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2 www.thehumm.com March 2011 Peter Lewis – THE HUMM When Opportunity Art… and Soul Strikes, Shoot It! With a camera, that is. Some people keep It’s the Eye diaries. Some artists wouldn’t be caught Trained originally in jewellery design, Peter’s career without their sketchbook. Peter Lewis car- was as a silkscreen printer. He became an ink tech- ries his camera. “You never know,” he says, nician and colour matcher at a time when colour “when you’ll see something remarkable. I’m matching was done by eye, adding a few drops of an opportunistic photographer.” this colour and a bit of that to achieve exactly the desired hue. Maybe that’s why he tries to avoid the by Sally Hansen use of computerized processing tools. “I want it to ARTIST TRADING CARD Th e landscape images he captures tell a slightly look the way I saw it,” he explains. “Nature isn’t per- diff erent story. For Lewis, opportunity can strike at fect; that’s part of her attraction.” from silkscreen printing he lived for fi ve years on a Narrowboat dawn because he got up earlier than that to be in It also explains his slightly exasperated response to (think house trailer on a barge) fl oating along the canals in Birming- a particular location by daybreak. For nature and a studio visitor who complained, “But you don’t have ham, UK. He also delivered boats to customers and skippered a res- landscape photographers, that fi rst hour of daylight any black and white!” His internal response was, “No, taurant canal boat. Did you know that Birmingham’s canal system is and the last hour of twilight are the sweet spots — I don’t care what’s in fashion.” His audible response longer than Venice’s? the spot where the shot will be the most eff ective. was, “Look out there; it’s not black and white!” On During a recent studio tour, a visitor was captivated the contrary, it is Lewis’s fi nely honed appreciation Opportunity Rings Up by a particularly lovely shot of a misty landscape and of colour that transforms his photos from the ordi- Without a prescriptive plan, Lewis was free to seize opportunity inquired, “Where is that?” When Peter replied, “Al- nary to celebrations of nature’s nuanced palette and when it presented itself a few years ago. “Th ere was always some- constantly changing thing there,” he tells me, as he explains how he landed in Clayton, colour displays. just fi fteen minutes west of Almonte. “Th ere” refers to his enduring Lewis prefers to and reciprocal interest in a female acquaintance from his youth in capture his digital pho- England — his best friend’s sister, Linda. Despite their mutual at- tographic images in the traction, life took Peter and Linda along their separate ways. Th ey camera, cropping his married other people, had kids, and Linda moved to Canada. About scenes with the lens, seven years ago Linda’s brother mentioned to Peter that Linda was not with the computer. divorced. So was Peter… so they got re-acquainted! Five years ago An ironic analogy oc- Linda and Peter married in England, and Peter immigrated to Linda curs to me. Th e advent Daniels-Lewis’s delightful Clayton home. Now he pursues his pas- of aff ordable digital sion for photography surrounded by three acres of bush and wet- equipment has enabled lands that even include a boardwalk! “en plain air” or “alfres- Always with a passion for photography, Peter cites a wonderful co” photography. No week-long course led by a landscape photographer at Algonquin more darkroom. Th e Park as the catalyst that turned him into a serious practitioner. He image is developed in bought his fi rst digital camera the year he came to Canada and the fi eld, so to speak. loved the immediacy of the results. A year later he participated in “Studio” photography the 2007 Crown and Pumpkin Studio Tour. He has been showing still entails hours at the and selling his work ever since. He enjoys the support and encour- computer, improving agement he receives from fellow photographers as a member of gonquin Park,” the visitor looked startled and said, the image that was captured, whether it was shot “Photography Matters
March 2011 www.thehumm.com 3 THE HUMM WHO Peter Lewis The Promise of Spring WHAT Landscape Photographer I’m not sure whether it was prompted by One of the best ways to experience the fi rst stir- that gloriously warm Friday in February rings of the season in this part of the world is to WHERE Home in Clayton,
theHumm Editorial es for planning your garden (page 9) to or this month’s Artist Profi le on page 3 for more WHEN March 26 & 27, 10AM–5PM, Pakenham Maple Rona Fraser’s compilation of book sugges- details). And be sure to check online for the Lanark Run Studio Tour
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42 Mill Street, Almonte ❖ www.soulscents.ca ❖ 1–866–347–0651 4 www.thehumm.com March 2011 Great Reads to Help Winter Slip Away Phew! It’s MARCH!! Finally!! to planning that water garden you’ve always want- Yes, I know… you’ve been sitting in the corner, rocking ed. Lots of pictures for ease of understanding. Get quietly, hands over your head, quietly repeating “It’s spring yourself a table at the Lanark Landing Restaurant, now it’s spring now it’s spring now…” I hear ya. February is order something tasty, and dream of sunny, warm, not the most fun month. My apologies to those who enjoy pleasant days spent outside as you design a water it — diff erent strokes for diff erent folks — maybe you have a feature and select underwater plants. birthday in February, or go on a ski or sun vacation, well, hap- Azteca by local author David. E. Scott ($16.95). py birthday and bon voyage. But for the rest of us… trudg- Recommended by Leslie Wallack of Th e Book ing through the cold snowy days, feeling spring is around the Nook, 56 Gore Street East in Perth. Set in the Car- corner and yet still just out of reach… February can seem like ibbean, this book has hilarious, off -the-wall bit the TARDIS — looks small from the outside but huge when players with bizarre agendas. Adventure, suspense
Stop & Smell the Chocolate you’re in the middle of it. (For non-geeks, the TARDIS is what and fun — laughter is a great way to warm up in Dr. Who travels in — looks like a phone booth from the out- dreary winter’s day! Why not drop into the Factory side but is a huge ship on the inside.) Grind at 1 Sherbrooke Street in Perth, buy yourself by Rona Fraser a nice lunch, and let your mind wander to warmer climes. Well I have I have an idea to help you transition from rocking in When Will Th ere Be Good News? by Kate At- the corner to skipping down the street in your sandals. Why not visit kinson ($15). Recommended by Barbara Gateley of your local bookstore, pick up a good book, walk to a nearby café or Th e Bookworm, 76 Foster Street in Perth. It is the eatery, lounge with your book and a snack and watch the snow start to third in a series of books by this author involving melt? To give you some inspiration, here is what some of your friends her northern English copper Jackson Brodie. It fol- recommend to help you hang in there while winter slips away. lows Case Histories and One Good Turn. Yes, they Th e Water Garden by Yvonne Rees & Neil Sutherland ($16.95). are murder mysteries, but told in a less violent way Recommended by Mary Vandenhoff of Nature Lover’s Bookshop, but still with plenty of action. Read it seated with a 62 George Street (Hwy 511) in Lanark Village. A step-by-step guide hot cup of java at Coutts in Code’s Mill, Perth. Th e Th irteenth Tale by Diane Setterfi eld ($22). Recommended by Mary Lumsden of Mill Street Books, 52 Mill Street in Almonte. Th is is an old various countries are each stung, much to the cu- favourite. It is about a bookstore owner’s daugh- riosity of the scientists and mysterious people who ter who is asked to write an autobiography of a fa- then study these… stingees. With colourful charac- mous author. Set mainly in Yorkshire, with stormy