All Posts Tagged With: "McBurney Park"
Canada Day Festivities and Closures
Kingston’s Canada Day celebrations are scheduled for Confederation Park and Grass Creek Park. A list of holiday and road closures follows below. Here’s what is going on: Red & White People Parade: Anyone wearing Canadian red and white is welcome to join this parade which departs from the Metro parking lot (at Barrie and Princess [...]
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Weekly Poll: Smoking Bylaw Expansion
Once upon a time you could do it in restaurants, movie theatres, taxi cabs, and even in classrooms. Doctors prescribed certain brands as a cure all, and Hollywood would have you believe that all the cool kids are doing it. In case you haven’t figured it out, I’m referring to darts, death sticks, smokes…cigarettes. Nearly ten [...]
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Five Things to See and Do
One of our first posts of 2011 was our new seasonal review of the top five things to see and do in Kingston. In our second edition, we will be looking forward and highlighting five of favourite, most anticipated festivals and activities, which you won’t want to miss during what’s left of Spring, and wait [...]
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Weekly Poll: Outdoor Staking Rinks
Happy New Year! Not only is it hard to believe that it’s 2011, it’s ridiculous when you come to terms with the fact that it’s January. Take a look outside, and if your neck of the urbanized woods is anything like mine, you’ll be hard pressed to find a single, glorious snowflake. Rewind to this [...]
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Friday Foto
Happy Friday everyone. For those of you who are wondering about today’s featured photo, it shows off one of the many colourful yarn bombs that have been dropped in downtown Kingston over the past few months. The first yarnstorm that caught my attention was at Skeleton Park, where one of the park’s signature canons had [...]
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Friday Foto
All things point towards McBurney Park this Saturday, as the 5th annual Skeleton Park Music Festival is ready to rock. Well, that’s not entirely true, as SPMF started rocking on Wednesday with a series of nightly concerts leading up to day-long, outdoor spectacular. I was fortunate enough to attend the opening night of the festival [...]
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Guide to the Skeleton Park Music Festival
The Skeleton Park Music Festival officially kicks off tomorrow night, with three consecutive evenings of fantastic entertainment prior to the main event this Saturday in McBurney Park. Due to the popularity of last year’s festival guide received, we thought that it would be beneficial to outline SKMP 2010, specifically the schedule, venues and musicians. So [...]
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Skeleton Park Music Festival
The Skeleton Park Music Festival is a non-profit music festival in Kingston, Ontario. This year, the festival celebrates it’s 5th anniversary, and it will take place from June 16th to the 19th. The SPMF provides venues for showcasing local musicians, in addition to family activities, artisans, and education on the history of Skeleton Park, also [...]
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The Accessible City
Back in 2006, the City of Kingston released the 2007 (4 Year) Accessibility Plan, which was geared towards identifying and improving programs, facilities and infrastructure that were not fully accessible to those with disabilities. Since then, new projects, specifically the K-Rock Centre, Invista Centre, Market Square pavilion and Kingston Police Station, have all been completed [...]
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City Landmarks Vol VIII
Summer brings loads of activities to Kingston, while City Park, Market Square and Confederation Park are not the only outdoor venues for fun and excitement. From music festivals to buskers and their brand new basketball court, McBurney Park (aka Skeleton Park) is a secret garden that few tourists will ever discover. This gritty greenspace is [...]
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