Join us for a Public Skate at the Delpark Homes Centre with free admission for youth.

The Hemy Pro Shop on-site is offering 50% off skate rentals for youth during this skate time. Call ahead to arrange sizing at 1-416-560-1104.

Do you love reading graphic novels, manga, and comic books?  So do we!

Visit the Jess Hann Branch, where we’ll show off our newest titles and spend time exploring the collection, reading together, and talking about our favourite books!

Free to attend

 Embrace creativity with our youth led Paint Night.

Pre-registration is required for this free youth event.

Register online at register.oshawa.ca or in-person at your nearest City of Oshawa recreation facility to guarantee your spot.

May is here, just in time for a renewal!

Join us for Emerging Visions, this free art exhibition of Durham College’s Fine Arts Advanced students. We are excited for this new Exhibition showcasing their thesis collection. Downstairs on the lower level, DRIFF in a Jiff in the Lookout, and an open art activity in the Art Studio with Farah. Starapples Restaurant is popping up in the lobby and will be dishing out delicious eats for sale. We will also be featuring performances by Delon Om and HADDIX.

Timeline of Events

7:00 – Doors Open

7:15 – Drop-in Studio Activity (Education Studio, Level 1)

7:15 – DRIFF in a Jiff Film Screening + Director Q&A (Lookout, Level 1)

7:25 – Opening Remarks and Welcome (Isabel Gallery, Level 3)

7:30 – Performance by Delon Om (Isabel Gallery, Level 3)

8:20 – DRIFF in a Jiff Film Screening + Director Q&A (Lookout, Level 1)

8:40 – Performance by HADDIX (Isabel Gallery, Level 3)

Born and raised in Pickering, Ontario, Canadian singer/songwriter Delon Om is a former contestant on Canadian Idol. Born and raised in Pickering, Ontario, Canadian singer/songwriter Delon Om is a former contestant on Canadian Idol. After co-writing one song with Juno award-winning producer Sheldon Moore, Om was catapulted to instant stardom when Virgin Radio 99.9 (CKFM Toronto, Canada) welcomed the single “Superstar” into rotation. Om is currently signed to Sony Music and is working on new music for MTV.

HADDIX is a high energy pop-rock artist from Toronto Ontario. After releasing music written aside Grammy nominated songwriters in Nashville TN, HADDIX launched her first live shows in 2022, debuting at NXNE ’22! Since then she has taken her show on the road with her incredible band, opening for Juno nominated talent and gaining attention in the Canadian music scene.

He Comes at Night (10 mins) Directed by Joseph Covello Produced by Krystle Ferdinand

On a stormy night, an anxious eight-year-old from a fractured home wakes up to the terrible realization that the monster under her bed may be real.

Join Farah in the studio to decorate a mini planter pot! Springtime designs and colour choices are available to get the creativity flowing. No prior arts experience necessary!

Enjoy a screening of a movie in the Arts Resource Centre theatre. No registration required for this event!

Free to attend!

In appreciation of a continued community-wide commitment to the Regional organics collection programs, residents are provided with free compost made using organics collected through curbside Green Bin and Leaf and Yard Waste programs. Quantities are first-come, first served and limited to four blue boxes of compost per vehicle.

Green bins, blue boxes, blue box lids and backyard composters will also be available for purchase (VISA, Mastercard, debit or e-transfer only), and broken bins can be exchanged for free.

What should I bring?

• Shovels: residents are responsible for shovelling their own compost.
• Containers: blue boxes, reusable containers, yard waste bags.

Join the Mayor to clean up downtown!

We will supply the gloves and bags! You supply the energy and passion!

To learn more or to participate visit our webpage: www.oshawa.ca/communitycleanup

Discover your city Saturday, May 6 at Doors Open Oshawa! Go behind the scenes at some of Oshawa's most exciting sites:

• Alexandra’s Bounty Garden
• Biltmore Theatre
• Camp X – Intrepid Park
• Canadian Automotive Museum
• Charles Hall
• City of Oshawa Greenhouse
• Hamilton Oshawa Port Authority
• Heritage Hall - Purple Woods Conservation Area
• Islamic Centre of Oshawa
• Ontario Regiment Museum
• Oshawa Museum - Henry House
• Oshawa Public Libraries - McLaughlin Branch
• Regent Theatre
• Robert McLaughlin Gallery
• Simcoe Street United Church

Learn more about great upcoming events at Oshawa.ca/Events.

 Join the Friends of Second Marsh staff for our Garlic Mustard - Plant Pull Activity.

The activity is taking place on the McLaughlin Bay Wildlife Reserve on Saturday, May 6 with a 10 am start.

There are no washrooms available on site and no dogs and smoking are permitted on the hike.

Volunteers must read our volunteer handout and sign our participant waiver.

