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Things have been stirring at the site of the former World War II airbase in Prince Edward County. The languishing green-shingled buildings that housed only dust, cobwebs and memories of a former era have been transformed into a platform for creative collaboration through an evolving fusion of art, ecology, heritage, industry and innovation.
Laurence Vallières and Krista Dalby mimic the pose of the giant cardboard birds sculpture now on display adjacent to Melt Studio and Gallery at Base31.
One of Prince Edward County’s preeminent historians is offering a summer walking tour that promises to delve deep into the hidden history of this community.
Juno award winner Sarah Harmer headlined the first concert to be held at the Drill Hall in Base31 last Friday night.
If Quinte area music fans don’t get their appetites sated during these summer days, it certainly won’t be for lack of opportunity.
Often through the generations there are names that come up in conversation, names of past family members that have a certain panache that accompanies their story, a bit of ‘out there’ that conjures the imagination. My recent recall of that story is related to my visit to a drill hall at what is now called…
She came, she saw, she conquered. Kingston-based Sarah Harmer, an award winning singer-songwriter and intense environmentalist was the first headline act to perform in the now-renovated former drill hall at Camp Picton Friday evening.
This week in new getaway inspiration, from Picton’s emerging Base31 to winemakers in the Eastern Townships.
Prince Edward County’s landscape is the inspiration for a new August festival at Base31, the historic Picton airport.
Picton’s Base31 is bringing Sarah Harmer to inaugurate the site’s initiative of creative performances.
