January 13th
Schwartz's Hebrew Delicatessen: The Story
Very special book signing event with well-known and much loved Montreal Gazette
columnist, author and Townshipper, Bill Brownstein. The event includes the book
signing and snacks and runs from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. at Brome Lake Books.
 Bill
Brownstein's whimsical book is piled with history of one of Montreals most famous
smoked meat establishments on Saint Lawrence Boulevard. As a special treat, Schwartz's
Deli will be at the book store with samples of their world famous smoke meat!
There will be refreshments as well as a raffle to raise money for the Montreal
Ovarian Cancer Initiative, an organization founded by Mr. Diamond, owner of Schwartz's
Deli. It's going to be a "Party" !
Come out for a great opportunity to meet
a wonderful group of people and have a rare taste of famous smoked meat right
here in the Eastern Townships!
Brome Lake Books, 264 Knowlton Road. Info:
450-242-2242 or email: blb@b2b2c.ca
Until January 14th
Arts Sutton: Two original
artists using words and images
7 Academy Road Sutton, Quebec
Catherine
Côte's art works invite us to penetrate the ordinary to discover hidden within
the "intraordinary" and two indisputable signatures of the human spirit: humor
and meaning.
Bernard Paquet
tries to get away from the ordinary format of writing and image to let his pen
freely scribble or color in the margins and empty spaces. His approach changes
the level of visual attention to explore dimensions that answers to other references.
What appears at first glance to be unstructured text combines boldly with a photographic
composition freed of its original motivation.
Arts Sutton, 7 Academy
Road Sutton, Quebec Tel: (450)538-2563
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Ongoing In January
Knowlton on Ice
The
wonderful outdoor skating rink in the center of the village of Knowlton is available
for family skating. Enjoy the magic of winter outdoors in front of the charming
Mill Pond. Christmas music will be playing turning the classic Christmas majesty
of Christmas in the Eastern Townships into a Victorian winter wonderland. Bring
your hot-chocolate and the whole family to ColdBrook Park on Lakeside near Knowlton
Road.
January
26th
Preteen dance
A dance for youth from grade four
to secondary-one will be held at the Brome Lake Center from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m..
There will be a snack bar available. Safe and healthy fun for the youngsters of
the Brome region.
Cinema Series &
Movie Listings
Yes we have movies in Lac Brome!
Sunday January 7th at 5 p.m.
.jpg) GERALDINE'S
FORTUNE (2004) Geraldine's Fortune tells the comic story of how a big money
TV game show brings excitement and chaos to a sleepy little New Brunswick town,
and shakes one woman and her family to their very foundation.
Based
loosely on Michel Tremblay’s Les Belles Soeurs, the story revolves around Geraldine
Liddle, a mild mannered middle aged supermarket supervisor with one child, three
sisters, an unemployed husband, and a small group of people she thinks are her
friends.
When Geraldine gets an opportunity to compete for two million
dollars on the hit game show "Bring Home the Bacon", suddenly she becomes the
center of everyone's greed, ambition and jealousy. The film is about families,
friendship, loyalty, large sums of money, and dreams that you sometimes hope never
come true. And like all of life's big questions, none of the answers are given
until the Final Round.
Screening will be at 5:00 p.m. Regular admission:
$7.00 per person; $5.00 for Theatre members. Presented by Theatre Lac Brome at
Arts Knowlton, 9 Mont-Echo. Box Office: 450-242-2270
Sunday
January 21 at 5 p.m.
 WATER
(2005)
Set in 1938 Colonial India, against Mahatma Gandhi's rise to power,
the story begins when eight-year-old Chuyia is widowed and sent to a home where
Hindu widows must live in penitence. Chuyia's feisty presence affects the lives
of the other residents, including a young widow, who falls for a Gandhian idealist.
Sunday February 4 at 5 p.m.
LEONARD
COHEN: I'M YOUR MAN (2006)
 A
ubiquitous influence even as he remains elusively elsewhere, Leonard Cohen is
back. Woven through a riveting tribute is a career-spanning interview with the
man himself. Sprinkled with his own artwork and personal photos, Cohen speaks
of his stately writing process; "savage criticisms" exchanged with fellow Montreal
poets; the scene at the Chelsea Hotel; tea and oranges with the real Suzanne;
his retreat to Mt. Baldy and more.
Structuring the film as a mostly
chronological autobiographical interview with Cohen, director Lian Lunson intersperses
his personal family photographs and home movies with cover performances at a Sydney
Opera House concert to illustrate themes in his life.
While his experiences
in New York City have been well-documented to fans, especially in his own songs,
the depth of the influence of his Canadian heritage is a new insight. With only
a humorous nod to his reputation as a "ladies man" (he sounds like every rock
'n' roller on VH-1 cheerfully admitting that he became a musician to pick up chicks),
his spiritual explorations are well explained, including his Jewish background
and a visit with his Zen mentor. Unusual for this adulatory genre, Cohen is articulate
about his songwriting as a painstaking craft in general, though only a couple
of specific songs that we see intensely performed or the albums they are from
are given more context, such as who "Suzanne" was and working with Phil Spector.
Throughout, the performers from Canada, the U.S., England, Ireland and
Australia, male, female, straight and gay, discuss his songs and the impact they
have had on their lives and art.
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Registration for Bishops University Knowlton Campus
January 4th, 5th and 8th from 10 a.m.
to 1 p.m.
The
Winter semester will be starting soon and now is the time to
register for the classes. There are credit courses offered such
as: Drawing & Painting in Guatamala Art History, Drawing
(Level 1, 2 and 3 ) Photography 2, Sculpture, Italian Language
2, and Opera(!). There are also non-credit courses offered like
French Conversation and a round table fiction discussion. Nore
information can be had by calling 450-242-1518.
