A modern drama about Catherine Parr, the last wife of Henry 8th, who convinced him to allow her to educate his daughters Mary and Elizabeth and restore their place in royal succession. Directed by John Lunman, this compelling play features Mark Canlas, Kaitlyn Chappelle, Nikki Chen, Peter Mazzucco, Toby Ramondino and Ava Sgroi. Check out Season 52 KICKING AT THE DARKNESS at Durham Shoestring Performers, Oshawa's downtown community theatre. Find all the details about the all-Canadian program at www.durhamshoestring.org.

CRAFT & BAKE SALE

Saturday, November 15, 2025

9 AM - 1 PM

Ascension Anglican Church

277 North Street

Port Perry

Hearth Place Cancer Support Centre's 3rd Annual Winter Market

This event brings together local artisans, businesses and community members for a day of festive fun, all in support of the  programs and services we provide for individuals and families impacted by cancer. 

As part of the market we feature a themed tree and wreath promotional draw. 

Entrance fee $5

Join us for a day of festive fun!

The Eastdale craft show is this Nov 15th & 16th from 10am to 4:30pm at Eastdale CVI on Harmony Road North, in Oshawa.

Over 100 vendors from Durham, with holiday decor, jewellery, food and gifts.

Plus door prizes. Entry 2 dollars. Free parking.

All proceeds support Eastdale athletics!

A modern drama about Catherine Parr, the last wife of Henry 8th, who convinced him to allow her to educate his daughters Mary and Elizabeth and restore their place in royal succession. Directed by John Lunman, this compelling play features Mark Canlas, Kaitlyn Chappelle, Nikki Chen, Peter Mazzucco, Toby Ramondino and Ava Sgroi. Check out Season 52 KICKING AT THE DARKNESS at Durham Shoestring Performers, Oshawa's downtown community theatre. Find all the details about the all-Canadian program at www.durhamshoestring.org.

Bring personality to your front porch by creating a custom welcome sign! In this fun and creative workshop, you'll learn the basics of stenciling and design your own seasonal sign to decorate your entryway. Add your personal touch, seal it with wax, and take home a charming, handmade piece. 

Join us for our Annual Holiday Market, the perfect way to kick off your holiday shopping! Explore a wonderful selection of local vendors offering one-of-a-kind, handcrafted gifts for everyone on your list. Celebrate the season and discover something truly special at this festive community event.

The Port Perry High School Holiday Craft Show is an annual event to raise money for the PPHS Music Department.  We will have 85+ vendors selling their handmade crafts. 

Nick Maclean's SNAGGLE feat the ALI BROS with special guest DOC ROCK & the ASSASSINS (Oshawa)
FRI-NOV-28
doors @ 8pm | show @ 9pm
@ The Atria | www.TheAtria.ca
59 King St E Second Floor, Oshawa, ON L1H 1B4
$20 advance, $25 door
Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/1711990011209
Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1831818231040492
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"Totally original... Funky as all hell... this ain’t any Kenny G oatmeal for folks with no teeth."
- Mike Greenblatt, Classicalite (New York, USA)
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Under the leadership of JUNO-nominated and 10x Global Music Award–winning jazz pianist NICK MACLEAN, SNAGGLE feat the ALI BROS launches into a daring new chapter: a suite of electrifying works inspired by the science fiction grandmaster ISAAC ASIMOV and his legendary FOUNDATION saga. Often described as “Canada’s answer to Snarky Puppy”, the band goes interstellar using their fearless sound, likened to a cross between electric-era Miles Davis and Rage Against the Machine, to map the rise and fall of galactic empires.

Front and center are the ALI BROS, the near-telepathic horn duo of BROWNMAN ALI (Guru, Jay-Z, Randy Brecker) on trumpet and MARCUS ALI (Matt Dusk, Jason Wilson, Mr Something Something) on saxophone. Like Asimov’s psychohistorians, they shape the future with every phrase, weaving complex probabilities into sonic reality. Joining them on this voyage are some of Toronto’s finest electric-jazz explorers: JAY YOO on guitar, MATT GRUEBNER on bass, and ADAM MANSFIELD on drums. With performances swinging from Seldon–like moments of quiet, calculated clarity to cataclysmic bursts of energy worthy of a crumbling empire... Snaggle’s new repertoire doesn’t just pay homage to ASIMOV, it channels the spirit of his storytelling: daring, complex, and endlessly imaginative. 

DOC ROCK & the ASSASSINS, the special guest opener, has carved out a reputation as one of Durham Region’s hardest-hitting rock outfits. Blending the grit of classic rock with the energy of modern alternative, the band delivers a live show that is as raw and powerful as it is unforgettable. With deep roots in the local scene, Doc Rock & the Assassins have become a fixture in Ontario venues, sharing stages with a wide range of rock, metal, and alternative acts. Their sound channels the spirit of no-nonsense rock & roll while embracing the high-octane edge that defines Oshawa’s music community.

