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May 2010

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1 ~ Club Loreley

55th Anniversary Banquet
– 6 pm 389 Dean Ave.,
Oshawa www.clubloreley.org 905-576-8664

1 & 2 ~ Art Show & Sale Fundraiser

Various times Dunbarton-Fairport United Ch.1066 Dunbarton Rd., Pickering www.dunbartonfairport.on.ca 905-839-7271

June 1 ~ Deadline for Oshawa Art Association's Juried Art Show

1 ~ Club Loreley

55th Anniversary Banquet – 6 pm
389 Dean Ave., Oshawa
www.clubloreley.org
905-576-8664

1 & 2 ~ Lemonville Group of Artists

Annual Show & Sale – 10:00 am
Lemonville Community Centre
13453 McCowan Rd.,Stouffville
905-640-3965

1 & 2 ~ Scugog Arts Council Spring Studio Tour

Lake Scugog Studio Tour10:00 am
Various locations
www.scugogstudiotour.ca
905-985-3527

5 ~ PINERIDGE ARTS COUNCIL

Monthly Meeting – 7:00 pm
Pickering Recreation Complex
Rm. 1, Valley Farm Rd.
www.pineridgearts.org
905-509-3855

2 ~ Durham Community Choirs

Choral Masterworks– 3:00 pmCollege Park 7th Day Adv. Church 1164 King St. E., Oshawa
durhamcommunitychoir.on.ca 905-683-3197


2 ~ Oshawa Little Theatre

Celtic Blaze– 2:00 and 7:30 pm62 Russett Ave., Oshawa
www.oshawalittletheatre.com 905-723-0282


5 ~ PINERIDGE ARTS COUNCIL

Monthly Meeting – 7:00 pmPickering Recreation ComplexRm. 1, Valley Farm Rd.
www.pineridgearts.org 905-509-3855

5 6, 7 ~ Oshawa Camera Club

Spring Salon– 7:15 pmConant Complex, Oshawa
www.oshawacameraclub.ca 905-728-4440

6, 7, 8, 13, 14, 15 @ 8:00 pm. &
May 9, 16 | 2:00 pm
Distant Shores: The Extraordinary War Brides

Distant Shores: The Extraordinary War Brides

An extraordinary interweaving of true stories as they are told by the war brides of Pickering. Experience the tragedies and triumphs as they left everything that they knew and loved and traveled with their loved ones across to strange new countries so they could be together. 

Presented by Backwoods Players as part of the Durham Theatre Festival

TICKETS: John 905-723-0927 for tickets at the door (cash only)
or Sandra PMV 905-683-8401 (can use credit card and pick up tickets at door)
or Mike Khashmanian 905-243-1587 (to pick up at door - payment thru Paypal)
Brougham Hall
3545 Brock Road; Brougham, L0H 1B0

6, 7, 8, 9*, 13, 14, 15, 16*, 20, 21, 22*
~ Scarborough Music Theatre

Sweet Charity – 8 pm (*Mat)
Scarborough Village Theatre,
3600 Kingston Rd., Scarborough www.theatrescarborough.com
416-396-4049

6, 7, 8, 13, 14 and 15 @ 6.00pm 
May 9 @ 12.00pm
Class Act Dinner Theatre - “Sexy Laundry”

104 Consumers Dr., Whitby, L2N 5T3
buy tickets on-line

7 to 9~ Bob Hinves

Pelham Art Festival, Fonthill, Ontario
artofroberthinves@rogers.com


7 & 8 ~County Town Singers

Sing Sing Sing – 8:00 pm CAW Hall,
1425 Phillip Murray Ave., Osh 905-655-9505

7 to 15 ~ Borelians Com.

TheatreFestival of Cdn. One-Act Plays
Town Hall 1873302 Queen St., Port Perry
www.borelians.org 905-985-2435

8 ~ Club Loreley

Loreley Youth Dancers’ Benefit Dance & Entertainment – 7 pm
389 Dean Ave., Oshawa
www.clubloreley.org
905-579-6803

8 ~ Dur. Reg. Concert Assoc.

Strung-out Troubadours – 8:00 pm
Oshawa Little Theatre
62 Russett Ave., Oshawa
www.thedrca.com
905-728-2403

8 &15 ~ Oshawa Little Theatre

Open House: enjoy guided tours behind the scenes and see a rehearsal for their upcoming production of “Willy Wonka”
www.durhamtheatrefestival.com or call 1-877 828 9282

8 & 9 ~ Oshawa Art Association

Spring Studio Tour – 10:00 am
pdf of brochure LARGE FILE
Oshawa/Whitby MAP
Bowmanville/Newcastle MAP
35 artist’ homes & studios 905-435-0575

9 Oshawa Little Theatre

ABBA Gold – 2:00 and 8:00 pm
62 Russett Ave., Oshawa
www.oshawalittletheatre.com 905-723-0282

9 ~ Pickering Museum Village

Mother’s Day Tea – 12 & 2:30 pm
Pickering Museum Village,
Hwy.7, Greenwood
www.cityofpickering.com/museum
905-683-8401

11 ~ Pickering Township Historical Society

Guest Speaker: George Reesor "Letters to a Mennonite Bishop"
PTHS meetings are held on the second Tuesday of each month, September through June, at the East Shore Community Centre, 910 Liverpool Road (just south of Highway 401). The meetings begin at 7:30.


