Meet the Musicians: Live Performances

Painter Kelly Whyte poses beside one of her canvases

Arts and Culture

The Victoria County Studio Tour: Kelly Whyte on Painting Close to Home

Kelly Whyte of Rapley Fields Art Studios doesn’t have to go far to find inspiration. I live just south of Bobcaygeon,” she says, “and we own 100 acres. It’s fields and trails and woods. I ski on it, I hike on it, I snowshoe, so a lot of my scenes come from just my backyard,

September 6, 2023

A hand holds ice cream in front of a lake view

Day Trips

Taste of the TSW with Jeff Bray: Kawartha Dairy

Jeff Bray is the co-founder and festival director of the award-winning Cultivate Festival in Northumberland County. He’s also an instructor at Centennial College, where he teaches about food tourism, a former restauranteur, and a previous contributing writer to Watershed Magazine. We asked Jeff to give us his thoughts on a few of the unique Taste of the

June 14, 2023

Lilac in the foreground, with people walking in the background

Day Trips

Spring Is Sprung: Visiting the Warkworth Lilac Festival

There’s a moment every year when you walk out the door and realize, “spring is really here!” Temperatures climb upward, buds appear on the trees, and birdsong suddenly seems louder. Nothing drives the feeling home quite like spring flowers, though—and the avid gardeners at the Warkworth Lilac Festival have found a way to turn that sensation in a weeks-long celebration along the Millennium Lilac Trail.

May 25, 2023