All Entries in the "Arts & Culture" Category
Artists create family-friendly Winter Magic pop-up at Benson Park
Local arts organization The Department of Illumination has populated Benson park with a ‘Winter Magic’ collection of family-friendly art installations and community words of gratitude. Fanciful wooden cut-outs designed by artists Nella Casson and Tim Snyder, feature the park’s ubiquitous squirrel population undertaking winter activities, along with spheres made with wire and covered in recycled […]
Sophiasburgh school is ‘Small But Mighty’ in CBC Music Class Challenge
Students at Sophiasburgh Central School have risen to the challenge – the CBC Music Class Challenge – in hopes to secure a prize of musical instruments. Every fall, CBC Music, in association with MusiCounts, the charity of the Juno Awards, launches the contest to engage music classes across the country with Canadian music. The project […]
Newest book from County’s favourite naturalist shares memories of ‘Growing Up Big Island’
Terry Sprague has enjoyed an exciting variety of pursuits over his lifetime in Prince Edward County, but none with as many memories as growing up on the family farm at Big Island, on the shore of the Bay of Quinte. “I often wish I could become a young boy once again and relive those glorious […]
Picton teen continues support for County’s hospital
Cody-Rae Fowler continues to do what she can to help keep the County’s hospital strong. The 18-year-old from Picton hosted a series of craft sales over the summer and donated $1,010 from the vendor table fees and raffles to the Prince Edward County Memorial Hospital Foundation (PECMHF). Fowler, now a first-year Practical Nursing Student at […]
Library seeks public support for funding for youth spaces
The Prince Edward County Public Library has submitted an application to The Commonwell L.E.A.F. Initiative for its “The library: a place for YOUth”, project to add innovative and meaningful youth spaces to the expansion project. The library asks the public to read comments about what the library means to community members, and add your own […]
Quilters stitch up support for hospital
Stitching together their support for priority medical equipment at Quinte Health Care Prince Edward County Memorial Hospital (QHC PECMH) are the Prince Edward County Quilters’ Guild with their recent donation of $462. The funds were raised through raffle ticket sales on a quilt the Guild produced. The Quilters’ Guild wanted to give back to their […]
Magical Firelight Lantern Festival shines through the dark of night
Story and photos by Olivia Timm The Firelight Lantern Festival lit up a chilly November night in downtown Picton Saturday. The theme for this year’s event was “Vacationland” and a sea of families and friends – more than 600 people – walked the Picton Fairgrounds, decked out in lights and colourful outfits, to enjoy the […]
PECI student mural project motivates PEC OPP
The Prince Edward County Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) and recent graduates of Prince Edward Collegiate Institute (PECI) collaborated in a community engagement project to bring motivation to the detachment gym. During the 2020-2021 school year, students from a Grade 12 art class – Tally Wilkinson, Mia Gilbert and Sarah Johnson – assisted […]
Boxcar Cowboy earns $1,500 public art grant
Film producer, director and writer Conrad Beaubien is the 2021 recipient of the Prince Edward County Arts Council’s Public Art grant. Beaubien is using the $1,500 grant to write and stage a dramatic reading of “The Boxcar Cowboy”, his new one-act play. The piece tells the story of a local Hillier boy who, one morning […]
Hospital Auxiliary crafters help OPP to keep County kids warm this winter
The Prince Edward County Memorial Hospital Auxiliary Craft Group continued its tradition of contributing handmade items to the OPP ‘Keep Kids Warm’ winter clothing program. This year, the volunteer group presented 369 hats and mitts to the local OPP detachment to help keep County kids warm. Each year, the program (formerly adopt-a-child) is run by […]
