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Elgin Street Craft Beer Festival 2019

Townehouse Tavern 206 Elgin Street, Sudbury

-7th annual Craft Beer Festival, vendors from across the province and beyond... Music celebrates the 50th Anniversary of Woodstock Elgin Street Craft Beer Fest turns 7!!The 2019 Elgin Street Craft Beer Festival will be held in downtown Sudbury on Saturday, August 10th. As usual, we close down Grey Street and take over the sidewalk along Elgin to the other side of The Laughing Buddha.Once again this year we will close Grey Street on Friday, August 9th in the afternoon and have a street party from 6pm to 11pm with your favourite bands… after the success of 2016’s Pink Floyd night… we are branching out. 2017 saw a continued celebration of 30 years of The Townehouse Tavern with part 2 of our Anniversary Celebrations. Part 1 was June 16/17 with the reunion of Far From Heroes and Budget Motel.THIS YEAR WE CELEBRATE THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF WOODSTOCKThroughout August 9th and 10th we will feature artists playing music in the spirit of the 1969 Woodstock concert.We will have artists paying tribute to... and playing music inspired by …Sly and the Family Stone, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Crosby Stills and Nash, Blood Sweat and Tears, The Grateful Dead, Jimi Hendrix, Canned Heat and more!!

$35

DIY: Paddle Painting

DIY Craftery & Lounge 43 Elm Street, Sudbury

Join us at our licensed art and craft studio to paint with acrylic on wooden paddles. Create a unique home decoration or camp sign! All needed materials for this paddle painting class are supplied. Wine, beer, coolers, speciality coffees and non alcoholic drinks are available for purchase. Book your seat online at https://diycraftery.com/classes/paddle-painting/ Want to save the booking fee? Send kelsey@diycraftery.com an e-transfer and include which date and class you're booking. Head to La Fromagerie before or after your class and receive a 15% discount! Don't forget to ask us for details.

$60

Triple Love: Where Art Meets Autism

One Sky - Local Fine Goods 125 Durham Street, Sudbury

Triple Love: An Exhibit by Pierre AJ Sabourin, Trish Jokat, and her son Morgan Kitching. AUGUST AT ONE SKY GALLERY PIERRE AJ SABOURIN “As a young man, I traveled Canada from Newfoundland to Vancouver Island to the Arctic Circle on the Mackenzie River in the North West Territories. This experience instilled national pride in Canada’s wondrous beauty and diverse culture. Growing up in Sudbury, Ontario, during the peak of nickel smelting in the 50s and 60s and experiencing the destruction of nature by acid rain had a profound effect on me.” Sabourin, an en plein air landscape painter, follows the Canadian School of Painting in spirit, philosophy, and practice. The Canadian School was founded by AY Jackson and the Group of Seven. Sabourin makes his home in Killarney, Ontario. Art educator Arthur Lismer of the Group of Seven mentored Pierre at age ten, resonating throughout his entire life. Art that comes from the soul is the highest of truths it is the best of who you are. Sabourin went on to study Fine Arts at the University of Ottawa and the National Drawing and Print Council of Canada at the University of Calgary. Pierre apprenticed with landscape painter Ferenc Szeles of Hungary and mentored with great en plein air winter painter, Paul Schleusner of Germany. Pierre has developed a style of landscape painting that draws upon the traditions and influences of AY Jackson, Tom Thomson, JEH Macdonald, Arthur Lismer, Lawren Harris, Vincent Van Gogh, Igor Grabar, and Edouard Manet. "I’m an Expressionist! I love rich colour and thick impasto. manipulating paint and creating shadow. Immersing oneself in nature allows the unconscious to be exposed allowing for a deeper relationship with spirituality in the creative process. My paintings are inspired and produced en plein air, some are completed in the studio....

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