Great things to do in the GTA and Region of Durham in December

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* by performances means matinees

You may find more information on events if you go to our facebook page and look in the EVENTS section!

If you are a PRAC member and participating in an event or performance
- get it listed on our calendar page!

to Dec. 9 ~ Latcham Gallery

Travis Shilling, Customs: what you take and what you leave
Opening reception Thursday, November 2, 7 to 9 pm
Travis Shilling’s paintings are inspired in equal parts by the world around him and the re-imagining of this world, where animals, spirit figures and the landscape take centre stage. For his solo exhibition at the Latcham Gallery, Shilling continues to explore ideas around adaptation and survival in both the natural and built environment. His practice is personal and instinctive, telling stories that not only reflect his experience of the landscape, but ruminate on the enduring spirit of the natural world and our place in it.
6240 Main Street, Stouffville | 905.640.8954

to Dec. 10 ~ Station Gallery

Opening Reception Ingrid Ruthig: Re|Visions + Florence Helena McGillivray: Finding Florence
The solo exhibition, Ingrid Ruthig: Re|Visions, builds on a series of 120 portrait-and-biography diptychs of women creators selected from throughout history.
Back in 1970, Station Gallery opened its doors with an inaugural exhibition of Whitby’s most famed historical artist. This posthumous retrospective of Florence Helena McGillivray brought exposure to a little-known and under-appreciated figure in the development of early Canadian art.
1450 Henry Street, Whitby
stationgallery.ca

to Dec. 17 ~ Whitevale Arts and Culture Centre

Ontario Outdoors - The Art of Norman Brown
features oil paintings of the Ontario wilderness by Toronto born artist
475 Whitevale Road, Whitevale
FACEBOOK EVENT

to Dec. 31 ~ Tony and Anne Labelle-Johnson

Tony and Anne are Exhibiting their paintings in Acrylic and Watercolour at the Beech Centre, 26 Beech Ave., Bowmanville
Open from 9 am to 4 pm | Drop by and have a look.
bluewillowstudio.ca

to December 31 ~ Herongate Barn Dinner Theatre

A Bedful of Foreigners – 6:00 pm
2885 Altona Rd., Pickering
herongate.com 905-472-3085

to Dec 17 ~ Whitevale Arts and Culture Centre

Ontario Outdoors ~ An art show featuring Norman R Brown's paintings
Opening on Saturday, December 2, 2017 10 to 2 pm
470 Whitevale Road, Whitevale
http://whitevaleacc.ca
416-723-4231
susan@simplyserendipity.ca

December ~ Wharf Wood Project

on display at L'Artisan
Liverpool Road, Pickering

to Dec 23 ~ Capitol Theatre

Robin Hood The Panto
20 Queen Street
Port Hope, Ontario L1A 3Z4
toll free 800-434-5092
info@capitoltheatre.com
boxoffice@capitoltheatre.com
http://capitoltheatre.com/

to January 9, 2018 ~ Mirage a Trois

Visions of 3
Hal Bilz, Valerie Russell and Mike Scholte
Cliffcrest Library
3017 Kingston Rd., Toronto
416-396-8916

1 ~ Victorian Operetta Society

Christmas at Dalewood - 6:00 pm
Dalewood Golf Club
7465 Dale Rd., Cobourg
vostheatre.com

1 to 3 ~ ARTSPACE236

236 Sandford Road
(west of Sandford between Conc 2 & 3)
Ten artists will showcase their work for a wonderful selection for your discriminating gift-giving.

