FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre

FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre Naming

FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre Naming Event.

Opening its doors in 2015, The FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre will be a 95,000-square-foot academic and cultural complex comprised of four state-of-the-art performance venues.

About FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre
- 4 performance venues
- 600 events annually
- 125,000 visitors annually
- 500 Brock University students daily
- 7 day-a-week activity for 48 weeks a year
- 20 full-time staff, 70 part-time staff, hundreds of volunteers

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Sloan's Navy Blues Tour 2019-2020 Comes To The FirstOntario PAC!

Canadian rock band Sloan made a stop in St. Catharines at The FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre, and The Source's Aja Tomori caught up with frontman Chris Murphy to hear more about the tour, a new box set release, and plans for the future.

St. Catharines Performing Arts Centre: Revitalizing the Downtown

An animated video showing the inside and uses of the future Performing Arts Centre in downtown St. Catharines.

Family Day at the PAC 2019

Starring Lümpi & Blue!

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#TheArtsLiveHere #StCatharines

MON 18 FEB 2019 - Spend the day with your family at the PAC!

Thanks to our partners at Vansickle Petvalu we'll have so many furry little friends to greet you in the Algoma Central Lobby. Also appearing: Bones from the Niagara IceDogs, Therapy Dogs from Therapy Tails Ontario, Owen from BARK 4 LIFE, face painting, Billie Jo Horvath Dog Grooming, the Welland & District Humane Society and more!

Also, make your own Mary Jane Mosquito puppet with Carousel Players.
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Catch these theatre shows from these inspiring, touring theatre companies.

From the UK -- Tall Stories of England - Emily Brown and the Thing in Robertson Theatre at 9:30am!

TheaterWorks USA's Pete the Cat - Family Day - a high energy adventure about friendship, in Partridge Hall at 1:30pm.

Both performances are suitable for kids 3+ up!

Plus in The Film House, we'll be screening free animated shorts from NFB!

At FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre, in Partridge Hall.
250 St. Paul Street, St. Catharines, Ontario, CANADA.
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Tickets for Emily Brown & The Thing are $15. Tickets for Pete the Cat are $15. All other activities are free!

Family Day at the PAC! 2019

Tall Stories of England present Emily Brown & the Thing at 9:30 + 11:30am, plus Theaterworks USA present Pete the Cat at 1:30pm!

#TheArtsLiveHere #StCatharines

MON 18 FEB 2019 --

Spend the day with your family at the PAC!

Thanks to our partners at Vansickle Petvalu we'll have so many furry little friends to greet you in the Algoma Central Lobby. Also appearing: Bones from the Niagara IceDogs, Therapy Dogs from Therapy Tails Ontario, Owen from BARK 4 LIFE, face painting, Billie Jo Horvath Dog Grooming, the Welland & District Humane Society and more!

Also, make your own Mary Jane Mosquito puppet with Carousel Players.
___________________________________________________
Catch these theatre shows from these inspiring, touring theatre companies.

From the UK -- Tall Stories of England - Emily Brown and the Thing in Robertson Theatre at 9:30am!

TheaterWorks USA's Pete the Cat - Family Day - a high energy adventure about friendship, in Partridge Hall at 1:30pm.

Both performances are suitable for kids 3+ up!

Plus in The Film House, we'll be screening free animated shorts from NFB!

At FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre, in Partridge Hall.
250 St. Paul Street, St. Catharines, Ontario, CANADA.
_______
Tickets for Emily Brown & The Thing are $15. Tickets for Pete the Cat are $15. All other activities are free!

Brock Performing arts centre st catharines ontario Canada under construction July 5 2015

Brock Performing arts centre st catharines ontario Canada under construction July 5 2015

The Tale of A Town - St. Catharines | The Standard

Presented by FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre, FIXT POINT and Suitcase in Point Theatre Company at Oddfellows Hall, 36 James Street, St. Catharines.


The Tale of a Town – St. Catharines will be presented at the historic Odd Fellows Hall, 36 James St from 13 October – 23 October 2015.

