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Oakville All Seats Tues: $6.00 • Evening General Admission $9.00 • Children (13 & Under), Seniors (65 and over) $6.50 • Surcharge for 3D $2.50 • Burlington All Seats Tues: $4.00 • General admission $6.00 • Children 13 & under and seniors 65 & older $5.00

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Les Miserables (PG)Tue: 6:45, 10:00Wed & Thu : 12:30, 3:35, 6:45, 10:00Parental Guidance ()Tue : 7:00, 9:15Wed & Thu: 12:15, 2:30, 4:45, 7:00, 9:15

This Is 40 (14A)Fri - Sun: 1:10, 4:15, 7:10, 10:00Mon: 1:10 PMTue: 7:10, 10:00Wed & Thu: 1:10, 4:15,7:10,10:00

The Guilt Trip (---)Fri - Sun: 12:30, 2:40, 4:50, 7:00, 9:15Mon: 12:30, 2:40Tue - Thu: 7:00, 9:15The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (PG)Fri - Sun: 12:00, 3:15, 6:30, 9:45Mon: 12:00 PM

Tue: 6:30, 9:45Wed & Thu : 12:00, 3:15, 6:30, 9:45Rise of the Guardians (G)Wed & Thu: 12:45, 2:45, 4:50Skyfall (PG)Fri - Sun: 1:00, 3:50, 6:45, 9:40Mon: 1:00 PM

13Thursday, December 20, 2012 • NORTH OAKVILLE TODAYwww.OakvilleToday.ca

By Michael Howiemhowie@oakvilletoday.ca

For as long as she can remember, Chemayne Micallef has loved Christmas. She sang her first Christmas Carol on live television with her brother when she was 6 and was playing them on the piano within a year of that.

Today, North Oakville’s Micallef is a platinum-selling recording artist with three Christmas albums that are becoming a part of the holiday tradition for families around the world.

“It’s my favourite time of year,” she said. “There’s some-thing kind of magical about Christmas music. And I love that around the world, on the same day, everyone’s tuned in to my arrangements, listening during their Christmas dinner or while sitting by a roaring fire. I get lots of feed-back about the albums becoming part of families’ tradi-tions.”

Micallef’s Christmas albums, Christmas Hymns (vocal, guitar, flute and piano), Christmas Piano (solo piano) and Christmas Harp (solo harp and string pads) have sold well across the world on iTunes and Amazon.

But they’ve also been heard in Brad Pitt’s Year of the Dog as part of the soundtrack.

Galaxie, a digital music provider, also routinely plays Micallef’s traditional Christmas music.

“I remember walking into the Hilton one year and hearing my songs playing,” Micallef said with a smile. “That was pretty surreal.”

Recently, Christmas Piano was named as one of the Top 10 Classical Music Christmas Albums in a New York Times/About.com listing.

Micallef has self-produced several albums, including two children’s albums and Piano Memories, which went platinum in Canada.

Musical talent runs in the family, as well. Her paternal grandfather was violinist Lewis Micallef, concertmaster for an operatic orchestra in Malta. Vienna, Micallef’s 8-year-old daughter, has won multiple local scholarships for her

piano performances after only two years of playing.

To find out more about Chemayne Micallef’s Christmas music or get links to download them on iTunes or

Amazon, visit www.chemayne.com.

Add local music to your holiday traditionsPlatinum-selling artist Chemayne Micallef has three Christmas albums

Platinum recording artist and North Oakville resident Chemayne Micallef offers three Christmas albums, available on iTunes and Amazon as well as select retail outlets.

Photo by Frank Cunha

Happy holidays from your local library

Oakville Public Library would like to wish you and your family nothing but the happiest holiday season. We hope that joy, laughter and love will abound for you throughout this season, and that you’ll enter the new year feeling fresh and re-energized.

It has been quite a year at the library. From the release of our Strategic Plan and the beautification of Woodside to many successful author events and the parking lot overhaul at White Oaks, we’d like to thank you for your continuous patience, support and goodwill. We are very excited to ring in the new year and look forward to sharing many new programs and resourc-es with our community.

Please note that all library branches will be closed on the following days for the holidays:

December 24 (Christmas Eve day)December 25 (Christmas Day)December 26 (Boxing Day)December 31 (New Years Eve day)January 1 (New Years day)

The culture of learning is changing at Oakville Public Library, but it’s more alive and better than ever. We’ve got a lot planned for 2013 in the way of exciting programs for all ages and digital offerings that will make it easier to access the library resources you love.

Our Spring/Summer 2013 Programs & Events guide will be released on January 10th. Many of our programs and workshops are free and cover a wide variety of topics for all ages. Make it your resolution to discover the power of your library card in 2013 – pick up your copy of our guide at any library branch or visit us online to see what we’ve got in store!

By Michael Howiemhowie@oakvilletoday.ca

Lace ‘em up and enjoy a free skate at River Oaks Recreation Centre on January 4 from 10:30 am to noon and help support Kerr Street Ministries’ food bank.

The skate, sponsored by an Oak Park family (members of the Oak Park Neighbourhood Centre), will be a collection point for a non-perishable food item donation.

“We’re always looking to support our community, both in Oak Park and across the town,” said Michelle Knoll, Executive Director of the Oak Park Neighbourhood Centre. “The anonymous family sponsoring this skate, and thereby helping raise much needed food for the Kerr Street Ministry’s food bank, is an example to us all of how a community can come together for those who need a helping hand.”

The food bank is most in need of flour, powdered milk, diapers, cooking oil and canned meat.

Find out more about upcoming community events in Oak Park by visiting www.opnc.ca.

Free skate supports food bank

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