Umbrella Winter 2019

Umbrella Winter 2019 Vol. Vol. 28 No. 03

What’s What’s Under Under the the Umbrella?

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Sultans of String Coming to in Belleville Clemons’ new album born Belleville ooGlassblowing with Mark Armstrong Photographer Ash Murrell exhibits A Place to Call Home ooNine Years of DocFest 2020 Doug Knutson and the Dam Beavers oo

Visual I Performance I Literary I Arts Calendar I Education

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TEAM Janet Jarrell, Executive Director janet@quinteartscouncil.org Adam Gray, Creative Director qac@quinteartscouncil.org Fiona Campbell, Communications & Outreach Director communications@quinteartscouncil.org Andrew Gray, Graphic Designer drewgraymatters@gmail.com Kim Lidstone, Bookkeeper accounting@quinteartscouncil.org Darren Moore, Poetry Editor BOARD OF DIRECTORS Chair Jenny Woods Past chair Dan Atkinson Treasurer Maury Flunder Director Andrea Kerr Director Debbie McKinney Director Heather Cockerline Director Rick Moulton Student Rep Rheya Dutkiewicz Honorary Director Lise Lindenberg The Quinte Arts Council is a not-for-profit, charitable organization, registration number 107869448 RR 0001.

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Published by: The Quinte Arts Council 36 Bridge St. E., P.O. Box 22113 Belleville, Ont. K8N 2Z5 Printed by: Mr. Print, Belleville, Ont. Deadline for the fall issue: January 22, 2020 Umbrella welcomes articles (500 words max.) on or about the arts in the Quinte region, poetry or prose, illustrations and photographs. Material may be reprinted only with permission.

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Umbrella is mailed to members and delivered to distribution points throughout Quinte and beyond. The information contained within is believed to be reliable, but accuracy cannot be guaranteed. We do not assume responsibility for any errors and/or omissions related to submitted content.

MISSION STATEMENT * to stimulate the arts in the Bay of Quinte region * to support and foster the artistic endeavours of our members * to offer annual grants and awards * to create awareness of the arts through various media * to advocate for the arts at all levels of government * to work with other arts groups on long-range planning to avoid duplication * to act as a resource centre

QAC programs are funded in part by:

The John M. & Bernice Parrott Foundation

Fiona Campbell, Adam Gray, Janet Jarrell. Photo by Ash Murrell

EDITORIAL FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, JANET JARRELL The Quinte Arts Council has put together a mega team – we officially introduce you to Adam Gray and Fiona Campbell. The team is engaged in this arts community; passionate, creative and willing to take risks to bring art to the forefront. We share with you our vision, new initiatives and our obsession with collaborating to promote all of the art you do!

This issue of Umbrella is a virtual tour of exciting artists and art projects across the Quinte region. We celebrate photography with the accomplished Bob House and emerging Monika Kraska. We have fun with the Panto, spotlight Fifth Town Films and rev up for DocFest.

We cozy up at Capers for local music, belly up in Tweed for poetry, and glimpse into Oeno Gallery.

We look ahead with the Historical Society, are in awe of glassblower Mark Armstrong, and view portraits of artists through their own eyes.

We travel to the popular painting site Chisholm’s Mill in Roslin, take in Mardi Gras on the Moira and borrow from the Stirling Musical Instrument Lending Library.

The QAC is bringing three-time JUNO-nominated Sultans of String to The Empire Theatre in Belleville this December. It’s a perfect opportunity to celebrate the season with family, friends and colleagues, while supporting a great cause: The proceeds of this fabulous fundraiser go to support our Arts Education Program. Thank you to everyone for your support.

Each issue of the Umbrella is a collaborative effort with our local artists and art organizations. The Umbrella is a privilege to work on. Every issue is a reminder of the amazing calibre of art and culture in this area.

MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIR, JENNY WOODS The Quinte Arts Council Board of Directors welcomes new members Heather Cockerline and Rick Moulton. We are lucky to have local photographer Mark Hopper join the Artist Advisory Committee and continue to encourage artists to contribute. Our Youth Advisory committee is also growing – welcome Anissa Neilson. We have been working hard and are set to launch our new strategic plan in 2020!

Together, we are ready to support arts and culture in the Quinte region!

Cover: Daniel Fobert, Self Portrait, Oil On Canvas

Table of Contents Glasses by Mark Armstrong

Bob House

DocFest 2020

Sultans of String

Chisholm’s Mill

QAC: Keeping arts on the table!

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Photography Through the Lens: Photography of Bob House What makes a photographer?

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Theatre Naughty or Nice: It’s panto season

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Film Leading the Lines: the artistry of Fifth Town Films DocFest 2020: The little festival that could

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Literary Epiphany by Matthew King QAC Bookshelf: Your Christmas “Something to read” First Tuesday musings

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Music Music at Capers Sultans of String: Changing the world through music

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Fine Art Glassblowing: A primitive art with Mark Armstrong Oeno Gallery: A glimpse into the gallery business Portrait of the artist through their own eyes

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Heritage Chisholm’s Mill Hastings Historical Society

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Art Education Mardi Gras on the Moira Musical Instruments on the Loan

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Arts Calendar QAC Business Members and Donors

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QAC – Keeping arts on the table!

By Quinte Arts Council Team

Fiona Campbell, Adam Gray, Janet Jarrell. Photgraphy by Ash Murrell

As we enter 2020,

the QAC has refocused our vision on three complementary and equally important core directions:

UMBRELLA Umbrella offers the very best information about arts and culture in the Quinte region. Since 1991, readers have come to rely on Umbrella for articles, profiles and news about emerging and established artists working in the performing, visual and literary arts. Our vision is to showcase the work of a diverse cross-section of artists and arts organizations, across all disciplines. The new glossy magazine format elevates the platform for celebrating our local arts and culture scene.

ARTIST PROMOTION The QAC online arts calendar and e-Newsletter has become the go-to source for information on events, workshops, and festivals in the area. Our social media provides daily updates on where to go for the best arts experiences in Quinte, and our Cultivating Creativity newspaper column profiles artists, shows and opportunities.

Our Gallery features art from throughout the Quinte region and we encourage artists to apply to use our space to showcase their art. Furthermore, the QAC is dedicated to providing quality workshops for professional development of our local arts community.

The QAC hosts the annual en Plein Air painting festival and Expressions, our biennial juried visual art show. For over 25 years, the QAC has hosted a recognition luncheon for those who have made a significant contribution to the arts in our community.

ARTS EDUCATION Art and creative expression play a critical role in child and youth development. Each year the QAC supports local schools by bringing visual and performing artists into the classrooms.

The QAC also awards six annual bursaries to graduating students who are pursuing post-secondary arts education. The number of applications is rising, forcing the QAC team to look at ways to expand our arts education programs and increase funds to meet the growing need. Watch for new initiatives as we strive to narrow the gap between the need and the means.

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WE KNOW THE BENEFITS OF THE ARTS; COMMUNITIES WITH A VIBRANT ARTS & CULTURE SCENE BECOME “DESTINATION CITIES” FOR PEOPLE TO VISIT AND LIVE. THIS, IN TURN, SUPPORTS LOCAL BUSINESSES, REVITALIZES URBAN AREAS, AND FUELS ECONOMIC GROWTH, PROSPERITY AND QUALITY OF LIFE.

ART MAKES US THINK, STOPS US IN OUR TRACKS AND LEAVES US WONDERSTRUCK. JANET JARRELL I EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Janet Jarrell studied Business, majoring in marketing and economics. Her education includes strategic planning, legal studies and finance for non-profits. Janet is an artist in her own right as a published author in books, magazines and poetry. She has extensive experience as an editor-in-chief and associate editor. Janet has over twenty years of experience working with a Board of Directors. She has spent many years as a freelance writer profiling local artists for print, writing historical pieces and building and maintaining lasting relationships with the local artistic, cultural and heritage community. Janet is a Professor of Communications and Business Computer Applications at Loyalist College in Belleville. Born and raised here, her passion is to elevate the arts and culture in the Quinte region and bey

ADAM GRAY | CREATIVE DIRECTOR

Adam Gray is an award winning documentary filmmaker with a degree in communications and a diploma in theatre arts. He co-runs Gray Brothers Films with his brother Andrew. The Gray brothers have made more than a dozen documentaries that have played at some of the most prestigious festivals across Canada and the US. Their films have aired on networks such as HBO, TMN, The Sundance Channel, CBC and Bravo! Adam is also the coordinator for Belleville’s Downtown DocFest. He has taught Writing For The Screen at Loyalist College, and has worked as a mentor for young filmmakers at The Doc Institute.

Adam is a passionate advocate for artists of all disciplines and is dedicated to promoting arts and culture in the Quinte region.

