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drinks and appetizers, as well as a limited dinner menu, are
available but patrons are also encouraged to bring their
own picnic lunches.Admission is $10 for adults and $7 for
seniors over 65. Further information can be obtained by
calling 905 527-1158.
Oakville’s Centre for the Performing Arts offers two crowdpleasing
performances this month. Natalie & Donnell fiddle
up a storm on September 26 at 8 p.m. while Lily
Tomlin, one of North America’s foremost comediennes,
will have the audience rolling in the aisles on September
27. Tickets to see and hear powerhouse fiddlers Natalie
MacMaster and her husband Donnell Leahy are $79.99
while the Emmy,Tony and Grammy award-winner Tomlin’s
performance is priced at $125. Further information is available
by calling the box office at 905 815-2021 or 1 888 489-
7784.
PEEL REGION
How John Lennon and Paul McCartney came up with such
perennial hits as Hey Jude, Let It Be and Yesterday is
revealed by Jim Witter and his band in a one-night performance
entitled The Long and Winding Road at
Brampton’s Rose Theatre on September 5.Tickets are $45
and further information is available by calling the box
office at 905 874-2600.
YORK REGION
The Red Barn Theatre at Jackson’s Point on Lake Simcoe
repeats last year’s smash revue by presenting More
Broadway Treasures. Exploring additional triumphant
moments from hit musical offerings, the performances
have been running since mid-August and will conclude on
September 6.Tickets range from $24 to $30, with further
information available by calling the box office at 905 722-
3249 or 1 888 733-2276.
For the Love of Music 2 is the title of a September 29
concert of award-winning Ontario choral groups at The
City Playhouse in Thornhill. Tickets are $20 and further
information is available through the box office by calling
905 882-7469.
DURHAM REGION
A fast-action comedy ventriloquist show featuring juggling,
unicycling and on-the-spot improvisation promises more
laughs than you can shake a stick puppet at, and best of all
— it’s free! Billed as Kids in the Square, the event kicks
off at 7 p.m.on September 10 at the Heritage Square of Ajax
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Town Hall.There is no seating in the square so it’s advisable
to bring your own chair. Further information is available at
905 619-2529 ext. 7243.
Join the Reformers of 1837 as they plan their march on
Toronto in the award-winning production A Spirit Walk at
the Pickering Museum Village on September 12.Tickets are
$15 each. Details are available by calling 905 683-8401.
Special Events
METROPOLITAN TORONTO
Word on the Street has become a wait-for-it event among
book lovers in the Greater Toronto Area. Held the last
Sunday of September each year, this one-day celebration of
the printed word features author readings, book signings,
storytellers, children’s activities, musical performances and
thousands of books and magazines for sale.It all takes place
at Queen’s Park, the site of the Ontario Legislature, on
September 28 from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. While the event is
free, avid readers are advised to bring along their purse or
wallet because that must-have publication is bound to be
there for the buying. More information can be obtained by
calling 416 504-7241.
The 52nd annual Pioneer Festival presented by Black
Creek Pioneer Village on September 20 offers a chance to
taste delicious foods, find great crafts and hunt for bargains
while enjoying a farmers’ market and old-fashioned entertainment.
Tickets for this acclaimed Mennonite and
Pennsylvania German Festival range from $10 to $19. More
information is available by calling 416 661-6600.
HALTON REGION
Feel the drumbeat as the Iroquoian Village comes to life
September 21 during the Indian Summer Festival at
Crawford Lake Conservation Area on the Niagara
Escarpment near the community of Milton. Event activities
taking place between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. include First
Nations dancers, special guest presenters, a First Nations
arts and crafts sale, corn husk doll making, discovery hunts
and more. Details are available by calling 905 854-0234.
What better way to celebrate autumn than by making a
scarecrow or watching the youngsters getting their face
painted and riding a pony, all while washing down a country
barbecue with freshly squeezed apple cider? These
activities are part of the Applefest Fall Fair taking place
at Oakridge Farm near Burlington on September 28