October
25. Planning meeting of the Pontiac School of the Arts.
At the CEDEC office, 357 Main Street, Shawville. All
interested persons are welcome.
On November 4 and 5 freelance writer Katharine Fletcher
will give a course on Becoming a Freelance Writer.
This course is offered by the Pontiac
School of the Arts and supported by Heritage College in
Gatineau.
In the same weekend the Pontiac School of the Arts will
offer a course on Nature Writing by author and
columnist Robin Stone.
At St. James's School in Portage du Fort.
For information visit the website of the Pontiac School
of the Arts at
www.pontiacschoolofthearts.com
Entertainment at the Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 33,
59 Bancroft, Aylmer.
November 11 (Saturday), Remembrance Day. Entertainment
by Mike Fahey, starting at 4.00 pm.
Thursday night entertainment. Full meal deal at 6.00
pm. Cost: $6.00. Entertainment at 7.30 pm. Everyone
welcome, no membership required.
October 26. Al Visser, originally from Aylmer.
October 26.
On CBC Radio 1, Chris MacLean and Kuljit, from
the group Galitcha (appearing at the Black Sheep Inn
on November 19), will be interviewed by Shelagh Rogers
on the program Sounds Like Canada. At 10.00 am.
MacLean and Kuljit will be talking about their new album
Célébration Blé d'Inde Celebration and their
project of sending medicine to a clinic in Timbouctou in
Mali.
October
29. Ron Moores, from Cantley, host of The Back 40
on CKCU (93.1 FM) will launch the 29th Annual Funding
Drive for the station, which is entering its 31st year
of broadcasting.
Pledges of financial support (tax-deductible) will be
invited. Dial and donate at 613-520-3920, or, outside
the Ottawa area, at 1-877-520-3920.
October
23.
Reception hosted by the La Pêche Heritage Committee
for the presentation of the 2006 La Pêche Centenary
Plaques, in continuation of the Municipal Heritage
Recognition program. Over the past 10 years this
program has produced an inventory of more than 100
centenary buildings in La Pêche. The Gatineau Valley
Historical Society (GVHS) is using the occasion for
a special monthly meeting in support of the program.
At 7.30 pm., at the La Pêche Arena (Salle Desjardins),
in Ste-Cécile-de-Masham.
Following the presentation of the centenary plaques
GVHS President Marc Cockburn will give a talk on the
historical nature and evolution of Masham and Wakefield,
illustrated by maps.
Plaques will be presented to the following owners of
heritage properties:
Harold Gauthier (Gauthier Farmhouse, Lac des Loups),
Blair Kingsbury (Maison Clarence Kingsbury and the
Whipporwill Campsite, Masham), Clare Davidson (Marshall
Brown Farmhouse, Wakefield), Geneviève Parent (Chalet de
Thomas Cameron Bate, Wakefield), the
Municipality of La Pêche (R.O. Morris Tannery/Wakefield
Library), Patricia Bassett and Philippe Cappeliez
(Senator Bellcourt Cottage, Wakefield) and Tijs and
Vivian Bellar-Spruyt (Maison Bellar-Spruyt, Lascelles).
Descriptions of these properties appear in the GVHS
Newsletter for October-November, provided by Norma
Geggie.
For information, call the Society at 819-827-4432, or
email to
info@gvhs.ca
Show
at the Black Sheep Inn
October 27.
Lynn Miles, originally from Aylmer.Advanced
tickets: $15.00.|
Online tickets available. For information on advanced
ticket sales visit the Black Sheep Inn website at
www.theblacksheepinn.com
October
22. Author Frances Itani,
whose novel Deafening was nominated for the
2003 IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, will read from
her works at Solstice Books in Wakefield. At
3.00 pm.
Admission free, but as space is limited tickets will be
issued on a first-come, first-served basis.
Solstice Books is located at 721 Riverside Drive in
Wakefield.
The
Wakefield Book Club
The Book Club meets at the Wakefield Public
Library at 10.00 am. on every third Friday from October
to June. If you are looking for a book club there is
space available here.
October's
reading is as follows:
October 20: The Kite Runner by Khaled
Hosseini
For information call Ann Stone at 819-827-5704
October
31.
At Église LaPêche, Youth Drama presents a free
theatrical evening: A Witch's Invitation - The
Champion and Satan bite the dust. For ages 12 and
over.
At Église LaPêche, 889 Riverside Drive, Wakefield.
Until
October 30. Seasons, an exhibition of paintings
by Christine Leger.
At Marché des artisans, 727 Riverside Drive, Wakefield.
Aylmer
Ecumenical Choir is looking for new members, aged 16
and over; all voices needed.