2 ~ Bel Canto Singers

Songs for a Winter’s Night
2:30 and 7:30 pm
Scar Bluffs United Church
3739 Kingston Rd.. Scarborough
belcantosingers.ca

2 ~ St. Francis Centre

Youth Talent Showcase – 6:00 pm
Ajax On Stage
78 Church St., Ajax
stfranciscentre.ca

Dec. 2 ~ Alcohol Ink Class - Ajax Creative Arts ~ NEW

Ajax Creative Arts Paint Party
Margaret is coming back for another of her very popular Alcohol Ink Classes!!! Join us Saturday, December 2 from 10 - 4.
All materials supplied, just bring yourself and a lunch if you like. We will be using this beautifully vibrant medium on tiles, yuppo paper, the always popular glass pendants and glass ornaments.
$55 for ACA members and $65 for no-members. Contact me for more details if you are interested in taking this fun class! ajaxcreativearts.ca

2 ~ Scugog Council for the Arts

SCA Holiday Sparkle Sale Opens Saturday December 2, 2017
This year's Sparkle Sale showcases work from our member artists both seasoned and new!
Come in and find paintings from Ron Peter, Karen Neu Wideman, David Clubine, James McKeag,framed pastel miniatures by Jennifer Ross, photography by Gordon Ross,framed prints by Angela Hennessey, glass work from Kirsty Naray,pottery by Cathy Lombard and Nelly Schurman,woodwork by Peter Lauricella and Stephen Rensink,hand-crafted gifts by Libbie Burns, Tanya Petruk, Fibre Arts by Dini Page, Carey Nicholson,and signed books and calendars by Joanna Malcolm and Jonathan Van Bilsen, and more! Much more! The Sparkle Sale runs right through to
December 30th for last minute gift giving.
SCA Gallery hours are Tuesday to Saturday from 11:00 am to 4:00 pm. | Our mailing address is: 181 Perry Street, Port Perry, ON L9L 1A7

2 & 3 ~ Onstage Productions

Sounds of Christmas 2017
at 2:30 and 8:00 pm
Flato Markham Theatre
Town Centre Blvd., Markham
onstageproductions.org

December 2 & 3 ~ Westben

at 3 pm - Upper Canada Christmas
Dec. 2 – 3:00 pm
Norwood United Church
Line Road 7 Norwood
Dec. 3– 3:00 pm
Northminster United Church
300 Sunset Blvd.Peterborough
Westben celebrates Christmas in Upper Canada with Susanna Moodie and Catharine Parr Traill, along with the 80 voices of the Westben Choruses under the direction of Donna Bennett and Brian Finley. A heart-warming, narrated concert celebrating a Canadian Christmas “pioneer-style”, fit for the whole family
Norwood United, Hwy 7 Norwood
For more information please contact Donna Bennett, groups@westben.ca 1-705-653-5508 or 1-877-883-5777
Box Office: 36 Front Street South, Campbellford, ON, K0L 1L0
www.westben.ca

Sunday December 2 & 3 ~ Westben

at 3 pm - Upper Canada Christmas
Westben celebrates Christmas in Upper Canada with Susanna Moodie and Catharine Parr Traill, along with the 80 voices of the Westben Choruses under the direction
of Donna Bennett and Brian Finley. A heart-warming, narrated concert celebrating a Canadian Christmas “pioneer-style”, fit for the whole family.
Northminster United, 300 Sunset Blvd, Peterborough
705-653-5508 or 1-877-883-5777 www.westben.ca
For more information please contact Donna Bennett, groups@westben.ca 1-705-653-5508
Box Office: 36 Front Street South, Campbellford, ON, K0L 1L0
www.westben.ca

3 ~ Pickering Community Concert Band

A Seasonal Celebration – 2:30 pm
Forest Brook Comm. Church
60 Kearney Dr., Ajax
pccb.ca

3 ~ Backwoods Players

Christmas in the Village
Duffins Creek Sunday School Pageant
Pickering Museum Village,-Noon
Hwy.7, Greenwood
pickering.ca/en/discovering/
events.asp 905-683-8401

3 ~ Monday Morning Singers

Christmas Concert – 3:00 pm
St. Paul’s Anglican Church
65 Toronto St., Uxbridge
mmsingers.org

3 ~ A Gift of Art Gallery

A Gift of Xmas Show & Sale - 10 am
187 King Ave. E., Newcastle
agiftof-art.com 905-987-2264

Dec. 4 ~ Paint Party - Ajax Creative Arts ~ CANCELLED

Ajax Creative Arts Paint Party
with Janice Brown- unfortunately this workshop has been cancelled.

