Arts | QNetNews.ca

Local artist featured at the John M. Parrott art gallery

December 3, 2020 at 10:27 am

By Laural Samson BELLEVILLE – COVID-19 might have put a pause on a number of activities, but it can never fully stop art, or the showing of it. A featured[…]

Arts · Community

Belleville musician wins music award

December 3, 2020 at 10:16 am

By Laural Samson BELLEVILLE – A Belleville-born musician is making some waves in London, Ontario, after winning an award for his music. Kyle Gagne won the fan-favourite ‘Fantasy Band Guitarist’[…]

Arts

Belleville’s Gallery 121 switches gears to stay open

December 2, 2020 at 2:20 pm

By Laural Samson BELLEVILLE – A Belleville-based art gallery has had to pivot in order to survive, and thrive, during the COVID-19 pandemic. But longtime member Marie Timber says that[…]

Arts

A Belleville photographer is cautiously optimistic about her small business despite COVID-19

November 5, 2020 at 3:05 pm

By Beatrice Toplitsky BELLEVILLE – Like countless small business owners across the country, Belleville photographer Dawn Stafford is adapting to the effects of COVID-19. Stafford’s business, Pics and Tweaks Photography,[…]

Arts · Local

Porchfest 2020 is cancelled as the Ontario government cracks down on social gatherings

September 25, 2020 at 10:59 am

By Beatrice Toplitsky BELLEVILLE – The Rotary Club of Belleville says it has no choice but to cancel this year’s Porchfest after new social distancing restrictions were announced just one[…]

Arts

Four musicians with a variety of genres call Quinte home

February 20, 2020 at 11:49 am

By Connor Robinson BELLEVILLE – Troy Bishop’s a folk musician. Tyler Brassington performs alternative music. Ben Orr-McCausland does rap. Justin Cooper plays country. What do the four have in common?[…]

Arts

Lacklustre music scene drives Quinte musician to go DIY

February 20, 2020 at 11:39 am

By Allen Steinberg TRENTON – The metronome clicks inside of local multi-instrumentalist Tyler Brassington’s headphones as he records himself playing his parts over and over again. In a community where[…]

Arts

Belleville’s Parrott gallery still in need of entries for juried show

February 12, 2020 at 11:01 am

By Graham Whittaker BELLEVILLE – The John M. Parrott Gallery is still in need of original art entries to be featured in its 13th juried show with the March 27[…]

Local

Loyalist students not keen on the Oscars, unlike their Gen Z peers

January 14, 2020 at 3:30 pm

By Connor Robinson BELLEVILLE – Some Loyalist students say they are not excited by the upcoming Oscar awards, planned for early February, despite recent polls saying Generation Z represents[…]

Arts

Paint Nite encouraging creativity and relaxation

January 8, 2020 at 10:54 am

By Evan Doherty BELLEVILLE – Walking into Shoeless Joe’s, on a Monday night you hear the usual sports games banter and see TVs mounted showing various events across the walls. But,[…]