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July 15, 2021July 15, 2021 Sunonline/Orillia City of Orillia, Cloud Gallery, Creative Nomad Studios, Farmers' Market, Joe Huron, Leacock Associates, Leacock Medal For Humour, Leacock Museum, Mariposa Folk, OMAH, Opera House, Orillia Fine Arts Assoc., Orillia Youth Centre, Paul Baxter, Roots North, Sustainable Orillia

I want to shout something from the peanut gallery about how inane they sound.

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June 24, 2021June 24, 2021 Sunonline/Orillia City of Orillia, Cloud Gallery, Creative Nomad Studios, Hibernation, Joe Huron, Leacock Museum, Mariposa Arts, Mariposa Folk, ODAC, OMAH, Opera House, Orillia Secondary School, Orillia Youth Centre, Peter Street Fine Arts, Sustainable Orillia

The good news, Norm Foster will be on stage for his own Old Love, starting August 18.

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June 17, 2021June 17, 2021 Sunonline/Orillia Aaron Mangoff, City of Orillia, Creative Nomad Studios, DOMB, Hibernation, Jimi McKee, Joe Huron, Leacock Museum, Mariposa Folk, ODAC, ODAS Park, OMAH, Opera House, Orillia Secondary School, Orillia Youth Centre, Peter Street Fine Arts, Streets Alive, Sustainable Orillia

Tomorrow Ontario moves to stage two of reopening. What does that mean for arts & culture here in Orillia?

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June 10, 2021June 11, 2021 Sunonline/Orillia Aaron Mangoff, Charles Pachter, Cloud Gallery, Creative Nomad Studios, Hibernation, Joe Huron, Leacock Museum, Makers Market, Mariposa Folk, ODAC, OMAH, Opera House, Orillia City Hall, Orillia Youth Centre, Sawdust City, Steve Caston, Steven Henry, Streets Alive, Will McGarvey, Zachary Lucky

I also hope come the fall when nominations open for the Orillia Regional Arts and Heritage Awards somebody nominates Steven for this concert series.

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Leacock Medal Winner Announced

June 4, 2021June 4, 2021 Sunonline/Orillia Leacock Associates, Leacock Medal For Humour, Leacock Museum

A panel of judges from across Canada read 77 books to arrive at the long list (announced in April) and the short list (announced in May).

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June 3, 2021June 3, 2021 Sunonline/Orillia Aaron Mangoff, Cloud Gallery, Common Stove, Creative Nomad Studios, Hibernation, JImmy Johnston, Joe Huron, Leacock Museum, Makers Market, Mariposa Folk, OMAH, Opera House, Orillia Secondary School, Orillia Youth Centre, Peter Street Fine Arts, Sawdust City, Steve Caston, Steven Henry, Streets Alive, Zachary Lucky

The Canadian Live Music Association is mounting an online petition where you can send emails directly to MPPs about reopening steps.

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May 27, 2021May 27, 2021 Sunonline/Orillia Aaron Mangoff, Charles Pachter, City of Orillia, Creative Nomad Studios, Joe Huron, Lakehead, Leacock Museum, Lighthouse Soup Kitchen, Mariposa Folk, OMAH, Orillia Secondary School, Orillia Youth Centre, Steve Caston, Steven Henry, Streets Alive, Travis Shilling, Will McGarvey, Zachary Lucky

She was a member of the Orillia Historical Society (she gave me the evil eye once, then laughed when I called it the Hysterical Society), a group dedicated to teaching us about our past.

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May 20, 2021May 20, 2021 Sunonline/Orillia Aaron Mangoff, Brestovansky, Charles Pachter, City of Orillia, Creative Nomad Studios, Helen Perry, Joe Huron, Leacock Museum, Lighthouse Soup Kitchen, ODAC, OMAH, Opera House, Orillia Secondary School, Orillia Youth Centre, Reid Asselstine, Roots North, Sawdust City, Steven Henry, Sustainable Orillia, Travis Shilling, Zachary Lucky

That’s right. The owners of the property, which will have some kind of residential development on it, are keeping the train station.

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May 13, 2021May 13, 2021 Sunonline/Orillia Bleeker, Building Hope, City of Orillia, Creative Nomad Studios, JImmy Johnston, Joe Huron, Leacock Museum, Lighthouse Soup Kitchen, ODAC, OMAH, Orillia Secondary School, OSB, Reay, Steven Henry, Zachary Lucky, Zain Campbell

… figure out what a plumber charges to work a Thursday or Friday night, or on the weekend, for a typical 6 hour commitment; most musicians would be glad to get half of that because it would be a pay increase.

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May 6, 2021May 6, 2021 Sunonline/Orillia Building Hope, City of Orillia, Creative Nomad Studios, Joe Huron, Leacock Museum, Lighthouse Soup Kitchen, ODAC, OMAH, Opera House, Orillia Secondary School, Patrick Fogarty, Roots North, Steve Caston, Steven Henry, Tyler Knight, Zachary Lucky

The pay scale is lopsided too. The scale shows solo artists will get $250, which is alright, but as you add people each takes home less so by the time you get to a 4 piece each member is only getting $125.