Bad Hats Theatre’s PETER PAN
Presented by the St. Lawrence College’s Music Theatre – Performance Program

Mr. Smee finds a copy of Peter Pan and begins to read about the boy who would never grow up. Through the magic of theatre, Mr. Smee and the audience are quickly transported to the Darlings’ house in London, where Wendy, John, and Michael meet the mysterious, mischievous Peter Pan. Peter and Tinkerbell help the Darlings fly to Neverland, where they adventure with the Lost Boys, go toe-to-toe with pirates, and meet the most villainous villain of them all—Captain James Hook!

Bad Hats Theatre’s Peter Pan is an adventurous, joyful musical adaptation of J.M. Barrie’s classic story. Fast-paced and funny, Peter Pan will delight and thrill the young and young-at-heart.

32 Park St, Brockville ON

• December 5 at 7:30 pm

• December 6 at 2:00 pm and 7:30 pm

• December 7 at 2:00 pm

Bad Hats Theatre’s PETER PAN
Presented by the St. Lawrence College’s Music Theatre – Performance Program

Mr. Smee finds a copy of Peter Pan and begins to read about the boy who would never grow up. Through the magic of theatre, Mr. Smee and the audience are quickly transported to the Darlings’ house in London, where Wendy, John, and Michael meet the mysterious, mischievous Peter Pan. Peter and Tinkerbell help the Darlings fly to Neverland, where they adventure with the Lost Boys, go toe-to-toe with pirates, and meet the most villainous villain of them all—Captain James Hook!

Bad Hats Theatre’s Peter Pan is an adventurous, joyful musical adaptation of J.M. Barrie’s classic story. Fast-paced and funny, Peter Pan will delight and thrill the young and young-at-heart.

32 Park St, Brockville ON

• December 5 at 7:30 pm

• December 6 at 2:00 pm and 7:30 pm

• December 7 at 2:00 pm

Holiday Artisan Show & Sale

Showcasing Local Artisans and Visual Artists Just in time for gift giving

Show dates:

Saturday, November 29, 10 am - 4 pm

Sunday, November 30, 10 am - 3 pm

The Festival of Small Halls presents:

Hawksley Workman is a JUNO Award-winning and Gold Record certified singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Since his ground-breaking self-produced indie debut For Him and The Girls (1999) through to chart-topping singles of 2020, Hawksley has careened between major label international smash hits to Canadiana soaked indie releases. Boasting a catalogue of 17 solo records, Hawksley’s genre defying style strings together folk, chart pop and irrepressible cabaret. His show-stopping vocals on songs about weather, love, heartbreak and tales of end-times have garnered him a league of devoted fans. Performing over a thousand shows worldwide, Hawksley has headlined prestigious venues like Massey Hall and The Olympia in Paris. For a uniquely Canadian artist, Hawksley has built loyal fan bases in the UK, France, Norway and Australia launching many successful tours, demystifying and delighting fans while drawing on an enviable catalogue of mischievous favourites, glammy stompers and heartfelt hymns to small town Canada.
 

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Holiday Artisan Show & Sale

Showcasing Local Artisans and Visual Artists Just in time for gift giving

Show dates:

Saturday, November 29, 10 am - 4 pm

Sunday, November 30, 10 am - 3 pm

Snowman Serving Platter Workshop

hosted by Riverbank Pottery Studio

It’s time to think Christmas — and what better way to get into the holiday spirit than by creating your own Snowman Serving Platter with instruction by Riverbank Pottery Studio!

Join us on Wednesday, November 26 at 6:30 PM at Arts Hub Brockville for a fun and festive evening of creativity. No experience needed — you’ll be guided step-by-step through the process, and everything you need is included.

Cost: $65 (includes all supplies and instruction)
Register: Email riverbankpotterystudio@gmail.com or drop by the studio to sign up.

Come ready to relax, create, and take home a handmade piece that’s perfect for serving holiday treats or gifting to someone special!

Enter at Gallery Level on King Street

Shout Sister Fundraiser for Arts Hub

🎶 Sing, Support & Celebrate!

An Evening with the Shout Sister Choir
Wednesday, November 26 at 6:30 PM
Arts Hub Brockville, 32 Park Street, Main Stage

Join us for an uplifting evening of music and community spirit as the Shout Sister Choir takes the stage at Arts Hub Brockville!

