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What’s Happening Around TownWhat’s Happening Around TownWhat’s Happening Around Town N i a g a r a - o n - t h e - L a k e ’s C u l t u r a l N e w s l e t t e r
Volume 10, Issue 1 For the week of January 4, 2016 through January 31, 2016
N I A G A R A H I S T O R I C A L S O C I E T Y & M U S E U M P R E S E N T S
Niagara
Ephemera Club
SHORT STORIES - ABOUT EPHEMERA COLLECTIING
January 19 at 7 pm Community Centre Board Room
Paul Catling will lead off the evening with a profile of a recent book collecting find. Then a few other members have agreed
to walk through items from their own collections. Found interesting material?
Bring it along for a Show and Tell!
FAMOUS & INFAMOUS An interactive biography discussion group about historical figures.
Sunday, January 17 at 2 pm Ian Adams presents John Lilburne (1614–57)
English political Leveller during and after the English Civil Wars
1642–50; coined the term "freeborn rights" (rights with which every human being is born, as opposed to rights bestowed by government or human law); attempted to get a written constitution for England.
@ the Niagara Historical Museum, 43 Castlereagh Street
For more information about Niagara-on-the-Lake, please visit
niagaraonthelake.com or contact the Niagara-on-the-Lake
Chamber of Commerce at 905.468.1950. You can also visit in the lower level of the
Court House on Queen Street.
Niagara Historical Society & Museum
Our Story chronicles the history of Niagara-on-the-Lake from its earliest inhabitants to the present day.
Life Under Canvas: Niagara Camp 1915-1919 commemorates the First World War training grounds in Niagara-on-the-Lake.
43 Castlereagh St. | 905.468.3912 www.niagarahistorical.museum
Open daily 1 pm to 5 pm
e x h i b i t i o n s
RiverBrink Art Museum
TREASURES OF THE WEIR COLLECTION
NICHOLAS HORNYANSKY: PRINTS AND DRAWINGS
CARTOONS, CARICATURES, AND SATIRICAL PRINTS
ARTHUR LISMER: THE ARTIST AS TEACHER
SUZOR-COTÉ AT RIVERBRINK
AVANT LA LETTRE: CANADIAN LANDSCAPE BEFORE THE GROUP
116 Queenston St. | 905.262.4510 | riverbrink.org | Open Wednesday - Saturday, 10 am to 5 pm
Niagara Pumphouse Arts Centre
Members’ & Students’ Show on display until January 28th, 2016. Instructors’ Exhibit on display until March 28th, 2016. The instructors at the Pumphouse are all professional artists who are actively creating artwork in their own studios and exhibiting across the Niagara Region and beyond. 247 Ricardo Street | 905-4685455 | www.niagarapumphouse.ca Open weekdays 12 - 4 pm
Other Historic Sites Open to the Public Fort George National Historic Site - Queen’s Parade Open 12 pm - 4 pm, weekends only
Fort Mississauga on the grounds of The NOTL Golf Club
St. Mark’s Anglican Church - 41 Byron Street
Produced by the Niagara Historical Society & Museum