Theatre

Out of Town -- Now Playing

Canadian Explosion. Stage West Dinner Theatre production celebrating Canadian music. 5400 Dixie Rd., Mississauga. To July 8. 1-800-263-0684

Shaw Festival. The Stepmother, Wonderful Town, An Inspector Calls, Getting Married and The Little Foxes have opened. Other shows are in preview at three venues in Niagara-on-the-Lake. 1-800-511-7429

Fire. An ambitious production by Lighthouse Festival Theatre, Main Street, Port Dover. Sex, piano and rock 'n' roll. Features Jerry Franken. Through July 5. 1-888-779-7703, ext. 226

Stratford Shakespeare Festival. The Music Man, The Trojan Women, The Taming of the Shrew, Hamlet, Love's Labour's Lost, Cabaret, Romeo and Juliet, and Hughie and Krapp's Last tape have opened. Other shows are in preview. 1-800-567-1600

Evil Dead: The Musical. To Aug. 2. Hilarious spoof of horror-film genre. Diesel Playhouse, 56 Blue Jays Way, Toronto. 1-877-971-5656

Breaking Legs. A comedy by Tom Dulak featuring Tim Denis. Lakeside Players Port Mansion Theatre, Port Dalhousie. To July 15.

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A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum. Award-winning Stephen Sondheim musical directed by Rona Waddington. Drayton Festival Theatre, 33 Wellington St. S., Drayton. July 15 through Aug. 9, 8 p.m. Matinees at 2 p.m. 1-888-449-4463.

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. Alex Mustakas directs this musical comedy about shysters swindling the rich and stupid. Canadian premiere. Until July 12, 2 and 8 p.m., St. Jacobs Country Playhouse, Benjamin Rd. E., Waterloo. 1-888-449-4463

We Will Rock You. The musical by Ben Elton celebrating the songs of Queen comes back to Toronto for a summer run. Panasonic Theatre. 651 Yonge St. Starts July 16. 1-416-872-1212

The Dream In High Park. CanStage presents Shakespeare in the outdoors.Urban hip-hop version of romantic play. Pay-what-you-can. Suggested $20. High Park at Bloor West, Toronto

Dance

Opening soon

Chan Hon Goh and Aleksandar Antonijevic. Stars of The National Ballet of Canada dance Sleeping Beauty Pas de Deux and Romeo and Juliet Pas de Deux at the Boris Brott Summer Festival, July 11 at 7.30 p.m. McIntyre Theatre, Mohawk College. Call 905-525-7664

Anne More Originals, 531 Limerick Rd., Burlington. annemore.com

* For the Love of Scotland

Art Bus, 905-524-0606, 905-481-3218, barbaramilne@cogeco.ca

* Art gallery bus tours and excursions, first and second Friday each month: July 4 and 11. $15. Book early to reserve a seat. Meet 6:30 p.m. at The Pearl Company, 16 Steven St. Apres-tour gathering at The Pearl.

Art Gallery of Hamilton, 123 King St. W. 905-527-6610, artgalleryofhamilton.com

* The Collectors Series: Joe Ng. To Aug. 24

* The Collectors Series: Luke Chan. To Aug. 24

* The Japonisme of Edgar Degas and James Tissot. To Sept. 1

* From Geisha to Diva: The Kimonos of Ichimaru. To Sept. 1

* Contemporary Art from Japan. To Sept. 7

* Masters of the Ukiyo-e. To Sept. 28

* Atelier: Tor Lukasik-Foss. To Sept. 7

Arts Hamilton, 279 King St. E., artshamilton.ca, 905-481-3218

Biddle Gallery, 162 Queen St.,

Dunnville. 905-701-6897

* William Biddle originals

Blue Angel Gallery, 243 James St. N.

* Bryce Kanbara -- 15 Riparian drawings in pencil and ink

Burlington Art Centre, 1333 Lakeshore Rd., 905-632-7796, burlingtonartcentre.on.ca

* Burlington Handweavers and Spinners annual juried exhibition.

To July 6

* Laurie Rolland: Homage. To Aug. 10. Reception, 2 to 4 p.m., July 13

* Judy Lowry 2008 Courtyard installation. To Sept. 28. Reception, 2 to 4 p.m., July 13

* East Coast Ceramists, To Sept. 7. Reception, 2 to 4 p.m.,

July 13

Carnegie Gallery, 10 King St. W., Dundas. carnegiegallery.org,

905-627-4265

* New Maiolica: Pottery by Iris McDermott. To July 27

* Flow: Photography by Janusz Wrobel. To July 27

Conrad Furey Gallery, 433 Maple Ave. at King Street East

conradfurey.com

* Featuring works by the late Conrad Furey

Creative Works, 992 King St. W. 905-667-0818, creative-works.ca

* New watercolours by Sylvia Simpson

* Woodturnings in Carolinian hardwoods by Peter Reisiger

Dorland-Haight Gallery, 92 King St. W., Dundas 905-628-0800

* Artist Tom Dietrich, continues to July 13, also The Tiger Group: Bill Powell, Eric Ranveau, John Sterling, Robin Laffier and Rick Cook present famous young artist Sarah Joncas.

