By Robert Mackenzie Published Aug 3 2017 New Year’s Eve was always a special night in Dennis Casey’s house growing up but not just because of the ball drop. After midnight on Jan. 1 a…
Tour de Forest this weekend
By Jenn Watt Published Aug. 3 2017 If you go out in the woods this long weekend you’re likely to find dozens of artists demonstrating their craft. Saturday and Sunday of the long weekend are…
Art takes shape in chainsaw sculpting class
By Jenn Watt Published Aug. 1 2017 Artists plied their pine blocks like butter their chainsaws like knives pushing away layers of wood. Through the foam of protective earmuffs the whine of the machines is…
Artist hopes to inspire others for change
by Darren Lum Published Aug. 1 2017 Talking about our trash is how change begins said Haliburton School of Art and Design’s reclaim artist in residence. Toronto-based multidisciplinary artist Jennifer Norman is concerned for our…
DysART 150 Trail takes users on interactive tour
By Jenn Watt Published Aug. 1 2017 A new art tour highlighting Dysart’s natural beauty and history was launched in July by the Haliburton Highlands Arts Council. Works by local artists are on display at…
Hilda’s Yard brings cast crew audience together
By Sue Tiffin Published Aug. 1 2017 A commute at the end of the work week couldn’t keep Terri Hawkes from summer theatre. The director playwright and actor is used to travelling from Toronto to…
Knitting from Kennisis Lake Road to the world
By Sue Tiffin Published Aug. 1 2017 Tucked away in a studio on Kennisis Lake Road a group of knitters have been building a strong global community. But set aside any negative stereotypes you might…
Wonder Makers connects kids to bigger picture
By Robert Mackenzie Published Aug. 1 2017 A light blue table cloth peppered with stray glue and glitter covers a table in the Wilberforce library branch while the adults in the room go about their…
Centre for Making opens at HSAD
The Haliburton School of Art and Design cut the ribbon on their new innovative workspace July 20. HSAD’s new Centre for Making lab has a number of advanced devices and machines that are now open…
Summer art classes not just for adults
“Chaka what’s this called? Is it a rasper?” asks Molly Trickett one of the youth attendees of Chaka Chikodzi’s stone sculpting class at Haliburton School of Art and Design. Molly is at HSAD learning from…
Cassidy Glecoff wins BluesFest competition to record single…
By Robert Mackenzie Published July 18 2017 Haliburton's Cassidy Glecoff earned herself a record deal after winning the She's The One competition at RBC BluesFest in Ottawa over the weekend. Cassidy 17 was one of…
Lions build Little Free Library for West Guilford
By Jenn Watt Published July 11 2017 The Haliburton Lions Club marked the Dysart 150 and Lions Club International's 100th with their first Little Free Library constructed by Peter Stelter and stocked with books purchased…
Remembrance in spotlight
By Darren Lum Published July 11 2017 Later this month the Highlands Summer Festival is bringing an award-winning show that has wowed audiences and critics alike. Jake’s Gift is about a Second World War veteran…
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…
On the beer trail in the Highlands
Lily Coneybeare lines up the sample cups along the wooden bar at Rhubarb Restaurant in Carnarvon and pours five tiny drinks. The cream ale is golden and smooth tasting. It’s one of Boshkung Brewing Company’s…
Funny thing happening at the Highlands Summer Festival
By Sue Tiffin Published July 4 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…
Artists create special work for Canada 150
Birthdays provide pause for reflection as well as an opportunity for celebration. This year the Haliburton County Studio Tour is celebrating its 30th anniversary. Amongst municipal and national 150th celebrations there is a great opportunity…
Bring home a ‘moosterpiece’
By Robert Mackenzie Published June 27 2017 Art on the Dock is returning to Kennisis Lake in July and will be featuring some new “Mooseterpieces” for cottagers to take home. The fundraiser held by the…
Painting of historic council to hang at Dysart…
A painting depicting the members of Dysart council from 1912 will hang in the Dysart et al municipal office for the next few months as part of the DysART 150 Trail. The art exhibition is…
Film explores hunting culture
By Jenn Watt Published June 20 2017 Erin Carmody had never shot a gun before she was featured in Leora Berman’s documentary. The former vegan and resident of Toronto had little experience of hunting culture…
Shout Sisters to sing for affordable housing
By Jenn Watt Published June 13 2017 They sing for the joy of it and to better the community. Each year the Shout Sister Choir puts on a fundraising concert to bring in dollars for…