Credit: flickr photostream
How we celebrate St. Paddy’s Day near just south of where I live:
Chicago River, Chicago, Illinois - St. Patrick's Day - Dyed Green. This is nothing, really. About 80 or so years ago, engineers were hired to make the river run backward. Permanently. For sanitation reasons, I believe.
Above: Not the Haliburton Highlands–though very St. Patricks’ Day in terms of hue.
St. Paddy’s Day – Black Feather Band at Mckecks Restaurant, Haliburton, Ont.
Photo: Canada, eh?
Black Feather Band
March 17 2010 – St. Patricks’ Day
Featuring the incredible local “Black Feather Band”…6-9 pm, free admission, Come early to get a seat and a green pint…..:)
Mckecks Restaurant Photo credit: Canada, eh?
Mckecks Restaurant Recent News
McKecks opens stage to students (recent McKeck’s news – 1.27.10)
Everyone has a little rock star in them and it’s hard to get out of the garage or basement band mode when you live in a small town.
On Jan. 27, at ac: The Blue Line, from 4 to 6 p.m., students from the local schools are invited to the After-School Open Stage Program.
For two hours, kids can come and play their instruments, sing their hearts out and just rock out.
The idea was originally brought to Carl Dixon when he was informed that the local high school had stopped doing their coffee houses that allowed students to show off their talents. There was only one open stage but only a couple students showed up, so Dixon and McKecks decided to hold it off, and try to start the program back up later after renovations and the holidays were finished.
With those two issues out of the way students are allowed to come and show their stuff. Already a few students have contacted McKecks asking if they could come and do an act and no one has been turned down. There will be a $2 fee for each person’s act they would like to do with all the proceeds going towards The Blue Line – a charity run by the restaurant.
If you’re worried about limited space, and would like to reserve a spot for yourself or for your band, you can email Sean Carthew at bookwithsean@gmail.com. If you don’t play an instrument and would just like to sing, you can bring some karaoke music to accompany you and get everyone in the swing of things.
So come on out and show this town what you’ve got. Even if you’re a bit nervous come and see what the action is all about, you might just get motivated enough to jump up on stage.”
Mckecks Restaurant
207 Highland Street
Contact: Sean Carthew or Karen Frybort
Tel: 705-457-3443
Terri and Rick Performa on March 18, 2010 in the Highlands
March 18, 2010
Terri and Rick will be performing two concerts in Haliburton County on March 18th. The first is at the Minden Hills Branch of the Haliburton County Public Library at 10:30am and the second is at the Dysart Branch at 1:30pm. These concerts are free and everyone is welcome.
Contact: Sue Robinson
Tel: 705-457-2241
Email: srobinson@haliburtonlibrary.ca
www.haliburtonlibrary.ca
Food and Fellowship with a St. Patrick’s Day Irish Stew and Biscuit Dinner at the
Minden United Church
March 17, 2010
Come and join us for an evening of food and fellowship! Adults $12, Children, 6-12 yrs. $5, Pre-schoolers free. $30 for Family of 4 or more. Tickets available at Minden PHARMASAVE in advance, or at the door, or by calling 286-2136 or 457-1424.
Minden United Church
21 Newcastle Street Minden
St. Patrick's Day Irish Stew and Biscuit Dinner at the Minden United Church
Contact: Janet Heffer
Tel: 705-286-2136
Email: janet.heffer@gmail.com
An example of "pocket art." There are many ways to approach creating artist trading cards. This example is from 'How to Paint Sparkling Ocean'.
March Break: Artist Trading Cards Afternoon Drop In
March 17-19 2010
You and your family can become part of a world wide trading card phenomenon! Tomorrow Wednesday, March 17 as well as Thursday & Friday from 1-3 p.m., we’ll be making and trading artist trading cards at the Rails End. Just like baseball cards in size, these individually made works of art are being collected all over the planet by young and old. Catch the creative wave as Gallery staff introduce you to techniques using pen/ink, watercolour and collage to create and embellish your cards. Fun for the whole family. Plan to spend some time at the Rails End on your March Break. All materials supplied. FREE
Email: info@railsendgallery.com
www.railsendgallery.com
Rails End Gallery & Arts Centre
23 York Street Haliburton
Contact: Laurie Jones
Tel: 705-457-2330
Thanks to “What’s Happening in the Haliburton Highlands for the great, informative newsletter!”
An example of “pocket art.” Image above is from ‘How to Paint Sparkling Ocean.’
'Linked'
Rails End Gallery & Arts Centre presents “Linked”, an exhibition of work by students in the Fleming College Visual and Creative Arts Diploma Class.
