By huge popular demand, TURPIN’S TRAIL (Kingston/Perth Road Village, East Coast/Folk/Celtic) is back to perform for New Year’s Eve! Turpin’s Trail is the Kingston-based quintet of Chris Murphy, Jon McLurg, Brian Flynn and Noal St.Amand. Having played concerts and festivals across Ontario, Turpin’s Trail has shared the stage with artists such as Murray McLauchlan, J.P. Cormier, and Leahy.

Tight harmonies and acoustic instrumental accompaniment (guitar, mandolin, banjo, Irish Bouzouki, ukulele, Bodhran) bring out the beauty and energy in their original songs and their creative interpretations of songs drawn from Celtic, folk, bluegrass, and popular music genres.

Cost: $50.

Date :
December 31 at 7pm to January 01 at 1 am

Event location :
The Cove
2 Bedford St.
Westport, Ontario K0G 1X0 Canada

Contact :
Website: http://www.turpinstrail.com/

Cook together in the community kitchen on the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of every month! What’s Cooking in Westport is on the 1st Tuesday each month (10am-1pm) at the Free Methodist Church! Learn new skills, take home food. Childcare is available.

Join us to try new foods and recipes, share a meal, bring extras home, have a good time, and meet new people in your community. We pick the recipes together, focusing on local, seasonal, budget-friendly ingredients. Some months we have a specific cultural theme, a guest speaker from the community, or a special event.

The group is facilitated by Registered Dietitian, Kate Earl, from Country Roads Community Health Centre. We discuss different nutrition and food safety topics each month and members share healthy eating tips with each other.

The program is FREE. There is no cost to participate. We also offer free childcare. Please ask us if you need help with travel costs. All we ask from you is that you participate in the cooking (and clean up!), come ready to have fun, and be open to trying new foods.

Date :
Tuesday, January 01, 2019 from 10am to 1pm

Event location :
Free Methodist Church
Westport, ON, Canada

Contact :
Kate
Phone contact: 613-272-2799 X237
E-mail: kearl@crchc.on.ca
Website: https://www.crchc.on.ca/nutrition/

BINGO Doors open at 6:00pm:  Elgin Lions Hall – Thursdays ; Westport Legion-Upper Rideau Branch 542 – Mondays 

BRIDGE every Tuesday at 1:00pm at the Elgin Municipal Complex.  Info 613-359-6192.

EUCHRE

Delta Legion every Friday at 7pm (Pat Philips 613-928-2712).
Elgin Municipal Complex Community Room on Mondays at noon (Doug Summers 613-359-5744)
Westport Upper Rideau Branch 542 – Thursday evenings (Joan Thompson 613-273-5613)

CHAFFEYS LOCK COMMUNITY HALL MARKET SQUARE every Sunday from late May to October.  Local craftspersons and artists.

CLOGGING – at the Newboro Community Hall every Wednesday evening at 7pm and at the South Elmsley Municipal Complex (OPP Offices on Hwy 15) Thursday afternoons from 2-4pm. This is a fun way to exercise and expand your dance talents! Classes are $2 a class. Sponsored by the Newboro Recreation Committee. Cal Dorothy for details 613-272-8053.

COMMUNITY SHOPPING BUS sponsored through the Portland Seniors Club leaves for the local shopping mall in Kingston every 2^nd Tuesday of the month.  Call Vicki at 613-272-2676 to reserve your seat.  Cost $15.00 return trip.  Not just for seniors!  All ages welcome.

COFFEE DROP-IN: Throughout the Township come and enjoy a bit of social fun! Bring your latest craft project, a deck of cards or just yourself.  Children are welcome.  Donations appreciated. 

Delta United Church:  Monday mornings from 8am to 10:30am  (Pat Philips 613-928-2712)
Elgin Municipal Complex Community Hall:  Friday mornings from 9:30am (Linda Carr 613-272-2227)
Morton – Morton Mug:  Tuesday mornings (Linda Gamble 613-876-3884)
Newboro Community Hall:  Wednesday mornings from 10am to Noon (Joan 613-272-2393)
Portland Community Hall: Thursday mornings (Betty James 613-272-2461)

COMMUNITY FARMERS BREAKFAST every 4^th Tuesday at the Harmony Lodge in Philipsville starting at 8:00am. Sponsored by the Philipsville Masons, everyone is welcome. Contact Ross Hawkins for information 613-359-5833.

DELTA McMUFFIN LIGHT BREAKFAST every Saturday morning from 7:30am to 10am at Delta United Church. $5 will get you coffee with an egg & English muffin and a chance to meet your neighbours. Everyone is welcome. Call Arvin Riskie for info 613-928-2091.

