From The Ridiculous to the Sublime: Stories at the Sugar Bush

As part of the multi-site Quebec Intercultural Storytelling Festival, there will be storytelling sessions in both English and French on October 22, 23, 28, 29 and 30 at l’Erablière Claude Laplante, 53 chemin Val du Lac / corner of Hwy 307, St-Pierre de Wakefield, Quebec (about a 45-minute drive north of Ottawa). Storytellers include Denise Markhame, Louise Profeit Leblanc, Louis Racine, and Joël Smets. Tom Lips and Denise Markhame will share the final session on Sunday afternoon, October 30, at 1:30 p.m. Entitled "From the Ridiculous to the Sublime," this will be a couple of hours of Halloween-flavoured stories and songs for a family audience (including children aged 7 and up). Admission is $5.00 for children and $7.00 for adults. For information and reservations call Denise at (819) 457-9223. More details about the program are available at www.organic-storyteller.ca.