12 ~ Cinefest DurhamMax

Manus – 7:00 pm Oshawa Cineplex Odeon1354 Grandview St. N. Oshawa 905-579-6111

12 ~ Oshawa Art Association

Monthly Meeting – 7:00 pmArts Resource Centre, Oshawa 905-426-8613

12 & 26 ~ Oshawa Camera Club

Bi-monthly meetings – 7:30 pm
Northview Public Library
Beatrice & Ritson, Oshawa
www.oshawacameraclub.ca
905-666-1757

12 ~ Shuttlebug Weavers & Spinners

Monthly Meeting – 1:00 pm
Greenwood Rec.Bldg.
905-649-5550

14 16 ~ Victorian Operetta Soc.

Auditions– May 14 – 7 pm May 16 – 2 pm www.vostheatre.com 905-372-9010

15 & 16 DWAC Spring Studio Tour

PRAC members: Allan O'Marra, Geordie Lishman, Andrew Hamilton, Edward Falkenberg, Hanneke Koonstra, Christl Niemuller, Carmel Brennan, Shannon Bowdring, Laura Warburton, Robert Hinves, Alpheus Jones and Gerri Proulx download brochure here (large file)

15 ~ Durham Philharmonic Choir

Hymns of Praise – 7:30 pm
St. Georges Anglican Church
Centre & Bagot Sts., Oshawa
www.durhamphilharmonic.ca
905-728-1739

15 ~ Durham Youth Orchestra

Spring Concert – 7:30 pm
Hebron Christian Ref. Church
4240 Anderson St. N., Whitby
www.dyomusic.com
905-728-1407

15, 16 ~ Durham West Arts Centre

Durham West Arts Centre Studio TourSpring Studio Tour –
10:00 am Durham Region

Participating artists

Download 2010 Spring Brochure

Download map only
www.dwac.ca 647-297-4278

16 ~ Sarah A. McDougall

Spring Art Sale

16 ~ Friends of Ajax Library

Last Night of the Proms– 2 pm
Ajax Library Rotary Room
55 Harwood Ave. S., Ajax
905-683-4588

16 ~ Spring Art Sale

Sarah McDougall – 10 am29 Whitburn St., Whitby
www.sarahamcdougall.ca 905-431-1625

20 ~ Durham Folklore Society

Monthly Meeting – 7:30 pmNorthview Community Centre
150 Beatrice St., Oshawa, 905-985-3424

20 ~ Eastside Harmony Chorus

Auditions – 7:30 pmWest Rouge Comm. Centre,270 Rouge Hills Dr., Scar.
www.eastsideharmony.org 905-767-0480

22 ~ Class Act Dinner Theatre

Nearly Neil & Solitary Band – 6 pm104 Consumers Dr., Whitby
www.class-act.ca\ 905-668-2229

22, 23 & 24 ~ Art Inclined Gallery FINE ART FESTIVAL

50 Canadian Artists Displaying all Original Work only
2315 Fire Rte 82, Buckhorn, ON K0L 1J0
www.ruralroutes.com/artinclined

23 ~ Fran Stecyk ~ Vagina Monologues

Whitby Legion, 117 Byron St. S., Whitby
Sunday, May 23rd at 3pm and 7pm, tickets are $20
905-430-3774 or 905-668-3832
or – buy them at the door!
Fundraiser

25 ~ May|June ArtScene Issue DEADLINE

~ 905-509-3855 905-509-3855 ARTSCENEschnipp@interlog.com

26 ~ Ashburn Art Circle meeting

(4th Wed. of each month)
7:00 to 9:00 pm
Ashburn Centennial Community Centre
(780 Myrtle Road West, Ashburn, ON)
AshburnArtCircle@gmail.com / 905 655 3086

