March 2, 2010:
Learn about the ecoENERGY program and how to access up to $10,000 in government grants for energy-efficient residential retrofits. Learn how to save money, save energy and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Presentations by Hearthmakers’ Certified Energy Advisors. uesday March 2nd and Tuesday March 9th, 7-9pm. Presentation starts at 7:30 at Kingston Sustainability Centre, 193 Princess St, Kingston, Corner of Montreal and Princess. Space is limited, registration requested. First 20 to register will get a free compact florescent bulb. For more information and to register, contact Hearthmakers at (613) 547-8122, by email at info@hearthmakers.org, or visit our website at www.hearthmakers.org.

March 3, 2010:
The annual Kingston Canadian Film Festival presented by The Kingston Whig-Standard and Cogeco runs March 3 to March 7, 2010 at various venues in Kingston, Ontario Canada. Feature films, local shorts, workshops and volunteers contribute to the success of this amazing festival! For more information please visit www.kingcanfilmfest.com.

March 3, 2010:
The Grand Theatre Classical Remix Series at the Regina Rosen Auditorium, 218 Princess Street presents The Art of Time Ensemble, led by pianist Andrew Burashko featuring Steven Page formerly of the Barenaked Ladies. Balcony and Orchestra seating available. Performance starts 8pm. Charge by Phone 613-530-2050 www.kingstongrand.ca.

March 3, 2010:
Celebrate the success of the 2009 Campaign at the United Way Workplace Volunteer Awards and Appreciation Evening on Wednesday, March 3, 2010 at the Ambassador Conference Resort. The evening will include an awards ceremony, door prizes, cash bar and great food. www.unitedwaykfla.ca.

March 3, 2010:
Very Grimm Fairy Tales: book launch and reading by Trevor Strong of the Arrogant Worms. Wednesday, March 3 starting 7pm at The Upper Canada Academy of Performing Arts, 260 Brock Street. It's free. It'll be funny. Everyone is welcome. And there will be cookies! Lots and lots of cookies! Trevor also offers classes on comedy writing and performance: Saturday, March 6 from 10 am-3 pm Workshop and on Wednesday, March 19 from 7-8pm (6 week course). For more information visit www.ucperformingarts.com or phone 613 542-9988.

March 4, 2010:
Medicine Met Science Fiction Film Night - Cloning in Popular Film presented by Cameo Cinema and the Museum of Health Care at Room 1102, Biosciences Complex (116 Barrie St., Queen's University). Our second-annual entertaining and thought-provoking evening of film clips and discussion will explore the representation of cloning in popular film. Experts in the fields of genetics and ethics will be on hand for the discussion. Before the screening, be sure to pay a visit to the Museum of Health Care (32 George St.) to explore our galleries. We will be offering special extended evening hours for one night only (March 4th gallery hours: 10am to 6:45pm). Admission: Free admission. Free popcorn. All are welcome. For more information, contact: 613-548-2419, museum@kgh.kari.net, www.museumofhealthcare.ca.

March 4, 2010:
Ban Righ Noon Hour Speaker Series presents Compassion Fatigue & Vicarious Trauma with guest Mrs. Lorraine Osborne RN BN CPN(C) Program Manager, Operating Rooms & Ophthalmology Clinics, HDH. For those of us in helping professions, the traumatic events and procedures we witness and participate in everyday slowly change the way we relate to the world. This phenomenon is the unseen burden of our professions. 12 Noon at the Ban Righ Womens Resource Centre, 32 Bader Lane. Free admission, everyone welcome. 613-533-2976 www.queensu.ca/dsao/ind/banrigh.

March 6, 2010:
Multiple Juno award winners Blue Rodeo at the K-Rock Centre, 1 Barrack Street. Showtime: 7:00pm,  Doors:6:00 PM. Advance tickets plus CRF and applicable service charges; Reserved seating / GA Floors.  www.k-rockcentre.com or charge-by-phone 1-877-KLIVE99.

March 6, 2010: 
The 9th Annual Tim Mavety Tribute, Fundraiser for Epilepsy Kingston will held Saturday, March 8 at Brandees Restaurant and Lounge, 178 Ontario St, Kingston with continuous music from 2pm to 2am. Tim Mavety was a local musician and music teacher who touched the lives of everyone he met. His infectious smile is remembered by many. Epilepsy was only too real to him and contributed to his early passing. His many musician friends, Epilepsy Kingston and Brandees together organize a day full of music with the best of Kingston’s bands. Admission is a minimum $5.00 at the door. All money raised at this event goes directly to support Epilepsy Kingston activities in Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox and Addington. Brandees Restaurant & Lounge will also be donating 10% of all meals purchased throughout the event to Epilepsy Kingston. Epilepsy Kingston is a non-profit organization that provides support for those individuals with and affected by epilepsy, as well as training and education in schools, communities & workplaces. Epilepsy is the second most common neurological disorder, affecting one in a hundred Canadians. Every day in Canada an average of 42 people learn that they have epilepsy. The number of people with epilepsy is greater than the incidence of multiple sclerosis, muscular dystrophy, cystic fibrosis and cerebral palsy combined and doubled. You can help improve the quality of life for those affected by working with us to bring epilepsy out of the shadows and into the light of understanding. Tickets: $5.00 minimum for the day, available at the door.

