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SCENE SETTER: MacLaren gallery 'boldly' brings together art, community to spark dialogue

SCENE SETTER: MacLaren gallery 'boldly' brings together art, community to spark dialogue

Downtown Barrie gallery featuring Anchor Point, a yearlong series of collection-focused exhibitions
Time to twist and shout: Beatles tribute band hits the stage in March

Time to twist and shout: Beatles tribute band hits the stage in March

After being postponed last month due to the pandemic, The Caverners' March 15 concert at Ferndale Banquet Hall will support Diabetes Canada
Dance company 'can't wait' for new production to unfold in front of live crowd

Dance company 'can't wait' for new production to unfold in front of live crowd

Simcoe Contemporary Dancers' full-length production, Unravelled, takes place March 5-6 at Five Points Theatre in downtown Barrie
Mariposa Folk Festival unveils 'stellar lineup' for summer event

Mariposa Folk Festival unveils 'stellar lineup' for summer event

Forty acts were revealed today for the 2022 edition of the iconic folk music festival that will take place July 8-10
Theatre company's new season brings Black history, scandalous municipal politics to the stage

Theatre company's new season brings Black history, scandalous municipal politics to the stage

'It is our responsibility to probe and push and make people question while also making art that is meaningful and significant,' says Theatre by the Bay artistic director
Barrie council members all get behind new performing arts centre

Barrie council members all get behind new performing arts centre

City staff will hire professional firm with expertise in municipal theatre development, design and management to review task force recommendations
SCENE SETTER: UPlift Black launches new collective to highlight artists of colour

SCENE SETTER: UPlift Black launches new collective to highlight artists of colour

'I want other hopeful artists of all backgrounds to feel the same triumphant way I did,' Dawn Cain says after selling first piece of art
Elmvale musician's new single getting heavy airplay

Elmvale musician's new single getting heavy airplay

'This song truly started out as a journal entry. I was going through a tough time,' Graham Scott Fleming says of 'Better Man'
'Timing is now critical': Plans for Barrie's future performing arts centre begin to take shape

'Timing is now critical': Plans for Barrie's future performing arts centre begin to take shape

'If we start working now, in five years time we will have the (theatre) space,' says task force member Julie Underhill
Born Ruffians wax nostalgic about music and beautiful Midland

Born Ruffians wax nostalgic about music and beautiful Midland

Now in its 20th year, the band formed while members were students at Midland Secondary School