This show presents the ideal opportunity to shop, learn, participate and enjoy! There will be interactive exhibits and companies that will appeal to all senses – showcasing products and services for women of all ages.

For exhibitor and visitor information visit www.ultimatewomensshow.com – Admission $5.00 at the door.

Date: Thursday October 21, 2010
Location: Royal Canadian Legion Hall - 471 Simcoe St. S. Oshawa

Doors open at 6:00 pm; Show starts at 7:00 pm.
There will be plenty of appetizing finger foods!

Door prizes $10.00 per person includes one complementary cocktail or glass of wine.

For more information call Eleanor at 905-576-7876 for tickets.

Oshawa Community Museum and Archives
Date: September 25 & 26, 2010
Location: 1450 Simcoe Street South, Oshawa, Ontario

This site will be open as part of Doors Open Oshawa on September 25 & 26, 2010. From April to October each year, communities across the province open the doors to some of their most intriguing and charming heritage sites – some of which have never been open to the public. The Ontario Heritage Trust invites you to experience these hidden treasures first-hand at one of this year’s 55 Doors Open Ontario events.

The Thomas Bouckley Collection at the Regent Theatre
Date: September 25 & 26, 2010
Location: 50 King Street Oshawa, Oshawa , Ontario

The Robert McLaughlin Gallery, in partnership with Heritage Oshawa, is pleased to showcase the Thomas Bouckley Collection of Historical Photographs at the recently renovated Regent Theatre in downtown Oshawa. The Regent is showing a film made by Ewart McLaughlin (son of George McLaughlin) highlighting various events in Oshawa between the years 1926-1929. McLaughlin used a 16 mm film, which has since been transferred to a DVD format, and has a running time of 26 minutes. Fans of local history, culture and architecture as well as film buffs and photography fans are encouraged to enjoy this event.

Glass Studio Open House
Date: September 25 & 26, 2010
Location: 839 Greystone Court, Oshawa, Oshawa, Ontario

Don is an artist whose primary medium is Kilnformed Glass. Don’s studio is a treat in itself to see. It is here that he creates his beautiful pieces of art much to the enjoyment of his many faithful followers. Don’s studio will be open from 10 am until 5 pm.

Robert Stuart Aeronautical Museum and Camp X Exhibit
Date: September 25 & 26, 2010
Location: 1000 Stevenson Road North, Oshawa, Ontario

This collection of military memorabilia, one of Canada’s most comprehensive, is housed in two huts erected in 1940. Originally used for a Second World War flight training program, they are now devoted to military history and genealogy. Don’t miss the display of authentic artifacts from Camp X, a secret Allied military school. Open Saturday and Sunday 12pm to 4pm.

Camp X
Location: Intrepid Park, Boundary Road, Oshawa, Ontario

Join renowned author Lynn Philip Hodgson for a 90-minute tour of Camp X at 1 p.m. on both Saturday and Sunday. Meet at the monument to explore the remains of the former top-secret Second World War spy training school on the shores of Lake Ontario. Open Saturday and Sunday 1pm to 2:30pm.

Summer may be all about getting out and enjoying the outdoors to some, but the Oshawa Public Library has different plans – kicking off the season with a summer teen reading program which officially begins on the 5th of July.

To join the program, teens in the City of Oshawa have to drop by at any of the library’s four branches to get a game card, which allows them to score points by reading books, magazines, even check out other forms of media like CDs, DVDs, and video games. The contest runs until the 29^th of August, with extra points still up for grabs by joining library activities and writing reviews on books and other media from the Oshawa Public Library.

Teens can then trade their filled up game cards to a bunch of neat prizes, including tickets to Wonderland and an iPod Touch.

But that’s not all. The library is also holding a YouTube video contest that’s open to kids ages 13 to 19. The contest, which runs from the 2^nd of July until the 31^st of August, invites local youths to create and upload videos of them reading and mentioning “Oshawa Public Libraries.”

It may be for a good cause, but both sides are taking this competition seriously.

Oshawa Mayor John Gray is apparently excited to get the ball rolling, and is busy making preparations for the event.

