Community Messages

Come out to Athens United Church Friday, April  25 for your choice of homemade soups, sandwiches and desserts from 11am to 1pm.  This popular lunch has been held for over 15 years with the proceeds going to outreach and the work of the church.  But it is mainly a great spot to share a delicious lunch with friends.  Lunch is $10 at the door. Takeouts available.  

Talk about a GIRLS TRIPS! 🏖️

Our incredible Ladies Night fundraiser has returned for another year, and this is one you won't want to miss.

Grab your girlfriends, get your snorkels, fill up your scuba air tanks, pack your bathing suits and join us UNDER THE SEA!

🎟️ $40 per ticket

📆 Saturday, April 26th

🕠 5:30 PM - Social Hour

🕡 6:30 PM - Dinner and Entertainment

📍 The Drummond Building

More information to come, but why wait? Get your tickets today, only at https://www.spencervillefair.ca/2025/ladiesnight

On Saturday, April 26th the Joshua Bates Centre audience will be entertained by two country music singers for the price of one! Erica Brighthill and Dan Petti each have careers of their own but are teaming up when they come to Athens. Erica has performed at RBC Bluesfest and Dan has won the Ottawa New Faces Country Artist award, among many of their accolades. Show time is 7pm. Tickets $40 at the door or www.joshuabatescentre.com

Elvis tribute artist, Garry Wesley, to perform at the Athens Joshua Bates Centre on Saturday, May 3rd 7pm. Garry has toured world-wide and won a Heart of the King Lifetime Achievement Award. He performed for 36 years on Beale Street, Memphis and had a Santiago Chile concert aired via satellite around the world. With Garry will be Donna Brooks singing Patsy Cline and Tammy Wynette songs. Tickets are only $25 inclusive. Available by calling 613 924 2175 or 613 802 9943 or at the door.  Doors open 6:30pm. This event is being brought to the Joshua Bates Centre by members of Athens United Church. 

Hafla! 2025 is drawing near! 

Saturday, May 3, 2025, Aaliyah Dance & Friends will be hosting our annual fundraiser for Victim Services of Leeds and Grenville at 120 McLean Blvd E, Maitland Hall (MERC). Join us for a night of music and dance in support of victims of violence. We will have special musical guests, Janessa Van Koppen and the duo ‘Syd x Dex’. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Cash bar. Tickets are $25

For more information and ticket purchase contact: aaliyahcommunityfundraising@gmail.com

Or go to www.explorationthroughdance.com

On SUNDAY MAY 4th, at 2 p.m., join The Brockville Community Choir as Artistic Director Madelyn Mensen and Collaborative Artist Abe TeGrotenhuis take us through This Day [HODIE - Stroope].  

Experience the morning call of SUNRISE [Beckett] and the sweltering heat of a summer’s NOON [ Effinger/Ferril]. Spend a lazy AFTERNOON ON A HILL [Dickau/Millay]. Move towards evening [SURE ON THIS SHINING NIGHT - Barber/Agee] and into the time WHEN MIDNIGHT MISTS ARE CREEPING [Gilpin/Carroll] to contemplate the night sky [NOCHE SERENA - Stroope/Léon]. 

Throughout This Day, familiar scenes of our Great North Land remind us of who we are. From the East Coast - AWAY FROM THE ROLL OF THE SEA [MacGillivray], ride the rails West and back again [PRAIRIE GREYHOUND - Smallman/Johnson]. Prepare for the inevitable storm [HUNKER DOWN - Stokes] and the ensuing calm [SEAL LULLABY - Whitacre/Kipling].

Joining the choir will be - 

The Herald Brass Ensemble

Ange-Gabriel Treble Chorus

 Heather Istead - Oboe

Wendy Schmidt - Fiddle 

James MacKenzie - Percussion

St. Lawrence Anglican Church

80 Pine Street, Brockville

ADMISSION Adult $25 Student $10 

Children Under 12 FREE

TICKETS AVAILABLE FROM CHOIR MEMBERS

 A LIMITED NUMBER AT THE DOOR OR ONLINE  at BrockvilleChoir.ca

Bake table, Sewing & crafts, New 2 U, Jewelry, Books & puzzles, Plants, Canteen - sandwiches, desserts, drinks

MEG MILLER’S SHENANIGANS LIVE

May 10 and 11 at the Arts Hub Studio Theatre in Brockville.

Meg has more than one story to tell and she’s sure to tickle your funny bone. Set in the Rosewood Retirement Home, octogenarian Meg Miller loves to recall the days she spent growing up in the Ottawa Valley back in the 1950s and 60s.

Written by storyteller/author Deborah Dunleavy, Meg Miller’s Shenanigans column appears regularly in the South Grenville Beacon newspaper. In her live presentation audiences hear all about Meg’s monkey business - from her driving adventure in the back fields, to the time her toy rocket misfired. 

Joining Deborah are musicians Pat Johnson on guitar and mandolin, and Billy MacInnis on fiddle. The musical styles mirror 50s and 60s tunes from the Ottawa Valley including Eddy Arnold’s “Cuddle Buggin’ Baby” and Hank William’s “Hey Good Lookin”.

For years Deborah has entertained audiences with her stories and characters, notably Bea Tompkins in At The Canoe Club Dance and several characters in Battlefield Petticoats – Women in the War of 1812. She has performed nationally from Labrador to Vancouver Island and internationally to Ireland, Scotland, The Peoples’ Republic of China, and Singapore. 

Enjoy Meg Miller’s Shenanigans - a light-hearted romp guaranteed to make you leave with a smile in your heart.

Show times: Saturday, May 10 at 7pm and Sunday, May 11 at 2pm.

Location: Arts Hub Studio Theatre, St. John’s United Church, 32 Park St., Brockville

Admission $25 at the door; cash only.

Seating is limited; call to reserve a ticket: 613-498-3122

MEG MILLER’S SHENANIGANS LIVE

May 10 and 11 at the Arts Hub Studio Theatre in Brockville.

Meg has more than one story to tell and she’s sure to tickle your funny bone. Set in the Rosewood Retirement Home, octogenarian Meg Miller loves to recall the days she spent growing up in the Ottawa Valley back in the 1950s and 60s.

Written by storyteller/author Deborah Dunleavy, Meg Miller’s Shenanigans column appears regularly in the South Grenville Beacon newspaper. In her live presentation audiences hear all about Meg’s monkey business - from her driving adventure in the back fields, to the time her toy rocket misfired. 

Joining Deborah are musicians Pat Johnson on guitar and mandolin, and Billy MacInnis on fiddle. The musical styles mirror 50s and 60s tunes from the Ottawa Valley including Eddy Arnold’s “Cuddle Buggin’ Baby” and Hank William’s “Hey Good Lookin”.

For years Deborah has entertained audiences with her stories and characters, notably Bea Tompkins in At The Canoe Club Dance and several characters in Battlefield Petticoats – Women in the War of 1812. She has performed nationally from Labrador to Vancouver Island and internationally to Ireland, Scotland, The Peoples’ Republic of China, and Singapore. 

Enjoy Meg Miller’s Shenanigans - a light-hearted romp guaranteed to make you leave with a smile in your heart.

Show times: Saturday, May 10 at 7pm and Sunday, May 11 at 2pm.

Location: Arts Hub Studio Theatre, St. John’s United Church, 32 Park St., Brockville

Admission $25 at the door; cash only.

Seating is limited; call to reserve a ticket: 613-498-3122