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Thursday, June 3rd
Event: An Evening with Paul Butler
Location: Cupids Community Centre
As part of our visiting author series, we are pleased to welcome to Cupids, award winning NL author of "Cupids," Paul Butler.
Sunday, June 6th
Event: Grand Orange Lodge of Canada
Location: St. John’s/Cupids
On June 6th, the delegates will arrive in Cupids to visit the archaeology site and the Cupids Legacy Centre. Church service at Cupids United Church and march to follow.
Sunday, June 6th & Saturday, June 26th
Event: Down Memory Lane - Concert
Location: Marian Hall, Conception Harbour
A concert featuring traditional music and dance, stories and recitations.
June 6th: 2:00 pm
Admission: $5.00 adults / $2.00 children
June 26th: 9:30 pm - 1:30 pm (Kitchen Party)
Admission: $5.00 adults
Saturday, June 12th
Event: Children's Day with Special Guest Terry Rielly
Location: Colliers Recreation Centre, Colliers
Will feature games of past generations - Tiddly, Hop Scotch, Hula Hoop, Sack Races etc.
11:30am - 3:00 pm
Saturday, June 12th - Sunday, June 13th
Event: Bay Wheels Car Show
Location: Bay Arena , Bay Roberts
A showing of antique cars and trucks. The theme for the 2010 Show will be "The Old Coffee Shop" (Located in Cupids, owned and operated by the Spracklin family of the 1950-60 era).
Admission: $5.00 single / $10.00 family
Monday, June 14th
Event: Launch of The Indeavour Saga
Location: Wooden Boat Museum of NL, Winterton
Named the Indeavour, John Guy's ship, built in Cupers Cove, is Canada's first decked sailing vessel. Exhibits and a full scale construction model can be viewed at the Wooden Boat Museum of NL at Winterton, where a living re-construction is displayed. Here you can learn about Indeavour and how it was built four centuries ago.
Monday, June 14th - Friday, October 1st
Event: Portraits in the Street: Cupids 400
Location: Outdoor exhibit, Cupids
 In celebration of the 400th anniversary of Canada’s first English settlement, the Portrait Gallery of Canada, a program of Library and Archives Canada, is proud to bring Portraits in the Street to Atlantic Canada for the first time.
This outdoor installation—presented in collaboration with Cupids 400 Inc.—features framed reproductions of works from the national portrait collection, brought together around the theme of new beginnings and first contacts.
The portraits tell the stories of known individuals, such as Thomas D’Arcy McGee, Demasduit, George Cartwright and Grey Owl, as well as everyday citizens, whose lives and actions have shaped this country, from the Atlantic to the Pacific, over the past four centuries.
Portraits in the Street: Cupids 400 will be on display in Cupids, Newfoundland from June 15 to October 1, 2010.
Photo Credit: Library and Archives Canada / c151916k
Wednesday, June 16th – Sunday, June 20th
Event: Society for Post-Medieval Archaeology Conference
Location: St. John’s/Cupids
An international conference on the 400th anniversary of the founding of the first English settlement in Canada at Cupers Cove - now Cupids, in 1610. Delegates from the conference will spend time in Cupids touring the archaeology site and viewing the artifacts uncovered to date.
Thursday, June 17th - Friday, December 31st
Event: Here to Stay - The Beginnings of English Settlement at Cupids
Location: The Rooms, St. John's
Four hundred years ago the first English speaking settlement in Newfoundland and Labrador was founded at Cupids in Conception Bay - the first English community in Canada. As part of the Cupids 400 celebrations and using rare original documents and archaeological artifacts of the era, this exhibit explores the early decades of English colonization in the region and the impact that the first generations of English Newfoundlanders and Labradorians had on the province.
Friday, June 18th
Event: An Evening with British Poet/Author/Broadcaster Seán Street
Location: Legacy Hall - Cupids Legacy Centre
Seán Street has published seven collections of poetry, the most recent being Time Between Tides - New and Selected Poems 1981 -2009. He has worked as a radio producer, writer and presenter for many years. His most recent work includes a documentary to mark the 400th anniversary of the first permanent British settlement in Newfoundland, broadcast on BBC Radio 3 in February 2010. Time spent in Newfoundland has inspired much of his most recent poetry.
7:30 pm
Admission: $5.00
Saturday, June 19th - Sunday, August 22nd
Event: New World Theatre Project
Location: Indeavour Stage, Cupids Haven backyard, Cupids
Performances take place outdoors in Cupids Haven Backyard. Please come prepared for the weather. A blanket, fold up chair, fly oil etc., is recommended - on some days, a rain coat would be advisable.
Box Office hours 8:30am - 4:30pm Monday - Friday
To book tickets - please call Penny at 528-1610 or Rabbittown Theatre at 739-8220. Tickets will also be available at the gate prior to each performance (excluding Dinner Theatre tickets which must be purchased in advance).
William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar
Performance Dates: June 19th to July 4th
Location: Indeavour Stage, Cupids Haven backyard, Cupids
6:00 pm (regular showtime)
3:00 pm on June 27th only
3:00 pm & 6:00 pm (2 performances) on July 3rd - July 4th
Admission: $25.00
The Tiring House
Performance Dates: June 19th to August 22nd
Location: Indeavour Stage, Cupids Haven backyard, Cupids
1:00 pm
Admission: $10.00
Feast of the Sword Dinner Theatre
Performance Dates: June 23rd to August 14th
Location: Cupids Community Centre
6:00 pm
Admission: $47.50
For complete information on New World Theatre project and Rabbittown Theatre, visit them online at www.rabbittowntheatre.com
Wednesday, June 23rd
Event: Unveiling of Mural and History Board
Location: Bay de Verde - Heritage House
Bay de Verde will launch the official unveiling of a mural and a series of interpretive panels depicting the voyage of John Guy to Bay de Verde.
Thursday, June 24th
Commissioned Piece: Riddle Fence Cupids Commemorative Edition
Location: Cupids Legacy Centre
This event will celebrate the launch of a special edition of Riddle Fence in recognition of Cupids 400.
Sunday, June 27th - Sunday, August 29th
Event: Town of Bay Roberts Cultural Calendar
Location: Bay Roberts
The Town of Bay Roberts Cultural Events Calendar includes the Holdin Ground Festival, the Time in Pigeon Inlet event, the annual Klondyke Festival, as well as the launch of the Historic signage project. For more details on events in Bay Roberts, visit www.bayrobertsevents.com
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