Ukulele reunion drop-in. A great opportunity to refresh your ukulele skills. Bring your uke and we’ll help you tune up. Practice your chords and strumming from lesson 1 and maybe even pick up a new tune. Extra points for showing off your advanced skills. There is no charge for this event. Need some extra time to prepare – join us on our Jam night this Thursday!

Enjoy dinner accompanied by a tasteful selection of instrumental jazz and folk.

Reservation are recommended 705-489-4449

Sr. Dorothy Stang from the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur, martyred in 2005, was an outspoken advocate for the poor, and for protection of the Amazon rainforest.

This 90min play, performed by Sister Nancy Murray, tells the story of Sister Stang’s tragic death using archival BBC footage.

An example of integrity amidst the challenges of climate change
and a community searching for justice.

The Highlights Concert, which features some of the best performances of last week’s music festival, takes place this Thursday (May 2) at 7 p.m. at the Northern Lights Performing Arts Pavilion (the theatre at the high school). It’s going to be a good one, so don’t miss it! Tickets are $10/person and are available at the door.

Enjoy all that Abbey Gardens has to offer on these one of a kind, guided hikes. Our ponies encourage you to view the beautiful natural surroundings from a completely different perspective. Equines teach us to live in the moment and relish the simple pleasures of a ramble in nature. Lead one of our ponies by foot, or simply walk beside. Every Friday at noon from April to October.

Register online at abbeygardens.ca and please specify the date you’re signing up for in the notes section. $10 per person.

The debut of The Bones of Jim Jones happening May 3rd at the Youth Hub, also featuring Kelsey Young & Sam Oliffe

Mark your calendar for some garage punk rock plus some other great performances all in the name of a fantastic fundraiser.

Doors open at 6:30 – Concert 7 – 9 pm

This is a fun event that allows you to reconnect with your golfing buddies and prepare for the new season.

Come and have a drink and a nibble. If you haven’t already sent it in electronically or by mail, bring your membership form and your cheque for your membership fee (no cash please).

One of Canada’s favourite singer songwriters returns to the Dominion Hotel stage. This multi award winning artist is always entertaining and fun to see. His songs like Peter and Lou, Yes I Can and of course Rock and Roll Song have been played on the radio for decades and form a part of the Canadian song book.

2019 MWP Opening Weekend – Volunteers needed to help with spring clean-up, splitting wood and constructing a new outdoor change rooms & showers

Join Gord & Den as they play their way through some of your favorite country classic songs.  No cover charge.

*lunch available to purchase from 12-2pm

*Meat Draw at 1:00 pm

Haliburton County Horsemen’s Association
Annual Fundraising Spaghetti Dinner
May 4th at 6pm at the Minden Community Centre.
$5.00 a person bring family, friends neighbors.
Items welcomed for the Silent Auction.
Lots of great food, fun and laughter.

Come Hike With Us as part of this national initiative, launching National Hospice and Palliative Week.

• 1km or up to 5km to raise funds for HHHS Hospice Palliative Care – 12Noon Registration/1pm Walk

Here is dazzling, serene, stimulating, soothing chamber music by one of CBC’s “30 Hot Canadian musicians under 30” for 2016.The Calgary Herald said they gave a “compelling performance”in their 2018 concert, noting “their commitment and sense of performance”.

These dynamic young people were first prize winner at the 12th Banff International String Competition plus prize winners at the Bordeaux International, plus last year’s recipient of the prestigious Cleveland Quartet Award. We will experience the joys of Mozart, Brahms, and R. Murray Schafer. A “can’t-miss” event!

Join us Melissa Stephens and the Highlands Festival Singers for an evening of song featuring the exquisite music of Morten Lauridsen. Lauridsen gives us soul-searching works that thrill the ear and touch the heart!

Two evening concerts are taking place:
Sunday, MAY 5 at 7:30 pm
Wednesday, MAY 8 at 7:30

Highland Hills United Church
21 Newcastle St, Minden, ON

Pre-order tickets ($15): highlandsfestivalsingers@gmail.com
Tickets will be available at Minden Pharmasave and Cranberry Cottage, Haliburton

Be the first to check out the New Store.

