Wanted: actors for HSF’s silver season

By Emily Stonehouse Sometimes a new year is an opportunity to get outside your comfort zone, or to reconnect with something that once brought you joy.  With the Highlands Summer Festival (HSF) recently announcing their…

Hal High students venture south

By Emily Stonehouse A group of local high school students were recently dazzled by the bright lights in the big city.  As a part of the drama initiatives at Haliburton Highlands Secondary School (HHSS), a…

Artists dream of a place on Wonderland (Road)

By James Matthews Haliburton artists are aiming for a five-year timeframe to begin construction of a facility in Dysart.Dan Manley, president of the Haliburton Highlands Arts Centre Foundation, and Beth Kipping, the foundation’s vice-president, met…

HSF presents Flannel Frolic

By Vivian Collings Highlands Summer Festival has stitched together the perfect blanket to warm up a cold January night: their first ever Flannel Frolic. Grab your favourite flannel, your partner, and some friends on Friday,…

Big changes for Highlands Christmas Shindig

By Vivian Collings The Highlands Christmas Shindig is putting a little twist on the popular holiday fundraiser for Fuel for Warmth this year. Adverse Conditions Highlands Soul Band, a new local music group, will be…

HHSS students make their mark in Haliburton

By Vivian CollingsThe picturesque mural of Ritchie Falls canvasing the wall of the entrance at Haliburton Home Hardware is all thanks to a few students from Haliburton Highlands Secondary School.With the guidance of local painter…

Razzamataz brings in international circus

By Emily Stonehouse Razzamataz Kids’ Show are back at it again. Less than a month since their successful viewing of the Odawa Wiingushk performance, the organizers for children’s programming in the area are presenting another…

HOS receives $92,100 grant for pilot projects

By Vivian Collings Opera programs in Haliburton County are going up an octave thanks to a $92,100 Ontario Trillium Foundation (OTF) Resilient Communities grant. Highlands Opera Studio (HOS) received the grant in the summer of…