He and Lakeridge Health CEO and president Kevin Empey have a standing bet: if the City wins, Empey will be in charging of mowing grass at the city’s parks and city hall. Mayor Gray is so confident of winning that he even joked that Empey will have a lot of mowing to do, since he’ll make sure to locate the weediest parks for him.

If Lakeridge Health wins on the other hand, Empey will have the mayor and his staff serve meals to Lakeridge Health Oshawa’s patients. The hospital even has a dish cloth and scrubs with the mayor’s name on them, Empey taunted back.

Judy Compton, who works with the Canadian Blood Services, is excited to see both sides ready to pitch in for a worthy cause.

The Mother’s Day event features a light lunch, with an in-depth tour of the museum taking place shortly afterwards. Admission is pegged at $10 for adults and $5 for kids ages 12-years-old and below. The fee covers the sandwiches, scones, and dessert along with an intimate tour of the museum’s new exhibit, “Lights, Cameras, Lenses”.

The first round of tea will be served at exactly 11:30 in the morning—right before lunch—with another sitting taking place at 1:30 in the afternoon.

For inquiries and reservations, call 905-436-7624 ext. 106 and look for Ashley or Jill. Be sure to call ahead since walk-ins during the event will not be entertained. Seats are limited, so grab this opportunity now! You can pay for your reservations via cash, debit, Visa, or Master Card.

If you’re looking to celebrate Mother’s Day with your mother or wife, then why not do something unique and join this event? It’s a Mother’s Day you’ll surely remember for many years to come.

Sweet, the executive director of Simcoe Hall Settlement House, said that these people still haven’t found jobs, and now that their employment insurance has run out, the situation has become more hopeless as the days go by. There’s just no way they can make it on their own, she added.

The Simcoe Hall Food Bank serves as an important resource for these families not just to get food, but other necessities such as clothing and medicine as well. Last year, the food bank attended to over 11,000 locals. 35% of them were children.

The only way these food banks can meet the needs of the people is through campaigns and projects such as the recently held Kiwanis Spring Food Drive.

The one-day event was a success thanks to the efforts of hundreds of student volunteers who spread out across the city, distributing flyers to over 20,000 homes. The flyers asked homeowners to leave any food donations they could spare on their porch the next weekend, which the students picked up and brought to the food bank.

Find out more on how to help the Simcoe Hall Food Bank by logging on to www.simcoehall.com.

*** Singles and couples Public Dance

With the Olympics in full gear, Bright Ideas provides visitors and tourists the “power” to actually control light displays scattered across the country. But they’re not using switches or whatnot to control the lights – instead, they’re using their thoughts.

Equipped with a state-of-the art headset that analyzes brain waves and signals, visitors have the ability to control light displays in three different landmarks in Ontario, namely the CN Tower, Parliament Hill, and Niagara Falls. In addition, users get to turn the lights on and off in real time.

According to Jackie Simkin, an Oshawa native and Bright Ideas’ project manager, everybody who has paid them a visit to try the headsets out have loved the experience. The lineups have been amazing she said.

Indeed, Ontario House has been this jam packed only a handful of times.

Simkin is currently at the Games, and she’s been working on the project since September of 2009. With her experience in advanced technology—she spent 25 years with Nortel and presently works a teacher to gaming students at UOIT—she was more than a good candidate for the position.

The City of Oshawa Public Libraries is encouraging teens in the community to let their creativity be known to others and share their talent. Officials from the OPL are looking for young visual artists, inviting them to pass any work of art—as long as it is original of course—as an entry to the 2010 Express Yourself Teen Art Contest, which is held yearly in Oshawa.

The Oshawa Public Libraries is calling out to teenagers from the 7^th to 12^th Grade to join the contest. The only requirement is to be from Oshawa, and to have an original work of art.

The entries will be separated into 2 categories, one from Grades 7 to 9, and the other from 10 to 12. Professionals and experts will be judging the contest, with the winners getting the opportunity to be recognized at this year’s Literary and Art Festival, which is taking place in May.

Interested teens can drop their entries off at any OPL branch until the 1^st of May.

Spread the word and join in on this fun event!