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L O C A L S T O P O N L I T E R A R Y T R A I L Sheridan's Festival of New Musicals launches today Sheridan College's Canadian Music Theatre Project (CMTP) is launching its Festival of New Musicals today (Thursday). The Bachelor of Music Theatre Performance Class of 2016 has been workshopping four new musicals this semester: · Senza Luce by Drama Desk Award nominees Neil Bartram and Brian Hill; · Atlantis by Australian Helpmann Award nominee Matthew Lee Robinson; · 33 1/3 by Dora Award winners Paul Sportelli and Jay Turvey; · Leading Lady by Dora Award winner John Wimbs and Anthony Bastianon. Forty-five minute readings of each musical will be presented during the second annual Canadian Music Theatre Project Festival, which runs Oct 8-10, on the main stage at Sheridan College's 1430 Trafalgar Rd. campus. The events start at 7 p.m. on each day, and at 1 p.m. on Saturday (Oct. 10). To purchase tickets, visit tickets. sheridancollege.ca. The event runs Oct. 17-18, from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. on both days, in Port Credit and Clarkson. The original artwork will be exhibited at 14 locations. For more information or to view a map, visit lakeshorearttrail. com or contact Mary Anne Dente at 905-891-5959 or maryanne@ maryannedente.com. 39 | Thursday, October 8, 2015 | OAKVILLE BEAVER | www.insideHALTON.com Award-winning author and former Oakville resident Lawrence Hill, at right, gets some help from Mayor Rob Burton in unveiling the 15th marker on Canada's growing literary trail on Monday. The installation, located on the grounds of the Oakville Museum at the corner of King and Navy streets, is for Hill's Oakville-based novel Any Known Blood, a story of five generations of a black Canadian family whose tragedies and victories merge with the American experience. | photo by Michael Ivanin ­ special to the Beaver Lakeshore Art Trail Local artists Jayne Cangemi, Adriana Rinaldi and Angela Lipscombe will be among 25 artists featured at Lakeshore Art Trail's 16th annual free self-guided Art Show and Sale studio tour in Mississauga. In the Arts... Govender will track her progress through blog posts during waste-free year continued from p.38 if unavoidables should arise or if she forgets not to ask for a bag or straw. The waste bin is 27 centimetres tall, 16 cm in diameter at the bottom and 24 cm in diameter at the top. "I'm hoping to come nowhere near to filling it," she said. Govender, who is the program co-ordinator for Halton Green Screens, an eco-film series organized by a group of local environmentalists to promote environmental awareness and projects, said she was inspired to take on the challenge from one of the films premiering in Oakville tonight (Thursday) and in Milton on Oct. 22. The Clean Bin Project tells the story of a Vancouver-based couple who go head-to-head in a competition to see who can swear off consumerism and produce the least amount of garbage. While Govender's husband, Neelan, won't be doing the entire challenge with her, she says he will try to reduce some of his waste in support of his wife. Govender will blog about her progress during her waste-free year at the Halton Green Screens website (haltongreenscreens.ca) and Facebook page (facebook.com/ HaltonGreenScreens). She's hoping Oakville and Milton residents will be inspired to take on their own form of the waste-free challenge and post it to the Facebook site. "It could be something once a week, or whatever they're comfortable with. We just want to encourage people to be more aware of what they produce and consume," Govender said. "I also want to encourage people to be forgiving of themselves if they decide to participate in the challenge... focus on the positive difference you've made rather than dwelling on the occasional slip up. Change doesn't happen overnight." Critics of Govender, and others like her, say if everyone does what she's encouraging them to do, it will hurt the economy. "Because we need people to buy things for a healthier economy," she explained. "But I think if a healthy economy requires us to participate in activities that deplete the earth's resources, we need to change what constitutes a healthy economy. We live on a finite planet and just can't wrappers, drink pouches, cereal bags and coffee pods to be recycled. keep using up its resources indefinitely." Viewers at the Oakville screening, who bring The Oakville screening of The Clean Bin Project is at Film.ca Cinemas, 171 Speers Rd., unit their own bowl, will be able to purchase pop25; while in Milton, it will be at the Health-E- corn for $2.50. Nut Café, 20 Martin St., in association with MiltonGreen Environmental Association. Halton Region Waste Management's Nicole Watt will be the speaker at both General $8.50 | Children & Seniors $6.50 | All seats Tues $5.00 screenings, which start at 7 p.m. SHOWTIMES fOR OCTObER 9 - 15, 2015 Tickets cost $5 for adults and $2 for NEW THIS WEEK: THE MARTIAN, SICARIO students. Participants are invited to Hotel Transylvania 2 (G) bring coffee bags, cookie and cracker Friday: 10:20, 12:15, 2:20, 4:30, 6:45, 8:50 Saturday: 12:15, 2:20, 4:30, 6:45, 8:50 Sunday: 12:15, 2:20, 6:45, 8:50 Monday: 12:15, 2:20, 4:30, 6:45, 8:50 tueSday: 1:00, 3:45, 6:45, 8:50 WedneSday: 1:00, 3:45, 6:45 thurSday: 1:00, 3:45, 6:45, 8:50 The Intern (PG) Friday - thurSday: 12:45, 3:15, 6:30, 9:10 The Martian (PG) Friday - thurSday: 1:45, 4:10, 7:00, 9:50 Friday: 10:30, 12:30, 2:45, 5:10. 7:30, 9:50 Satirday - Monday: 12:30, 2:45, 5:10, 7:30, 9:50 Friday - Saturday: 1:00, 3:30, 7:15, 9:45 Sunday: 4:15, 7:15, 9:45 Monday - tueSday: 1:00, 3:30, 7:15, 9:45 WedneSday: 1:00, 3:30, 8:50 thurSday: 1:00, 3:30, 7:15, 9:45 Pan (PG) Sicario (14A) 171 Speers Road, Oakville (at Kerr St.) | 905-338-6397 (MEWS) www.film.ca