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Home is Where the Art is

Jun 20, 2019 | Tralee Pearce | At Home in the Hills

When entrepreneurs and artists Jocelyn Burke and James Webster renovated Jocelyn’s childhood home in Horning’s Mills, they laid the perfect groundwork for a well-curated life.

Day of the Poets

Mar 19, 2019 | Anthony Jenkins

Orangeville’s festival promises to “saturate the air with poetry.”

Corn Flower Glass: New Life for a Canadian Icon

Mar 19, 2019 | Ken Weber | Heritage

A stunning display of Corn Flower glass is turning heads in a brand new gallery at the Museum of Dufferin. Why this impressive collection has its home in Dufferin and how it got there is a remarkable story of creativity, commercial success and delightful coincidence.

Tracey Lawko

Mar 19, 2019 | In The Hills | Artist in Residence

Award-winning textile artist Tracey Lawko creates landscapes and still life in thread.

Field Notes for Spring 2019

Mar 19, 2019 | Janice Quirt | Field Notes

Get gardening, outsmart the competition, clean up and spark more joy!

Champlain Slept Here

Mar 19, 2019 | Dan Needles | Fence Posts

There was something totally manic about Champlain. He crossed the Atlantic some 27 times without losing a shipmate.

Meet the Maker: Mary Lazier

Mar 19, 2019 | Tralee Pearce | Made in the Hills

Mary fires up her pottery wheel only briefly, to attach the circular foot to the bottom of the bowl.

Local Buys

Mar 19, 2019 | Tralee Pearce | Made in the Hills

Macramé redux, Tooth Fairy help and hummingbird feeders on our radar.

Laugh Machine: Michael McCreary

Nov 20, 2018 | Janice Quirt | 25 Under 25

Mono’s Michael McCreary uses his stand-up to shed light on what it’s like growing up and dealing with social situations as someone with Asperger’s.

Art Whisperer: Ricky Schaede

Nov 20, 2018 | Janice Quirt | 25 Under 25

In 2014, Ricky Schaede cofounded Club Art, an open studio for kids now at Orangeville’s Mill Street library.

Big Voice: Katherine Pound

Nov 20, 2018 | Kira Wronska Dorward | 25 Under 25

Erin’s Katherine Pound attends the Manhattan School of Music, pursuing a degree in classical voice performance.

Documentary Devotee: Samantha Penny

Nov 20, 2018 | Jeff Rollings | 25 Under 25

Samantha Penny is working on a Korea-based documentary called Reset, due for release mid-
2019.