Archive for the ‘Arts/Entertainment/Culture’ Category
Indiefest organizers reaching out to local businesses for additional sponsors to help support planned summer festival
Sarnia’s newest concert series featuring independent artists from across the nation – Indiefest 2013 – set to culminate with a one-day outdoor festival in August is shaping up to become one of the region’s most hotly anticipated events of the summer. With that, an endeavor and effort of this scale with the inherent propensity of [...]
LS CONTEST: Like us on Facebook to win free tickets to see the Harlem Globetrotters!!!
The iconic Harlem Globetrotters, arguably one if not the most famous basketball team on the planet, is coming to London's Budweiser Gardens on April 17 and LambtonShield.com is giving you a chance to win a pair of tickets. Just go to our Facebook page, "Like" us and you'll be automatically entered to win one of six [...]
Upcoming Sarnia Justice Film Festival showing will highlight sustainable backyard gardening
The Sarnia Justice Film Festival proudly presents “…And This Is My Garden”, on Saturday, April 27 at 7:00 p.m. at the Sarnia Library Theatre. In the small town of Wabowden, Northern Manitoba, two school teachers, Eleanor Woitowicz and Bonnie Monias, are empowering their students with the knowledge, discipline and skills to grow their own food [...]
Sarnia Indiefest 2013 concert series and festival just around the corner, local anticipation mounting
Sarnia Indiefest 2013 seems to be just what the doctor ordered and markedly in time to fill the immense void left behind by the hiatus of Sarnia’s big boy festival Rogers Bayfest. To be certain, festival organizers insist Sarnians and Indie music have some very impressive qualities in common, qualities that aren’t just limited to [...]
Local Kindermusik teacher planning Saturday morning classes for 3 to 5-year-olds
Bekah Peterson, a local Kindermusik teacher, is organizing a five week class for 3-5 year old children to be held Saturday mornings starting April 6. Kindermusik Adventures: Confetti Days! are longer than normal sessions and include a craft and a snack, making them feel more like a camp. The classes will start at 10:30 a.m. [...]
Celebrating Record Store Day with loads of bands and charitable giving as well
By MARY ANNE PELOZA Co-owner, Cheeky Monkey It’s that time of year again. Time to start planning for RECORD STORE DAY, the annual international day to celebrate the art of music at independent stores like Cheeky Monkey in Sarnia. This year the special day to mark on your calendar for RSD at Cheeky Monkey [...]
REMINDER: Friday is deadline for draw for two free tickets to Dining in the Dark
Just a reminder: this Friday, LambtonShield.com Publisher J.D. Booth will draw one name from among entries received by noon for two complimentary tickets to the Dining in the Dark event scheduled for Friday, April 5. You can see LambtonShield.com's full story on the the CNIB fundraiser here. An entry link for the two free tickets [...]
Pathways organizing early August ARTZscape by the Bay event
A two-day juried art exhibition and sale is heading to Centennial Park this summer and organizers have issued their "call for entry" to artists interested in participating. ARTZscape by the Bay will be held Saturday, August 3 and Sunday, August 4, with proceeds going to benefit programs of Pathways Health Centre for Children. Organizers are [...]
Best of Beatles music coming to Imperial Theatre on April 6
“It’s been a hard day’s night, and I’ve been working like a dog…” Most fans of popular music can easily recall these famous lyrics sung by the legendary John Lennon in the timeless Beatles hit “Hard Day’s Night”, a worldwide chart-topping single for the Liverpool group back in 1964. One of the most commercially successful and critically [...]
Petrolia Community Theatre gets naughty starting Thursday at VPP
Petrolia Community Theatre takes to the VPP stage this week with "Nana's Naughty Knickers" by Katherine DiSavino. It's a hilarious comedy about a savvy senior citizen, Sylvia Charles, who has started a business in her apartment – she's selling lingerie for seniors! Unfortunately, it's illegal! When her granddaughter, Bridget, arrives for the summer, Nana’s secret [...]





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