Tickets are $20 and available at the HHHS Foundation office – Haliburton hospital site.  All funds raised will benefit the HHHS Foundation, supporting the cardiac telemetry equipment campaign.

Chances to win prizes – beer and wine tastings – delicious food

3 course lunch and free.

drop in for pints and CanoeFM Radio Bingo. Doors open 4-8pm, Bingo starts at 6pm. Cards available to play in or take home.

** Please note this is a Tuesday** Please bring 2 items from the list I will post and have them chopped and in a bowl to place on the table.

If you have extra dressings at home Bring them along. Also Bring enough for about 10 people to make 4 jar salads. Bring along 3 jars 500ml or more for your salads.

In this Speaker Series, Grit Laskin will tell the story of a life in guitar making. He is the only musical instrument maker in Canada to receive the Bronfman Award for Excellence not to mention the Order Of Canada. Part of Mr. Laskin’s talk will be a slide show of his ground-breaking Inlay Art. He will also be discussing the formation of Borealis Records and will perform a short concert.

Price Per Person: $10.00

A portion of the proceeds will be donated to a local conservation organization.

Join us Melissa Stephens and the Highlands Festival Singers for an evening of song featuring the exquisite music of Morten Lauridsen. Lauridsen gives us soul-searching works that thrill the ear and touch the heart!

Two evening concerts are taking place:
Sunday, MAY 5 at 7:30 pm
Wednesday, MAY 8 at 7:30

Highland Hills United Church
21 Newcastle St, Minden, ON

Pre-order tickets ($15): highlandsfestivalsingers@gmail.com
Tickets will be available at Minden Pharmasave and Cranberry Cottage, Haliburton

Richard Garvey is a guitar-strumming, banjo-plucking, and sing-along-starting performer and community organizer from Kitchener. His award winning songs explore the highs and lows of love, injustice, and the marbled mess of the human condition. Whether he’s playing to a living room or an amphitheatre, Richard brings clever songs and a sly sense of humour to inspire solidarity, hope, and change. If you’re looking for the latest incarnation of world-changing, foot-stomping, and heart-filling folk music, see Richard Garvey.

Enjoy all that Abbey Gardens has to offer on these one of a kind, guided hikes. Our ponies encourage you to view the beautiful natural surroundings from a completely different perspective. Equines teach us to live in the moment and relish the simple pleasures of a ramble in nature. Lead one of our ponies by foot, or simply walk beside. Every Friday at noon from April to October.

Register online at abbeygardens.ca and please specify the date you’re signing up for in the notes section. $10 per person.

Join us as we relive the good times and memories of over 40 years of Pinestone!

Special room rates, golf, entertainment and activities.

Special guests: Arden and the Tourists!

Environment Haliburton! welcomes members of the public- particularly EH! members and supporters, to attend our 2019 Annual General Meeting.

This year’s AGM has been arranged to coincide with the Haliburton Highlands Land Trust Discovery Days. Following our AGM, we encourage those in attendance to take part in the Wild Leeks, Edibles & Spring Wildflowers session being led by Belinda Gallagher throughout the newly established Barnum Creek Nature Reserve (adjacent to the Fish Hatchery).

We hope to see you on May 11th!

Presidents Ride
HATVA trail pass is waived for this ride.
Ride will start at 10 am.
Free bbq after the ride.
Register at haliburtonatv.com website

Saturday May 11, 10am to noon, Barnum Creek Nature Reserve Early spring plants are a beautiful and welcome sign that the seasons are changing!  Join Belinda Gallagher to explore the woods and fields of Barnum Creek Nature Reserve.  We will hike the trails, learn about the sustainable harvesting of leeks, and observe many spring wildflowers.

Admission by donation.  Please register at www.haliburonlandtrust.ca

Have you ever considered keeping dairy goats?

We’re hosting a workshop that will introduce you to keeping goats and how to care for them using natural techniques. You’ll learn about housing and fencing, health management, feed and nutrition, breeding, milking, selling goats, and how to choose goats to buy. This is a great opportunity to get up close and personal with goats, and get the knowledge you need to keep a healthy and productive herd.

Snacks and drinks will be part of the experience and there will be baby goats to cuddle.

Singers, story tellers, spoken word artists are welcome to perform.