COMMUNITY LUNCHES

Elgin Municipal Complex:  1st Friday of the month – 11:30am to 12:30pm soup and sandwiches. Pay-What-You-Can ( Linda Carr 613-272-2227)
Portland United Church:  4^th Tuesday of every month – noon to 1pm (613-272-2002).

SPAGHETTI DINNERS 

Elgin Lions Hall:   2nd Friday of the month – combines their very popular Quiz Night with the spaghetti dinner (teams of 6 start the game at 7pm)
Portland Legion: 1st Friday of every month
Westport Upper Rideau Branch 542:  3^rd Friday of the month

PARKINSON SUPPORT GROUP meets the last Thursday of every month at 1:30pm at Rideau Community Health Services, 2 Gould Street, Unit 118, Smiths Falls.  Contact margaux.wolfe@parkinson.ca

VIBE: Venturing in Biblical Education, every Wednesday from April 13, 2016 – December 7, 2016.  Elgin United Church 10 am & Portland United Church 7 pm. Contact Rev. Takouhi (613) 272-8977 or RevTakouhi@Terrautopia.ca

Ring in 2019 with all of us at The Cove!

By huge popular demand, TURPIN’S TRAIL (Kingston/Perth Road Village, East Coast/Folk/Celtic) is back to perform for New Year’s Eve! Turpin’s Trail is the Kingston-based quintet of Chris Murphy, Jon McLurg, Brian Flynn and Noal St.Amand. Having played concerts and festivals across Ontario, Turpin’s Trail has shared the stage with artists such as Murray McLauchlan, J.P. Cormier, and Leahy. Tight harmonies and acoustic instrumental accompaniment (guitar, mandolin, banjo, Irish Bouzouki, ukulele, Bodhran) bring out the beauty and energy in their original songs and their creative interpretations of songs drawn from Celtic, folk, bluegrass, and popular music genres. Amalgamating gorgeous folklore and traditional celtic with east coast song, naturally, they are HUGE fan favourites in the Westport area and a great celebration band for New Year’s Eve!

NEW YEAR’S EVE OVERNIGHT PACKAGE

Includes Room & Breakfast @ 10am. Check in 3pm, Check out Noon.

7-9pm Delicious, Buffet Dinner

Midnight Party Favours & Bubbly

9pm-1am Dancing to East Coast/Celtic/Folk local phenom, Turpin’s Trail!!!
Standard Room $250 + HST + 12% Gratuity
Jacuzzi Suite $300 + HST + 12% Gratuity

DINNER & MUSIC PACKAGE

7-9pm Delicious, Buffet Dinner

Midnight Party Favours & Bubbly

9pm-1am Dancing to East Coast/Celtic/Folk local phenom, Turpin’s Trail!!!
$50/Person + HST + 12% Gratuity
$100/Couple + HST + 12% Gratuity

Date :
December 31, 2018 @ 7:00 pm – January 1, 2019 @ 7:00 pm

Event location :
The Cove
2 Bedford St.
Westport, Ontario K0G 1X0 Canada

Contact :
E-mail: info@turpinstrail.com or Website: http://www.turpinstrail.com/

Be a part of the party, AND ROCK AND ROLL HISTORY, when these Rock Gods from Brockville descend upon the fabled halls of the ex-Tweedsmuir to rile up the locals and spread their feel good sound throughout the night! Delicious buffet and show!

Cost: $45.

Date :
Friday, December 21, 2018 | 7-11pm

Event location :
The Cove Country Inn, Westport, ON

Contact :
Website: https://www.healyandorr.ca/

Rideau Lakes Public Library presents Spotlight Series, a monthly talk or workshop covering a variety of interesting and entertaining topics. Make your very own attractive wooden sign for your home, family or friends. This is a library fundraiser with sign costs ranging from $45 to $60. Visit Betty’s Signs on facebook to see beautiful results from other workshops: https://www.facebook.com/Bettys-Sign-Studio-and-Paint-Parties-144073019634238/

To register please contact Laura Lee Davies lauralee@rideaulakeslibrary.ca or call 613-359-5315. You can also contact Laura Lee for more information about this event or the Spotlight Series.

Date :
Sunday, December 16, 2018 from 1-3pm

Event location :
Rideau Lakes Public Library, 26 Halladay St, Elgin, ON K0G 1E0, Canada

Young Petty Stones brings together four musicians who share a deep respect for the most sacred of rock ‘n roll. This is music from the boys who gave you The Night is Young: The Music of Neil Young, Four Petty: The Music of Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, The Rolling Stones Rock & Roll Revue and Early Bird: A Nod to the Music of Eagles! All members sing!

