Check out an abundance of fresh produce, baked goods, beverages, and products from local meat producers.
Community planting event
Silvercreek Park; 9 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Birds Canada and the Speed Valley Chapter of Trout Unlimited Canada are hosting a planting event in Silvercreek Park to plant trees, shrubs and native wildflowers along the Pond Creek Outlet.
Art on the Street
Quebec Street; 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
More than 60 artists and makers will have their creative projects on display on Quebec Street this Saturday for Guelph’s annual Art on the Street event. The event is free to attend, and is rain or shine.
Community Block Party
183 Silvercreek Pkwy N.; 10:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Head to the Willow West Mall this Saturday for a free, family-friendly block party. There will be a DJ, petting zoo, strolling magician, caricature artist, an ice cream truck and hourly prizes. The School of Highland Dancing will also be performing and offering lessons for youth ages 4 to 16.
Guelph.Beer Bus
Various locations; 12 p.m. – 7 p.m.
Hop on the free, family friendly bus for a tour of breweries around Guelph that runs every half hour with various experiences along the way. Get more information about the route and times here.
Annual Strawberry Social
190 Marksam Rd.; 6 p.m. – 7 p.m.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is holding their annual community strawberry social this Saturday. Come out to enjoy some strawberries and cake, play some games, and get to know your neighbours. Lawn chairs are encouraged.
Guelph Royals Baseball
David E. Hastings Stadium; 7:30 p.m.
The Guelph Royals face off the London Majors in Intercounty Baseball League action. Tickets available here.
Sunday, June 18
Tour de Guelph
University of Guelph, W.F. Mitchell Athletics Centre, West Gymnasium; 6:45 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
The 10th annual bike ride aims to raise $150,000 for the Guelph General Hospital and other local charitable programs. Route options range from five km to 50 km. Same day registration is available. Learn more here.
Guelph Brain Tumour Walk
The Bandshell in Riverside Park; 8:30 a.m. – 3 p.m.
After three years of pandemic restrictions and virtual events, the Brain Tumour Walk is back as a hybrid event. There are no registration fees or funding minimums, all are welcome to join. Register or learn more here.
Teddy Bear Picnic
Wellington County Museum and Archives, 536 Wellington Rd 18, Fergus; 11 a.m. – 3 p.m.
This free, family-friendly event at the Wellington County Museum includes food and refreshments, craft vendors, games and kids activities, and life entertainment. The parade kicks off at 1 p.m., and the teddy bear contest begins at 1:30 p.m. Learn more here.
Draw-a-Thon
358 Gordon St.; 12 p.m. – 5 p.m.
The Art Gallery of Guelph is hosting a free afternoon of drop-in activities for artists, non-artists, children and adults alike. Drawing styles include creative cartooning, community mapping, collaborative murals and inventive illustrations.
League1 Ontario Soccer
Centennial Bowl; 5p.m.
The Guelph United women’s team takes on Vaughan at 5 p.m. Tickets available here.
Concerts in the Park
Royal City Park; 7 p.m.
Join the Guelph Concert Band for a free concert in the park this Sunday at 7 p.m. as they kick off their summer concert series.
LONDON (AP) — With a few daubs of a paintbrush, the Brontë sisters have got their dots back.
More than eight decades after it was installed, a memorial to the three 19th-century sibling novelists in London’s Westminster Abbey was amended Thursday to restore the diaereses – the two dots over the e in their surname.
The dots — which indicate that the name is pronounced “brontay” rather than “bront” — were omitted when the stone tablet commemorating Charlotte, Emily and Anne was erected in the abbey’s Poets’ Corner in October 1939, just after the outbreak of World War II.
They were restored after Brontë historian Sharon Wright, editor of the Brontë Society Gazette, raised the issue with Dean of Westminster David Hoyle. The abbey asked its stonemason to tap in the dots and its conservator to paint them.
“There’s no paper record for anyone complaining about this or mentioning this, so I just wanted to put it right, really,” Wright said. “These three Yorkshire women deserve their place here, but they also deserve to have their name spelled correctly.”
It’s believed the writers’ Irish father Patrick changed the spelling of his surname from Brunty or Prunty when he went to university in England.
Raised on the wild Yorkshire moors, all three sisters died before they were 40, leaving enduring novels including Charlotte’s “Jane Eyre,” Emily’s “Wuthering Heights” and Anne’s “The Tenant of Wildfell Hall.”
Rebecca Yorke, director of the Brontë Society, welcomed the restoration.
“As the Brontës and their work are loved and respected all over the world, it’s entirely appropriate that their name is spelled correctly on their memorial,” she said.
