Come and get your holiday spirit started with a visit to the Bakersville Animated Gingerbread Village  The village opens Saturday, December 1^st, and runs through to Wednesday, January 2^nd. This is the 23^rd year for this community project that is located in the Kent Farndale Gallery within the Scugog Public Memorial Library. Admission is free to this spectacular indoor village made with fresh gingerbread creations supplied by the community, complete with miniature villagers, moving snowboarders, skaters and a train. The event is open during regular operating library hours and is located at 231 Water Street in Port Perry. Make sure you and your family visit this magical village during the Christmas season-you don’t want to miss it!

 If you would like further information, please check out the library website: www.scugoglibrary.ca

Or visit us on Facebook : Bakersville: Animated Gingerbread Village

Please join Mayor & Members of Council as they celebrate the New Year. The New Year's Levee will be a family event with complimentary skating followed by presentations of the Mayor's Honour Roll.

• Complimentary public skating from 12:30 to 1:50 pm at the Scugog Arena (1655 Reach St., Port Perry)
• Honour Roll presentation at 2 pm in the Scugog Community Recreation Centre (1655 Reach St., Port Perry)

Light refreshments will be available at the celebration.

People who are ages 55 to 74 and have smoked cigarettes daily for at least 20 years (not necessarily consecutive) may be eligible for Cancer Care Ontario's Lung Cancer Screening Pilot for People at High Risk.

If you meet these criteria, please contact Lakeridge Health Oshawa at 905-576-8711 x4449 for information or to schedule a telephone assessment to determine your eligibility. Eligible participants will be offered screening using a low-dose CT scan of the chest along with smoking cessation services.

People who are ages 55 to 74 and have smoked cigarettes daily for at least 20 years (not necessarily consecutive) may be eligible for Cancer Care Ontario's Lung Cancer Screening Pilot for People at High Risk.

If you meet these criteria, please contact Lakeridge Health Oshawa at 905-576-8711 x4449 for information or to schedule a telephone assessment to determine your eligibility. Eligible participants will be offered screening using a low-dose CT scan of the chest along with smoking cessation services.

Uxbridge Gay/Straight Alliance will meet on Saturday, January 19, from 2-4 p.m. in the lower hall at St. Paul’s Anglican Church, 59 Toronto Street South.  Guest speakers will be Rev. Erin Martin and her sister Kit, of St. James the Apostle Anglican Church in Sharon, Ontario.  They will speak about the “Safe Place” for LGBTQ youth and their friends which meets twice monthly at St. James.  Everyone is welcome.  Please use door on the south side of the church.  

Drive around Feeder Tour - Derek Connelly

- Meet at Uxbridge S.S parking lot.  (Plank and Nelkydd ) 8  am – max ~10 people carpool

Why do some people get all the birds visiting at their house while others seem to miss the action?  Binoculars, camera,. No pets.

Register with Derek by e-mailing ndnature7@gmail.com. 

905-852-5432

Join us at the Scugog Shores Museum Village for our first speaker of 2019.  Local author and historian Paul Arculus will speak on his newest book "Nip N' Tuck", detailing the history of the Port Whitby, Port Perry and Lindsay railway.  Paul is the president of the Lake Scugog Historical Society and the author of several books on local history.  The talk will take place in the Schoolhouse at the Scugog Shores Museum Village, 16210 Island Road, Port Perry, starting at 1 pm.  Admission is $5/person.  

People who are ages 55 to 74 and have smoked cigarettes daily for at least 20 years (not necessarily consecutive) may be eligible for Cancer Care Ontario's Lung Cancer Screening Pilot for People at High Risk.

If you meet these criteria, please contact Lakeridge Health Oshawa at 905-576-8711 x4449 for information or to schedule a telephone assessment to determine your eligibility. Eligible participants will be offered screening using a low-dose CT scan of the chest along with smoking cessation services.

Several of our members will give mini presentations (~10min) on nature related topics. 

