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Artscene 13 | Friday, February 14, 2014 | OAKVILLE BEAVER | www.insideHALTON.com "Connected to your Community" Learn how to write a bestseller Comedy from 18th century adapted for Erindale stage by Julia Le Oakville Beaver Staff The Witlings, will continue on the Theatre Erindale stage to Saturday (Feb. 15) and Feb. 27-March 2. Here, the actors rehearse the scene where penniless Cecilia, played by Mercedes Morris (in front), believes fiancé Beaufort has deserted her. Behind Morris, from left, are Hannah Vanden Boomen, Madeleine Brown, Aaron Schaefer, April Leung and Kaitlyn Alexander. | photo by Jim Smagata New York Times bestselling author Kelley To date, she has published more than two Armstrong will be at the Oakville Central Li- dozen books. Her recent works includes brary Saturday (Feb. 15) to help give a lesson Wild Justice, a thriller for adults, Omens, a on how to write a bestseller. supernatural novel for adults, The Armstrong, who has written Rising for teens and Loki's Wolves more than 40 books, will join for middle-grade readers. Bitten, a workshop leader Brian Henry TV series based on Kelley's Woman to share publishing industry of the Otherworld series debuted tips with writers and aspiring on the Space channel on Jan. 11 in writers and reveal the inside Canada and Jan. 13 in the U.S. scoop on what gives a novel Henry, who has been an editor bestselling potential. and writing instructor for more The workshop, hosted by the than 25 years, currently teaches West Side Writers, a non-profit creative writing at Ryerson Unigroup for people who share a versity. He has led a number of passion for writing, will take writing workshops across North place at the 120 Navy St. library America. Kelley Armstrong branch from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. He has helped many of his stuArmstrong, who writes stodents get published and launch ries about ghosts, demons and werewolves, their careers as authors, including Armwill also share her personal story about how strong. from her home in Aylmer, Ont., she was able To register for the workshop, call 905-826to write international bestsellers. 8847 or email brianhenry@sympatico.ca. St. Jude's church choir sings Feb. 16 St. Jude's Anglican Church is inviting residents to Choral Evensong Sunday (Feb. 16). The short evening prayer service, which takes place every third Sunday of the month at 4 p.m., features the church's choir led by musical director Simon Walker. Walker, who studied music at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland and was an Organ Scholar at Chester Cathedral in England, describes the service as finding monastic peace in the beauty of evensong. "Of all the liturgies we do, it's one of the most meditative -- today the spiritual element of worship has a deeper meaning to many people -- and the rich tradition of church music is a superb vehicle for this. So, I hope we may see a rejuvenation of evensong across the church -- I certainly think the beauty of the music and words deserve it," said Walker. The choir will sing canticles in D major, composed by George Dyson and O, pray for the peace of Jerusalem by Herbert Howells. St. Jude's Anglican Church is located at 60 William St. For more information, visit www. stjudeschurch.net. Senior students from the joint Theatre and Drama Studies Program between Sheridan College Trafalgar Campus and University of Toronto Mississauga (UTM) will put on the production of The Witlings. The 18th-century comedy by Frances Burney has been adapted for the Theatre Erindale stage, located on the UTM campus at 3359 Mississauga Rd. N. The production continues to Saturday (Feb. 15) and Feb. 27-March 2. Evening performances are Thursday through Saturday and matinées are on Saturdays and March 2. The play, part of Theatre Erindale's Uppity Women season, features, for the first time, period costumes designed and built by Barbara Rowe in Oakville's Theatre Sheridan costume shop under the supervision of David Juby. The set is by Patrick Young, Theatre Erin- dale's artistic director who not only directs the play but was also the person to create the acting version adaptation from Bruney's draft. Bruney's play never made it to production because her father had forbidden it. Her plays were not discovered and published until the 1990's. The Witlings, which is making its Canadian premiere, tells the story of Lady Smatter, who sets out on preventing the marriage of her nephew and his fiancée, who suddenly loses her fortune. What Lady Smatter doesn't account for is the antagonism of her nemesis Censor, her nephew's best friend. Complicating matters even further is a gossiping landlady, a witless fashionista, an anxious milliner, a doddering country gentleman, and a spry young fellow with an 18th-century case of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Tickets cost $10-15. Parking costs $6. For more information, call the Erindale Studio Theatre Box Office at 905-569-4369 or visit www.theatreerindale.com. r ! ita nce Gu a lo rm av rfo a P is pe th at WI N Oakville Galleries exhibits run until Sunday The place where the sky meets land or sea is being explored at the Oakville Galleries in Gairloch Gardens at 1306 Lakeshore Rd. E. The exhibit, A Noble Line, runs until Feb. 16 and features nine different artists and their rendition of the horizon line that can evoke varying emotions like fear, wonder and sublime contemplation in people of all ages. The Oakville Galleries is also exhibiting Sonny Assu: Possession at its other location at Centennial Square, 120 Navy St. The show also runs until Sunday (Feb. 16) and features a wide breath of art work from Sonny Assu, who graduated from Vancouver's Emily Carr University in 2002. His sculptures, paintings and other media will explore identity through the lens of history and politics, consumer culture and social media. For more information on gallery hours, visit www.oakvillegalleries.com. Thursday, February 27, 2014 At The Oakville Centre For The Performing Arts Tickets: 905.815.2021 or www.OakvilleCentre.ca Presented by Knar Jewellery