By Sue Tiffin After 30 years, Music by the Gull is moving to a new home. The popular summertime event, in which bands set up on Water Street in downtown Minden to play for crowds…
Reading together: Book clubs connect friends over good…
By Sue Tiffin Throughout the county, dozens of thriving book clubs – some of them public and open to members, some private and made up of longtime friends - bring people together for stimulating conversation…
Music opportunity for youth with blues contest
By Darren Lum The Highlands Buckslide Blues Society is offering an opportunity for the next B.B. King or Janis Joplin to be discovered with an upcoming music contest. Open to Highlands’ youth 12 to 18-years-old,…
Library’s programming offers ‘something for everybody’
By Sue Tiffin Andrea Brown said she aims to be a community builder, and she’s off to a great start. Brown joined the Haliburton County Public Library as programming and outreach co-ordinator in late October…
Minden Kin Club’s truck pull a go
By Sue Tiffin After a hugely successful ice racing event, the Minden Kin Club is ready to do it again – this time in warmer weather. The club has announced Minden’s annual truck pull and…
Minden Agricultural Society plans the return of the…
By Sue Tiffin As summer nears, the Minden Fairgrounds will once again be filled with music, animals and people celebrating and promoting agriculture. A Haliburton County Fair Event – a sort of micro-fair – will…
Welcoming gatherings, en plein air
By Sue Tiffin “It’s the difference between live music and a studio recording, not as polished but heartfelt,” said Harvey Walker, artist, in describing the experience of plein air painting – painting outdoors. Walker paints…
Author Waubgeshig Rice visits HHSS
By Olivia Johnson Haliburton Highlands Secondary School staff and students gained perspective with the opportunity to speak with Indigenous author and journalist Waubgeshig Rice on Monday, April 4. Christine Carr, a teacher at HHSS, organized…
Pysanky for Easter
By Sue Tiffin Ginger Kulas spoke to the Minden and District Horticultural Society on the art of decorating Easter eggs, a Ukrainian tradition she learned about when she married Bill Kulas 44 years ago and…
Full house for artist Alex Jack at Agnes…
By Jerelyn Craden A bright, sunny, spring day matched the enthusiasm and attendance for the landscape artist Alex Jack’s exhibit and artist talk, Drawing in Landscape, at the Agnes Jamieson Gallery (AJG) on Saturday, April…
Artists, public rally around Agnes Jamieson Gallery
By Jerelyn Craden On Saturday, March 12, more than 30 people representing the wide range of arts and culture in the Highlands, including Fleming College, Haliburton School of Art and Design students and faculty, Arts…
Minden’s banner photo contest focuses on feathered friends
By Jerelyn Craden Do you love the sight of colourful birds? Enjoy taking photos of nature? Do you think you might enjoy seeing one of your photos of a bird that is local to the…
Alex Jack draws in landscape at Agnes Jamieson…
By Jerelyn Craden Unique, stand-out landscape artist, Alex Jack is back at the Agnes Jamieson Gallery (AJG) with a solo exhibit that runs from February 1 to April 2. With over 40 pieces, ranging in…
Kinmount Fair announces return for 150th celebration
By Jerelyn Craden The Kinmount Fair is coming back after a two year pause due to the pandemic, and its new theme is history-making: Celebrating 150 years. “Thirteen fairs [throughout Ontario] have dissolved over the…
Kinark Outdoor Learning Centre brings camp to your…
By Stephen Petrick Can’t make it to a campsite this spring or summer? Don’t worry, the Kinark Outdoor Learning Centre can bring the fun of camping right to your home. The centre, which helps children…
Canoe FM’s new Opera Night in Canada
By Jerelyn Craden “Opera Night in Canada,” (ONC) the new show on Haliburton’s volunteer community radio station, Canoe FM, was given its name by creator and host, Dawn Martens, who is on a mission to…
Celebrating Black History Month at the HCPL
Selections honouring and celebrating Black History Month, available year-round through the Haliburton County Public Library. Documentary: Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson A two-part documentary about the first ever Black Heavyweight Champion…
Community arts workshops coming soon
The call has just gone out for Arts Council – Haliburton Highlands (ACHH) members working in the arts and crafts who have a passion for their medium, have developed their skills and would like to…
Friends of the Rail Trail celebrates the village
By Stephen Petrick All aboard: It’s time to start thinking about the Haliburton County Rail Trail again. The organization that supports the trail, Friends of the Rail Trail (FoRT), is holding a celebratory meeting to…
Freedom to read: Mein Kampf challenged at HCPL
By Sue Tiffin Three days after Chris Stephenson took on the role of CEO at Haliburton County Public Library last September, he arrived at work to encounter a rare request – for a book to…
Staff shortages could cause temporary library closures
Board members broach topic of reducing number of branches By Sue Tiffin Library patrons are being asked to ensure the branch they’re headed to is open prior to visiting, as temporary closures could occur…