CHESTERVILLE – ‘A Bunch of People’ are at it again, and this time the group invites everyone to ‘Sing it!’ as the late Freddie Mercury would have. The self-described “transient group of various enthusiastic people,”…
CHESTERVILLE — More than a dozen local wordsmiths descended on the McCloskey Hotel as ‘A Bunch of People’ hosted their first annual Writing in 150 competition. The ‘150’ referred to the number of minutes that…
CHESTERVILLE — Chesterville’s newest establishment opens for business April 6 in the dining room at the McCloskey Hotel. It’s been christened the Victoria Street Café, following a vote of visitors who took part in a…
Public welcome to watch spoken word and song entrants presenting their work to celebrity judging panel CHESTERVILLE — A fun and fast-paced opportunity for local aspiring authors, poets, songwriters and wordsmiths to see how they…
CHESTERVILLE — A traditional afternoon tea served up equal parts bemusement and momentum in advance of the opening of an actual café at McCloskey’s next month. Amanda Burger — planned operator of the new café and…
CHESTERVILLE — The Cornwall-based rocker brought her raspy pipes and rippin’ guitar to the McCloskey stage on International Women’s Day in support of Naomi’s Family Resource Centre. Accompanied by her band, The Stellas, Mena Hardy…
This Friday at 22 Victoria Street, Chesterville, a fundraiser for Naomi’s Resource Centre CHESTERVILLE — She’s rocked out at McCloskey’s a number of times, and this Friday, Janis Joplin-esque Mena Hardy and bandmates return to…
Collaboration with ‘A Bunch of People’ organization CHESTERVILLE — McCloskey’s will add a daytime café this April — among many other things brewing at the historic Chesterville venue in 2019. The upcoming initiatives mark…
CHESTERVILLE — New life has been breathed into Bobby “Boris” Pickett and the Crypt-Kickers’ 1962 hit, thanks to a fun new video shot at McCloskey’s. Director Ami Johnson will officially debut her ‘Monster Mash’ production…
CHESTERVILLE — It may not feel like it right now, but winter is coming — the chill, the boredom, the searching for things to do indoors while a freezing wind howls in the darkness outside….
CHESTERVILLE — Kings Of Lowertown return to the stage with songs from their impending Missouri Lowsider EP at the historic McCloskey Hotel in Chesterville, Oct. 7. Special guest James Cave will open the show that…
CHESTERVILLE — Fresh off the Mayweather-McGregor boxing match, the big screen at McCloskey’s will feature rhetorical punches this Sunday, Sept. 10 — as the final regular debate in the New Democratic Party of Canada’s leadership…
CHESTERVILLE — The Bargaining Unit is a lively and eclectic musical force made up of local talents: Andrew McAughey (bass, vocals); Brandon Murray (acoustic guitar, vocals); Brian Farquhar (electric guitar, vocals); Bucky Cook (drum kit);…
Kelsey Smith and Nelson Zandbergen Nation Valley News CHESTERVILLE — Daniel Riitano thought he heard a Janis Joplin record playing in his establishment recently, but it turned out to be Mena Hardy singing live that…
CHESTERVILLE — Learn how to sketch and draw the human form in a one-day intensive workshop offered July 8 by a visiting Toronto artist at The McCloskey Hotel. Julia Shure will teach beginners basic concepts…
