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Grilled Chicken with Blueberry Sauce

Blueberries are usually for dessert, but this...

Fish Fry Friday at the Legion, September 4

Almonte Legion Fish Fry Friday is September...

Every Body Yoga Program

CFCL is delighted to announce that we...

Arts & Culture

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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Carleton Place is the first in North America to host this 160-metre record

An embroidered cloth 160.5 metres long, stitched by communities across 14 European countries, will be shown outside Europe for the first time on September 13, at UA FEST in...

Almonte’s Fibrefest is back on September 12 and 13!

Almonte, ON- Come on out to the scenic town of Almonte on September 12 and 13 to celebrate the wonderful world of fibre arts at the 31st Fibrefest -...

Drawing and cartooning for kids

Join us at the Mississippi Valley Textile Museum for cartooning fun! Classes run for 8 Wednesdays beginning October 7th-November 25th, 5:30-6:45pm. The session will be led by Sam Hamilton...
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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

City of the Lost by Kelley Armstrong – book review

by Edith Cody-Rice  Kelley Armstrong is a best selling Canadian author of the thirteen book Women of the Otherworld series, the Nadia Stafford crime novels...

Help send local dance students to perform at Disney World

The Almonte Academy of Dance has the opportunity to send a group of dancers to Disney in Orlando, Florida.  A team of eleven dancers...

“Live From Mississippi Mills, it’s Saturday Night!”

  by Noreen Young There's no doubt about it - it was a lively scene on Saturday night January 16th at the Almonte Old Town Hall...

Movies on the Mississippi announces exciting winter lineup

Hub Hospice Palliative Care is pleased to present our winter 2016 lineup!  Working again with the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) we will be...

The Heart Goes Last by Margaret Atwood – book review

by Edith Cody-Rice Readers who know Margaret  Atwood's work seem to fall into two general categories. There are those who love her and those who...

Clip Clop: A John Dunn story

A kind of afternoon drowsiness had crept over Irishtown. We passed Barney Lunney's store with the blind down over the front window, crossed the...

Jazz in January!

Last Saturday evening some 100 people were treated to the world class jazz stylings of Herbie’s Hill in the transformed Bean Car showroom.  Our...

Released

by Rosemary Leach It shocks me that I was once a figure skater. I laugh to think I even won some medals. The 1970s figure skating...

The Biography: John Le Carré by Adam Sisman – review

by Edith Cody-Rice Adam Sisman was chosen by David Cornwell, who writes as John Le Carré, to write his biography, the only one in existence. Cornwell...

Your Time to Sing: A new community choir in town

The Rhythm & Song Community Choir Rhythm & Song is a new community choir for adults* in Mississippi Mills. Maybe you love to sing, maybe...

Almonte in Concert is back in force!

Almonte in Concert has been struggling with the recruitment of new board members to carry out the multiple functions associated with an annual series...

Santa Claus arrives early at Textile Museum

Christmas came early to the MVTM! Donations for the month of December amounted to $16,000, thanks to the Friends of the MVTM, donors and the...

Poles Apart by Terry Fallis – book review

by Edith Cody-Rice Terry Fallis is a very funny writer. Ever since his first published book Best Laid Plans, he has maintained the ironic self...

Hear the only known recording of James Naismith

by Brent Eades A link shared by Mayor McLaughlin led me to this fascinating 1939 radio interview with Almonte's own Dr. James Naismith, the inventor...
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