Martina Field
Festival of Small Halls: Cassie and Maggie at Maberly Hall
It was a beautiful and warm, sunny day, as people filed into the Maberly Hall this past Sunday, to attend one of the Festival of Small Halls concerts. On the bill was our own Blue Skies Community Fiddle Orchestra (who use this very hall as a rehearsal space), opening for… READ MORE
Attention Ontario Liberals, and Greens too - even disconcerted Torys
For as long as I can remember, the Liberals have asked NDP voters for their help in defeating the Tories, and many of us have complied, ensuring that Liberal governments be formed. Now is the time for Liberals, in Ontario, to return the favour, to step up and lend their… READ MORE
Huizinga and Coulter play the Cardinal Cafe in Sharbot Lake to sold out crowd
Twenty eight years ago, when we moved to the area, if anyone had told me that I’d be sitting in the old Catholic Church in Sharbot Lake, eating croissants and sipping cappuccino while enjoying a concert of Baroque, Irish, Bulgarian and Argentinian music played on violin and guitar, I would… READ MORE
Musical shenanigans start up MERA spring series
The sun poured in through the windows of the schoolhouse on March 11 for the first in a series of a Sunday afternoon spring concert series taking place at MERA in McDonalds Corners. The hall was full as Clan Hannigan took to the stage to play mostly Irish tunes and… READ MORE
Country Music by Joey Wright
Country Music by Joey Wright review by Martina Field It was a relatively warm early November evening (Nov. 12) when the Cardinal Cafe started to fill with people in anticipation of Elphin resident Joey Wright’s CD release concert. The ambiance was set by the lovely candle-lit room, which made the… READ MORE
