Canadians Get Up-Close with Culture September 30 to October 2 - 7th annual Culture Days invites Canadians to immerse themselves in local arts and culture
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September 19, 2016–Canadians are invited to fall in love with arts and culture during Culture Days. From September 30 to October 2, the 7th annual Culture Days weekend will offer participants an eclectic range of free, rare-access, and hands-on arts and culture activities available locally.
Every year during Culture Days over 800 Canadian rural and urban communities alike collaborate to showcase their unique part in Canada’s diverse artistic and cultural mosaic. This year, experience a hybrid of dance and fitness with Pow-Wow boot camp in St. Catharines, Ontario or inspire young artists to bloom in Winnipeg, Manitoba; be transported to ancient Japan for traditional tea in Kelowna, British Columbia, or channel The Group of Seven while painting surrounding landscapes with friends in Millarville, Alberta; take to the performance stage in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan or free the inner artisan while glass blowing in Whitehorse, Yukon. Having initiated Culture Days in 2009, Canada’s largest arts organizations including the Toronto International Film Festival, Vancouver Opera, the Stratford Festival, Canada’s National Ballet School, and Canada’s Royal Winnipeg Ballet are also leading the way in their cities with unique Culture Days activities. Choices abound as creativity soars.
“It’s incredible how Culture Days has been adopted in so many corners of the country by artists and creators, organizations, communities and cities as a vehicle to celebrate and share their creative talents, programs and cultural traditions with their fellow citizens,” commented David Moss, National Executive Director. “We are thrilled with the ongoing growth and maturation of Culture Days as an integral pillar of the Canadian cultural calendar.”
THIS YEAR’S ACTIVITIES: This year, organizers expect a record number of more than 8,000 Culture Days activities to be presented, all free of charge. Culture Days activities are curated and hosted by individual artists, organizations of all sizes and disciplines, community arts initiatives, municipalities and businesses. Click HERE for a personal invite. The weekend offers a startling array of rare-access and hands-on arts and culture activities in hundreds of local communities across Canada. Activities span indigenous cultural traditions to new media, crafts and music of all forms to culinary and agriculture, literature and spoken word to theatre, film, design and everything in between! Whether discovering something new, or revisiting an old favourite, there’s something for everyone, everywhere. Click HERE to search the full range of activities by location and type happening September 30 to October 2.
PLAN YOUR WEEKEND WITH THE BRIGHT SPOTS SCHEDULE: Creating a personalized Culture Days weekend itinerary of activities is made easy with the Culture Days Bright Spots Schedule. This innovative tool is generously made possible by Sun Life Financial through its award-winning Making the Arts More Accessible TM program. Click HERE to get started.
Culture Days in Niagara:
Friday, September 30th
Open House @ MIWSFPA, Brock University Friday, September 30, 201610:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Shaw Festival Backstage Tour Friday, September 30, 201610:00 AM to 11:00 AM
Behind the Scenes Tour of the Niagara Falls History Museum Friday, September 30, 201611:00 AM to 11:30 AM
Destination Pelham: Yarn Gathering Friday, September 30, 20161:00 PM to 4:00 PM
Comics Live! Friday, September 30, 20162:00 PM to 3:00 PM
Rodman Hall: Art-Making Activities for Families Friday, September 30, 20165:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Grimsby Film Series - Culture Days special event Friday, September 30, 20167:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Saturday, October 1st
SCAA Art & Culture Experience Saturday, October 1, 20169:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Open House @ MIWSFPA: Research by Interdisc. PhD students Saturday, October 1, 201610:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Destination Pelham: Cabar-EH Youth Theatre Saturday, October 1, 201610:00 AM to 11:00 AM
Comedy Improvisation Workshop at The Green Saturday, October 1, 201610:00 AM to 1:00 PM
Behind the Scenes Tour of the Niagara Falls History Museum Saturday, October 1, 201611:00 AM to 11:30 AM
Shaw Festival Backstage Tour Saturday, October 1, 201611:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Beyond the Blue, Lorraine Kelly Exhibition Saturday, October 1, 201611:00 AM to 4:00 PM
FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre Saturday, October 1, 201611:00 AM to 3:00 PM
Essential Collective Theatre - The Fighting Days Saturday, October 1, 201611:00 AM to 11:30 AM
Helen Kopec - Simplicity: Key To A Creative Life Saturday, October 1, 201611:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Kaha:wi Dance Theatre - Powwow Boot Camp Saturday, October 1, 201611:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Encaustic Painting for beginners Saturday, October 1, 201611:00 AM to 4:00 PM
The Film House - Short movies screening Saturday, October 1, 201611:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Niagara Symphony Orchestra - Instrument Petting Zoo Saturday, October 1, 201611:00 AM to 3:00 PM
Community Collage at The Niagara Pumphouse Arts Centre Saturday, October 1, 201611:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Rodman Hall: Open House & Culture Days Celebration Saturday, October 1, 201612:00 PM to 5:00 PM
CFBU 103.7 FM, Brock Radio Open House Saturday, October 1, 201612:00 PM to 2:00 PM
Stonesthrow Stone Festival Saturday, October 1, 201612:00 PM to 4:00 PM
citySounds performance with percussionist Devon Fornelli Saturday, October 1, 201612:00 PM to 2:00 PM
Niagara Jazz Festival Saturday, October 1, 201612:30 PM to 1:00 PM
SOFIFRAN - Textes d'automne Saturday, October 1, 201612:30 PM to 2:00 PM
Rodman Hall: Puppets on Land in a Digital Age Saturday, October 1, 20161:00 PM to 4:00 PM
Destination Pelham: Celebration of Visual Arts Saturday, October 1, 20161:00 PM to 4:00 PM
Comics Live! Saturday, October 1, 20161:00 PM to 2:00 PM
Pop-Up Art Hive Saturday, October 1, 20161:00 PM to 3:00 PM
Voice in the Community Saturday, October 1, 20162:00 PM to 5:00 PM
Rodman Hall: Historic Tour Saturday, October 1, 20162:00 PM to 3:00 PM
Rodman Hall: GUNILLA JOSEPHSON Exhibition Tour Saturday, October 1, 20163:00 PM to 4:00 PM
Destination Pelham: Learn the Basics of Quilting Saturday, October 1, 20164:30 PM to 5:30 PM
Sunday, October 2nd
Open House @ MIWSFPA: Research by Interdisc. PhD students Sunday, October 2, 201610:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Free Admission to Niagara Falls History Museum Sunday, October 2, 201610:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Open House @ MIWSFPA, Brock University Sunday, October 2, 201610:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Drop Cloth Abstracts Sunday, October 2, 201611:00 AM to 3:00 PM
Community Collage at The Niagara Pumphouse Arts Centre Sunday, October 2, 201611:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Spirit Flow Dance and Drum Jam Sunday, October 2, 201611:00 AM to 1:00 PM
Shaw Festival Backstage Tour Sunday, October 2, 201611:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Slam Poetry 101: Learning to Speak Your Truth Sunday, October 2, 20161:00 PM to 4:00 PM
Behind the Scenes Tour of the Niagara Falls History Museum Sunday, October 2, 20161:00 PM to 1:30 PM
Fall Family Tree Sculpey Board Sunday, October 2, 20162:00 PM to 5:00 PM
TREEmendous Creative Workshop Sunday, October 2, 20162:00 PM to 5:00 PM
Landscape Of Nations: Six Nations and Native Allies Commemorative Memorial Sunday, October 2, 20162:00 PM to 6:00 PM
Opening Reception - Beyond the Blue Sunday, October 2, 20162:00 PM to 4:00 PM
Visit www.culturedays.ca
