Cook together in the community kitchen on the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of every month! What’s Cooking in Westport is on the 1st Tuesday each month (10am-1pm) at the Free Methodist Church! Learn new skills, take home food. Childcare is available.

Join us to try new foods and recipes, share a meal, bring extras home, have a good time, and meet new people in your community. We pick the recipes together, focusing on local, seasonal, budget-friendly ingredients. Some months we have a specific cultural theme, a guest speaker from the community, or a special event.

The group is facilitated by Registered Dietitian, Kate Earl, from Country Roads Community Health Centre. We discuss different nutrition and food safety topics each month and members share healthy eating tips with each other.

The program is FREE. There is no cost to participate. We also offer free childcare. Please ask us if you need help with travel costs. All we ask from you is that you participate in the cooking (and clean up!), come ready to have fun, and be open to trying new foods.

Date :
Tuesday, June 15, 2021 from 1 – 3pm

Event location :
Virtual Event

Contact :
Country Roads Community Health Centre

E-mail: kearl@crchc.on.ca

Shawn McCullough is a Master guitar player/singer/alternative lyricist/showman/songwriter. He has played and toured with Canadian Country star Jason McCoy (The Roadhammers) and has been a part of Telecaster supergroup The Telebastards featuring Steve Piticco, Country Pickin’ Mayhem Band with 2 x 7 time CCMA Guitarists of the Year, Wendell Ferguson and Steve Piticco, as well as a member of DoubleBack with Wade Foster and John Wilberforce. He is highly in demand as a session musician and sideman for his incredible skill, wit and stage presence. He has a solo record to his name “This is Me” and is currently performing with rising CMAO and CCMA nominated Country star Brea Lawrenson!  His latest accomplishments are a series of singles released on Apple Music and Spotify getting lots of airplay on Country Music Radio. Check out “Change”, “Canadian Soldier”, “Sidewalk”, “Never Drinking Again”…more to come.

Hear the next best thing in the local music scene at the Open Mic! You can win a Gift Certificate to The Cove nightly with crowd response AND/OR get your name in the draw for a guitar at the end of each season of Wings ‘n Tunes and Rack ‘n Tunes.

Have a NIGHT out on the town with MUSIC and an absolutely delicious Rack of Ribs with Fries or your choice of side for $19 + HST.

Thanks to Nate and everyone at Long and McQuade Music in Kingston, you can win an acoustic electric guitar if you get up and perform a song! Sign a ballot and you are good to go!

Date :
June 9, 26, 23, 30, 2021 – from 6 to 8pm

Event location :
The Cove
2 Bedford St.
Westport, Ontario K0G 1X0 Canada

Contact :

Rideau Lakes yoga specializes in all levels of classes with a slow exploration of movements. Yoga for every body invites you to practice in a way that suits your needs. Move into a greater sense of ease. Morning classes (to gently wake up, strengthen your gardeners back, and connect with community) are offered on Mondays & Thursdays at 9:30 – 11am. Evening classes (to gently unwind, release the activity of the day, and connect with community)  are offered on Wednesdays at 5:30 – 7pm.

Classes are virtual using the Zoom platform. Please join in to meet with your yoga community, or practice on your own time with the recording.

10 classes for $125. Plus the weekly recordings.

Please contact Sandy Prentice at 613-273-4218 or email her at sprentice88@gmail.com.

Rate: $125

Date :
Monday, June 7, 2021 from 9:30am – 11am

Event location :
Virtual events

Contact :

A regular weekly Pilates class will complement your yoga practice and build both inner and outer strength.

These classes will be offered via Zoom. A link to the class with instructions will be provided a day in advance of the class. Feel free to either e-mail or phone should you have any questions.

Register for this series for $90 by email to me@deborahnordstrom.ca.

Date :
Sunday, June 6, 2021 from 10am – 11am

Event location :
104 Alpine Lane

Contact :
http://www.whatsonwestport.ca/

Westport Market returns for the 2021 season from 9am to 2pm, each and every Saturday throughout the summer. Open from May 22nd to September 4th. Come join us! Want to be a vendor?

Haven’t been to the Westport Market before? Here are a few photos we took from opening day. You can expect even more vendors, and a coffee cart courtesy The Cottage Coffee House. Walking the market with a coffee and a baked treat to nibble on is surely to be a highlight this year. See you Saturday!

Date :
Saturdays 5,12,19,26, 2021 from 9am – 2pm

Event location :
38 Concession Street

Grab your “sticks”, your project, and head to the Elgin Community Hall to share your enthusiasm for hand work & reading. All ages, abilities, and types of needle craft projects are welcome. Space limited to 15 people, please wear a mask and physical distance.