ajaxcreativearts.ca

4 ~ Station Gallery

Art Talk - Synchronicities: Art & Cinema, Part VII
FACEBOOK EVENT
1450 Henry Street, Whitby
stationgallery.ca

6 ~ PINERIDGE ARTS COUNCIL

MONTHLY MEETING – 7:15 pm
Pickering Recreation Complex
Rm. 1, Valley Farm Rd.
pineridgearts.org

905-509-3855

6 ~ Markham Group of Artists

Monthly Meeting – 10:00 am
Markham Village Library
6031 Ontario 7, Markham

8 & 9 ~ County Town Singers

50th Anniversary Christmas Concert
Dec. 8-8:00 pm & Dec. 9-2:00 pm
Trinity Pentecostal Church  900 King St. E, Oshawa
905-434-7942
countytownsingers.com

8 to 20 ~ Galerie Q, The Millbrook Gallery, Cavan Art Gallery

A Christmas festival spanning 12 days between three galleries in Cavan-Monaghan
Celebrating the holidays with friends, family, and community members. All activities are complementary.
1521 County Road 10 Cavan ON L0A 1C0;
36 King Street East, Millbrook, ON L0A 1G0;
1535 County Road 10, Cavan ON L0A 1C0
www.galerie-q.com,
www.millbrookgallery.com, www.cavanarts.cahttp://valeriekent.com
phone numbers under website section for Christmas Post: Galerie-Q 705-944-8888
Millbrook Gallery 705-932-0888
Cavan Art Gallery 705-944-9444

8 to 22 ~ HANDMADE IN UXBRIDGE

10-6 Sun. 10-5
Opening Party, Sat Dec. 9th 2-5
Blue Heron Studio
62 Brock St. N. (rear entrance)
"Art, Gifts, and So Much More"
This 5th annual "Pop- Up Shop" will feature the work of 14 local artists.  No need to go to the busy malls, there will be something for everyone on your list, including those who need something truly unique, all in one convenient location.
Facebook

9 ~ Village Voices

Christmas Joy
at 2:30 and 7:30 pm
Director Oksana Vignan has chosen a
program that all will enjoy, featuring Mark Hayes’ Christmas Suite and works such as Still, Still, Still by Joey Hoelscher, Sweetest Music, Softly Stealing by Elaine Hagenberg and He is Born, by Trevor Forrest.
Special guests are Prometheus Male Choir, directed by Pavlo Fondera, Zajvir Children’s Choir, directed by Olesia Konyk, and Robert Graham is the accompanist.
The audience will be invited to sing along to a number of the evening’s carols. There will also be a Silent Auction, as part of the choir's fundraising efforts.
Markham Missionary Church
5438 Major MacKenzie Dr. E
villagevoices.ca
905.471.4464

9 ~ St. Francis Centre

Beauty & the Beast – 1:00 pm
with Dufflebag Theatre
78 Church St., Ajax
stfranciscentre.ca

9 ~ St. Francis Centre

Deck the Hall – 7:00 pm
with Dirty Dishes
78 Church St., Ajax
stfranciscentre.ca

9 ~Espressivo Singers

A Ceremony of Carols – 7:30 pm
Westminster United Church
1850 Rossland Rd. E., Whitby
espressivosingers.ca

9 & 10 ~ Cathedral Bluffs Orch.

Concert #2
Dec. 9 at 8 pm & Dec. 10 at 2 pm
P.C. Ho Theatre
5183 Sheppard Ave. E
Scarborough.
cathedralbluffs.com

10 ~ Durham Philharmonic Choir

T’was The Night Before Xmas –3 pm
College Park Church
1164 King St. E., Oshawa
FACEBOOK EVENT
durhamphilharmonic.ca
905.728.1739