FIONA CAMPBELL I DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS & OUTREACH

Fiona is a freelance writer, journalist, editor and runner. She’s also a passionate storyteller who never outgrew her love of the question, “Why.” Over the past 17 years she’s written for national magazines and websites on topics related to food, farming, the environment and social justice, and has worked with several NGOs and not-for-profits.

She is also editor for Ecological Farmers Association of Ontario, and enjoys teaching workshops and mentoring new writers. She has an MFA in creative nonfiction from the University of King’s College, a BAA in journalism from Ryerson University, and a BA in international development from the University of Guelph. Fiona is currently working on a collection of lyrical essays and poetry called Digging Deep: On Food, Farming and a Life in Contradiction.

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Photography

Through The Lens: Bob House’s 20 Years of Dance Photography

By QAC Team with files from Jane Gardner

Bob

Photo of Riiko by Bob House.

House

came to Belleville in 1955 when his father was posted with the local OPP. After his schooling, Bob worked a variety of jobs in Toronto, Calgary, Winnipeg, Edmonton and served for a short time in the military. He retrained as a draftsman and then returned to Belleville for a job at Nortel Networks where he worked for 22 years. Following early retirement in 1999 from Nortel, Bob opened a Photography Studio and Gallery that operated for 20 years on Front Street in downtown Belleville. Last summer,

Photo of Bob House by Steafon Hannigan.

House closed his studio and turned his focus to real estate photography and personal projects. House is a tireless champion of the arts and a firm believer that the arts are for everyone. His involvement for 10 years on the board of the Quinte Arts Council in the early 1980s led him to become involved with many arts festivals. Over his 20 years donating his time as the Quinte Ballet School’s (QBSC) photographer, House has helped dancers build their portfolios, and toured with the school when they performed out of town, including their Toronto performance at the O’Keefe Centre with Rex Harrington and Evelyn Hart. He’s helped with special events, served on the QBSC board of directors, and in 2015, House found a creative way to help raise funds for the ballet school by agreeing to cut his legendary beard that measured a good 12 inches in length. “Who knew that cutting my facial hair could bring in over $16,000,” says House.

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help someone out and my hobby soon became my passion and my career.”

House has also devoted an enormous amount of energy ensuring the acceptance of ‘Photography as Art.’ He was a founding member of PhotoMatrix that operated for 10 years and provided a network for local photographers to organize exhibits and workshops. Favourite exhibits included A Day in the Life of Belleville and a portrait exhibition that celebrates local artists in the community.

House will be photographing QBSC’s Holiday Dance performances of The Nutcracker for the last time on December 15, 2019 and stepping down as the school’s photographer. He is known for his vibrant and dramatic images of dancers in performance and creating elegant images of energetic dancers in outdoor landscapes.

A collection of House’s photos From Studio to Stage of the talented dancers, past and present, who have trained at QBSC are on display at Quinte Ballet School, 196 Palmer Road in Belleville.

QBSC Graduate Ellen. Photo by Bob House.

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Photography

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Self Portrait by Monika Kraska

What makes a photographer?

By Courtney Klumper

Photographers, like any creative group, are often quick to point out that they aren’t a homogenous bunch. There are distinctions between art and commercial work, film and digital formats, DSLR (digital single lens reflex) and mirrorless cameras, landscape and architecture, portraits and still life.

One thing they have in common is their desire to capture a moment in time. Photographs, particularly the physical kind, breed nostalgia and serve as a back-up to our (sometimes untrustworthy) memories. This is largely what prompted Monika Kraska to pick up a camera and start shooting.

“I wanted to document important moments and people in my life. I think that’s where it started at least, creating tangible photos and albums like my parents had,” says Kraska.

Her passion for photography grew quickly, captivated by her search for striking compositions in her surroundings: “It rewired my brain a little bit... it makes me seek out something interesting in any ordinary thing.”

It’s unsurprising then that this resolve to share her curiosity in the world around her led her to post-secondary studies in the arts: first at Concordia University for photography, and more recently cinematography and directing at Sheridan College.

Over time, her affinity for film began to emerge. “I think one of the things that sets me apart is that I like to shoot on film.

I also really enjoy working with different historical processes and developing myself when I can. Mainly, I like to experiment and try to bring a classic cinematic quality to my work that can sometimes lean towards the spooky side.”

Digital cameras have been steadily evolving since the first Kodak hit the market in the mid-1970s. These advances have put quality camera technology into more hands through mobile devices and easy-to-use entry-level cameras, at the same time that film enthusiasts still hold a certain reverence for the era of dark rooms and film reels.

This technological divide can provide a source of tension between the old and new schools of photography. Photographers like Kraska see the value in both.

“Phones are nice because they’re more portable, but I don’t think they’re at a point where they’ll beat out anyone shooting more traditionally,” she says. “You don’t get the same level of creative control that you have on SLR and DSLR photography.

They do make sharing images a lot easier and faster though, which is nice.”

With the ability to share high-quality photos now available for everyone from professionals to hobbyists to grandparents with new cell phones, the question arises whether the perceived value of photography has changed. So, what really makes a photographer, a photographer?

“Everyone is a photographer, sure, but not everyone is a good photographer. I think that’s pretty evident in the end result no matter the equipment you use. There is a lot more that goes into a picture than just pressing a button, and I think that’s easily recognized.”

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Photography

Photography by Monika Kraska.

Theatre

Naughty or Nice: It’s Panto Season

By Lise Lindenberg

SFT’s Panto Audience enjoying a fun-filled night at the Stirling Theatre.

The annual Christmas

pantomime or “panto” is here again. Originating in England as a unique blend of Music Hall and Commedia dell-arte, this holiday spectacle features plenty of hilarious improvised dialogue, stock characters, and of course, larger-than-life crossdressing men playing outrageous females. Perhaps you’ve seen the zany retellings of familiar Fairy Tales at one of the pantos in Stirling - think Princess and the Pea, Little Red Riding Hood or Jack and the Beanstalk. If you’re a panto enthusiast, like the many families who make it an annual tradition, you know to expect an uproarious good time filled with clever jokes that elicit crazy uncontrollable belly laughs and the goofiest “groaniest” puns you’ve heard in years.

Marilyn Lawrie, a stage manager who has worked on eight of Stirling’s pantos, recalls that the tradition started locally when Caroline Smith, the founding artistic director, saw them in the U.K. and “thought it would be wonderful to bring [panto] to Stirling.” The first panto at Stirling Festival Theatre was in 1997, says Lawrie. It was Aladdin.

Right, and the devil or the villain enters from Stage Left,” says Lawrie. Another highlight of every show is the famous sketch, If I should ever lose my job -an impeccably choreographed Three Stooges-style feast for the eyes.

Actors talk directly to the audience, and unlike most theatre performances there is a lot of audience involvement and even physical interaction. There’s the slapstick humour that appeals to kids and the political jokes for the parents.

The actors are freer to ad lib than they are in a traditional musical. Although one may suspect that the actors are ad-libbing liberally, Lawrie assures that “there is more script than improv.

There are words on paper that the actor sees.” That said, “Ken [MacDougall] as the writer/director has a vision, but he allows the actors to make it their own, within reason.”

There is a nice “Family” version of the show, as well as a “Naughty” version where the jokes are a bit racier. The naughty version was not a part of the original pantomimes in England, but more companies are including one due

to its popularity. Performing two shows in one day can prove tricky, says Lawrie: like the few times when an actor started a line that would lead to a naughty joke, but then quickly had to change tacks when they saw the looks of horror on the other actors’ faces.

Whether you go for the family version or try out the naughty panto, Stirling Festival Theatre will guarantee a slapstick riot of colour and laughs. This year’s offering, Mother Goose, is written and directed by Ken MacDougall and features panto favourites J.P. Baldwin as the Dame and Debbie Collins as Patty Cakes. Panto season runs from November 22 until December 31. There is also a Relaxed Family Performance on Sunday December 14 at 2pm that is designed to welcome audience members, such as those with an autism spectrum condition, a sensory processing disorder or a learning disability, who would benefit from a calmer sensory experience and more casual environment..

SFT box office 613-395-2100 stirlingfestivaltheatre.com/ panto-mother-goose

“So many of the conventions came out of vaudeville. There is always the scene where the scary monster is behind you.

It’s behind you is a visual pun. The dame (played by a male) and the monster are often left alone on stage, and the dame chases the monster off stage,” says Lawrie.

The defining features of a panto are linked back to its earliest origins: the medieval mystery play. “To this day, the good fairy always enters from Stage

Debbie Collins, looking very relaxed, in Treasure Island, 2015.

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Theatre A cast shot from SFT’s Jack and the Beanstalk in 2016. Look for Debbie Collins and J.P. Baldwin Left: Stage manager Esther Parry stands behind (bottom left) and Dan Curtis Thompson (upper right) featured in this year’s Mother Goose!