For fans of Jazz, Science Fiction, and the BOUNDLESS possibilities that emerge when the two intertwine... this is a show not to be missed!
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SNAGGLE feat the ALI BROS
:: Nick Maclean - keys/synth
:: Brownman Ali - electric trumpet
:: Marcus Ali - tenor sax
:: Jay Yoo - guitar
:: Matt Gruebner - bass
:: Adam Mansfield - drums

DOC ROCK & the ASSASSINS
:: Steve "Doc Rock" Holliday - vocals
:: Darryl Webster - guitar
:: Darryl Fratura - guitar
:: Andrew Green - bass
:: Steve German - drums
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WATCH Snaggle perform at the 2022 TU Jazz Festival
https://youtu.be/ggp8lHRB_RA?si=iu0j9NZ2hIB_7fbo

LISTEN to Snaggle's uptempo burner 'THEORUM', from THE LONG SLOG
https://youtu.be/YlHVbRgPYNk?si=bq_CkJUweRj81s_Y

LISTEN to Snaggle's twisted odyssey 'SAW', from THE LONG SLOG
https://youtu.be/ai2sYhw-SYc?si=EafC2ZIsd3RxYZP6

LISTEN to Snaggle's eclectic holiday single 'CHRISTMAS TUNE'
https://youtu.be/RRf8U8cETZc?si=wfAZbOj3a5HPCd1l />----
For more info:
www.NickMacleanJazz.com
www.Maclean.Browntasauras.com
www.Brownman.com
www.Browntasauras.com
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ALL TOUR DATES
Wed-Nov-19 @ George Whiskey Lounge, Newmarket
Thr-Nov-20 @ RCHA Club, Kingston
Fri-Nov-21 @ Wheel Club, Montreal
Sat-Nov-22 @ Night Oat, Ottawa
Sun-Nov-23 @ Keene Centre for the Arts, Keene
Tue-Nov-25 @ Storm Stayed Brewing, London
Wed-Nov-26 @ Farm League Brewing, Cambridge
Thr-Nov-27 @ My House, Toronto
Fri-Nov-28 @ The Atria, Oshawa
Sat-Nov-29 @ The Doors Pub, Hamilton

Deck your halls with a traditional evergreen swag – made by you! Join our Museum Interpreter and harvest fresh greenery from our museum site. Then create two of your own swags. Add in ribbon and natural accents such as pinecones and other natural bits you collect. Learn some history about the materials and how they were used for holiday decorating in the past. This program is completed outdoors, so come dressed for the weather. Bring your family and friends for a creative and fun workshop, just in time for the holidays.  

Two workshops each day, from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm and 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm. 

Deck your halls with a traditional evergreen swag – made by you! Join our Museum Interpreter and harvest fresh greenery from our museum site. Then create two of your own swags. Add in ribbon and natural accents such as pinecones and other natural bits you collect. Learn some history about the materials and how they were used for holiday decorating in the past. This program is completed outdoors, so come dressed for the weather. Bring your family and friends for a creative and fun workshop, just in time for the holidays.  

A Next Gen Holiday Celebration Presented by Music4Life String Orchestra

Join Music4Life String Orchestra for a vibrant afternoon of string music and select seasonal tunes with highlights of the next generation . This family-friendly concert will feature a wide range of seasonal selections performed by our full community string orchestra, showcasing the warmth and joy of string music and the holiday season.

We're also thrilled to welcome Sofia Juliet, a remarkable Argentinian-Canadian youth vocalist whose talent and stage presence bring a fresh energy to this festive program. Enjoy select vocal features woven into a dynamic program of string music.

Date: Saturday, November 29, 2025

Doors Open: 2:00 PM | Show Starts: 2:30 PM

Forest Brook Community Church, Ajax

Tickets: Advanced Online: $25 | Seniors (65+): $20At the Door: $25: Orchestra Supporter Tickets available: Group Discounts offered – contact us!

More Info : http://music4lifeensemble.ca/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-hook="web-link">Music4LifeEnsemble.ca ; Contact: info@Music4LifeEnsemble.ca

*** Following our concert we encourage all to join the Town of Ajax, our community partner, for their seasonal Christmas in the Village.  Christmas in the Village. Pickering Village on Old Kingston Rd on November 29 from 2- 6 p.m.

Start the season with strings, community, and a glimpse into the future of music.

