All Entries in the "Arts & Culture" Category
Food and community key ingredients in early County life
Story and photos by Sharon Harrison For more than a century, Prince Edward County’s community hubs, in their many forms, have provided a nurturing environment as gathering places, bringing folks together (and especially women back in the day), where the key ingredient often centred around food and feeding people. A presentation and tour Saturday afternoon […]
Art Together free drop-in program returns
Art Together, a free drop-in community art-making program returns to the County Arts Lab (PEC Arts Council) this month. Participants receive guidance as they explore a variety of visual art forms, and can also bring their own projects to work on, or create with the County Arts Lab’s abundance of art supplies. No artistic experience […]
Bloomfield’s night-time parade kicks-off holly jolly season
Story and photos by Sharon Harrison Every year, the Bloomfield night-time Santa Claus parade is anticipated, every year it brings excitement, every year it falls on the fourth Friday in November, and every year it never fails to impress. Folks probably long stopped counting how many people show-up each and every year, but it’s always […]
Library talk guides seniors through wonders and dangers of AI
By Sharon Harrison “A significant potential risk of artificial intelligence (AI) is that it outsmarts us,” said Adam Cavanaugh, with the Picton branch of the Prince Edward County Public Library. He provided an introduction to County seniors curious to learn more about AI and ChatGPT in what is still very early days with an advancing […]
Al Purdy A-frame Association receives ACO Special Jury Award
The Al Purdy A-Frame Association received the Architectural Conservancy of Ontario (ACO) Special Jury Award earlier this month at the 17th annual Heritage Awards, honouring leaders, projects and initiatives worthy of provincial recognition for their contributions to architectural conservation in Ontario. The Al Purdy A-Frame Association had been nominated in September for for the Margaret […]
Night of the Monarch event celebrates successes on County’s south shore
More than a hundred supporters gathered at the Night of the Monarch event to celebrate Ontario’s first new conservation reserve since 1999 – Monarch Point. The South Shore Joint Initiative (SSJI) event last week also marked the fifth anniversary the County’s leading environmental advocacy non-profit. “Far too many people across Canada and around the world […]
A giant, joyful day at Wellington Pumpkinfest
Story and photos by Sharon Harrison It could be said the annual County pumpkin festival is all about giant pumpkins, but without question, it is also about its traditionally joyful parade. The Prince Edward County Pumpkinfest saw thousands line Wellington’s Main Street to take in its well-loved and much-enjoyed parade Saturday morning, and it did […]
Healthy progress as PEC Good Food Market celebrates third year
Once a week, on Wednesday afternoons, Prince Edward Learning Centre transforms its adult learning space into a vibrant market stand brimming with fresh fruits and vegetables at wholesale prices. The PEC Fresh Good Food Market is part of a network of community markets set up across the country to help increase access to healthy produce […]
Council to consider bigger price to play for Benson Park renewal project
Playground renewal plans for Benson Park in Picton delayed three years due to the pandemic have resurfaced before councillors with a bigger price to play. However, council agreed to support the recommendation by Lisa Lindsay, Director of Recreation and Community Facilities, to consider additional funding for phase one of the Benson Park Master Plan project […]
Find Your Wings fair encourages careers in aviation
By Sharon Harrison Aerobatic aircraft, helicopters, an RCAF CF-18 cockpit and career fair participants will highlight some of the excitement taking off on the flying club grounds Saturday afternoon, Sept. 23 where the public is invited to walk the flight lines, ask questions and witness a fly-by. And especially for girls and young women who […]
