GATINEAU VALLEY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
50th Anniversary Dinner and Awards Evening
celebrating 50 years of GVHS with displays,special guests & presentations
WHEN: Monday, May 28, 5:30 p.m. cocktails and 6:30 p.m. dinner
WHERE: Camp Fortune, Main Lodge, Chelsea, QC
Cost: $35.00 per person
Info: Please contact Shirley Brown before May 23 at browncrest@sympatico.ca or 819-827-1999 to reserve your spot.
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COLBY CURTIS MUSEUM
Exhibition: Painting Moods-Humeurs de peintre
Landscape painting by Jennifer Brooks
WHEN: Until June 16, Mondays to Fridays from 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
WHERE: 535 Dufferin, Stanstead
Info: 819-876-7322 or info@colbycurtis.ca
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HASKELL FREE LIBRARY
HASKELL OPERA HOUSE
Stuart McLean and the Vinyl Café
WHEN: May 23 and 24, 7:00 p.m.
WHERE: 1 Church, Stanstead.
Tickets are $45/adult or $30 for students 18 years and under.
Tickets may purchased at the Woodknot Bookshop, 137 Main Street, Newport, VT 05855 online at www.catamountarts.org
Tickets may be reserved by calling the Haskell Box Office, at (802) 873-3022 (U.S.) or (819) 876-2471 (Canada). Ext. 205.
Tickets may be purchased and/or reserved through the Haskell website, www.haskellopera.com
There is a $2.50 handling charge per ticket charged to the purchaser for paying with a credit card. There is no fee charged for simply reserving a ticket through the website to be picked up for cash sales at the box office.
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MUSÉE DES BEAUX-ARTS DE SHERBROOKE
The Musée des beaux-arts de Sherbrooke presents Passages by artist Lisa Tognon. This exhibition, produced and circulated by the Maison des arts de Laval, will be on display until 10 June. The opening vernissage takes place on Saturday 31 March, at 5:00 p.m.
WHEN: Until June 10
WHERE: 241, Dufferin Street.
Cost: $7,50, adult; $6, senior; $5., student.
Info: Lise Boyer, responsable des communications, 819 821-2115 lboyer@mbas.qc.ca
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UPLANDS CULTURAL AND HERITAGE CENTRE
Exhibit Watercolour & Pottery
Denis Palmer & Réjean Côtes
Uplands Cultural & Heritage Centre is very pleased to present an exhibition of works by Denis Palmer, watercolourist and Réjean Côtes, potter. The public is invited to meet the artists during the opening vernissage on Sunday, April 1st between 2:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. at
WHEN: Until May 27,
WHERE: Uplands, 9 Speid Street in Sherbrooke (Borough of Lennoxville
Info: (819) 564-0409
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REMINDER:
47th Annual FHQ Convention -- Register Now!
QAHN cordially invites you to register for the 47th annual convention of the Fédération Histoire Québec. This event, sponsored by the Société d’histoire de Sherbrooke, in collaboration with QAHN, will take place in Sherbrooke, May 25-27, 2012.
The theme this year is Eastern Townships history. Presentations will explore three broad topics: “Land of Passage,” “Place of Settlement,” and “Home of Communities.”
New this year, and reflecting the English-speaking roots of the Townships and the bilingual makeup of the region, speakers will present in either French or English.
A Few Program Highlights:
Friday, May 25:
AGM, Fédération Histoire Québec.
Cocktail and special exhibition, Société d’histoire de Sherbrooke.
Banquet, Granada Theatre. Keynote speaker: Jean-Pierre Kesteman.
Performance by theatre group Traces et Souvenances.
Saturday, May 26:
Speakers:
Nicole O’Bomsawin (Abenaki history) – French.
Éric Graillon (pre-European history) – French.
Peter Southam (Irish settlement in the Townships) - English.
Micheline Dumont (Sherbrooke, fertile ground for feminism) – French.
Guy Laperrière (religious communities in the Townships) – French.
Barbara Verity and Gilles Péloquin (explorer David Thompson) – English.
Buffet lunch. Presentation: Léon Robichaud (history and digital media) – French.
Harold Bérubé (small and medium-sized towns in Quebec) – French.
Monique Nadeau-Saumier (Chemin des Cantons) – French.
Pierre Rastoul (early days of the press in the Townships) – English.
Round table discussion on recent historical research in Sherbrooke – Bilingual.
Michèle Vatz-Laaroussi (effects of modern immigration).
Catherine Desbarats (New France) – French.
Banquet supper; FHQ awards ceremony.
Sunday, May 27:
Excursion 1 -- animated tour of Sherbrooke’s outdoor frescoes.
Excursion 2 -- self-guided walking tour of old Sherbrooke.
Excursion 3 -- Victorian tea, Uplands (Lennoxville); organ concert, St. Mark’s Chapel (Bishop’s University).
Excursion 4 -- visits to Beaulne Museum (Coaticook) and Louis Saint-Laurent National Historic Site (Compton).
Representatives of local historical societies and members of the general public may view the entire program online at: www.histoirequebec.qc.ca.
Attendees may download registration forms, and are free to pick and choose what they wish to attend. Participants may register for one lecture, or they may attend the entire three-day event.
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QAHN NEWS!
QUEBEC HERITAGE WEB:
QAHN invites both individuals and members of organizations to send us material for inclusion on Quebec Heritage Web. Currently, Quebec Heritage Web includes bilingual versions of the following regional heritage sites:
Townships Heritage / Patrimoine des Cantons
Laurentian Heritage / Patrimoine des Laurentides
Outaouais Heritage / Patrimoine de l’Outaouais
Gaspesian Heritage / Patrimoine de la Gaspésie and
The Montreal Mosaic / Mosaïque montréalaise
All of these five dynamic Internet magazines can be accessed from one single address: www.QuebecHeritageWeb.com
Submissions can take many forms -- news items relating to local history or heritage; feature articles on historical topics; letters to the editor; photos; exhibitions and other events listings (for inclusion in our free on-line calendar); video or audio clips; or anything else you think is relevant to local heritage and history and that you might like to publicize on one or more of our heritage webmagazines.
We’re always looking for good content. And we love getting your feedback. So don’t be shy. Send us your material and send it often!
NEW FACEBOOK PAGE
QAHN is pleased to announce that our print magazine, Quebec Heritage News, is now on Facebook!
Visit us at: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Quebec-Heritage-News/288386101188929.
Be sure to leave us your comments, and tell all your Facebook friends about us!
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