The Shout Sister Choir, founded by Canadian musician Georgette Fry, is a dynamic and inclusive women’s choir that celebrates the joy of singing in a relaxed, fun atmosphere. Their repertoire spans pop, motown, folk, and blues all performed with heart, harmony, and a whole lot of soul.

🎟️ Admission: By donation at the door
💛 All donations support the Arts Hub Kitchen Rebuild Project
✨ Thanks to the generosity of the Carolyn Sifton Foundation, every dollar donated will be doubled!

Come enjoy an inspiring night of song and community — and help build a better future for the Arts Hub!

More info about Shout Sister Choir

A Sentimental Journey

Celebrating the Lives and Legacy of Bruce & Howard Alexander

📅 Sunday, November 23, 2025, 2:00 p.m.
📍 Arts Hub Brockville · 32 Park Street

FREE Admission

✨ An Inspiring Concert

• Honouring Bruce & Howard Alexander, two extraordinary musicians

• Performed by some of Brockville’s finest musicians

• A tribute to their teaching, performing, and composing legacy

💙 Community Giving

• Donations for Arts Hub building improvements (matched dollar-for-dollar!)

• Partnering with Brockville & Area Food Bank, please bring:
  • Sweet cereal
  • Canned fruit & vegetables
  • Diapers

🎵 Presented by Arts Hub Brockville

Brockville Theatre Guild Presents:

Christmas in Rosewood

Written by Peter Paylor and directed by Loraine Palmer-Smith

Christmas in Rosewood is a comedy play by Peter Paylor about a best-selling author, Dr. Sheila Shuman, who is stranded in a small town on Christmas Eve and must navigate the quirky locals and her own unhappiness. The play explores themes of happiness and community, with a story that unfolds on Christmas Eve at the local Elk's Hall, featuring a diverse cast of characters and events that lead to self-discovery.  

November 21, 7:30 pm

November 22, 2:00 pm & 7:30 pm

$25 General Admission tickets available at ticketsplease.ca or at the door

Brockville Theatre Guild Presents:

Christmas in Rosewood

Written by Peter Paylor and directed by Loraine Palmer-Smith

Christmas in Rosewood is a comedy play by Peter Paylor about a best-selling author, Dr. Sheila Shuman, who is stranded in a small town on Christmas Eve and must navigate the quirky locals and her own unhappiness. The play explores themes of happiness and community, with a story that unfolds on Christmas Eve at the local Elk's Hall, featuring a diverse cast of characters and events that lead to self-discovery.  

November 21, 7:30 pm

November 22, 2:00 pm & 7:30 pm

$25 General Admission tickets available at ticketsplease.ca or at the door

Painting Workshop: MOVING THROUGH THE MADNESS, MONET'S SERIAL PROCESS

Saturday, November 22, 2025 | 9:00 am - 4:00 pm

Instructor: Andrea Mossop

Working in series simultaneously developing a motif, in loose expressionistic gestural strokes, drawing in paint, learn how the act of painting is a sustaining affirmation of life.

You will create six small paintings at the same time, a conversation on the same subject. Learn key methods from Monet's practise of pursuing an image repetitively to the ultimate scale of the waterlilies. The motif of his garden, his Japanese bridge,cascading willows or wisteria, or haystacks in series., each in turn the object of his attention under continuing focus served to order his interior world through difficult times and personal challenges. And leave a legacy of peace and beauty. Learn the two key tactics of motif and movement.

This workshop draws inspiration from Ross King's bookMad Enchantment: Claude Monet and the Painting of the Water Lilies. and also from Monet's practise of pursuing an image repetitively to the ultimate scale of the waterlilies. Reference will also be made to how Winston Churchill's painting practise sustained him through 55 years.

Study notes and links as well as materials list will be sent in advance of the workshop.

All levels of painters. Oil with acrylic underpainting or acrylic or other medium of choice. 

limited to 14 participants

Fee: $140

Brockville Theatre Guild Presents:

Christmas in Rosewood

Written by Peter Paylor and directed by Loraine Palmer-Smith

Christmas in Rosewood is a comedy play by Peter Paylor about a best-selling author, Dr. Sheila Shuman, who is stranded in a small town on Christmas Eve and must navigate the quirky locals and her own unhappiness. The play explores themes of happiness and community, with a story that unfolds on Christmas Eve at the local Elk's Hall, featuring a diverse cast of characters and events that lead to self-discovery.  