Links are provided below to register, only 25 spots.

Registration closes on Friday, May 5 at 12 noon.

REGISTRATION REQUIRED!

Please use this link to register:

https://signup.com/go/UuEWCGt

The Robert McLaughlin Gallery is celebrating Doors Open in Oshawa on May 6th. Come discover this year’s theme with us, FOOD!

Admission and events are all FREE!

Join a guided architecture + art tour

11 AM and 2 PM

Our welcoming Visitor Engagement Assistants will deliver tours of this stunning modern building. Discover the original vision for Oshawa’s public gallery, brought to life in 1969, and how architect Arthur Erickson designed a massive 36,000-square-foot extension that made the gallery what it is today.

Participate in a family-friendly art-making activity

10:30 AM – 12:30 PM

Have fun making your very own food inspired piece of art, combining gel plate printmaking with decorative paper collage techniques. It’s a recipe for creativity!

Spend time with our exhibitions

• Piecework
• The Ties That Bind
• Mary Rawlyk: Domestic Disruptions
• Painters Eleven: Ontario’s Abstract Collective
• Community and Joy
• OAA Annual Juried Exhibition
• Emerging Visions: Durham College Thesis Exhibition

Visit our gift shop

The Robert McLaughlin Gallery has a history of supporting and promoting local artists, artisans, and makers. The RMG shop features products from across Ontario, including jewelry, ceramics, books, home goods, and Indigenous designed and manufactured products. Each sale helps support local artisans and our free community programs.

The RMG Shop is located in the lobby of The Robert McLaughlin Gallery.

Explore more Doors Open events in Oshawa.

Enjoy an afternoon of snacks and board games with your friends at the South Oshawa Community Centre.

It's free for youth, so don't miss out on this fun-filled event!

The Durham Region Film Commission (Film Durham) is hosting their annual Film and Television Industry Career Fair for students and adults seeking a career in this exciting industry. With new film studios opening across Canada and the Greater Toronto Area, film and television production is rising at an extraordinary rate, providing high-quality job opportunities in Durham Region and beyond.

Attendees will have the opportunity to meet industry professionals; visit interactive displays; experience a behind-the-scenes look at the film and television industry; and, learn about careers including, but not limited to: cinematography and camera department; production sound; locations; costume design; hair and makeup; grip department; actor or performer; gaffer and electrical; props creation; art department, animation; visual effects (FX); accounting; assistant director; and post-production sound/picture editor.

Durham Region plays an important role in Ontario’s multi-billion-dollar film and television industry due to its proximity to Toronto's production hub, film industry workforce, supporting businesses, studios, and unique blend of filming locations.

Notes: To register for the Film and Television Industry Career Fair, visit FilmDurham.EventBrite.ca.

To learn more about Durham’s vibrant and expanding film and television industry, visit InvestDurham.ca/film.

Durham Region is home to:

• Countless film and television production sites, including a dedicated film studio, Canada’s largest filming backlot, and one of Canada’s top-10 filming locations.
• A variety of looks; urban, rural, industrial, pastoral with natural and cultural heritage sites suitable for a wide range of film shoots—including scenic bridges, urban streetscapes, quaint downtowns, quarries, museums, rural settings, rustic train stations and more.
• The Durham Region International Film Festival (DRIFF)—an event showcasing inspiring films and filmmakers from Canada and across the globe.
• The DRIFF Shifting the Narrative: Emerging Filmmaker Incubator—an initiative that provides monetary and in-kind support to young filmmakers to foster, build and promote a vibrant, inclusive film culture in Durham Region.

For media inquiries, please contact Corporate Communications.

Read this article on our website.

Start classes in September! Whether you’re looking for the right program or have already applied, we’re ready to help you with the next steps to becoming a DC student. Prospective students and their family members can meet with Admissions and Student Recruitment representatives, speak to members of our expert faculty and learn more about the 145+ full-time programs available this fall. They can also apply for a program or take a campus tour, and all attendees are eligible to win a $5,000 tuition credit. Register now!

You can attend the event at our Oshawa Campus on Tuesday, May 9 or our Whitby campus on Thursday, May 11.

Join us at 1pm on May 10^th for an artist-led tour of Emerging Visions, an exhibition that presents thesis projects by the third-year graduating students of the Fine Arts Advanced program at Durham College.

We welcome staff and students from Durham College and any members of the public who want to learn more about specific projects and hear about the journey from conception to fabrication to presentation.

This event is free and open to everyone. If there are ways we can support your participation, please contact Hannah at [email protected].

This exhibition is generously supported by the RBC Foundation’s Emerging Artist Project.

