Archive for the ‘Arts/Entertainment/Culture’ Category

FAME! production at Lambton College focuses on youth engagement

  The blue eye shadow, big hair, neon colours and leg warmers of the 1980’s are alive and well in Sarnia-Lambton!  Final details are being ironed out by Sarnia-Lambton youth and a handful of Lambton College faculty and students who are moonlighting with key roles for the musical production of “FAME! Jr. I’m gonna live [...]

Spoken Word announces highly anticipated 2012-2013 season themed ‘Stirs Seven Emotions’

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Be it anger, fear, joy, disgust, sadness, contempt, or surprise, Spoken Word organizers invite you to share your emotional tales during the official kick-off of Sarnia’s 2012-2013 Spoken Word season this month at Sarnia's historic Lawrence House Centre for the Arts. This year's kick-off event is free and includes storytelling, humour, and poetry readings by [...]

Sunshine foundation Dreams for Kids jamboree succesful

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Last Sunday (September 16) The Sunshine “Dreams for Kids” foundation threw a jamboree at the Dow People Place.  It was held from 2 p.m.-7 p.m. and the admission is simply a donation to Sunshine. Their message was simple, “Come out and enjoy great music and pizza along the waterfront.” Over 200 people came out to [...]

Sarnia’s nightlife and entertainment weekly rundown from SarniaRocks.com for week of September 16, 2012

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LambtonShield.com and Michele Dionne, of SarniaRocks.com, have teamed up to provide our readers with the most accurate, thorough weekly guide to Sarnia’s burgeoning nightlife and entertainment scenes as well as information about charity and other non-profit events. Each week, LambtonShield.com updates its readers with the latest information about what’s happening in and around Sarnia-Lambton. Highlights [...]

Rotary Club’s Annual Art in the Park big hit

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Though bad weather was promised last weekend, the slight breeze brought in hundreds of people to Sarnia's annual Art in the Park on Saturday. ; This was the 29th year for the event, held for the second year at Mike Weir Park (and the second year organized by the Rotary Club of Sarnia Bluewaterland) and [...]

Sarnia’s nightlife and entertainment weekly rundown from SarniaRocks.com for week of September 9, 2012

Community Calendar

LambtonShield.com and Michele Dionne, of SarniaRocks.com, have teamed up to provide our readers with the most accurate, thorough weekly guide to Sarnia's burgeoning nightlife and entertainment scenes as well as information about charity and other non-profit events. Each week, LambtonShield.com updates its readers with the latest information about what's happening in and around Sarnia-Lambton. Highlights [...]

Greekfest 2012 great fun for all . . .

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It's hard to beat a mix of great food, great music and great friends and Greekfest 2012 had all of the above. The ethnic festival, held this past weekend at St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church, has distinguished itself as a great cultural event. Music from Oneiro, a Detroit-based Greek band which featured songs from its [...]

Greekfest wraps up today (Sunday, Sept. 9)

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Greekfest, one of the area's greatest cultural events—or as the Greeks would say "the best cultural event"—wraps up today (Sunday, Sept. 9) at St. Demetrois Greek Orthodox Church at 1299 Murphy Road. All the details are here Enjoy!

The Rocket Man touched down at Sarnia’s RBC Centre last night, gave a royal performance of greatest hits

Elton John on stage at Sarnia's RBC Centre on Friday, September 8, 2012

Photographs by Kerry Belliveau of Kerry’s Klips Photography Review written by Joe Burd and Kerry Belliveau Like a candle in the wind – or more likened to an Olympic torch – Sir Elton John’s light shined bright last night at Sarnia’s RBC Centre, bringing our fair city four decades of his internationally acclaimed, award-winning music. [...]

Today’s the big day for Rotary Art in the (Mike Weir) Park

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It's quite a bit cooler than last year's inaugural event, but a jacket (and some money for all those crafts you're going to buy) is all you'll need to enjoy Art in the Park, hosted by the Rotary Club of Sarnia Bluewaterland. The event runs through 4 p.m. today (Saturday, Sept. 8) with proceeds going [...]