November 27-28.  Christmas Star Sale.  Pontiac artist Elke Bzdurreck is holding a Christmas Star sale, at the  new Herb Plant in which she is involved and at her house, at 201 rue Principale, Fort Coulonge, Québec.  Elke Bzdurreck has been mentioned in previous entries in the Cultural Bulletin (see our Winter and Spring 2004 issues).
For information call: (819) 683-3780
phone & fax); e-mail Elke:bzd@sympatico.ca
or visit her website at  elkebzd.com

November 27.  Black Jack, band from Quyon.  At Le P’tit Bar,  362 Martineau Avenue, Otter Lake, in the Pontiac.
For information call: (819) 453-2102.

November 27.  Hugh Scott, country singer from Luskville.  At the River Club Rivière, Portage du Fort.  1.30-5.30 pm.
For information call: (819) 647-5399.

November 27. Wakefield School Benefit Concert. 
An evening of bluegrass with the Backstabbers, (30s style country band from Toronto), and Janet Purcell and her band Big River (from Wakefield).  At the Black Sheep Inn, Wakefield.  Show starts at 9 pm. Proceeds from advance tickets will go to Wakefield Elementary School for renovations to its library and improvements to the book collection. Tickets are $10.00.  Available locally from the Wakefield General Store, La Source, Café 1870 and Dep Proprio or by calling Amanda Dexter at (819) 450-2004.

Currently exhibiting:  “Erratics”, exhibition of oil paintings by Chelsea artust Reid McLachlan at the Karsh-Masson Gallery, 136 St. Patrick Street, Ottawa.  The Gallery is open Wednesday to Sunday, from 10 am. to 4 pm.  The show is sponsored in part by the City of Ottawa. The exhibition features 40 paintings, and offers a meditation on fear, fate and doubt and the scars they leave on people. 
For information call (613) 580-2424, ext. 14167. The exhibition runs until January 2.