Literature, Fine Arts & Film
January
6, 13, 20th
Winter Lecture Series with Jim Manson (Historian)
All lectures will presented by The Brome County
Historical Society in the Old Court House, 15 St. Paul Road,
Saturday at 1:00 p.m. Information: 450-243-6782
January
6
The Heroic MP: Colonel G.H. Baker and the Great War.
George H. Baker, the Conservative member from Brome county volunteered
for active duty shortly after the outbreak of World War One
and fought with with the 5th Canadian Mounted Rifles (Quebec
Regiment.) He was killed on June 3, 1916 at the age of 38. In
the 140 years since Canada achieved its independence only one
parliamentarian, George Baker, has ever lost their life while
fighting for Canada.
He was the som of the Honorable George Barnard Baker KC (member
of the Senate of Canada), and Jane Baker.
In
the Official
War Diary of the 5th Battalion, Canadian Mounted Rifles
it was written: "Particularly regretted is the death of
our O.C. Lt. Colonel G.H. Baker who has been O.C. since the
Regiment was recruited in January 1915. He had endeared himself
to Officers and men alike by his tact and cheerfulness under
all conditions. Our comfort is that he died as he wished, at
the head of his men, and his cross in the new MILITARY CEMETERY
at POPERINGHE (LOT 2, G1) is inscribed “Killed in action”, the
epitaph of a man. He was buried with full military honours."
At
the Old Court House, 15 St. Paul Road, Saturday at 1:00 p.m.
Information: 450-243-6782
January
13
A
study in Perseverance: Captain John Savage and the Settlement
of Shefford Township.
Captain John Savage, Loyalist, who became the leader of associates
in the Township of Shefford, spent nearly all of the years of
the American Revolutionary War in one or another rebel jail.
He would escape from one, only to be caught and imprisoned once
more, under conditions that grew increasingly worse.
At one point, he even stood with the noose around his neck,
beside the rebel executioner ready to pull the rope, when.,
because of his wit, he made some remark that amused his captors.
He was released but thrown back into jail. He must have remained
in jail in either Norwick, Conn. or Poughkeepsie till around
1780 or 1781, at which time Governor Haldimand of Quebec began
his campaign of raids and surprise attacks.
Eventually Savage settled inCanada and focused his attention
on amassing land in the Eastern Townships as the leader of the
Shefford settlers. Over the next several years, Savage and his
associates would survive the corruption of the land committee
and would actually receive the "Great Seal" granting them Shefford
Township.
At
the Old Court House, 15 St. Paul Road, Saturday at 1:00 p.m.
Information: 450-243-6782
January
20
 No
Easy Answer: Sydney Fisher and the Debate over the Consolidation
of Schools in Brome County.
Sydney Fisher was the Canadian Minister of Agriculture from
1896 - 1911 and his federal constituency was Brome.
Sydney Fisher was the owner-operator of Alva Farm in Knowlton,
Quebec; president of Montreal Ensilage and Stock Feeding Association;
founder and president of Quebec Fruit Growers' Association;
member of Canadian National Livestock Association, Provincial
Dairy Association and Brome Agricultural Association; charity
board member and founder of arts organizations.
His passion for Brome and the protection of the education system
in the Lac Brome area was legendary and Sydney Fisher became
one of the region's most passionate defenders of the one room
school house and local autonomy in educational matters and he
established a trust fund of $100,000 to strengthen local education.
Fisher's legacy as agriculture minister includes a major expansion
of the scope and activities of the department. Amendments to
the Experimental Farms Stations Act in 1900 extended the branch
farm system and new research stations opened in every province.
The Tobacco Branch was organized in the department in 1905 to
encourage and develop this new industry. In 1897, the Canadian
and American departments of agriculture agreed to co-operate
in the reporting and tracking of livestock diseases. The new
co-operative inspection agreement significantly increased livestock
trade between the two countries. In 1899, the department appointed
a livestock commissioner. A biological laboratory was established
on the Central Experimental Farm in 1902 to research animal
disease control.
At
the Old Court House, 15 St. Paul Road, Saturday at 1:00 p.m.
Information: 450-243-6782
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Recommended reading & New Books at the Knowlton Public Library
These books are available now at the Pettes Library at the corner of Knowlton
Road and Lakeside Drive in central Lac Brome. Valid library card is required,
visit the library for more information.
The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai
(Fiction)
Books
by Kiran Desai
This stunning second novel from Desai (Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard) is set
in mid-1980s India, on the cusp of the Nepalese movement for an independent state.
 Paint
it Black by Janet Fitch (Fiction)
Books
by Janet Fitch
Fitch follows her bestselling debut, White Oleander, by revisiting the insidious
effects of a powerful, narcissistic mother on an only child. Michael Faraday is
a Harvard dropout who paints in the L.A. art world of 1981; his suicide happens
a few pages in, and sets the stage for a Fitch's masterful shifts in time and
perspective.
The Messenger by Daniel Silva
(Mystery)
Books
by Daniel Silva
Bestseller Silva continues to warrant comparisons to John le Carré, as shown by
his latest thriller starring Israeli art restorer and spymaster Gabriel Allon.
Ahmed bin Shafiq, a former chief of a clandestine Saudi intelligence unit, targets
the Vatican for attack, in particular Pope Paul VII and his top aide, Monsignor
Luigi Donati, who both appeared in Silva's previous novel, Prince of Fire.
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