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Lights, camera, action!

After years of anticipation and long months of planning, the Lebovic Centre for Arts & Entertainment Nineteen on the Park hosts its two-week opening celebrations from May 9 to 23.

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Closing the door on fame

After years of churning out deathless prose in relative obscurity, I’m not about to pass up on the opportunity of fame by association.

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May 15 is Movie Night

Stouffville Movie Night will feature two full-length feature films as part of the opening celebrations at Nineteen on the Park.

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WhiStle Radio, acoustically yours

On Friday May 9 at 8 p.m., WhiStle Radio presents a live broadcast of  Open Mike with Al and Trudy Yetman at the Cedar Beach Grill.

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Closing the door on fame


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Trillium Foundation Confirms Festival Funding

MPP Helena Jaczek and Gary Gladstone from the Ontario Trillium Foundation (OTF) were in Stouffville April 14 to present a plaque to the Whitchurch-Stouffville Strawberry Festival honouring the hard work and dedication of the festival committee by announcing the success of their funding application.

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Justin Hines to headline Springvale show

On May 1 at 7 p.m., award-winning singer/songwriter Justin Hines will headline a benefit concert for Stouffville Christian School at Springvale Baptist Church.

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More Stars Than There are in the Sky

by Jill McWhinnie
One thing my mother and I always agreed on was James Garner – the tall, dark, handsome star of the old western series, Maverick. As the wily, witty, gun-shy Bret Maverick, Garner was, in both our estimations, simply the most appealing character on TV in the 1950s and 60s.

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Taking Care of Business

by Bruce Stapley
Less than a year after graduating from chiropractic school, celebrity Stouffvillite Mathieu Turgeon has found a place to hang his shingle.

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Don’t follow that car

There are a lot of different things I have tried in my life, but a car rally is not one of them. Now and then I have noticed local organizations holding these mystery events, but I have never entered one myself, until now.

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Days of our lives

Last month I wrote about April being Poetry Month. It has struck me that there are a lot of such special named days, weeks or months and they seem to be increasing every year.

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On The Run

by Robin Steckley
Have you noticed that more of your friends are investing in personal trainers? I know I have.
Curious about the reasons for this, I contacted Stouffville resident and personal trainer Harvey Mitos, who began his career through his mother-in-law in 1994.

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A Royal Treat

It’s not too late too book your trip to the UK in the company of the talented singers, dancers and actors of Music Mania, Stouffville’s venerable variety show.

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You Asked For It!

That’s the name of the 2009 exhibit at Whitchurch-Stouffville Museum, which opens May 15.

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Movies on the park

Whitchurch-Stouffville Public Library and the Stouffville Free Press will present a special film night at the Lebovic Centre for Arts & Entertainment Nineteen on the Park on Wednesday, May 27 at 7 p.m.

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