Wordstock, Collingwood’s new literary festival, is being held downtown on September 10-11 this year with quite a line-up of events planned. All Saturday events are FREE for this inaugural event but note that advance registration is required for some with tickets available online starting July 1st on a first-come, first-served basis. One of the showcase events [...]
Collingwood has a stunning new library. The noted historic downtown is undergoing a revitalization facelift. The Town has an affinity for all things cultural and a long history of mounting special events. So why not celebrate all that and more in a new festival? Those were my thoughts after a chance meeting at a dinner [...]
It’s been so busy here in the Collingwood-Blue Mountain area of late. Several times a day, something comes to mind I’d love to share with you but there just don’t seem to be quite enough hours in the day. This spring has been amazing with outstanding weather and lots of things going on in the [...]
The wait was worth it. After more than a decade of wishing, planning, detours and controversies, we FINALLY have a new library in Collingwood. And what a library it is! According to an article in the Enterprise-Bulletin, people were lined up before the doors first opened on April 6th and, I can only imagine that [...]
Everyone has surely heard about the fall from grace of our local MP for Simcoe-Grey, Helena Guergis so we won’t even go there. One of her last acts though before being expelled from the Conservative caucus was to bring some very good news to our area. Georgian College will receive an investment of $4 million for a new [...]
After writing about 500 posts over 3 years on this blog, I think it might be fun to shake things up a little. Over 3,000 people a month are reading this blog now and I’m sure some are getting a little tired of only hearing or seeing my point of view! A while ago, I [...]
My favourite photographic contributor is at it again. E.H. Scott up on the mountain sent these two photos he took on March 27th. The first was taken at 20:53 in the middle of Earth Hour and, the second at 21:45, after Earth Hour had finished. You can clearly see that after Earth Hour, the glow [...]
Spring 2010 marks the opening of The Shipyards’ amphitheatre and biking/walking trails. The terraced amphitheatre incorporates locally quarried limestone into it’s design and is built into a landscaped berm. It will be utilized for summer events, such as music festivals and concerts featuring our trademark spectacular sunsets. Plans are to open the theatre, along with [...]
Back in the late 70’s and early 80’s, Collingwood and Blue Mountain played host to the likes of Margaret Atwood, Dennis Lee and Irving Layton during the Great Canadian Poetry Festival. This area has a rich cultural history that is quickly gaining new prominence. We have become a mini-mecca for artists, poets, playwrights, actors and [...]
You have an opportunity this Sunday, January 24th to be part of something very special right here in Collingwood. An exciting line-up of local musicians are donating their time to put on The Haitian Hearts Relief Concert at Fairways on Balsam St/Highway 26 (in the plaza opposite Canadian Tire) from 3:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. [...]
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