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Film

Leading Lines: The Artistry of Fifth Town Films

By Peter Paylor

Tess Girard and Ryan Noth. Photo by Ryan Barnett

I

ask Ryan J Noth,

one half of the partnership that is Fifth Town Films, what it is that makes a Fifth Town film unique. “It has a lot to do with the landscape,” he says, “making the landscape a character in the film, putting characters in context with where they live.”

“Ryan probably said landscape,” says Tess Girard, the other half of Fifth Town when I ask her the same question a day

later. “We want to explore things more from a philosophical and artistic viewpoint...something that resonates more on a personal level. Landscape is a part of it...and sound. Our films explore the intersection of imagery and artistry and reality.”

I ask if that means storytelling takes a back seat. “Imagery is story,” she says.

“It’s a different kind of storytelling, it explores storytelling in a different way.”

Girard likes documentaries that challenge the form. She credits watching Peter Mettler’s 1994 film Picture of Light for sparking her interest in filmmaking. “I saw it in high school,” she says.

“I probably watched three films in high school,” says Noth. “Things like Wayne’s World.” It wasn’t until coming across Once Were Warriors, a New Zealand film, also from 1994, that he became aware of film as an art form.

“Capable of expressing emotions,” he says, “like a painting.” He lists Point Anne (near Belleville) painter Manly MacDonald as an influence.

“We’re all figures in a landscape,” says Girard whose mother is a painter.

Girard studied painting herself. “I learned about leading lines,” she says.

“I like imagery that draws you in. I want people to be drawn in to our films.”

“Tess and I both have the sensibility of the wide view, feeling small, recognizing the landscape around you,” says Noth.

Girard studied film at York; Noth at Queens. Girard is the cinematographer in the partnership, Noth the editor; they take turns directing. Noth is currently

Ryan Noth. Photo by Tess Girard

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directing his first fiction feature, Drifting Snow, for release in late April 2020.

Girard is directing a documentary about the return of the prison farms to Kingston.

Prison Farm will be cut in both a one-hour format for the CBC and as a feature-length film “more formal in its approach.”

Noth says Drifting Snow came out of a desire to make a film on the highways of rural Ontario inspired by the small towns around Sarnia and Chatham where he grew up and Prince Edward County where he now lives. He credits the late writer Alice Munro as an inspiration.

“There was a barn,” he says , “today, on the way in from The County. To me, that barn represents the places that are just holding on to life; they just persist, but don’t fall down.” Featuring Sonja Smits, Jonas Bonnetta, Colin Mochrie and others, the film’s three stories were inspired by the yellow road sign along the highways and rural roads of Ontario: “Winter Hazards; Drifting Snow; Reduced Visibility.”

Girard says the “the idea of the prison is more present than the prison itself” in her film. She’s been inspired by the inmates, she says. “I’ve been struck by how open and honest and articulate they are. Of course, there’s lots of time

to reflect in there. Even though they’re in their own little world, they’ve taught me a lot about the world.”

Before she runs off, Girard talks about the look of a Fifth Town film. “We want things to look like you’re seeing them for the first time,” she says, “to see the every day in a way that you’ve never experienced it before. That could be anything from the angle it’s filmed at to the sound that’s coupled with it to the

thought that’s expressed over it.” It’s an approach that has worked time after time. Their films have been featured at some of the world’s finest film festivals to appreciative audiences and critical acclaim. Catch one if you have the chance. fifthtownfilms.com

Tess Girard. Photo by Ramesh Pooram

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Drifting Snow with Sonja Smits. Photo By Tess Girard

Film

Nine Years of DocFest

By Holly Dewar

The little festival that could As DocFest approaches its 9th year, it has become one of the most successful community arts events in the region. Each year over 600 festival passes sell out and it boasts an average of more than 5,500 people in theatre seats during the three-day event. It’s an all-you-can-eat buffet of the best documentaries from around the world, with more than 50 films to choose from on seven screens, all located in downtown Belleville.

The power of film

to inspire, educate, celebrate and entertain is undeniable. This belief is at the core of the programming efforts of the Belleville Downtown DocFest team.

This year’s film line-up includes films vying for the Best Documentary Oscar award, and while DocFest’s film lineup is still being finalized, here’s a sneak peek at some films confirmed for 2020 that are catching Oscar buzz:

The Great Hack explores the dangers of data collection and Facebook. After the 2016 U.S. presidential election, the British data mining company Cambridge Analytica came to epitomize the underbelly of social media for creating targeted ads aimed at swaying undecided voters. The film provides a glimpse into how our data is being used for political gain and what it means for democracy. It’s also the incredible story of the company’s whistle-blowing former executive Brittany Kaiser, who was in the middle of it all.

Honeyland, the winner of several prestigious festival prizes, including three from Sundance 2019, is about female Macedonian beekeeper Hatidze Muratova who tends to her wild bees in the remote and rugged Balkan mountain terrain.

Hatidze ekes out a living for herself and her aged and ailing mother by selling the unique honey produced by the bees. Her world is disturbed when a nomadic Turkish family and their cattle move in next door. Filmmakers Ljubomir Stefanov and Tamara Kotevska spent three years mak-

Honeyland

The Great Hack

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ing this film and we’re rewarded with a story that deepens as the dynamics between parents and children emerge.

Ask Dr. Ruth, the Critics’ Choice Documentary Award Winner, tells the remarkable story of Dr. Ruth Westheimer, a Holocaust survivor who became America’s most famous sex therapist. She radically changed the conversation about sexuality and was at the forefront of the sexual revolution and sex education. Now at almost 90 years old, Dr. Ruth revisits her painful past.

The 2020 Gala film on Friday, March 6 is the outstanding, Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band, about legendary musician and founding member of The Band. The film’s Director, Daniel Roher, brings us the amazing story of Robertson’s early years and of one of the most important bands in the history of popular music. The film includes rare archival footage and interviews with many of Robertson’s friends and collaborators, including Bruce Springsteen, Eric Clapton, Van Morrison, Martin Scorsese and Ronnie Hawkins, among others.

The fabulous alt-country LeBarons, a Toronto-based band will perform live as part of the ever-popular Gala evening.

Early Bird Festival Passes available December 1, 2019 www.downtowndocfest.ca

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Holly Dewar, DocFest Chair, thanks the City of Belleville, Ontario Arts Council, and Opening Gala sponsor Pretsell Davies Thompson Benton LLP Lawyers for their generous support. downtowndocfest.ca

ONCE WERE BROTHERS: ROBBIE ROBERTSON AND THE BAND

Robbie Robertson

Literary

Epiphany

By Matthew King

Matthew King

grew up in Etobicoke, and was deeply shaped by his summers at the cottage his grandfather built on Wollaston Lake. He began writing poetry in highschool in an unsuccessful attempt to get girls to fall in love with him.

He completed an undergraduate at Queen’s University, did a PhD in philosophy at York U., and published a book based on his doctoral work titled Heidegger and Happiness: Dwelling on Fitting and Being. Matthew taught at York and in 2015 moved to the Marmora area with his partner Brenda.

Epiphany They happened to be looking eastward when The star appeared, a startling gleam above The black horizon. Manifestly this Could only be a sign, the three agreed No one could scoff, “That’s just a satellite!” And so they watched for it to show them what It meant. They craned their necks as it rose high Across the summit of the sky, and strained Their eyes to find it fading in the west.

In fear of losing it forever, they Proceeded westward, hoping that they’d catch And overtake it, hidden in the light, To see it rise again in darkness. And They did, and so they carried on, until It led them to a god surprisingly Embodied as a boy. As serious Adults are known to do they gave him gifts No kid would ever want. “You’ll understand When you grow up,” one said; “hang on to these, Someday you’ll find they come in handy.” But Another said to him, “We have to tell

You frankly that you’re not at all what we Expected either, even though we knew You when we saw you. You are just a boy Like any other boy - and now we see The star we followed here is just a star Like any other star. You’d think we might Be disappointed, but we’re not, at all.

We couldn’t tell you anymore why that One star, of all the stars that blaze their trails From east to west across the sky, became The one by which we chose to orient Ourselves, or why we thought that some one star Would lead us to divinity on Earth.

They all do: this is what our star’s revealed.

We’ve travelled far to see ourselves up close.

This is our gift to you, and yours to us.

Our wisdom was the greatest gift we brought, And now we have exchanged our lesser gifts For wisdom that we didn’t know we sought.”

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QAC Bookshelf: Your Christmas “Something to read”

By Janet Jarrell

Alphie Bates and the Number Nine Clan Written and illustrated by David Alexander

This entertaining, engaging and alliterative

story has Alphie Bates cleverly dealing with bullies (the Number Nine Clan) while teaching the alphabet too. Through nine-word stories for each letter in the alphabet, Alexander makes learning fun with adventures, friendships and the book is interactive too! Highly imaginative, beautifully illustrated – this book is a great educational tool.

