Aylmer Community Events

Until the end of March.  Exhibition of puppets at the Aylmer Library. 
At the beginning of the year we announced the course on puppetry, to be given at the Aylmer Library, as a free community service, by Ilse-Marie Gates with the assistance of her husband, Noel Gates. The course ended on Saturday, March 19, with the performance of a short puppet play in the presence of several of the parents. This was a very happy event, where everyone had fun.
The puppets made by the children are now on display in the showcase beside the Library's return counter, and will remain there until the end of the month.  They will then be returned to the children. The pictures show the children grouped around the miniature stage and the puppets mounted in the showcase. 

In the class, from left to right, Kathleen Durocher, Kristine Billette, Sarah Contreras Wolfe, Ilse-Marie Gates (instructor), Matt Albert, Sophie Dumais. For information call Ilse-Marie or Noel Gates at (819) 684-0846, or email to ngates@sympatico.ca

Until April 17.
The Aylmer Arts Council/Conseil des Arts d’Aylmer celebrates its 50^th Anniversary with an exhibition of works in a variety of media at the Espace Pierre Debain, 120 Principale, Aylmer. The Council’s exhibitions bring together the work of both francophone and Anglophone artists. 
The exhibition will be open from Monday to Friday, 1 pm to 8 pm, and on Saturdays and Sundays from noon to 4 pm.
For information call (819) 685-5033.

Shows at Royal CanadianLegion in Aylmer,
59 Bancroft.

March 24.  John Henry and Special Guest - Aylmer's own - "The Everly Brothers". 

Both shows: Full meal at 6 pm. Cost: $6.00. Entertainment starts at 7.30 pm.  Neither show requires membership. Proceeds in support of the Aylmer Legion.  For information call: (819) 684-7063.

Heritage Prize awarded to Enid Page. 
At the Annual Soirée des Culturiades, held on November 23, Enid Page, of the Aylmer Heritage Association, was awarded the Heritage Prize (Prix du Patrimoine) by the Fondation pour les arts, les lettres et la culture en Outaouais.
We announced this event on the General page of our summer issue, where it was noted that the City of Gatineau was offering a prize for an original art work, to be awarded as the “Hommage Ville de Gatineau”  at Les Culturiades. The prize was for a  work of art created within the last five years by any artist within the Outaouais or the National Capital Region.  The selection was made by a jury.  The prize was awarded to Cécile Lorrain, who, at the age of 86, continues to be active teaching art to senior citizens at La Cabane en bois rond.