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Take part in Canada's seventh annual Culture Days weekend and the fourth in the City of Timmins. Meet artists and cultural groups in the community and participate in hands-on activities – all free of charge!
This year welcomes new event hosts Michelle Lapointe of Zumba Timmins, Inc., local artist and writer Maggie Jasaitis with the auspices of the Timmins Public Library, Tanya Thurston of Thurston Stained Glass in Schumacher, and St. Matthew's Anglican Cathedral. Returning event hosts are Steve Kessler and Friends, Wawaitin Clayworks, Northern Ontario School of Scottish Dance, Science Timmins Astronomy Club, and the Porcupine Art Club.
This year's first event will be Zumba Timmins' Open House, which starts at 5:30 p.m. on Friday evening.
The activity start times, locations, and media contact information, in brief is as follows:
Friday, Sept. 30
5:30 pm: Zumba Timmins Open House at École publique Lionel-Gauthier, 705-268-2638
7:15 pm: Culture Days Timmins Welcoming Remarks at Christopher's Coffee House, 705-360-2623 ex. 8532
7:30 pm: Live Jazz Music with Steve Kessler & Friends at Christopher's Coffee House, 705-360-2623 ex. 8532
Saturday, Oct. 1
8 a.m.: Wawaitin Clayworks Pottery Wheel Demos at Mountjoy Independent Farmers' Market, 705-266-3964
1 p.m.: Scottish Highland Dance Lesson at 425 Government Road South, 705-268-4295
2 p.m.: Hippie/Beatnik Poetry Café and Open Floor with Guest M.C. Maggie Jasaitis at the Timmins Public Library Main Branch (Ages 13+), 705-360-2623 ex. 8532
3 p.m.: (Repeat) Scottish Highland Dance Lesson at 425 Government Road South, 705-268-4295
7 p.m.: Stargazing and S’mores with the Science Timmins Astronomy Club at Hersey Lake (Cloud/Rain Location: Science Village at 225 Fifth Avenue, Timmins), 705-268-4543
Sunday, Oct. 2
11 a.m.: Glassing around with Tanya Thurston at Thurston Stained Glass Studio, 50 Father Costello Drive, Schumacher (Ages 12+, sign up in advance), 705-531-2928
12 p.m.: Sunday Open Studio and Panel Painting with the Porcupine Art Club, Roy Nicholson Park (Intersection of Pine St. North and Eighth Avenue, Timmins), 705-360-2623 ex. 8532
12 p.m.: Open Windows at St. Matthew's Anglican Cathedral, Timmins, 705-465-3938
1 p.m.: Scottish Highland Dance Lesson at 425 Government Road South, 705-268-4295
3 p.m.: (Repeat) Scottish Highland Dance Lesson at 425 Government Road South, 705-268-4295
About Culture Days
Culture Days is committed to reaching the goal of having all Canadians in every community declaring "I Love Culture" and making culture a daily habit.
Launched in 2010, Culture Days is a volunteer-driven-initiative guided by a national organization in collaboration with volunteer Provincial Task Forces, whose members come from a variety of backgrounds including cultural programming, tourism, municipal cultural planning and public engagement, who rally their arts and cultural communities to promote the event to the public in communities of all sizes across Canada.
As a leading national voice for the active and engaged cultural life of all Canadians, Culture Days provides support, tools and resources to a wide variety of artists and cultural organizations to help them unite the country through engagement in culture.
Culture Days was initiated by four Founding Partners: The Canadian Arts Summit, Culture pour tous (producer of Journées de la culture), Canada Council for the Arts and The Banff Centre.
National partners are Sun Life Financial and The J.W. McConnell Family Foundation. National Broadcast Partner is Bell Media (CTV). National Creative Partner is BT/A. Federal Government support is provided by Canadian Heritage.
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