What’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 tt e r

Volume 12, Issue 12 For the week of May 28 through June 3, 2018

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

WEEK AT A GLANCE

Tuesday, May 29

• Shaw Festival Performance, 8 pm

• St. Mark’s Cemetery Tour, 5 pm Wednesday, May 30

• Shaw Festival Performances, 2 pm & 8 pm

Thursday, May 31

• Shaw Festival Performances, 11:30 am, 2 pm & 8 pm

Friday, June 1

• Shaw Festival Performance, 2 pm

• Chautauqua Walking Tour, 6 pm Saturday, June 2

• Backstage Tour of the Festival Theatre, 11 am

• Historic Walking Tour, 11 am

• Public Tours of Willowbank, 11 am & 2 pm

• Shaw Festival Performances, 11:30 am, 2 pm & 8 pm

• Lecture at RiverBrink, 2 pm

Sunday, June 3

• Backstage Tour of the Festival Theatre, 10 am

• Historic Walking Tour, 11 am

• Shaw Festival Performances, 1 pm & 7 pm

• Ghost Tour at Fort George, 8:30 pm

For more information about events and attractions in Niagara-on-the-Lake visit the NOTL Chamber of Commerce at www.niagaraonthelake.com or call 905.468.1950. You can also visit in the lower level of the Court House on Queen St.

Tuesday May 29 8pm Mythos: Gods (F)

Wednesday May 30 2pm Of Marriage and Men (RG) 8pm Mythos: Heroes (F)

Thursday May 31 11:30 am O’Flaherty V.C. (RG) 2pm The Magician’s Nephew (F) 8pm Grand Hotel (F) 8pm Stage Kiss (RG)

Friday June 1 2pm Mythos: Men (F)

Saturday June 2 11:30 am O’Flaherty V.C. (RG) 2pm Of Marriage and Men (RG)

Playbill: Shaw Festival Theatre

BACKSTAGE TOURS: Festival Theatre $10 or $5 with a ticket to a performance

June 2 at 11 am June 3 at 10 am

2pm The Magician’s Nephew (F) 8pm Stage Kiss (RG)

Sunday June 3 1pm Mythos: Gods (F) 7pm Of Marriage and Men (RG) 7pm Grand Hotel (F)

Box Office: 1.800.511.7429 or WWW.SHAWFEST.COM

Grand Hotel, photo by David Cooper

THE NIAGARA HISTORICAL SOCIETY & MUSEUM PRESENTS

For info. call 905.468.3912

NEIGHBOURHOOD WALKS OF NOTL

Explore 3 unique neighbourhoods. June 1: Chautauqua June 8: Dock Area June 15: Prideaux St. June 22: Chautauqua June 29: Dock Area Tickets are $10 each and space is limited. Call 905.468.3912 to reserve. Walks start at 6 pm.

Produced by the Niagara Historical Society & Museum

Niagara Pumphouse Arts Centre

Sylvia Simpson, on display from May 1-30, 2018

247 Ricardo Street | 905-468-5455 Open Tues—Sun, 11 - 4 pm www.niagarapumphouse.ca

RiverBrink Art Museum

• The Falls

• Picturing Indians

• Group of Seven Project: A portfolio of Prints

• Suzor-Cote at RiverBrink

116 Queenston St. | 905.262.4510 Open Mon - Sat, 10 am to 5 pm www.riverbrink.org

OTHER HISTORIC SITES OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

Fort George National Historic Site 51 Queen’s Parade | Daily 10 am—5 pm

Fort Mississauga on the NOTL Golf Club grounds

St. Mark’s Anglican Church | 41 Byron Street Laura Secord Homestead | 9 Queenston St. Daily 10 am—5 pm

Mackenzie Printery and Newspaper Museum 1 Queenston Street | Daily 10 am—5 pm

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

McFarland House | 15927 Niagara Parkway Daily 12 pm - 5 pm

Apothecary Museum Corner of Queen & King Streets | Open daily

exhibitions Niagara Historical Society & Museum

Our Story chronicles the history of Niagara-on-the-Lake from its earliest inhabitants to the present day.

Camp Kościuszko: The Polish Army at Niagara Camp, 1917-1919 explores the story of thousands of Polish soldiers who went through the training facility at Niagara Camp from October 1917 to March 1919.

43 Castlereagh St. | 905.468.3912 Open daily 10 am to 5 pm www.niagarahistorical.museum

ST. MARK’S CEMETERY TOURS

Led by Donald Combe, sexton & historian at St. Mark’s

Tuesday, May 29, 2018 | 5:00 pm

Refreshments & conversation will follow in Addison Hall. Your $15.00 per person donation will aid in the preservation of this historic site. Tickets must be prepaid.

Contact St Mark’s Church: 905 468 3223 or stmarks@cogeco.ca

GHOST TOURS AT FORT GEORGE SUNDAYS at 8:30 pm

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!

Tickets are available from the guide at the time of the tour. Adults: $20.00 , Children under 13: $10.00

WILLOWBANK Public Tours

Beginning June 2nd, Willowbank will be hosting public tours of the estate.

WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS at 11:00 am & 2:00 pm

Tours run weekly unless otherwise posted on social media outlets.

14487 Niagara Parkway, Queenston

www.willowbank.ca

RIVERBRINK TALKS Peter Mulcaster: A Railway History of Niagara-on-the-Lake, 1854-1959

June 2, 2018 at 2 pm Cost: $10 for RiverBrink members, $15 for non-members. For registration, please call (905) 262-4510. 116 Queenston St. | riverbrink.org