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free MARCH 2011 The Photography of Peter Lewis p.3 p.22 & 23 March’s Events p.17 Listen Up! p.16 Maple Time p.5,18 & 20 Spring Reading PO Box 1391 Almonte ON K0A 1A0 Phone: (613) 256–5081 Editor: Who are theHumms? Kris Riendeau [email protected] Layout and Design: Rob Riendeau [email protected] Advertising and OK, they’re not reading theHumm. However… Promotions: Edwina and Julian from England write: A friend was recently in Canada and bought back a copy Kris Riendeau Bill Buttle’s New Book! of your paper for us. Our surname is Humm! We have Phone: (613) 256–5081 attached a photo of the Humms. Our own Artbeat cartoonist, Bill Buttle, has put out a new book en- [email protected] With very best wishes from Edwina and Julian Humm. titled Out of Hand and Off the Fairway. Please see page 20 of this issue for more details, then run out and buy a copy from your local Assistant Editor: independent book seller! Rona Fraser The Ones That Got Away… [email protected] Dear editor, Th e February issue of theHumm featured our annual “Get Involved, After attending the Young Awards Gala in February, and Get Connected” section on local organizations seeking volunteers. theHumm is a monthly arts, en- hearing the lament of our fi ne local butcher, I believe indeed Here are two other very worthwhile groups who are looking for help: tertainment and ideas newspaper that Don St. John should be considered for the monthly artist LAWS (Lanark Animal Welfare Society) is an independent or- delivered free to businesses and trading card. It would be a shame to lose the revenue from his ganization dedicated to promoting the well-being of all animals. A visitor attractions in Almonte, always witty ads, and as he himself noted, he is an artist in his registered charity, it survives solely on private donations, receiving Perth, Carleton Place, Westport, own right. His varied talents as auctioneer, raconteur, Cham- no funding from any level of government. Every year the shelter staff Pakenham, Carp, Arnprior, Lan- Readers Write Readers ber of Commerce Chairman, and of course butcher make deals with many lost, abused, or abandoned animals which are cared ark, Smiths Falls, Burnstown, him a valued member of our arts community, if for nothing for until their rightful owners can be found or they can be placed in White Lake, Balderson, and Ot- else than providing us with delicious food for the stomach as new homes. If you are interested in volunteering at the shelter, or tawa. Our mandate is to connect well as the soul. with fundraising events etc, please check out the volunteering page and promote people and events Most sincerely, at <www.lanarkanimals.ca/about.htm>. in the small towns and rural com- A supporter of all things artistic, including a rolled roast Th e Classic Th eatre Festival, Ottawa Valley’s professional sum- munities of the Ottawa Valley — extraordinaire! mer theatre, presents classic hits from the golden age of Broadway where the arts fl ourish and enter- and the London stage at the wheelchair-accessible Mason Th eatre in taining characters run amok! Perth (13 Victoria Street, in the Perth & District Collegiate Institute). The Arden Chamber Players Th e 2011 summer season runs July 8 to August 28 and features two Submissions Th e Arden Chamber Players are presenting a concert at St. Paul’s Unit- romantic comedies: John van Druten’s Bell, Book and Candle and Jan By email or on disk. ed Church in Perth on Sunday April 3 at 1pm. Admission is free, but a de Hartog’s Th e Fourposter. Volunteer opportunities include every- free-will off ering will be received. Th e Arden Chamber Players consist thing from ushering and assistance with front-of-house tasks to op- Deadline nd of Janet Geiger, fl ute; Tony Stuart, clarinet; and Brad Mills, piano; with erating concessions, set construction and painting, set building and is the 22 of the month prior to guest artist Richard Hoenich, bassoon. Th e ensemble plays composi- takedowns, assistance in the rehearsal process, outreach and market- publication. tions for wind trio interspersed with solos and piano accompaniment. ing. We’re also looking for help with billeting performers and stage Repertoire by Bach, Schumann, Mozart and Faure will be featured. Th e crew (many of whom are travelling great distances to stay in Perth Subscriptions sanctuary of the 1854 stone church has wonderful acoustics and excel- for the summer) as well as a black cat to star in one of our shows. cost $35 (includes HST) for one lent sight lines. Th e resident piano is an 1877, nine-foot Knabe concert Th e Festival provides volunteers a great opportunity to