ters, interesting ideas and a puzzling plot, this book weather, it’s a great cuddle-up-with-hot-chocolate will keep your attention ’til the end. When you fi - read. It has an eerie, Jane Eyre feel. Let it grab your nally look up, your hot chocolate will be cold and attention and help you forget the cold outside your the outdoors will be warm. door! Mention this Humm article and receive 20% I read this book all over Almonte — over a hot off the cover price! chocolate at Palms (mmm… hot chocolate…), Mary would read in the cosy cat chair — named a grilled cheese at the Supe (Superior Diner), a Chester — in Mill Street Books, since that’s where chocolate croissant at Baker Bob’s — and to read she spends lots of time these days, and drink a dec- it today I would go for lunch at the new Italian res- adent chai latté from Palms or Equator. taurant in town: Café Postino, located in the beau- Generation A by Douglas Coupland (about tiful Old Post Offi ce in Almonte. I recommend the $21). Recommended by: me. I don’t own a book- manicotti… store, though I would like to! I rarely seem to take So happy reading! I hope you enjoy the last of the time to read a book these days, and when I do, these cozy indoor days, as soon the snow will melt it has to really be engrossing to keep me choosing (oh please oh please oh please) and there will be it over sleep etc. Th is is a weird book, which is why plenty to keep you busy outside. I bought it. Set in the near future, when bees have allegedly become extinct, fi ve disparate people in
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6 www.thehumm.com March 2011 The Paranormal Show Comes to Town Who amongst us hasn’t felt the urge to lift the edge of the curtain separating the “normal” from the “paranormal”? Perhaps to attend a séance, or revisit the days of Harry Houdini? Take a trip into the past, when the supernatural was commonplace, and all was not as it seemed… As Monty Python once put it, “and now for something completely diff erent!” Recent immigrant to our area (from Toronto), Carleton Place resident Scott McClelland brought his one-man show, Th e Paranormal Show, to the stage of the Poor Alex in Toronto, where it played for two years. He then took it across Canada on tour and, in 2008, brought it back to Toronto where it played to full houses six days a week for eight weeks! It has been featured on Th e Discovery Channel, A & E, the CBC and Th e Learning Channel, amongst others, and has even Pick up theHumm in Almonte at received public congratulations from Reveen Th e Impossibilist. Café postino Scott takes us back to the late Victorian Age, when the Spiritualist movement thrived, séances were fashionable evening entertainment, and the paranormal was something of great interest to a signifi cant part of the educated and socially promi- nent section of the population. The Paranormal Show His show combines paranormal phenomena — plays in Perth on March 5 clairvoyance, magic, psychokinesis and retrocogni- and in Carleton Place on the 19th tion, to name a few — with various sideshow feats that, in the hands of a master showman like Scott, leaves one wondering what is real and what is... calendar for March 5 at the Studio Th eatre in Perth what? and two weeks later, the 19th, at the Carleton Place And a master showman he is; have a look at his Town Hall. Expect to be amazed… and thoroughly website
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8 www.thehumm.com March 2011 Spring Thinking — A Gardener’s Guide
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Flavour of the Month enough snow fi nally covered the trails for skiing, and the annual enced gardeners and farmers. I have tried to list as Garden and your Neighborhood into a Communi- personal hibernation hasn’t been quite long enough. Th at still, many as I could below, as well as other resources ty by Heather Flores, or Designing and Maintain- breathless pause that is winter has collected its energy again, is that may inspire and help you prepare for this year’s ing your Edible Landscape Naturally by Robert limbering up its limbs, fl exing its muscles, shedding its white growing season. Happy planting, growing, learning Kourik. cloak, and easing into spring again. and eating! Coming Events by Susie Osler Seeds Check out local Seedy Saturday/Sunday events for March is a fertile month for house-bound imaginations waiting If you haven’t yet, it’s time to order seeds. A huge se- workshops, seed swaps, seed sales, and lectures. for the freeze to release its grip on the soil. Now is the time to start lection of organic and heritage seeds (and lots of info Th ere’s one in Ottawa on Saturday, March 5 (go aligning dreams with action for this year’s garden. Collect your clip- on growing requirements) are available through the to
complain in a peevish, is pretty good despite the onset chair, in my comfortable house, of Poetry Pageful feel spring coming, and just enjoy an evening out. Westport Wonders Westport self-pitying way. of my “where did I leave those in my small town with barely a there are very few things Recently I have begun damned glasses” moments. I have whisper of noise other than the that inspire a good poem Youth Poetry Workshop to whine and complain my health, an amazing family, and odd dog barking down the road. like warm weather and an On Monday, March 14, in part- about getting old(er). a standard of living that allows I can’t remember the last time I nership with Arts Carleton Place I’m a guy — whining me to look in both directions and was stuck in traffi c or had a sales by Danielle Grégoire and the Carleton Place Library, I comes natural to me — know that I really have nothing to clerk scowl at me or paid good end to cabin fever. Now March will be delivering a slam poetry complain about. I live where other money for bad service or heard may come with snowstorms and workshop for youth between by Steve Scanlon people vacation and I enjoy the a police siren. If I run out of milk slush, but the end of winter is 8 and 12 years of age. Learn to it’s in our genes. A day without friendship of more good people I actually do call the neighbors, near. March is for spring breaks write and perform the exciting whining is like a day without than I really have a right to. Life is and they’d do the same. My and renewal; two things that will art form of spoken word (slam something something… I can’t good. I jumped out of the rat race neighbor has a snow blower. I be meshed with poetry this time poetry). It will get you thinking remember what ’cause I’m get- many moons ago and now I look don’t. I love my neighbor. In the around in Lanark County. and up on stage. Bring a paper ting old (hence the whining). My at those still in the race and want summer we get cucumbers and and pen, and a love of creating. lovely and talented wife takes to ask them to give their collective tomatoes along with other veg- Slam into Spring We’ll write together and ex- the brunt of the whining. Do I heads a shake. etables, fresh picked and hang- On March 7, a very special gen- plore the absolute fun that po- feel guilty? Hell no, she walked Th e point to all this (did you ing off the handle of our back tleman poet will be coming to etry can bring. Th e event takes into this with her eyes wide open doubt there was going to be one? door (we think that’s the neigh- Carleton Place. Loh El the Min- place at the Carleton Place Li- (hidden lovingly behind rose col- I had my doubts too!): I’m get- bors too). Events are planned strel is a musician, writer and brary from 9:30 to 11:30am. here that the whole town is in- spoken-word artist who defi nes Th e contact name at the library day without whining is like a day without vited to attend. Th is is typical the word “rockstar” as any hu- is Heidi Sinnett, at 257–2702 or something something… I can’t remember small town, claustrophobic at man being with a soul solid like
