Celebrating History in Bristol.  The commemoration of the founding of Bristol and the celebration of the municipality's 150th birthday includes a variety of events and exhibitions. In July a dinner/dance on the wharf with the Dick Maloney band, and in October an expedition to the highest point of the Bristol Mines property.  Documents are on display at the town hall, including the Council minutes of 1855 and receipts from stores which now belong to the past.
For more information, visit the website www.bristolmunicipality.com or call the town hall at (81) 647-5555.

July 23 to 31.
Pontiac School of the Arts first session.  Arrangements for courses are being finalized and copies of the brochure will soon be available. Some courses will be taught in one language and some in both.
The following people will be among those teaching courses at the School: Val Bridgeman (papermaking and working in clay), Robin Stone (nature writing), Eric and Katherine Fletcher (self-publishing), Dale Shutt (silk painting), Betty Russell (decorative painting), Heidi Arden (photography), Nancy Gaudreault (portraiture), Raymond Sander-Regier (printmaking and fly tying), Ruby Ewen (introduction to painting), Gretchen Schwarz (musical keyboard technique), and Robert Wills (the computer as a musical tool). For information, call: 1-819-647-2247 and leave a message, which will be answered as quickly as possible.  Visit the website at www.pontiacschoolofthearts.com or email: info@pontiacschoolofthearts.com
Some people attending the courses will need accommodation.  If you  have rooms, apartments or cottages which would be available for renting, please let the School's committee know by calling the abovementioned number.

Pontiac printmaker’s workshop resumes activity. Underground Impressions Souterraines is an open working Artist’s Print Studio, located at 320 Main Street in Shawville.  Artist/printmaker Raymond Sander-Regier will be using various hand printing processes over the summer.  You are invited to drop by and take this opportunity to learn about printmaking processes and equipment, see the creative work in progress and browse through the finished pieces. Hours: Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, 10.00 am. to 5.00 pm.; Friday, 10.00 am. to  6.00 pm.  For information call (819) 647-5549.
Raymond Sander-Regier is also a member of the Committee for the Pontiac School of the Arts (see above entry).

July 29, 30 and 31.  Riverside Jam in Carleton Place, Ontario.
Among those performing will be Gail Gavan, the Mick Armitage Band and Joanne Dubeau, as well as Paul Brandt, Michelle Wright, Adam Gregory, Big Al Downing, Wayne Rostad, Ambush, Carroll Baker and many others. For tickets and information call (613) 226-9178 or visit the website: www.riversidejam.com

Until October 31. EXPOSITION D’ART is a group of nine artists with home studios on Allumette Island, open to the public from May 1 through October 31.  Their works include painting and sculpture in a variety of media.  Palette signs, with numbers and colours, guide you along the route from one artist to another. Brochures are available throughout the area at various businesses and tourist centers. The group invites you to take the time to enjoy the EXPOSITION D’ART this coming season and suggests that you may just find the piece of art that you have been looking for!
For information contact Claudette Spence, at Studio Three, East Range Road, Isle-aux-Allumettes, Quebec, J0X 1M0, or call (819) 689-5050.