Escape the ordinary and treat your senses to a luxuriously ‘grand’ experience without leaving the city limits. Grand Wellness is Brantford’s premiere spa destination, situated along the picturesque Grand River.  The busyness of Christmas is behind us, the charcuterie boards are finally tucked away, and the weather isn’t about to get nicer anytime soon.  It’s the perfect time of year to schedule some much-needed self-care. In addition to their regular spa ...

Don’t miss the Beckett Adult Leisure Centre’s special Friday series for $10 lunch and live music! Each month, the Beckett Centre, located at 219 Colborne Street, offers live music by local performers as well as a full lunch, including an entrée, side potato, vegetable, roll, dessert and coffee.  Limited seating is available for each event, so make sure to get your ticket(s) at the Beckett Adult Health Centre before they sell out. The registration deadline is the Wednesday...

Start the New Year out right by learning a new skill that will keep you busy and fulfilled for a lifetime. If you started the New Year with the hope to learn a new musical instrument, Brantford Music Centre is the place to start.  Located at 422 Colborne Street in Brantford, the Brantford Music Centre is a family-run full-service music store serving southwestern Ontario for over 40 years. Not only does this incredible local shop sell (and rent) the industry’s top brand name products,...

Welcome to our January roundup of training and networking opportunities for creative professionals in our community. Don’t forget to sign up for our monthly Arts & Culture e-newsletter to get these opportunities delivered straight to your email inbox so you don’t miss a thing.  Looking to join a monthly, recurring networking group? Scroll to the bottom of this blog to learn about local groups and when they meet. Do you have any great training or networking opportunities to...

Our first Featured Artist of 2020 is Dean Ellis, an event photographer and mixed media artist who works with pen and ink, oil painting, sculpture, the occasional written piece, and anything else that “strikes [his] fancy.”  Dean has been surrounded by art and artists since he was a child – he’s a fourth generation artist – so it was no surprise that he ended up with the talent and passion for the arts. His mother was a painter and singer, and his grandmother w...

Winter Class Registration Opens Brantford Potters Guild, 111 Sherwood dr Wednesday, January 1, 2020 All Day Admission: Free Registration Begins to sign up for winter classes for pottery making. Brantford Potters Guild website   24th Annual Mayor’s Levee Brantford and District Civic Centre, 79 Market St S. Wednesday, January 1, 2020 11:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Admission: Free Join Mayor Kevin Davis as Brantford welcomes 2020! Enjoy lunch with a free community skate from 12:00 ...

by Valerie VanDixhoorn Get ready for one of the Sanderson Centre for the Performing Arts' biggest seasons yet in celebration of 100 years of theatre. This beautiful theatre seats 1,125 and they show professional entertainment and local performing arts shows, community and show events, dance competitions and recitals. The goal of this season is to entertain audiences with selections in keeping with the three era’s of the theatre: Vaudeville, Film, and Performance. The Sanderson Centre was...