Available at the QAC $27.00

By Colin Frizzell

Just J is a young adult novel

dealing with the challenges of awkward adolescence while compounded by the loss of her mother and a difficult relationship with her grieving father. Critically acclaimed, this novel gives a glimpse into the mind of a thirteen year old struggling to find her way through agonizing times as she leans on her eccentric Aunt Guin for guidance.

Signed copy available at the QAC $8.95

English Written and illustrated by Adey Singer

Title character, Chris, is failing in English class.

Despite all of his efforts to improve, he soon realizes he is the victim of prejudice from his teacher. English is no ordinary comic book. Tackling the effect of prejudice in authoritative figures, and racism in the school system, this powerful book has a reach far beyond this young author’s years. Adey Singer is a next generation of authors to watch.

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Just J

Literary

First Tuesday Musings

By Darren Moore

Illustration by Jori Bolton

The first poem I ever heard

being read by the author was by Robert Frost. I don’t even remember the poem, I just remember coming across a CD with him reading his own verse on it. It may have come with a book... it may have even been a library thing, I don’t actually remember the details at all, apparently.

I remember hearing his intonation, the pauses, the intent in his rhythm. The verse came alive like never before.

A word can change depending on how it’s spoken; dictionaries can define a vocabulary easily enough, but they certainly can’t explain the nuance of a growled-out vowel or the hard clack of a solid ‘c’ - especially alongside its close friend the ‘k’, accompanied by the right look, or drop of the eye from the reader.

Ink gets the idea across alright, but the way a word or line is spoken adds depth that a page simply can’t communicate.

Like photographs of birds of paradise, a spread in National Geographic is lovely enough; but it doesn’t beat standing in the jungles of New Guinea as one flashes into view, ruffling neon-blue feathers among the otherwise predominant greenery of the surrounding vegetation.

Something magical happens on stage at the Tweedsmuir at 7pm on the first Tuesday of every month.

behind a beautiful podium hand-crafted by Doug Anderson, who is also the sound tech. Attendees can sign up to read that evening, or simply grab a pint and take it all in. First timers are more than welcome.

I’ve been reading my poetry from behind Doug’s inspiring Tom Thompson-beautiful podium since it was just a vision in his mind — that first Tuesday night on May 3, 2016, when the event premiered. As one who regularly reads and writes poetry, there is no better merger to be had than Tuesday Musing at the Tweedsmuir. Like the fleeting glimpse of a burst of feathers in a verdant jungle, poetry lives when read aloud. Come check us out; pith helmet optional.

First Tuesday Muse is the brainchild of Peter Snell and Billy Piton, a monthly serving of verse from a host of talented writers from across the Quinte region. They and their audience gather every month in groups of fifteen to forty, and mount the stage

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Saturday, February 22 • Capers Restaurant

272 Front Street, Belleville • 5:30pm cocktails • 6:30pm dinner • 7:30pm concert Tickets $100 • for reservations call Capers at 613-968-7979 or visit capers.ca All proceeds go to the Prince Edward County Jazz Education Program.

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Music at Capers

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Jake Clemons in performance. Sean Chagnon, Eye of the Storm Photograph

By Fiona Campbell

Matt Kingsley plays at Capers. Photo provided by Vantatge Point Media

While

Capers recently celebrated its 20th anniversary, the restaurant in the heart of downtown Belleville has undergone a few transformations since 1999: from lunch café to wine bar, and most recently a live music venue, thanks to owner and manager Melanie Hilmi.

She had recently moved back to Canada from Mexico, where she’d spent three years running a live music bar/ restaurant, when her mum asked her to work part-time and “change the vibe” at the then family-owned Capers. In 2013 she said to Hilmi, “You’re in charge.”

Hilmi renovated, got rid of the fancy white tablecloths and switched up the wine bar for craft beer. While there had always been music at Capers, Hilmi wanted more.

“When I moved here, I missed the music scene, so I decided I would build my own,” says Hilmi. “Belleville is right between Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal – it’s the perfect stopover on the tour circuit. So, I made that my goal.”

a huge success for me,” adding “People know that Friday and Saturday there is live music here.” She adds that jazz, blues and folk work well in the space.

“You had to find a niche to succeed,” she says.

She started by booking music every Saturday from 8pm to 11pm; she built a roster with musicians she knew from Toronto and those touring the area, while peppering in homegrown favourites. “Local musicians play everywhere in town, so I really was trying to capture more touring artists so you can see something different,” she says.

What makes Hilmi particularly suited to this job is her own experience as a working and touring musician; while at Harris Institute in Toronto for audio engineering in 2012, she met Matt Kingsley, David Poulin and Mitchell Thomson with whom she formed BelleRegards. Over the next five years they released two EPs, two full length albums and toured the United States, Canada and Europe.

Then a couple years ago she added Friday shows and an earlier time slot to coincide with Happy Hour. “Now it’s at the point that people are contacting me to play, which is great,” she says.

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“As a touring musician myself, I wanted more of a place like this,” says Hilmi, a medium venue for musicians who couldn’t fill a soft-seater [like the Empire] but “where people can work on their performance and nurture their artistic personality.”

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Capers. Photo provided by Vantatge Point Media

While Hilmi isn’t actively touring (she’s pouring her energy into writing, recording, producing and engineering, while also expecting her second child) she knows firsthand how hard it is to be on the road, and so she’s adamant about offering musicians a guarantee, a meal and an opportunity to sell their merch.

Besides live music, Capers also hosts dinner theatre shows (mostly recently Red with Shatterbox Theatre) and a Cabaret Live featuring professional dancers, circus entertainers, burlesque performers, drag queens, comedy, and mind-reading.

“It’s about dining and it’s about theatre,” says Hilmi. “It’s a different way to see a show… it’s a whole experience.”

Coming soon: Feb 22 Mardi Gras Fundraising Dinner & Show for the Jazz Education Program of the Prince Edward County Jazz Festival capers.ca/music

Melanie Hilmi. Photo provided by Vantage Point Media

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Sultans of String: Changing the world through music

By Fiona Campbell

Music

When you think of

Christmas music, Spanish

flamenco, Arabic folk, Cuban rhythms and Gypsy-jazz might not be top of mind, but the Sultans of String are out to change that. The Toronto, Ont.based quintet, featuring violinist and bandleader Chris McKhool, co-founding guitarist Kevin Laliberté, bassist Drew Birston, Cuban percussionist Rosendo “Chendy” Leon and second guitarist Eddie Paton, believe the way to bring people together and create dialogues is through the universal language of music.

“One of the things we love to do with Sultans of String is play rhythms and grooves that come to North America from around the world,” says McKhool.

“We thought it would be really fun to bring that energy and drive of all those rhythms to the Christmas songs that people love to sing, as well as the musical mashups that we create from scratch. So, while it’s a Christmas album, we’ve really tried to tie in diverse voices from many parts of the world.”

Their sixth album Christmas Caravan (2017) features seasonal favourites, but with a twist: Turkish Greensleeves (recorded with Turkish Roma string

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instrumentalists), a Rumba Flamencafuelled Jingle Bells (sung in both French and English), a sweet sonic Silent Night (featuring the hang drum playing of David Charrier) and a toe-tapping Himalayan Sleigh Ride (with the sitar playing of Anwar Khurshid.) Critics and music listeners alike loved the genre-mashing sound of the Sultans: the album was included in the New York Times Holiday Hits section and Spotify’s Holiday Albums Hit List, and hit the Billboard World Music charts at #6.

If you think playing their album will put you in the Christmas spirit, wait until you see their live show. That’s right: the Sultans are bringing it to Belleville for one night only.

Knudsen Brady Clark Advisory Group – CIBC Wood Gundy – Quinte Branch presents three-time JUNO Awardnominees The Sultans of String Live at The Empire Theatre on December 12. Join them and their special guests Rebecca Campbell and Shannon Thunderbird for an exuberant performance featuring band originals, world-music inspired classics, and seasonal favourites guaranteed to warm your heart on a cold winter’s night.

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This is Christmas as you’ve never heard it, and if you’re looking for something different, something that will blow minds and hearts, a show that will get your friends, family and coworkers talking, this is it. With its global perspectives and focus on collaboration and inclusivity, this show will move you. Not only that, proceeds will support the Quinte Arts Council Arts Education Program, which brings local visual and performing artists into the classrooms and offers annual bursaries to graduates pursuing post-secondary education in the arts.

“I’ve always wanted our concerts to be a place where everyone feels welcome. I want to reach out to diverse communities to say, ‘Come out and enjoy music with us — you’re going to have a really good time,’” says McKhool. “It benefits society as a whole, to have people from around the world blending their ideas, mixing their cultures.”