Start classes in September! Whether you’re looking for the right program or have already applied, we’re ready to help you with the next steps to becoming a DC student. Prospective students and their family members can meet with Admissions and Student Recruitment representatives, speak to members of our expert faculty and learn more about the 145+ full-time programs available this fall. They can also apply for a program or take a campus tour, and all attendees are eligible to win a $5,000 tuition credit. Register now!

You can attend the event at our Oshawa Campus on Tuesday, May 9 or our Whitby campus on Thursday, May 11.

A look at the vehicles and Tanks of the Vietnam War

This NEW event will have a look at the military vehicles and Tanks that were used during the Vietnam War.

Visit the Museum for Tank Saturday.

Admission includes access to the museum that houses artifacts, medals, weapons and uniforms covering 150+ years of military history from the Fenian Raids of 1866 to the conflicts of today. Explore our Military Vehicle Conservation Centre with over 60 military vehicles and Tanks on display.

Enjoy a live vehicle demonstration with Tanks and Armoured vehicles!

Gates open at 10:00 a.m.

Tank Talk at 11:00 a.m.

Live vehicle Show: 1:00 p.m.

Event Ends at 3:00 p.m.

Tank Saturday - Vietnam

Watch, hear and feel the live vehicle demonstration as we parade military vehicles and tanks from the Vietnam War in our Tank arena.

Don't miss the live vehicle Action at 1:00 p.m.!!

Join us for a detailed look and “Tank Talk” on some of the most interesting Tanks and Military Vehicles in our collection! We will have presentations on the following:

11:00 AM - The M551 Sheridan

Admission:

Adult $20
Student / Senior $10
Children under 12 $10
Military / Veteran / Cadets: Free!

Fun and Family friendly event.

History Lives Here!

Learn more at: www.tankmuseum.ca

Lunch and full-service Bar open to the public at the Historic 420 WING RCAFA 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

The 420 WING and the Ontario Regiment RCAC Museum are fully accessible facilities. Washrooms and ramp access in both facilities. Change Table available at the 420 WING.

Friends of Second Marsh is looking for Volunteers to help lessen the impact of Phragmites on Oshawa Second Marsh by spading phragmites plants in nearby areas and removing them.  Experience is not needed, training on technique will be provided.

Please remember to read our Volunteer Handout: https://www.secondmarsh.ca/support-us/become-a-volunteer/

Volunteers are required to sign a Participant Waiver: https://forms.gle/dzan7AnSBAmYKip86 

A hardcopy of the waiver will be available at the event.

Gloves and garbage bags will be provided. Limited shovels are available for use. If you would like to bring a sharpened garden spade you are more than welcome to.  No smoking, no dogs and no washrooms on site.

Meeting location, what to bring and wear, etc. will be emailed a few days prior to the event.

To sign up for this event register here: https://signup.com/go/DyasRRZ

This event will run light rain or shine so dress appropriately.

Come join us for tea on Mother’s Day at The RMG!

$55/adult

$28/ child under 12

Berry Hill Food Co. will be hosting seatings on May 13th and 14th. Bring all the moms for delicious prix fixe with tantalizing teas. Then tour our exhibitions and a visit to the RMG Shop. Treat the special people in your life, to local artisan treasures. Guests in for Tea will receive a 10% discount at the Shop.

All reservations are managed by Berry Hill Food Co.

Come join us for tea on Mother’s Day at The RMG!

$55/adult

$28/ child under 12

Berry Hill Food Co. will be hosting seatings on May 13th and 14th. Bring all the moms for delicious prix fixe with tantalizing teas. Then tour our exhibitions and a visit to the RMG Shop. Treat the special people in your life, to local artisan treasures. Guests in for Tea will receive a 10% discount at the Shop.

All reservations are managed by Berry Hill Food Co.

Canadian Blood Services needs more than 100,000 new donors this year to join and help strengthen Canada’s Lifeline to ensure patients’ needs will continue to be met.

The Oshawa donor centre located at 1304 Harmony Road North (SW Corner of Harmony and Taunton) will be open Friday 9 a.m. - 1 p.m., Saturday 8 a.m. - 2 p.m. and Monday 3 p.m. - 7 p.m. this Victoria Day long weekend. Donors are needed! Please book your appointment by visiting www.blood.ca

Interested in bringing a group? Email [email protected] 

Canadian Blood Services needs more than 100,000 new donors this year to join and help strengthen Canada’s Lifeline to ensure patients’ needs will continue to be met.

The Oshawa donor centre located at 1304 Harmony Road North (SW Corner of Harmony and Taunton) will be open Friday 9 a.m. - 1 p.m., Saturday 8 a.m. - 2 p.m. and Monday 3 p.m. - 7 p.m. this Victoria Day long weekend. Donors are needed! Please book your appointment by visiting www.blood.ca

Interested in bringing a group? Email [email protected]