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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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July 8, 2021July 8, 2021 Sunonline/Orillia Building Hope, City of Orillia, Cloud Gallery, Creative Nomad Studios, Hibernation, Joe Huron, Lance Anderson, Mariposa Folk, ODAS Park, OMAH, Opera House, Orillia Youth Centre, Paul Baxter, Peter Street Fine Arts, Roots North, Streets Alive, Sustainable Orillia

It’s called the Mariposa Incubator Series for Emerging Artists, so it’s a learning exercise and I can assure you listening to Lance Anderson talk about the do’s and don’t’s of being on stage will be enlightening.

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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 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.

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April 29, 2021April 29, 2021 Sunonline/Orillia Craig Mainprize, Creative Nomad Studios, Joe Huron, Leacock Museum, ODAC, OMAH, Opera House, Roots North, Steven Henry, Tyler Knight, Zachary Lucky

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

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April 22, 2021April 22, 2021 Sunonline/Orillia Creative Nomad Studios, Joe Huron, Mariposa Folk Festival, OMAH, Opera House, Roots North, Steven Henry, Zachary Lucky

“An important mandate for us is to support the downtown, so we want encourage people to grab some takeout and have a dinner and a show at home.”

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April 8, 2021April 9, 2021 Sunonline/Orillia Cloud Gallery, Creative Nomad Studios, Farmers' Market, Joe Huron, Lance Anderson, Leacock Medal For Humour, Mark Fletcher, OMAH, Opera House, Orillia Public Library, Roots North, Steven Henry

Aaron tried his best to record it at home and wasn’t able to. I told him I don’t care if you sing it over your phone, I can make it sound better.

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April 1, 2021April 2, 2021 Sunonline/Orillia Cloud Gallery, Couchiching Craft Brewing Company, Creative Nomad Studios, Downtown Orillia, Farmers' Market, Hibernation, Joe Huron, Lance Anderson, Leacock Associates, Mark Fletcher, OMAH, Opera House, Orillia Public Library, Orillia Scottish Festival, Peter Street Fine Arts, Roots North, Steven Henry

While everyone is staying at home, again (except for those who can go to work, or shop, or travel, or whatever is an excuse) you might be wondering, “what can I do? I’ve read the internet…

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October 1, 2020October 1, 2020 Sunonline/Orillia City of Orillia, Creative Nomad Studios, Leacock Museum, Makers Market, ODAC, OMAH, Opera House, Orillia Youth Centre, Roots North, Swanmore Hall

The key position for such an operation needs a personality, not famous, but every single successful restaurant in Orillia has a key personality identified with it.

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September 9, 2020September 9, 2020 Sunonline/Orillia City of Orillia, Creative Nomad Studios, Information Orillia, Kevin Gangloff, Makers Market, Mariposa Folk, ODAC, OMAH, Opera House, Orillia Youth Centre, Ron Hill, Roots North, Somniatis, Valis Sound, Xavier Fernandes

I think in time the effort, talent, ingenuity, sweat and money each has contributed will prove to be a far greater value than it appears at this moment.