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Music Niagara concert fundraising for Ukraine

Music Niagara concert fundraising for Ukraine

Silver Bells, a Bandura Trio — a bandura is a stringed instrument once banned by the Russian Czar— will perform for Music Niagara. All musicians are donating their time.
International Jazz Day celebrated with French music

International Jazz Day celebrated with French music

Juliet Dunn has made a tradition of performing with Le Trio Parisien, shown here at Manhattan's in St. Catharines.
Sisters star in Laura Secord's Mamma Mia! production

Sisters star in Laura Secord's Mamma Mia! production

Hannah Jamal (L) plays the mother of her younger sister Ayla (R) in Laura Secord Secondary School's Mamma Mia! (photos by Mike Balsom) You might say Hannah Jamal is getting a bit of a promotion, from older sister to mother, in the upcoming Laura Seco
Celine curates performance recognizing Oscar

Celine curates performance recognizing Oscar

Niagara-on-the-Lake resident and one-time Oscar Peterson protege joins Jeff Hamilton, Dave Young and Ulf Wakenius on April 30 for a Bravo Niagara International Jazz Day show April 30 at the First Ontario PAC.
Royal Oak students create Ukrainian Easter eggs

Royal Oak students create Ukrainian Easter eggs

Christyna Prokipchuk (right) donates the art of Pysanka, or decorating Ukrainian Easter eggs, to Royal Oak Community School students, teachers, and volunteers at St. Mark's Church, just in time for Ukrainian Easter, on Sunday, April 24.
Lisiecki recital for Bravo Niagara! part of four-month tour

Lisiecki recital for Bravo Niagara! part of four-month tour

Jan Lisiecki, now 27, signed a recording contract with Deutsche Grammophon at just 15 years old. (Christoph Kostlin) Four-plus months, 12 countries and more than 30 cities.
Open Mic Sundays back at legion hall

Open Mic Sundays back at legion hall

Leg Julie Van Horne, Steve Goldberger and Rayburn Blake were regulars at the legion sessions, and played at the last one before the COVID shutdown.
Museum research room open for sleuths, curious public

Museum research room open for sleuths, curious public

Assistant Curator Shawna Butts at work with NOTL Museum artifacts.
Tomorrow's Voices brings children together

Tomorrow's Voices brings children together

Tomorrow's Voices St. Davids resident Todd Green knows the benefits of choir singing. After all, the Brock University Goodman School of Business professor has researched them thoroughly.
Cyrano ‘theatrical version of comfort food’

Cyrano ‘theatrical version of comfort food’

Tom Rooney as Cyrano and Deborah Hay as Roxane in Cyrano de Bergerac. (Photo by David Cooper) It’s fitting that Shaw Festival’s first 2022 presentation in one of its signature theatres is a play that was part of its last pre-pandemic full season.