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August 6
Food: The downtown summer market is back for another season. New this year is Thursdays from 2-6 p.m. Thursday at the North Science Market, which, in addition to the regular market day, will take place from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday on Elgin Street, next to the train station. Parking is free at both locations. More than 40 vendors are expected each week.
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Music: The Sudbury Performance Group will host Crystal Shawanda, Wiikwimikoong musician and 2021 Juno Award winner, at 8 p.m. at the Coulson Entertainment Center. Tickets are $20 each and are available at www.sudburyperformance.ca or by calling 705-662-8518.
August 7
Film (Ticket Purchase): Cinefest is pleased to announce that Passports and Passport+ are now available for purchase. General admission ticket books and show tickets will be available in mid-August, while the full lineup of Cinefest movies will be announced on August 25. Cinefest is offering 5% off Passports and Passport+ (10% for red carpet sponsors) through August 12. Passes are available online at cinefest.com, by calling 705-688-1234 or by visiting the Cinefest Box Office at 40 Larch St., Suite 103.
Army: Canadian War Retirees at Fred Vincent, Sudbury Branch, will celebrate the National Organization’s Centennial at 2:00 p.m. August 7 at the 564th RC Lockerbie Branch. The branch will also hold its final parade that day. Then, on August 9, the branch will hold a memorial service for all Afghan veterans at the Lasalle Boulevard Funeral Cooperative.
August 8
Comedy (ticket purchase) Comedian, podcast host and author Bert Krecher has added Sudbury history to his The Berty Boy Relapse tour. Kreischer will perform at the Sudbury Arena on December 11. This is one of 32 additional dates announced for the tour. Online at greaterudbury.ca/tickets, by phone at 705671-3000 or in person at 240 Elgin Street.
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Musical: Sudbury Theater Center and YES Theater set to present Ride the Cyclone. which was successful in Canada, as well as in Chicago and off Broadway when it originally aired in 2010. It tells the story of six teenagers in a hall choir in small-town Saskatchewan. When they are killed in a bizarre serpentine train crash, a fortune teller invites them to tell their story, pitting them against each other for the ultimate prize: the chance to live again. Ride the Cyclone will take place at the Sudbury Theater Center from July 29 to August 14. Ticket information is available at sudburytheatre.com.
Art: The Art Gallery of Sudbury, 251 John Street, invites you to a major new exhibition by Sudbury visual artist Johanna Westby, titled Natural Contrast. The exhibition lasts until September 4. Admission is free with a donation.
Art: A new gallery, Spirit Island, has opened at the Perivale Gallery on Manitolin Island. Cathy Boyd’s paintings are inspired by Manitoulin Island. Images of the works featured in this gallery were uploaded to the Perivale Gallery website at www.perivalegallery.com/cathy-boyd/. Inquiries and sales are welcome by calling 705-210-0290.
Art: New works by Northern Ontario artist Evan Weil are on display all summer at the Pereval Gallery in Spring Bay, Manitolin Island. This exhibition and sale of Whiale’s latest works will run until September 18. www.perivalegallery.com.
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Spirituality: Has COVID-19 affected your physical and mental health? Father Raymond Accor of Christ the King Church Downtown invites everyone to join his sermons, either online or at church at 12:15 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, 5 p.m. Saturday or at 10:15 a.m. on Sunday. To watch online, visit mcnmediatv.com, search Sudbury and click on the image of Christ the King Church, or go to YouTube.com and search for Fr. Raymond Accor in Christ the King, Sudbury. To attend in person, use the north entrance to the chapel behind the Rock off St. Ann Road. All COVID-19 restrictions apply. All welcome.
Music history: An exhibition has opened at Collège Boréal in Sudbury, celebrating the life of Mary Travers, also known as La Bolduc, the legendary French-Canadian singer of the 1930s. Madame Bolduc collects archival documents , costumes, instruments and personal messages that will make you discover or rediscover this artist who has become an icon of French Canada. The free gallery is open Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Collège Boréale’s Alphonse Desjardins Resource Center, located at 21 Lasalle Boulevard in Sudbury.
Science: Science North has partnered with the Virtual Science Center to present Reimagining Reality: Explore the Science of Virtual Reality, a new special exhibit that runs until September 5th. For more information, visit www.virtualsciencecenter.org.
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