New Year's Day Levee - Niagara Historical Society Museum
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What’s Happening Around Town<br />
<strong>Niagara</strong>-on-the-Lake’s CuLturaL <strong>New</strong>sLetter<br />
Volume 3, Issue 27 For the weeks of December 28, 2009 through January 31, 2010<br />
NEWSWORTHY &<br />
NOTEWORTHY<br />
Friday January 1<br />
NEW YEARS DAY<br />
<strong>New</strong> Year’s <strong>Day</strong> <strong>Levee</strong> at Navy<br />
Hall, 3pm<br />
Shaw Festival<br />
Film Series 2010<br />
Saturday January 2<br />
Shaw Film Series, 3pm<br />
Saturday January 9<br />
Shaw Film Series, 3pm<br />
Sunday January 10<br />
Salon opening for Pumphouse<br />
exhibit, 2pm<br />
Wednesday January 13<br />
Shaw Film Series, 3pm<br />
Thursday January 14<br />
Let’s Talk History at the<br />
Library, 2:30pm<br />
Saturday January 16<br />
Shaw Film Series, 3pm<br />
Movies<br />
3:00 pm - Festival Theatre<br />
Jan 2 - Everlasting moments<br />
Jan 9 - in the loop<br />
Jan 16 - departures<br />
Jan 23 - Bright star<br />
Jan 30 - an education<br />
Documentaries<br />
6:00 pm - Festival Theatre<br />
Jan 13 - Good Hair<br />
Jan 20 - Food, Inc<br />
Jan 27 - The September Issue<br />
Sunday January 17<br />
Jazz Hall of Fame Brunch,<br />
11am<br />
Tuesday January 19<br />
Movies at Your Library,<br />
2:30pm<br />
Wednesday January 20<br />
Shaw Film Series, 3pm<br />
Movies at Your Library,<br />
6:30pm<br />
Saturday January 23<br />
Shaw Film Series, 3pm<br />
Wednesday January 27<br />
Shaw Film Series, 3pm<br />
Thursday January 28<br />
Philosopher's Café at the<br />
Library<br />
Saturday January 30<br />
Shaw Film Series, 3pm<br />
Tickets are $11 and can be purchased at the Shaw Festival Box Office in person, or by<br />
calling 1-800-511-SHAW (7429). Film Series runs until Feb 27, 2010.<br />
For more film and documentary titles visit www.shawfest.com<br />
<strong>New</strong> Year’s <strong>Day</strong> <strong>Levee</strong><br />
January 1, 2010 at Navy Hall<br />
On February 22, 1810, Speaker of the House of Representatives and leader of the<br />
War Hawks, Henry Clay of Kentucky boasted, "The conquest of Canada is in your<br />
power. I trust I shall not be deemed presumptuous when I state, . .that the<br />
militia of Kentucky are alone competent to place Montreal<br />
and Upper Canada at your feet."<br />
All welcome, 3:00 - 4:30pm. Official Toast to the Queen<br />
and Canada at 4:00 pm followed by The Fife and Drum<br />
Corps and firing of the cannon. Free admission and<br />
refreshments. Freewill donations gratefully accepted!<br />
Navy Hall - 305 Ricardo Street
VOLUM E 3, ISSUE 27<br />
Historic Sites<br />
Open to the Public<br />
<strong>Niagara</strong> <strong>Historical</strong> <strong>Museum</strong><br />
43 Castlereagh Street<br />
905 468 3912<br />
Daily 1 - 5 pm<br />
<strong>Niagara</strong> Pumphouse Visual<br />
Art Centre<br />
247 Ricardo Street<br />
905 468 5455<br />
Saturday & Sunday 2 - 4 pm<br />
St. Mark’s Anglican Church<br />
41 Byron Street<br />
905 468 3123<br />
For more information about<br />
<strong>Niagara</strong>-on-the-Lake, please<br />
contact the <strong>Niagara</strong>-on-the-<br />
Lake Chamber of Commerce<br />
at 905.468.1950 or visit<br />
www.niagaraonthelake.com.<br />
You can also visit in person at<br />
26 Queen St., lower level of<br />
the Court House Building.<br />
<strong>Niagara</strong>-on-the-Lake Public Library Presents<br />
Let's Talk History:<br />
Thursday, January 14 at 2:30pm<br />
Ruedi Suter will speak about his experiences as the Vice-Chair of the<br />
<strong>Niagara</strong> District Airport Board and how it affects the region.<br />
Movies at the Library: The Time Travellers Wife<br />
Tuesday, January 19th at 2:30pm<br />
Wednesday, January 20th at 6:30pm<br />
Philosopher’s Café:<br />
The Nature of Dreaming and Storytelling<br />
Thursday, January 28th<br />
1 0 A n d e r s o n L a n e 9 0 5 - 4 6 8 - 2 0 2 3<br />
Canadian Jazz Hall of Fame Brunch<br />
January 17, 2010<br />
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Join us for the official introduction of the Canadian Jazz Hall of Fame!<br />
Soon to be the centre of national recognition for Canadian jazz musicians,<br />
the Courthouse in <strong>Niagara</strong>-on-the-Lake will<br />
reverberate with live jazz music accompanied with<br />
a spectacular Icewine brunch. 11 am to 1 pm.<br />
Tickets are $50 per person, including taxes and<br />
gratuities.<br />
Call the Chamber of Commerce at 905-468-1950<br />
26 Queen Street, <strong>Niagara</strong>-on-the-Lake<br />
exhibitions<br />
The Slip, Captain John Shawe. From the collection of the<br />
<strong>Niagara</strong> <strong>Historical</strong> <strong>Society</strong> <strong>Museum</strong><br />
NIAGARA HISTORICAL MUSEUM<br />
open daily 1-5pm<br />
“Our Story” chronicles the history of<br />
<strong>Niagara</strong>-on-the-Lake from the earliest<br />
Native inhabitants to the present day.<br />
“The Forgotten Years” celebrates the<br />
work of artists in <strong>Niagara</strong>-on-the-Lake<br />
during a period of economic downturn -<br />
from the closing of the Queen’s Royal<br />
Hotel in 1929 to the opening of the<br />
Shaw Festival Theatre in 1973.<br />
On display until April, 2010.<br />
NIAGARA PUMPHOUSE<br />
VISUAL ART CENTRE<br />
open weekends 1-5pm<br />
Exhibition and sale of<br />
work by Pumphouse<br />
members and students.<br />
Salon Opening Sunday,<br />
January 10 at 2:00pm.<br />
NIAGARA-ON-THE-LAKE<br />
PUBLIC LIBRARY<br />
Dec. Artist: Ken Dubois<br />
Jan. Artist: Heidi Poltl<br />
Produced by the <strong>Niagara</strong> <strong>Historical</strong> <strong>Society</strong> & <strong>Museum</strong>
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