The department of recreation, culture, and wellness develops vibrant and dynamic cultural projects and programs. With our partners, our goal is to develop a creative community and a vibrant place of discovery, learning and exploration for all residents and visitors. Learn more by viewing our Cultural Master Plan and our many Festivals and Events.
Big Band Comedy Night in Pelham Theatre Series
Pelham Big Band Dance Night – Featuring the Jimmy Marando Swing Band
Pelham Big Band Dance Night Featuring the Jimmy Marando Swing Band runs the third Tuesday of every month in the Accursi Room at the Meridian Community Centre.
Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the band plays from 7:30 - 9:30 p.m.
Donations are welcome for the band. Bar & food services available; food service is cash only.
*Free admission
Comedy Night in Pelham
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Saturday November 23, 2019
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Theatre Series
All shows are held in the Dr. Gary & Mall Accursi Room
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SAY IT! On Stage
Seniors and Youth Intergenerational Theatre
SAVE THE DATE FOR THE PERFORMANCE:
Friday December 13 & Saturday December 14 at 7pm
MERIDIAN COMMUNITY CENTRE - ACCURSI ROOM
For more information, please visit: https://www.sayitonstage.com/
The Town of Pelham is creating a designated space for seniors in the Meridian Community Centre. This will be home to an 8-month project: SAY IT! On Stage. “SAY IT” stands for “Seniors and Youth Intergenerational Theatre”. It is a program designed to strengthen connections and encourage collaboration between teens and their elders. A Niagara Community Foundation grant, together with in-kind donations from the Town of Pelham, E.L. Crossley High School, and community volunteers will fund this exciting creative process that will finish in the performance of an original dramatic production in December, 2019. Performance Date is to be determined. Through 8 weeks of intergenerational conversation circles, senior participants will have the opportunity to share anecdotes and experiences from their lives; these stories will provide the foundation for a stage play that will be produced and performed by both youth and senior participants. This initiative also seeks to showcase the broad range of talents and passions individuals bring to the project – music, dance, visual arts, crafts, trades. Our aim is to involve the community of Pelham in all of its diversity, including Indigenous presence and storytelling approaches. We hope you will join us in this artistic endeavour.
Theatre Development Group Sessions:
Group sessions will be held Tuesdays & Thursdays (starting sept. 12) from 3:30pm - 5pm Meridian Community Centre in the Accursi Room.
Free to attend.
Come join us for some light snacks and refreshments
Goals of the Project:
- To provide opportunities for seniors to share their life stories
- To validate and celebrate the life experiences of seniors within our community
- To foster connections between seniors and youth through storytelling and drama activities
- To encourage collaboration between high school students and seniors as they create, rehearse, and perform community theatre
- To offer co-op placement and community involvement opportunities for high school students
- To enrich cultural life for all residents of Pelham with a new performance arts initiative
The Town of Pelham gratefully acknowledges the financial support of the Niagara Community Foundation, which is a public foundation serving the people of Niagara. The Foundation builds permanently endowed charitable funds for the changing need and opportunities of the community and provides grants to eligible charitable organizations in culture, health, education, environment, recreation and social service sectors."
Public Art
Public art can be defined as visual art, permanent or temporary, that is accessible to the public. The art should be aesthetic, may be functional as well as free standing or integrated into a site. The art should be commissioned, purchased or donated to the Town of Pelham in a process that is supported by the Public Art Policy.
Types of public art:
- independent sculpture or discrete element
- site specific
- integrated or functional
- event based or temporary
- gateway
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