“Linked” gives insight into the progressive nature of student work that is at turns playful, pensive and sometimes challenging to get a handle on — and that’s ok! This is the second year in a row the Rails End has presented a peek at the inner world of VCAD.
The show runs from February 27 until March 17. You can meet the artists at a reception on Thurday, March 11 from 5-7 or stop by the Gallery Wednesday through Saturday from 11-5. For upcoming events at the Rails End visit www.railsendgallery.com.
The Dorset Recreation Centre has announced a new day for it’s FREE Moms & Tots Playgroup.
The Moms and Tots Playgroup is now meeting on Tuesdays from 10am to 12pm.
All infants, toddlers and preschool-aged children and their caregivers are welcome to to participate in this free weekly program.
Playgroup is a time for some fun and socializing with other kids & adults. Toys, books, crafts and more are provided free of charge by the Dorset Recreation Centre. The Moms and Tots Playgroup is self run so please bring your own beverages and snacks.
For more information, call Cheryl at 705-766-0874.
Dorset Recreation Centre
1051 Main Street, Box 99 Dorset
Email: drc@algonquinhighlands.ca
This is a non-sponsored post done as a community service for the Haliburton Highlands.
Special thanks to the fine folks who author the What’s Happening This Week! newsletter.
Photo courtesy of the Haliburton Highlands Tourism Dept.
Weekend Winter Trail Report Haliburton Highlands (CLICK to enlarge)
Weekend Winter Trail Report Haliburton Highlands Pt. 2 (CLICK to enlarge)
Ski Conditions defined (CLICK to enlarge)
Working on weekend and long term weather forecast–will be posted soon!
Photo: http://www.xcottawa.ca/articles.php?id=356
Each winter a series of races take place in locations throughout Ontario that collectively form the Ontario Cup series.
Each district of Cross Country Ontario hosts a race at one of it’s member club sites.
Races typically run on weekends with Saturday races being of the ‘Classic’ style and Sunday races being of the ‘Free’ or ‘Skate’ style.
There are age categories for the participants in each race that may include midget-aged boys and girls, juvenile aged boys and girls, junior aged boys and girls, junior aged men and women, and senior men and women.
Points are awarded based on finish results of each race. These points are used to as selection criteria for high performance team selections and awards.
This winter, Southern Ontario District is proud to support two Ontario Cup races. On January 16 & 17, Arrowhead Nordic and the community of Huntsville will be hosted the Ontario Winter Games. Ontario Cup #2 took place that weekend.
On the weekend of February 27 & 28, Haliburton Nordic Ski Club will host Ontario Cup #5. Both events promise to be a great showcasing of Nordic skiing in southern Ontario. Take the opportunity to go and watch, participate, or volunteer to help out.
Glebe Park Haliburton
Contact: County Visitor Info Centre
Tel: 705-286-1777 or 1-800-461-7677,
Email: tourism@county.haliburton.on.ca
This is a non-sponsored post in support of the Haliburton Highlands.
Photo Credit: http://skihaliburton.com
Haliburton County Winter Trail Report – February 12-15, 2010
Updated: February 11, 2010 7 am
All HCSA Top trails are being groomed on Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights along with some of the other main club trails.
Snow is thin in some areas and that combined with extremely heavy traffic can quickly make the trails seem like they weren’t groomed. Please use care and caution when out riding, there are a lot of sleds out there and the trails get beat up in some of the main areas. The groomer operators are doing commendable work.
Moose and Eagle Lakes are now staked and Open.
The floating bridge is now installed. Signage is in place and the reroute of the trail through Minden north to the #2 and #4 trails has been done as well.
As you probably know, there must be a minimum of 10 inches of ice on any lake crossing before we will stake it. Please be careful and stay off lakes even though they look safe. Warmer conditions may have changed the status of the ice, so please be careful.
OPEN - Trails are groomed and open for snowmobiling
LIMITED- Trails may or may not be groomed. Expect marginal conditions and use extra caution.
CLOSED – Trails are Closed. Please remain off them.
Click to enlarge the Trail Report.
Thanks to the County of Haliburton Tourism Department for this report!
Miss Canada International 2010 - Canadian Ambassador to the Teddy Bears of Hope Campaign
(February 12, 2010, Haliburton, ON) The County of Haliburton is excited to announce that Bridget Nickerson, Miss Canada International 2010 will be in the Haliburton Highlands this Family Day Weekend!
A native of Nova Scotia, Miss Nickerson is currently touring across Canada. Miss Canada is strong supporter of giving back to her community and as such, she is the Canadian Ambassador to the Teddy Bears of Hope Campaign.
The Teddy Bears of Hope bring smiles and hope to children all over the globe who are lonely, underprivileged and caught in a web of poverty and despair.
