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2 1 |Friday December 15, 2017 | OAKVILLE BEAVER |www.insidehalton.com Liz Lokre to perform in Oakville Dec. 16 Liz Lokre brings her stun ning voice to the Oakville Centre for the Perform ing Arts on Saturday, Dec. 16 at 8 :3 0 p.m. Music is deep in Lokre's blood, writing and per forming since she was 12. Lokre grew up singing in church and winning m u sic competitions across North America. Her father booked live rock music perfor mances in his native Dublin, while her Trini dadian mother travelled the world as an Indian dancer. It was her grand mother who had in fact pioneered a popular preBollywood style of dance. Lokre gravitated to ward artists like Stevie Wonder, Sade and Alicia Keys. Before she was 16, she said, she had already been "walking through every door I could" and getting used to being on stage and finding her voice. Although she con tinues to travel regularly to Los Angeles, Calif., Lokre continues to hone her craft in Toronto. Regular tickets are $ 4 4 each; Big Ticket is $37; and, Big Ticket Plus is $33. Tickets can be pur chased from the Oakville Centre at 9 0 5 -8 1 5 -2 0 2 1 , toll-free at 1 -8 8 8 -4 8 9 7 7 8 4 or by email at boxoffice@oakville.ca. RetroFestive.ca, Film.ca hold special watch party Retro Festive, Canada's pop culture Christmas store, presents an eve ning of fun celebrat ing the broadcast of A Christmas Story Live! 7 p.m. at Film .ca Cinemas on Sunday, Dec. 17. Joining in on the fun is Zack Ward, who played Scut Farkus in A Christ mas Story in 1983. A Christmas Story Live!, which stars Mat thew Broderick, Maya Rudolph, Ana Gasteyer, Ken Jeong and more, is inspired by the original movie and A Christ mas Story: The Musical, which opened on Broad way in 2012. Retro Festive' s W atch Party will include trivia contests and giveaways during commercial breaks, plus a question and answer period with Zack Ward. St. Catharines, Ont., initially received a tepid reception from moviego ers, but it is now widely considered one of the best Christmas films of all time. Tyler and Jordie Schwartz, of Oakville, are the founders of RetroFestive.ca, which is the Canadian distributor of the iconic leg lamps from A Christmas Story. In 2 0 0 7 they founded Retro Festive to meet the grow ing demand for holiday movie collectibles and Christmas kitsch. They also made a fan documentary called Road Trip for Ralphie where they found all of the Canadian filming lo cations of the movie. In 2 0 1 3 , Tyler wrote A Christmas Story Trea sury, which tells the story behind the film' s unlikely success and reveals it's humble Canadian be ginnings. The book was published to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the film. Tickets are $6 in cluding a popcorn and soda and can be pur chased from eventbrite. ca /e /a -ch ristm a s-sto ry liv e -w a tc h -p a rty -tic k ets-411 4 3 7 1 1 9 5 0 . Film. ca Cinemas is located at 171 Speers Rd. in Oakville. Bring food bank donation The W atch Party for A Christmas Story Live! will support Kerr Street Mission (KSM), in Oakville. People who are attending are encouraged to bring canned food or other items suitable for the food bank. All ticket proceeds will also be donated to KSM. A Christmas Story, which was filmed in To ronto, Scarborough and Liz Lokre will perform at the Oakville Centre for the Performing Arts on Saturday, Dec. 16 at 8:30 p.m. | submitted image Family. Together forever. Pre-select space in our elegant Last Supper Mausoleum and honour your family and faith forever. For generations to come, our modern buildings will provide for comfortable visitation in any season. iee-dee! ily Savings Club Double Points Weekend! On now until December 17 C om plete your m ausoleum pre-planning today. Take the first step. Call now. 905-257-1100 glenoaks.ca Glen Oaks Funeral Home&Cemetery byArbor Memorial SHOPPINJ DAYS LEFT TO CHRISTMAS!!! Family Owned. Proudly Canadian. C O M E & S E E N E W G IF T IT E M S P E R F E C T F O R T H E H O L ID A Y S 3164 Ninth Line (403 & Dundas St.), Mississauga/Oakville, ON Arbor Memorial Inc. 3 3 5 0 F A IR V IE W S T R E E T , B U R L IN G T O N 9 0 5 - 6 3 4 - 7 7 0 0 · E M A I L : w b u 1 @ b e ll n e t .c a W E BRING PEOPLE & NATURE TOGETHER