Danny Michel performing on the Mary Webb Centre stage
Canadian singer/songwriter Danny Michel brings his trio to the Mary Webb Centre stage in Highgate on Saturday 9th March at 8:00pm. Like most true artists, Michel is difficult to pigeon hole as he slips into any genre with ease, spontaneity and disarming sincerity. His lyrics have been described as “honest…
Highgate man dies in crash near Thamesville
Tragedy has struck once again on a Chatham-Kent road, this time near Theamsville. At 10:00 p.m. on Saturday emergency crews responded to a serious collision on Longwoods Road involving a Grand Am and a Dodge Ram pick-up. Preliminary information indicates the Pontiac Grand Am was travelling west, lost control, and…
Review of ‘Percussion Power’ at Mary Webb Centre
It started with a flashback of golden oldies, peered into the origins of electronic music, reminded listeners of soundtracks to their favourite movies and concluded with a flurry of tribal drumming. Friday’s percussion performance by Julian Jeun, Timothy Francom, and Nicholas Papador of the Windsor Symphony Orchestra, was riveting and…
Photographers Val and Bob West featured at the Mary Webb Centre
“I usually see a picture in my mind before I even set up the camera” explains Bob West who, with his wife Val, is the February “Featured Artist” at the Mary Webb Centre Art Gallery on Main Street in Highgate. The Wests have grown from amateur photographers taking family snapshots…
Percussion Power coming to Mary Webb Centre
“Percussion Power” is an exciting programme featuring three virtuoso percussionists from the Windsor Symphony Orchestra (WSO) coming to the Mary Webb Centre on Friday 15th February at 7:00pm (note early start time). Ragtime, contemporary, classical and popular styles will be showcased in works for the xylophone, marimba, vibraphone, drum set…
Windsor Symphony Orchestra coming to Mary Webb Centre
On Friday 16th November at 7:00pm, the Windsor Symphony Orchestra (WSO) returns to the Mary Webb Centre, 87 Main Street West, Highgate with the first concert of another three-part series featuring a string quintet with an exciting programme selected by WSO Assistant Conductor and cellist Peter Wiebe. (Please note the…
Chatham-Kent Council holding July meeting
Chatham-Kent Council is set to meet tonight at the Civic Centre for a combined regular and planning meeting. Chatham Counc. Bob Myers is bringing forward a notice of motion calling for administration to investigate the installation of a four-way stop at the corner of McNaughton Ave. West and Keil Drive…
Clayton Bellamy playing the Mary Webb Centre
Multiple-award winning Clayton Bellamy brings his “rock n’ country” music on Friday 22nd June at 8.00pm to the Mary Webb Centre at 87 Main Street West, Highgate. A 15-year veteran in the country music industry, Bellamy boasts a career filled with accolades and achievements including a Juno for Best Country…
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…
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…
Tools stolen in Highgate
Sometime between Thursday October 20th, and Sunday October 23rd, 2011, unknown suspects entered a storage area located on King Street in the town of Highgate. Unknown suspects while inside the storage area removed a quantity of tools valued at approx $ 3,000.00. Police request anyone observing suspicious vehicles or activities…
Bonuses at McClelland concert in Highgate
Ticket holders for Melissa McClelland’s concert this Saturday 11th June at The Mary Webb Centre will receive several unexpected bonuses. It has just been announced that Juno award nominated singer/songwriter Luke Doucet will be joining McClelland. Like McClelland, Doucet’s music does not fit into a single genre. Winner of a…
Charges laid stemming from fatal December crash
The Chatham-Kent Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has completed their investigation into the fatal vehicle collision that occurred on the 401 Highway at 6:04 p.m. on December 15, 2010. Police determined that a tractor-trailer unit was traveling eastbound on the 401 Highway when a set of wheels came off it’s trailer;…
John B. Lee and Friends heading to Mary Webb Centre
An Evening of Poetry with John B. Lee and Friends begins at 7.00pm on Wednesday 4th May at The Mary Webb Centre in Highgate. Highgate-born multi-award winning poet John B. Lee has invited acclaimed Windsor poets Marty Gervais, Mary Ann Mulhern and Vanessa Shields to join him for the evening…
Workers needed for 2010 election
Approximately 300 to 350 people will be needed as temporary workers for the upcoming fall election in Chatham-Kent. Municipal Clerk Elinor Mifflin told the Chatham-Kent Daily Post that applications are now available. “The applications are available online, on our website.. or in hard copy at Municipal centres,” she said. Mifflin…
Last chance for early bird registration for Ontario Heritage Conference
By Marlee Robinson – Special to the Daily Post Today, (Friday, June 7) at 5 p.m. early bird registration for the 2010 Ontario Heritage Conference will come to an end. For the first time the conference is being held in Chatham-Kent, taking place from June 11 to 13. It will…
Erie Ridge CAT goes online with new blog
By Marlee Robinson – Special to the Daily Post A new blog has recently been created: http://erieridgeculture.com/. The introduction to the site states that “Art Activisim has come to the south east corner of Chatham-Kent. From Palmyra to North Buxton including Highgate, Ridgetown, Morpeth, Erieau, Blenheim artists, craftspeople, event planners,…
'Rant Maggie Rant' draws large crowd in Highgate
By Marlee Robinson – Special to the Daily Post A sell out crowd welcomed Celtic band Rant Maggie Rant to the inaugural concert at The Mary Webb Centre in the Highgate United Church. The five-member ensemble kept the audience clapping and toe-tapping through two sets of Irish and Scottish tunes…
Photography exhibit launched in Highgate
By Marlee Robinson – Special to the Daily Post Mayor Randy Hope welcomed several dozen photography students from Fanshawe College at the opening of the first exhibition of their work. It was the inaugural event at The Mary Webb Centre at Highgate United Church. Mayor Hope emphasised the benefits to…
Photography exhibit in Highgate featuring Chatham-Kent photographers
By Marlee Robinson – Special to the Daily Post The inaugural event at The Mary Webb Centre at the Highgate United Church is an exhibition of pictures by photography students from London’s Fanshawe College. The event is the first time the College’s photography students have exhibited outside the school. The…
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