By Sue Tiffin Published Oct. 5 2017 Kathy Brock who is from Kingston but bought her raffle ticket from a quilter in Kennisis Lake is the lucky winner of a quilt raffled off at Canada…
Sophia Tink celebrating 10th anniversary on Studio Tour
By Darren Lum Published Sept. 26 2017 Like the changing autumn leaves of the Highlands local artist Sophia Tink has been a perennial presence among the diverse artists on the Haliburton County Studio Tour for…
Taylor creates art one piece at a time
By Chad Ingram Published Sept. 26 2017 It was the Haliburton County Studio Tour that inspired Cathy Taylor to begin creating her vibrant mosaic artwork. “I became interested in making mosaics in 2005 when I…
Fragment 47 a work of another colour
By Chad Ingram Published Sept. 14 2017 Nancy McPhee’s works of art are often created from a singular colour. “You stitch with the same colour as the fabric so you’re creating images through shadow” McPhee…
Twilight through the eyes of a young artist
By George Farrell Published July 20 2017 For those people in our long-term care facilities who are in their twilight years works of art can help to brighten up a day. That is the sentiment…
Exhibition challenges the conventional ideas of the tent
By Darren Lum Published July 13 2017 Artist John Notten invites the public to see the tent inan entirely new way when they come to see his show TheTent Project. It’s the latest exhibition hosted…
Radio show explores Indigenous issues
By Jenn Watt Published July 13 2017 Despite having Métis lineage on both sides of his family Minden Hills resident Larry O’Connor said he still knows much less than he’d like about his background and…
Writers present versions of Canadiana in new book
By Jenn Watt Published July 11 2017 Patricia Miller has cottaged in the Highlands her whole life. Her parents bought land on Lake Kashagawigamog in 1968 the same property that she and her family now…
Lighthearted musical starts summer theatre season
By Sue Tiffin Published July 5 2017 A stage full of smiles and an audience full of laughter opened the 18th season of the Highlands Summer Festival on July 3 with A Funny Thing Happened…
Meet John A. Macdonald in Stanhope
By Robert Mackenzie Published July 6 2017 Stanhope Museum’s Heritage Day is returning to the county July 15 featuring some special Canada 150 demonstrations. The annual celebration held from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at…
Cookbook celebrates Canada on its sesquicentennial
By Chad Ingram June 29 2017 Two local women are celebrating Canada’s sesquicentennial anniversary with a cookbook of 150 recipes many of them dating back to the time the country was founded. Barbara Gregory and…
Peculiar similarities at Agnes Jamieson Gallery
By Laurie Carmount Gallery curator For the month of June there are two exhibitions being offered at the Agnes Jamieson Gallery that have peculiar similarities: Paisley Tartan by Kate Carder-Thompson and The Inherent Legacy by…
Portrait exhibition opening coincides with workshop
By Sue Tiffin Published May 11 2017 Carole Finn has been painting portraits throughout her entire artistic career and now she has opened her studio to share them with the public. People in My Life…
Cruisers to play the Minden Curling Club May…
By Chad Ingram Published May 4 2017 Spending Saturday night with a bunch of cops may not necessarily sound like a good time but that will be the case when The Cruisers bring some ’50s…
Minden audience invited to be allies to LGBTQ…
By Sue Tiffin Published May 4 2017 An interactive drama coming to Minden will allow audience members the chance to confront a homophobic bully. Be Our Ally a 75-minute play about LGBTQ youth and the…
Bringing the farm to the cultural centre
Published April 20 2017 The following are brief reports of items discussed at Minden Hills council on April 13. Visitors to the Minden Hills Cultural Centre might have the chance to see livestock on display…
Tickets on sale for concert series
The 39th season for the Haliburton Concert Series is going to be filled with amazing musicians and wonderful music. The season begins on Saturday May 6 with Guy and Nadina . Guy Few (trumpet and…
Library offers exploration of technology
By Darren Lum Published April 13 2017 After five workshop sessions 14 Haliburton Home School students were excited about what they learned from the Tinker Lab pilot program offered at the Minden branch of the…
Take an artsy March Break at MHCC
By Darren Lum Published March 7 2017 Bring an open mind and get in touch with the past and unleash your creative side for this year’s March Break at the Minden Cultural Centre. The centre…
Harnessing the Elements at AJG
By Chad Ingram Published Jan. 26 2017 “‘Element’ has many meanings” said Agnes Jamieson Gallery curator Laurie Carmount at the opening reception of new exhibition Elements at the Minden Hills Cultural Centre last week. “Basically…
The eclipsed success of André Lapine
Born in what is now Latvia and buried in Minden artist André Lapine was a contemporary of members of the Group of Seven. Yet Lapine is not nearly as famous as his contemporaries for shaking…