March 6. 2010:
Carry On Sergeant! Gala, 10th Anniversary at The Grand Theatre. This special event will present the 1928 Canadian silent film Carry On Sergeant! with live musical accompaniment by famed concert organist William O’Meara along with an exhibit from the production’s history and the festival’s 10th anniversary reception. Produced at the Trenton Studios – a large production house built in Trenton, Ontario in 1916 – Carry On Sergeant! was partially shot Kingston. The film originally played in Kingston at the Grand Theatre in December 1928. About the Film: Carry On Sergeant! tells the story of four men from Hamilton who join the army to fight in World War I. Enduring years of trench warfare including the gas attack at Ypres, the film’s lead, Bob MacKay (Hugh Buckler), meets a French woman who waits tables at a tavern and makes personal choices that haunt him. About William O’Meara: William O’Meara has accompanied films for the Toronto International Film Festival, the Ottawa International Silent Film Festival, the National Gallery of Canada, the Royal Ontario Museum, the Goethe Institute, Pacific Cinematheque (Vancouver), the Toronto Theatre Organ Society, and for the world’s largest festival of silent films, Le Giornate del Cinema Muto (Pordenone, Italy). In addition to accompanying silent films, Mr. O’Meara also enjoys an international career as a concert organist, performing at festivals and concert series throughout North and South America and Europe. The Grand Theatre, 218 Princess Street. 5:30pm. Single Tickets: $20 ($18 senior, $15 student) www.kingstongrand.ca.

March 7, 2010:
Ghost of the Tree written by Charles Robertson and starring: Hannah Smith & Megan Ready-Walters will be be performed Sunday, March 7  2:00 pm at The Wellington Street Theatre. Free Admission! International Women's Week: We Don't Stop! Over the past one hundred years, we have not stopped contributing artistically, economically, politically, and socially in our communities. March 8 is International Women's Day (IWD), the highlight of International Women's Week (IWW). Each year at this time, we celebrate progress toward equality for women and their full participation; reflect on current challenges and consider future steps in achieving equality for all women, in all aspects of their lives. Bottle Tree Productions and the Wellington Street Theatre are proud to support this event with a free showing of Ghost of the Tree, Charles Robertson's award-winning play about seven generations of women trapped in a doomed family tree. Starring Hannah Smith (Mrs. Lovett in Bottle Tree Productions' Sweeney Todd) and Megan Ready-Walters (Joanna in Sweeney Todd) This play has already captured a number of awards across Ontario, and played at the Ontario Housing Conference (Homelessness) and at a National Conference on Gender Violence. www.bottletreeinc.com / www.wellingtonst.net.

March 8, 2010:
Women's Self Defense Class, Celebrate International Women's Day with Q.WIL on Monday, March 8 from 5:30pm - 6:30pm at ARC Combative room 1 on the Campus of Queen's University. International Women's Day (March 8th) is a global day celebrating the economic, political and social achievements of women past, present and future. Annually on 8 March, thousands of events are held throughout the world to inspire women and celebrate achievements. This year the Queen's Women in Leadership (Q.WIL) conference is celebrating with a Women's Self Defense Class! Join us to learn from Daryl Urbanski and instructor from Martial Arts aXis, a studio here in Kingston. The class is by donation and all the proceeds are going to Q.WIL's charity partner Girls Inc. which provides role models and mentorship for girls in need of community support. So come and bring your friends to learn some fundamental moves that could protect you when you are in harm, and celebrate IWD! www.martialartsaxis.com.

March 11, 2010:
Kenya Help... Socially? Chris Koster will headline a benefit in support the Sidai Children’s Rehabilitation Centre in Kenya on March 11th, 2010 from 7pm - 10pm at the Grizzly Grill, 395 Princess Street. Silent auction and door prizes too. Your attendance will give 120 orphans the access to food and the ability to self-sustain in a poverty-stricken community. 

