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Answers to Diana’s Quiz – July 18, 2026

by Diana Filer 1.  The two Diomede Islands...

Outdoor chairs for sale

Two Faulkner 'zero gravity' chairs in navy,...

Caroline Yuill — obituary

Yuill (nee Drynan), Caroline Ann Peacefully at home...

Arts & Culture

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.

March greetings from Mill Street Books

The beautiful spring weather on Saturday has roused me from hibernation! It was a good winter for reading books. My latest favourites are A Woman...

Patricia Gordon moves show to Almonte Public Library. Photographer Mario Cerroni takes over the Chambers Gallery

Patricia Gordon's show moves from the Chambers Gallery to the  Corridor Gallery at the Almonte Public Library Tuesday March 12.  The show will run...

JazzNhouse brings Cuban pianist Miguel de Armas to Almonte, April 6.

Miguel de Armas has been making a name for himself in the Ottawa jazz scene since he moved to the Capital from his native...

Lyle Dillabough mourns the death of Stompin’ Tom Connors

by Lyle Dillabough Stompin' Tom Connors helped us save the Mississippi Hotel in Carleton Place from demolition in 1990. I wrote a letter to him at...

Murdoch Mysteries – Night’s Child – book review

by Amelia Gordon For those of us who are huge fans of the TV series Murdoch Mysteries, the publication of the trade paperback Night's Child...

Mississippi Valley Textile Museum and Diefenbunker share $49,071 Ontario grant to develop scientific programs

by Michael Rikley-Lancaster The Mississippi Valley Textile Museum in collaboration with the Diefenbunker: Canada’s Cold War Museum are thrilled to announce that they have received a Cultural Strategic Investment Fund...

Puppets Up! International Puppet Festival announces the 2013 roster of puppet troupes that will perform in Almonte on August 10th and 11th.

In keeping with this year’s “Family Reunion” theme, many familiar faces will be “back home” for Puppets Up! with shows we love to see. ...

The Dinner by Herman Koch – book review

by Edith Cody-Rice "All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way." These opening lines of Tolstoy's Anna Karenina occur...

The Valley Players present an evening of one act plays and music.

On March 8th and 9th we will showcase some local musical talent with an eclectic mix of one act plays an the Mississippi Valley Textile...

The Mississippi Valley Textile Museum and Almonte Potter’s Guild offer a fun and creative March Break Camp

Once again the Almonte Potter's Guild and the Mississippi Valley Textile Museum are teaming up to offer an exciting, creative full day March Break...

Vintage guitar making music again

by Kathryn Stevens, School Director, Musicworks A vintage guitar has found a new home and a new voice with the help of local businesses, caring...

Artist Patricia Gordon at the Chambers Gallery, Mississippi Mills Administration Building, February 13 – March 12 2013

    One Bosc,Three Ya-Li  This Ottawa native graduated from Queen’s University with a baccalaureate in History of Art and English then spent two years studying Interior...

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