Miss Canada International will attend the Haliburton Highlands Dog Sled Derby at the Pinestone Resort & Conference Centre on Sunday, February 14 where she will be available for media interviews and photos between 10 am and noon. She will also attend the Blue Line Charity Auction at McKeck’s on Sunday from 4 to 6pm. On Monday, she will enjoy some of the great winter activities the Haliburton Highlands has to offer before continuing her journey across Canada.
Thanks to the County of Haliburton, Department of Economic Development, Tourism & Marketing!
This is a non-paid post in support of the County of Haliburton and the Haliburton Highlands.
Marshall McLuhan
When: February 4, 2010
6:30pm (1.5 hours)
No Admission Fee!
NEW documentary released in 2007.
Directed by Kevin McMahon. Performance artist Laurie Anderson narrates this documentary filmed to explore the life and career of Marshall McLuhan while exploring just how the famed educator, philosopher, and scholar’s innovative 20th Century ideas hold up in the years after the millennial turnover.
Minden Hills Cultural Centre
Contact: Laurie Carmount
Tel: 705-286-3763
Email:
gallery@mindenhills.cawww.mindenculturalcentre.ca
Read on for a good sample of “McLuhanisms” for a bit of insight into a man whose ideas were far, far ahead of his time and whose sense of humour helped him make his message more accessible to the masses.
IF IT WORKS, IT’S OBSOLETE
-Marshall McLuhanisms-
The story of modern America begins With the discovery of the white man by
The Indians.
Only puny secrets need protection. Big discoveries are protected by public
incredulity.
Whereas convictions depend on speed-ups, justice requires delay.
The nature of people demands that most of them be engaged in the most
frivolous possible activities—like making money.
With telephone and TV it is not so much the message as the sender that is
“sent.”
Money is the poor man’s credit card.
We look at the present through a rear-view mirror. We march backwards into
the future.
Spaceship earth is still operated by railway conductors, just as NASA is
managed by men with Newtonian goals.
Invention is the mother of necessities.
You mean my whole fallacy’s wrong?
Mud sometimes gives the illusion of depth.
The car has become the carapace, the protective and aggressive shell, of urban and suburban man.
Why is it so easy to acquire the solutions of past problems and so difficult to solve current ones?
The trouble with a cheap, specialized education is that you never stop paying for it.
People don’t actually read newspapers. They step into them every morning like a hot bath.
The road is our major architectural form.
Today each of us lives several hundred years in a decade.
Today the business of business is becoming the constant invention of new business.
The price of eternal vigilance is indifference.
News, far more than art, is artifact.
When you are on the phone or on the air, you have no body.
Tomorrow is our permanent address.
All advertising advertises advertising.
The answers are always inside the problem, not outside.
“Camp” is popular because it gives people a sense of reality to see a replay of their lives.
This information is top security. When you have read it, destroy yourself.
The specialist is one who never makes small mistakes while moving toward the grand fallacy.
One of the nicest things about being big is the luxury of thinking little.
Politics offers yesterday’s answers to today’s questions.
The missing link created far more interest than all the chains and explanations of being.
In big industry new ideas are invited to rear their heads so they can be clobbered at once. The idea department of a big firm is a sort of lab for isolating dangerous viruses.
When a thing is current, it creates currency.
Food for the mind is like food for the body: the inputs are never the same as the outputs.
Men on frontiers, whether of time or space, abandon their previous identities. Neighborhood gives identity. Frontiers snatch it away.
The future of the book is the blurb. (Just as the future of news was the sound bite.–Cyn)
The ignorance of how to use new knowledge stockpiles exponentially.
A road is a flattened-out wheel, rolled up in the belly of an airplane.
At the speed of light, policies and political parties yield place to charismatic images.
“I may be wrong, but I’m never in doubt.”
—Copyright © 1986, McLuhan Associates, Ltd.
Wolf Hollow
Ron Lawrence was well known for his work rehabilitating wild wolves. In this new exhibition, Wolf Hollow, named after the private wildlife sanctuary in Gooderham that Lawrence established with wife Sharon in Gooderham, ON, you can be a part of the experiences of Ron and Sharon Lawrence’s restoration of health and returning to the wild of wolves, bears, porcupines, skunks, owls, and other animals that took refuge at Wolf Hollow, discovering dramatic true stories of trauma, recovery and freedom.
This exhibition will be on display from January 14 through August 28.
For more info:
R.D. Lawrence Place, Minden Hills Cultural Centre
176 Bobcaygeon Road Minden
Contact: Sheryl Loucks
Tel: 705-286-2298
Email: rdlawrenceplace@mindenhills.ca
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