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Costume designer Meghan Choma studied technical theatre production and costume design at Fanshawe College, which is where she first heard about a bustling summer stock theatre in a small Ontario village.
For the 2025 season of the Blyth Festival, Vinetta Strombergs is directing Sir John A: Acts of a Gentrified Ojibway Rebellion, by Drew Hayden Taylor.
The 2025 season will be James Dallas Smith's fourth with the Blyth Festival. He no longer considers himself new, but he is always grateful to come back and wishes he could spend more of his family's time in the community the Festival calls home.
When actor Richard Comeau got the call requesting he come to Huron County to be part of the Blyth Festival's 2025 season, it was an offer he couldn't refuse. "I've always wanted to work at Blyth," Comeau confessed.
As part of its 2025 season, the Blyth Festival has chosen to tackle the notion of our nation's shared heritage head-on with by staging Drew Hayden Taylor's 2017 satire, Sir John A: Acts of a Gentrified Ojibway Rebellion.
After marking so many milestones last year - the 50th anniversary of the Blyth Festival, his 10th year at the helm and the return of The Farm Show to Huron County chief among them - it's back to business as usual for Artistic Director Gil Garratt.
One of the highlights of being a reporter for The Citizen is writing a review of the annual play at the Kingsbridge Centre. Last year marked the sixth and final installment of The Kingsbridge Chronicles...
A family‑friendly crowd fills The Square in Goderich on June 7 for the third annual Huron County Pride Festival. Attendees enjoyed a full day of show‑stopping drag performances, live music from local artists, an artisan market featuring community...
Goderich Town Council approved a motion at this week's council meeting to move forward with renovations to the Goderich Memorial Arena.
According to Huron County Treasurer and Director of Corporate Services Michael Blumhagen, the county is facing a challenging 10 years ahead to maintain its level of service and quality of infrastructure...
At an estimated cost of nearly $11 million, Huron County Council has not expressed any further interest in the construction of a new off-site storage facility for the Huron County Museum and its artifacts.
Renowned professional artist and part-time face-painting artist Kelly Stevenson of the Blyth Festival Art Gallery stepped up to do some face-painting on Saturday as the gallery welcomed young people to Blyth for the second annual Chalk Around the Block...
The Mayor of Goderich says construction on The Square in Goderich is right on schedule.
While the season is still quite young, the Belmore Stingers appear to be picking up where they left off after a nearly-undefeated season in 2024, with a perfect 2-0 record and four points just two games into the 2025 season.
After an unforeseen two-week delay, the Clinton Raceway season began on Sunday without access for the spectators to the bleacher seating in the new grandstand, but that did nothing to dampen the enthusiasm of the day.
On Saturday, the Village of Brussels celebrated what has come to be known in recent years as Brussels Minor Ball Day - a full day of minor baseball games at the community's main diamond, culminating in a Huron County Fastball League game that night...
Last Saturday, well-known local couple Fran and Tony McQuail marked their 50th wedding anniversary at the Lucknow Community Centre - 50 years to the day - with a special potluck dinner and many of their friends and family members attending.
After the process began last week, the privately-owned water tower at the Blyth Greenway Trail, which is believed to have been connected to the train station when it was still running decades ago, came down.
In celebration of National Dairy Month, The Citizen has once again sent a scout to the farm of a Blyth-based family willing to spend a little time educating a local reporter on the ins and outs of a modern Canadian dairy farm.
When the final chapter of the rural theatrical meta-opus that is the Kingsbridge Centre's Kingsbridge Chronicles wrapped up its on-stage saga in 2024, it asked a question:...
The old water tower at the trailhead of the Blyth Greenway Trail, a part of that area's landscape, is being taken down.
The St. Anne's Catholic Secondary School Concert Band, directed by Mr. Josh Geddis, competed at MusicFest Nationals on Tuesday, May 13, at the York University Faculty of Music, earning a Silver standing at the B300 level.
The Gateway Centre of Excellence in Rural Health (CERH) has appointed Dr. Leslie Walker as its Executive Director.
The Huron County Fastball League season officially got underway on Tuesday night with the Walton Brewers hosting the Brussels Bangers on a sunny, cool night.