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Veteran rockers Lighthouse coming to Capitol
St. Clair College is pleased to announce another summer performance on Friday, August 24, 2012 at 8:00 pm at the Chatham Capitol Theatre. Lighthouse burst on the scene in 1969 with a unique blend of rock, jazz and classical influences that defied all conventions. They took Canada by storm, receiving…
Joel Plaskett playing the Capitol Theatre
Culture Factory in partnership with St. Clair College are pleased to present The Joel Plaskett Emergency Saturday August 25th at the Capitol Theatre in Chatham. The Joel Plaskett Emergency is part of Culture Factory’s Indie Weekend, a two-day event that will feature multiple music showcases throughout downtown Chatham. Musicians from…
Buy a Brick campaign launches for Tecumseh project
The Friends of the Tecumseh Monument have launched a “Buy a Brick” campaign to allow as many individuals, groups and businesses as possible to participate in the enhancement of the monument to Chief Tecumseh and establish an open-air museum of the site of the Battle of the Thames. The great…
Emm Gryner performing where ‘her relatives are buried’
The Mary Webb Centre at 87 Main Street West in Highgate continues to wow audiences with musical performers few would expect to see in a quiet country hamlet. With evening light filtering through arched stained glass windows, the acoustics would be envied by world-renowned concert halls. On Friday May 11th…
June 23rd is the Beatles ARTcrawl!
On Saturday, June 23, the Thames Art Gallery and ARTspace present the Fourth Annual Summer ARTcrawl! Join us as we celebrate the life of Stewart Sutcliffe, also known as the ‘Fifth Beatle’, who dropped out of the band to pursue an art career. Come dressed in your best Beatles-inspired threads…
WSO Delights Mary Webb Centre Audience
As the final notes of Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 5 became a memory, a satisfied sigh rose from the audience of Highgate’s Mary Webb Centre. Conductor Peter Wiebe had invited everyone to close their eyes to enter into the mood of the romantic “sehr langsam” (very slow) composition, composed during…
Fourth Friday Culture Crawl
The Sydenham Cultural Action Team is looking for professional artists, folk artists and artists with raw vision to exhibit their art in the beautiful downtown core of Wallaceburg on Friday, May 25th at 6:00 p.m. for the first Fourth Friday Culture Crawl of the season. Artists and Crafts Persons, Potters,…
Local “Time Capsule” Blacksmith Shop Under Restoration
A few months ago, when you walked into the Desmond blacksmith shop on the old Talbot Trail east of Morpeth, it was like walking back in time. The old brick forge was still in place as was the bellows that still pumped air. An anvil, a wall mounted drill, vices,…
Music, Music Everywhere: Cultural Calendar Update
May and June in Chatham-Kent seems to be music months. Check the updated Cultural Calendar below and make reservations for this wide variety of options. As always, you may find other events listed elsewhere on the community calendars of www.chatham-kent.ca, Cogeco and www.cktimes.ca – as well as radio cultural calendars.…
St. Clair College Announces the First in the 2012 Summer Series
When two of Canada’s brightest stars wed in late 2002, audiences waited with bated breath for the concert of a lifetime. Donnell Leahy, whose violin virtuosity has astounded audiences from coast to coast and across the world, has headlined the multi-talented band Leahy for over a decade. Natalie MacMaster, the…
Letter By John B. Lee: Poetry Draws Large Crowds
The following letter by poet John B. Lee was sent to CBC Radio and all the cultural funding organizations in Ontario and in Canada. Born in Highgate, John B. Lee joined Marty Gervais and others for a well attended (about 70 people) at the Mary Webb Centre. During that visit…
Stuart McLean Brings Vinyl Cafe To Chatham’s Kiwanis Theatre
Noted Canadian raconteur, humorist, journalist and broadcaster Stuart McLean brings his CBC hit programme Vinyl Café to the Kiwanis Theatre in the Chatham Cultural Centre on William Street this Sunday, 15th April at 3.00pm. McLean is no stranger to Chatham-Kent. Dresden was one of the towns selected for his 1992…
Chatham-Kent Film Group presenting “Salmon Fishing In Yemen”
The Chatham-Kent Film Group is presenting the film “Salmon Fishing in the Yemen” on Monday, May 7, 2012 at the Galaxy Theatres on St. Clair Street North in Chatham. The film, starring Emily Blunt, Ewan McGregor, and Kristin Scott Thomas, will begin at 6:45 P.M. The cost is $10 for…
Spring & Summer Cultural Calendar
Spring is here, bringing an array of innovative cultural events to Chatham-Kent. Many of these listings are interactive – spinning, crocheting, writing memoirs, writing songs and bidding on chainsaw sculptures which you watched being carved. All first class tickets for the commemorative Titanic Dinner have been sold but there may…
Mary Webb Centre Displays And Programmes
The Mary Webb Centre in Highgate is more than a venue for top quality concerts. The lower floor of the historic former United Church has become an Aladdin’s Cave of art, craft and historic displays. Featured this Wednesday 28th March from 12.00 noon to 5.00pm and Thursday from 12.00 noon…
Photography students being showcased in Highgate
The Mary Webb Centre at 87 Main Street West in Highgate presents the third annual exhibition and sale of work by Fanshawe College photography students from Friday, March 23rd to Thursday, March 29th, showcasing the best student work of the year. Admission is free. This is the largest Fanshawe show to date with…
Hello Bella’s New Single Raises Funds For Amazing Cause!
No strangers to local radio airwaves, Hello Bella is back with what could be their biggest radio release yet! Considering, they’ve been chart toppers at Wallaceburg’s 99.1 CKXS, with “Paradise”, “That Girl”, “Stand” and “Indigo” – and one single inparticular (“Stand”) that went all the way to number one on…
Ursuline College Theatre Company presents Les Mis
The Ursuline College Theatre Company presents a school version of Alain Boublil and Claude-Michael Schonberg’s legendary musical, Les Miserables. From The Website: The Ursuline College Theatre Company presents a school version of Alain Boublil and Claude-Michael Schonberg’s legendary musical, Les Miserables. Directed by Mr. Jordan Matteis, this exciting production will…
Welcome Spring with Friday Night Jazz!
Tap your toes to jazz classics with Ken Crone! On Friday, March 23 at 8pm, Ken welcomes special guest Ben Heywood to Studio One. Ben Heywood is a guitarist spanning an eclectic spectrum of musical styles from classical to R&B, with a passion for jazz. He studied arranging and composition…
Take A Bow Productions Dance and Drama Classes begin March 28th
From Take A Bow Productions: Register now for Take A Bow Productions New 10-week dance and drama classes The Stars will Shine beginning March 28th as Take A Bow Productions expand their programs and offer a 10-week Dance and Drama Classes begin March 28th . Dance Classes offered are Ballet…
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