This mission to help change the world through music doesn’t stop with this tour: their passion for creating deeper connections is powerfully captured in their seventh album REFUGE set to release in spring 2020 -- their most ambitious, diverse, inclusive and passionately political album yet. It’s a

collaborative album with artists from across the United States and Canada, many who arrived as recent immigrants and refugees. “Each guest on the new album has a very interesting story to tell,” says McKhool. Take Iraqi violinist Imah Al Taha, who was forced to perform violin under threat of execution, whose house was bombed by religious extremists who found his music offensive, and who fled, along with his wife and three children, first to the UAE and are now in the U.S. awaiting a green card.

peace,” says McKhool, whose Lebanese grandfather was a stowaway on a ship headed to North America over a century ago, and whose percussionist “Chendy” Leon came to North America as a refugee from Cuba. He adds: “We hope that the kinds of conversations we can have as musicians can provide a model for peace that our politicians and citizens find inspiration from.”

The Sultans of String are also fundraising partners with the UN Refugee Agency

(UNHCR), and have so far raised close to $6,000 from donations collected during their tour.

The Quinte Arts Council graciously acknowledes the support of our Platinum Sponsor, Knudsen Brady Clark Advisory Group – CIBC Wood Gundy – Quinte Branch. We’d also like to thank our Gold Sponsor, McDougall Insurance & Financial, as well as our Silver Sponsors Rashotte Home Hardware Building Centre and Impacto Protective Products.

The first single from the album, I Am a Refugee, features Somali poet, refugee and multi-media artist Ifrah Mansour, who wrote the poem “for [her] community, and for those that are yearning for change, those are yearning to deepen their empathy.”

The second single, The Power of the Land, released in late October, features Ojibwe artist and scholar Duke Redbird and Indigenous husband and wife duo, Twin Flames.

“This is a project that is centred around the positive contributions of refugees and new immigrants to the United States and Canada. We are bringing in special guests who are the First Peoples of this land, newcomers, as well as global talents who’ve been ambassadors for

Sultans of String Christmas Caravan CD art

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Sultans of String. Photo by David McDonald

Fine Arts

Glassblowing: A primitive art with Mark Armstrong

By Lin Parkin

Mark Armstrong

Born the son of a mason

in Burlington, Ont., building things out of raw materials was ingrained in Mark Armstrong from an early age. “I remember my Dad talking about how, at nine or ten years old, I would be down in his shop building things or creating things.”

A rare breed, Armstrong is equal parts mathematical and analytical as he is creative. A graduate of Carleton University in Ottawa, Armstrong majored in Architecture in 1986. However, the idea of pushing a pencil at a desk all day long wasn’t exactly appealing. The desire for more hands-on work led him to enroll in the fine furniture making program at Sheridan College School of Crafts and Design in Oakville, Ont. He took

glass blowing as an elective course, and that was it. He was hooked. Armstrong graduated with a major in glass craftsmanship.

“When I first started at Sheridan, I had never seen anybody blow glass before. There’s a primitive aspect to the process.

Seventy-five percent of glass is silica, which is the most abundant element on the earth’s crust. It’s using materials right from the earth,” says Armstrong. “You put it in fire, get it hot enough long enough, and you’ve got this wonderful oozy, honey-like material.” That primitive satisfaction is also in the physical process of working up a sweat in a hot, smoky shop.

After graduating from Sheridan College, Armstrong followed

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Fine Arts a classmate to Bloomfield, Ont., where they co-founded Bloomfield Glassworks in 1993. “It’s difficult for one person to start a glass shop. It costs $10,000 for one furnace. You kind of have to share the cost of starting the business with other glassblowers to get it off the ground.”

The 3,500 square-foot glassblowing studio dissolved in 2002.

Armstrong continued working fulltime fine-tuning his craft in locations across Ontario until eventually settling back in the County. He reopened his glass blowing shop and gallery as Armstrong Glassworks in 2006 in the village of Wellington, Ont., where he resides with his wife and three daughters.

Inside his gallery there is an open work area that looks down into his shop, where Armstrong is often found turning colourful bits of glass into molten lava. Chairs are set up in his shop, and visitors are welcome to drop in and watch him work. For a fee, groups can set up a guaranteed viewing and educational experience.

There’s a fluidity to his movements as he talks about what he’s doing. Armstrong’s assistant, Peta Hall, explains: “He is very clear; he is very calm and describes exactly what he’s doing and why he’s doing it. Even though he might be busy blowing [glass] with his back to the people, he talks about the whole thing the whole way through. Just coming and experiencing and listening to how he teaches about [glassblowing] is really extraordinary.

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Oeno Gallery: A glimpse into the gallery business

By Heather Fraser

The

Photo: Trevor Harris

see and be seen opening

night of the 2019 Toronto Art Fair teemed with glamour, glitz, canapes and incredible art: early 20th century Group, the trending Maud Lewis effect, 21st century Banksy-inspired message art, modern Automatiste, post-painterly Toronto and Curnoe Regionalist memories, all paired with glittery objects for the upcoming millennial crowd.

The art fair for Oeno Gallery, located just outside of Bloomfield, is but one avenue to art buyers – albeit a very exciting one. In the gallery business, relationships with collectors, art consultants and designers are key, with most of these partnerships established and nurtured over the years.

Many of these connections, especially international ones, can now be made in the brave world of online sales. Yet how important is the virtual world in building success for galleries such as Oeno?

Beyond the website and social media posts are online sales platforms such as 1stDibs, Artsy, ArtNet, and InCollect.

These portals have voracious appetites requiring weekly or bi-weekly uploads of new artwork. Clear, detailed photos, install shots and search engine optimized descriptions are required to help send artworks to the front of a searchable crowd. But these platforms can be expensive – 1stDibs has an annual fee, a per item upload fee, an 18% commission on each item sold, plus transaction fees. Fulfillment and shipping are additional costs. And yet, online sales for Oeno Gallery are important given the gallery’s location deep in the heart of Prince Edward County. In the depth of winter, sales continue from around the world.

In 2016, Oeno Gallery owner Carlyn Moulton found inspiration in Management of Art Galleries, a new book by art market economist, Magnus Resch, Ph.D. Resch offers important reminders to gallerists to focus and refocus their marketing efforts. He points out that many galleries spend

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2/3 of their time marketing to people who don’t buy art. It is an easy trap in which to fall given the enthusiasm for art and for sharing it with the public. Ultimately, after a survey of 8,000 galleries worldwide, Resch identified some success factors. He suggests that chances of success increase with clear-eyed management, a focus on brand building, and a plan for growth that leads to distribution on a global level.

It’s clear that in the art business, the glamorous art fair and the nuts and bolts of business are parts of a creative and multi-faceted whole. oenogallery.com

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Self portraits

Portrait of the Artist Through their Own Eyes

By Fiona Campbell

We live in the age

of the selfie. In 2016 Google reported users uploaded 24 billion selfies —that’s just Google Photos, and doesn’t include photos shared on Facebook, Flickr or Instagram. In her book I Selfie Therefore I Am, psychoanalyst Elsa Godart estimates that young adults will take a mind boggling 25,700 selfies in their lifetime.

The “selfie” has become so much a part of our culture, that Oxford Dictionaries named it as the 2013 Word of the Year.

But long before the age of the front facing phone camera, there was the self-portrait. Portrait of a Man in a Turban by Jan van Eyck is perhaps the oldest and first self-portrait; an oil painting dating back to 1433. Scholars suggest that van Eyck created the self-portrait as a display of his artistic skills, as well as his social status. Since then, artists have explored representations of themselves through paint, pen and pencil, phtograph, and sculpture. Consider the work

of Albrecht Durer, Rembrandt, Vincent van Gough, Frida Kahlo and Andy Warhol – just a few of the most prolific artists who experimented with and mastered the art of self-portraiture.

Artists turn to self-portraiture for a number of reasons. Van Gogh wrote to his sister that “I am looking for a deeper likeness than that obtained by a photographer.”

Others cite the convenience of a having oneself as a model, or the opportunity to experiment with new techniques or mediums. Regardless of the motivation, there is always a curiosity to how artists choose to represent themselves and create their own personal mythologies.

November 1 was International Self-Portrait Day and the Quinte Arts Council celebrated with a month-long Self-Portrait Show – an idea proposed by QAC member and local artist Marc Poulin. “I suggested this theme not because it is my forte, but for the exact opposite. I am Umbrella, Winter 2019 - 26

mainly an abstract/landscape artist, but wanted to challenge myself to do portraiture,” says Poulin. “I find self-portraits are a good way of expressing inner thoughts and feelings, or perhaps a dark side that might not be apparent to the world. A self-portrait really allows one to show their flaws and bad sides, without the risk of offending anyone other than themselves.”