The show takes audiences inside the newsroom as staff create the first print of the first edition of The New Old Standard, a retrospective report on downtown St. Catharines. Inspired by living memories gathered through over 100 interviews with business leaders and community members including Walter Ostanek, Doug Herod, Marilyn I. Walker and many of our City’s leaders. The Tale of a Town - St. Catharines weaves oral histories and archives with live music and performance to take you on a trip to the time of Jerry's Alley, Art's Restaurant and the glory days of downtown when everything was the best. Or was it? Maybe the best is yet to come...

The Tale of a Town is a theatre and media project with an aim to capture the collective community memory of Canada's Main Streets, one story at a time, while preserving local heritage and promoting neighbourhood culture. The production was developed at In the Soil Arts Festival in 2011 and 2013. In 2014, FIXT POINT launched a national tour of The Tale of a Town - Canada in collaboration with The National Arts Centre and presenting partners from across the country.

Our community has been dreaming of a dedicated facility for the performing arts for many years, and the time has nearly come for us to inhabit our new home. As excitement and anticipation build for the public opening of our new home for the performing arts, the FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre invites the community to join this celebration of downtown St. Catharines past, present and future.

Director: Lisa Marie DiLiberto
Set and Costume Designer: Kelly Wolf
Lighting Designer: Andre Dutoit
Sound and Visual Designer: Charles Ketchabaw
Stage Manager: Dylan Tate-Howarth

Performers:
Edwin Conroy Jr.
Dawn Crysler
Robert Feetham
Deanna Jones
Dan Watson

Written by Lisa Marie DiLiberto and created in collaboration with the Artistic Team.

Special thanks to the St. Catharines Museum for use of archival images: STCM S1950.84.18.1, STCM S1953.84.20.17
and STCM S1963.42.17.2

Carl Palmer ELP Legacy Tour First Ontario Performing Arts Centre St. Catharines, ON Canada 10/12/17

#carlpalmer#drummer#ELP#EmmersonLakePalmer

FirstOntario PAC Grand Opening

The FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre held their Grand Opening Celebrations recently. Mike Balsom caught up with some of the Capital Campaign Donors.

Burton Cummings (Break It To Them Gently) - FIRST ONTARIO PERFORMING ARTS CENTRE - St. Catharines

Burton Cummings performs encore Break it to them Gently alone at the age of 68y & 10m old for the very first time in this beautiful venue in downtown St. Catharines, Ontario, Tuesday October 18, 2016.

THE LONELY 2018 Canadian Tour -February 12th 2018 St.Catharines Ontario

The Lonely - Celebrating the music of Roy Orbison
including hits of The traveling Wilburys
and The Everly Brothers
FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre
St. Catharines Ontario

TICKET ON SALE NOW at rockitboy.com

The Whole Shebang - St. Catharines

Presented by FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre and Dreamwalker Dance Company. 250 St. Paul Street. St. Catharines.

April 22+23, 2016.
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This unique multi-disciplinary performance is the culmination of a four-year creative residency that brought Niagara-based artists together with Andrea Nann, Artistic Director of the acclaimed Dreamwalker Dance Company. Considered one of Canada’s leading collaborative artists, Nann has brought her signature Shebang process to Niagara, sharing a holistic ensemble-based creation practice with established and emerging artists.

Nann and collaborators from Dreamwalker Dance Company will be joined with Niagara artists Aaron Berger, Brittany Brooks, Adam Buller, Elizabeth Chitty, Deanna Jones, Mark Steiger and David Vivian, with collaborators Vickie Fagan and Annie Wilson.

Finger Eleven & I Mother Earth - Ooh la la - St Catharines, 01/17/19

Finger Eleven & I Mother Earth
Ooh la la (Faces cover)
FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre.
St Catharines, 01/17/19

Mark Lalama Trio - Where Did we Go?