The Perth Community Choir is inviting proposals for the Fall 2011 Show. Proposals to include an Artistic Director, Musical Director and show selection. Deadline for proposals is Friday, March 25th, 2011. Written proposals to be sent to 84 Harvey Street, Perth, Ontario K7H 1X2
10 www.thehumm.com March 2011 March into Mill Street Books Perth’s Legacy Art Show for some great events! Gallery Perth will be showcasing can reap rewards for us now and Veronica speaks highly of all local artists and the themes of create a legacy for the future.” of these artists. March 3 & 17 at 9:15AM past and present when it opens She hopes visitors to the ex- “Garnet Hazard (deceased) Storytime for Preschoolers with Danielle its doors in April to its latest ex- hibit will appreciate that Perth lived in Perth and was an artist hibition called Legacy Art. “is abundant in human creativity whose work created a tradition Tuesdays With Terry When she was choosing art- and artistic endeavours.” of watercolour paintings that Every Tues in March from 4:30–5:00PM ists’ work for the show, Gallery “We want people to discover are still widely sought after,” she drop by for a snack and storytime Perth owner Veronica Airth says the talent in their midst and the says. “Gordon Harrison, a highly for good listeners aged 8–11 she thought locally. importance to themselves of sup- collectible Canadian landscape “We aimed for regional artists porting the culture that makes painter, is producing art already March 15 whose work has stood the test of up the personality of the area in recognized for its future value. KKlutz Kits Drop In Day time and will continue to endure,” which they live,” she says, adding, Similarly, Larry Bracegirdle is ccome and try out the awesome Veronica says, “thus juxtaposing “we also hope, of course, that they known for his Old Master style Klutz products the past with the future.” will take home a painting or two!” which has evolved to encompass “In small towns such as Perth,” On display will be a retrospec- the current era. Bryce Bell is a Mar 118 she notes, “where changing eco- tive of watercolour paintings by powerful artist of modern style Jan Andrews Reading nomic values have awakened Garnet Hazard, and new works who has only recently opted to from her latest book Rude Stories, 11AM-Noon creative resources, the growing by contemporary painters Gor- show his large body of work. trend is being recognized and don Harrison, Larry Bracegirdle, His fi gurative acrylics leave one March 24 championed. After all, support- Marc Brzustowski and Bryce with the feeling of having dis- Camino Dreaming — informal presentation ing artists and investing in art Bell. covered the real thing. Marc and discussion led by Cathie Solowjew for Brzustowski, though young, is those who have walked or are curious an engagingly old-fashioned about walking the Camino 7:30 at Palms painter who sets up his easel in the streets and paints quickly …or pick up some March Break reading and freely what he sees. One is captured by the open spirit of his observant style.” Th e key idea, she adds, is that the past, present and future will be represented in this collection. “Th ese are painters whose work has endured, appeals now Conspiracy 365 — January and February and will create a legacy.” issues are half price! Start reading this Th e Legacy Art Show be- adventure packed series for 10-12 year olds. gins at Gallery Perth’s beautiful Code’s Mill location on Friday, Open 7 Days a Week April 22 — with a vernissage on Sunday, May 1 — and continues MILL STREET BOOKS You’ll fi nd Gallery Perth’s Legacy Art Show on display at their lovely to May 30. 52 Mill Street Almonte ON K0A 1A0 613–256–9090 location in Code’s Mill — John Pigeau www.millstreetbooks.com
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12 www.thehumm.com March 2011 Discover Almonte’s Slungshot Studio Slungshot Studio in Almonte brant and aff ecting and are not to be invites you to join them on missed on this one day/night event. March 12 for an introduction All of the artwork at the show to the studio and art show fea- will be for sale and will fea- turing new work from Ryan ture a variety of media includ- Lotecki, Rick Herrera and Win- ing paintings, screen prints, gig nipeg artist Andres Nieto. posters, stained glass, drawings, Th e event will showcase a retro- t-shirts and postcards. Prices spective of Slungshot’s work from will vary from piece to piece the past year as well as new per- but there is sure to be some- sonal work from studio founders thing for everyone’s tastes and Ryan Lotecki and Rick Herrera. budget. Delicious refreshments, As an added bonus, they will be catered by Heirloom Café Bis- introducing the Ottawa Valley tro in Almonte, will be provided. to Winnipeg painter Andres Ni- Slungshot Studio is located at eto. Nieto’s work as an abstract 2-70 Brae Street (side entrance) in expressionist (pictured here) has Almonte. You can call 256–5182 About the Studio been evolving for over ten years for more information, or visit Slungshot Studio is a multidisci- to what may be his fi nest work to them online at
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March 2011 www.thehumm.com 13 About Burn Your Bra for Bev The Burn Your Bra fundraising dinner was initially inspired by Jody Gleeson of Watt’s Cooking in Pakenham as a way to create awareness for a disease that hit close to home after the tragic loss of her mother. In doing so, Jody brought together some friends and family who had experienced similar losses. After the huge success of the fi rst Burn your Bra for Breast Cancer dinner in 2005 (which raised over $20,000), it was decided that this would become an annual event — each year supporting diff erent cancer-related causes. Tragically, in 2006 the committee experienced a great loss in the sudden passing of Bev Griffi th. For that reason, Burn Your Bra is now known as Burn Your Bra for Bev, in order to commemorate the impact she had on their devotion to the cause. The sadness translated into motivation and commitment, and to date 2011’s Cause Burn Your Bra for Bev has raised over $170,000. Each year the organizing committee strives to raise funds in memory of all of their loved ones lost to these horrible diseases, The goal of this year’s Burn Your Bra for Bev just as Bev would have done. fundraiser is to raise $25,000 towards the purchase of a piece of robotic equipment for a lab in the CHEO Research Institutetutee thattthahat will further advance their work to fi ndd a non- toxic way to treat cancer inn children.childchildren.ddre
14 www.thehumm.com March 2011 How Who You Can Help Are the Bag Ladies? The only problem faced by Burn Your Bra This enterprising trio of business owners includes for Bev organizers is that the event is so Paddye Mann (of Paddye Mann Clothing in Pakenham), Robin Singleton (of Robin’s Paper Thin in Almonte) and successful there’s a waiting list to get in! Cynthia Stuart (of Appleton Gift & Basket in Almonte). If you are unable to attend this wonderful They wanted to create event (scheduled for Friday, May 6 this year), a special treat for their customers: eye-catching, you can still contribute to the cause. eco-friendly, and The Bag Ladies of Almonte and Pakenham thoroughly funky, three- (see description at right) invite you to drop sided shopping bags. into any one of their fi ne establishments to These colourful totes do double environmental make a donation. As a further enticement duty because they take the and to thank you for your support, they will place of plastic bags and give away a funky, three-sided, eco-friendly are made from recycled water bottles. bag to each donor. By making a donation The bags are available at and using your bag, you’ll be supporting both all three shops for $2.99 cancer research and the environment! each, and are free with The bags will a purchase of $29.99 or a donation to Burn Your also be available at Bra for Bev. Happy (funky) Watt’s Cooking in Pakenham.haam. shopping!