work with year (12 issues). Send a cheque grand which was completely restored in 2001. some of Canada’s top theatre professionals. If you can help, contact with your name and address to: 877–283–1283 x3 or visit <www.classictheatre.ca>. theHumm PO Box 1391 Hummble Thought Sorry – we goofed Almonte ON K0A 1A0. Th e article on ethical investing entitled “Putting Your Money Where Any sufficiently advanced Your Heart Is” (February 2011 issue) unfortunately contained an er- Opinions and information pub- bureaucracy ror and an omission. Th e phone number of the author, Margo Will- lished in theHumm in letters, is indistinguishable from mot, should have read 253–8283. And the notation “Mutual Funds press releases, or individual col- provided through Family Wealth Advisors Ltd” was inadvertently umns do not necessarily refl ect molasses. omitted. — anon. the opinion of this newspaper. All writing, artwork, and photo- graphs published in theHumm March is the month for are copyright to the author, or to theHumm in the case where no a fresh new face author is specifi ed. Reprinting any content without permission The beginning of a new season is the ideal time to treat yourself to a facial. for the month of March, Carmelized is pleased to offer violates copyright and is prohib- $15 off a rejuvenating facial. ited (and despicable!). 107 Bridge Street, Carleton Place Thanks this month to: email:[email protected] Gift Certificates also available. everyone who assisted with this To book an appointment call 613-256-7797 or email [email protected] year’s Young Awards Gala! Th anks Mon, Tues, Wed & Fri 9-6 Thurs 9-8,Sat 9-5 rejuvenating treatments for body & soul to the eff orts of well over 100 volunteers (including almost 50 www.granary.ca high school students), the event 168 Victoria Street . Almonte raised more than $10 000 for arts www.carmelized.ca Find us on Facebook! programs in area schools! 2 www.thehumm.com March 2011 Peter Lewis – THE HUMM When Opportunity Art… and Soul Strikes, Shoot It! With a camera, that is. Some people keep It’s the Eye diaries. Some artists wouldn’t be caught Trained originally in jewellery design, Peter’s career without their sketchbook. Peter Lewis car- was as a silkscreen printer. He became an ink tech- ries his camera. “You never know,” he says, nician and colour matcher at a time when colour “when you’ll see something remarkable. I’m matching was done by eye, adding a few drops of an opportunistic photographer.” this colour and a bit of that to achieve exactly the desired hue. Maybe that’s why he tries to avoid the by Sally Hansen use of computerized processing tools. “I want it to ARTIST TRADING CARD Th e landscape images he captures tell a slightly look the way I saw it,” he explains. “Nature isn’t per- diff erent story. For Lewis, opportunity can strike at fect; that’s part of her attraction.” from silkscreen printing he lived for fi ve years on a Narrowboat dawn because he got up earlier than that to be in It also explains his slightly exasperated response to (think house trailer on a barge) fl oating along the canals in Birming- a particular location by daybreak. For nature and a studio visitor who complained, “But you don’t have ham, UK. He also delivered boats to customers and skippered a res- landscape photographers, that fi rst hour of daylight any black and white!” His internal response was, “No, taurant canal boat. Did you know that Birmingham’s canal system is and the last hour of twilight are the sweet spots — I don’t care what’s in fashion.” His audible response longer than Venice’s? the spot where the shot will be the most eff ective. was, “Look out there; it’s not black and white!” On During a recent studio tour, a visitor was captivated the contrary, it is Lewis’s fi nely honed appreciation Opportunity Rings Up by a particularly lovely shot of a misty landscape and of colour that transforms his photos from the ordi- Without a prescriptive plan, Lewis was free to seize opportunity inquired, “Where is that?” When Peter replied, “Al- nary to celebrations of nature’s nuanced palette and when it presented itself a few years ago. “Th ere was always some- constantly changing thing there,” he tells me, as he explains how he landed in Clayton, colour displays. just fi fteen minutes west of Almonte. “Th ere” refers to his enduring Lewis prefers to and reciprocal interest in a female acquaintance from his youth in capture his digital pho- England — his best friend’s sister, Linda. Despite their mutual at- tographic images in the traction, life took Peter and Linda along their separate ways. Th ey camera, cropping his married other people, had kids, and Linda moved to Canada.