Georgetown Independent


Exhibit opens at Williams Mill
Friday July 18 2008


Artist Sonja Mortimer was one of the 50 featured artists in a new exhibit, Eyeful III, which opened at the Williams Mill Gallery, Sunday. The original work fills the walls floor to ceiling in the salon style that began in 17th century Paris, when being in such a show proved an artist’s success. The show continues until September.                        
Local virtuosos earn 69 medals
Wednesday July 16 2008
ROSEMARIE CHÂLES-HOOKER, Special to The IFP
The talented musicians of Hi & Louw Keys Piano Studio participated in the Milton Music 19th Biennial Festival recently and brought home 35 gold, 19 silver and 15 bronze medals.

This festival was dedicated to the memory of Aaron...

Peter Pan auditions start Thursday
Wednesday July 16 2008
Brampton Music Theatre will be holding auditions for its fall show, Peter Pan. All are welcome to try out.

The cast will consist of 50 to 60 people as young as five to as old as you feel. You will be required to sing a part of your best...

Wanna be a star?
Friday July 11 2008
The Georgetown Little Theatre, now approaching its 50th season in 2010-2011, is ramping up for the 2008-2009 season with three proven hits:  Rumors, a door-slamming farce by Neil Simon; A Party to Murder, a twisty mystery set in a remote...
Michaelson selected for prestigious Toronto show
Wednesday July 9 2008
The Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition has been a major event in Toronto for the last 47 years. It is recognized as the most prestigious and largest outdoor art exhibition in Canada.
 This year, Carol-Ann Michaelson has been chosen from more...
Williams Mill to open Parisian style show
Wednesday July 9 2008
The Williams Mill Gallery presents its third annual summer salon show, Eyeful III— art from floor to ceiling in the Parisian salon style.  
Original artwork from more than 50 artists will be shown.
The exhibit opens Sunday, July 13,...
Summer Solstice art show opens today
Friday June 20 2008

Summer solstice is the longest day of the year and marks the beginning of summer. To celebrate this celestial event Chantal Garneau is hosting an Art Show and Crystal Sale at her studio, 66 Main St. S., that will begin on Friday, June 20 and...

Arts and culture committee plans 2010 symposium
Friday June 13 2008
The Ad Hoc Committee for an Arts, Culture and Heritage Action Plan is continuing on in its bid to seek a municipal cultural planning strategy.
Last week, the group hosted an information session in the Halton Hills Cultural Centre Gallery, with...
Local artists to participate in various exhibits this month
Wednesday June 4 2008
Former Acton High School student Helen Galt, now Helen Duplassie, is having her first solo art show, Five Weeks in Paris, at Beaux-Arts, Brampton Galleries in the Art Cove Gallery, June 1-30.
A meet-the-artist reception will be held on...
Local man writes of boyhood hero and speedboat racing
Friday May 30 2008
John Kelly has always had a thing for power boats.

Growing up in Windsor as a boy, he could hear them racing on the nearby Detroit River, and by the time he was 9 to 11 years of age, he had scrapbooks filled with newspaper clippings...

Woodworking couple join Artisans’ Attic co-operative
Friday May 23 2008
Two new members, the husband and wife team of Mike Bergeron and Monica Mori, have joined the Artisans’ Attic fold.
Bergeron and Mori have 39 years of experience between them in the art of woodworking originating from their high school days...
Gospel concert set for May 31
Friday May 23 2008
Georgetown southern gospel music fans will  get a chance to see some of the finest the genre has to offer at a concert in memory of Georgetown native Dan Lane Saturday, May 31 at 6 p.m. at Georgetown Christian Reformed Church on Trafalgar...
Boys night
Wednesday May 21 2008
Director Sam Hancock greeted author Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch at the gala presentation of The Georgetown Boys at the John Elliott Theatre last Wednesday. Skrypuch wrote the book, Aram's Choice, which Hancock adapted for the stage as The Georgetown...
Innerscapes set to Zoom Zoom Zoom
Wednesday May 21 2008

The local art group Innerscapes will display their latest work in the show, Zoom Zoom Zoom, from May 27 until June 21 at the Halton Hills Cultural Centre. 
This is the third installment in the “Zoom” series, exhibited at the...