General News
September
28. Ron Moores, from Cantley, once more presents Back
40 Stage at Rasputin's,
696 Bronson Avenue, Ottawa. His guest is well-known
songwriter Charlie Sohmer.For information call
Rasputin's at 613-230-5102, or visit the website at
www.rasputins.ca
Online tickets available, or phone TicketWeb:
1-888-222-6608.
Advanced tickets are available for all shows at the
following locations:
Compact Music: The Downtown Store, 190 Bank Street,
Ottawa (613-233-3706); The Glebe Store, 785½ Bank
Street, Ottawa (613-233-8922)
End Hits, 427 Dalhousie, Ottawa - between Rideau and
Besserer - (613-241-HITS)
Ottawa Folklore Centre, 1111 Bank Street,
Ottawa(613-730-2887)
For further information visit the Black Sheep Inn
website at
www.theblacksheepinn.co
Competition for Visual Artists.
The City of Gatineau has announced, in
anticipation of the annual celebration of Les
Culturiades on Wednesday, October 25, that it
will accept submissions of original works of art, of
which one will be selected by a jury for award to the
recipient of the Hommage Ville de Gatineau prize
during the celebration.
The City invites the participation of artists living in
the Outaouais region (region 7) and the National Capital
region (125 km radius) to submit an original work
created during the past three years. The deadline
for submissions is October 11 next.
For full information contact Mireille Boudreault
at the Service des arts, de la culture et des lettres,
tel: 819-243-2300
Advance
Notice
La Basoche,
venue for performing artists at the Centre Culturel du
Vieux-Aylmer, 120 Principale in Aylmer, has just
published an outline of its program for 2006-07. The
list includes the group Galitcha, whose
appearances at the Black Sheep Inn in Wakefield have
often been mentioned in this Bulletin.
More details as they become available.
For information call
819 243-8000.
The
Castenchel Choir in Chelsea is recruiting new members
for its 2006-2007 season.
Well-known for its concerts, given at St. Stephen's
Church in Old Chelsea, the choir sings a wide variety of
music. The Director is Gary Dahl.
For information call Dawn Young at 819-459-3737.
The
Steering Committee for the Fairbairn Museum project has
drafted three documents, which are serving as the basis
for the production of the forthcoming Business Plan
which will guide the development and long-term
operation of the Museum and facilitate fund-raising.
Preparation of the Business Plan is funded by the
Gatineau Valley Historical Society, the SADC Pontiac and
the CLD des Collines-de-l'Outaouais.
The three documents are:
1. Fairbairn House - Buildings Archaeological Series,
Report #1,
by Jonathan Murphy and Shawn Graham (website
www.fairbairn.ca/fairbairn.pdf).
2. Fairbairn Museum Building and Infrastructure Plan,
by Michael Cooper, Neil Faulkner and John Kingsley
(website www.fairbairn.ca/fairbairn_bldg_plan.pdf).
3. Fairbairn Museum Vision, Products and Services,
by Tamara Tarasoff and Krista Cooke (recently discussed
at three focus groups meeting at Les Trois Érables in
Wakefield).
For further information call the Gatineau Valley
Historical Society at (819) 827-4432, or email to
info@gvhs.ca
Gary
Dahl, the Director of the Castenchel choir,
has cut a CD featuring a cycle of 22 favourite Mennonite
hymns, entitled Songs from the Gesangbuch.The CD
is available for purchase. For information call (819)
827-3975
The Gatineau Valley Historical
Society has just published Volume 32 of its series Up
the Gatineau!,
featuring eight local stories of the past, on such
subjects as firefighting, a family of settlers,
prohibition, women and the vote, and old-time
schooldays.The Volume is available at Solstice Books in
Wakefield, through reidh@travel-net.com, or by calling
(819) 827-0138.
A Call to Artists for Submissions for an Exhibition in
2007.The
Espace Pierre-Debain in Aylmer invites artists engaged
in a variety of media to submit entries for an
exhibition to be held at the Centre culturel du Vieux-Aylmer,
120 Principale, Gatineau, in 2007. Deadline for
submissions : September 15, 2006.
Submissions must include :
- ten recent pieces of work on CD-rom or slides
- curriculum vitae
- a summary of your artistic career
- a brief description of your proposed exhibit
Submissions will be evaluated by a selection committee.
They should be sent to :
Louise Tourangeau, responsable de l’Espace Pierre-Debain,
Ville de Gatineau, C. P. 1970, succ. Hull, Gatineau
(Québec) J8X 3Y9, or
you may deliver them in person at the Centre culturel du
Vieux-Aylmer, 120, rue Principale, Gatineau (secteur
d’Aylmer).
For information call (819) 685-5033.
Advance
Notice
October
15
-22
Mick Armitage Band,
accompanied by Pontiac singer Gail Gavan, will be in
Dublin, Ireland, where they will be recording a live CD and
DVD. They will be accompanied by a number of relatives,
friends and fans, and Armitage is hoping that the group will
in the end number 100 or more. So far, 35 people have
booked.
Anyone interested in joining the group can get information
from Fairlawn Travel at (613) 723-9223.A radio contest
through Y101 will offer a chance to win the trip for free.
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