Art in Public PlacesDENTISTRY ON LIVERPOOL
Pickering May & June ~ Sheila Masters

  • July & Aug. ~ Mary Lumb
  • Sept. & Oct ~ TBA
  • Nov. & Dec. ~ Phil Wooding
  • Jan & Feb., 2011 ~ Ruth Greenlaw
  • Mar. & Apr. 2011 ~ Beverly Marshall
Reed's Florists, Pickering Town Centre
  • April 5 to May 17 ~ Mary Lumb
  • May 17 to June 28 ~ Nancy Howell
  • June 28 to August 9 ~ Bonnie Lusty
  • Aug. 9 to Sept. 20 ~ Anne Labelle-Johnson
  • Sept. 20 to Nov. 2 ~ Mike Jack
Body & Mind Wellness Family Chiropractic Centre
Dr. Robbie Berman, Ajax GO Station, Transit Square
100 Westney Road South
  • Mar. 23 to May 18 ~ Shirley Heard
  • May 18 to July 13 ~ Barbara Talbot
  • July 13 to Sept. 7 ~ Janet Kershaw
  • Sept. 10 to Nov. 2 ~ Angela Hennessy
  • Nov. 2 to Jan. 4 2011 ~ Sharon Recalla

OPG Info Centre, Pickering

McLean Community Centre, Ajax


26 ~ Kay Hubbard at MCC

Artist's Reception from 7 to 8:30 pm at McLean Community Centre, 95 Magill, Ajax

27, 28, 29, 30, June 3, 4, 5 ~ Oshawa Little Theatre

Willy Wonka 62 Russett Ave., Oshawa
www.oshawalittletheatre.com 905-723-0282

29 ~ Whitby Comm. Concert Band

Spring Concert – 7:30 pmHebron Christian Ref. Church4240 Anderson St., Whitby
communityconcertbandofwhitby.ca 905-620-1182

29 ~ Village Voices

7:30 pm, St. Patricks Catholic Church, Markham
Contact: ann@appletreecreative.com
www.villagevoices.ca
or call 905.294.8687 905.294.8687

29 & 30 ~ Ashburn Art Circle First Annual Group Exhibition

Asgburn Art Circle12:00 to 5:00 pm
Ashburn Centennial Community Centre
780 Myrtle Road West, Ashburn L0B 1A0
AshburnArtCircle@gmail.com | 905 655-3086

 

29 ~ ArtfestArtfest on the Esplanade - programme

Artfest includes up to 80 Artists, Artisans and Crafters selling original works and liver performances by local artists and groups.

HandsOnArtHands-On-Art offers a FREE opportunity to sculpt with an artist and take home what you create!

One the Esplanade, Pickering
check out our Artfest page.

 

29 ~ Durham Girls’ Choir

Roots and Routes – 7:00 pmFaith United Church1778 Nash Rd., Courtice.
www.durhamgirlschoir.org 905-571-0422

29 ~ Cathedral Bluffs Orchestra

Concert #5 – 8:00 pmP.C. Ho Theatre5183 Sheppard Ave. E., Scar.
www.cathedralbluffs.com 416-879-5566

29 to June 4 ~ Ajax Festival of the Arts

Ajax Festival of the ArtsA week of exploring the arts in Ajax at various Ajax venues

29 ~ KRE8IVE Kids Festival

30 ~ Art in the Park – Featuring "Jersey Nights" a Tribute to the Jersey Boys

31 ~ Ajax Rug Hooking Guild Open House
www.culturehappenshere.com 905- 905-619-2529, Ext. 7243
Flyer: front | back

29 ~ York Symphony Orchestra

Music from the Heart – 8 pmTrinity Anglican Church,79 Victoria St., Aurora 416-410-0860

29 ~ The Monday Mornng Singers

Five choirs will be joining in concert with our special guests, a choir from Pau in the south of France, called Amabile. They are directed by Arlette Courteille and are a mixed choir..SATB. They are being hosted for a week by the Uxbridge Chamber Choir. The Uxbridge Chamber Choir, director Thomas Baker, will also besinging as well as The Monday Morning Singers, director Anne Mizen and The Britten Chorus, director JC Coolen. Senior PVUC choir will also join in on the last massed choir number. On the programme is Messe Basse by Faure, with soprano soloist Sasha Liebich-Tait, several works by Rossini and some of the Brahms LiebesLieder Waltzes. The audience is invited to a reception to meet the singers after the concert.
There are no tickets, but a free will offering at the door.
Pickering Village United Church
300 Church St North, Ajax
905 683 4721 | pvuc@pvuc.ca

30 ~ York Symphony Orchestra

Music from the Heart – 7:30 pm
Richmond Hill Centre for Per.Arts
10268 Yonge St., Richmond Hill
www.yorksymphony.ca 905-787-8811

30 ~ Young Singers

The Power of Song– 3:00 pmForest Brook Comm. Church60 Kearney Dr., Ajax
www.youngsingers.ca 905-686-9821

30 ~ Pickering Museum Village

Steam Up!– Noon to 4:30
Pickering Museum Village,Hwy.7, Greenwood www.cityofpickering.com/museum 905-683-8401

 

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