Dec. 10 ~ The Durham Chamber Orchestra Presents The 2017-18 Concert Season

“It’s Christmas” - Sunday, December 10, 2017 at 3:00pm
This family Christmas concert will feature Martina Ortiz-Luis, the National Anthem singer for the Toronto Maple Leafs home games at Toronto’s Air Canada Centre. It is a thrill to have this talented young artist as a special guest. Martina will sing the beautiful “O Holy Night”, and will be accompanied by the orchestra. She will also sing the popular “Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas” to get everyone into the holiday spirit. Also featured, will be the delightful Durham Girls’ Choir who will sing the moving Mozart’s “Ave Verum Corpus”, with the orchestra, and to complete this holiday special, there will be music from Tchaikovsky’s “Nutcracker”, along with a surprise visit from the Sugar Plum Fairy. She will do her “fairy” dance, to the delight of the youngsters in the audience, and also, of course, to the delight of the “young at heart”. To complete this magical concert, the audience will be invited to join the orchestra in a carol singalong.
Forest Brook Community Church, 60 Kearney Drive, in Ajax, Ontario
Tickets: $20. and are available at www.DurhamChamberOrchestra.com
Children under 12: Free with paying adult.

Dec. 12 to Jan 5 ~ Wendy Bermingham

Ontario Society of Artists New Members Show from December 12th - January 5th, at the John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto. Opening reception will be December 14th...time tbt www.airdgallery.org | www.wendyberminghamart.ca

12 ~Palette of Friends

Monthly Meeting – 10:00 am
Ajax Village Community Centre
22 Sherwood Rd., W., Ajax
905.728.3345

13 ~ Shuttlebug Weavers & Spinners

Monthly Meeting – 1:00 pm
Greenwood Rec.Bldg. 905.649.5550
13 Oshawa Art Association
Monthly Meeting – 7:00 pm

14 to January 6, 2018

Artwork from the graduating class at Stouffville District Secondary School, Images
Opening Reception Wednesday, December 14, 7 to 9 pm
6240 Main Street, Stouffville | 905.640.8954

15 ~ Whitby Brass Band

Christmas Concert
Hebron Reformed church on Anderson, just North of Taunton
4240 Anderson St. Whitby
whitbybrassband.com
Concert starts at 7:30 pm, preconcert music from the junior band at 6:45pm.
On line tickets will be available from early November

Dec. 21 ~ Station Gallery

Opening Reception: One with Everything
Thursday, December 21 at 7 PM - 10 PM
1450 Henry Street, Whitby
FACEBOOK EVENT

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

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DENTISTRY ON LIVERPOOL, Pickering

927 Liverpool Road, Pickering
Jan. & Feb. 2018 ~ Katlin Rohn
Mar. & Apr. 2018 ~ James Ruddle
May & June ~ Sharon Ridge
July & August ~ Edson Inniss
September & October ~ David Reid
November & December ~ Hanneke Koonstra

Jolie's (Debbie's Boutique) Café,

94 Harwood Ave. S, Ajax L1S 2H8 | 905 239 6721
http://www.debbiescafe.ca/ across from Ajax Library

Jan. & Feb. 2018 - Nesrin Blair
Mar & Apr. – Eileen Myers
May & June – Maggie Burgess

OPG Info Centre, Pickering

January 2 to February 26, 2018 | Sharon Steinhaus
February 26 to April 30 | Jayshree Mina Daya
April 30 to June 25 | Harry Fraser
July & August – Heritier Bilaka
September & October | Jeannette Hay
November & December | David Reid

McLean Community Centre, Ajax

January 8, 2018 to February 12 ~ Allan's Artists
February 12 to March 19 ~ Lemonville Group of Artists
March 19 - April 23 ~ Allan O'Marra
April 23 - May 28 ~ PRAC Juried Photography Exhibition
May 28 - July9 - ACA Juried Show
July 9 - August.7 - Charles Burke and Nezrin Blair
August 7 - Sept.10 - Angela Wong and Shirley Huang
Sept.10-Oct. 25 - Cheryl Helferty and Harry Fraser'
Oct. 25 - Nov.25 - PRAC Juried Art Show
Nov. 25 – Ajax photo show (not ours)

ALL 2019 PRAC MEMBERSHIPS ARE DUE
January 1, 2019

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