Guides
Guide to Culture Days 2012
Culture Days is a collaborative coast-to-coast-to-coast volunteer movement to raise the awareness, accessibility, participation and engagement of Canadians in the arts and cultural life of their communities. Thousands of activity organizers and artists volunteer their time and talent to present and coordinate free public activities that take place throughout the country over the last weekend [...]
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Guide to the Limestone City Blues Festival
The 16th annual Limestone City Blues Festival is fast approaching, and if you’re anything like me, you likely have a bit of a love-hate relationship with this massive weekend celebrating blues music and southern-inspired food. We love our local Blues Fest because we can enjoy four days of lively performances by world-class and local talents [...]
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Guide to the Wolfe Island Music Festival
Glancing over at the quiet behemoths dancing in the wind, the average person would never suspect that big things are about to go down on Wolfe Island. This weekend marks the annual Wolfe Island Music Festival, which will attract an energetic mix of loyal Kingstonians, out-of-town spectators as well as talented performers. The festival has [...]
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Guide to Bike Shops and Rentals
Last week, numerous Kingstonians spotted what appears to be Google’s streetview mapping vehicle, once again taking stock of the Limestone City’s transportation network. There was, however, a small twist this time around, as the vehicle seen towing the streetview apparatus was in fact a bicycle. Further, it appeared to be mapping bike lanes as opposed [...]
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Guide to Buskers Rendezvous
Next week is Kingston’s Annual Buskers Rendezvous. From Thursday, July 12th-Sunday, July 15th buskers from all over the world will take over our downtown streets to perform acts of all kinds including juggling, dancing, magic, live music, sidewalk art, acrobatics, fire shows and tons more. New acts this year include Australian music sensation Juzzie Smith, [...]
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Guide to The Empire Life Kingston Jazz Festival
Next weekend is The Empire Life Kingston Jazz Festival from Thursday, June 21st to Saturday, June 23rd. According to my calculations, this is the twelfth annual jazz fest – as long as I’ve lived in Kingston. It’s been fascinating watching this festival grow over the years and I think it’s safe to say that this [...]
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Guide to Kingston Pride
This Thursday marks the beginning of a full month of celebrations for Kingston’s LGBTQ community. This is Kingston Pride‘s 23rd anniversary and the Pride Board of Directors has been working hard to create a month full of great ways to celebrate. Events vary from parties to art shows, live music, the annual boat cruise and [...]
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Guide to Homegrown
In its fourth year, Homegrown Live Music Festival will once again be showcasing some of Kingston’s finest musicians all in support of Joe’s MILL and The Partners in Mission Food Bank. On Saturday, May 12th, eleven downtown venues will be taking part, each playing host to one specific genre of music. By purchasing a bracelet [...]
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Guide to National Youth Arts Week
Next week marks National Youth Arts Week. From Tuesday, May 1st to Monday, May 7th, youth from across Canada will participate in various workshops, exhibits, musical performances and other arts related events. Much like Culture Days back in October, Youth Arts Week is a series of events created and hosted by local community groups and [...]
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Guide to Surviving the Zombie Apocalypse
Today we’re breaking away from local stories of interest to a piece of vital information that could very well save your life one day. While Halloween is just over half a year away, don’t be fooled, the zombie apocalypse is blind to our calendar and realistically, it could hit the Limestone City any day now. [...]
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