Port Hope Visitor Guide 2019
This is a place where you can slow down. If the weekend was a place, if the weekend was a philosophy, a conversation, a memory – this is where it would be. Port Hope is a place where you can shake hands with a farmer, snuggle a goat, take a dip in a cool lake, eat a meal fresh-picked from a local field, and breathe it all in. There’s room here. There’s quiet. There’s slow. And there are more ways to enjoy your day than weekends in a year. Come enjoy craft food, drinks and sunsets by the water. Explore quaint streets and scenic country roads. It’s the weekend.
This is a place where you can slow down. If the weekend was a place, if the weekend was a philosophy, a conversation, a memory – this is where it would be.
Port Hope is a place where you can shake hands with a farmer, snuggle a goat, take a dip in a cool lake, eat a meal fresh-picked from a local field, and breathe it all in. There’s room here. There’s quiet. There’s slow. And there are more ways to enjoy your day than weekends in a year. Come enjoy craft food, drinks and sunsets by the water. Explore quaint streets and scenic country roads. It’s the weekend.
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Capitol Theatre main stage<br />
Photos by Alana Lee<br />
Building on Tradition<br />
Funding an Arts Centre for the Future<br />
You have to admire the theatre’s unique past and<br />
future plans. The Capitol was built in 1930 as one of<br />
the first cinemas in the country for those early black<br />
and white “talking pictures” like opening night’s<br />
Queen High starring Ginger Rogers.<br />
Now the board of directors, and the 190 communityminded<br />
volunteers who manage the concession<br />
stand, 50-50 draws and more, are excited to launch<br />
a capital funding campaign to expand the building<br />
and add to the visitor experience.<br />
Today, the Capitol Theatre is a national historic<br />
site, the pride of <strong>Port</strong> <strong>Hope</strong> and one of the last fully<br />
restored “atmospheric” theatres still running. And,<br />
notably, it was a dedicated group of local citizens<br />
who restored the building in the 1990s to its former<br />
glory.<br />
The theatre is well recognized as an economic<br />
driver for the community, offering a premiere venue<br />
for popular musicals—Mamma Mia! and The Little<br />
Mermaid were crowd favourites—along with films<br />
and concerts. It’s also truly an arts centre, designed<br />
to nurture emerging talent and engage people of all<br />
ages (school trips welcome!).<br />
Planned renovations include the main floor expansion<br />
for patrons to better mingle with friends and enjoy the<br />
refreshments in the bar and gallery, and a secondfloor<br />
rehearsal facility. There are also plans for classes,<br />
under the direction of Artistic Director Susan Ferley<br />
who has taught at George Brown College in Toronto<br />
and St. Lawrence College in Brockville.<br />
These initiatives, along with the support of the many<br />
public and private donors, will make a big difference<br />
to the Capitol Theatre, bringing in new patrons,<br />
increasing community access and adding to the<br />
storied history of the 90-year-old venue. Exciting<br />
days ahead!<br />
<strong>2019</strong> <strong>Port</strong> <strong>Hope</strong> visitor <strong>Guide</strong> | 33
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