Stratford Shakespeare Festival posts surplus for ’09 citing spectacular turnaround in ticket sales
The Stratford Shakespeare Festival’s 57th season was hailed as an artistic and financial success at the annual general meeting held in the Festival Theatre on Saturday, March 6. (More) March 6, 2010

New Chief Executive Officer hired for the Toronto Zoo
Toronto: Councillor Raymond Cho, Chair of the Toronto Zoo Board of Management and Councillor Giorgio Mammoliti, Chair of the Zoo Board’s CEO Selection Panel are pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. John Tracogna, as the Zoo’s new Chief Executive Officer, effective April 6, 2010. (More) March 5, 2010

Rogers Bayfest earns provincial distinction
Organizers of Sarnia's famous music festival added another feather to their caps this week.
Rogers Bayfest was named a "Festival of Distinction," at the annual Festivals & Events Ontario (FEO) Conference being held in Ottawa (More) March 5, 2010

FREE FALL ’10 festival, to Host Calgary’s Theatre Junction First Performance in Eastern Canada
TORONTO, ON – Harbourfront Centre’s World Stage 2009-10, in partnership with The Theatre Centre’s FREE FALL ’10 festival, ventures to the wild side of the Canadian West with On the Side of the Road from Calgary’s Theatre Junction(More) March 4, 2010

Norfolk Wildlife Festival & Adventure Show
Simcoe – The 8th Annual Norfolk Wildlife Festival & Adventure Show is gearing up to kick off Spring Break with two days of family fun and entertainment. (More) March 4, 2010

CEIA nomination a big feather in Bayfest cap
Rogers Bayfest may just be the best festival in the country.
That's according to the Canadian Event Industry Awards (CEIA) which nominated the Sarnia event for the title of "Best Festival in Canada" this week. (More) March 2, 2010

34th Annual Presqu’ile Waterfowl Weekend
The Friends of Presqu’ile Park are pleased to announce that Spring is returning!  And with Spring comes the return of tens of thousands of ducks, geese and swans to Presqu’ile Bay. (More) February 25, 2010

Maple Madness - March Outdoor Events
March = Maple Syrup Festivals! Find one near you. (More) February 25, 2010

ART IN THE COUNTY
June 18 - July 4, 2010
Prince Edward County Arts Council’s annual art show and sale featuring more than 70 of Eastern Ontario’s most talented artists. (More) February 24, 2010

Harbourfront Centre’s HATCH: emerging performance projects 2010 Presents a Theatrical Open Source Staging of Canadian Civil Rights Narratives
TORONTO, ON – Harbourfront Centre is excited to present Praxis Theatre’s Section 98, an interactive work-in-progress on civil rights in Canada. (More) February 23, 2010

Palmerston Kinettes receive $45,000 Trillium grant
The Kinette Club of Palmerston and District will benefit from a $45,000 Ontario Trillium Foundation grant. (More) February 4, 2010

Oscar nomination for Christopher Plummer
Star of stage and screen will play Prospero in 2010
The Stratford Shakespeare Festival congratulates Christopher Plummer on his Academy Award nomination for best supporting actor for his portrayal of Leo Tolstoy in The Last Station. (More) February 2, 2010

A Total of 14 Spectacular Harbourfront Centre March Break Camps
TORONTO, ON - Harbourfront Centre's one-of-a-kind March Break Camps 2010 session, March 15 through March 19, is fast approaching, and filling up fast. (More) February 22, 2010

AUTHORS AT HARBOURFRONT CENTRE HIGHLIGHTS CRIME FICTION, POETRY AND MORE
TORONTO ---- Authors at Harbourfront Centre (AUTHORS) is proud to present five stellar events in March, including an onstage interview with Man Booker Prize-winner John Banville (Mar. 3), a reading by award-winning playwright, documentary filmmaker, and YA novelist Drew Hayden Taylor (Mar. 10), two evenings chock-full of murder and mystery (Mar. 17 & 24), and the 2nd annual Open Poetry Stage (Mar. 31). (More) February 22, 2010

BAYBLAST
Barry's Bay inaugural summer music festival, "BAYBLAST"- an explosion of music & family fun. Friday July 2 and Saturday 3, 2010 (More) February 18, 2010

MARCH BREAK AT THE ZOO
THE HOTTEST PLACE TO BE THIS WINTER
Get out of the colld and enter a summery tropiicall worlld of
exotiic aniimalls lliike our baby goriilllla Nassiir and the rest of the
troop, diispllayed amiidst pllants, flloweriing trees and viines. Saturday, March 13 to Sunday, March 21, 2010 (More) February 17, 2010

