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Self-bow making demonstration On Feb. 8, the club will hold a selfbow making demonstration led by Chad Clifford and assisted by Peter Fischl. A self-bow is made of a single piece of wood without laminations or fibreglass backings. These “primitive” bows are timeless and can have very high draw weights. The equipment used for making the bow is simple hand tools and a shaving horse. This demonstration will briefly cover all the steps of making a self-bow including: tree selection and splitting; alternative stave options; common and uncommon designs overview; design layout of a sturdy self-bow; floor tillering; tillering; nocks, and finish. If there is time, we will also look at string and arrow making. Note: participants do not make and keep a bow. The demonstration is in an unheated workshop, so please bring warm clothes. For further information about Chad’s bow making, visit: http://www. wildernessrhythms.com/course-kayakor-bow-building. A discussion on winter survival foraging will also be available outdoors led by Fischl. Nature deficit and nature appreciation Next up will be a talk on nature deficit and nature appreciation March 15, led by Howard Clifford. Most of us are becoming aware of the massive amount of research indicating the numerous physical and mental health benefits gained from nature experiences. There is increasing inter-
national concern about the so-called nature deficit in the lives of our children. To encourage youth to experience nature, cliffLAND, the Mississippi Madawaska Land trust, and the Lanark Wild Food Club are sponsoring this walk to the top of Blueberry Mountain. Blueberry Mountain is considered to be one of the Seven Wonders of Lanark County and is the highest lookout in the county. There is now a club for children five years of age and younger, and a club for those 12 years of age and younger, who have climbed to the top of Blueberry Mountain. A nice certificate, recognizing club membership will be presented to each successful climber. Everyone is invited to this family outing. Depending on snow conditions bring snowshoes or your regular hiking shoes. The walk will be led by Howard, who will discuss different aspects of nature and points of interest along the way. Following the walk, he will do a dramatization of the life of John Muir with emphasize on his exciting adventures with wild animals and other wilderness adventures.
About the LWFC The Lanark Wild Food Club is a group of wild food enthusiasts sharing their expertise, enjoying the out of doors, meeting new friends and exchanging ideas from their varied backgrounds. If you have a particular skill you would like to share with the membership or for more information on the club, please contact peterfischl@mail. com. Submitted by Peter Fischl of the Lanark Wild Food Club.
recognition of our excellent jazz programming,” says festival coorganizer Peggy Holloway. “Musicians and their fans are attracted to the friendly atmosphere in Merrickville and we look forward to putting together an exciting line-up of talent again this year.” The application form is now available at MJF’s website at http:// www.merrickvillesjazzfest.com. The deadline for receipt of applications to perform in the 2014 edition of the festival is noon on Monday June 2.
You’ve Got Hate Mail is the show to see for laughs, fun and a winter thaw. You’ve Got Hate Mail runs Feb. 14, 15, 20, 21, 22 at 8 p.m. and Feb. 16 and 23 at 2 p.m. at the Full Circle Theatre, 26 Craig Street in Perth, near Last Duel Park. Tickets are $20 reserved or $22 at the door. Cash is requested. Postsecondary students are $12 and, due to the nature of the production, we are not offering a children’s price for this show. Submitted by BarnDoor Productions. R0012516043
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February 1st & 2nd, 2014 SAFETY TIPS Home Escape Planning: Good fire safety planning includes knowing two ways out of your home. In a winter storm, your exits may become blocked by snow or fallen trees, or be frozen shut by ice. Try your exits to make sure they are accessible.
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Family Day ice fishing Family Day (Feb. 17) ice fishing has been cancelled for this year and will be postponed until 2015.
Merrickville Jazz Fest seeks musicians for fourth annual festival this fall Community – Merrickville’s Jazz Fest (MJF) is pleased to announce a call for artists for those who wish to perform in the fourth annual edition of the festival this coming October. The festival will open with a special event on Thursday evening, Oct. 16 and continue through Sunday night, Oct. 19. As with previous editions, MJF offers a wide variety of jazz performances at pubs, restaurants, churches, and other locations throughout Merrickville’s beautiful downtown core. “We are proud to be a jazz festival that is growing in popularity with
The show has been running OffBroadway for over four years and has found its way around the world, from Prague to Mexico City. The fact that it can be as hilarious in multiple languages as it is in English says a lot about the universality of its theme in an era where there’s more action in virtual bedrooms than in actual ones. As Show Business magazine puts it: “If you’re seeking a fun evening of non-stop laughs and pure entertainment, it doesn’t get better than this.” The Polar Vortex is sucking the warmth out of us all this winter but
WINTER SEASON PROGRAM Feb. 8 - Ottawa Valley Opry with with Jamie McMunn and Freddy Dixon Feb. 14 – Tribute to the Four Seasons – Walk Like a Man with Smiths Falls own “Rukkus” opening act March 1 – Abba-mania and Night Fever Tribute to Abba and the Bee Gees March 16 – When Irish Eyes are Smiling with Robin Averill and Seamus Costello, and Mountain Tay March 22 – Only the Lonely tribute to Roy Orbison with Vili Vee with Rukkus as opening act
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Community – The Lanark Wild Food Club (LWFC) is getting set to host two upcoming events. They are also in the process of renovating their website, which should be ready to launch soon.
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long way from static, though, as the play’s pace builds to an hysterical point, before dissolving into a wild chase via that ultimate 21st century device, the smart phone. Opening on Valentine’s Day, the show is definitely an adults-only comedy. It’s funny. It’s sexy. It’s outrageous. It’s raunchy -- in fact, it’s probably the frankest and most “adult” script ever brought to the stage in Perth. It’s also the only comedy on the boards in Perth in February, so it’s definitely the best bet for laughs and fun, too.
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ing of the Off-Broadway hit brings some great comedic talent together into a solid and very funny production. Mark Daley and Ian Jenner (both recently seen in BDP’s October comedy hit The 39 Steps) hold down the male point-of-view in this relationship comedy, while Gina Tremaine (A Midsummer Night’s Dream), Tracy Noonan (Not Now, Darling) and Julia Bryant (Arms And The Man) provide the female perspective. The story is told entirely through email, with each performer sitting on their own at a laptop computer. It’s a
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Arts – Perth’s BarnDoor Productions (BDP) can come up with fourhundred and seventy-eight good reasons to see their February production of Billy Van Zandt and Jane Milmore’s You’ve Got Hate Mail. That’s the number of laughs that the New York producers claim there are in the show. Given the 90-minute running length of the comedy, that’s about one laugh every 11 seconds! Any show that claims to be “laugh a minute” seems like a pretty dull evening by comparison. BarnDoor Productions’ mount-
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