March 2011 www.thehumm.com 15 LUXURYCATBOARDING It’s Maple Time Again “Where Stylish Kitties Go To Relax” All the ingredients are in place for a good maple ter than corn syrup or honey. To read more, do an syrup season: lots of moisture in the ground from internet search of “maple syrup health benefi ts”. the heavy rains last fall, cold weather to convert Producing maple syrup is hard work. It starts the starch in the roots to sugar, and reasonable with tapping the trees in late February or early snow cover. However, the success of the season March. Th en comes sap collection and syrup pro- still depends on the weather patterns in March duction in March/April, followed by the washing and April. We need warm days and cold nights up in late April and May. We try to make it fun at Huge rooms, cozy fireplace, a kitty park and some low pressure weather systems in order Fortune Farms. Th e Kettle Boys entertain us and individual outdoor runs,sunroom, hammocks to stimulate sap fl ow. Th e sap and carbon dioxide our visitors with their stories, toys and boiling ket- and lots of TLC! gas in the tree thaws and expands with the warm tles. Our family and friends come from far and weather, creating pressure inside the tree which wide for their annual taste of fresh syrup and for 659 John Kennedy Way, Almonte pushes the sap out of the tap hole. Cold weather some relaxation time at the farm. Th e maple bush www.catsparadise.ca causes the sap and gas to contract creating a nega- is coming alive with returning birds, early wildfl ow- (613) 256-8833 [email protected] tive pressure inside tree which pulls fresh sap up ers and the greening of the landscape. It’s a magi- from the roots. In simpler terms, this pumping ac- cal time of year and we always celebrate the season Pick up theHumm in Carp at tion with warm and cold weather is the reason for with a wind-up party when the last of the washing the cheshire cat sap fl ow in the spring. Sap will run as long as the is done and we too can relax. pressure inside the tree is greater than the atmos- Up and down the byways of Lanark and beyond, pheric pressure, so a low pressure weather system maple producers are ready with a taste of their syr- Open House & Free Talk is good for sap fl ow. up and a story or two. Each producer makes the Recently the health benefi ts of maple syrup have best maple syrup — unless, of course, you’ve made Sat. March 26, 1–3PM been studied more thoroughly, and the work is your own. To fi nd a map and description of twenty- Amber Young, RMT, on continuing. It has been known for some time that eight maple sugar bushes, search under User Cre- Breast Health maple syrup is an excellent source of calcium, zinc, ated Google Maps for Lanark and District Maple manganese, potassium and other trace minerals. Syrup Producers. Sat. April 16, 1–3PM Spring Cleansing What was not known is that maple syrup is also a No matter how your get your syrup, you can’t good source of antioxidants. It ranks with tomatoes go wrong. It’s good, it’s healthy, it’s natural and it’s 2386 Thomas Dolan Pkwy and broccoli in its antioxidant properties — not as local. 613–839–1198 good as blueberries or cranberries, but much bet- — Ray Fortune of Fortune Farms Maple Sugar Bush www.ecowellness.com
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16 www.thehumm.com March 2011 Hey Almonte — Listen Up! Th e stars aligned when Roman Borys of the famed some of Canada’s top composers and educators, Gryphon Trio learned that Almonte takes arts and will soon see both the literary and musical education in the schools pretty seriously. Connec- ideas of some of Almonte’s teenagers hit the stage tions through Almonte in Concert’s Youth Music in a big way. Club and funding from the Young Awards Founda- “Almonte was not only our preferred commu- tion found the energetic cellist plunked down in a nity because of its long history of supporting arts classroom earlier this year at Naismith Memorial education, but we knew if we piloted our Listen School, talking to kids about classical music and Up! program here we would have a huge success on the importance of the arts. Along for the ride were our hands,” says Roman Borys. “ Listen Up! will also music educator/conductor Rob Kapilow and com- change the way the students hear music forever.” poser Andrew Staniland. Listen Up! ensured that Andrew Staniland was Piloting the trio’s Listen Up! program — a musical on hand last month to work with student musicians outreach program meant to engage whole communi- to produce a series of music “fragments” based on (above) Music students from Naismith School and their teachers ties and spark collaborative, cross-disciplinary artis- the seasonal poems created by grade eight students. Shelley Smith and Shannon Gray “Listen Up!” along with members tic creation — at Naismith just seemed natural, given During his workshops, the middle school students of the Gryphon Trio, conductor Rob Kapilow, composer Andrew the school’s unusually strong middle school music, got an insider’s view of how a composer takes an Staniland, and Almonte In Concert representative Penny Blades. English, and French idea or concept and expresses it musically. Stani- (below) Evidence of the creative process… immersion programs. land has now turned those fragments into a bilin- And so, what start- gual, four-movement work (Fall, Winter, Spring and ways and styles, using major and minor keys. “What we learned af- ed with a few student Summer) for children’s choir and piano trio. fects how I listen to my own music now,” adds classmate Liam Mans- poems about the four “It was interesting to work with the music to see fi eld, a percussionist with the local IMPACT group. seasons, evolved into how it fi t with the words,” says grade eight student “At Naismith, music and performance are part of our every day, hands-on composi- Jillian Douglas, who enjoyed the workshop process so the students were ready for this experience and the musicians tion workshops with of arranging fi ve to six note segments in diff erent were impressed with their level of understanding and abilities,” says Naismith music teacher Shelley Smith, who is currently readying a 50-voice choir of students from Grades 4 to 8 for the wrap-up Town Hall performances in April. “Th ey will see and hear themselves in this work.” Almonte’s Listen Up! experience culminates in a three-day musical extravaganza at the Old Town Hall on April 2, 3 and 4. On the Sat- urday (April 2), Rob Kapilow will return to Almonte to rehearse with the piano trio and children’s chorus. On Sunday evening (April 3), he and the Gryphon Trio will present What Makes it Great: Beethoven’s Archduke Trio – an education format developed by Kapilow that il- luminates the secrets that make Gryphon Trio great music great. On Monday af- & Almonte in Concert ternoon (April 4), the Gryphon trio Youth Music Club Present ! ! will host master classes for string students, and then return to the stage for the premiere performance of Staniland’s work, Th e Seasons of ListenListen Almonte, which includes separate choral and instrumental pieces. “Th e kids aren’t that nervous be- cause they are used to performing, but they do recognize what an op- portunity this has been,” says Smith. up “What I hope is that it opens their up eyes to the possibility that they can pursue a career in the arts if they www.gryphontrio.com want to.” Almonte With lessons learned in Almonte in his back pocket, Roman Bo- Sunday, April 3rd 7:30pm Partners and Supporters: rys hopes to fi nd communities across Canada just as ready for some What Makes it Great? - Keiko Parker (in memory of John E. Parker), musical experimentation. Almonte in Concert Youth Music Club, The For more information, please visit
