Picton Gazette Express: Vol. 2 No. 12

April 03, 2025

Launch of The Andrew as “A Space for Every Story”

In a dramatic Council meeting last week, residents for and against the re-development of the former elementary school, located in one of Picton’s most beautiful and central neighbourhoods, spoke eloquently about what was at stake. In a marked shift, residents in favour of development because of the opportunities it offers carried the day.

The Gazette kicks off its Federal Election 2025 coverage with an interview with the new NDP candidate, Kate Crothers.

A timely intervention in politics and Canada-US relations, local author Thomas Harrison’s new book is both a memoir and work of political and County history. Deploying an intriguing and effective mix of genres, it examines the intersection between personal and public history. You can read it here.

Books on Film: Insiders and Outsiders

Screening at The Regent on Monday evening April 7, a 1948 collaboration between Graham Greene and director Carol Reed turned out a masterpiece, The Third Man. Shot on location in Vienna and is both darkly funny and utterly entrancing.

Tom Cotten stars as Holly Martins, who is always in the dark.

We are very pleased to present a satire of Russell Walker, the latest County salvo in the trade and culture wars with the United States. He wrote the lyrics and music for “Horror Show: Elon and the Dictator,” a video shot by the Gemini-award winning documentarian Michele Hozer, also his partner. Made in Canada — right here in the County! Listen here.

Russell Walker sports and throws the shade.

Editorial: In Real Life

The conspiracy theorists and buffoons have moved out of the shadowy mirror world of X and into real life, where they have taken over the Department of Justice, the Pentagon, the Department of Defense. They have set their sights on Canada and Greenland.
But they are so brazen, so outlandish, the whole world is awake to the threat they represent.

From Consecon to Big Island, from the Bay of Quinte to Picton Centre, open houses across the County this weekend!

The Weekend Ticket

Countylicious continues. Visit the County has the rundown on participating restaurants. Bon Appetit!

Maple in the County continues for some operators due to the ice storm last weekend. LOHA Farms and Fosterholm Farms are offering pancake breakfasts all day Saturday and Sunday.

There’s another Textile Takeover at Macaulay House with Gather Sunday 6 April, 1-4pm. Explore two floors bursting with color, texture, and imagination. Every room is filled with contemporary artists putting their own spin on traditional textile arts.

Oeno Gallery opens Into the Woods Saturday 2-4pm.

County Arts Lab hosts The Uncertainty Festival, all day Saturday 10-8pm. Featuring artist installations, a shorts screening and an animation workshop centred around liminality, this edition explores the in-between, the interstitial, and the undefined in an overly digitized world. At the Armoury, Picton Main Street.

And finally, there’s always The Regent! In addition to The Third Man Monday evening, A Minecraft Movie opens this weekend. Nickel Boys finishes tonight.