Deck your halls with a traditional evergreen swag – made by you! Join our Museum Interpreter and harvest fresh greenery from our museum site. Then create two of your own swags. Add in ribbon and natural accents such as pinecones and other natural bits you collect. Learn some history about the materials and how they were used for holiday decorating in the past. This program is completed outdoors, so come dressed for the weather. Bring your family and friends for a creative and fun workshop, just in time for the holidays.  

Deck your halls with a traditional evergreen swag – made by you! Join our Museum Interpreter and harvest fresh greenery from our museum site. Then create two of your own swags. Add in ribbon and natural accents such as pinecones and other natural bits you collect. Learn some history about the materials and how they were used for holiday decorating in the past. This program is completed outdoors, so come dressed for the weather. Bring your family and friends for a creative and fun workshop, just in time for the holidays.  

Two workshops each day, from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm and 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm. 

How does a middle-aged widow foil the Nazis in occupied France? By knitting—in code!

During World War II, a middle-aged Canadian woman – secretly Jewish – is recruited by the British Operations Executive to serve as a spy in Nazi-occupied France. Her male colleague is skeptical she'll make any difference because she's a woman — and an 'old' one at that. But she defies expectations and challenges the chauvinism and antisemitism of the times, using her craft of knitting to pass coded intelligence messages about the Germans to the Allies. 

'Spycraft' was inspired by the research of writers-producers Kirk Dunn and Claire Ross-Dunn, who uncovered untold stories of women during WWII using knitting as a tool for espionage — listening in on Nazi soldiers who never saw them as a threat and stitching secret codes into everyday garments to smuggle intelligence past enemy lines.

Concessions and cash bar available.

Tickets are only $35 and are available at the Ajax and McLean Community Centres, the Audley Recreation Centre, and online at www.ajax.ca/sfc. For more information, call 905-619-2529, ext. 2787 (ARTS), email us at stfranciscentre@ajax.ca, or visit us online at www.ajax.ca/sfc

Join us for the TIFF Ajax Film Circuit at the St. Francis Centre!

Here’s your chance to watch films from the Toronto international Film Festival (TIFF) without driving into the city, dealing with traffic jams and paying for parking - it’s all right here in Ajax! Film selections include Canadian and foreign made films, contemporary cinema and thought-provoking independent films.

Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution
In recognition of International Day of Persons with Disabilities, the St. Francis Centre presents a free screening of Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution. In the early 1970s, teenagers with disabilities faced a future shaped by isolation, discrimination and institutionalization. Camp Jened, a ramshackle camp “for the handicapped” (a term no longer used) in the Catskills, exploded those confined. Jened was their freewheeling Utopia, a place with summertime sports, smoking and make-out sessions, where campers experienced liberation and full inclusion as human beings. Their bonds endured as many migrated west to Berkeley - a hotbed of activism where friends from Camp Jened realized that disruption, civil disobedience and political participation could change the future for millions. No one at Camp Jened could’ve imagined that those summers in the woods together would be the beginnings of a revolution!

Concessions and cash bar available.

This film presentation is FREE to attend, however, registration is required either online at www.ajax.ca/sfc, by email at stfranciscentre@ajax.ca or by calling 905-619-2529, ext. 2787 (ARTS).

Join us for the TIFF Ajax Film Circuit at the St. Francis Centre

Here’s your chance to watch films from the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) without driving into the city, dealing with traffic jams and paying for parking - it’s all right here in Ajax! Film selections include Canadian and foreign made films, contemporary cinema and thought-provoking independent films.

The Penguin Lessons
Starring Oscar nominee Steve Coogan, this poignant dramedy follows an Englishman’s personal and political awakening after he adopts a penguin during a cataclysmic period in Argentine history. Inspired by true events, 'The Penguin Lessons' takes to heart the notion that saving someone’s life begins a new responsibility. In this case, that someone is a surprisingly wise, utterly adorable penguin. Helmed by Peter Cattaneo (The Full Monty; Military Wives), 'The Penguin Lessons' delivers this delightful story with wit, warmth and subtle insight into just how rewarding it can be to do the right thing.

Concessions and cash bar available.

Tickets are only $12 and are available at the Ajax and McLean Community Centres, the Audley Recreation Centre, and online at www.ajax.ca/sfc. For more information, call 905-619-2529, ext. 2787 (ARTS), email us at stfranciscentre@ajax.ca, or visit us online at www.ajax.ca/sfc

Mirror, mirror, on the wall, who's the funniest of all? 

The "Nearly World Famous" DuffleBag Theatre is, that's who! And they're back again this season with a hilarious rendition of Snow White. The Queen has always been the “fairest in the land” - her Magic Mirror tells her so! But when the Queen hears that Snow White has surpassed her, she'll do whatever it takes to get rid of her - forever! Fortunately, Snow White escapes into the deep, dark woods, where she comes to a tiny cottage. Little does she know that the seven dwarves living there will help save her! Laugh out loud as Snow White and some audience members encounter hapless huntsmen, bad apples and little men with big hearts and short tempers. Will she find her “happily ever after?”