March 11, 2010:
The time has finally come, mark your calendars now! The annual Queen's Vogue Charity Fashion Show is here. Come out and support your friends, peers, fellow students, and raise money for a great cause! This year we're back at The Grand Theatre, 218 Princess Street on March 11, 12 and 13, and we have set the bar high, higher than it's ever been before, and we do not intend to miss it! All proceeds this year are going towards increasing the amount of books and resources at two local elementary schools: Frontenac Public School and Holy Family School. You can purchase your tickets either at Destinations or online at The Grand Theatre www.kingstongrand.ca. Tickets on sale soon, so stay tuned, you do NOT want to miss this. Also, details of our INCREDIBLE after parties will be posted on here, so keep an eye out! www.vogueatqueens.com.

March 12, 2010:
Apple Crisp Arts presents presents The Happiness Project Art Exhibit at 108 Charles Street. March 13 to 20 Viewings from 4pm to 7pm.  March 12 Opening Reception at 8pm. All Ages / Free www.applecrisp.ca. 

March 13, 2010:
St. Patrick's Day Fundraiser Dance at 416 Wing, RCAF Club Norman Rogers Airport with live music by Redneck Blvd; proceeds will support Extend-A-Family's Summer Camp for Children with Disabilities. Doors 8pm. Light Lunch at 10 pm Silent Auction, Prizes. $10.00 per person call 613-544-8939 ext 31 or 23 for tickets.

March 13, 2010:
The Seniors Association, 56 Francis Street  in partnership with the Harp of Tara hosts a not to be missed Irish celebration! Enjoy dinner, live music, and Irish dancing. 5:30pm, everyone welcome. For more details, contact 613.548.7810. www.seniorskingston.ca.

March 13, 2010:
MotoSport Plus Harley-Davidson, Action Truck & Van World, Car One and Kingston Nissan presents Harley-Davidson Extreme Actions Sports at the K-Rock Centre, 1 Barrett Street. Doors: 6pm show starts with a meet and greet where everyone with a ticket will get the opportunity to meet the pro athletes.. Event: 7:30pm kick off with a hardcore knockout competition. Tickets cost: $12, $23.50, & $35 plus CRF and applicable service charges. www.k-rockcentre.com or charge-by-phone 1-877-KLIVE99.

March 17, 2010:
Ban Righ Noon Hour Speaker Series presents Medicine in the Nazi Era with guest Beverley Chalmers (DSc. (Med); Ph.D.),  Dept. of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Ottawa. The Nazi “Final Solution” is distinguished from other genocides through the mobilization of scientists in its implementation. Doctors, in particular, played a significant role through eugenics, euthanasia, extermination and experimentation programs. The Ethics programs of our current medical world, did, however, rise from the ashes of the Holocaust.12 Noon at the Ban Righ Womens Resource Centre, 32 Bader Lane. Free admission, everyone welcome. 613-533-2976 www.queensu.ca/dsao/ind/banrigh.

March 17, 2010:
City Has 175 Summer Jobs For Students! Students looking to flush out their resumes, earn tuition money, and enjoy the summer in Kingston, can now apply to become a Student Event Coordinator, a Sports Field Worker or a Lifeguard. Those are just a few of the 175 summer jobs (in 43 different capacities) the City of Kingston is now looking to fill. "Many of these positions are seasonal summer camp and parks maintenance positions, but students can also find jobs in their field of study. City summer jobs offer valuable experience, decent pay and look great on any resume," says Pat Burns, Director of Human Resources and Organization Development. Full-time day students attending a secondary or post secondary educational institution and returning to full-time attendance in the fall of 2010 are eligible to apply for the jobs which pay between $10.25 and $15 an hour. A complete listing of summer student jobs, job descriptions and information on how to apply can be found on the City's website at www.cityofkingston.ca/studentjobs. All applications must be submitted by Wednesday, March 17 at 4:30 p.m.

March 19, 2010:
Devon Cobb is hosting her 2nd Annual Easter Food Drive benefiting the Partners In Mission Food Bank. Can you believe that since this seven year old first began completing her missions to help those in need, she, through her community, she has been able to donate over 8,000 lbs of food and more than $6,000 to the Partners In Mission Food Bank? She knows that  all of these donations have gone a long way to improve the lives of many less fortunate people in our community, and would like to call upon everyone to come together, once again, as a community, and continue to make a BIG difference by replenishing the shelves of the Partners In Mission Food Bank in time for Easter. So, on March 19th, 2010 between the hours of 6:00pm and 8:30pm, she will be going door to door collecting non-perishable food donations along selected streets in the Henderson Place area.  She will be travelling with the young Waterbury Crusaders, a Jack’s Towing flat-bed truck and escorted by the Kingston City Police – so watch for the lights.  If you can't make it out to Henderson Place area on March 19th, but still would like to support, you are encouraged to drop off any non-perishable food donations at one of the following locations: Jack’s Towing Service at 840 John Counter Blvd on March 19th from 7:00am to 10:00pm / 1028 Waterbury Crescent March 19th from 6:00pm to 10:00pm / Partners in Mission Food Bank at 140 Hickson Avenue Mon-Fri from 8:30am-12:00pm and 1:00pm-4:30pm. Thanks in advance for your support and have a great March Break!

