By Will McGuirk
Culture Days is the time to look local, go slow, think small, and explore the stories within your own vicinity. In every community there are reasons to be there. The Culture Days website is a very fine resource to get your starting point but once out and about take the time to wander off on a cultural tangent.
There are two guides for Durham Region, one North, one South., offering a weekend tour of the areas. All I would recommend but keep in mind while events are limited businesses and culture institutions are for the most part open year round. Think of this as the beginning of a very long adventure around your own neighbourhood.
Includes Visual Arts Centre of Clarington, Tyrone Mills, URBN | MKT Oshawa, Oshawa Museums, Lynde House Museum, Station Gallery, Ajax, Pickering Nautical Village, St. Francis Centre, and Herongate Barn Theatre.
Includes Scugog Shores Museum, Port Perry, Palmer Park, Ocala Winery & Orchard, Town Hall Theatre, Uxbridge Self-Guided Art Tour, Thomas Foster Memorial, Leaksdale Manse, Sunderland, Cannington, Beaverton, and Beaverton Town Hall Players
Image from Culture Days courtesy of Ocala Winery & Orchards