THE DAILY DURHAM LOCAL GUIDE
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Porsche Experience Centre Toronto is listed in Durham Region's business dataset at 356 Porsche Drive, Pickering, Ontario. Its recorded business activity is amusement and theme parks. Contact the business to confirm current services and hours.
Port Perry Lawn Bowling Club is listed in Durham Region's business dataset at 16077 Old Simcoe Road, Port Perry, Ontario. Its recorded business activity is bowling centres. Contact the business to confirm current services and hours.
Preston Gallery is listed in Durham Region's business dataset at 77 Brock Street West, Uxbridge, Ontario. Its recorded business activity is art dealers. Contact the business to confirm current services and hours.
Putting Edge Fun Centre is listed in Durham Region's business dataset at Unit 4, 75 Consumers Drive, Whitby, Ontario. Its recorded business activity is amusement and theme parks. Contact the business to confirm current services and hours.
Red Barn Auditorium is listed in Durham Region's business dataset at 172 Wayne Avenue, Oshawa, Ontario. Its recorded business activity is all other gambling industries. Contact the business to confirm current services and hours.
A children's art studio in Port Perry run by artist and educator Rachel Stableford. Year-round art classes for ages 4 to 12 focus on the creative process over the finished product, with qualified instructors guiding students through painting, drawing, printmaking, sculpture and mixed media. The studio states that all staff are first aid, CPR and AED certified, carry regular vulnerable-sector checks, and use only artist-quality materials. Ribbit Art Studio also offers themed summer camps (2026 camp weeks for ages 5-11), art birthday parties with professional artists, PA day and school-break programs, and special events. Studio contact hours are listed as Monday to Sunday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Rolling Hills Studio is a creative art studio in the Sunderland countryside, founded in 2011 by artist Anja Kooistra. Its renovated rustic barn hosts half-day and full-day sculpture workshops where visitors create pieces such as fairies, mushrooms, herons and roosters. The studio also takes group bookings for parties, wedding and baby showers, and team-building events, and accepts commission requests. The studio is open to the public by appointment and welcomes personal visits.
Family-run golf recreation spot on Scugog Line 4, operating since 2020. The facility pairs a full driving range — roomy bays, clear targets, club rentals and quality balls — with a scenic 18-hole mini putt course dotted with character cutouts, floral benches and a full-size military plane. Golf lessons for adults and youth are led by coach Chris Jamieson in private, semi-private and small-group formats. The mini putt hosts birthday and group parties with picnic tables, a fridge for cake and staff help with food pickup. The pro shop sells snacks and ice cream. Pricing: mini putt $8 adults / $6 kids, range balls from $7, lessons from $35. Hours: ball dispenser daily 6:00 AM - 8:00 PM; staffed pro shop May 1 - September 15 Monday-Friday 10:00 AM - 8:00 PM, September 15 - October 31 Monday-Friday 3:00 PM - 7:00 PM, and November 1 - April 30 weather dependent.
The Sarah Jane Williams Museum is one of the museum sites operated by Clarington Library, Museums & Archives in Bowmanville. It offers self-directed exhibit tours and rotating exhibitions drawn from the museum's permanent collection, covering the history, industry, schoolhouses and people of Clarington, plus an interactive children's play space, ClaringTOWN. Exhibits on display include works by local artists and displays on topics such as Clarington's industrial past and its postcard history. Opening hours: Tuesday and Wednesday 10am-4pm, Thursday 10am-8pm, Saturday 10am-4pm, closed Monday, Friday and Sunday.
The community arts hub of Scugog, run by the Scugog Council for the Arts from its Queen Street space in Port Perry. Scugog Arts runs a year-round workshop program covering watercolour basics, float glass and enamel, junk journal, needle felting, oil painting basics, printmaking and more, plus juried exhibitions, resident artists, the Biidaaban Gallery, an artisan shop of handmade local work, and community events such as the Small Town Open Mic, studio tours and the annual juried Christmas Shop. Admission to the arts space is free. Memberships are available for artists and supporters. Phone 905-982-2121 or email info@scugogarts.ca for workshop registration and event details.
The Township of Scugog's open-air museum on Scugog Island, overlooking Port Perry. The village brings mid-1800s to mid-1900s rural life to view through 11 restored heritage buildings: a log cabin and Victorian farmhouse plus working trade shops including the blacksmith shop, woodwright shop, harness shop and print shop. The grounds also hold heritage flower, herb and vegetable gardens and the Ojibway Heritage Interpretive Lands, developed with the Mississaugas of Scugog Island First Nation. The museum preserves, researches, interprets and exhibits artifacts of the cultural and natural history of the Township of Scugog area, and runs school programs, special events, birthday parties and private rentals year-round. Guided tours run Wednesday to Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. during open season (May to September); off-season visits by appointment. 2026 admission: adults $5.50, students and seniors $4.50, children 5-12 $2, children 4 and under free; admission may vary for special events.
Shaw Studios is listed in Durham Region's business dataset at 226 Centre Street North, Whitby, Ontario. Its recorded business activity is independent visual artists and artisans. Contact the business to confirm current services and hours.
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