May is Museum Month
May is Museum Month is a province-wide campaign organized by the Ontario Museum Association. (More) February 15, 2010

Amherstburg eyes lucrative farmers' market
The town is banking on the buy local buzz, an ideal location and a possible grant to establish the first farmers' market in Essex County in years and tap into an economic driver that has an impact of nearly $2 billion a year in Ontario. (More) February 15, 2010

Countylicious - March 24 - April 17, 2010
Don't miss your chance to dine on divine cuisine with a down to earth pricetag at Countylicous, Prince Edward County's prix fixe culinary celebration. (More) February 10, 2010

Maple in the County on March 27 & 28, 2010
Prince Edward County - A Top 100 Ontario Festival presented by The Waring House and the Prince Edward County Maple Syrup Producers. (More) February 8, 2010

60 Years of Canada’s Premier Fiddle Championship!
The 60th Canadian Open Old Time Fiddle Championship takes place August 4 – 8, 2010 in Shelburne, Ontario. (More) Decemebr 6, 2009

Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition - Best of 2009 Show
Toronto, ON – BEST of 2009 features the work of the 39 award winners from the 2009 Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition (TOAE), representing some of the most exciting artwork being produced today. (More) January 16, 2010

The Mill Race Folk Society
CAMBRIDGE, ON - Presents FOLK @ THE CAFE. The 2010 series is ready to go. We have a great line up. (More) January 14, 2010

Innovators & Ideas (I2) Design Collaborators: Projects & Pieces
TORONTO, ON (Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2010) – Each year, Harbourfront Centre’s Craft Department offers a series of high-calibre programmes supporting the professional development of its artists-in-residence, as well as craft and design students and the greater community. (More) January 31, 2010

The Power Plant presents an impressive lineup of programming for the winter season
TORONTO, ON – The Power Plant at Harbourfront Centre embraces winter with engaging programming related to two current exhibitions of contemporary Canadian art: Recent Snow: Projected Works by Michael Snow and Nothing to Declare: Current Sculpture from Canada. (More) January 13, 2010

Music with Bite returns to Harbourfront Centre Feb. 14
TORONTO, ON (Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010) – Harbourfront Centre is thrilled to present the next installment of Music with Bite, our interactive and intimate FREE concert series designed especially for kids ages five to 12. (More) January 12, 2010

Dragon Boat Racing – first challenge of the year!
International Dragon Boat Festival   June 11th-13th Peterborough, Ontario, Canada The event is organized under the auspices of the International Breast Cancer Paddler’s Commission (IBCPC). (More) January 12, 2010

Join Us for the 5th Annual Valentine Dinner and Auction
PRESCOTT, ON - The St. Lawrence Shakespeare Festival’s 5th Annual Valentine Dinner & Auction Saturday, February 20th, 2010 - 6pm at the Prescott Golf Club, 900 Boundary Street, Prescott. (More) January 12, 2010

Come to the Aurora jazz+ Festival 2010
Aurora jazz+ Festival is for all the family - a wonderful celebration of music in beautiful heritage Town Park Aurora. Join us on Friday, July 30 (6pm to 11pm) and Saturday July 31 (12pm to 11pm) (More) January 10, 2010

Registration is Underway for Harbourfront Centre March Break Camps 2010
TORONTO, ON (Jan. 11, 2009) – Keeping the tradition of providing Toronto parents and children with the most diverse selection of day camps, Harbourfront Centre announces its one-of-a-kind March Break Camps 2010 session.
(More) January11,2010

Free View Points forum series returns to Harbourfront Centre
TORONTO, ON – Harbourfront Centre’s View Points is a forum series that explores issues in contemporary culture and showcases current culture-makers. The series examines contexts that influence contemporary artists and communities, contexts that shape the ways in which culture is produced, viewed, consumed and discussed. It is timely, responsive and designed to stretch the definition of “culture”.(More) January 11, 2010

Wish happy birthday to the King in Ontario
Fans of Elvis Presley, also known as the 'King of Rock 'n' Roll', will be able to visit the province of Ontario in Canada later this year to attend a festival (Collingwood Elvis Festival) celebrating his birthday. (More) January 8, 2010

