Profiles of Local Businesses and Resources
In the spotlight
theHumm's cover story each month is always about a local artist. We also publish profiles of local farmers and food producers throughout the year.
On this page you'll find a summary of all profiles currently available on the website, including a few of other local businesses and resources that we've turned the spotlight on.
Don't forget to check out the photo galleries that go with many of these profiles.
Submit an idea
If you think there is a local artist, food producer or other resource that theHumm should be covering, give us a shout!

Community
Humm Contributors
Bill Buttle, ArtBeat Cartoonist
Dagne Forrest, Web Development
Earle Barber, IT & Database Development
Glenda Jones, Who is this Reever?
Rob Riendeau, Layout and Design
Local Artists
5iz Photography Collective Profile
Almonte Crazy Quilters Profile
Brent Kirkham Woodworker Profile
Dr. Shelley L. Ball - Photographer, Biologist, Environmental Educator
Elizabeth Veninga - Mixed Media Artist
Graham Ross - Illustrator, Graphic Designer
Jack Stekelenburg - Metal Sculptor
Jacquie Christiani - Watercolour Artist
Jeweller Profile Meredith Kucey
John Robert Bradley - Visual Artist & Instructor
Karen Phillips Curran - Watercolourist
Linda Hamilton - Visual Artist
Mary Jane Lancaster, Painter and Sculptor
Mary Lou Devine, Fabric Sculptor & Instructor
Mary Lynn Baker - Artist and Craftswoman
Mary Pfaff - Visual Artist, Teacher & Arts for Wellness Coach
Robert Pauly, Milliner, Jeweller, Art Quilts
Sally Hansen, Intrepid Arts Reporter & Nature Photographer
Sarah Moffat - Mixed Media Artist
Sherry White, Mixed Media Artist, Sculptor and Graphic Designer
Spartan Rubacha - Furniture Designer
Strachan Ley Johnston - Painter
The General - Exhibiting Artist Norman Takeuchi
Victoria Jenkins, Clay Sculptor & Potter
Local Food Producers
Bonita Ford and Sébastien Bacharach
Diana Beresford-Kroeger, Scientist & Author
Local Musicians
Brock Zeman, Singer Songwriter
Other Profiles
Feb 8 Meet the Artists
Feb 15 Back Forty Winterland
Feb 15 Frost & Fire Winter Festival
Feb 15 All You Need is Love Mix and Mingle Dance
Feb 24 - 25 Patrick Watson
Feb 28 Miss Emily Band
Mar 8 Basia Bulat
Mar 14 Cuff The Duke
Mar 21 JW Jones Band
Mar 30 Andrew Hyatt
- Bryant Schwartz — Is It Art?
- A Wackadoodle Mashup of Will’s Works Studio Theatre’s The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) (revised) (again)
- Warm Up Your Winter with the Sounds of Chamber Music
- Four New Books to Keep You Cozy ’til Spring
- The Mystery of the Human Voice
- Road Warrior: Jack de Keyzer at The Cove
- Back Forty Winterland
- Lunar New Year 2025 Celebrate with Food, Fun, and Family Activities
- There Goes the Bride… Hilarious British Farce Starts the Season at The Station Theatre
- A New Year’s Letter from Mom