Opening Night for the second production of the 2024 season at the 4th Line Theatre features the world premiere of Beverley Cooper’s “Jim Watts: Girl Reporter”. This play explores the experience of Canadian youth who travelled to Spain during the mid-1930’s to fight fascism which was taking hold across Europe… Continue reading
Last month, two film productions featured Millbrook as the backdrop, but their presentation of the village is worlds apart. On July 10th, the production of “Tall Pines” took over the main commercial area for several days. This filming was for an eight episode Netflix series called Wayward (working title Tall… Continue reading
It has been just two short years since Leslie Gutsole-Floyd retired from Millbrook South Cavan Public School where she worked for many years, most of them as a Resource Teacher and for a brief period as the acting Vice Principal. Since her retirement, she has focused her energy on developing… Continue reading
Last August, Autumn Smith stepped in as Musical Director of the 2023 production of the Cavan Blazers, replacing brother-in-law Justin Hiscox who was suddenly hospitalized for many weeks due to a severe leg infection. It seems she was hooked, as this year she returns to the 4th Line as the… Continue reading
Last week, Township Councillors, staff and volunteers with the Cavan Monaghan Barn Quilt Trail (CMBQT) Committee, gathered in celebration of community spirit and cultural heritage for a formal ribbon cutting ceremony of the Rising Sun Quilt Block. Designed by local quilter Kate DeKlerk and painted by local artist Maya deMaria,… Continue reading
The 4th Line Theatre was one of three festivals in the Haliburton-Kawartha Lakes-Brock provincial riding that received grant funding from the provincial government last week. The Lindsay Exhibition and The Grove Theatre along with the 4th Line theatre each received $55,000 as part of the $19.5 million Experience Ontario funding… Continue reading
Local graphic novelist and illustrator Bill Slavin launched the second book in his dystopian post-apocalyptic Mordecai Crow Trilogy, Quid Pro Crow, at Peterborough’s Take Cover Books in East City on May 18. The book also made its appearance at this year’s Toronto Comic Arts Festival in Toronto. Both Quid Pro… Continue reading
