By Hollie Pratt-Campbell
This past month has been one of many ‘firsts’ for the Tett, as tenant groups and resident artists have been gradually moving into their new spaces and getting down to work. On Saturday, Jan. 24, the centre also hosted its first ever book launch.
Local YA author Leanne Lieberman figured that the open house held at the Kingston School of Dance to celebrate their new location was the perfect place to launch her new dance-themed book, Off Pointe.
Community group celebrates togetherness through movement, dance
By Hollie Pratt-Campbell
“Loose.”
“Grateful.”
“Not so old anymore.”
Those are some of the words participants in Andrea Nann’s Whole Shebang community workshop used to describe how they felt after spending an evening mindfully moving and connecting as a group through a variety of exercises. The workshop took place May 30, 2014 at the Baby Grand Theatre.
by Hollie Pratt-Campbell
Legendary Kingston musician Joe Chithalen had a dream that anyone should be able to learn how to play music, regardless of their socioeconomic position; that’s why Joe’s Musical Instrument Lending Library (Joe’s M.I.L.L.) was created in his memory following his death in 1999, giving everyone a chance to borrow musical instruments for free, like books from a traditional library.
Mark your calendar! January 31, 1-3:30. pm Doors open at noon.Bring your family, bring your friends, and get ready for an afternoon of drums, musical monsters, ghost stories, aerial dance inspired by drop spinning, a piano that looks like a loom, and so much more!
David Ives' play Venus in Fur could be described as a very ‘meta’slice of theatre on many levels –though perhaps especially for a male director like Brett Christopher, who directed Theatre Kingston’s production of the play, opening this week at the Isabel.
By Hollie Pratt-Campbell
Each November, the Kingston Handloom Weavers and Spinners hold their annual show and sale, which features many of the different fabrics and articles of clothing members have created throughout the year. This year, they decided to add a bit of a twist to the tradition.
“We do the same old sale year in and year out and this year we wanted to do something different,” explained Weavers and Spinners member Dorothy Young.
By Hollie Pratt-Campbell
Landing the job of community engagement coordinator at the Tett Centre for Creativity and Learning was like a dream come true for Shannon Brown.
“Everything that I’ve done in the past really comes together in this job,”she says. “It feels great to be utilizing those skills, but also to be meeting lots of people, to be living in Kingston again, to be bringing my excitement and exuberance for the Tett.”
By Hollie Pratt-Campbell
Unsuspecting passersby found themselves drawn into the world of art and culture on Saturday, Sept. 27 when Kingston City Hall came alive with colour, hip hop and breakdancing; the colour came in the form of one of Canada’s most familiar household items, as local artist Mark Reinhart shared his unique art form, “painting”with duct tape, with community members.
“It feels great,”said Reinhart of seeing people of all ages create images out of duct tape on the ground, walls and steps of the City Hall courtyard.
By Hollie Pratt-Campbell
Brett Christopher has big plans for the future of theatre in the Limestone City.
“My hope is that I can provide plays that are of a quality that can be seen anywhere in the country and even in the United States,” says the Theatre Kingston artistic director…”That way people don’t need to drive to Toronto or Montreal to see a play - they can see it in Kingston.”
