Looking for a way to enjoy all this snow and discover nature within the city? Come join us March 10th for a guided winter walk by local Winter Ecologist Dr. Gerard Courtin through the magnificent Ponderosa Wetland at Rotary Park.
IT'S BACK! The annual Meltdown Competition is an event where emerging artists from Northern Ontario compete for their chance to play a paid gig at Northern Lights Festival Boréal 2019 (Jul. 4-7). Each artist has 15 minutes to impress the judges. This is an open audition with a Band and Solo categories. The public is encouraged to drop by and watch. This event is scheduled as part of our new festival, Bloom 2019! Think you have what it takes? APPLY NOW: http://bit.ly/2RBmVVo This is an excellent opportunity for emerging Northern Ontario artists to gain valuable exposure, and perform their best music in a fun environment! Past winners have included Hello Holiday, Spencer Jose, The Keyframes, and Patricia Cano. Bloom 2019 Pass Holders - Free admission Other patrons - donation (suggestion: $5-15)
At Blue Man Group, you’ll rock, laugh and party. As three bald and blue men explore our world, together we’ll discover music, comedy and surprises at every turn. By the end of this spectacular journey, you’ll be saying “I don’t even know what just happened but I loved it!” 35 million people of all ages and cultures know what Blue Man Group is really about. Now it’s your turn! Blue Man Group performances are euphoric celebrations of human connection through art, music, comedy and non-verbal communication. Since debuting at New York’s Astor Place Theatre in 1991, the live show has expanded to additional domestic residencies in Boston, Chicago, Las Vegas and Orlando, an international residency in Berlin, and multiple North American and World tours. Blue Man Group is universally appealing to a broad range of age groups and cultural backgrounds, and continually injected with new music, fresh stories, custom instruments and sensory stimulating graphics. Sudbury Community Arena Tickets on Sale – Friday, February 1, 2019 at 10 a.m. In person at the Sudbury Arena Box Office (240 Elgin Street), Online at www.greatersudbury.ca/tickets, and by Telephone at 705 671-3000 Ticket Prices: Splash Zone (limited number of seats!) – $102, $88 (child) Reserved Adult - $97, $87, $67, $52 Reserved Child - $83.50, $75, $57, $45.50 Reserved Student/Senior/Military - $88, $79, $61, $47.50 Reserved Family Pack (minimum 3 tickets, maximum 6 tickets, select sections) - $86.50, $77.50, $60 Group pricing is available (12+). Contact the box office for information.
Pierre Kwenders will headline March 10 following the NLFB Meltdown Competition 2019. Fun fact: he sings and raps in FIVE different languages! This show is 19+. Government issued IDs may be required. TICKETS: www.nlfb.ca/tickets FULL SCHEDULE: www.nlfb.ca/bloom/schedule Afro-Canadian singer/songwriter Pierre Kwenders’ music is a response to a world that so often asks people who fit comfortably in multiple boxes to pick only one. Born in Kinshasa, Kwenders draws on his wide-ranging experience to make personal music with multiple points of entry, rather than paring it down to fit recognizable genres. While Pierre’s music ranges from icy R&B to futuristic hip-hop, his style is rooted in Congolese rumba, the ubiquitous sound of The Democratic Republic of Congo. Like Kwenders, the genre’s identity transcends location: It began in the 1960’s as central African artists’ take on Afro-Cuban rumba, which in turn grew out of African sounds imported to Cuba through the slave trade in the 17th century. But Pierre is as influenced by the sound of Congolese rumba as he is by the attitude of artists like the late Papa Wemba, who pushed the genre forward by finding ways to incorporate new ideas. Kwenders takes a similar approach to R&B and hip-hop.
Sudbury’s most exciting March Break Day Camp! Designed for kids aged 6-13, climbers will get to climb with the ARC Instructors each day, with yoga classes on Wednesday and Friday morning. Dates: March 11-15, 2019 Time: 9:00 am – 4:00 pm Price: $325/week OR $75/day (with 20% off sibling discount on full week) Early drop-off (8:30am) is available at $10 per instance, and must be booked in advance to ensure staffing. Call us at 705 222 8464 as soon as possible after booking to arrange early drop-off or late pick-up. Pre-registration is required. The following online registration is for the full week camp. If you’d like to register for individual days, please call in to book your March Break sessions of choice.
Hey kids 9-12 years old! Do you love reading? Come join us at the Check it Out Book Club launch Monday March 11th @ 11 AM Book club members will then meet on Saturday April 13 and May 11th @ 2 PM. Get started by reading our first book “Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library” by Chris Grabenstein. Enjoy great discussions and a mini escape room activity! Sign up today and get your copy of the book. Places are limited so register today!
Pride Week 2019 is quickly approaching! Laurentian University's 2019 Pride Week will take place during the week of March 11th to 15th, and will open at 11:00am right in the atrium between the Arts building and Parker building! Opening ceremonies will include a speeches by your 2018-2019 Pride Laurentian Co-Directors and an official opening of Pride Week by the Laurentian University administration. Following the opening ceremonies from 12:00pm to 4:00pm, students will have the opportunity to create buttons with the Pride Laurentian executive team! You can create buttons with the flag(s) of your gender or sexual identity, your pronouns, or anything else that you would like to display for others (provided it is appropriate). The Pride Week 2019 schedule will be released within the coming weeks. Keep an eye out on both the Pride Laurentian / Fierté Laurentienne Facebook page and on this event for updates regarding Pride Week 2019
***Français à suivre*** To help kick off pride week, we've organized a board game social at everyone's favourite board game cafe Let's Scrabbalatte! LU students who RSVP for this event and present their LU student ID card at the event will get a voucher for a free drink! *************************************************************** Pour aider à commencer les célébrations du Semaine de Fierté, nous avons organisé une soirée de jeu de société au café Let’s Scrabbalatte ! Les étudiants de l’UL qui RSVP pour la soirée et qui présentent leur carte d’étudiant l’UL à la soirée recevrons un bon d’échange pour une boisson gratuit !
Dames Judi Dench, Eileen Atkins, Joan Plowright, and Maggie Smith get together for tea to reminisce and discuss their acting careers. “What happens when four living stage legends sit down to tea? In Roger Michell’s charming documentary, they gossip, argue and admit that they don’t remember everything… … it’s ultimately big fun having tea with these Dames.” -Susan G. Cole ‘NOW Toronto’
After running away from his negligent parents, committing a violent crime and being sentenced to five years in jail, a hardened, streetwise 12-year-old Lebanese boy sues his parents in protest of the life they have given him. "In “Capernaum,” the heartache of the underprivileged is on such interminable display that you feel the physical hurt in your bones. But the manner in which the filmmaker renders these pains somehow doesn’t feel exploitative or gratuitous—there is a nuanced matter-of-factness even in Labaki’s empathy that prevents it to ever become pity. If anything, the co-writer/director seems to know and care about the exact kind of kid she follows in “Capernaum,” a fighter who has no option but to remain independent, resourceful and tireless at the end of each exhausting day the sun sets on, with no promise of a brighter tomorrow." -Tomris Laffly 'rogerebert.com'