Art & Entertainment

WEST CARLETON – Worried about receiving your gifts in time for Christmas Day? With the postal strike dragging in to its third week, shopping local is a great way to avoid delivery snags. 

KILMAURS – The sounds of the season will be emanating from Kilmaurs this Sunay (Dec. 8) as some of West Carleton’s most well-known local musicians perform at the quintessential county church in Kilmaurs.

GALETTA – Sunday (Nov. 24) was a cool, lazy kind of morning, the perfect type of day to head to Galetta and have someone else make breakfast for you.

WEST CARLETON – Santa will have to be agile Dec. 7, he’s the guest of honour at three different parades in West Carleton all on the same night.

FITZROY HARBOUR – For the second year since COVID, the Fitzroy Harbour Craft Market drew a large crowd to the Fitzroy Harbour Community Centre on a sunny Saturday (Nov. 16) to check out the more than 40 vendors selling their one-of-a-kind products there.

CARP – The Diefenbunker 2024 Artist-in-Residence, based on his own Chinese upbringing, wanted to shine a light on the secret military base’s hidden heroes, those who weren’t soldiers, but were vital to keeping the Diefenbunker humming while it served as the emergency shelter to Canada’s highest-serving politicians.

ALMONTE – Did you know Geoheritage Day has been celebrated in the Ottawa area for over a decade?

CARP – While the Carp Farmers’ Market is over for the year, the Carp Farmers’ Christmas Market is a whole different thing. For one, it’s two days.

KINBURN – It was the hottest Hallowe’en night on record for the Ottawa area, but Kinburn’s volunteer firefighters kept calm and partied on.

CARP – This past Saturday (Oct. 29) the Carp Farmer’s Market closed out its 34th season with its popular Spook-Tacular Market event.