A Gift of Art will be hosting a different person each week in our exciting new…

SPEAKER SERIES

Starting Wednesday, November 9th from 2:00-3:00pm
Participation is encouraged!
Everyone is Welcome!
Diverse topics will be discussed each week.
Refreshments are free but the conversations that follow will be "priceless."

FEBRUARY

February 1st David Gibson -  Gibson's Orchard past and present - How an orchard develops - the impact on the community

February 8th Karen Lowery - Winter Health - Dealing with colds and Flu - holistic approaches to dealing with winter ailments

February 15th  Edie Hopkins - Can a Library compete in the electronic age? As Chief Executie Officer of Clarington's Library - Edie knows the place of the books in our lives

February 22nd  Shirley Neal - The Gift of Travel

February 29th Nancy Hutchinson - Alpaca farming and lifestyle - Just cuddly and cute? Alpacas visit seniors residences, are shy and outgoing with great individual characters.

MARCH

March 7th Shirley Rogers -  Girl Guide Yesterday and Today!

March 14th Wendy Partner -  Partner's Pets

March 21st Yvonne Maitland - Therapeutic value of House Plants

March 28th Beverly Forget - OPG in your community

4th Annual Mardi Gras February 25, 2012, Newcastle Town Hall - Don't forget Mardi Gras.  It is the major fundraiser that really keeps us going. A fun filled evening of live music to rival N'awlin's French Quarter!

Door prizes:
• Grand Prize: Win A Trip to Quebec City with Via Rail
• Costume Parade & Best Costume Prizes
• Door Prizes
• Silent Auction
• Fortune Teller
• Mardi Gras Face Painting
• Cajun Cuisine
• Licensed Event
• Live music with the Gig Brothers with Mike Langford on vocals

Tickets are available now!  Great prizes – fantastic silent auction – wonderful music –incredible New Orleans style food – a psychic – and an evening to dance your feet off; what a fantabulous outing.  Wear a costume, let your hair down, and revel in a New Orleans night in Newcastle. Tickets this year are only $50.00 Starts at 6:00 pm Costume parade for judging is at 6:45. Tickets available at A Gift of Art - 187 King Ave. E.
Newcastle, ON L1B 1H4 • 905-987-2264

If you reserve and pay for your tickets before February 6, 2012 you get one free doubloon for each ticket purchased! Don't know what a doubloon is?  Phone 905-987-2264