March 23, 2010:
Ban Righ Noon Hour Speaker Series presents Killing Us Softly 3 (video). Jean Kilbourne continues her groundbreaking analysis of advertising's depiction of women in this most recent update of her pioneering Killing Us Softly series. In fascinating detail, Kilbourne decodes an array of print and television advertisements to reveal a pattern of disturbing and destructive gender stereotypes. Her analysis challenges us to consider the relationship between advertising and broader issues of culture, identity, sexism, and gender violence. (Approx. One hour). 12 Noon at the Ban Righ Womens Resource Centre, 32 Bader Lane. Free admission, everyone welcome. 613-533-2976 www.queensu.ca/dsao/ind/banrigh.

March 24, 2010:
Bedouin Soundclash featuring Jaime Flegg will perform in support of the Canadian Tire Jumpstart Program, giving kids a chance! Canadian Tire Jumpstart is a community-based charitable program that helps kids in financial need participate in organized sport and recreation such as hockey, soccer and swimming. The fundraiser is taking place Wednesday March 24th starting 8:30pm at the The Ale House, 393 Princess Street.  $20 advance tickets www.ticketweb.ca, The Brass Pub, Destinations and Sunrise Records (Catarqui Town Centre).

March 26, 2010:
The Grand Theatre Global Beat Series at the Regina Rosen Auditorium, 218 Princess Street presents the acclaimed Chilean group Inti-Illimani will share their story through a fusion of Latin American, jazz, Afro-Latin and Italian music. Balcony and Orchestra seating available. Performance starts 8pm. Charge by Phone 613-530-2050 www.kingstongrand.ca.

March 26, 2010:
CYWs for Haiti. Benefit for Haiti Earthquake Relief - live bands, poetry readings, open stage, karaoke, silent auction at The Mansion, 506 Princess Street starting at 6pm. For their Child and Youth Work in the Community project, second year Child and Youth Workers at St. Lawrence College chose the Global Advocacy group and decided to focus our fundraiser on Haiti Relief. We will be donating our profits to Compassion Canada, an organization who will donate 100% of the profits to Haiti relief efforts (www.compassion.ca/index.asp). The event will include live bands, an open stage for musicians, karaoke, poetry readings, a silent auction with some great items. We're also hoping to have a representative from Compassion Canada with a power point presentation of the Haiti relief fund and how it is operated. Musicians, bands, or poets who would like to be featured in this benefit, please contact Bob MacKenzie (bob@communication.ca / (613) 329-9942. Admission at the door is a bargain at $2.00 but we hope you'll donate more to support the cause. We appreciate any amount you can contribute. Contacts, General: Carley Chapman (613) 888-2563, carleychapman@hotmail.com. Music/Bands: Carley Chapman (613) 888-2563, carleychapman@hotmail.com or Bob MacKenzie (613)329-9942, bob@communication.ca. Poetry: Bob MacKenzie (613) 329-9942, bob@communication.ca. This is a licensed event to ages 19 and older.

March 27, 2010:
Earth Hour 2010 takes place March 27 at 8:30pm wherever you are around the world  www.earthhour.org.

March 29, 2010:
United Way serving KFL&A Volunteer Awards and Appreciation will be held starting at 5:30pm on March 29, 2010 at Ambassador Conference Resort, 1550 Princess Street. United Way serving KFL&A Invites you to our “Retro-Style Party” featuring live music from the 60’s, 70’s & 80’s by “Bauder Road”. Come celebrate the success of the 2009 campaign with a fun-filled evening full of fabulous food, dancing, great friends, great memories and of course, the awards. Tickets $12 each. Book your tickets or table of 10 today! For more information or to order your ticket please call (613) 542-2674 or email uway@unitedwaykfla.ca. www.unitedwaykfla.ca.

March 31, 2010:
Autism First Responders and Parent Training workshops will be held Wednesday, March 31st at Invista Centre, 1350 Gardiners Rd. 1:00-4:00 p.m. for professionals and emergency responders and 7:00-9:00 p.m. for parents and other caregivers. Autism Ontario's Kingston Chapter along with The Realize Community Potential Program - Autism Ontario Ottawa Chapter, the Eastern Region Community Network of Specialized Care and the South East  Human Services and Justice Coordination Network will  host these two sessions in Kingston to help educate both first responders, other professionals and caregivers on how to prepare for these future interactions. These sessions are being offered at no cost to the participants thanks to our sponsors. Please visit our events calendar at www.community-networks.ca (registration is required as space is limited). For more information or interviews contact: John Pereira, Information Services Coordinator, Ongwanada 613-548-4417 ext. 1218 jpereira@ongwanada.com.