November 21, 7:30 pm

November 22, 2:00 pm & 7:30 pm

$25 General Admission tickets available at ticketsplease.ca or at the door

PRIVATE EVENT - Brockville and Area Community Foundation Grant Ceremony

A Ceremony of Remembrance

A NIGHT AT THE GALLERY

A Special Fundraising Event

WHEN & WHERE

Saturday, November 8, 2025
Arts Hub Brockville · 32 Park Street, Brockville

Preview · 5:30 – 7:00 pm
Main Event · 7:00 – 9:00 pm

ABOUT THE EVENT

A Night at the Gallery is a special fundraising evening in support of Arts Hub Brockville’s facility improvements. Guided by our emcee, Bruce Wylie, guests will enjoy an inspiring blend of art, music, and community spirit.

Original works of art, generously donated by area artists, will be available for all $100 Ticket holders. The evening will also feature live performances by local musicians, complemented by a glass of wine and hors d’oeuvres, included with every ticket. All ticket holders will also be eligible for door prizes drawn throughout the evening.

This year, every dollar you give, including attending A Night at the Gallery, will have double the impact thanks to a generous matching grant of up to $50,000 from the Carolyn Sifton Foundation. Your support will help us complete the Kitchen Rebuild Project, creating a vibrant space for theatre camps, youth cooking classes, community lunches, and cultural events.

TICKET INFORMATION

• $100 Ticket – Includes one original artwork (valued at a minimum of $100)

• $25 Ticket – Admission to the evening’s festivities (without artwork selection)

All tickets include one glass of wine and hors d’oeuvres.

CAN’T MAKE IT?

If you are unable to join us, you can still support Arts Hub Brockville by making a donation . Each donation will have double the impact thanks to a generous matching grant of up to $50,000 from the Carolyn Sifton Foundation. Your support will help us complete the Kitchen Rebuild Project, creating a vibrant space for theatre camps, youth cooking classes, community lunches, and cultural events.

ABD with Mark the C - Allistonian Brockvillian Dionysian

a fundraising event for the St. Lawrence Writers Festival

On Saturday November 1, the St. Lawrence Writers Festival presents the show "Allistonian Brockvillian Dionysian - ABD", Brockville native Mark Cassidy’s hilarious and heart warming memoir of growing up in a hotel and motel in small town Ontario. 

"Every small town in Ontario has one on its main drag. The hotel. A historic building whose charm has been reincarnated -- or not,” says Mark. "  I spent part of my childhood in one of those. Follow the highway out of the small town, and before long you'll pass a roadside motel. I spent my adolescence in one of those.”

ABD with Mark the C has been performed at both the Hamilton and Kingston Fringe Festivals to rave reviews. More information about Mark is available at www.thresholdtheatre.ca.  

Tickets for the Arts Hub Brockville show will go on sale October 1. 

2025 ARTIST SHOW CASE

Celebrate creativity and community at Arts Hub Brockville

Featuring works by:

✨ Sheila Ballantyne

✨ Cindy Arthurs

✨ Bob Shackles

📅 Dates:

• Sunday, Sept 21 · 2–5 pm

• Sunday, Oct 5 · 2–5 pm

• Sunday, Oct 19 · 2–5 pm

📍 Arts Hub Brockville · 32 Park. Enter at King St. Gallery

Enjoy an inspiring afternoon of art, conversation, and light refreshments. Meet the artists, explore diverse works, and bring along friends and family who love the arts!

2025 ARTIST SHOW CASE

Celebrate creativity and community at Arts Hub Brockville

Featuring works by:

✨ Sheila Ballantyne

✨ Cindy Arthurs

✨ Bob Shackles

📅 Dates:

• Sunday, Sept 21 · 2–5 pm

• Sunday, Oct 5 · 2–5 pm

• Sunday, Oct 19 · 2–5 pm

📍 Arts Hub Brockville · 32 Park. Enter at King St. Gallery

Enjoy an inspiring afternoon of art, conversation, and light refreshments. Meet the artists, explore diverse works, and bring along friends and family who love the arts!