Featuring Seamus Cowan on bass (Spoon River, Bullmoose, The High Dials, Tom Savage, Miss Emily), Jason Kent on guitar/keyboards (Sunfields, Spoon River, The Dears, Kandle & The Krooks), Eric Lawrance guitar/pedal steel (Bullmoose, Ladies of the Canyon) and Rob Radford on drums (Greg Ball, Miss Emily, Reuben DeGroot, Justin Bird).

$50/person Delicious Traditional Christmas Roast Turkey and Beef Buffet with all the Trimmings and Dessert

Date :
Saturday, December 15, 2018 from 7:00 pm – 11:00 pm

Event location :
The Cove Country Inn & Spa, 2 Bedford St, Westport, ON K0G 1X0, Canada

Contact :
Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/pages/category/Musician-Band/Young-Petty-Stones-280608412531628/

Friday, December 7 AND Saturday, December 8 – FESTIVE CHRISTMAS MARKET at The Old Town Hall, Delta.

We’re having a Festive Christmas Market with many different vendors. Friday, December 7 from 4 pm to 8 pm and Saturday, December 8 from 10 am to 4 pm. Free admission – come & browse and maybe pick up a gift or two for someone special. Hot dogs and refreshments will be for sale in the Stone Mill Café. Vendors if you are interested in selling at our Christmas Market please email info@deltamill.org or call 613-928-2584 before Nov 30th to rent a 6′ table for $10.

Friday hours: 4pm to 8pm

Saturday hours: 10am to 4pm

Date :
Friday, December 7, 4pm – 8pm
Event location :
Delta, ON
Contact :
E-mail: info@deltamill.org

Ace Canadian Blues-Rockers MonkeyJunk Celebrate 10 Years With Thrilling #MJ10 Tour

The trio, whose career-best fifth album Time To Roll recently netted their second Juno Award, prepares to travel from east to west this spring and summer, visiting key venues and festivals in between…

Ottawa’s ace swamp roots-rockers MonkeyJunk — fêting 10 triumphant years together in 2018 — are preparing to lift lids from Saskatoon to Sault Ste Marie, Thunder Bay to Nanaimo, as they hit the highway supporting their scorching, career-best Time To Roll album. Audiences will be dazzled.

Winner of 2018’s Blues Album of the Year Juno Award (their second overall), the latest and fifth release from singer/guitarist and harp player Steve Marriner, drummer Matt Sobb, and guitarist Tony D is precisely the kind of corker you’d expect from a trio of musical veterans who, between them, have boosted luminaries from Fabulous Thunderbird Kim Wilson to Buddy Guy, the late Jeff Healey to the lamented Stevie Ray Vaughan.

Launched in Ottawa in 2008, MonkeyJunk —handle inspired by delta blues great Son House, who once intoned, “I’m talking about the blues, I ain’t talking ’bout no monkeyjunk!” — have consistently updated contemporary blues with a blistering mix of chops, soul, grit, humour and harmony.

MonkeyJunk has won a collective 21 Maple Blues Awards, two Canadian Independent Music Awards, a Blues Music Award (USA) in 2010 for best new artist debut (Tiger In Your Tank), and have been nominated three times for a JUNO Award, winning the award twice for Blues Album of the Year in 2012 for To Behold and in 2018 for Time To Roll.

“The name MonkeyJunk comes from Son House, who once said ‘I’m talking about the blues, I ain’t talking ’bout no monkeyjunk.’ But I am going to talk about MonkeyJunk – they are brilliant and have produced one of the best albums I have heard in a long time…; Ten tracks that prove that this Canadian band is here to stay. And as Son House would have said if he had seen these boys: ‘I’m talking ’bout the blues, I’m talking about MonkeyJunk!’” – Bob Boncey, Blues Matters (UK)

Cost: $60.

Date :
December 7 @ 7:00 pm – 11:00 pm

Event location :
The Cove
2 Bedford St.
Westport, Ontario K0G 1X0 Canada

Contact :
http://www.coveinn.com/

http://www.monkeyjunkband.com/

Cook together in the community kitchen on the first Tuesday of every month! Learn new skills, take home food. Childcare is available.

Cook together in the community kitchen on the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of every month! Learn new skills, take home food. Childcare is available. The 1st Tuesday is at the Free Methodist Church in Westport and the 3rd Tuesday is at Country Roads in Portland.

Join us for What’s Cooking in Westport. If you’re interested in donating to our Westport Food Sharing Shelf, check out the list of ideas coming from this month’s recipes!

Date :
December 4 & 18, 2018 from 10 am to 1 pm

Event location :
Free Methodist Church, 65 Bedford Street
Westport ON, Ontario Canada

Contact :
Kate
Contact number: 613-272-2799 X237