Welcome to our Townships Happenings page. We are pleased to provide a public bulletin board, at no charge, to local and expatriate Townshippers. Please feel free to submit your event (please no classifieds or garage sales) by clicking on “submit a new event”. Examples of events are festivals, reunions, fairs, art exhibits etc.

Bienvenue à notre page d’Événements des Cantons. Il nous fait plaisir de vous offrir un tableau d’affichage public afin de publiciser vos événements, et ceci sans frais. Il s’agit de cliquez sur le bouton « soumettre un événement » (S.V.P. pas de ventes de garages ou d’annonces classées). Des exemples d’événements sont les festivals, les réunions familiales, les expositions.

• CENTENNIAL THEATRE MOVIES / January - February 2010
  CENTENNIAL THEATRE
  
  

  UPCOMING MOVIES @ CENTENNIAL THEATRE 819-822-9692 Kids movies: $3.50 @ 2pm Regular movies: $5.00 @ 7:30 pm (unless otherwise indicated) Sunday, January 31 2 pm + 7pm Where the Wild Things Are (kids) http://wherethewildthingsare.warnerbros.com/ An adaptation of Maurice Sendak's classic children's story, where Max, a disobedient little boy sent to bed without his supper, creates his own world— a forest inhabited by ferocious wild creatures that crown Max as their ruler. Thursday, February 11 7:30 pm The Young Victoria http://www.theyoungvictoriamovie.com/ The story of Queen Victoria's ascension to the throne, focusing on the early turbulent years of her rule and her legendary romance and marriage to Prince Albert. Sunday, February 14 2pm Planet 51 (kids) http://www.planet51.com/ Astronaut Chuck Baker lands on Planet 51 thinking he's the first person to step foot on it. To his surprise, he finds that this planet is inhabited by little green people who are happily living in a white picket fence world reminiscent of a cheerfully innocent 1950s America. Thursday, February 18 7:30 pm The Blind Side http://www.theblindsidemovie.com/ GOLDEN GLOBES: Best performance by an actress in a motion picture – SANDRA BULLOCK The story of Michael Oher, a homeless and traumatized boy who became an All-American football player and first round NFL draft pick with the help of a caring woman and her family. Wednesday, February 25 7:30 pm Capitalism : A Love Story http://www.capitalismalovestory.com/ Wednesday Michael Moore's Capitalism: A Love Story comes home to the issue he's been examining throughout his career: the disastrous impact of corporate dominance on the everyday lives of Americans.

  
  

• Canada Reads in lennoxville
  Bibliotheque Lennoxville Library
  
  

  Library members will read from and discuss the books chosen for Canada Reads on CBC radio. Date: Tuesday 23 February 2010. Time: 7 p.m. Admission is free or by donation For more information about the books go to CBC.ca For other information call the Library at 819 562-4949.

  
  

• Intergenerational Cookie Contest and Art Workshop
  Amédée-Beaudoin Community Centre, 10 Samuel-Gratham St, Lennoxville
  
  

  On Sunday February 28 from 1 to 5 p.m. will take place the Intergenerational Cookie Contest and Art Workshop at the Amédée-Beaudoin Community Centre, 10 Samuel-Gratham St, Lennoxville (behind the town hall). The Art Workshop is at 1 p.m. The Cookie Contest, including live music and a slide show, starts at 3 p.m. Admission is free and you are welcome to attend any part of the event. Registration is required for the Art Workshop - phone Eric at Townshippers’ Association 819-566-5717 (1-866-566-5717) or email Shannon sb@townshippers.qc.ca.

