Le théâtre est de retour à la salle Alec et Gérard Pelletier. En effet, vendredi dernier (29 avril) avait lieu la première de la pièce L’espace entre, un collage de six courtes pièces écrites spécialement pour l’occasion, par six auteurs de Sutton : Agathe Génois, Lucie Hébert, Jefferson Lewis, Michèle Normandin, Andrée Pelletier et Louise Pelletier. La mise en scène est signée par Michèle Normandin, la musique a été créée par Pierre Laurendeau et la conception des costumes est de Brigite Normandin.

Les spectateurs ont été enchantés de leur soirée et étonnés de la grande qualité du spectacle. L’originalité de la mise en scène et l’excellence du jeu des comédiens ont été particulièrement remarquées. Ce sont dix comédiens de Sutton et des environs qui interprètent avec brio les différentes pièces, il s’agit de Lise Cameron, Stéphanie Choquette, Michel Fradette, Dominique Gagnon, Robert Ménard, Dominic Papin, Shannon Partridge, Andrée Pelletier, Sanders Pinault et Catherine Rajotte.

L’espace entre, c’est le thème de tous ces morceaux qui parlent d’amour, de trahison, d’indifférence, de communication ou d’incommunication, d’espoir et d’un brin de folie. C’est l’espace entre le rêve et l’éveil, l’illusion et le mensonge, l’image et la réalité.

Lise Cameron, Stéphanie Choquette, Michel Fradette, Dominique Gagnon, Robert Ménard, Dominic Papin, Shannon Partridge, Andrée Pelletier, Sanders Pinault et Catherine Rajotte

C’est à voir absolument. Il ne reste que trois représentations, les 6 et 7 mai à 20h, le 8 mai à 14h. Vous pouvez réserver en téléphonant au 450 538 0486. Des billets (20$) sont aussi en vente à la boutique Au Naturel à Sutton.

Pour plus de détails sur la programmation de la Salle Alec et Gérard Pelletier, visitez le www.salleagpelletier.com.

Our upcoming dance show Kaleidoscope. It is an annual event and this year’s theme is Imagination. The show will be shown to the public on Thursday and Friday, May 5 and 6. The price is $10 per person and the show starts at 6:30 pm. All money helps support the M-V dance program! Thanks for your support!

Previously censored stories get the airing they deserve from the improvisational raconteur and troubadour, jazz trumpeter Stanley Lake. Join us for a raucus evening of LIVE RECORDING of tracks for his new CD. Bring your ears and get a mouthful as the exploration continues with the help of his usual collection of musical suspects. Not to be missed!

Don’t forget the address and place: 305B Knowlton Road in Knowlton at Radio Village Hall.

Sherbrooke native and former Sutton resident Brian Blain performs at Knowlton’s Radio Village Hall on Saturday, April 9

Admission is $10. With the price of admission you become an RCM member. Future shows will be offered to all members at reduced rates.

Brian Blain is known to CIDI-FM listeners as the composer of “Terrace Inn” a song that has received a lot of airplay on the station because of the fond memories many listeners have of that old dancehall in Bondville. Brian also made a guest appearance with Oliver Klaus at their annual fundraiser for the station last December.

Brian is an established singer-songwriter in Toronto and his appearance in Knowlton will kick-off a tour of Quebec to promote his third CD, “New Folk Blues”.

The new CD, New Folk Blues, recorded with internationally renowned bassist George Koller

For more info on Brian, as well as audio and video clips, go to www.brianblain.ca.

DAVE & THE BLUE SHADOWS in the Radio Village Hall on March 6 2011 at 2:00PM. Admission $10.00 (RCM Members $5.00)

Canadian Club of the Yamaska Valley meets on Mon. March 7 with Jody Robinson, archivist at Eastern Townships Research Centre, Bishops University at 2 pm at Auberge West Brome. Topic Keeping it in the Family, tracing your family’s roots and preserving your family papers. Non members $10. Information 450 243 6524 (Meredith MacKeen)

On Sunday January 9, from 1:30 to 4 pm, RCM will present Le Vent des Cantons, a trio from the Brome Missisquoi region specializing in traditional Quebecois folklore music. The group has been together since February 2008. They play a variety of long-established music, reels, jigs and songs. Claire Ouellet plays piano and sings, Laurencio Beaudin plays diatonic accordion and foot percussion and Robert (Bob) Goulet plays the rhythm bones and other traditional percussion. For more information go to their website at leventdescantons.com.

