As the clock struck 10:30 a.m. on Thursday morning in City Park, the small crowd started to gather. Children, parents and care givers spread out their blankets or sat on the bright blue tarp provided by library assistant and program runner Sara Balint. Stories in the Park is a program that has been running for five summers and has had great success. Balint said: "We wanted to get programs out of the library as well as in our buildings. That way we potentially reach people who

Rick Penner has been volunteering his time to put on a musical gift series at the John M. Parrott Art Gallery for over five years. Gallery curator Susan Holland recalled the program being Penner's idea. "I think he came to me and suggested that he would like to do a couple of concerts and use the beautiful grand piano that we have, and it was so well-received that we kept it going," Holland said. "It’s a lovely thing to do: to come in and listen to some music, and spend an ho

When Marlene MacCallum, her husband Dave Morrish and their brother-in-law Mark Bartkiw discovered their individual artwork all followed the narrative theme, the three decided showing their work together would be a unique idea. The related artists have individual exhibitions at the John M. Parrott Art Gallery, but they are all being shown at the same time, along with Nancy Sherk's oil and acrylic nature paintings in gallery 2. “It’s always good to see what happens when you cur

Robert Vezina loves to model, he said. The drawing room, a non-instructed studio session with a model, has featured 67-year-old Vezina for eight months. “Artists are always looking for opportunities to draw the human form," said Susan Holland, the John M. Parrott Art Gallery's curator. Although, she said it can be hard to find models. “It’s a personality. And the gentleman that we’re using, Robert, he's very professional. He knows the poses and he’s very serious about it," sh

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