An organic series of songs and stories featuring international and local artists and our acclaimed hosts Mark Lalama, Rich Moore and Davide DiRenzo in the intimate Robertson Theatre overlooking the cityscape of St. Catharines.

From April 3, 2016 featuring The Mark Lalama Trio with guests Brittany Brooks and Ian Thomas.

“Think Elvis Costello’s Spectacle meets Levon Helm’s Midnight Rambles .” - Sara Palmieri, FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre.

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Presented by FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre, 250 St. Paul Street, St. Catharines, Ontario, CANADA.

The Mark Lalama Trio - Let Love Win

An organic series of songs and stories featuring international and local artists and our acclaimed hosts Mark Lalama, Rich Moore and Davide DiRenzo in the intimate Robertson Theatre overlooking the cityscape of St. Catharines.

From March 13, 2016 featuring The Mark Lalama Trio with guests Suzie Vinnick and Joe Lapinski.

“Think Elvis Costello’s Spectacle meets Levon Helm’s Midnight Rambles .” - Sara Palmieri, FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre.

for more INFO:

Presented by FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre, 250 St. Paul Street, St. Catharines, Ontario, CANADA.

Performing Arts Centre Open House in St. Catharines 2011 - Naturally in Niagara®

St. Catharines unveiled the conceptual designs for the new Performing Arts Centre on September 21, 2011

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The Tale of A Town - St. Catharines | Russell Hotel

Presented by FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre, FIXT POINT and Suitcase in Point Theatre Company at Oddfellows Hall, 36 James Street, St. Catharines.


The Tale of a Town – St. Catharines will be presented at the historic Odd Fellows Hall, 36 James St from 13 October – 23 October 2015.

The show takes audiences inside the newsroom as staff create the first print of the first edition of The New Old Standard, a retrospective report on downtown St. Catharines. Inspired by living memories gathered through over 100 interviews with business leaders and community members including Walter Ostanek, Doug Herod, Marilyn I. Walker and many of our City’s leaders. The Tale of a Town - St. Catharines weaves oral histories and archives with live music and performance to take you on a trip to the time of Jerry's Alley, Art's Restaurant and the glory days of downtown when everything was the best. Or was it? Maybe the best is yet to come...

The Tale of a Town is a theatre and media project with an aim to capture the collective community memory of Canada's Main Streets, one story at a time, while preserving local heritage and promoting neighbourhood culture. The production was developed at In the Soil Arts Festival in 2011 and 2013. In 2014, FIXT POINT launched a national tour of The Tale of a Town - Canada in collaboration with The National Arts Centre and presenting partners from across the country.

Our community has been dreaming of a dedicated facility for the performing arts for many years, and the time has nearly come for us to inhabit our new home. As excitement and anticipation build for the public opening of our new home for the performing arts, the FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre invites the community to join this celebration of downtown St. Catharines past, present and future.

Director: Lisa Marie DiLiberto
Set and Costume Designer: Kelly Wolf
Lighting Designer: Andre Dutoit
Sound and Visual Designer: Charles Ketchabaw
Stage Manager: Dylan Tate-Howarth

Performers:
Edwin Conroy Jr.
Dawn Crysler
Robert Feetham
Deanna Jones
Dan Watson

Written by Lisa Marie DiLiberto and created in collaboration with the Artistic Team.

Special thanks to the St. Catharines Museum for use of archival images: STCMS1955.46.10.37 and STCMS1970.8.4.2

Brittany Brooks and the Mark Lalama Trio - My Wolf/My Ghost

An organic series of songs and stories featuring international and local artists and our acclaimed hosts Mark Lalama, Rich Moore and Davide DiRenzo in the intimate Robertson Theatre overlooking the cityscape of St. Catharines.

From April 3, 2016 featuring The Mark Lalama Trio with guests Brittany Brooks and Ian Thomas.

“Think Elvis Costello’s Spectacle meets Levon Helm’s Midnight Rambles .” - Sara Palmieri, FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre.

for more INFO:

Presented by FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre, 250 St. Paul Street, St. Catharines, Ontario, CANADA.