More about this event in The Wind of Change article.

On November 27th, Radio Communautaire Missisquoi will be presenting the grand finale of the Stop! piano competition at Radio Village Hall (at CIDI, 305B Knowlton Road in Knowlton) at 6:30 pm. The host, Guy Côté, will introduce the judges and the six contestants will play their best pieces. The trophies and the money prizes:

will be awarded and there will be a small reception after the ceremony, so people can meet the young pianists and the judges. There will also be a People’s Choice award which you can vote for online at www.rcmmedia.org. Once on the site just click on the “TV: Stop!” tab and vote for your three favourite contestants.

Admission is free, but people are encouraged to become members of Radio Communautaire Missisquoi by paying $10 at the door. New members will receive a membership card that will get them into future Radio Village Hall events at a reduction. Space is limited, so make sure you get there early, and please don’t forget to check out the contestants on our website and vote for your favourites.

Sponsored by:
La Caisse Populaire de Waterloo

Le rendez-vous des sens par excellence…

les 18, 19, 25 et 26 septembre 2010 !

Comment ne pas se souvenir de la première édition qui se déroula en 1996 ! Organisé par un promoteur, Le Festival International du canard s’est imposé comme étant l’une des activités familiales les plus courues et les plus appréciées au Québec pendant la période automnale.

En 2000, la Chambre de commerce de Lac-Brome reprit le flambeau pour créer le Festival Canard en Fête à Lac-Brome.

http://canardenfete.com/

A toe tapping night of the most memorable favourites of the American Songbook. Interpreted by Lise Cameron and Jacques Lecours, musical director Michael Hynes and musician Kevin Sullivan.

Brome Fair is an annual fall agricultural fair and exhibition which takes place in the tiny village of Brome. BCAS has organized a very successful agricultural fair since 1856; we are the 3rd largest agricultural fair in Quebec.

City of Lac-Brome
United Church of Knowlton
Monday, August 9th at 8 p.m.

It’s a production that brings a mix of classically trained musicians, mainly the centre’s finest students, to different venues throughout the Townships to perform.

For more info please contact:
Orford Arts Centre
3165, chemin du Parc
Orford (Québec) J1X 7A2, CANADA
t 819 843-3981 | F 819 843-7274
http://www.arts-orford.org/

Held on Thanksgiving Weekend October 7 -10/2011

Located in Knowlton, Quebec on the Grounds of the Brome County Historical Society (Museum), Centennial Building, 130 Lakeside, Knowlton Quebec.

This four day event will fill the entire building with Pressed Glass, Goblets, Depression Glass, Elegant Glass, Coloured Glass, Heisey Glass, Oil Lamps and many unusual pieces!!

The show and sale runs:        

• Friday, 12 Noon – 6 p.m.,
• Saturday and Sunday 10 a.m.- 6 p.m.
• Thanksgiving Monday 10 a.m.- 4 p.m.

40 artist studios open to the public
This July, if you’re not already in the area, prepare planning your cultural escape to the Townships and you will be guaranteed a memorable experience like no other.

An escape that will make you discover dreamy landscapes where 40 artists and artisans have established their studios in and around the villages of Knowlton, Sutton, West Brome, Bolton and Mansonville. Soothing for eye and soul, this opportunity is yours to discover and take in from July 10th to 19th, every day from 10am to 5pm.
You are cordially invited to attend the official opening that will take place Friday the 9th of July from 5 to 7 pm at the Arts Sutton Gallery at 7, Academy St, in Sutton, Quebec. All the Tour des Arts participants will be present and happy to greet you!

For nine days, the meandering country roads will take you to amazing new hidden places where you will be amazed with the vitality and eclectic creativity that lurks in our beautiful region. From studio to studio, you will find an abundant selection of arts and crafts, from painting, watercolor, sculpture to folk art, and fine crafts such as jewelry making, ceramics, woodworking and stained glass.

