The Starlights Synchro team performs at the Feb. 26 “Leap into Spring” gala. The talents of local figure skaters hit the ice last week for the “Leap into Spring” gala. It was hosted by Skate Amherstburg, specifically the Diamond Divas synchro team, as a way to give the association’s synchro teams a chance to perform. The show lasted nearly one hour last Thursday night, Feb. 26, at the Libro Centre. “We did it to have a night for all synchro teams to perform,” said Diamond Div

The cast and crew made up of students and staff of St. Thomas of Villanova Catholic Secondary School presented the opening weekend of its production of “Mamma Mia!” with three shows running last Friday through Sunday. Three more shows are scheduled this Thursday through Saturday (Feb. 26-28) with each show starting at 7 p.m. All seats for Feb. 26 are $10 with Feb. 27-28 shows costing $15 adults/students, $10 for seniors and children ages 6-12 and free for children under six.

Poets Erik E-Tomic Johnson (left) and Paulina O’Kieffe appeared at “Voices and Verses” at the Amherstburg Freedom Museum Feb. 22. “It doesn’t matter how we get here, we all know Middle Passage all too well.” Middle Passage was considered to be the hardening journey for slaves when they were put on ships and sent across the ocean to North America. It has a great deal of meaning for the poet Paulina O’Kieffe who wrote the words and read them during “Voices and Verses” last Sund