All Posts Tagged With: "The Gertrudes"
Lake Effect: Making Art in Kingston
Lake Effect is a twenty minute documentary featuring four artists: Lisa Figge, Shayne Dark, Don Maynard, Maureen Sheridan, all of whom live and work in or around Kingston, Ontario. The film explores how each of the respective artists came to call Kingston home, their respective artistic processes and the value they place on the local [...]
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Mass Swimm II
A few weeks ago, water-loving Kingstonians converged on the Kingston PUC Docks and Breakwater Park to partake in Mass Swimm II. This event was geared towards celebrating our waterfront as well as protesting the lack of accessibility, neglected repairs and upgrades. Kurtis Chen captured the excitement that was in the air with the following video. [...]
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The Five People You (Want to) Meet in Kingston
The final exam in my first year French class included a 15 minute conversational interview, where the challenge was to wow the prof with a long-winded response to a single question. The questions were, as you’d expect, very open ended. And as luck would have it, I drew the age old noodle scratcher: if you [...]
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The Skeleton Park Community Songbook: The Gertrudes
In my search for some good tunes to share and help set us up for a fantastic Fall weekend, I came across the latest addition to the Skeleton Park Community Songbook. Hopefully you’ve heard of this project already, but in case you haven’t the Skeleton Park Community Songbook is being led by organizers of the [...]
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Culture Days
Last weekend Canada celebrated the second annual Culture Days, a three-day event filled with opportunities to see, hear and discover culture in and around your city. Artists volunteer their time and creativity to share hands-on, interactive activities that invite the public to participate “behind the scenes,” to discover the world of artists, creators, historians, architects, [...]
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Skeleton Park Sing-along
The entire community is invited to an outdoor sing-along at Skeleton Park. Bring your guitar, your voice, and a comfortable chair for an evening of music making. Suggest songs for the set list right here and link to chords and lyrics. Let’s play it all – from nursery rhymes to classic rock ballads, Canadiana and [...]
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Bruce Peninsula, The Gertrudes and Snow Blink
Come see Kingston’s fabulous folkestra, The Gertrudes, Toronto’s alt-gospel all-stars, Bruce Peninsula, and the dazzling duo, Snowblink blow the roof out at St. James! $5 at the door!
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KDG Season Opener
Tonight’s the night, as the Kingston Derby Girls make their long awaited return and kick off the 2011 season at the Memorial Centre. From the crazy uniforms and fear-inducing nicknames, to the epic spills and electrifying half time show, our Derby Girls sure do know how to put on one hell of a show, fuelled [...]
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Kingston Derby Girls
Kingston Derby Girls and Skeleton Park Music Festival proudly present Kingston’s first roller derby bout of 2011 – a double header! Featuring Kingston’s Sindarollas and The Disloyalists vs. Peterborough Roller Derby with live entertainment by: Sheezer, Slick Whippet, Rueben deGroot and The Gertrudes. Doors open at 5:30pm, Entertainment at 6:00pm, Bout start at 6:30pm Tickets: [...]
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Apple Crisp Compilation Number 5
Just over a month ago, I was reminiscing about TV Desserts, a fantastic series produced for the Apple Crisp Musical Video Club featuring local talent including P.S. I Love You, The Gertrudes, and Sheesham and Lotus, just to name a few. As the folks behind the popular video series have been busy with other projects, [...]
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