All events take place at Almonte Town Hall, 14 Bridge Street Tickets available at: Musicworks, 453 Ottawa St. Almonte 613.256.7464 Mill Street Books, 76 Mill St. Almonte 613.256.9090
March 2011 www.thehumm.com 17 Giggles, Guff aws and Belly Laughs Th e perfect recipe for a March storytelling. In fact, she’s just re- English artist Francis Blake. Th e good time! Th at’s what local au- turned from a tour that took her stories all have their roots in old thor Jan Andrews promises lis- to Australia. traditional folk tales, although Jan teners aged 6 to 96 when she Rude Stories is a follow-up has infused them with her own reads from her newest collection, to a previous book: Stories at voice. She has also been careful Rude Stories. the Door. It too is full of quirky, to maintain the old stories’ form “It’s the only book I’ve written leap-off -the-page illustrations by and strength. where I’ve seriously been Books will be available concerned audience mem- for purchase and Jan will be bers were laughing so hard signing upon request — all they were going to fall out you need to do is visit one of their chairs,” Jan says. of our fi ne local bookstores! But what else would you You’ll fi nd Jan and her Rude expect from a cast of char- Stories at Nature Lover’s acters that includes an old Bookstore in Lanark on woman so rude she cannot Sunday, March 6 from 2 to even get it together to stay 4pm; at Read’s Book Shop in her grave when she ought in Carleton Place on Tues- to, a gambler who grows day, March 15 from 10:30 to an enormous bottom, and 11:30am; and at Mill Street two old women who have a Books in Almonte on Fri- belching contest? day, March 18 from 11am Hailing from Taylor to 12pm. Lake (just off the Wolf For further information, Grove Road), Jan is known including a chance to hear nationally and internation- Jan in her Storytelling Club, ally for her writing and visit
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126 Mill St., Almonte * 256-6801 18 www.thehumm.com March 2011 Humm Bits Priorities CPHS Arts Revue You know how a steam travelers might just be thankful Now, there are those whose train starts out from that you recognized your trip is passion leads them to be in- Th e cast of Carleton Place High School’s production of Bye Bye the station with the big too complicated and let you go volved in a multitude of activi- Birdie is presenting an Arts Revue on Th ursday, March 3, in the wheels slowly turning the peacefully. ties, and they thrive on the hec- CPHS Cafetorium at 7pm. Th ere will be a variety of acts includ- cranks, the steam billow- Last week, I actually resigned tic pace they set. Th eir train is ing singing, dancing, and instrumentalists. Everyone is invited to ing out in clouds of antic- from a committee. One meeting a diesel, there’s no doubt! But enjoy an evening of music and celebration of the wonderful talent Report The Reever ipation for the huge task was enough to make me realize it also needs maintenance, and at CPHS. Admission is $10 and proceeds will go towards music ahead, gathering speed, that it was not my cup of tea. I can’t be expected to run in per- rental, technical expenses, costumes and supplies for the upcom- chuffi ng and grinding, was holding down a spot some- petuity. ing musical Bye Bye Birdie (which will be presented April 7, 8 and 9 whistles blowing, passen- one else will enjoy, so I signed off Th ere are seven days in the at 7pm). Hope to see everyone on March 3 and at our upcoming gers waving, until fi nally on it, not even regretfully. I could week in which to fi t family and musical! it leaves the station and hardly believe I had said “No.” community. It is imperative that Pancake Breakfast at Union Hall Doing it once may make it easier we don’t lose sight of the impor- by Glenda Jones the next time. tant things in our lives while we Once again, the folks at Union Hall are celebrating the coming of disappears around the corner? We hear the “I’m too busy” ex- are in a rush to achieve it all. spring with a Pancake Breakfast. Th is year, food is being served on Th at is January around here. We cuse all the time, and I wonder if Pick the best and leave the rest. Sunday, March 27 from 9am until noon. have this blessed lull after Christ- that is really a cover for “I don’t However, don’t be stingy with For a modest price, diners will enjoy pancakes, sausages or ham, mas where we stop in our station want to.” If it is truly that the your time either. Mete it out to beans or blueberries, with lashings of butter and maple syrup, ac- and relax for a couple of weeks. speaker is too busy, we need to the activities you enjoy and do companied by fruit juice, coff ee or tea. Th e cost of this springtime Oh, we know there are things pity that person. In my opinion, those things well. Putting bal- treat is a modest $6, or $8 for the larger appetite. we should be doing — planning, dividing our life into miniscule ance in your life will mean you Union Hall, located at the corner of Wolf Grove and Tatlock exercising, painting — but it all portions erodes our souls. It is can give yourself entirely to each Roads, west of Almonte has served the public for over 150 years. goes by the board. My only sop better to fi nd our passions and activity as it comes along, know- Visitors will enjoy the benefi t of new windows and new furnish- to conscience is a knitting project devote our energy to those things ing the time is well spent, and ings, courtesy of a grant from the town of Mississippi Mills. to overlay the TV watching. (An that excite us, be they volunteer you are happy. No one ever died Th is annual fundraiser is organized by the hall committee for aside: is this a sign of old age? I eff orts, culture, sports, or politics saying, “I wish I’d spent more the benefi t of the public at large, and all are welcome. Reservations had a sweater I didn’t like much, (lord preserve us!). time at the offi ce.” Th ey don’t are not necessary. so I ripped it out completely and Union Hall is an 8km drive west of Almonte through scenic ma- am re-knitting a new one. Th is is ple bush along Wolf Grove Road. After breakfast, visitors can take ast week, I actually resigned from a the second time I have done this a closer look at maple syrup production by visiting local operators, committee. One meeting was enough to with the same yarn. Watch for L west of the hall. the sweater sometime