Date :
Fridays 4,11,18,25, 2020 from 2 – 4 pm

Event location :
Elgin Community Hall, 47 Main St, Elgin, ON K0G 1E0, Canada

Contact :
lauralee@rlpl.ca or call 613-359-5315

Parents/caregivers with their young children are invited to a live Rideau Lakes Public Library story time. Join Monday & Thursday @ 9:30am on Zoom. Bring along your enthusiasm and 2 tapping sticks “wooden spoons or small real sticks” for story, songs & rhymes.

For more information or to receive the invite link contact Laura Lee – lauralee@rlpl.ca

Date :
June 3, 10, 17, 24, 2021 from 9:30am to 10:15am

Event location :
Online Youtube event

Contact :
For more information or to receive the invite link contact Laura Lee – lauralee@rlpl.ca

Many people in Canada and the United States celebrate Christmas Day on December 25. The day celebrates Jesus Christ’s birth.

People celebrate Christmas Day in many ways. It is often combined with customs from pre-Christian winter celebrations. Many people decorate their homes, visit family or friends and exchange gifts. In the days or even weeks before Christmas Day, many people decorate their homes and gardens with lights, Christmas trees and much more.

It is common to organize a special meal, often consisting of turkey and a lot of other festive foods, for family or friends and exchange gifts with them. Children, in particular, often receive a lot of gifts from their parents and other relatives and the mythical figure Santa Claus.

The original meaning of Christmas is a special church service, or mass, to celebrate the birth of Christ. The story of the Nativity, or the events surrounding the birth of Jesus, are particularly important in religious celebrations of Christmas. However, many traditions that are around today have their roots in pre-Christian winter festivals. These include the importance of candles and decorations made from evergreen bushes and tree, symbolizing everlasting light and life.

Popular modern customs of the holiday include gift giving, completing an Advent calendar or Advent wreath, Christmas music and caroling, lighting a Christingle, viewing a Nativity play, an exchange of Christmas cards, church services, a special meal, pulling Christmas crackers and the display of various Christmas decorations, including Christmas trees, Christmas lights, nativity scenes, garlands, wreaths, mistletoe, and holly. In addition, several closely related and often interchangeable figures, known as Santa Claus, Father Christmas, Saint Nicholas, and Christkind, are associated with bringing gifts to children during the Christmas season and have their own body of traditions and lore.

Date:

December 25, 2020

Some Kind of Choir is proud to present “At Home For Christmas,” a virtual choir concert. With plenty of surprise local guests, join us on YouTube for a fun musical evening, live in your living room.

Link TBA here and on all social media platforms.

Choir directed by Cordon Purcell. Production by Summit Sound.

Date :
December 6, 2020 at 7pm (live on Youtube)

Event location :
Westport, ON

Contact :
https://westportartscouncil.com/

Ring in 2021 with all of us at The Cove! Let’s put 2020 behind us and have a safe and happy NYE party! We’re having Chinese Food!
Back by popular demand, TURPIN’S TRAIL (Kingston/Perth Road Village, East Coast/Folk/Celtic) will perform for New Year’s Eve! Turpin’s Trail is the Kingston-based quintet of Chris Murphy, Jon McLurg, Brian Flynn and Noal St.Amand. Having played concerts and festivals across Ontario, Turpin’s Trail has shared the stage with artists such as Murray McLauchlan, J.P. Cormier, and Leahy. Tight harmonies and acoustic instrumental accompaniment (guitar, mandolin, banjo, Irish Bouzouki, ukulele, Bodhran) bring out the beauty and energy in their original songs and their creative interpretations of songs drawn from Celtic, folk, bluegrass, and popular music genres. Amalgamating gorgeous folklore and traditional celtic with east coast song, naturally, they are HUGE fan favourites in the Westport area and a great celebration band for New Year’s Eve!

OVERNIGHT, DINNER & MUSIC PACKAGE

Includes Room & Served Breakfast @ 9am. Check in 3pm, Check out 11am.

6-8pm Delicious, Served Dinner

NYE Party Favours & a Polar Bear Shooter!

8-11pm Dancing to East Coast/Celtic/Folk local phenom, Turpin’s Trail!!!

$300 + HST + 15% Gratuity

DINNER & MUSIC PACKAGE

6-8pm Delicious, Served Dinner

NYE Party Favours & a Polar Bear Shooter!

8-11pm Dancing to East Coast/Celtic/Folk local phenom, Turpin’s Trail!!!

$70/Person + HST + Gratuity
$140/Couple + HST + Gratuity

Date :
December 31, 2020 at 6pm to January 1, 2021 at 11pm

Event location :
The Cove
2 Bedford St.
Westport, Ontario K0G 1X0 Canada

Contact :
1.888.COVE.INN – http://www.coveinn.com/