Poulin adds: “I really enjoyed trying various styles as well, and found that different styles can help convey different aspects.”

To learn more about upcoming Calls for Submission and shows hosted by the QAC, please visit: quinteartscouncil.org/art-in-the-community-visual-artsshows-and-sales

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Heritage

Photo by Mark Hopper

Chisholm’s Mill

By Janet Jarrell

Sitting

on the Moira River

Roslin, Ont., Chisholm’s Mill is one of the most recognizable historic sites in this area conserved for six generations by the Chisholm family.

This dedicated, hardworking and proud family has preserved everything from antiquated equipment, to significant photographs and even the building itself (the current building is a rebuild from a fire that struck in 1944). Furthermore, they have begun a collection of artworks produced at the site.

In 1857, William Fraser Chisholm acquired Shipman’s flour and sawmill at this site, beginning generations of the family Chisholm’s working the local lumber industry. An ideal location, the family grew, harvested and processed the logs from their own forests and floated them down the Moira River to the mill site.

It’s impossible to say just how many paintings, photographs, charcoal and architectural sketches have been produced over the years, but this location assures an image of a timeless classic that has become familiar to the public—and not coincidentally produced by some of the best-known Canadian artists.

near

That list of artists is long and distinctive beginning with Manly MacDonald whose painting dated approximately 1949 of this iconic site resides in the National Gallery of Canada. This list also includes the great en plein air painter Lucy Manly, painters James Keirstead, Debra Tate-Sears, Edna Henderson and most recently, the photographer Mark Hopper, to name a few.

Painting by Manly MacDonald

Of interest, over the years, the bridge has been replaced.

This structure, along with the porcelain tins that mark this mill, give some historic timelines and helps to establish provenance to the images as they are produced. The Chisholm’s hold historic photographs dating back to the early 1900’s. One in particular from the early days has Harry Sayers and a few other fellas sitting atop the old bowstring arch bridge.

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That bridge was replaced by a steel truss bridge possibly in the 30’s or 40’s; this is the bridge you see in Manly MacDonald’s painting. And in the 80’s a concrete bridge was constructed, and it still stands today.

Debra Tate-Sears produced a watercolour of the site in 1986 and says “Our area is dotted with abandoned and ruined picturesque mill sites, but Chisholm’s Mills, still active, stands alone as a testament to the resilience of the area’s early entrepreneurs, thanks to the dedication of the Chisholm family. For the inspired painter, the site is accessible from the far bank, allowing for a plein air opportunity for sketching and painting.

The vista spread out before you allows for a lot of artistic interpretation which is aided by the structural surface variations of stone at the water’s edge, old wooden planks patched with areas of tin and aging lettering and signs, and a jumble of secondary structures that compliment the apex of the main building, and dramatic tension is provided by the inherent threat of the constant movement of water. It’s simply great fun to paint!”

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Painting by Debra Tate-Searsr

Painting by Lucy Manly

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Hastings County Historical Society: Past, Present and Future Heritage

By Mary-Lynne Morgan

Historical

Griffen Opera House, 1920

Society. Hysterical Society. What’s the difference?

Gone are the days of old codgers frantically trying to save some decrepit building from demolition. Or listening to some boring treatise about some esoteric detail of history. Members no longer paw through dusty and mouldy record books.

In contrast to many historical groups, Hastings County Historical Society (HCHS) has entered the twenty-first century with gusto and moved into the digital age.

Today’s Society is dynamic, progressive and involved with communities throughout Hastings County. Thanks to the efforts of three young Directors on its Board, the Society now has an active presence on several social media sites, as well as an award-winning website. In addition, through the efforts of past President Orland French, it has recently launched a separate website (hastingshistoricalplaques.ca) dedicated solely to documenting all the historic plaques throughout Hastings County.

Over the last three years HCHS has erected its own brass historic plaques. In Belleville there are plaques in the upper Fire Hall, the last train to travel down Pinnacle Street in Belleville, the site of Mrs. Simpson’s tavern, Griffin Opera House and the Marchmont Home. Throughout Hastings County you will find the Society’s distinctive plaques in Thomasburg, Corbyville, Roslin, Lonsdale, Bancroft, Marmora, and Madoc. The Society has also recognized important Bellevillians such as Dr. James Collip who was instrumental in the discovery of insulin.

now safely holds thousands of documents, maps, municipal records and digitized photos relating to the whole County, and whose modern reading room, state-of-the-art equipment and storage facilities are a boon to anyone wanting to do family or property research. Archivist, Amanda Hill, is always ready to assist.

Recently awarded special recognition by the Ontario Archives Association, HCHS has been hailed by many as the largest, most active historical society in Ontario.

Besides its annual historical bus tours that have covered the region for over a decade, its annual banquet, which usually highlights a high-profile speaker, and its monthly eight-page newsletter on historic happenings, the Society also provides monthly free public presentations on some aspect of the region’s history, provides speakers on historical topics to local groups, co-organizes the Mayor’s Hunt for History for school children, and is also a local seller of books written about local history.

Looking ahead to 2020, HCHS is planning to erect a plaque at Albert College to honour Dr. John Macoun, and three plaques honouring the Gilmour Lumber Mill, the Bleeker’s Ferry and the Central Bridge Boat Launch, all in Trenton, Quinte West.

While the focus of HCHS is on the past, its vision is firmly set towards the future.

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Mardi Gras on the Moira Arts Education

By Andy Sparling

Bound for New Orleans

and Mardi Gras this winter? How ‘bout saving some cash and helping with the future of jazz in Belleville instead? Call it a cosmic convergence of hot live jazz at its New Orleans’ best.

The music: a six-piece ‘trad’ jazz band stacked with Grammy and Juno-calibre musicians. The food: Mardi Gras-marvellous at Capers Restaurant. The cause: the Jazz Education Program of the Prince Edward County Jazz Festival. This Mardi Gras-themed evening will occur at the same time the big New Orleans party is buzzing on Bourbon Street.

Later this spring, the County Jazz Fest will stage its twelfth consecutive three-day education program, in which more than 1,000 high school musicians have participated over the years. It has never been funded by a government grant, relying on the support of sponsors and other contributors.

The Jazz Education Program band perform at the Regent Theatre

It is unique to Canada, because it is a non-competitive experience where the emphasis is on learning from some of the world’s best musicians.

Each year, the Festival invites four existing high school bands from across southern Ontario – not bands that are specially created for the purpose of music festival competition. No marks. Just listening, learning, improving, and performing on stage, with their professional mentors.

This year’s fundraising dinner will present the program’s newest initiative: The Prince Edward County Youth Jazz Ensemble. Its purpose is to provide an extra-curricular experience for young Quinte-area musicians seeking to improve their skills.

“As important as the music obviously is, that’s only half of it,” says program director and Centennial Secondary School teacher Blair Yarranton, an accomplished jazz flugelhornist himself. “There are skills developed here that

are transferable to life in general, no matter what you do after high school. Teamwork, creativity and improvisation, cooperation, taking risks, assuming leadership or supportive roles. It’s all there.”

“While we do bring in bands from Toronto and Ottawa, our focus has always been to offer this to schools in smaller communities that may not have the resources available, but have worked hard to put together a large jazz ensemble,” says Yarranton.

Several students have come through the program while in high school, and then gone on to win the Festival’s Rising Young Star Award. Eventually they’re often asked back as main-stage performers. In one case, a grad did all that and then served as a ‘Jazz Ed’ clinician in 2019.

Three performers from the Belleville and Quinte area have won the Festival’s Rising Young Star Award - Bram Gielen (2006), Ian Wright

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Hannah Barstow

(2011), and Hannah Barstow (2016).

The band at the Feb. 22 dinner is as good as anything you’ll find down south, featuring Bob deAngelis (clarinet), John MacLeod (cornet), Al Kay (trombone), Scott Alexander (bass), John Sherwood (piano), and Brian Barlow (drums). Tickets are $100.

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Musical Instruments On the Loan

There’s something big happening in a back corner of a small town library in rural Ontario. People are walking through the front door and going up and down the stairs with musical instruments: guitars, violins, trumpets, keyboards, drums, banjos and ukuleles… what’s going on?

What’s going on is a wonderful new initiative: the Stirling Musical Instrument Lending Library, or M.I.L.L., located on the upper floor of the Stirling-Rawdon Public Library. In January 2019, people from all over the area began bringing in unused instruments to donate to the larger community. Instrument Lending Libraries in other areas also shared their extra instruments and soon our shelves were filled and the doors were opened. People are still bringing in instruments to donate, but these days the instruments are also going down those stairs and into people’s homes.

To find out more about what the Stirling M.I.L.L. has to offer, visit us online at stirlingmill.ca, where you will find a list of many of our instruments -- a list that is growing all the time.

Email with questions and requests to reserve an instrument .

