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LCCVI arts scholar
August 14, 2024
LCCVI graduate Rylee Kerr was one of four winners of the annual Gallery in the Grove Art Scholarship. The photographer will receive $1,000 toward her education in photography at Lambton College this fall. Awards were also presented to Samantha Guertin and Reese Waller of Northern and Lina Chanaga of St. Pat’s. Submitted phot
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Artwork showing Petrolia’s history to be preserved
March 16, 2018
Thanks to the efforts of local historians, Hamilton Shew Leong’s colourful art will live on. Leong is the creator of the historical murals that have long graced the walls of the Oil Rig restaurant —depicting scenes from Petrolia’s oil boom history. According to Petrolia Heritage Committee member Dave Hext, members were concerned the murals would be lost when the restaurant
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Celebrating Petrolia’s Scottish roots
December 7, 2017
For the last 147 years, people of Scottish descent – and those who wish they were – have been getting together in Petrolia for St. Andrew’s Day. St. Andrew is the patron saint of Scotland and Nov. 30th became the time for the St. Andrew’s Society to meet and celebrate their roots. The tradition lives on in six communities in
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VPP 2018 season set
November 19, 2017
Victoria Playhouse Petrolia is hoping a season of uplifting songs and comedy will let spirits soar. Artistic Directors David Hogan and David Rogers released the 2018 season line up recently and it includes the comedies Shirley Valentine and The Andrews Brothers. There are also four musical theatre offerings which includes everything from country gospel and music from Canada’s East Coast
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Alvinston artist’s creative play featured
October 13, 2017
Alvinston artist Liana Russwurm says as a child, she and her siblings were left to create their own fun. That she says may be part of her fascination with toys in her new exhibit, Out of the Tickle Trunk. It opened at First Friday in Sarnia. Russwurm was working on a series of masks and came to her marionettes and
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Spooky Lasalle Line video in the making
October 11, 2017
People driving down Lasalle Line near Watford may have been spooked Saturday. Songwriters Neil Werden (at the right)and Paul Macguire collaborated on a song called Graveyard Dance and Saturday night, members of the Arts Council of East Lambton helped the pair shoot a video at Werden’s home. About 20 people dressed as Zombies spent a warm summer evening work on
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Small town girl takes on the universe
October 5, 2017
Katherine Highgate says being from a small town has allowed her core values and ethics to shine through while competing in national pageants. The Dresden native who went to LCCVI as a teen and was a 2009 Nicol Scholar will be apart of this years Miss Universe Canada in Toronto. When she was younger Highgate was very shy, however when
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Brooke-Alvinston shows what pie can do
October 5, 2017
Auction raises $30,900 For 26 years, people have opened their wallets and their hearts at the massive pie auction which opens the Brooke-Alvinston-Watford Fall Fair. But this year was unlike any other. And one special little pie started it all off. The auction started in 1991 and raised $2,800 for a little girl from Bright’s Grove who needed a heart
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Lambton Heritage Museum to close until February for renovations
October 1, 2017
One of Lambton’s cultural centers is closing for renovations. Lambton Heritage Museum will be closed starting Oct. 16 for major renovations which includes removing walls, improving the heating and cooling system, new flooring and some new lighting. Corporate Cultural Officer Andrew Meyer says this is the final phase of a four-year renovation plan. While the museum near Pinery Park remained
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Warwick residents more likely to contribute to new hall than renovated Centennial
September 13, 2017
It appears there is more support to build a new community centre in Watford than there is to renovate Centennial Hall. Earlier this year, a consultant told Warwick Council the 50 year-old community hall is not up to code and suggested it should be closed instead of sinking hundreds of thousands of dollars into it. He suggested community events could
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Lots of chance to show your art in Petrolia
September 13, 2017
The Independent Staff If you’re an artist, there are lots of opportunities to show your work in Petrolia in the next few weeks. A miniature art show is being held at the Petrolia Library. Artists can submit works in any medium – oils, watercolours, photography and mixed media – as long as they are no larger than 4×6 inches large.
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Fairbank, Wright and the Group of Seven works part of new art gallery exhibit
September 10, 2017
Lisa Daniels says art in the First World War was either eager and optimistic or brutally realistic. The Judith and Norman Alix Art Gallery is hosting the exhibit Witness, Canadian Art of the First World War. It comes from the Canadian War Museum to mark the 100th anniversary of Canada’s participation in Vimy Ridge. At the time, the government paid
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