Monday, March 21 Reading Town Ville Lecture 2016 Launch – The National Reading Campaign is calling on all readers and on all Sudburians who love to transmit creativity, knowledge and literacy through works of art. We will be launching Reading Town Sudbury Ville Lecture 2016, kicking off a multilingual celebration of reading throughout Greater Sudbury from April 30th to May 8th. Discover all of our off-the-wall programming at this very special launch, which will include entertainment and refreshments. Make sure to RSVP, as seats are limited! 10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. @ Fromagerie Elgin – 80 Elgin Street International Day for......
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Friday, March 18 March Break: Ventriloquist Yvette Locke – Join us for Canada’s premiere female ventriloquist. Yvette and her puppet friends will be sure to steal your heart. 2:00 p.m. @ Greater Sudbury Public Library – 74 Mackenzie Street Tour of Spain – WINE TASTING – Spain is best known for its passion for music, food, and wine. Come and join us to sample wines from five Spanish wine regions – and their perfect tapas pairings to add a little spice to your cold winter nights. Cost: $90 – 6:00 p.m. @ Kitchen Bits – 1390 Kingsway LU Nursing Games 2016 – Laurentian University Nursing Games......
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Julieanne, the artist behind Heirloom Island, is a mother, world traveller, teacher and dreamer who creates with watercolours and acrylics and has turned a selection of her work into prints and cards. She spent her childhood growing up in the Sudbury area and her summers on Manitoulin Island. Her work is inspired by the time she spent living and travelling the globe as well as her home here in the north. Read through to the end to enter our giveaway for a few of Heirloom Island’s beautiful prints! What is the story behind Heirloom Island? I am an explorer, mother,......
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Monday, March 14 Diner Favourites – Diner dishes are classics for a reason – they are homemade, comforting and rarely disappoint. Join us as we celebrate the traditional recipes for a Corned Beef Hash, a classic Croque Madame and a heavenly Lemon Meringue Pie. Cost: $70 – 6:00 p.m. @ Kitchen Bits – 1390 Kingsway Walk Off The Earth in Sudbury, ON with Marianas Trench – 8:00 p.m. @ Sudbury Community Arena – 240 Elgin Street Sherman Downey – Monday was to be a regular acoustic night with Marcel Gauthier but the popular songwriter Sherman Downey happened to be routing through and we are......
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Friday, March 11 Vernissage à la GNO: LA FUGUE – Entering the gallery, the viewer is invited to enter a mirrored tunnel where they are confronted with flashing lights and a plethora of special effects. As a comment on the dizzying self-voyeurism of our era, LA FUGUE amicably teases each of us for our narcissistic tendencies. In fact, Geneviève Thauvette’s interactive installation casts the viewer in a leading role, as their reaction to the work becomes an essential part of the project. As they approach the exit, the size of the tunnel shrinks and the viewer must get down on......
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Can you believe it is already the middle of March? 2016 is flying by and March break is JUST around the corner. If you’re looking for something fun for your kids this March Break, we have got you covered! We’ve rounded up some of the fun March Break camps that are taking place next week. From winter survival to a day at the spa, there is something for everyone! Around the World with Glam – Who’s ready to travel the world this March Break? Each day we imaginatively visit a different country where we learn, explore, taste, craft and spa......
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Ryan Benoit is the innovative mind behind the local clothing brand the Positive Inception. Created while he was still in university, Ryan’s brand was made to help people feel happy, positive, and comfortable in their own skin. “It’s a pretty amazing feeling when people message me or come up to me saying that I am changing their lives and every time they wear the Positive Inception; they feel better and happier. That’s why I do what I do, to make people’s lives better overall.” Ryan gave us all the details on the Positive Inception, why he decided to start......
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Last month, Science North’s IMAX® Theatre was closed for some pretty awesome upgrades. The theatre reopened February 6, 2016, with the world’s most state-of-the-art advanced cinema technology–IMAX with Laser, the third of its kind in Canada (after ScotiaBank Theatre in Toronto and TELUS World of Science in Edmonton). With this new laser system, Science North’s IMAX Theatre can now offer the best cinematic programming for their documentaries and feature-length films. Before the transition from film to digital, they were only able to screen 5-7 documentaries every year but now they can screen anywhere from 30 to 40 films a......
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March 08, 2016
Bring your creative ideas to life with the Imaginate Exhibit at Science North
The Imaginate exhibition is a fun and highly interactive exhibit that encourages creativity and innovation. Imaginate is a 6000 square foot exhibit that was developed by the Ontario Science Centre and has been at Reuben H. Fleet Science Center in San Diego, Pacific Science Center in Seattle, Lawrence Hall of Science in Berkeley CA, etc. The exhibit has 5 guiding themes used as pathways to innovation: Dream Big; Expect the Unexpected; Collaborate or Compete; Try, Try and Try Again; and Look To the World. “When we were developing the exhibit, our goal was to shift people’s perception away from......
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Monday, March 7 Pride Week Opening Ceremonies – Laurentian Pride would like to cordially invite you to our Pride Week opening ceremonies. Please join us as we proudly celebrate 20 years on campus and officially launch our Pride Week. There will be refreshments after the ceremony. We look forward to seeing you! 10:00 a.m. @ Laurentian’s Student Centre I-Lunch Sudbury: Leveraging Digital Media in New Ways – iLunch is a free monthly lunch-and-learn series that provides skills development and networking to interactive digital media producers and those in other sectors wishing to learn more or collaborate with IDM creators. 12:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.......
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