By Sue Tiffin After becoming introduced to Indigenous beadwork, the first piece that Larry O'Connor beaded himself was a poppy, which he gave to his next door neighbour, a Legion member. “They say you should…
Band reflecting on latest album, eyeing next project
By Darren Lum Like the rugged terrain of the Highlands, the album The Mess We Made is a raw expression of local experimental punk band, The Bones of Jim Jones.Drawing on a period of life…
Wildcats will embrace Earth Day through songwriting workshop
By Darren Lum Archie Stouffer Elementary School students are being gifted an opportunity by local environment group Environment Haliburton (EH) to have their environmental consciousness raised with an artistic experience this coming Earth Day on…
Cultural centre reopens with quilt exhibit
By Laurie Carmount Presently exhibiting at the Agnes Jamieson Gallery, in Minden, is Colour with a U Too. This is a touring, national exhibition from the Studio Art Quilt Associates. A nonprofit organization, SAQA’s mission…
Operatic artists form Racial Equity Advisory Council
By Sue Tiffin, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter As the pandemic progressed, so too did more public discussion of systemic racism alongside a rise in xenophobia, in which Asian people faced verbal and physical attacks and…
AH pens letter of support for arts centre…
By Chad Ingram The Township of Algonquin Highlands is supporting a grant application by the Haliburton Highlands Arts Centre Foundation for money for a feasibility study for a would-be state-of-the-art performing arts centre in the…
New Nick Russell album to be released next…
By Chad Ingram Virtuosic Haliburton Highlands guitarist Nick Russell is dropping a new album March 1.Entitled ARCHTOP, the album takes its name from the 1949 Gibson L-7 guitar Russell used throughout its recording. Archtop guitars…
Lineup of storytellers revealed for upcoming YouTube event
By Staff A journalist, a director, an instructor, and multiple authors will be presenting their travel videos for the upcoming Six-Minute Escape event organized by the Arts Council Haliburton Highlands and the Haliburton Reads and…
Potter combines carving and raku
By Chad Ingram Renée Woltz says the beautiful natural environment and thriving arts community of the Haliburton Highlands feed her creative spirit.Woltz will be displaying and selling her unique pottery at the studio of painter…
Highlands Cinemas misses first summer in 40 years
By Sue Tiffin Highlands Cinemas in Kinmount will remain closed this season citing multiple factors in not being able to open for the 2020 season. “Well it was a long winter now it looks like…
Travel back in time with The Great Historic…
By Darren Lum Connect with history have fun and win prizes with Minden Hills Cultural Centre and Heritage Village’s Great Historic Bake Off. The bake off includes a weekly video baking lesson set in the…
Barkhouse named Indigenous Arts Award laureate
By Jenn Watt For the past 30 years artist Mary Anne Barkhouse has been examining issues crucial to our survival as a species – our stewardship of the land andwater the legacy of colonialism on…
Visual Arts the Great Depression and COVID-19
By Laurie Carmount Curator Agnes Jamieson Gallery An odd combination of words for a title I will grant you but consider the following. As you are probably aware during the 1930s the world ground to…
Photo conveys the mood of Picasso
By Darren Lum A couple weeks ago Haliburton Highlands Secondary School student Colleen Petric put one foot toward a post-secondary education in visual artswith an effective photo re-creation of Picasso’s Old Guitarist 1903. The art…
New tech brings colour to black and white…
By Zachary Roman The Minden Hills Cultural Centre has been using an artificial intelligenceprogram called DeOldify to restore old photographs with colour thenposting them to Facebook for the community to view from the comfort andsafety…
Music from Home attracts thousands of music fans
By Sue Tiffin Days into staying at home to stay safe and help prevent the spread ofcoronavirus Brent Coltman a guitar player and musician who regularlyjammed when community could gather had the idea of sharing…
Stories to brighten your day
Need to take a break from COVID-19 stories? Check out some of these features about people in our community. Shannon Quigley has always loved history but she said it wasn’t until her first job as…
Engaging people in history
By Sue Tiffin Shannon Quigley has always loved history but she said it wasn’t until her first job as a summer student at a Parks Canada national historic site that she realized it could be…
Former area resident puts up painting to buy…
By Jenn Watt When he thinks of the Zion United Church David Chambers is filled with memories of youth and family. The building on East Road in Carnarvon was where he went to Sunday school…
Howe sees connections in Salvaged Remnants
By Sue Tiffin Tiffany Howe won’t be at her exhibition Salvaged Remnants at the Agnes Jamieson Gallery for the duration of the show but withdidactics on the wall showcasing her work the multidisciplinary artisttold the…
Words come easily for Minden’s prolific poet
By Sue Tiffin The first thing Beth McWatters does after sitting back down in the armchair next to the window in her living room from which she gathers inspiration as life outside happens is show…