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‘Pioneer Days’ at Middleville, August 2

On Sunday, August 2nd, (noon - 4pm),...

Ed George — obituary

George,  Edward Archibald Passed away peacefully at the Almonte...

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An Artist's Notes

Notes from local artist Eileen Hennemann about her paintings.

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NOREEN YOUNG: DRAWINGS & ILLUSTRATIONS at Sivarulrasa Gallery

An exhibition in support of the Noreen Young Award for the Arts Show dates: August 1 – September 4, 2026 Opening Reception: Sunday August 2, 3pm-5pm From August 1 to September 4,...

Maternal Ecologies: Feminist Practices of Motherhood, Land and Creativity

Review by Edith Cody-Rice Maternal Ecologies is an anthology, a combination of artistic and academic expressions of the experience of motherhood, particularly in relation to nature and the land In...

August brings two new exhibitions to the Mississippi Valley Textile Museum

Two new exhibitions are coming to the Mississippi Valley Textile Museum in August! Attend the vernissage for “Unfinished Journey: Memory, Identity, & Family” by Anne Kelly and “Queer Newfoundland...

An Artist's Notes

Notes from local artist Eileen Hennemann about her paintings.

Jubilee: a John Dunn story

Some information for readers from Michael Dunn: 'Billy' was Dad's younger brother and was killed when he ran out in front of an oncoming car...

Almonte in Concert names Steinway grand piano, October 20

On Saturday, October 20 at 7:30 pm in the Almonte Old Town Hall, the first concert of the Almonte in Concert (AIC) season will...

Buy Almonte’s most popular book, win a bottle of prosecco!

Mary Lumsden, Mill Street Books One day soon it will happen. Someone is going to walk into Mill Street Books looking for a recommendation. If...

Bella Figura by Kamin Mohammadi

by Edith Cody-Rice Bella Figura is a book in the tradition of Under the Tuscan Sun by Frances Mayes.  A woman with a  high stress...

MVTM’s Fashion Blooms exceeds expectations

by Edith Cody-Rice  More than 200 spectators attended the exciting  Mississippi Valley Textile Museum fashion show at the Almonte Agricultural Hall on Sunday, September 30. Darrell...

Warlight by Michael Ondaatje

by Edith Cody-Rice The first sentence of every novel should be: Trust me, this will take time but there is order here, very faint, very...

A thank-you from Noreen Young

Dear friends and neighbours and visitors to the Mississippi Valley Textile Museum: Since July 14th, it has been my great honour to have my puppet work...

‘Wild Life’ — a John Dunn story

Paddye Thatcher and her daughter Valerie set out on the Saturday morning of the 24th of May weekend to open up the family cottage. They drove...

Baker Bob gets plastered — literally!

by Brent Eades Stephen Brathwaite wrote last year about his plans to restore the Shelter / Tissage sculpture he and Jennifer Ryder Jones created in 1992 for the...

RESERVOIR at Sivarulrasa Gallery, Almonte

A duo exhibition, Aug 24 to Sept 30, 2018 Featured artists: Deborah Arnold and Dipna Horra Vernissage/Meet the artists: Sat Sept 8, 3pm-6pm   From August 24 to...

Snow in Almonte next week — movie snow that is

by Brent Eades Well, this is a big surprise -- another Christmas movie is being filmed in Almonte. This is -- what? -- the fourth Christmas movie...

Launch of Sivarulrasa Virtual Gallery

Sivarulrasa Gallery launches SVG – the innovative Sivarulrasa Virtual Gallery! Almonte’s Sivarulrasa Gallery is thrilled to announce the launch of SVG - the innovative Sivarulrasa...

A big Celtfest thank you, and a call to action

To say Almonte Celtfest 2018 was a success would definitely be an understatement, and we couldn’t be more proud. The weather gods were definitely on...

My Twenty-Five Years in Provence by Peter Mayle

by Edith Cody-Rice Peter Mayle, that prolific promoter of the pleasures of Provence died in January of 2018. This book, his last, was published posthumously...

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