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Volume 8, Issue 13 For the week of June 2 through June 8, 2014

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

Tuesday June 3 2pm Cabaret (F) 2pm When We Are Married (RG) 8pm The Sea (CH)

Wednesday June 4 2pm The Sea (CH) 2pm The Philadelphia Story (F) 2pm Arms and the Man (RG) 8pm The Charity That Began at Home (CH)

Thursday June 5 2pm The Charity That Began at Home (CH) 2pm Cabaret (F) 2pm When We Are Married (RG) 8pm The Sea (CH)

Playbill: Shaw Festival

Backstage Tours of the Festival Theatre:

Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday at 11am.

Book tickets in advance through the Box Office or, if available, just prior to the tour. $10; $5 with a ticket to a performance.

F = Festival Theatre: 10 Queen’s Parade

RG = Royal George Theatre: 85 Queen

CH = Court House Theatre: 26 Queen

S = Studio Theatre: 10 Queen’s Parade

W E L C O M E to Niagara-on-the-Lake’s

cultural newsletter

For more information about Niagara-on-the- Lake, please contact the Niagara-on-the-Lake

Chamber of Commerce at 905.468.1950 or visit

niagaraonthelake.com. You can also visit them in the lower level

of the Court House on Queen Street.

Box Office: 1.800.511.SHAW

shawfest.com

Ghost Tours at Fort George Step inside Fort George after dark and learn about its history and haunting during this candlelight ghost walk. Tours gather in the parking lot of Fort George; look for black capes and lanterns!

SUNDAYS AT 8:30 pm Adults: $13.00 | Children under 13: $7.00 Tickets are available from the guide at the time of the tour.

Friday June 6 2pm The Philadelphia Story (F) 8pm When We Are Married (RG) 8pm Cabaret (F)

Saturday June 7 2pm The Sea (CH) 8pm Arms and the Man (RG) 8pm The Philadelphia Story (F)

Sunday June 8 2pm Cabaret (F) 2pm The Charity That Began at Home (CH) 8pm The Sea (CH)

Arms and The Man, photo by Emily Cooper

Happening This Week…

Tuesday - Sunday

Shaw Festival Theatre

Tuesday, June 3

Backstage tour of the Shaw Festival Theatre, 11 am

Wednesday, June 4

Backstage tour of the Shaw Festival Theatre, 11 am

Janet Carnochan Day - Free admission to the Niagara Historical Museum

The Market at the Village Supper Market, 4:30 - 9 pm

Saturday, June 7

The Market at the Village Farmer’s Market, 8 am - 1 pm

Shaw Guild Garden Tour, 10 am to 4 pm

Pottery Workshop at RiverBrink, 10:30 am

Walking tour of the Town, 11 am

Backstage tour of the Shaw Festival Theatre, 11 am

Sunday, June 8

Backstage tour of the Shaw Festival Theatre, 11 am

Opening Salon at the Pumphouse, 2 - 4 pm

Ghost Tour at Fort George, 8:30 pm

Produced by the Niagara Historical Society & Museum

Other Historic Sites Open to the Public

Brock’s Monument | Queenston Heights | Open daily 10 am - 5 pm

Fort George National Historic Site | Queen’s Parade | Open daily 10 am - 5 pm

Fort Mississauga (exterior only) | on the grounds of The NOTL Golf Club

Laura Secord Homestead | 9 Queenston St. Open daily 10 am - 5 pm

Mackenzie Printery and Newspaper Museum 1 Queenston Street Open daily 10 am - 5 pm

McFarland House | 15927 Niagara Parkway | Open daily 12 pm - 5 pm

St. Mark’s Anglican Church | 41 Byron St.

The Niagara Apothecary | 5 Queen Street | Open daily 12 pm - 6 pm

Niagara Pumphouse Arts Centre Landscape Paintings by Morgan Ferriter. On display June 6 - July 3, 2014. Opening Salon: June 8th from 2 - 4 pm

247 Ricardo Street | 905.468.5455

Open weekdays 12-4 | www.niagarapumphouse.ca

Niagara Historical Society & Museum Our Story chronicles the history of Niagara-on-the-Lake from its earliest inhabitants to the present day. The Art of War commemorates the centennial of the First World War with art created during the period.

43 Castlereagh St. | 905.468.3912 | Open daily 10 - 5 www.niagarahistorical.museum

e x h i b i t i o n s

RiverBrink Art Museum Female Self-Representation and the Public Trust: Mary E.

Wrinch and the AGW Collection John Abrams: Land Mark Combine 35: Women Artists in the RiverBrink Collection The War of 1812-14: People and Places Group of Seven Project: Fred Varley

116 Queenston St. | 905.262.4510 | Open daily 10 - 5 www.riverbrink.org

The Shaw Guild Garden Tour Saturday June 7 | 10 am to 4 pm

Seven magnificent secret gardens in Old Town Niagara-on-the-Lake will be revealed. Master gardeners will be on

site to answer questions.

Tickets are $20, call the Shaw Festival

Box Office 1-800-511-7429 or online at www.shawfest.com/gardentour.

Hand-Build Pottery Workshop Led by Monique Mulder-Wallace

Saturday, June 7 | 10:30 am - 2:00 pm

Please bring a bagged lunch.

Coffee and tea will be provided. Cost: $50.00 (includes materials)

To register please call 905-262-4510

116 Queenston Street, Queenston

www.riverbrink.org

Wednesday Evening Supper Market June 4 from 4:30 pm - 9:00 pm

Saturday Morning Farmer’s Market June 7 from 8:00 am - 1:00 pm

111 Garrison Village Drive | www.marketatthevillage.ca

The War of 1812 Bicentennial Website has a new look! For

more information on upcoming War of 1812 Bicentennial events

visit: www.1812niagaraonthelake.ca

Saturdays at 11 am A one hour walking tour starting at the gazebo in Queen’s Royal

Park (end of King St.) and ending at the Museum.

Tickets are $10 which includes admission to the Museum

Town Walking Tours

www.niagarahistorical.museum

NIAGARA HISTORICAL SOCIETY & MUSEUM