Stratford Loves Culture!
STRATFORD, ON, (September 17,
2012) – Nearly 7,000 free activities will take place in some 800 communities across Canada
for the third annual Culture Days on
September 28 to 30, 2012, including more
than 70 activities that are planned to take place here in Stratford and Perth
County.
“The
growth of Culture Days since its inception just three years ago has been
monumental,” said Antoni Cimolino, General Director and Artistic Director designate
of the Stratford Shakespeare Festival, and Chair of the Culture Days National
Steering Executive Committee.
“The
cultural community and the general public are clearly united in their passion
for this creative movement.
Participating communities, artists, cultural groups and organizations
have multiplied, and Canadians have responded by coming out in droves for the
opportunity to familiarize and engage themselves with many of these exciting
and inspiring local activities.
The third annual Culture Days will be celebrated in hundreds of cities
and towns from coast to coast to coast, with thousands of free activities from
a wide range of disciplines including: visual arts, music, dance, theatre,
architecture, heritage, film and video, literature, culinary arts and new
media. 1.2 million Canadians participated in over 6,000 activities spanning
over 800 communities during Culture Days 2011. The momentum continues to build
and participation in Culture Days 2012 is anticipated to surpass last year’s.
Check out some of the many free and fun Culture Days activities in Stratford
and Perth County September 28-30 including:
·
Stratford
Shakespeare Festival Costume Warehouse Tours – Sunday at 9:30, 10, 10:30 and 11
a.m., 350 Douro Street, Stratford.
·
Craft
Sale at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival – Saturday, 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. and
Sunday, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Festival Theatre, Stage Door, 55 Queen Street,
Stratford.
·
Birmingham
Conservatory Shakespeare Text Class – Sunday, 11 a.m., Studio Theatre, 34
George Street East, Stratford.
·
Meet
the Faux Food Artist and Props Builder, Carolyn Horley – Saturday & Sunday
at Factory 163.
·
Hermione
Presents: What’s on the Burner – Saturday, 8 p.m. at Factory 163.
·
Bay
Street Ontario Cottage Heritage & Yard Sale Event – Saturday, 9 a.m. to 1
p.m.
·
Random
Acts of Music – Saturday, 1 to 5 p.m. at Schinbein’s Music, 117 St. Andrew
Street, Mitchell
·
Genealogical
Puzzles: Finding the Missing Pieces – Saturday, 2 to 4 p.m. at 260 Main Street
West, Listowel
·
The
Other Hand Puppet Troupe: Show & Chat – Sunday, 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 1 to
2 p.m. at Factory 163
·
Hermione
Presents and Perth Arts Connect – two days of workshops, demonstrations and
shows, Saturday and Sunday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
To find out all
of the activities that are happening in Stratford and Perth County, visit www.culturedays.ca and plan your Culture Days weekend using the Bright Spots Schedule,
presented by Sun Life Financial.
Launched in 2010, Culture Days is a civil society-driven
initiative overseen by a National
Steering Committee and volunteer Provincial Task Forces whose
members come from a variety of backgrounds including cultural programming,
tourism, municipal cultural planning and public engagement who rally their arts
and cultural communities to promote the event to the public at the local level.
To learn more, please visit www.culturedays.ca
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