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Spreading Christmas Cheer Plot Hole By Plot Hole

November 30, 2025November 30, 2025 Sunonline/Orillia Humour, Jim Foster

But seriously though, doesn’t it bother you a little bit that this Santa guy keeps a list of all the little children?

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November 29, 2025November 29, 2025 Sunonline/Orillia Arts Orillia, City of Orillia, Creative Nomad Studios, Mariposa Arts, OCB, OMAH, Opera House, Orillia Concert Association, Orillia Youth Centre, OSB, Peter Street Fine Arts

ShareBy John Swartz The Orillia Museum of Art and History made out like bandits on Wednesday. They scooped up 50

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Lightfoot Auction Today

November 26, 2025November 26, 2025 Sunonline/Orillia Gordon Lightfoot

The auction is happening at the Wilkens Gallery in Toronto and online (Wilkens, Live Auctioneers, and Invaluable)

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Huge Crowds For Weekend Christmas Start

November 24, 2025November 26, 2025 Sunonline/Orillia Creative Nomad Studios, Downtown Orillia, Orillia District Chamber of Commerce

The crowd in the downtown looked to be bigger than two years ago when crowds were the largest witnessed (it rained last year).

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Long-Lost Pages From The Book Of Jonah: A Whale Of A tale

November 23, 2025November 23, 2025 Sunonline/Orillia Humour, Jim Foster

Yet he complaineth not for he knew he wast on thin ice or wouldst hadst he known what ice wast.

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November 21, 2025November 21, 2025 Sunonline/Orillia Arts Orillia, Brassworks, Cellar Singers, Chamber of Commerce, City of Orillia, Creative Nomad Studios, Downtown Orillia, Mariposa Arts, NSA, OCB, OMAH, Opera House, Orillia Concert Association, Orillia wind ensemble, Orillia Youth Centre, OSB, Peter Street Fine Arts, St. Paul's Center

The big announcement the youth center’s director, Kevin Gangloff, had last week (the day after the column ran) is that Serena Ryder and Lydia Persaud have a concert at Creative Nomad Studios December 21.

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Grandma Will Fix It

November 16, 2025November 16, 2025 Sunonline/Orillia Humour, Jim Foster

But enough of my journey into heathenism and on to Johnny Standley’s Grandma’s Lye Soap.

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November 13, 2025November 13, 2025 Sunonline/Orillia Arts Orillia, Cellar Singers, City of Orillia, Creative Nomad Studios, Gordon Lightfoot, Green Haven, Lightfoot Band, Lightfoot Days, Mariposa Arts, North Simcoe Arts, OCB, OMAH, Opera House, Orillia Concert Association, Orillia District Chamber of Commerce, Orillia Youth Centre, OSB, Peter Street Fine Arts, Soldiers' Memorial Hospital Foundation, St. Paul's Center

ShareBy John Swartz What a month this has been so far. Mariposa Arts produced and performed fantastically with Jesus Christ

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Editorial: Summer Theater Kicked To The Curb

November 12, 2025November 12, 2025 Sunonline/Orillia City of Orillia, Mariposa Arts, Opera House

The key thing to understand is art equals creation, not buying. This change in programming turns the City into buyers instead of creators. Audiences will notice.