Arts and Culture

Now that we have some snow and the temperatures are feeling more seasonal, Dalkeith is getting ready to celebrate winter with its Winter Carnival.

The carnival is set to run from Friday, January 27 to Sunday, January 29.

The event will kick off with open skating from 5 to 6:30 p.m., followed by pick-up hockey from 6:30 to 8 p.m.

Four-on-four hockey for those 40 and over will begin at 8 p.m. following by music and dancing with Norm Campeau, who will begin playing country western-style music at 9 p.m.

Brad Clifford has been making homebrews for quite some time now: German pilsners, India pale ales, American pale ales, English brown ales, porter ales and lagers.

Clifford has become quite good at it, too: in June, the Toronto resident was selected as the Best of Show winner in the Great Canadian Homebrew Competition, managed by the Canadian Amateur Brewing Association (CABA).

Christmas parades and visits with Santa took place across the local area this month, beginning with the Vankleek Hill Parade of Lights on Friday, December 2 and a visit with Santa at The Review's office.

See below for a slideshow of our favourite photos of 2011.

To the dismay of some parents and students, Cambridge Public School has decided it won't be hosting its annual Christmas concert this year because it doesn't want to alienate students and families who do not celebrate Christmas.

Instead, the school is planning to host a holiday-themed craft night later this month and hold a non-denominational concert in February.

In a newsletter sent home to parents last week, school principal Mhairi Rowland said the annual concert is being moved so every student can participate.

After months of hard work and dedication, the St-Bernardin Centennial Book is about to celebrate its official release.

While the book won't be officially launched until May 20, 2012, people are being advised to reserve their copy of the commemorative book as soon as possible. Those wishing to order ahead will be eligible for the special prepaid price of $60 until January 31.

Those who wait until after January 31 will pay $70 for the 450-page book.

Ron Dines, a local personality and novelist, has found himself writing a little pulp fiction of his own.

Indeed, pulp and paper was Canada's major industry for over a century, yet despite this, Dines highlights that no serious work of fiction has used the industry as a backdrop.

He hopes his new novel, "The Paper Ladder," will do for the pulp and paper industry what "Wheels" did for Detroit's automobile manufacturing industry.

Not the type of tree you would see in the forest, but rather, your family tree. And one step at a time, her research and work allows people to discover the “branches” on their trees – in other words, learn about who they are and where they came from.

Despite undergoing "radical surgery" earlier this year which left him without a larynx, legendary guitar maker and musician Brian Monty refuses to sing the blues.

After being diagnosed with throat cancer, Monty underwent a laryngectomy, a procedure which leaves the patient without a larynx or a voice box.

After a trial run in its first year showed them where to fix a few glitches and last year's edition proved the event was an all-around success, the staff at Beau's All-Natural Brewing Company has had one word on their brains for the last few weeks (and some, the last few months): Oktoberfest.