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Theatre In The Great Outdoors

Don’t miss Theatre Orangeville’s Summer Arts Festival, back this year at Mount Alverno Luxury Resort on Heart Lake Road in Caledon, August 11 to 13. There’s a packed lineup of art, music and fun, including Dungee Dragon & the Just Okay Juggler, North (519) Best of Toronto Fringe, Storytime with Fay & Fluffy, and a trademark brunch at The Vista, the resort’s spacious restaurant.

Multicultural Meetup

TAKE NOTE A Writer’s Craft

On July 22 writerly types can create your very own handmade journal at a hands-on workshop at Museum of Dufferin. Design your own book with a variety of decorative papers, then put it all together with a proper bookbinding stitch. Beginner-friendly!

Shop Online For A Good Cause

The Evolve Caledon thrift store funnels 100 per cent of its profits to support several Caledon Community Services programs. While their huge, airy retail space is a destination, they’ve now launched an online shop stocked with clothing, home decor, antiques and sporting goods. (To donate, visit their separate drive-through facility located just down the road from the retail space on Industrial Road, Bolton.)

GARDEN TOUR: PLANT PARADISE COUNTRY GARDENS

Prepare to swoon by touring gardening expert and author Lorraine Roberts’ 24-acre Caledon property. After you meander through her awardwinning botanical gardens and nature trail, don’t miss shopping at her version of a souvenir shop – an organic perennial nursery and garden centre.

Celebrate our area’s growing diversity during a weekend of festivities offered at the Dufferin County Multicultural Event at Museum of Dufferin. On June 23, enjoy light refreshments at the opening of the Unity in Diversity art exhibit. The next day, visitors can take part in steel pan and African drumming demonstrations or join a game of cricket thanks to the Shelburne Cricket Club. Guests can also catch a youth performance of Bhangra dancing, as well as a Sikh cultural performance, and browse local artisan food booths. Althea Alli, who founded the event in 2018 and now runs the Dufferin County Multicultural Foundation, says the event is a way for the community to come together and share, celebrate and educate each other about who we are and our traditions. “It helps to create that foundation for our youth, and allows for our older generations to celebrate and impart knowledge,” she says. “As I have always said, music, art and food are international languages and connections that create powerful bonds.”