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Tunic Show, August 1st, 2026, Mississippi Valley Textile Museum

What started off as any other day,...

Sell Out Crowd Attends the Almonte Craft Beer Fest

by Edith Cody-Rice  It was a sunny, pleasantly...

‘Pioneer Days’ at Middleville, August 2

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

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An Artist's Notes

Notes from local artist Eileen Hennemann about her paintings.

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John Dunn's Stories

Lanark Lit Writing Competition

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Tunic Show, August 1st, 2026, Mississippi Valley Textile Museum

What started off as any other day, getting together with friends, conversations, laughter, discussions on our struggles and then, of course, what each of us is pursuing or dreaming...

Sell Out Crowd Attends the Almonte Craft Beer Fest

by Edith Cody-Rice  It was a sunny, pleasantly warm evening on Friday, July 24 when the parking lot at the Old Town Hall began to fill up with a capacity...

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,...
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An Artist's Notes

Notes from local artist Eileen Hennemann about her paintings.

Books

John Dunn's Stories

Lanark Lit Writing Competition

Pick of the Past

Journal Entry: Rosemary Leach

In squished spaces people have to co-operate a bit more. Furrow browed conversations at the café tables are interrupted by someone trying to get by....

The Anvil Parliament: a John Dunn story

It was a well-known fact in Almonte that any youngster who was forced to go to school for ten months of the year could...

General Fine Craft new exhibition

Almonte’s GENERAL FINE CRAFT  begins its 2016 exhibition schedule with a dynamic pairing of new work to the gallery. Both these emerging artists work intuitively...

Citizen features Noreen Young’s Mississippi Mills puppets

Almonte's own Noreen Young has created more than 50 puppets of Mississippi Mills' residents. Noreen is one of Canada's most revered puppeteers and has...

Wrenches and Ladles

by Rosemary Leach This past Saturday I was standing beside a gurney. Across from us stood a tall woman, Arabic ancestry. She wore a baseball shirt...

Blair Paul workshop: “Painting the Early Spring Landscape II”

Don't miss the "Painting the Early Spring Landscape II" workshop at the Mill of Kintail Gatehouse, Mississippi Mills Ontario. This is an acrylic painting workshop...

JazzN.ca celebrates the past and looks to the future of JazzNhouse in Almonte.

by Edith Cody-Rice  JazzNhouse, is the brainchild of Almonte resident Arnie Francis, who with his wife Ingrid Kadoke, has been organizing these concerts for the...

Carriageway Studios: upcoming activities for March

For the Love of Drawing: "Drawing is exercise for a restless imagination" Tim Burton Open drawing sessions Wednesday evenings 7-9 ( til the end of May)...

Rosemary Leach show at the Manx — March 15 to April 13

This exhibition is in one my favorite Ottawa locations, the Manx Pub. A trip to the Manx is a carrot we dangle at the...

Mostly Billy: A John Dunn story

Millhands on our side of the river spoke of our place as ‘the doctor’s house’, and whenever they came to the office they spoke...

Resident shares music video highlighting plight of migrants

Nathan Sloniowski sent us this today. Well worth watching. Made in Almonte – Sloop John B, sung and played by Nathan Sloniowski, recorded and co-produced...

Interview with Landria Onkka, author of “The Rooftop Christmas Tree”

As Millstone readers know, a movie called “The Rooftop Christmas Tree” has recently been shooting in Almonte and the area. We caught up via...

Our soup bowls overflowed with generosity!

The Board of the Mississippi Valley Textile Museum and its Executive Director/Curator, Michael Rikley-Lancaster want extend a heartfelt thank you to all those who...

Another movie crew in town

by Brent Eades Yet another movie crew is shooting scenes in Almonte. As of 6 pm Monday evening crews and equipment were set up on Elgin...
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