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February Featured Artist - Laura Moore

February’s Featured Artist is Laura Moore, a 36-year-old singer-songwriter from Brantford. Moore, a registered nurse who worked in palliative care for nine years, sings under the pseudonym ‘Rosaria Miriam.’

Moore took piano lessons as a child and explains that she fell in love with singing at the age of six when she started singing lessons. She started writing silly songs around the age of eight, and it was a fun way to express her emotions and thoughts in rhyme form. Nearly thirty years later, Moore...

“Inspire Your Heart With Art” Day Is Jan 31!

“Inspire Your Heart With Art” Day Is Jan 31!

“Inspire your heart with art” day is an annual celebration observed on January 31st. Celebrating this holiday is a great way to give pause and think about what you love about art and the ways in which it makes you happy. It’s also a great way to introduce the concept to others and create a shared interest.

Art comes in so many forms, and there are countless ways to celebrate. Our local cultural organizations have suffered immensely throughout the pandemic,...

Celebrate Family Literacy Day With Local Authors!

Celebrate Family Literacy Day With Local Authors!

Family Literacy Day is recognized every January 27th to raise awareness about the importance of reading and engaging in other literacy-related activities as a family. Since 1999, thousands of schools, libraries, literacy organizations and other community groups have taken part in the initiative. This year, why not celebrate Family Literacy Day by discovering a new author that lives right here in Brantford?

Mary M. Cushnie-Mansour was born...

Filming In Brantford: 2020 Recap

Filming In Brantford: 2020 Recap

The Economic Development & Tourism department welcomed ten productions to the City of Brantford in 2020—a new record for the city, despite a three-month provincial shut down of the filming industry from mid-March to mid-June. The Tourism Centre phone lines were hot with requests early in the year, prior to COVID-19’s arrival in Canada, with TV Series Blood and Water and Phoenix both shooting here in March.

Once the Brant County Health...

January Featured Artist - John Borbely

January Featured Artist, John Borbely

January’s Featured Artist is John Borbely, a video producer from Brantford. Borbely studied Film at Carleton University in Ottawa and has worked with Bell and Rogers in the past on television and web content. He started contracting for production companies in 2014, and in 2018 he started his own video production business, Camp Bay Media. Today, he works with businesses and tourism agencies to produce video content for web, social media, and television. His...