Wakefield Community Events

Shows at the Black Sheep Inn
On Wednesday, September 20, Theatre Wakefield organized a spoof entitled Canadian Idle as a benefit for Jane Sless, Wakefield nurse who is the Inn's resident dancer and is recovering from brain surgery
September 28. Castor, from Chelsea, with Carlangis. At 9.00 pm. Advanced tickets: $7.00.
September 30. Wakefield singer/songwriter Craig Cardiff, with singer/ guitarist Natalia Zukerman. At 9.00 pm.  Advanced tickets: $10.00
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

Wakefield writer Nathan Vanek is having a book published by a new British publisher.  Bluemoose Books, located in Yorkshire, will shortly publish, as one of its first two books, The Bridge Between, a collection of articles written by Vanek and originally published in The Low Down to Hull and Back newspaper between 1999 and 2000. The book may be ordered at the publisher's website www.bluemoosebooks.com

September 17 and 24.  Dr. Harold, a one-man play by John Hardie about the life of Dr. Harold Geggie, the founder of the Gatineau Memorial Hospital, will be staged at the senior citizens' home, Le Manoir, on Riverside Road, at 7.00 pm. on each of the above dates.Dr. Geggie's daughter Norma, herself a Wakefield author, will be present to answer questions about her father's career. John Hardie is a member of the Board of the Gatineau Memorial Hospital Centre.
Tickets: $10.00 from the Hospital boutique, Chez Eric and at the door.  Seating is limited.
Proceeds in support of the Centre.

September 8 -October 3. Vernissage of a new exhibition of paintings by Ruby Ewen, under the title "Mountain Serenade, Lake O'Hara Complex". The pictures are Ruby Ewen's vivid response to the mountain and lake landscape of the Lake O'Hara complex in Yoho National Park in British Columbia. Galerie McKenzie Marcotte is located at 26 chemin Sully in Wakefield.  Open weekends from 10.00 am. to 5.00 pm. and at other times by chance or appointment.For information call 819-459-3164 or e-mail to info@mckenziemarcotte.ca.The exhibition can be previewed at the website at www.mckenziemarcotte.ca.

September 1 - 30. Artists Sandy Castledine and Sue Williams display their recent work in their exhibition Country Mouse/City Mouse, at the Marché des Artisans, Riverside Drive, in Wakefield.For information call 819-459-2662.

On September 10 the Wakefield Grannies held their Second Annual Great Grannies' Concert on the covered bridge in Wakefield.  The headline feature of the show was Afraranto (i.e. Butterfly), with vocals, guitar and percussion of the principal performers from the African Guitar Summit.  Songs chosen by the Grannies were performed by the Wakefield Group Immaterial, and singer Bethan Nodwell appeared with her new combo Bethan and the Boys. During the day drumming workshops for youngsters and adults were offered by Kathy Armstrong and Rory McGill of the Baobab Tree Drum Dance Community.  Solstice Books, Wakefield's new bookstore, hosted a story telling program with Wakefield Grannies chairperson Mailee Rhody reading African children's stories. All proceeds of this event go to support the Alexandra Gogos in South Africa, who are raising their grandchildren, orphaned by AIDS.

Announcement from the Black Sheep Inn. The Black Sheep Inn invites submissions for exhibitions in The Square Foot Gallery, currently showing Made in China by local metal-working artist Michael Kinghorn.

September 23-24-30 and October 1.  Artists in Their Environment.Award-winning Annual Tour of artists' studios in the Chelsea and Wakefield areas.
Participating artists: Pam Connolly, Glen Foster, Marilyn French St. George, Susan Glazer, Adrienne Herron, Lee Hutchinson, Carmella Karijo Rother, Diane Lemire, Heather McDonald, Alex MacKenzie, Rick Madore, Robert Moeller, Janice Moorhead, Marie-France Nitski, Louis Rompré, Richard Stoker, Tiffany Teske, Chris Turner, Monelle Vadier, Marc Walter, Raymond Warren, Linda Wright.
For map of the tour and further details visit the website at www.arttourchelseawakefield.com/artists.html
or call 819-459-3233, or e-mail to info@arttourchelseawakefield.com

Biblio Wakefield Library has received a $10,000 seed money grant from the Caisse populaire Desjardins Masham-Luskville.  Ned Ellis, the library organizer, says the money will be used to hire a transition planner, who will work to find the funding for a paid co-ordinator for the Library.  Ellis points out that this Library received an award for being the best library of its size in 2004, and that in 2005 it held over 150 events, including readings, two movie series and summer programs.
The Library is now asking the La Pêche Municipal Council to support it to the same degree as the municipalities of Cantley and Chelsea support the libraries in their communities.
The Library's 2006 summer reading program for children aged 5 to 12 continues until August 26.

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

September 23-24-30 and October 1.

The artists' studio tour Artists in Their Environment, including 19 artists living and working in the Gatineau Valley, will be held on these dates.  For information call (819) 459-3233 or visit the website at www.ArtTourChelseaWakefield.com