By reservation only
call 705 286 3202

Time to put on your Sunday best and join us for a delectable buffet brunch with Eggs Benedict, Omelette station, wild edible greens, Tiger Shrimp ~ also featuring Roast Beef Carvery and Tara’s dessert creations and more…..Have a “Momosa” to cheer all the times mom let you have that last piece of pie, and complimentary gift bags from Wind in the Willows spa. Children 12 and under $11.99 and adults $24.99. Parties over 8 should reserve a table please at (705) 457-3443

3 course lunch and free.

drop in for pints and CanoeFM Radio Bingo. Doors open 4-8pm, Bingo starts at 6pm. Cards available to play in or take home.

Open public presentation on everything you ever wanted to know about “Green Burial”. Speakers will be Mark Richardson, Manager of Cemetery Services for the City of Niagara Falls and Ellen Newman of the Good Green Death Society.

Question and answers period to follow.

Join Lisa Barry of Homestead Pottery for another Clay Paint Night on Wednesday May 15th from 6pm-9pm at Abbey Gardens. For this month’s project, choose from a variety of mug forms and learn to create and attach your own handle and decorative embellishments. Surface details will be explored and celebrated as we create our own one of a kind porcelain mugs. Cost is $45 per participant which includes all materials and firings. Work will be fired and returned within 2 weeks of the workshop.

Register online at abbeygardens.ca under the programming tab.

Come celebrate Canada’s Drink

Enjoy all that Abbey Gardens has to offer on these one of a kind, guided hikes. Our ponies encourage you to view the beautiful natural surroundings from a completely different perspective. Equines teach us to live in the moment and relish the simple pleasures of a ramble in nature. Lead one of our ponies by foot, or simply walk beside. Every Friday at noon from April to October.

Register online at abbeygardens.ca and please specify the date you’re signing up for in the notes section. $10 per person.

Have you got the dog because the Haliburton Lions have the WALK.

Entertainment – Gord Kidd – Trunk Sale – Bake Sale

Registration 11:30 am – Walk 12 pm

Come shop or Sell

Set up your table anywhere in the centre of town, all spaces are free.A donation to our Canada Day celebrations would be appreciated. Bring your own table and chairs.

Entertainment by David Wrightman. Firefighter BBQ lunch available.

The Gooderhan United Church Yard Sale is also going on the same day.

Welcome back, mountain bikers!

We’ll have trails open and bike rentals available weekends from 10:00am – 3:00pm starting on May 18, 2019 (conditions permitting).
Please note, lift service will not start until June 29.

Come join us as we celebrate the publication of our third book — Oliver and the Bee. The book is a fun way to learn why we need to save our bees and what each of us can do to help.

You will meet the child who inspired the story, the author and illustrator as well as enjoy some light refreshment.

Offering local seasonal produce, meats, cheeses, baked goods, preserves, prepared foods, hand-crafted artisan items and more.

11 am Saturday May 18, 2019
Come out for a trail ride with us, to start the 2019 season off with a 3 hour ride and lunch is included! $150 plus tax per person. Reservations required

Live music on Saturday afternoon 1:30 – 3:30 – the Rockin’ Bobs will be helping us to celebrate the beginning of our 5th anniversary season.

Into the Blue will be on site with wood fired pizza to compliment our Fifth Anniversary Farmhouse Ale and the first of our 25 special summer seasonal beers.

Join us this Victoria Day Weekend for a little toe tapping, boot kicking fun with Gord Kidd and Friends. Their great mix of country and country rock songs will get you on your feet.

When all your cottage opening chores are done, come in to the Dominion Hotel for some fun.

Yuk Yuk’s famous brand of comedy comes to Pinestone Resort in Haliburton this spring and summer. Choose from four different dates.  Come early and have dinner in our Stone 21 Restaurant and patio.

Offering local seasonal produce, meats, cheeses, baked goods, preserves, prepared foods, hand-crafted artisan items and more.

drop in for pints and CanoeFM Radio Bingo. Doors open 4-8pm, Bingo starts at 6pm. Cards available to play in or take home.

Special guest : Michael Clipperton

Presenting You & Your Words : Tips & Techniques for reading your work aloud.