Flight Festival
Festival of contemporary dance at The Eddie The Flight Festival of Contemporary Dance is now taking place at The Eddie Hotel and Farm, just east of Wellington. Now in its second year, the festival brings professional contemporary dancers to the outdoor pavilion stage, as well as workshops, classes and a day camp for children. The […]
Journeys
Music From the Past and Present Afestival that transforms the lakeside village of Wellington into a canvas for performance and creativity is back for another year. Wellington Water Week, which ran from 2018-2019 and used Wellington’s natural heritage on Lake Ontario as its inspiration for artistic, community and environmentally-related programming, morphed into BIGLAKE Festival last […]
Changes
Special Committee of the Whole meeting sees STA issues return Another Special Committee of the Whole meeting Monday evening brought with it a lot of discussion surrounding changes to short-term accommodation licensing and bylaws. On July 7 at a Special Committee of the Whole meeting, staff brought forward a report containing draft revisions of the […]
Energy and Light
Pop-up art show at County Arts Lab Apop-up show featuring the paintings of Claudia Jean McCabe and the sculpture of Tom Ashbourne was held at the County Arts lab in the Armoury over this past weekend. The Lab is operated by the Prince Edward County Arts Council (PECAC) and the space is used for classes […]
Bird buddies
Giant cardboard sculpture unveiled at Base31 Two birds sharing a tender moment will now offer a cheery welcome to visitors to Base31. Created by artists Laurence Vallières and Krista Dalby, the 2.3-metre tall cardboard sculpture is located adjacent to Melt Gallery and is part of the Aviators Garden of commissioned artworks. Vallières was approached by […]
Sarah Harmer at Base31
First concert held at the Drill Hall Juno award winner Sarah Harmer headlined the first concert to be held at the Drill Hall in Base31 last Friday night. Backed by a three-piece band, she played a selection of her music that spanned over two decades yet still sounded as fresh as ever. The first musician, […]
Art and Design
Indigenous artists’ exhibit and sale at Macaulay Church Back in 2014, Tyendinaga artist Narda Julg had a vision to somehow connect the artists on one side of the Skyway Bridge to the artists on the other side. She curated an Indigenous artists’ show in Tyendinaga that year and for the following three years before being […]
Building relations
PECAHC partners with Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte Last week, Council, sitting as the Planning Committee, took its first step towards offering affordable housing on a piece of property the municipality owns in Picton. The re-zoning application is a municipality-initiated re-zoning on behalf of the Prince Edward County Affordable Housing Corporation (PECAHC), which currently […]
Tommy Youngsteen
Tribute band covers the Rolling Stones at Crystal Palace For many people, their summertime music playlist definitely includes a wide selection from the Rolling Stones. That seems a perfect accompaniment to long summer evenings, barbecues and maybe a brew or two. Those factors will combine on July 30 at the Crystal Palace when tribute band […]
World rowing championships
County rowers show their mettle at Skiffie Worlds 2022 Iwas fortunate enough to be a member of the Canadian team competing at the St. Ayles Skiff World Championship held at Kortgene in The Netherlands from June 25 to July 2. Thirteen County residents, 10 of them rowers, were among the hundreds of competitors and supporters […]