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Join us for Of Light and Life, a new exhibit by world renowned artist Michael Dumas. The exhibit will be on display at the Agnes Jameison Gallery from July 17 to September 13, 2025. The opening reception will be held on Saturday, July 19 from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m.

“While the natural world has exerted its influence on my artwork since childhood the essential foundation for my work is direct observation of the world around me.

My exhibit, featuring several new pieces, provides a glimpse into the processes involved, from observational sketches and comprehensive preliminary drawings that may or may not lead anywhere beyond the motivating interest that inspired them. Overlaying this procedure is the matter of materials, the choice of medium, the support it will be applied to, and a sense of just what combinations are most sympathetic to the envisioned image. So goes an endless thread running through the work, joining observation, subject matter, emotional response, and the physicality of mediums.” M.D

The Artist:

Michael Dumas was born and raised in the small town of Whitney, Ontario, near Algonquin Park. Exposure and familiarity with the wilderness and its creatures are reflected in his art. Michael worked for a time as a ranger in Algonquin and has continued his connection to the Park by accompanying research teams on projects such as the winter bear den census. Michael’s subject matter also includes rural themes and people; the common denominator within all his art being an intimate connection based on personal experience.

The Minden Hills Cultural Centre is pleased to partner with Pride in the Highlands for the 2nd annual Voice of Pride Art Exhibition, curated by local artist Scott Michael Walling. The exhibit will be on display from August 12 to 30, 2025 at the Minden Hills Cultural Centre.

The Artist Opening Reception will be held in the Welch room at the Cultural Centre on Friday, August 22 from 6:00 – 8:00 pm.  Enjoy an evening of celebration, conversation, and creative expression. Meet the artists, explore the works on display, and enjoy food and beverages. All are welcome to take part in this vibrant celebration of art and community.

The campers are all finally asleep, and the lake is getting quiet. Have a beer; make a s’more; tell a scary story. Figure out what you’re going to have to do in the morning to keep camp fun and safe without letting the kids find out about… well, you’ve seen the news. I just got a notification – they’re getting closer.

Following a group of camp counselors trying to mold the leaders of tomorrow when tomorrow is looking bleaker and bleaker, The Grown-Ups explores the traditions that change us, what it takes for us to change them, and how to change yourself when you’re hopelessly, tragically not prepared for this.

“The Grown-Ups” is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. www.concordtheatricals.com

Content Warning: The Grown-Ups contains mild adult themes, alcohol use, and strong language. We recommend it for audiences ages 12 and older.

The campers are all finally asleep, and the lake is getting quiet. Have a beer; make a s’more; tell a scary story. Figure out what you’re going to have to do in the morning to keep camp fun and safe without letting the kids find out about… well, you’ve seen the news. I just got a notification – they’re getting closer.

Following a group of camp counselors trying to mold the leaders of tomorrow when tomorrow is looking bleaker and bleaker, The Grown-Ups explores the traditions that change us, what it takes for us to change them, and how to change yourself when you’re hopelessly, tragically not prepared for this.

“The Grown-Ups” is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. www.concordtheatricals.com

Content Warning: The Grown-Ups contains mild adult themes, alcohol use, and strong language. We recommend it for audiences ages 12 and older.

The campers are all finally asleep, and the lake is getting quiet. Have a beer; make a s’more; tell a scary story. Figure out what you’re going to have to do in the morning to keep camp fun and safe without letting the kids find out about… well, you’ve seen the news. I just got a notification – they’re getting closer.

Following a group of camp counselors trying to mold the leaders of tomorrow when tomorrow is looking bleaker and bleaker, The Grown-Ups explores the traditions that change us, what it takes for us to change them, and how to change yourself when you’re hopelessly, tragically not prepared for this.

“The Grown-Ups” is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. www.concordtheatricals.com

Content Warning: The Grown-Ups contains mild adult themes, alcohol use, and strong language. We recommend it for audiences ages 12 and older.

Tickets at the door by donation

Meet Diane, a permaculture gardener dripping with butch charm. She’s got supernatural abilities owing to her true identity—the Greek god Dionysus—and she’s returned to the modern world to gather mortal followers and restore the Earth to its natural state. Where better to begin than with four housewives in a suburban New Jersey cul-de-sac? In this Obie-winning comedy with a twist, Pulitzer Prize finalist Madeleine George pens a hilarious evisceration of the blind eye we all turn to climate change and the bacchanalian catharsis that awaits us, even in our own backyards.

“Hurricane Diane” is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. www.concordtheatricals.com

Ctrl-ART-Del and Pride in the Highlands are partnering to present this staged reading as a part of Pride Week 2025.

Weather permitting, the event will be held outside at the Cultural Centre, with the Welch Room as the rain space.

Content Warning: Hurricane Diane includes strong language and sexual references. We recommend it for audiences ages 13 and up.

HEADLINING: SCOTT FAULCONBRIDGE
Scott Faulconbridge has delighted International audiences with his masterful timing, quirky story, and quick improvisational wit, establishing himself as one of Canada’s top headlining acts. His unique stories and songs, inspired by family mishaps, have made him a crowd favourite for three decades. His work has earned him three Canadian Comedy Award nominations as an Improviser and a stand-up comedian.
Nationally, he has toured theatres coast-to-coast in the Just For Laughs and The Investors Group National Tour and opened for Howie Mandell at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa. His stories, jokes and emotional outbursts have been heard on CBC radio for shows such as The Debaters, LOL, and Day 6. He has written for CBC’s Still Standing. He has been seen on numerous televised comedy specials, including CTV’s Comedy Now, CBC’s Comics, The Winnipeg Comedy Festival, The Halifax Comedy Festival and the internationally acclaimed Just For Laughs Festival.
In the United States, he has toured colleges and headlined the legendary Las Vegas Riviera comedy club. His albums “Warn the Others” and “Scottland” are regularly heard on SiriusXM. He has also appeared on numerous televised specials, including NBC’s Last Comic Standing.
Scott’s acting credits include roles in feature films such as The Greatest Game Ever Played, starring Shia LaBeouf, and Abandon, starring Benjamin Bratt. In 2018, Scott will appear as an actor in Roger Avery’s internationally released feature film Lucky Day. He currently co-hosts ‘Date Night Comedy’ with his on-stage wife, Anne McMaster, at The Comedy Bar, which features the best improvisers and stand-up comedians in the country. He also performs regularly at corporate events, Yuk Yuk’s Comedy clubs, Rumours and The Comedy Nest. He currently lives in the GTA with his family, where he coaches sports that he never actually played.

MC: CATHY BOYD
Cathy Boyd is a brutally honest stand-up comedian based in Toronto. Known for her dry demeanour, her punchline-heavy act impresses audiences everywhere. Her most notable recent appearance was on Season One of Canada’s Got Talent, where judge Howie Mandel remarked, “You’re very funny. You’ve found your calling.”

In 2020, Cathy released her debut album, Wise Tracks, available on SiriusXM’s She’s So Funny and SiriusXM Comedy Club, and on most streaming platforms. She can also be heard on CBC Laugh Out Loud Radio. Cathy regularly performs at Yuk Yuk’s Comedy Clubs.

Other notable credits include the Jersey City Comedy Festival, where she was chosen as both an audience pick and an industry pick; the SLO Comedy Festival; Montana’s Big Sky Comedy Festival; Seattle International Comedy Competition; the Women in Comedy Festival in Boston; finalist in New York’s She Devil Comedy Festival; The Boston Comedy Festival; Maine Comedy Festival; and Rogue Island Comedy Festival. In 2019, she was crowned Comedian of the North.

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