Cara Gregory- ‘Nature Jeopardy’; Stephen Wright wildlife photographs: James Kamstra ‘Graminoid Primer’ grasses; Ryan Lamoureux birds and trails

And Mark Stabb will have his Kodak Carousel available if you have a nature slide or two

Contact James to get on the presentation list.         James.Kamstra@aecom.com

Uxbridge Gay/Straight Alliance is hosting a family & friends games night in the lower hall of St. Paul’s Anglican Church, 59 Toronto St. S.  Light refreshments.  Donations accepted to help fund group projects.  Everyone welcome.  Please use the door on the south side of the church.    

For it's mid-winter meeting on January 26, 2019, the Society will present a unique and original group of folk stars: The Mayhemingways, Rich Burnett and Minnie Heart, plus Mike T. Kerr.

Organizer Mogens Galberg says: “These acts offer a uniquely interesting and original approach to folk music, song writing and instrumentation. They all play many instruments, and will give us a show full of tasteful, grand and amazing folk tunes. I am really looking forward to this one!”

Tickets are $ 25 each and available at:

- Blue Heron Books, 62 Brock St West, in Uxbridge, 905-852-4282 
- P O E Design, 146 Queen St, in Port Perry, 905-985-0060 
- or Phone 905-985-8351 for reserved tickets and information.

Check out our web site and watch for future concerts at: http://greenbankfolkmusic.ca and on Facebook.

Maestro PARISOTTO and Ontario Philharmonic are delighted to invite you to experience the exceptional talent of violinist Tatsuki NARITA, performing PAGANINI’s Violin Concerto no.1. This concert is made possible by the kind sponsorship of Dr. & Mrs. Sean and Lucy Gibson and anonymous patrons.

Tatsuki NARITA makes his Canadian symphonic stage debut, as he takes you on an exploration of PAGANINI's transcendental world.
 
The program includes great orchestral overtures!:
Gioachino ROSSINI              The Italian Girl in Algiers Overture 
Johannes BRAHMS              Academic Festival Overture
Franz LISZT                          Hungarian Rhapsody in D Major
Richard WAGNER                Rienzi Overture
                          Intermission
Niccolo PAGANINI                Violin Concerto no.1 in D major

January 26, 2019 - UOIT's Regent Theatre.
Complete program: http://www.ontariophil.ca/program-3.html.
Bulk Ticket Package offer for groups of 20 or more. Details at tickets.regenttheatre.ca, 905-721-3399 x2.  An age 7+ event. Recommended for 14+.  

Pre-Concert chat with John Terauds (famed classical music critic and author) begins at 7:15pm to 7:30pm in the hall.  Ticket holders admitted free to the Pre-Concert Chat.

People who are ages 55 to 74 and have smoked cigarettes daily for at least 20 years (not necessarily consecutive) may be eligible for Cancer Care Ontario's Lung Cancer Screening Pilot for People at High Risk.

If you meet these criteria, please contact Lakeridge Health Oshawa at 905-576-8711 x4449 for information or to schedule a telephone assessment to determine your eligibility. Eligible participants will be offered screening using a low-dose CT scan of the chest along with smoking cessation services.

Join Tim Hudak, CEO, Ontario Real Estate Association (OREA) and Mustafa Abbasi, President & Chief Revenue Officer, Zolo as they talk about how AI will reshape Real Estate.

A panel discussion will also be held along with Absar Beg and Gary Fooks on why machine learning matters to Real Estate.

Absar Beg, Chairman, Lifelong Group of Companies With over 15 years of experience in real estate, finance and construction, Absar will discuss how data and AI can revolutionize the real estate industry – join him to learn more about his latest innovative venture, Planulife!

Gary Fooks, CEO, 8twelve Mortgage Corporation  With over $200 Million Dollars of Funded Mortgage Volume in the past 36 months, Gary is often asked to predict where rates are headed. Hear him share how he uses AI.