Exhibitions at Galerie Cachée.
May 20 Vernissage of Metamorphosis, exhibition by Wakefield artist Rick Ritza.  At Galerie Cachée, 2.00-5.00 pm.The exhibition continues until June 4.For information call Jamie Munro at (819) 459-1525

May 21.  Book-launching party for Jim Robinson's book The Quio: How Quyon Came To Be.  At Gavan's Hotel, Quyon at 3.00 pm. The author will be pleased to autograph copies of his book. For information about this book visit Jim Robinson’s website at www.quyon.ca

May 22.  Annual Dinner of the Gatineau Valley Historical Society.  At the Edelweiss Golf and Country Club, at 6.00 pm. Peter Frood, Director of Parks Canada’s Historic Places Initiative, will speak on how communities in the Gatineau Valley can value, enjoy and conserve our local historic places.  Entertainment by Bobby Watt, local traditional musician, stonemason and police pipe band member.
This year’s dinner is in support of the Musée Fairbairn Museum, a community project of the Society aimed at developing a quality bilingual museum focusing on the human and natural heritage of the Gatineau Valley  and using the original home of William Fairbairn, a founder of Wakefield and builder of the first grist mill on the La Pêche River in 1838. Tickets: $25.00
To purchase a ticket call René Nielsen at (819) 827-1845

May 25. Ron Moores's Back 40 Band hosts the Back 40 Stage at Rasputin's with special guests Jan Purcell and Pine Road, at Rasputin's, 696 Bronson Avenue, Ottawa.  7:30 p.m. Admission: $5.00.   Every last Thursday of the month (except in July, August and December) Ron Moores and the Back 40 Band host the Back 40 Stage at Rasputins.  The musicians of Back 40 come from both Quebec and Ontario.  Ron Moores resides in Cantley.  In the 2005-2006 Central Canadian Bluegrass Awards Contest he was named DJ of the Year. Ron regularly introduces at the Black Sheep Inn in Wakefield.  The Band broadcasts on CKCU-FM  Community Radio (93.1) at noon on Saturdays.  For information call Rasputins at (613) 230-5102 or email dean.verger@rasputins.ca, or call Ron Moores at (819) 827-0068, or email ron.moores@back40.ca

May 26.  Mob Mayhem, dinner and a murder mystery, presented by the Pontiac Community Players.  At Pontiac High School, Shawville, in the gym. Tickets: $25.00 until May 19. Available at Pontiac High School's main office.

May 27.  Recital and Récitale at Paulette's School of Fiddle & Stepdance.  Fiddle and stepdance.  At Bryson Theatre at 1.30 pm. Admission: Adults $7.00, children $2.00 (children 12 and under free with adult supervision).  All welcome.

Until August 10 Geraldine Classen, from Portage du Fort, is holding her exhibition "Abandoned in the Pontiac" at the Casino du Lac-Leamy in Hull.  Her paintings, into which she incorporates old photographs, depict empty, unused buildings, and reveal a style different from that of earlier work in which she was inspired by her time in Mexico.Geraldine Classen is a participant in the Pontiac Artists' Studio Tour and a member of the Board of the Pontiac School of the Arts (PSOTA).  See the entries in this Bulletin regarding these two events