The ninth annual Whitchurch-Stouffville Studio Tour and Sale takes place Oct. 17 and 18 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and features 26 artists at 18 different venues. Participating artists include painters, potters, jewellery makers, stained and fused glass artisans and a wood turner.
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Aphasia Centre Celebrates 20th Anniversary
On Nov. 7 at 6:30 p.m., the York-Durham Aphasia Centre (YDAC) will hold a 20th anniversary celebration at the Lebovic Centre for Arts and Entertainment-Nineteen on the Park.
Aphasia is a language disorder that can impair a person’s speech and make it hard for him or her to understand the speech of others. It can also […]
A universal language
by Kate Gilderdale
By the time this column is in print, my son will have married his beautiful Turkish Canadian fiancée and Mr. Wallethead and I will be basking in the reflected glory of their joyful day.
Taking Care of Business
by Bruce Stapley
Multi-Talented Multiverse Owner Takes Over as Strawberry Festival Chair
Catherine McCowan has added another job to add to her extracurricular list. The owner/operator of The Multiverse on Main St. is settling in as chair and president of the Strawberry Festival for 2010.
Away We Go kicks off Film Circuit series in Stouffville
On Oct. 14 at 7 p.m., Starlight Cinema at Nineteen on the Park presents Away We Go, directed by Sam Mendes, who won an Academy Award for American Beauty.
A small community with a huge heart
by Ruth LeBlanc
On Sept. 13, the annual Terry Fox Run for cancer research was held in communities across Canada. Stouffville was no exception, with 885 registered participants and 126 volunteers turning out to honour Terrance Stanley Fox’s dream of finding a cure for cancer.
Transformed by dance
At 8 p.m. on Oct. 15, 16 and 17 at Nineteen on the Park, Motus O dance theatre will present the premiere of Perspectives, a series of short works which brilliantly illuminate a variety of issues that affect our lives and our world.
A wonderful mix
To Kinjal Dagli-Shah:
I just read your first article in the Stouffville Free Press and I wanted to say welcome to Stouffville.
Back to the future
by Jill McWhinnie
The launch of Starlight Cinema’s Film Circuit series this month will begin a new chapter in the history of 19 Civic Avenue as a movie theatre.
A fresh perspective
Our newest contributor, Kinjal Dagli-Shah, has received a wonderful welcome from Free Press readers. As Whitchurch-Stouffville becomes more diverse, Kinjal will talk to other newcomers and find out what brought them to Stouffville and what they enjoy about their new home.
New Beginnings
By Kinjal Dagli-Shah
Coleen Gordon lost 10 pounds during her first week in Canada in the winter of 2007. “I don’t know if it was the stress of settling in a country that’s not home, or just the exercise,” said Coleen, laughing.
Letter from Abu Dhabi
by Pam Mandich
I am writing this from my hotel room in Moscow where we are taking a family vacation, since my daughter has a week off from school to mark Eid ul Fitr, the three day celebration at the end of Ramadan.
Here’s to the next 30 years!
By Maura Broadhurst
PreView, the Latcham Gallery’s current exhibition and celebration of the gallery’s 30th anniversary, features works by Katie Bethune-Leamen, Andrea Carvalho, Daniel Colby, Jacquelin Heichert, Robert Hengeveld and Tania Love.
Bethune-Leamen explores issues of camouflage, reproducing the artwork from the musical group OMD’s 1983 album cover Dazzle Ships. Carvalho has constructed a shelter made out […]
What’s in a name?
To the Editor:
How much is a name worth? Yes, we have important people in the municipality. We have a town council that must save our money and manage it as any manager of a corporation would.
Previous Stories
- Studio Tour showcases local art
- Aphasia Centre Celebrates 20th Anniversary
- A universal language
- Taking Care of Business
- Away We Go kicks off Film Circuit series in Stouffville
- A small community with a huge heart
- Transformed by dance
- Cars for a cause
- A wonderful mix
- Back to the future
- A fresh perspective
- New Beginnings
- Letter from Abu Dhabi
- Here’s to the next 30 years!
- A great community
- Welcome to Stouffville
- Adjusting to small town life
- Immigrant perspective appreciated
- A positive point of view
- Rear-view Mirror
- Building hope for the future
- Born to run
- New route, same inspiring cause
- Taking Care of Business
- Film Circuit opening delayed until October
- On the house
- Cedar Beach celebrates 80th anniversary
- Thoughts in passing
- The Holy Month of Ramadan
- On The Run
- A splashy celebration
- Mennonite World Conference
- Dog days of summer
- Latcham Gallery turns 30
- Welcome Home
- In praise of community newspapers
- Fries with everything
- Bollywood comes to town