The Brockville Concert Association Presents:
ENSEMBLE CAPRICE
Sweet! Chocolate and French Baroque Music

Since it was founded by flautist Matthias Maute three decades ago, Ensemble Caprice has made its mark as one of the most sought-after ensembles on the classical music scene. Caprice has gained a solid reputation for its innovative programming and vibrant, compelling performances.

The musicians of Ensemble Caprice have travelled to the four corners of the globe, giving performances in dozens of countries on four continents. The Ensemble’s tours have taken its members to Asia, China, Taiwan, Africa, Morocco, Tunisia and South Africa as well as several European Countries and the Americas. It has been the featured guest ensemble in many prestigious festivals, including the Lufthansa Festival of Baroque Music in London, festivals in Bruges (Belgium) and Utrecht (the Netherlands), the Felicia Blumental International Music Festival in Tel Aviv, and, in Germany, the Musikfestspiele Potsdam Sanssouci, the Early Music Days in Regensburg, the Händel-Festspiele in Halle, and the Stockstadt Festival.

In the USA, the group has performed at New York City’s Miller Theater and Frick Collection, the Boston Early Music Festival, and the Library of Congress in Washington D.C. In Canada, the Ensemble has been heard in Ottawa at the Music and Beyond Festival and the Ottawa Chamber Music Festival; it has performed at Early Music Vancouver, Early Music Voices in Calgary, the Edmonton Chamber Music Society, the Elora Festival and the International Festival Domaine Forget.

This impressive roadmap bears witness to the fact that Caprice is recognised as being one of today’s leading baroque ensembles. In 2009, the New York Times devoted a full article to the Ensemble, praising it as a progressive force on the contemporary musical scene. Learn more about Emsemble Caprice on their official website.

Pierre Bensusan Live in Concert

The French acoustic guitar virtuoso, vocalist and composer brings his world tour back to Canada!

🎫 Limited tickets available here!

September 27, 6:30 pm

Pierre Bensusan Official Website

WHAT PEOPLE SAY...

“Listening to Pierre's music is rejuvenating. Beside his extraordinary touch and tone, the notes and melody appeal directly to the tender side of our human nature”

Steve Vai

“This is beautiful... Pierre is one of the GREATS!!!”

Tommy Emmanuel Cgp.

“Pierre Bensusan's music is a true inspiration.”

Suzanne Vega

“Pierre is one of my favorite guitarists. He has created a new way of playing and is the king of the DADGAD tuning.”

Michael Hedges

“For me, Pierre can only justly be compared to someone of the stature of Keith Jarrett; so total is his mastery of the solo instrument, his dazzling harmony, his many innovations, and his deft command of counterpoint, the jazz idiom, folk expression, and all genres between and beyond. An entire history unfolds as he plays. But really, like Jarrett, the emotional depth – and this is where true artistry often likes to live – of many of his songs and compositions is all, well, breathtaking. With only his steel-string-acoustic guitar – and sometimes his rich, affecting voice – Mr Bensusan can disassemble your heart and hand it back to you restored and renewed. As he did to mine tonight. A true giant.”

James Volpe Rotondi (editor at Guitar Player Magazine)

"I've seen Alfred Brendel, Itzhak Perlman, Daniel Barenboim, Lynn Harrell, Nureyev, Placido Domingo, etc., etc., perform magnificently. Tonight, in Atlanta, in the last half of the second set, Pierre Bensusan went a quantum beyond the warm, compelling, appealing, extremely accomplished guitarist whose recordings and performances I've eagerly sought for over 30 years. He's achieved the sublime -- decades of technique, creativity, intuition, passion, and intensity crashed together -- a man transformed, singular, stunning. I have so seldom had the privilege and pure animal joy of experiencing this caliber of artistry."

Rain Crow (a fan)

Paint Beautiful Plein Air Paintings

Sat, Sept 27, 2025 9 - 4

Instructor: Bob Shackles

When I travel, I don’t leave home without my plein air paint kit. I paint on beaches, in the village square, in parks and beneath skyscrapers or mountains. I look for interesting subjects, good lighting, shade to sit in then I get to work. Join me for a day of painting plein air style in Brockville.

Fee: $120