Concessions available.

Tickets are only $20 and are available at the Ajax and McLean Community Centres, the Audley Recreation Centre, and online at www.ajax.ca/sfc. For more information, call 905-619-2529, ext. 2787 (ARTS), email us at stfranciscentre@ajax.ca, or visit us online at www.ajax.ca/sfc

Silver Screen Sundays
In celebration of the 70th anniversary of the Town of Ajax, please join us for Silver Screen Sundays - a nostalgic trip back in time showcasing select movies from 1955.

Lady and the Tramp
Disney's classic romantic tale of an uptown sheltered Cocker Spaniel and a downtown streetwise Mutt.

Concessions and cash bar available.

Tickets are only $5 and are available at the Ajax and McLean Community Centres, the Audley Recreation Centre, and online at www.ajax.ca/sfc. For more information, call 905-619-2529, ext. 2787 (ARTS), email us at stfranciscentre@ajax.ca, or visit us online at www.ajax.ca/sfc

Looking for something more than just a typical movie night? Check out Retro Reels!

Enjoy retro classics with the added experience of themed cocktails, treats, trivia, prizes and giveaways! Costumes and PJs encouraged!

The Sound of Music – 60th Anniversary
A tuneful, heartwarming story based on the real-life story of the Von Trapp Family Singers, one of the world’s best-known concert groups in the era immediately preceding World War II. 

Maria (Julie Andrews), a young novice, is sent by her convent to become a governess to the seven children of a widowed naval officer (Christopher Plummer) and brings a new love of life and music into their home. Sing along with such classics as ‘My Favourite Things,’ ‘Do Re Mi,’ ‘The Lonely Goatherd,’ and ‘Edelweiss.’

Tickets are only $5 and are available at the Ajax and McLean Community Centres, the Audley Recreation Centre, and online at www.ajax.ca/sfc. For more information, call 905-619-2529, ext. 2787 (ARTS), email us at stfranciscentre@ajax.ca, or visit us online at www.ajax.ca/sfc

Ajax-born and award-winning singer/songwriter, screen composer and recording artist Alex Whorms, returns “home for the holidays” with her band for a special concert presentation, mixing her original music with some holiday favourites. It's an experience that will warm your heart on a cold December evening.

From her beloved piano she flows freely and flawlessly between styles and sounds, gracefully blending classic singer-songwriter pop, jazz, soul, rock, classical, folk and almost anything else that strikes her fancy.

Inspired by an array of musical artists including Sarah Slean, Tori Amos, Fiona Apple, Sara Bareilles, Carole King and Laila Biali, Alex crafts music that is essentially a genre unto itself.

Concessions and cash bar available.

Tickets are only $35 and are available at the Ajax and McLean Community Centres, the Audley Recreation Centre, and online at www.ajax.ca/sfc. For more information, call 905-619-2529, ext. 2787 (ARTS), email us at stfranciscentre@ajax.ca, or visit us online at www.ajax.ca/sfc

December 31st is our annual New Year's Celebration, We have food, fun and fellowship. Service begins at 9PM... we are going to celebrate the end of this decade thanking God for all He has done and will do in the next decade! We will be collecting a special offering on the 31st to fund our mission to dig a well to provide clean drinking water in Chinyunyu, Zambia as well as add money to the Christian Youth Scholarship Fund.

Yoga in the Garden is back! Get your Zen on in the beautiful Henry House Heritage Gardens this summer!

Starting Friday, June 7, at 9 am, we’re on the mat and ready to flow. Classes are free drop-in 1 hour-long sessions, with donations accepted. All proceeds go to the Oshawa Museum. This series continues every Friday morning, rain or shine, through September (temperatures permitting.)

All levels of yogis are welcome! Please bring any props that support your practice. Also, not all yogis enjoy pets and animals during their practice. If you bring a pet, they must always be on a short leash.

To see a complete list of instructors, visit the Oshawa Museum website or our Facebook page.

About the Oshawa Museum: The Oshawa Museum preserves and promotes awareness and appreciation of Oshawa’s history for a diverse audience's education, enrichment and enjoyment. As the only community museum in Oshawa, we take great pride in showcasing our city's history from the earliest First Nation occupation to the end of WWII. The OM is administered by the Oshawa Historical Society, a not-for-profit charitable institution, as an external agency of the City of Oshawa.

Our doors are open! Come and celebrate Christmas with us at our 1 Hr Candlelight Service, on December 24th at 6PM. It's a beautiful time of singing carols and remembering the story of Jesus' birth.