Or come view our collection yourselves.

We’re also looking for volunteers musically inclined, or not. If you love the concept and have a few hours a week to give, we could use you! Drop me a line at stirlingmill@gmail.com and tell us your strengths.

The Stirling M.I.L.L. serves residents of South Hastings and Eastern Northumberland: from Havelock in the west to Tweed in the east, south to Belleville and Quinte West and all the municipalities in between. Stirling sits in the heart of that region.

It costs $30 annually, and instrument loans are for six weeks, with a maximum of three consecutive renewals (though an extended loan may be arranged for a music student enrolled in a school program or private lessons).

The M.I.L.L already has an impressive collection of instruments available for loan, including guitars (acoustic and electric), bass guitars, mandolins, banjos, ukuleles, as well as keyboards, drums and percussion instruments, and electronics, such as amplifiers, pedals, mixers and speakers, orchestral instruments, bands instruments, accessories of all kinds… the list goes on.

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Arts Education

By Elizabeth Slavin

Arts Calendar ------------- DECEMBER -----------DEC 1: Jazz Violin & Piano Concert and Fine Art Sale Jazz violinist, San Murata, and pianist, Mitchell Cox, will offer up a jazzy celebration with this concert and art sale, featuring pieces created by San Murata.

A percentage of sales of the artwork will be directed to support Bridge Street United Church. Pay what you can.

DEC 3: A Westben Christmas Carol 7:30pm Start your Christmas season with Westben’s ever-popular annual narrated Christmas concert. Actor Robert Winslow (Creative Director/Founder, 4th Line Theatre) joins the 80 voices of the Westben Choruses to bring this Dickens classic to life. Featuring narration along with tradition and new music by Brian Finley.

Experience it in the nippy freshness of The Barn (with a cup of hot apple cider and homemade treats), or in the cozy warmth of the Norwood United Church DEC 4: Trailer Park Boys A SUNNYVALE CHRISTMAS Ricky, Julian, Bubbles and Randy are back with another holiday season extravaganza! To spread some genuine holiday cheer, Bubbles is determined to put on a good old- fashioned Xmas concert despite Julian’s relentless attempts to monetize the festive spirit of the audience, and Ricky and Randy’s all-out war to prove who really understands the true meaning of Xmas! Price: $69 + HST + s/c. The Empire Theatre DEC 4 – 19: JUDY presented by Quinte Film Alternative 7:00pm - 9:00pm In 1968, Judy Garland’s legendary singing was being eclipsed by substance abuse, exploitation and financial collapse. So an invitation to perform for five sold-out weeks in London looks like salvation. Renée Zellweger brings to life not only the legendary songs but also the difficult backstage life of a star coping with her final stage performances. A year later, she was dead. The Empire Theatre DEC 4 – 19: Glanmore by Gaslight Evening Tours Enjoy a guided tour of Glanmore by “gaslight” as the historic house is beautifully decorated for Christmas. Tradition-

al holiday refreshments will be served following the tour. Adults $15 each, Children 5-12 years $8 each Tickets available in person or online.

DEC 3 – Jan 3: Wonderful World of Whimsy Julie Eckert and Margaret Ruttan, both award-winning visual artists, will be combining their creativity and sense of humour in their first collaborative exhibition and sale at the John M. Parrott Art Gallery. Opening Reception December 5, 6:00 - 7:30pm DEC 6: In Dulci Jubilo – German Advent and Christmas Music Melos is joined by guests, Andrea Gerhardt, singer; and Joseph Dashney, Lorenzo Sivilotti and Eric Liu on sackbuts. Together, these dynamic forces will render Germany’s rich seasonal legacy with the soothing Mediaeval chants of German abbeys, familiar carols and chorales; rich polychoral textures of Praetorius and the virtuosic and fully orchestrated splendours of Schutz and Bach. St. George’s Cathedral DEC 7: Fundraiser at Potter Settlement Artisan Winery for the Stirling Musical Instrument Lending Library 7:00pm Evening of Wine and Music featuring Citizen Jane, a dynamic folk-pop duo.

Reenie and Lea craft folk songs that are two parts daydream, one part grunge.

Coupled with a unique wine tasting experience with Sandor Johnson and his award-winning wines of Hastings County. There will also be a Silent Auction and charcuterie boards available. Visit stirlingmill.ca DEC 7: Shout Sister Choir at Enchanted Holiday Market 6:00pm - 7:00pm Shout Sister Choir will be performing at Downtown Belleville’s Enchanted Holiday Market. Shout Sister is an all-inclusive women’s choir with 25 chapters across Ontario.

DEC 7: Christmas at the MAC: ‘Seussical the Musical’ 7:00pm - 9:00pm Fifteen students ages 7 to 14 have created this show with music, dance and drama. They work with two instructors for a month to produce this performance

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that is sure to get you into the Christmas spirit. Other special guests are ‘in the works’- join in the fun! Admission is $5 and an item for the Tweed Food Bank.

Marble Arts Centre, Actinolite. tweedartscouncil.ca DEC 8: Good Lovelies Christmas 7:00pm Still merry after all these years, Good Lovelies return with their 13th annual Christmas tour with shows across Ontario. What better way to celebrate the season than with classic holiday and winter selections, timeless and original material polished to a warm and welcoming glow? Price: $34 + HST + s/c The Empire Theatre DEC 8: Songs of Joy – Hastings and Prince Edward Regional Chorus Christmas Concert 7:00pm - 9:00pm Songs of Joy Christmas Concert Silent auction and light refreshments after the performance. Tickets $20 adults, $5 under 10 and free for any interested chorister. Tickets available at St. Thomas’ Anglican Church, through any chorister and at the door.

DEC 12: Armchair Traveller Series 6:30pm - 7:30pm Lola Reid Allin guides us on a 10-day camping trek through snow-covered mountain passes and rushing rivers in Auyuittuq National Park, Baffin Island, Nunavut. Parrott Gallery DEC 12: Sultans of String Live at The Empire Theatre 7:00pm - 12:00am Knudsen Brady Clark Advisory Group - CIBC Wood Gundy (Quinte) presents the Sultans of String – Christmas Caravan with special guests Rebecca Campbell and Shannon Thunderbird in support of the Quinte Arts Council.

Three-time JUNO Award nominees Sultans of String deliver an exuberant performance featuring band originals, world-music inspired classics, and seasonal favourites to warm your heart on a cold winter’s night. Proceeds directly support the Quinte Arts Council Arts Education program, bringing local artists into classrooms and offering bursaries each year to graduating art students.

Tickets on Eventbrite. The Empire Theatre

Arts Calendar DEC 13: A Christmas Spectacular with Pete Paquette & Guests 7:00pm Join us for A Christmas Spectacular starring the incredible showman Pete Paquette and guests Kay Oh Chay and the Tonettes. Enjoy and sing along to more than 30 greatest Christmas carols and songs of inspiration. Tickets $44 .

The Empire Theatre DEC 14: Carpe Diem Christmas Concert 2:30pm “Christmas Around the World” - many beautiful, familiar carols from German, Italy, France, England and The Carribbean, plus Christmas Dances from Quebec and the Huron Carol from Ontario.

There will be an African twist to the Ukrainian “Carol of the Bells” and the “European Christmas Medley” includes carols from Finland, Spain, Slovakia and Hungary. Parrott Gallery DEC 14 – DEC 15 Quinte Ballet’s Holiday Dance presents The Nutcracker Quinte Ballet School presents Holiday Dance with favourite scenes from The Nutcracker at Centennial Secondary School in Belleville. Tickets on sale at Quinte Ballet School. Adults $22, Students/Seniors $18, Children under 12 $12. To order call 613-9629274 or email reception@quinteballetschool.com DEC 14: Road to Memphis FUNDRAISER Concert 7:30pm - 10:00pm The Loyal Blues Fellowship is excited to announce a one-of-a-kind concert raising funds to support the Road to Memphis Challenge winners at the International Blues Challenge. This is the first time it is sending both a solo/duo entry and a band entry into the same year’s competition. Signal Brewery DEC 15: Trenton Citizen’s Band Christmas Concert 2:00pm - 4:30pm Annual Christmas Concert featuring guest vocalists Rob Martin and Wendy Shaer. Come join us for an afternoon of wonderful Christmas music and sing along with festive music played by Quinte West’s Community Band at Trenton High School. Tickets $10 /adults; $20/family. Children < 12 free. For info: dan@shaerproductions.com

DEC 15: Songs of the Season 3:30pm - 4:30pm Quinte Symphony presents Songs of the Season with special guests, the Hastings and Prince Edward Regional Chorus.

Holiday favourites - old and new! Tickets online at thequintesymphony.com, at Sam the Record Man, Pinnacle Music Studios and at the door. Share the spirit of the season and bring a non-perishable item for Gleaners Foodbank.