in March!) make me realize that it was not my cup of tea. I was holding down a spot someone else will More Chances to Bid! Come February though, we start to feel the angst of inactivity, enjoy, so I signed off on it, not even regretfully. Did you miss Almonte’s Royal Soirée in February? Don’t despair — and begin to fi ll the calendar with I could hardly believe I had said “No.” Doing it Her Majesty has decreed that the auction items will be on display the requisite meetings, social en- at Th e Hub for the month of March, so that you can still put in a once may make it easier the next time. gagements, and classes. Every bid on everything from a mosaic birdhouse, jewellery (Swarovski day some new endeavour comes crystals), paintings by local artists, photography, music lessons, our way, and we’re quick to say Conversely, when we learn to hand out medals for being “too house cleaning, a massage, dinners, teas, a brunch, and a weekend yes, in an attempt to fi ll the rest say with sincerity “I don’t want busy”, but they do for getting a for six at a timeshare in Tremblant! of the winter. It’s only in a rare to,” we are taking control of our job done well. Drop into Th e Hub (118 Mill Street in Almonte) during store moment that we actually start to lives and allowing ourselves to So, my friend, sit in the sta- hours and check out the beautiful items, all in support of Danielle think perhaps we are overly en- relish our favourite things in- tion next to me here, and we’ll Morgan, the Keeper of the Household for the Hub. thusiastic, and really don’t want stead of obligating ourselves fi ll in our calendars. No, we can’t Seeking Singers all these obligations. to duty-bound activities. We do dinner together for a couple Th ere are times when it is would cut our frustration level, of months. I’ve got my dog class- We are a small group of singers in the Carleton Place/Almonte area imperative to get off the steam we would spare others the an- es (top priority!) we’re going to a who have been meeting every Saturday morning since last Septem- train and sit in the quiet of the noyance of a half-eff ort, and we couple of movies, got to get our ber. Our passion is vocal music; our joy is making beautiful music station to contemplate the rest would leave the job open for maple syrup stove set up, a few together. Th e focus of the group is to explore a wealth of repertoire of the journey. Th ere is no dis- someone who will do it with meetings here and there, trips and dig deep into pieces of various styles (standards, sacred, jazz, grace in declaring you signed on passion if we recognize that we to the gym, that sweater to fi n- and more). We also want to hone such skills as choral blending and for more that you wanted. Th ere can legitimately say no once in ish. Yes, we’re both busy, but we balance, tuning and sight reading. is no disgrace is saying you want a while. have chosen these priorities, and Th ere is room in the group for a few more singers of all ranges, to go home. In fact, your fellow for now we’re sticking to them. particularly tenors and basses. If the above sounds like fun to you, please contact the director, Cheryl Woods, for more information and to arrange for a (very informal) audition: 256–1874,
March 2011 www.thehumm.com 19 The Maple Run Studio Tour Celebrates Spring Th e fi rst signs of spring are beginning to appear as lunch — there are stops along the way where light the birds return: the Lanark maple trees begin to meals and tasty treats are served. run their sap and the Maple Run Studio Tour par- Maps and detailed tour destination descrip- ticipants are gearing up for a 9th season. Take a sce- tions can be picked up at Fulton’s Sugar Bush, any nic drive on Saturday, March 26 or Sunday the 27th tour stop along the way (look for the green maple (10am to 5pm) to indulge in the sweet maple prod- leaf sign), and Pakenham General Store, or visit ucts and meet local craftspeople and fi ne artists on
20 www.thehumm.com March 2011 )FBSUTPOH4UVEJPSpringtime YOGA Retreat Spring-ing into Canada Council — Your Vibrant Life! Assistance for Artists .BZo You know the old adage “time is money”? Well, fi nd that they are ineligible for a particular granting at Harmony Dawn Retreat Centre, Ontario's Ecological Friendly Retreat for artists, I think it’s almost more apt to say that program can learn what they need to do to become Presented by Heartsong Studio, Elizabeth Hagan RYT500 “money is time”. Literally, money for rent and food eligible. In the Creative Writing program, for in- Certified & Registered YOGA & Meditation Instructor & Teacher Trainer and supplies can buy an artist the time they need to stance, they might learn what they need to do to :0("t.FEJUBUJPOt"354$SBGUTGPSUIF4PVMt4DSVNQUJPVT'PPE fi nish that next project. be recognized as a professional writer. If questions In Canada, artists are fortunate. Not only are remain, there are 1–800 numbers that artists can www.HeartTongyogaQJMaUFT.DB www.HBSNPOZEBXODPN they surrounded by natural beauty and a thriving call to speak with Program Offi cers. artistic culture, but we also have the Canada Coun- Th e process of applying for a grant, for individu- cil for the Arts, a government funded agency whose als and for groups and organizations, may at times mandate is to help foster the arts in Canada. One seem daunting. But the Canada Council empha- way in which they do this is by providing grants to sizes that perseverance is key. In other words, don’t both individual artists and groups/organizations. give up because you are staring a lot of grey text in “Who receives Canada Council grants?” you the face. Grant recipients would certainly tell you might be asking. Th e answer is: many artists in a the same thing. variety of disciplines, including dance, media arts, Another helpful tip: know what the Canada music, theatre, writing and publishing, and the Council is looking for, which, when it comes to or- 18 Renfrew Ave. W., Renfrew 613-433-7346 visual arts. ganizations, is an answer to the question “How will FNBJM&MJ[BCFUI!)FBSUTPOHZPHBQJMBUFTDB Th e Canada Council’s website
