Entertainment listings

Greater Sudbury entertainment listings for the week of June 24. To post your listing, e-mail [email protected], phone 673-5667 ext. 377, fax 673-4352. Include high-resolution images, minimum 500 kb. Post your listing online.

Art

Tattoo for a Cure, tattoo fundraiser for Canadian Cancer Society. June 27, 10 am-6 pm. Precision Ink, 1543 Paris St. 522-4655.

Open Screen Subterranean Blues, projected photography from Four Sudbury ShutterBugs, June 30, 8-10 pm. Creative Spark Gallery, 7 Cedar Street.

Picture Our Lakes contest voting open until July 3. www.artistsonelgin.ca, 674-0415.

33rd annual La Cloche Art Show, July 3-11, at Whitefish Falls Community Centre. Deadline for submissions June 18 and 19. Information and entry forms at www.lacloche.ca.

Traditional drum making weekend, July 16-18. Gordon’s Park, 18777 Hwy 6, Tehkummah, Manitoulin Island. Tickets/$180 + tax, includes camping, materials and supplies, and workshop leader. Contact [email protected], 705-859-2470.

Still life and equine art by Carole Rodrigue, until July 31, Northern Flavours, 106 Beech St. Proceeds to YMCA Strong Kids Campaign. www.carolerodrigue.net, 585-4022.

Jennifer Angus exhibit, Unnatural Nature: Diary of a Mad Scientist and Obsessive Insect Collector, at Art Gallery of Sudbury, 251 John St., to Sept. 6. Open Tues.-Sat., 10 am-5 pm, Sun. 12-5 pm. www.artsudbury.org or 675-4871.

Coalition for a Liveable Sudbury Photo Contest, categories in natural beauty, community revitalization, where you want change, your favourite quirky spots, going green. Submit photos to [email protected], include name, short description of photo. Deadline Sept. 30. Phone 691-5538.

Galerie du Nouvel-Ontario, 174 Elgin St., features village démocratie: phase 1 by Karine Giboulo. 500-figurine stage, illustrating differences between the developed world and Central American slums. Contact www.gn-o.org or 673-4927.

Lampinen Fine Art and Custom Framing, 1350 Regent St. S., original pastels by local artist Sue Lampinen, Mon.-Sat. 10 am-4:30 pm, 522-8068.

Music

Bell Park Gazebo concert series, Bilingual performance of old and new country music by Les Compagnons, June 27, 7 pm. Free admission, outdoors at gazebo. Rain venue Older Adult Centre, 140 Durham St. Phone 522-2854.

House concert with Bill Bourne, multiple Juno Award nominee and winner, June 27, 8 pm. Tickets/$20, reserve in advance, at 673-1942.

Blues show with Tommy and Stephanie Fyfe. Tickets $5/car. July 1, 3-10 pm. Royal Canadian Legion Branch 76, 1553 Weller St. BBQ and fireworks display.

Bell Park Gazebo concert series, Northern Allstars Steel Band performing Vintage Caribbean style favourites, July 4, 7 pm. Free admission, outdoors at gazebo. Rain venue Older Adult Centre, 140 Durham St. Phone 522-2854.

Italian Festival, Caruso Club, 385 Haig Street. July 8, 5-8 pm, parade and wrestling; July 9, 5-8 pm, food fair, youth contest, variety night, Paul DiSalle and The Terminators; July 10, 12-8 pm, marketplace, entertainment, dinner and music; July 11, 10 am-12 pm, mass, meals, dance, entertainment.

Songwriting and recording boot camp, with Espanola-born producers Terry Sawchuk and Alf Annibalini. Three-day training seminar at St. Benedict Secondary, July 16-18. $200 before June 25, $250 after. 674-9954 or www.thinknorth.ca.

River and Sky Music and Camping Festival, headliners Plants and Animals, Born Ruffians, The Wooden Sky and Ohbijou at River Valley Park. July 16-18. Weekend passes $70 at Cosmic Dave’s Vinyl Emporium, Cosmic Dave’s Guitar Emporium, Eat Local Sudbury and at the door. www.riverandsky.ca.

Bell Park Gazebo concert series, Naked Soul, good music stripped down to its rawest form, July 18, 7 pm. Free admission, outdoors at gazebo. Rain venue Older Adult Centre, 140 Durham St. Phone 522-2854.

Bell Park Gazebo concert series, Paul and Gary Di Salle, father and son pop/rock music, July 25, 7 pm. Free admission, outdoors at gazebo. Rain venue Older Adult Centre, 140 Durham St. Phone 522-2854.

The Holly Springs Disaster(Saskatchewan), Architects(United Kingdom), Structures(Toronto), The Prosthetic Hearts(Sudbury) Aug. 13, 6:30 pm, at The Jubilee Centre. All ages. Tickets $17/advanced, $20/door. www.maplemusic.com.

Music On The Grass, Aug. 14, at 300 Elbow Rd., Estaire. The Rivets, Bonita Mercer, Bend of Elbow. Tickets $20/adults, kids under 10 free. Camping by reservation. 695-2798, www.musiconthegrass.com.

Jazz Sudbury Festival, Sept. 10-12, at Science North. Headliners Oliver Jones with Ranee Lee, Alex Cuba, Brandi Disterheft, Manteca. Tickets at www.jazzsudbury.ca.

Johnny Reid with The Stellas, Nov. 2, Sudbury Arena, 6:30 pm. Tickets $22.50/$43.50/$64.50, available at www.livenation.com or 671-3000 or www.greatersudbury.ca.

Steelworkers Local 6500 and friends Thursday night jam sessions, at union headquarters, 66 Brady St., play, sing or listen, 6-11 pm, musicians and spectators welcome, www.uswlocal6500.ca/news.php.

Andrew Lowe performs free shows, Sundays and Wednesdays at 8 pm at Cranky Joe’s, 941 Notre Dame.

Literature
Author Jean Lafleur book signing at Coles, June 26, 1-3 pm. Children’s book writer of Kevin and Askem: An Awesome Twosome.

Theatre

Thorneloe Summer Theatre presents Shakespeare’s comedy Twelfth Night, June 24-26, 7 pm, on the Thorneloe chapel lawn, at Laurentian University. Bring lawn chairs and pay what you can. Phone 673-1730.

Theatre Cambrian’s All Shook Up, until June 26. Tickets $26.50/adults, $21.50/students and seniors, $16.50/children 13 and under, available at Records on Wheels, Jett Landry Music, Azilda Rexall, and Vrab’s Your Independent Grocer. Contact 524-7317 or www.theatrecambrian.ca.

Auditions for Theatre Cambrian’s The Best of Billboard Concert, July 2, 6-9 pm, July 3, 1-5 pm, July 4, 1-5 pm. Must perform one up-tempo song and one ballad. 524-7317 to book audition.

Lock and Keynote Productions theatre camp for children, July 5-16, 9 am-4 pm, Arts North, 7 Cedar St., Suite 203, $325, www.lockandkeynote.com.

Fundraiser for community and school groups, Sudbury Theatre Centre (STC) setting aside 532 tickets for 2010-2011 season to help local not-for-profit groups. Shows include Moonlight, Magnolias, Alice in Wonderland, The Velveteen Rabbit, Vigil, I Had a Job I Liked. Applications at www.sudburytheatre.on.ca. Contact 674-8381 ext. 21, or 170 Shaughnessy St.