Among the 40 artists, four new faces
This year the Tour offers 4 new participants:
Marie Madore (painting and etching) Sutton,
Sean O’Riordain (painting) Dunkin,
Daniel Hache (wood sculpture and totems) Bolton
Monique Beaudry (jewel knobs) Knowlton.

After a short hiatus, the Tour also is welcoming back, Jack Walker (folk art) Bolton and Francine Denault (Paintings) Bolton.

These newcomers will join the other talented artists you may already have discovered on previous Tour des Arts visits and they are:
Myriam Bardoul, Pina Macku, Anke van Ginhoven, Almut Ellinghaus, Brigite Normandin, Louise Andrée Roberge, Christina Steingruber, Christiane Roy, Eira Thomas, Nicole Côté, Stanley Lake, Potton Valley Quilters, Jany Fournier, Robin Badger, Robert Chartier, Irma & Roger Côté, Rhonda Price, Judy Mullins, Anne Johnston, Mark Zimmerl, John Fowles,
Claude De Gaspé Alleyn, Stéphane Bingen, Vicky Tansey, Michelle Lalonde, Craig Skinner, Jacinthe Comeau, Richard Bélanger, Caroline Lanctôt-Benoit, Gordon Ladd, Amélie Desjardins, Murielle Faille, John Murphy et John Rollit.

The after Tour…
If the days spent on the Tour promise to be full, the evenings will not disappoint. The visitors will have a vast selection of entertaining events, such as poetry readings, music, and theatre and, much more.
For more information, the complete list of evening events is listed on the backside of the flyer. We suggest you also read up about our restaurants and accommodations section of the flyer and we promise you will be in awe of the hospitality, joie de vivre and refinement these establishments have to offer.

Our sponsors, our true partners…
The work of our artists and artisans is not the only reason the Tour des Arts has been a success for 22 consecutive years. We owe a great deal to our sponsors that have been our true partners and that continue to believe that art is tourism’s best friend.

Contact : Francine Denault tel :450-243-5676

For more information :

See the new Tour des Arts flyer available in most commercial venues and tourism bureaus of the region
Consult the Tour des Arts web site ( www.tourdesarts.com )
Tourisme Sutton : tel 1-800-565-8455 ( www.sutton.ca )
Chambre de Commerce Lac Brome : tel 1-877-242-2870 ( www.cclacbrome.com)

Come celebrate Easter with us at l Écho des Saveurs located at 5, Rue Mont Echo Knowlton,Qc. We will be serving wonderful homemade breakfast including Waffles,Eggs benedict and Crepes with Asperagus and Ham.Tons of desserts and tons of fun from 9am to 2pm.See you there! for reservations please contact Josee or Meagan at 450-243-6462

Maison des Jeunes Lac Brome is hosting a coffee house on feb.6th from 1pm-4pm at Centre Lac-Brome.

Open mic= music, theatre and poetry.

All profits will be donated to the Red Cross for Haiti earthquake victims.

10$ adults and 5$ students.

Let’s come together for a good cause:O)

November 22nd at 2 p.m. broadcaster, author and journalism professor Ted Barris will tell the untold stories of regular Canadian soldiers from the Great War to Afghanistan.

at Theatre Lac Brome 9 Mount Echo road in Knowlton

The presentation with slides followed by a book signing will begin at 2 p.m. This event is in benefit of Pettes Memorial Library.

Tickets are $10 per person and are available at Brome Lake Books 264 E Knowlton road or by calling 450-242-2242.

Henry Schreiber will host two musical entertainment evenings on behalf of the Brome County Historical Society.

Session l: Mon. Oct. 19, 2009 JOIN IN THE CHORUS! – an evening of choral music, featuring Handel, Verdi and Orff. You are invited to join in if you wish.

Session 2: Mon. Oct. 26, 2009 AN EVENING AT SYMPHONY HALL – a complete, but tuneful and accessible program, typical of what one might hear at a light symphonic concert. All in video.

Both session at the Lac Brome Theatre, starting at 7 p.m.

An admission of $5. is requested to cover costs and benefit the Historical Society.