  
  

• Digital Slide Show about Egypt and the Pyramids
  Community center Knowlton, 270 rue Victoria
  
  

  The Egyptians used the shape of their buildings and temples to create a system of energy modification. In this slide lecture, Adhi Two Owls will focus on the Great «pyramid and the Bent Pyramid and how these two pyramids mark the deliberate use of energies to change the environment. Adhi Two Owls Moonien presents her recent discoveries while in Egypt last October www.angelifire,com/art2/moonien 2 p.m. $5.00 for the event

  
  

• Health Matters: Coping with Grief
  CLSC in Cowansville, 397 rue de la Rivière, Cowansville
  
  

  Health Matters: Coping with Grief. A DVD presentation with discussion led by Rev. George Campbell of Care and Share focusing on types of loss - loss of a partner, job, autonomy, etc. from 9 a.m. to 12 noon on Thursday March 11 at the CLSC in Cowansville, 397 rue de la Rivière, Cowansville. An initiative of Avante Women’s Center, in partnership with Townshippers Association, Community Health Education Program and the CLSC Cowansville.

  
  

• OPEN HOUSE
  584 KNOWLTON, LAC-BROME
  
  

  On Saint-Patrick’s Day, Wednesday March 17, you are all invited to come to Townshippers’ Association’s Knowlton office for refreshments, good cheer and good company! Our annual Open House, on the Montérégie-East side of the Townships, will be held in celebration of the Irish! Keith Whittal and Gail Klinck, Townships Expressions participants, will rouse us with songs from their new CD and a few o’ the Irish variety as well. Taproot IV will be on sale and staff will be present to answer questions or just for a chat. That day again is Wednesday March 17, Saint-Paddy’s Day, at 584 Knowlton Rd, Lac-Brome from 12 noon to 2 p.m. There’ll be something to nibble on, music to hum along to, ready ears to listen and remember, everyone’s Irish! Wear the colours!

  
  

• FREE VIDEOCONFERENCE ON SENIORS' EYE HEALTH
  CLC Magog, Princess Elizabeth Elementary School, 120 Bellevue W., Magog & Eaton Valley CLC, Pope Mem
  
  

  FREE VIDEOCONFERENCE ON SENIORS' EYE HEALTH Seniors' Eye Health with Dr. Antonio Canuto, Optometrist, MAB-Mackay Rehabilitation Centre from 1 to 3 p.m. at the CLC Magog, Princess Elizabeth Elementary School, 120 Bellevue W., Magog & Eaton Valley CLC, Pope Memorial School, 523 Stokes Street, Bury. For more information, please contact Shannon Keenan in the Sherbrooke office at 819-566-5717 (1-866-566-5717) or sk@townshippers.qc.ca.

  
  

• NEW INSIGHTS: Eastern Townships English-speaking Community
  Tuesday, March 23, Day’s Inn, Cowansville; Wednesday, March 24, at Bishop’s University, Lennoxville
  
  

  Townshippers’ Association is holding a one-day multi-sectoral symposium entitled NEW INSIGHTS: Eastern Townships English-speaking Community. The program will encompass health promotion and demographic research relevant to the Eastern Townships English-speaking minority and various health determinants – the building blocks of a vital community. In the Montérégie East, this symposium is planned for Tuesday, March 23, at the Day’s Inn, Cowansville. In the Estrie, it is to take place on Wednesday, March 24, at Bishop’s University, Lennoxville. These events are part of the Eastern Townships Health Promotion Project, and will include presentations of the results of research carried out during the first phase of this initiative. Our aim is that symposium participants in each area of the Townships will together help identify priorities for better adapting existing health promotion initiatives and resources to meet the needs of the English-speaking minority. For more information, contact us at 819-566-5717 (1-866-566-5717) or ct@townshippers.qc.ca.

  
  

• OUTSTANDING TOWNSHIPPERS BANQUET & AGM
  MURRAY MEMORIAL HALL, GEORGEVILLE
  
  

  Come join us to honour the 2010 Outstanding Townshippers! For more information, please visit www.townshippers.qc.ca

  
  

For more information on the Eastern Townships, visit Townshippers Association's website Pour avoir plus d'information sur les Cantons de l'Est, visitez le site de l'Association des Townshippers www.townshippers.qc.ca