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John Bkila Sub-Editor jbkila@oakvillebeaver.com World of Threads Festival returns Saturday The World of Threads Festival returns tomorrow (Saturday) with exhibits featuring 315 artworks by 134 artists from 24 countries. Based in Oakville, where it began in 1994, the biennial festival attracts visitors from across Canada, the U.S. and the world. Curated by Dawne Rudman and Gareth Bate, and featuring guest curators, the exhibition has artists from Austria, Denmark, China, Iran, South Africa and Mexico, to name a few. It is a showcase of local, national and international contemporary fibre and textile art. With an opening reception Saturday at the Queen Elizabeth Community and Cultural Centre (QEPCCC), 2302 Bridge Rd., from 2-4 p.m., the Worlds of Thread Festival runs until Nov. 27. Admission to the event is free and open Monday-Saturday, from 10 a.m.-6 p.m., and Sunday, noon to 5 p.m. The QEPCCC is the main festival venue and offers the following exhibits: · Cosmic Geometry -- features 16 artists and 44 pieces of patterns, shapes and forms; Artscene 19 | Friday, October 28, 2016 | OAKVILLE BEAVER | www.insideHALTON.com "Connected to your Community" · Late in the Season -- this exhibit pays tribute to the richness of a dying season (autumn); · Quiet Zone 2 -- a sequel to the 2012 exhibit Quiet Zone, this show gives visitors the opportunity to pause, breath and relax amidst muted colours, receptive forms and stillness; · Solo Shows & Installations -- the festival's largest exhibit features the works of 26 artists from very different aesthetic and cultural traditions; · www: whimsical, wacky and wild -- demonstrates how fibre art can be simultaneously irreverent and serious, playful and eccentric, unique and familiar; · Cat Walk & Kimono Road -- a two part exhibit, which combines western clothing design with eastern. Judith Scott: Work by the late American fibre artist is a featured partnered exhibition at Oakville Galleries Centennial Square, 120 Navy St. Scott (1943-2005) is best known for her engrossing, enigmatic fibre sculptures. Deaf and born with Down syndrome, the artist has produced a "complex, far-reaching and This piece, by Shaw Island, Washington artist Gwen Lowery, is part of the Cosmic Geometry exhibit on display during the World of Threads Festival at the Queen Elizabeth Park Community and Cultural Centre. | World of Threads Festival courtesy masterful body of work with yarn, thread and knotted cloth...," stated a media release. The exhibit runs from Oct. 29-Dec. 30 and admission is also free. Neighbouring city Mississauga will also host partnered exhibit me and you, which uses textiles and fibre arts as a means to address contemporary issues. The show features 21 artists at Mississauga's The Living Arts Centre, 4141 Living Arts Dr. For more information on all exhibits, visit worldofthreadsfestival.com. Tokyo Police Club lands at Oakville Centre Tokyo Police Club is coming to the Oakville Centre for the Performing Arts (OCPA) Wednesday (Nov. 2). The acclaimed, indie, four-member group's show is in support of its latest EP Melon Collie and the Infinite Radness (Part 1) and (Part 2). Melon Collie and the Infinite Radness (Part 1) was the first instalment of the two EP's that were to be released in 2016. It marks the band's first release since their 2014 LP Forcefield, as well as the 10-year anniversary of their debut EP A Lesson In Crime. "The new music sees Tokyo Police Club looking back to the energy and spirit of that formative era while keeping an eye on the future," stated a media release. Melon Collie and the Infinite Radness (Part 2) dropped earlier in September through Dine Alone Records in Canada. "Part two -- the radness continues. It came together spontaneously, in fits and spurts, starting with My House," explained Tokyo Police Club bassistvocalist Dave Monks. Rounding out the group are keyboardist Graham Wright, guitarist Josh Hook and drummer Greg Alsop. Tokyo Police Club has multiple Juno and Much Music Video award nominations and performances. With multiple Top 10 radio singles, it's most recent single, PCH, peaked at No. 8 on alternative radio in Canada. Tickets for Wednesday's show can be purchased online at www. oakvillecentre.ca/whats-on/Tokyo_ Police_Club.html. The concert starts at 8 p.m. and features The Elwins as the opening band. The OCPA is located at 130 Navy St. Tokyo Police Club, with members Dave Monks, Graham Wright, Josh Hook and Greg Alsop, will be performing at the Oakville Centre for the Performing Arts Wednesday (Nov. 2). | Nicole Fara Silver photo For tickets & event details visit juniorleague.ca or call 289.337.9526 friday nov. 11th to sunday nov. 13th Tour three fabulous homes completely renovated and professionallydecorated for the holidays! Get great renovation and festive decorating ideas, dine at a discount, and more! Purchase online or at one of many retail locations listed on the website. Look for more information in the Hamilton Spectator insert on October 29th. volu Imagine...No more allergy symptoms forever Junior League of Hamilton-Burlington charity joy nteer