E Cultural Life

Serving the Eastern Townships English-speaking Community since 1979.

The Eastern Townships offers a varied and active cultural life in both French and English, encompassing theatre, visual arts, music, heritage attractions and museums, news media, sports, educational institutions and more. Here are a few highlights, with particular focus on English-language culture and arts. For details, contact Townshippers’ Association’s Info Service at info@townshippers.qc.ca.

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Books in English

Bookstores offering English books include:
· Bishop's University Bookstore: http://shop.efollett.com/htmlroot/storehome/bishopsuniversity938.html
· Black Cat Books, 168E Queen, Lennoxville
· Book Nook, Sutton
· Brome Lake Books, 264 E Knowlton Road, Lac Brome
http://bookmanager.com/1178946/
· Livre d’Or, Sutton
· Townships Expressions (service of Townshippers’ Association), offering English and bilingual books by Eastern Townships authors http://www.townshippers.qc.ca/C-townshipse.aspx

Libraries include the following, in the eastern part of the Townships (Estrie region, etc.):
· Asbestos Municipal Library, (819) 979-4363
· Bishop's University Library, (819) 822-9600 ext 2605
· Coaticook Municipal Library, (819) 849-4013
· D'Omerville Municipal Library, (819) 868-6679
· Danville Municipal Library, (819) 839-3236
· Drummondville Municipal Library, (819) 478-6573
· East Hereford Municipal Library, (819) 844-0182
· Lac Megantic Municipal Library, (819) 583-0876
· Lennoxville Library, (819) 562-4949
· Magog Municipal Library, (819) 843-1330
· North Hatley Library Association, (819) 842-2110
· Rock Forest Municipal Library, (819) 823-8676
· Eva-Senécal: Sherbrooke Municipal Library, (819) 821-5860
· Stoke Municipal Library, (819) 878-3333
· Thetford Mines Municipal Library, (418) 338-8594
· Waterville Municipal Library, (819) 837-0557
· Windsor Municipal Library, (819) 845-7115

And in the western part of the Townships (Montérégie):
· Bedford Municipal Library, (450) 248-4625
· Bromont Municipal Library, (450) 534-2451
· Canton de Sutton, (450) 538-5843
· Cowansville Municipal Library, (450) 263-4071
· Dunham Municipal Library, (450) 295-2621
· Farnham Municipal Library, (450) 293-3375
· Granby Municipal Library, (450) 776-8310
· Mansonville/Potton Library, (450) 292-3948
· Missisquoi Library, Philipsburg, (450) 248-4402
· Pettes Memorial Library, Knowlton, (450) 243-6128
· Roxton Pond Municipal Library, (450) 372-6991
· Stanbridge East, (450) 248-7676
· Sutton Village Library, (450) 538-2318
· Waterloo Public Library, (450) 539-2268
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Cultural Centres

· Maison de la culture de Waterloo http://www.maisondelaculturedewaterloo.com
· Maison de la culture de Coaticook
· Centre d'art Richmond
· Sur la scène Davignon, http://www.surlascenedavignon.com, Cowansville
· Table de concertation de la culture et communications Brome Missisquoi
· Comité de la culture St.-Armand

Dance

Dance troupes include Rainbow Country Cloggers in Waterville, Square dancers, Highland dancers; Irish dance in Richmond, and Brome Squares in Lac Brome.

Education

Two universities, one French-speaking and one English-speaking, are located in the Sherbrooke area. The Université de Sherbrooke: http://www.usherbrooke.ca Bishop’s University, in Lennoxville: http://www.ubishops.ca

Several colleges (CEGEPs) are also located in the Eastern Townships, including the English-speaking Champlain Regional College, also in Lennoxville: http://www.lennox.champlaincollege.qc.ca

In addition to the French public school system and several private schools, a network of 21 English elementary schools and three high schools are administered by the Eastern Townships School Board: http://www.etsb.qc.ca.

For information about training programs leading to the 40 top job prospects in the Eastern Townships, visit: http://www.topportunity.ca.

Heritage Attractions and Museums

To learn all about the history and heritage of the Eastern Townships, visit Townships Heritage WebMagazine.

To discover the many museums, interpretation centres, and other heritage attractions throughout the region, click here: http://www.townshipsheritage.com/organizations.html

For news on heritage events in the region, or suggestions about where to visit, click here: http://www.townshipsheritage.com/articles.html

Check out the WebMagazine’s Calendar of Heritage Events. There’s a lot happening throughout the region. http://www.townshipsheritage.com/events.html

Music

Orford Arts Centre http://www.arts-orford.org holds a summer classical music festival. See LINK 360 for details about discounts for Townshippers’ Association members.

Bishop's University offers concerts open to the public: http://www.ubishops.ca/ccc/cultural/mcn/index.html.

Beaux Arts presents free classical concerts at The Old Brick Church in Brome.