March 2011 www.thehumm.com 21 Claiming Column WHAT’S ON IN Pakenham Home Show, Apr 1–3 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Th e Farm Show, Merrickville, Apr 1–3 Arden Chamber Players, Perth, Apr 3 Bye Bye Birdie, CP, Apr 7–9 Steve Dawson, Burnstown, Apr 8 CPHS Arts Revue, Carleton Place Folkus Concert, Almonte, Apr 9 Karaoke, The Downstairs Pub Open Celtic Jam, Naismith Pub Almonte Horticultural Society Meeting, Storytime, Almonte Chic Gamine, Burnstown, Apr 12 Open Mic, Tilly’s Smokehouse Almonte Harry Manx, Neat Coffee Shop Toastmasters Club, Smiths Falls Steve Dawson, McDonald’s Corners, Storytime for Preschoolers, Almonte Spiritual Cinema Circle, Per th Open Mic, The Barley Mow Apr 14 Strategy Games for Adults, Almonte Sultans of String, Perth, Apr 15 28 123 Terry Tufts, The Barley Mow Blues on the Rideau, Westport, Apr 15 Willy Wonka, Per th Build a Bridge Bash, Perth, Apr 15 Almonte in Concert, Apr 16 Th e Acorn, Burnstown, Apr 24 Halfway to Heaven, CP, Apr 29–30, DIRT (the movie), Per th May 1, 6, 7 Mayan Code Study Group, Almonte Jimmy Rankin, Burnstown, Apr 29 Karaoke, The Downstairs Pub Open Mic, The Barley Mow Kanata Art Club, Kanata Open Celtic Jam, Naismith Pub Arrogant Worms, Burnstown, Apr 30 Pancake Supper, Franktown Pints ‘n Purls, Ashton Poetry Slam, Carleton Place Open House, Per th Art in the Attic, Almonte, May 6–8 Storytime, Almonte Toastmasters Club, Smiths Falls Open Mic, Tilly’s Smokehouse West Carleton Garden Club Meeting, The Magic of Ireland, Per th Handmade Harvest, Almonte, May 7 Carp Terry Tufts, The Barley Mow A Taste of the Valley, Almonte, May 9 7 Women’s Business8910 Group, Carleton Melwood Cutlery, McDonald’s Corners, Place May 12 Songs from the Valley, Perth, May 20 Bicycle Month, Mississippi Mills, June Almonte Fair, Jul 15–17 Herbfest, Almonte, Jul 24 Open Celtic Jam, Naismith Pub Open Mic, Tilly’s Smokehouse Book Signing, Carleton Place St. Pat’s Bash, The Downstairs Pub Almonte Coin Club, Almonte Films & Discussion: Economics, Per th Open Mic, The Barley Mow Storytime for Preschoolers, Almonte Visual Arts Youth Poetry Workshop, Carleton Place Storytime, Almonte Toastmasters Club, Smiths Falls MVTM Exhibit Opening, March 5, 2-4PM. Terry Tufts, The Barley Mow Gifts of the North. Textile Museum, Almonte. The Melville Boys, Smiths Falls 256-3754 x7, [email protected]. 14 15 16 The Diplomats 17, St. James Gate MERA Workshops: Rug Hooking, March 5; Create a Portrait from a Photo, March 13. MERA, McDonalds Corners. 278-0388. $35-MERA members; $50-non-members Kanata Art Club, March 9, 7PM. John Mlack is guest artist. Kanata Art Club Studio, 1030 Camino Dreaming, Almonte Riddell Dr., Kanata. 599-4959. Lanark County Knitting Guild, Flippin’ Art Night, Carleton Place Pints ‘n Purls, March 9, 6-9PM. Knitting group. Almonte Karaoke, The Downstairs Pub Open Celtic Jam, Naismith Pub Old Mill Pub, Ashton. 257-2296. Almonte Quilters’ Guild, Almonte Lanark County Quilters Guild, Per th Toastmasters Club, Smiths Falls Vernissage, March 11, 7-9PM. Photos by Open Mic, The Barley Mow Open Mic, Tilly’s Smokehouse Dalene & Margret Gallo. Brush Strokes, 129 Storytime, Almonte Terry Tufts, The Barley Mow Bridge St., Carleton Place. 253-8088 21 22 23 The Melville 24 Boys, Smiths Falls Discover Slungshot Studio, March 12, 10AM-6PM. 2-70 Brae Street, Almonte. 256- 5182, www.behance.net/slungshot. Almonte Quilters’ Guild, March 21, 7-9PM. Almonte Civitan Hall Lanark County Knitting Guild, March 22, Karaoke, The Downstairs Pub 7-9PM. Almonte United Church. Guests $3. Lanark County Quilters Guild, March Open Celtic Jam, Naismith Pub Almonte Horticultural Society Open Mic, The Barley Mow Open Mic, Tilly’s Smokehouse 22, 7PM. Visitors $3. Lions Hall, Perth Fair- Storytime, Almonte Arnprior Quilters’ Guild, Arnprior Meeting, Almonte Toastmasters Club, Smiths Falls Terry Tufts, The Barley Mow grounds. Info: 283-9944. Jeff Martin 777, Neat Coffee Shop Year-Round Vegetable Production, Patricia O’Callaghan, Neat Coffee Shop Flippin’ Art Night, March 24, 5PM. With Sta- Per th The Farm Show, Merrickville cey Cassell & Brenda Milne. Ballygiblin’s, 151 You Say Tomatoes, Per th Bridge Street, Carleton Place. 257-2031, 28 29 30 31 www.artscarletonplace.com. Free Maple Run Studio Tour, Mar 26-27, 10AM- 5PM. Self-guided studio tour. www.maplerun. Youth Poetry Workshop, March 14, 9:30- on.ca or 624-5932. Pakenham DIRT (the movie), March 8, 7PM. “Takes you You Say Tomatoes, Mar 31, Apr 1, 2, 8, 9 Doctor Zoo, March 4, 8PM. Presented by PPAC. 11:30AM, ages 8-12. Learn to write & per- Arnprior Quilters’ Guild, Wed., March 30, inside the wonders of the soil.” Presented at 8PM; Apr 3, 10 at 2PM. $18 from Book Afro-Celtic-Reggae PDCI auditorium, 13 form slam poetry. Register at 257-2702, by Lanark Organic Growers Guild., Algon- Nook, Bookworm, Tickets Please), $20 Victoria St., Perth. www.perthpac.org. 7-9PM. Christian Education Centre, 257 John [email protected]. CP Library St. N., Arnprior. $5 or $20/yr. quin College, 7 Craig St., Perth. door, $10 students w/ID at door. Studio Youth Dance/Beach Party, March 4, On Stage For Kids, March 27, 2PM. IN- Open House, Mar 10-12 at 8PM, Mar 13 at Theatre, Perth. studiotheatreperth.com. 6-9PM. Prizes for tropical attire. Hula hoop FINITUS - for ages 2-10. Naismith Public 2PM. An original modern opera by Peter & limbo contest. Brunton Community Youth School, Almonte. www.onstageforkids. Paul Morgan. Studio Theatre, 63 Gore Hall, Beckwith. $3 Mill Street Books presents Storytime, com. $8 at Kentfi eld Kids, Read’s Book Street East, Perth. $25 Literature Ensemble Prisme, March 5, 8PM. Almonte Jan Andrews Book Signing, Mar 6, 2PM for ages 8-11, Tuesdays from 4:30-5PM; Shop; $9 at door Films & Discussion: Economics, March in Concert. Almonte Old Town Hall, (Nature Lover’s, Lanark); Mar 15, 10:30AM Storytime for Preschoolers, March 3 16, 6:30-9PM, The Economics of Happiness. www.almonteinconcert.ca. $27 adults, (Read’s Book Shop, CP); Mar 18, 11AM (Mill & 17, 9:15AM. 52 Mill St., Almonte. www. Algonquin College, 7 Craig St., Perth. 267- $14 students Theatre St. Books, Almonte). Jan reads from Rude millstreetbooks.com, 256-9090. 9949, www.transitionperth.ca. The Magic of Ireland, March 9, 8PM. Tradi- Spiritual Cinema Circle, Feb. 28, 2pm: Stories. www.janandrews.ca. PAMT’s Willy Wonka, Mar 3 & 5 at 7:30PM. The Melville Boys, Mar 17-19, 24-26 (7PM), tional Irish dance & song. Tickets Please: Déjà Vu, A Love Story; March 27, 2PM: four Poetry Slam, March 7, 7PM. LiPS slam. With Rock the House!, March 18 at 7PM. Tickets Mar 20 (2PM). Tickets at Spotlight on the 485-6434, www.ticketsplease.ca., PDCI short fi lms. Myriad Centre for the Arts, 1 in advance at 267-9610 with a credit card. Rideau, Smiths Falls; 284-4141. The Station Loh El the Minstrel. CP Cinemas, Carleton auditorium, 13 Victoria St., Perth. Sherbrooke St., Perth. $2 donation Place. $5; free for performers. Myriad Centre, 1 Sherbrooke St., Perth. Theatre, Smiths Falls. $20 Findlay House Concert, March 11, 8PM. The Paranormal Show, March 5, 8PM at www.myriadcentre.ca. $10 Family Movie Night, March 25, 7PM. Snacks Terra Hazeleton. RSVP at fi ndlayhousecon- the Perth Studio Theatre (at Jo’s Clothes, Into The Woods Junior, Mar 4 at 7PM, Mar avail. Details at www.twp.beckwith.on.ca. [email protected]. Carleton Place. $15 www.ticketsplease.ca, or at door.); March Music 5 at 2PM. Mudds Youth Theatre. Tickets at Brunton Community Hall, Beckwith. Irish Concert, March 13, 7:30PM. With Clar- 19, 8PM at the CP Town Hall (at door). CPHS Arts Revue, March 3, 7PM. Singing, Arts Carleton Place (257-2031, artscarle- The Farm Show, Mar 31-Apr 2 (8PM), Apr 3 ence Fralic & The Valley Rovers. Middleville www.theparanormalshow.net. $30 dancing, & instrumentals. Proceeds to up- tonplace.com).Carleton Place Town Hall. (2PM). Theatre Night in Merrickville. 