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April 20. St. Andrew's United Church, Wakefield.
6.30 pm.
The
Québec Anglophone Heritage Network (QAHN) is planning
workshops intended to show members of municipal councils how
to collaborate with conservationists in saving important
landmarks and historic sites for future generations. The
project will have the assistance of Dr. Josiane Caillet, art
and architecture historian, who is helping to stage
workshops in other regions of Québec and is developing a
guide on local heritage conservation for municipalities.
Jonathan Murphy, Chelsea-based archaeologist and historian,
is coordinating the Outaouais workshops, and will shortly be
announcing
further
dates and locations.
Murphy notes that the workshops will give information about
the Québec Cultural Property Act and how to use it. He
points out that Chelsea and La Pêche have heritage
committees in operation, but many municipalities do not.
For information contact Jonathan Murphy at (819) 827-7658 or
email
jmurphy@geocognition.com
 Shows
at the National Arts Centre, Fourth Stage, 53 Elgin Street,
Ottawa.
8.00 pm. Doors open at 7.30 pm.Tickets available at the N.A.C.
Box Office, Monday to Saturday, 10.00 am. to 9.00 pm. (no
surcharge).By telephone: from TicketMaster, at (613)
755-1111, on line at www.ticketmaster.ca and in person at
all TicketMaster outlets (surcharges apply).
 April
5. Presented by the Ottawa Folk Festival, Mayworks Ottawa
and the Canadian Union of Public Employees.
Singer Eliza Gilkyson with the group Frida's Brow (Alise
Marlane, Chris Maclean, Jennifer Noxon).
April 7.
Presented by the Ottawa Folk Festival and the National Arts
Centre.
Fête des Anglo-Québécois/Anglophones from Québec: the group
Écosse
(Bobby Watt, James Stephens, Duncan Gillis, and Robert
Graves. Together they sing and play a lively mix of
original songs and traditional material from Scotland and
Québec.Tickets $15.00.
April 29. Ottawa Folk Festival, Final Auditions.Discover the stars of tomorrow
at the Ottawa Folk Festival's annual talent search. Tickets
$10.00.
For information
call the Ottawa Folk Festival at (613) 230-8234; fax (613)
230-7887; email: festival@ottawafolk.org; website:
www.ottawafolk.org
Regular
event.
Every Saturday night until May 13 an Old Time Dance is held
at Bryson Lions Hall. Music is provided by The Brysonnaires.
Door opens at 7.30 pm. Round and square dancing 8.30 pm. to
12.30 am.
Hot lunch at 11.30 pm.
Admission: $6.00 . Everybody welcome.
 Pontiac
Artists Association
receive
grant of $4000
from
The Québec Minister of Culture and
Communications.
Madame Line Beauchamp, recently announced
the
money will be used for two projects: the publication of a
promotional leaflet about the 2006
Pontiac Artists' Workshops Tour,
which will take place in June; and the event known as Art
in the Park, in which the public is invited to join the
professional artists in creating a mural.
These annual events are regularly announced in this Cultural
Bulletin.
Radio
Wakefield
Radio Wakefield offers a medium of communication and
artistic expression to the community.
Established in November 2005 with web space funded by Rotary
International as part of the Radio Free Network Radio
Wakefield has been operating as a shell streaming 35 tunes
picked by Paul Symmes of the Black Sheep Inn. Founder Brian
Sanderson, of Rupert, says the station is now ready to
received blogs, music, works in progress, critiques and
agricultural news. It can be a portal to the World Wide Web
and a marketing tool for local business people. Sanderson
says: "The components are there -- the web, the hosting, the
server -- it's up to the community to grow it."
Visit
http://radiowakefield.ca to register, or contact
brian@radiofreenetwork.ca
Listen now
Wakefield Public Library
Contest.
Biblio Wakefield Library has a new Young Adults/ADO section,
including A DOOR THAT NEEDS ART. The winner of the contest
gets $100 cash and a bag of book booty. Each entry gets a
free Sandy's pizza and baseball cap. Deadline for entries:
April 14. Get forms at the Library or call Glennis at (819)
459-2747.
 Onslow
Elementary School in Quyon is planning a school newspaper.
Currently the project is being developed by an enrichment
class, with the help of parents, and eventually will involve
the entire student body. The title of the paper: "Onslow
Needs to Know". Just recently the enrichment class was
addressed by Kate Aley of the Pontiac Journal on the way
journalists work.
The Shawville Talespinners
meet at the Archives on the first Friday of the month
at 2.00 pm. (summer months excluded). Formed by
Venetia Crawford, one of the founders of the Archives, this
group brings together local people who can remember the
personalities and events of the past. At the first meeting
Ms. Crawford used the topic of "school days" as a starting
point, and related her own experiences as a teacher in Otter
Lake in the 1960s; other participants, including Reverend
William McDowell and Betty Shore, contributed to the same
theme. Among the future topics will be mail delivery, war
heroes and ghosts. Ms. Crawford would like to see
more people participate, and suggests that those who
participate come to the Archives in advance to search the
newspaper clippings for background to stories. The Archives
are open Tuesday to Thursday, 9.00 am. to 4.00 pm., and
Saturday, 10.00 am. to 2.00 pm.
Advance
Notice
Wednesday, June 7
Tales from West Quebec : about places and peopleIn
English Old Methodist Chapel 495 Aylmer Road entrance on
Golf Street Aylmer (Gatineau)
7:00 p.m.
Talk and slide presentation by Katharine Fletcher, local
writer Ms. Fletcher will share stories drawn from the
region's rich natural historical and human legacy.
 Advance
Notice
June
10, 11 & 17, 18
(10 am - 6 pm)
Art
Discovery in the Pontiac! The
Pontiac Artists’ Studio Tour
Free Admission.
Artworks on exhibit and for sale.You
are invited to view works by thirteen artists in eleven
studios. All
the artists in this juried event have exciting new work they
are eager to reveal to the public. Brochures
with maps are available at stores along Highway 148 between
Aylmer and Fort Coulonge.
For maps, brochures & information contact:www.pontiacartists.com
info@pontiacartists.com
(819) 455-9351
Advance
notice.The
Pontiac School of the Arts will be holding its second annual
session from July 8 to July 16, at Portage du Fort.
Workshops will include papermaking, silk screen,
printmaking, printing, elementary drawing, free-lance
writing, digital photography, video, and portraiture.
For information call (819) 647-2291, or call Dale Shutt at
(819) 648-2441, or send email to
daleshutt@sympatico.ca
or
raymond@sanderregier.com
 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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