Dundas Museum and Archives, 139 Park St. W., Dundas. 905-627-7412, dundasmuseum.ca

* Meet You At The Driving Park -- a history and celebration of the treasured town meeting place. Opening July 15

Edinburgh Square Heritage & Cultural Centre, 80 Caithness St., Caledonia. 905-765-3134

* Haldimand County's 12th Annual Juried Art Exhibition. To July 4

The Factory: Hamilton Media Arts Centre, 126 James St. N. 905-577-9191

* Factory Works Screening Series presents The World According to Monsanto, 7:30 to 10 p.m. July 11. Doors, 7 p.m.

The Freeway, 333 King St. E., frwy.ca

* Exhibition of Quantum Doodling by Paul Dickens

Gallery 69, 69 King St. W., Dundas. 905-628-1517

* Pieter Bakker: Watamula

Grimsby Museum, 6 Murray St., Grimsby, 905-945-5292, museum@town.grimsby.on.ca, town.grimsby.on.ca

* Memories of My Mother: A Collection of Hooked Art -- a collection of 60 heart-stopping pieces of hand-hooked art created by rug hookers from across Canada. To Sept. 26

Grimsby Public Art Gallery, 18 Carnegie Lane. 905-945-3246, town.grimsby.on.ca

* Conrad Furey and Richard Cook: A Story of Art and Friendship. To Aug. 3

Hamilton Artists Inc., 161 James St. N. 905-529-3355

* Emerging Artists Expose. To July 9

* Urban Moorings Project: Artists Susan Detwiler, Noel Harding and David Acheson, Tor Lukasik-Foss and Steve Mazza create floating sculptures and gardens on the wetlands of Cootes Paradise. To Aug. 5

Hamilton Conservatory for the Arts Gallery, 126 James St. S. 905-528-4020, hcarts.ca

* Visual Arts Student Exhibition. To September

James North Studio, 328 James St. N. 905-527-4358, jamesnorthstudio.com

* Fine contemporary craft and photo-based art by local artists

Joseph Brant Memorial Hospital, 1230 North Shore Blvd., Burlington. 905-632-3730

* Artway: Auxiliary Artwork

* Artway on Two: Auxiliary Artwork

McMaster Museum of Art, 1280 Main St. W. 905-525-9140

* Susan Detwiler: Feral. To Aug. 30.

* Matisse: Jazz: 20 original pochoirs (stencil) prints from 1947. To Sept. 6

* The French School -- Bernard, Bonnard, Braque, Degas, Derain, Dufy, Friesz, Gaugin, Marquet, Matisse, Monet, Pissarro, Renoir, Rouault and Le Sidaner. To Dec. 13

Niagara Pumphouse Visual Art Centre, 247 Ricardo St., Niagara-on-the-Lake. 905-468-5455

* Heather Pate -- oil paintings of landscapes, seascapes and portraits of children

* Member exhibition: To July 12, and July 27 to Sept. 6

Studio DVM, Lumacraft Photography and Colin Lochhead

Continued on Go 16

Paper Box Studios,

468 Cumberland Ave.

* Grace Loney, Sabrina Armani Photography, Karma Photography, Ron Eady, Fresh Studios, Vibewrangler, Studio DVM, Lumacraft Photography and Colin Lochhead.

Parks Canada Discovery Centre

* CCGS Amundsen Expedition: A Witness to Climate Change photo exhibit. To Sept. 30

The Pearl Company Gallery, 16 Steven St. at King William. 905-524-0606, info@thepearlcompany.ca

The Print Studio, 173 James St. N. 905-524-5084, theprintstudio.ca

* Textures in My Crib: Monotypes, relief prints and serigraphs by young artists. To July 5

Sunrise Gallery, 765 Beach Blvd. 905-549-5888, sunrisegallery.ca

* Abstractions: Rome Matikonyte, Tadek Sobierajski, Yolanda Varga Davis and Sunrise members. Jul. 5 to Aug. 3. Opening Reception, 2 to 5 p.m. Jul. 5 featuring Yolanda, piano and Gaza, violin, performing Hungarian folk tunes.

Textures Gallery, 236 Locke St. S. 905-523-0636

Studio Gallery, 335 Barton St. E. 905-528-8873

* Works by the Tiger Group

Tiger Group Studio Gallery, 335 Barton St. E. 905-528-8873

* Rick Cook, Robin Laffier, Bill Powell, Eric Ranveau and John Stirling

Transit Gallery, 230 Locke St. S. 905-522-1299, transitgallery.ca

* Gerald Gladstone, Retrospective: Paintings, drawings, sculptures. To July 13

Workers Arts & Heritage Centre, 51 Stuart St. wahc-museum.ca, 905-522-3003

* Red Flags Red Skin -- Aboriginal Working Stories, drawings by Tania Willard for the comic format stories, Red Flags Red Skin, published 2002-2005. To Labour Day

you me gallery, 330 James St. N. 905-523-7754, youmegallery.ca

* Six paintings by Paul Ropel-Morski. Until July 6

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