From October 14-18, 2026, the Liverpool International Theatre Festival will showcase 10 curated one-act plays performed by visiting theatre troupes from around the world.
Come view Milton Canoe and Camera Club's Art Exhibition in our Lower Gallery from August 6 to September 25, 2026.
The opening reception for this show will be held on Thursday, August 6, 2026 at 6:30 pm. This is your first opportunity to view this beautiful show and meet the artists.
Established in 1949, the Milton Canoe and Camera Club has been inspiring photographers throughout Milton and Queens County for decades. This exhibition showcases the creativity, curiosity, and unique perspectives of club members as they capture moments from the world around them.
The Astor Theatre is welcoming abstract artist Joshua Slauenwhite to our upper gallery for the month of September. Joshua is an amature artist who is branching outside of his comfort zone to display his unique collection of handcrafted items. Be sure to stop by, sign our guest book and see what this new local artist has to offer.
Twenty Years of the Met in Cinemas is a celebration of the Met’s two decades of onstage glory as experienced in movie theatres, featuring highlights from the company’s collection of more than 185 extraordinary onscreen performances.
Hosted by star soprano Renée Fleming, this special presentation will showcase unforgettable moments from some of opera’s greatest stars, culled from the series’ vast archive of transmissions, featuring such remarkable artists as Lise Davidsen, Natalie Dessay, Joyce DiDonato, Elīna Garanča, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Jonas Kaufmann, Peter Mattei, Matthew Polenzani, Nadine Sierra, and, of course, Fleming herself.
Life Drawing was started by Roger Savage. Weekly studio sessions provide the opportunity for lay and professional visual artists of our region to practice and improve their drawing and observation skills. Participants are from communities along the South Shore. This program costs $20 per session to provide payment to the models used in the drawing sessions.
Are you interet interested in learning about theatre and famous theatre playwrights?
Join Katherine Schellmer in the Playwrights Study Circle! A brand new Astor Academy designed for adults. Meeting on Friday evenings in our Gorham Room, this program will provide a fun, informative learning experience. Katherine has written professionally for theatre, TV, radio, and film. She was also an educator at The National Theatre School of Canada for three years, running a sessional course entitled “Solo Show” in which she mentored and then directed students performing their own works.
She hopes to use her experience/knowledge to invigorate the theatre community in Queens County.
In this program, the group study a specific playwright, as well as the time period the play was written in; world events, cultural events, the forces that shaped the creation of the work, and the
reaction to the work when it premiered.
A modern indie folk trio from Newfoundland, The Once have collected a trio of Canadian Folk Music Awards, numerous ECMA awards, and was named Artist of the Year by the Newfoundland & Labrador Arts Council. They have earned not one, but two JUNO nominations for Roots Album of the Year and continue to take their music around the world.
Participants will learn how to texture, file and form two textured cuff bracelets. One in sterling silver and one in copper.
This is a 16+ ages workshop.
RUN TERRY RUN delivers an intimate, entirely archival look at Terry Fox's legendary 1980 Marathon of Hope. Utilizing over 90 restored reels of long-lost 16mm raw footage and pristine, untouched audio tapes, the documentary foregoes modern "talking head" interviews. Instead, it uses real-time dialogue from Terry, his brother Darrell, and friend Doug Alward to reveal the true gritty determination and deeply human side of the 21-year-old Canadian icon as he united a nation.