Sur la Scène Davignon presents concerts at the Emmanuel United Church, Cowansville, and has an office at Maison Bruck, Cowansville.

Country, Rock, Folk, Blues, Bluegrass, Chamber orchestras, Choirs.
See a Choir and Ensemble Registry http://www.sunnymead.org/promomuse.
There are many annual music festivals such as the one in Stanbridge East (Country), Sherbrooke (Fête des Lacs des Nations, Blues Festival), Cowansville Music Festival (Musique En Vue), Gould (Celtic), Potton Multicultural Festival in Mansonville, Waterloo (Bluegrass), Knowlton Festival of Lights (Christmas).

The Tour Des Arts hosts musical events (Sutton, http://www.tourdesarts.com). Townshippers' Day hosts musicians from the region (http://www.tday.ca). The county fairs engage musical acts and there are many venues for live music. Several coffee houses and jam sessions take place on a regular basis in Stanbridge East (Coffee House), Knowlton (Second Sundays at 7), Waterloo (Waterloo Bluegrass Society), Bury (United Church) and Lennoxville (Church St Café).

Townships Expressions has musical Cds and cassettes by local musicians and composers, all of ahich can be easily ordered by email http://www.townshippers.qc.ca/C-townshipse.aspx
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News Media

A regional daily newspaper, The Record, is published in Sherbrooke. It is the only English daily in Quebec outside Montreal: http://www.sherbrookerecord.com

A weekly English newspaper, The Stanstead Journal, is published in Stanstead: http://www.stanstead-journal.com and a bilingual weekly newspaper, The Guide, is published in Cowansville.

Monthly or quarterly English or bilingual newspapers include The Townships Sun in Lennoxville (http://www.qcna.org/sun/), The Outlet in Magog, The Tempo in Lac Brome, and Le Tour in Sutton (http://www.sunnymead.org/letour).

A community radio station, CJMQ at 88.9 FM, 103.9 FM Cable, broadcasts to the Eastern Townships listening area: Listen live over the Internet at http://www.cjmq.fm. A non-profit organization with no paid positions, CJMQ boasts over 30,000 listeners. They cover breaking news stories live, and broadcast public announcements as well as school closings etc.

The region also has numerous French-language newspapers and broadcast media. For a complete list of news media and contacts, contact Townshippers’ Association at ta@townshippers.qc.ca.

Social Groups

Social clubs, church groups, community choirs, writers groups, dance groups, historical societies, Women's Institutes, women’s centres, Oddfellows, Optimists, Lion's, Masons, and Kiwanis clubs, 4H clubs, cultural committees, focus groups for children from birth to adolescence, senior's clubs, arts and crafts groups, sports and fitness groups, University Women's Club, parents committees, Scouting and Guiding Associations. Contact Townshippers' Association at info@townshippers.qc.ca to find out about groups near you.

Sports

The Eastern Townships is famous for its recreation and leisure activities. Cycling the many trails and mountains, golf, kayaking, horseback riding, skiing and so much more are available. For more information on these activities, visit http://www.easterntownships.cc/ANGLAIS/visit/categor/sport/recherche_sports_et_plein_air.html

The Townships is no stranger to competitive sports, either. Two colleges and universities offer some exciting sporting events, including football, basketball, skiing, volleyball, soccer, track and field, rugby and lacrosse. Local competitive and fun leagues are popular as well. For children, there are many teams and clubs to choose from. Mini soccer, hockey, and baseball are very popular, but so are many other sports.

For more complete information visit the Conseil Sports Loisir de l’Estrie: http://www.csle.qc.ca/csle.asp

Theatre

Bishop's University Centennial Theatre, http://www.ubishops.ca, offers a year-round arts program. In addition, the Bishop’s University Drama department presents throughout the school year, either on the main Centennial stage or in the Studio theatre, a smaller, more intimate black box venue: http://www.ubishops.ca/ccc/div/hum/dra/index.html

Theatre Lac Brome at Arts Knowlton, http://www.theatrelacbrome.ca and Townships Stage at The Piggery http://www.townshipsstage.com offer a professional program of shows. Theatre Lac Brome has been operating since 1988. Now Theatre Lac Brome runs Arts Knowlton which operates year-round as a community art centre and the program includes visual art, dance, music and community theatre in both English and French. The Piggery http://piggery.com/ has operated as a summer theatre since 1965 and is situated in a rural setting approximately 5 minutes from the town of North Hatley at 215, chemin Simard. Theatre Lac Brome has been operating since 1988. Now Theatre Lac Brome runs Arts Knowlton, which operates year-round as a community art centre. The program includes visual art, dance, music and community theatre in both languages.

Four community groups produce at least five English-language plays annually at Arts Knowlton. They are Georgeville Troupe, Knowlton Players, Productions Artemis. Knowlton Players March/May/October http://www.knowltonplayers.com
Sunshine Theatre Productions: November http://www.sunnymead.org/sunshine
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