All Entries in the "Arts & Culture" Category
Nation’s top calibre classical musicians at PEC Music Festival
In a major coup for the Prince Edward County Music Festival, two celebrated violinists will perform in this year’s event. Jonathan Crow, recently named concertmaster of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra and Marie Bérard, concertmaster of the Canadian Opera Company Orchestra, will perform at the festival’s grand finale weekend. “Just in time, the Church of St. […]
New Book ‘Up Before Five’ a humourous look at life on a family farm
Prince Edward County naturalist Terry Sprague has written nature columns for area newspapers for more than 45 years. This past winter, however, he concentrated his efforts in a new direction – writing a book about his memories of the family farm on Big Island. “Up Before Five – the Family Farm” is a 200-page look […]
Mustang closed, but Peterson’s reviews continue
The Mustang Drive In is closed for the season. Read Paul Peterson’s movie reviews Location: 1591 County Rd 1, Picton, ON K0K 2T0 The Mustang Drive-In is Prince Edward County and surrounding area’s one and only Drive-In theatre. Paul and Nancy Peterson have been keeping the tradition of drive-in family fun, great movies, and fair […]
Free your spirit with creative dance
Anybody who loves to move to music and wants to feel the connection with mind, body and spirit, is welcome to Art in Motion, a community program of creative dance sponsored by the Prince Edward Arts Council. “This meditative dance experience is a very personal expression of ourselves,” says Myrna Mather. “The freedom to express […]
Planning under way for community-owned FM radio station
A public meeting in late October will kick-off planning for a community-owned and operated over-the-air radio station in Prince Edward County. An ad-hoc committee for County Community Radio, comprised of County residents Conrad Beaubien, Rick Conroy, Treat Hull and Gary Mooney, was formed earlier this year from people interested in establishing a not-for-profit FM radio […]
Sea Skrags and Nine Mile: Heard it through the ‘Grapevine’
Waupoos Estate Winery celebrated August’s final weekend with the first Grapevine Telegraph Music Festival, held Friday to Sunday. Guests enjoyed a fish fry and live music from the Sea Skrags and Nine Mile; plenty of children’s activities, wagon rides, classic cars and celebrated Saturday night with fireworks and Sunday morning with a pancake breakfast.
History is found at the County Archives
PRINCE EDWARD LIBRARY – The public is invited to research their family roots or discover County history by visiting the Prince Edward County Archives. The Archives, as part of the County of Prince Edward Public Library system, is the official repository of all County related historical print documents, including newspaper articles from long ago, significant […]
Drama students take on Pied Piper in free performances
The 15 young participants, and staff members of the Marysburgh Mummers’ 2011 Drama Workshop, are looking for an audience to follow their version of a story based very loosely on Robert Browning’s poem, ‘The Pied Piper of Hamelin’. “Six scenes will bring to the stage the results of the cast members’ imaginations as they forged […]
Call is out to save Prince Edward County lighthouses
Five of Prince Edward County’s six remaining lighthouses have been nominated under the terms of the federal Heritage Lighthouse Protection Act. The sixth, The Salmon Point Lighthouse property, is privately owned. Marc Seguin has sent out the call to save Prince Edward County lighthouses. A request for a heritage preservation project has been sent to […]
Mummers present two original one-act plays
The Marysburgh Mummers present An Evening of Two Original One-Act Plays by their own Jennifer Goodman Sept. 22-25 at 7:30pm at the Mt. Tabor Playhouse, Milford. “Christmas in July” is a story of four lifelong friends who get together for a girls weekend every summer. Their fun-filled weekend is tossed a curve ball when one […]