Bridge St. United Church DEC 15: Carols by Candlelight 4:30pm - 5:30pm The Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols in the style of King’s College, Cambridge, with Christmas choral works and traditional carols. A special collaboration that will bring together a professional ensemble of eight singers and St. Thomas’ choir. Admission is by donation. St. Thomas’ Anglican Church, Belleville.

DEC 20: Shout Sister Performing at The Beaufort Pub 4:00pm - 9:00pm Shout Sister will be performing from 6:00 - 7 :00 pm at the Beaufort Pub’s annual Ugly Christmas Sweater Fundraiser. $5 ENTRY FEE Categories: (Prize for each category) DEC 20: Yuletide Evergreens 7:30pm – 9:30pm Command Performance Choir presents an evening of Christmas classics, featuring Britten, Mendelssohn and Rutter.

Tea and scones will be served at the interval. Tickets $25 Adults, $20 Seniors, $10 Students 16 & under. Available online at commandperformancechoir. com, at Books and Company, Picton, or at the door. St Mary Magdalene Church DEC 23: Christmas Concert & Sing-Along 2:30pm - 4:00pm In the beautiful Bridge Street United Church (BSUC) Sanctuary. Featured Performers: Elizabeth McDonald (soprano), Murray Baer (organ), BSUC Handbell Choir and BSUC massed choir. Admission by freewill offering.

------------ JANUARY -------------JAN 8: TONI MORRISON: THE PIECES I AM presented by Quinte Film Alternative 2:00pm & 7:30pm

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Celebrated American author Toni Morrison reveals her life in a series of engaging anecdotes; stories which are amplified by a large cast of her friends and supporters including Angela Davis, Oprah Winfrey and Russell Banks. The Empire Theatre JAN 9: Opening Reception 6:00pm - 7:30pm Two new shows: Captain Albert and the Chronicles of Edenia by illustrator and comic artist Blas Villagomez, and Inheritance by Canadian contemporary artist Kimberly Tucker. Both shows run January 9 to February 13. Parrott Gallery.

JAN 19: An Oboe & Organ Concert 4:30pm - 5:30pm Oboist Mélissa Tremblay will join organists Matthieu Latreille and Francine Nguyen-Savaria to present a chamber music concert. The programme will feature works by Bach, Krebs and Marcello. Admission is by donation. St. Thomas’ Anglican Church, Belleville JAN 30 – FEB 15: “Tempting Providence” – Belleville Theatre Guild This almost forgotten story of a Canadian hero tells of duty, courage, love and change. It’s based on the life of a young British nurse, Myra Grimsley, who in 1921 signed on for two years to serve as the sole health care provider for 300 miles of the sparsely settled coast of Newfoundland — and stayed for seventy, raising a family and being honoured by her country. Directed by Ian C. Feltham. For tickets: bellevilletheatreguild.ca or call 613-967-1442.

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------------ FEBRUARY -------------FEB 13: Armchair Traveller Series 6:30pm - 7:30pm Bill Bickle explores British Columbia’s Khutzeymateen National Park Bear Sanctuary where he has encountered pristine forest and fabulous wildlife on six separate trips. Parrott Gallery FEB 16: A Trombone & Organ Concert 4:30pm - 5:30pm Trombonist Jean-Mathieu Royer and organists Matthieu Latreille and Francine Nguyen-Savaria will present a trombone and organ concert Admission is by donation.

St. Thomas’ Anglican Church in Belleville.

Arts Calendar FEB 20: OPENING RECEPTION 6:00pm - 7:30pm Join the members of the East Central Ontario Art Association for the opening of their 62nd Annual Juried Show and Sale. The show will run February 20 to March 25. Parrott Gallery FEB 27: Quinte Concerts - The Magic of Mozart 12:15pm - 1:00pm A grand concert highlighting piano and vocal works by Mozart and Haydn.

Indulge in the sensational musical imagination of composers from the classical era illustrated through their magnificent arias and sonatas. Parrott Gallery FEB 28: Classic Albums Live Tribute Concert Series: Led Zeppelin IV 7:30pm A three concert series of performances of iconic albums “note for note, and cut for cut.” Performed in their entirety, by world class musicians! LED ZEPPELIN IV: featuring legendary tracks: “Black Dog”, “Rock & Roll” and “Stairway To Heaven.” Series Price: $99 The Empire Theatre

--- Opportunities, Auditions, Classes and Workshops ----UNTIL DEC 5: Dancing with Parkinsons 11:00am - 12:00pm Every Thursday bring a Friend to for a free class. Designed for people with Parkinsons and mobility issues. - all levels and abilities welcome. Contact danceparkinsonsqbsc@gmail.com or call 613-962-9274 for more information.

Quinte Ballet School DEC 7 – DEC 8: Painting Flowers 9:30am - 4:30pm This course will utilize flowers to learn the art of painting rather than how to paint flowers per se, appropriate for the beginning or intermediate painter who wishes to become more aware and skilled. Baxter Arts Centre UNTIL DEC 19: Preschool Song & Story Hour 10:30am - 11:30am Join every Thursday morning for Preschool Song and Story Hour. Sing along with Terry then read a book with Jeni!

Little ones of all ages are welcome to come and enjoy this time together. Free.

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UNTIL DEC 20: Artist’s Collective 11am - 1pm Every Friday. Join other artists, but work on your own project: painting, sketching, pastels, doodling, zentangle or any other art project you want to bring. This is not an instructor led program. A $5 Belleville’s 50+ Centre annual membership must be purchased to attend - available at the Customer Service Desk in the Quinte Sports & Wellness Centre.

Bring your latest project or one that has been started, but never finished! Quinte Sports & Wellness Centre - 50+ Centre, 265 Cannifton Road, Belleville

ent painting knives to scrape, spread, tap, scratch and dab paint across the canvas to create this chilly winter scene.

Jan 28: Chalk Pastel: Catamaran, Shallow Water - Using chalk pastel we will draw, smudge, edge and blend our way to this picture of a Hobie Cat pulled up on the shore.

DEC 19/JAN 16/FEB 20: Drawing Room 2:00pm - 4:00pm The Drawing Room offers non-instructional studio sessions to encourage the traditional practice of drawing and painting the human figure from a draped model. This program is held on the third Thursday of each month from 2 to 4 p.m. in the third floor meeting room at the John M. Parrott Art Gallery. For further information, please call 613-9686731 x2040 or e-mail gallery@bellevillelibrary.ca

FEB 25: Acrylic: Sgraffito Basket of Fruit - Sgraffito (derived from the Italian “to scratch”) is a technique used to remove (by scratching) part of a surface layer in order to reveal a layer underneath.

We will work on a tinted canvas and, using an assortment of tools, explore the different textures we can ‘sgraffito’ as we create our own basket of fruit.

DEC 20/JAN 17/FEB 21: Doodle Group 10:00am - 12:00pm Join us for our monthly doodling sessions on the 3rd Friday of the month. Bring your creations, tools of the trade, and a willingness to share your creativity. These FREE sessions are hosted by Marita Langlois at the Parrott Gallery. For more information call 613-968-6731 x2040 or join the Doodle Group on Facebook or visit bellevillelibrary.ca Tuesday Workshops with Rachel Harbour @ Parrott Gallery 10:00am. - 1:00pm DEC 3: Inspired by the printmaking of Andy Warhol, we will use watercolour—pencil and palette—to create some seasonal images in a relaxed Pop Art format. Ink pen will then be used to bring an illustrative finish to our work.

DEC 17: We will paint our own mountain scene using smooth brushstrokes of blended colour to create our simplified rocks, icefields and snowy peaks in the style of Lauren Harris.

Jan 14: Acrylic: Palette Knife Winter Scene - We will use a number of differ-

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FEB 11: Watercolour: Snowy Mountains - Building up layers of washes, then moving to smaller marks and details, watercolour allows us to create this mountain scene inspired by a trip through the Rockies.

Conductor needed: The New Belleville Concert Band is looking for a new fulltime conductor starting Oct or a winter conductor from Oct to May. An honorarium is available. The band also has openings for skilled musicians in most sections. The band is Canada’s newest community concert band and performs a wide variety of entertaining music including light classics, movie music, Broadway, Pop and more. Rehearsals are Monday evenings at Quinte Living Center activity room in Belleville. Interested musicians can contact Sally Sedore at Salsedore@gmail.com for info, Call for new members: Shout Sister Belleville is welcoming new members!

Come out and meet our new director Margie Bailey Phieffer. We don’t audition and we don’t read music. All voices are welcome! We meet every Tuesday evening September - June from 7-9 pm at Emmanuel Baptist Church, Belleville.

Please join us at anytime for a no-obligation practice. For more information visit shoutsisterchoir.ca or email Oriole at members@shoutsisterchoir.ca

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