The beautiful old house captured Lynn Fenech’s imagination. Built in 1827, The Poplars was Cobourg’s oldest standing home, with a history rich in figures from the past. One of those people was Fenech’s great-great-grandfather, Dr. John Beatty, a mayor of Cobourg and a founder of University of Toronto’s Victoria College. For over a hundred years, [...]
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EAST OF THE CITY: Preserving MemoriesEAST OF THE CITY: Music Man
31 Dec 69
The call came out of the blue while Dan Clancy was sitting at home with his family. “Hi Danny. It’s Paul Hoffert from the band Lighthouse. My wife Brenda and I would like to come and see you perform at the Tartan.” The call came out of the blue while Dan Clancy was sitting at [...]
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EAST OF THE CITY: The Art of Sustainability
31 Dec 69
Scratch the skin of an artist and you’ll often find an environmentalist beneath. Scratch the skin of an artist and you’ll often find an environmentalist beneath. Artists are green souls, according to Birgitta MacLeod. An artist herself, she is also one of four artist-partners in Port Perry’s Meta4 Contemporary Craft Gallery. “We care about the [...]
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HEALTHCARE CAREERS EXPRESS and LIVE IT!: Art Therapy — A picture paints a thousand words
31 Dec 69
All art is a kind of confession, more or less oblique. All artists, if they are to survive, are forced, at last, to tell the whole story; to vomit the anguish up. ~ James Baldwin All art is a kind of confession, more or less oblique. All artists, if they are to survive, are forced, [...] |
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