Students at New Liskeard Public School are enjoying learning to play tunes on ukuleles. The musical instruments, which were purchased last year, were recently being reintroduced to students. Pictured here are Logan Broderick, Grade 4 (left) and Leen Khayzuran, Grade 5. (Staff photo by Darlene Wroe)
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Shiverfest warming Temagami winter
TEMAGAMI (Staff) – A new date and expanded lineup of events is slated for Shiverfest ’17.The carnival, which has typically been held during the Family Day weekend, runs this year from March 2 through 5.And for the first time, a royal family – chosen democratically by voters
An evening of classical music
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter NEW LISKEARD — A Classical Variety Night is being presented at St. Paul’s United Church in New Liskeard on Thursday, March 9, beginning at 7 p.m.The special musical evening is being held to raise funds for the church’s maintenance expenses, such as the costly
Another Christmas to Remember
Former Harvest Queen hosts Christmas Concert at Classic TheatreSue Nielsen Speaker Reporter DISTRICT — The One Foot Forward Greyson Zubyck Memorial Fund and the Northern Ontario Families of Children with Cancer (NOFCC) charity will benefit from the proceeds of A Christmas to Remember benefit concerts being held
Frog’s Breath Support
The Englehart 355 Polaris Air Cadet squadron received $6,000 from the Frog’s Breath Foundation which will be used to purchase band equipment and ski equipment for their biathlon team. From the left is Jennifer Cardinal, Deb Despres, Englehart Royal Canadian Legion President Joan Renaud, Sergeant Julia Despres, Captain
Final Art in the Park August 24
HAILEYBURY (Staff) — New Liskeard native and award-winning musician Jamie Dupuis is set to perform the final Art in the Park event in Haileybury, Wednesday evening, August 24.The Temiskaming Art Gallery event will also have a great lineup of visual artists and craftspeople, antique cars and kids’ activities,
Gallery 212 features painter and singer this weekend
Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter TEMAGAMI — Art will be heard and viewed this coming weekend when visual meets vocal at the Lake Temagami art gallery called Gallery 212.A showing of Ottawa-based artist Lynda Shaw’s paintings will take place while Temagami Indigenous singer/songwriter and banjo player Esther Pennell
Music and art at Haileybury Harbour Front
HAILEYBURY (Staff) — Lake Temiskaming will be the beautiful backdrop for another of the summer’s weekly Art in the Park series, starting Wednesday, July 13, at the Haileybury Harbour Front.Tennyson King of Mississauga (Toronto-based musician/composer/producer Alfred Chow) will be performing at a free outdoor event where young
Music emerging from Deepwater
TEMAGAMI (Staff) – The Temagami waterfront is the backdrop for artists from Temagami, Temiskaming and beyond this weekend.The second annual Deepwater Music Festival gets off to a tuneful start July 15.It opens with an artists’ showcase at the Temagami Royal Canadian Legion from 2 to 6 p.m.
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The music and art of Temiskaming
HAILEYBURY (Staff) — The beautiful setting of the Haileybury Harbourfront will be the scene of the Temiskaming Art Gallery’s second year of its Art in the Park series.Part of the two-year Art, Myth and Memory project supported by the Ontario Trillium Foundation, the Art in the Park is