EDEN MILLS – The 14th annual Eden Mills Book Sale is back.
Arts & Entertainment
Eden Mills Writers’ Festival returns to in-person event
Writers’ Festival – After moving online for the previous two years due to the pandemic, the Eden Mills Writers’ Festival was back in person on Sept. 11.
So, you want to write a novel?
ELORA – Authors Sonia Day and Donna McCaw are presenting an evening dedicated to novel writing at the Elora Centre For the Arts on Sept. 29 from 7 to 9pm.
Headwaters Arts kicks off Fall Festival on Sept. 15
ALTON – Headwaters Arts Fall Festival kicks off Sept. 15 with the Opening Night Soiree of the Fall Festival’s Juried Art Show and Sale at the Alton Mill Arts Centre in Alton from 6 to 9pm.
Mount Forest native’s debut novel longlisted for Scotiabank Giller Prize
MOUNT FOREST – Former Mount Forest resident André Forget has been longlisted for the 2022 Scotiabank Giller Prize Award for his novel debut 'In the City of Pigs.'
Music school highlights local youth talent at Riverfest Elora
ELORA – The students of Adrian Jones Music School once again kicked off the Riverfest Elora music festival this year.
Got talent? Centre Wellington is looking for you
CENTRE WELLINGTON – Call it Centre Wellington’s Got Talent or Star Search Centre Wellington.
Officials: new exhibit a reminder the most important aspect of life is a sense of connection
ELORA – The Elora Centre for the Arts (ECFTA) is offering a new exhibition in its gallery by award-winning northern Ontario artist Bruce Cull.
GBHS presents book reading and talkback
GUELPH – The Guelph Black Heritage Society (GBHS) is presenting It Was Dark There All the Time - Sophia Burthen and the Legacy of Slavery in Canada, a book reading and “talkback” with curator and historian Andrew Hunter.
Canadian sketch comedy stars coming to the Fergus Grand Theatre
FERGUS – The Fergus Grand Theatre’s 2022-23 presenting series kicks off on Sept. 23 with Middle Raged, a hilarious stage show starring Geri Hall and Gary Pearson that explores the time of life when you’re running out of time.
ECT holding auditions for The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
ELORA – The Elora Community Theatre (ECT) will be hosting auditions for The Best Christmas Pageant Ever!
Renske Helmuth quilt display opens Sept. 9
MAPLETON - A showcase of work by a local quilter will be presented on Sept. 9 and 10. Renske’s World of Quilting will feature quilts by Renske Helmuth.
Strong community support helps bring Thorning’s history of Elora closer to reality
ELORA – The late Stephen Thorning’s book, The Model Village and the Struggle for Success: A…
Elora quilter’s work on display in council chamber
ELORA – She’s a sewer, a quilter, a teacher, a seller of fabric from South Africa, but only recently has Céleste Compion started thinking of herself as an artist. And it’s only come to that because of other people calling her one.
Music in Park concert to raise funds for Ukraine
HARRISTON – A local group is planning an evening concert in a park here on Sept. 2, with proceeds going to assist with the humanitarian crisis caused by the war in Ukraine.