269- coming musical Bye Bye Birdie (April 7-9). Community Centre, 256-5474. $10 253-2007, mississippimudds.ca. $15 3424, Merrickville Community Centre Carleton Place High School. $10 22 www.thehumm.com March 2011 Tijuana Tilly’s Smokehouse (10470 Hwy 7, Carleton Place, 257-1700): Mississippi MARCH 2011 Blues Society Sat (8PM), Open Mic w/Brock Zeman Thurs (9PM) Mar 5 Still Dangerous Friday Saturday Sunday Mar 12 Nobody’s Fool Brea Lawrenson, St. James Gate Mar 19 Al Tambay Ensemble Prisme, Almonte Mar 26 The Night Crawlers Into The Woods Junior, Carleton Place March Melt Down, Beckwith APEX Jazz Band, The Royal Oak Astronomy Course, Almonte MMLTC AGM, Lanark Book Signing, Lanark Community Doctor Zoo, Per th MVTM Exhibit Opening, Almonte Nathan Sloniowski & the John Prine Experience, Almonte Hort. Society Meeting, Feb. 28, Into The Woods Junior, Carleton Place Nathan Sloniowski, Foodies Fine Foods Foodies Fine Foods March 28, 7:30PM. $2 visitor, $10 member- Open Stage, The Downstairs Pub Rug Hooking Workshop, McDonalds Corners Seedy Sunday, Per th ship. Cornerstone Community Church, Youth Dance/Beach Party4, Beckwith Still Dangerous, Tilly’s 56 Smokehouse Seedy Sunday, Pembroke Almonte. 256-5155, [email protected] The Paranormal Show, Per th Valley Singles Lunch, Arnprior Smiths Falls Toastmasters Club, March 2, The Stool Pigeons, The Downstairs Pub 9, 16, 23, 30, 7PM. Courtyard Café, Smiths Willy Wonka, Per th Falls. [email protected]. Strategy Games for Adults, March 3, 7:30PM. Mill St. Books, 52 Mill St., Almonte. 256-9090, www.millstreetbooks.com. Astronomy Course, Mar 4, 11, 18, 25, Apr 1, Astronomy Course, Almonte 7-10PM. Mill of Kintail, Almonte. 256-3610 Findlay House Concert, Carleton Place Andrew, Cait & Mike, St. James Gate Portraits from Photos, McDonalds Corners Jazz at the Swan, The Swan at Carp Discover Slungshot Studio, Almonte x1, [email protected]. Suggested dona- Irish Concert, Middleville Open House, Per th Fortunate Soul, The Downstairs Pub tion $20/night Magnolia Rhythm Kings, The Royal Oak Open Stage, The Downstairs Pub Nobody’s Fool, Tilly’s Smokehouse March Melt Down, March 5, from 8:30AM. Open House, Per th Royal Wood, Neat Coffee Shop Open House, Per th Pancake Breakfast, sleigh rides, music, Vernissage, Carleton11 Place 12 13 skating, chili cook-off. Brunton Community Hall, Beckwith. Mississippi Madawaska Land Trust Con- servancy AGM, March 5, 2PM. With Paul Keddy, author. St. Andrew’s United Church, Lanark. Info: 267-4200 x3403. Al Tambay, Tilly’s Smokehouse Seedy Sunday, March 6, 10AM-3PM. Local Almonte Lecture Series, Almonte Brothers Chaffey, The Downstairs Pub Almonte Traditional Sing, The Barley Mow growers with seeds, demos, garden decor, Astronomy Course, Almonte Green Party Chili Cook-Off, Maberly APEX Jazz Band, The Royal Oak photographs, maple syrup, etc. Royal Cana- Book Signing, Almonte Maple Tapping Out Party, Lanark Bolingbroke Music Jam, Bolingbroke dian Legion, 26 Beckwith St E., Perth. Free Monkey Junk, The Cove Mississippi John, St. James Gate Rita Chiarelli, Per th Open Stage, The Downstairs Pub Monkey Junk, The Cove Seedy Sunday, March 6, 10AM-3PM. Presenta- The Melville Boys, Smiths Falls Rock the House!, Per th Sheesham & Lotus, McDonalds Corners tions, swap table, local lunch, seed savers & The Ric Denis 3, Foodies Fine Foods The Melville Boys18, Smiths Falls The Melville Boys19, Smiths Falls 20 vendors, etc. Fellowes High School, 420 Bell The Paranormal Show, Carleton Place St., Pembroke. Free Valley Singles Lunch, March 6, 12:30-2:30PM. Register at 256-8117 or 432-7622., Jim’s Restaurant, 54 Elgin St. W., Arnprior. Mayan Code Study Group, March 8, 7PM. Pot Chris Whiteley & Diana Braithwaite, McDonalds luck snacks. Bring drums, rattles, etc. 5907 Astronomy Course, Almonte Corners Magnolia Rhythm Kings, The Royal Oak Martin St. N., Almonte. 256-0216. Free Breakfast with Soul, Almonte Grievous Angel, Harry McLean’s Pub Maple Run Studio Tour, Pakenham Pancake Supper, March 8, 4:30-6:30PM, Cen- Craig Cardiff, Arnprior Ingolf Wunder in Recital, Almonte On Stage For Kids, Almonte tennial Hall, 152 Church St., Franktown. $5 Family Movie Night, Beckwith Maple Run Studio Tour, Pakenham Pancake Breakfast, Union Hall Jazz at the Swan, The Swan at Carp adults, $3 ages 6-12 Open House/Free Talk, Carp Spiritual Cinema Circle, Per th Open Stage, The Downstairs Pub West Carleton Garden Club Meeting, Stephen Mark Fisher, St. James Gate SRO Tea Dance, Almonte Steve Piticco, Per th March 8, 7:30PM. Dos & don’ts of starting a The Melville Boys, Smiths Falls Stomp Your Paws for LAWS, Carleton Place The Melville Boys25, Smiths Falls 26 27 rock garden, with Paul Pietsch. Carp Memo- The Night Crawlers, Tilly’s Smokehouse rial Hall, $5 for non-members Women’s Business Group, March 8, 7:30- 8:30AM. Buster’s Bar and Grill, 515 McNeely Dr., CP. www.wbgroup.ca. Brush Strokes (Carleton Place) presents photos Dalene & Margret Gallo
March 2011 www.thehumm.com 25 Come to a “Help Us Build a Bridge” Bash Th ree community groups are uniting in or- ing drawings are in progress. Funds raised at der to raise $10,000 to help rebuild a bridge the dinner/dance will go towards work on and to support each group’s programs. the bridge, as well as to support programs On April 15, bring your appetite and off ered by the three organizations. your dancing shoes to the Perth Civitan Th e evening starts with a cocktail and Hall and be prepared for a great evening of networking hour, off ering you an oppor- food, fun and frivolity! Th e Build a Bridge tunity to visit the displays of these three fundraising dinner/dance is hosted by the active groups and time to peruse the vast Friends of Murphys Point, Tay Valley array of silent auction items. A home- Ski Club and Rideau Trail Association cooked turkey dinner with all the trim- Central Club. mings, catered by Civitan members, will Members of these three groups have be a hit for sure! After dinner, kick up your used the bridge over Black Creek on the heels on the dance fl oor and continue McParlan House Trail at Murphys Point your bidding in the silent auction. Th ere Seeking Farmers and Vendors extensively over the years, but when it was may even be a few surprise activities to washed out by spring fl oods, alternatives enjoy. Some items for the auction: a VIA Th e McDonald’s Corners Farmers’ Market meet at the market café for fair trade cof- to some parts of their programming had Rail ticket package valued at over $1,000 is looking for more vendors for its com- fee, and to sample taste treats from ven- to be sought. Th e bridge linked the trail to and a load of manure for your spring gar- ing season. With the surge of interest and dors. Pizza is served from the outdoor the excavation site for the Friends’ public dening needs. demand for locally produced food, the wood fi red oven (pictured above). archaeology program, Archaeo Appren- Tickets for the Bash are $30 per per- market is expanding to meet that demand. Local co-operatives, between friends tice, and it is used by the Tay Valley Ski son and can be ordered by e-mailing Th ere are openings for fruit and vegeta- and neighbours, are encouraged. Many Club and the Rideau Trail Association as
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