sale – its Windebank’s on Route 29. Well this year I did not have to wait until Summertime to find out what is …
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The Warkworth Maple Syrup Festival had a number of great finds at the in town shows. Shhh, don’t tell the kids but you could have a great time at the Antiques, Arts and Crafts shows alone. I certainly did and made some great finds. For example, at the Crafts show in the City Hall building, …
As noted in our previous posting, WWMSF-Warkworth’s Maple Syrup Festival has a lot of attractions beyond March break fun for the kids in the Sugar Bush. Here is one of the great finds this year – The Spirit of the Hills Art Show. The Spirit of the Hills Art Association put on an Art Show …
Its Spring and not only bird song will greet you in the morning but also the lusty calls of true venturing women and men floating their various watercraft down the Ganaraska river to Port Hope in the 2010 Float Your Fanny Down the Ganny Rites of Spring event. Fanny Floating goes Saturday April 3, 2010 …
Warkworth is a small town southeast of Rice Lake and 25km North of the the 401 from the Brighton turn off. But the town does not think small in special events and festivities. Warkworth has a great line up of festivals and special events including the outdoor Long Lunch at the beginning of the Summer …