Toronto Zoo - New Year's Babies
TORONTO, ON - With a total of 32 new fingers and 40 new toes, the eight new Eyelash leal froglets, are the Toronto Zoo's first babies of 2010. (More) January 7, 2010

Celebrate Black History Month at Harbourfront Centre's 14th Annual Kuumba Festival
TORONTO, ON – Kuumba, Toronto's longest-running and largest Black History Month festival returns to Harbourfront Centre with two jam-packed weekends commemorating both the history and the future of black culture. (More) January 7, 2010

Harbourfront Centre’s HATCH: emerging performance projects 2010 Season
TORONTO, ON – Harbourfront Centre is thrilled to launch the seventh season of HATCH: emerging performance projects with an imaginative and bold new performance by one of Toronto’s most original artists. (More) January 7, 2010

Elmira Maple Syrup Festival
ELMIRA, ON - 46th Annual Elmira Maple Syrup Festival will take place March 27, 2010. Come taste the tradition at the World's Largest One Day Maple Syrup Festival.
(More) January 6, 2010

IFOA RECEIVES $200,000 GRANT FROM ONTARIO TRILLIUM FOUNDATION
TORONTO, ON ---- The International Festival of Authors (IFOA) has been awarded a $200,000 grant by the Ontario Trillium Foundation (OTF) to support the continued research and development of IFOA ONTARIO, the touring component of Canada’s largest and longest-running literary festival. (More) January 6, 2010

Big anniversay plans for Crysler Park
CORNWALL -- The Morrisburg area will be front and centre as Ontario marks the 200th anniversary of the War of 1812 a few years from now.
A series of major events and activities are now being planned to commemorate the pivotal conflict in Canada's history, and one of those events will take place near Upper Canada Village at Crysler Park, where a monument now stands in honour of the Battle of Crysler's Farm. (More) January 4, 2009

ENJOY ZOO ANIMALS IN ALL SEASONS!!
Toronto Zoo, ON - We’re open year round (except Dec. 25th). And, barring extreme weather conditions, most of the animals that are on display outdoors in summer, are also on display in fall and winter. Bring the family along for some special times and memories in the holiday season.(More) December 30, 2009

Plug pulled on Oakville Waterfront Festival
Popular festival sunk by $30,000 deficit
Oakville, ON - Those looking forward to the 2010 Oakville Waterfront Festival will have to make other plans.
After 18 years, the three-day festival has been cancelled indefinitely. (More) December 3, 2009

Wakestock 2010 WWA World Series Announced
Collingwood, ON, Canada – The world’s largest annual wakeboarding festival is proud to announce its returnto Collingwood, Canada, August 6-8, 2010.
(More) December 27, 2009

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Stratford, ON… The Stratford Shakespeare Festival’s hilarious production of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum is heading to Toronto in 2010, where it will be presented as part of Mirvish Productions’ 2010/2011 subscription season.
(More) December 14, 2009

Giant Panda Exhibit at Toronto Zoo
Toronto, ON - The possibility of a future giant panda exhibit at the Toronto Zoo received positive support from the Zoo's Board of Management today. (More) December 10, 2009

Buckhorn Maplefest
McLean Berry Farm, Buckhorn, ON - There is nothing quite
as sweet as springtime, and McLean Berry Farm’s Maplefest proves this once again! (More) December 9, 2009

AUTHORS AT HARBOURFRONT CENTRE BUILDS UNIQUE LITERARY ARCHIVE
TORONTO, ON ---- Authors at Harbourfront Centre has confirmed terms with Library and Archives Canada for the ongoing archiving of its unique collection of Canadian and international literary works and readings.
(More) November 25, 2009

Seán Cullen returns to Stratford to play Smee in Peter Pan
Stratford, ON …The Stratford Shakespeare Festival is pleased to announce that Seán Cullen will return for the 2010 season to play Smee in Peter Pan, directed by Tim Carroll, and Vinnie in George F. Walker’s King of Thieves, directed by Jennifer Tarver. (More) November9, 2009

Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition Announces New Executive Director
Toronto, ON –The Board of Directors of the Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition (TOAE) welcomes Lila Karim as the new Executive Director of TOAE, Canada’s largest three-day, outdoor art event, which is visited by tens of thousands of visitors annually at Nathan Phillips Square. (More) October 26, 2009

Haliburton County to host 2011 Ontario Senior Games – Winterfest
2009-05-25 20:19:55 - The County of Haliburton has been named the host of the 2011 Ontario Senior Games – Winterfest. (More) June 10, 2009