Folklorist celebrates Chapeau songs in heritage talk
February 12, 2026
Folklorist Shelley Posen discussed his musical adventures in Chapeau at a talk put on by the Quebec Anglo Heritage Network.
Folklorist Shelley Posen discussed his musical adventures in Chapeau at a talk put on by the Quebec Anglo Heritage Network.
Stacy Johnston never imagined she would be a children’s author. She’s spent years hosting storytime for kids at the Quyon library, so is well familiar
This past weekend, the Pontiac Community Players performed four sold-out shows of their latest production Boeing, Boeing at the Pontiac High School auditorium. The play
On Friday evening the Municipality of Alleyn-et-Cawood hosted a grand opening for the new artisan shop at its public library and municipal hall. The shop
Gavans Bar in Quyon may be known in the Ottawa Valley for hosting old-time country and fiddle music, but it suspended that reputation for at
An artist and puppeteer has set up a new studio on Main Street in Shawville, right next to Hursty’s Bar and Grill. Aranyani Rachel Rosen
Local artist Katharine Fletcher has transfigured the walls of the Café 349 with Transformations, her latest exhibition featuring a collection of 53 of her artistic
MRC Pontiac launched a call for artists on Sept. 24 to create a sculpture for the front entrance to their office.
Anyone who heard the twang of banjos and sweet fiddle melodies near Thorne’s Himmelman Road on Saturday could easily have imagined themselves in deep Appalachia,
A Magic: The Gathering artist signed some of his creations during a chance stop at Renaissance Variety in Shawville.
Folklorist Shelley Posen discussed his musical adventures in Chapeau at a talk put on by the Quebec Anglo Heritage Network.
Stacy Johnston never imagined she would be a children’s author. She’s spent years hosting storytime for kids at the Quyon library, so is well familiar with the common narrative arcs, themes and cadence of children’s books – Robert Munsch’s books
This past weekend, the Pontiac Community Players performed four sold-out shows of their latest production Boeing, Boeing at the Pontiac High School auditorium. The play is an influential comedy written by French playwright Marc Camoletti. The plot centres on Bernard
On Friday evening the Municipality of Alleyn-et-Cawood hosted a grand opening for the new artisan shop at its public library and municipal hall. The shop allows local creators to display their works, and a portion of the sales will go
Gavans Bar in Quyon may be known in the Ottawa Valley for hosting old-time country and fiddle music, but it suspended that reputation for at least one night last Tuesday to host an icon of modern Canadian rock music. Joel
An artist and puppeteer has set up a new studio on Main Street in Shawville, right next to Hursty’s Bar and Grill. Aranyani Rachel Rosen is a multi-media artist who moved to Shawville two years ago after living in Toronto,
Local artist Katharine Fletcher has transfigured the walls of the Café 349 with Transformations, her latest exhibition featuring a collection of 53 of her artistic outpourings. The exhibit is broad and leans heavily on recent diversifications to her portfolio of
MRC Pontiac launched a call for artists on Sept. 24 to create a sculpture for the front entrance to their office.
Anyone who heard the twang of banjos and sweet fiddle melodies near Thorne’s Himmelman Road on Saturday could easily have imagined themselves in deep Appalachia, sipping on moonshine and listening to the old-time masters jamming late into the night. The
A Magic: The Gathering artist signed some of his creations during a chance stop at Renaissance Variety in Shawville.
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