A new pet picture and a new wildlife picture were submitted today, Sept. 30, by readers of dotCANTON.com. Check them out by clicking the “Pet Pix” and “Wildlife” page buttons on the top of this page.
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Canton Public Library Briefs (Revised) for October 2010  "Blue Wagon" / Jim Laurino The Canton Public Library will be closed on Friday, Oct. 1, for staff training, and on Monday, Oct. 11, Columbus Day. Sunday hours, 1 to 4 p.m., resume on Nov. 7. Artist Jim Laurino’s show, “All Seasons: The New England Landscape,” continues in the CPL Gallery through October. A “Fire Prevention Month” exhibit co-sponsored by the Town of Canton Volunteer Fire & EMS Department and Dish ‘n Dat of The Shoppes at Farmington Valley occupies the library’s display case through October. On Thursday, Oct. 14, from 7 to 8:30 p.m., the library will host a program on the issues of long-term care — Marcia Bernstein, speaker. Free. Registration required. Singer/songwriter/entertainer Nancy Tucker will be at the library for a family concert on Saturday, Oct. 16, at 1 p.m. Free. No registration. Saturday afternoon drop-in knitting begins at the CPL on Saturday, Oct. 16, from 1 to 3 p.m. No registration. Continue reading Library Briefs For October  Scout, at 12 weeks. By Steve Wilder dotCANTON.com The photo of 12-week-old Scout, an awfully cute Australian shepherd, arrived at dotCANTON via e-mail on Sept. 1. His owner, Ted Kurnat, was responding to a call from this website for local residents to share pics of their pets. Scout’s puppy picture was posted on dotCANTON’s “Pet Pix” page, where it remains to this day. Two weeks later, early one weekday evening, the sight of a man, two dogs and flying Frisbee-like discs in an open field caught my attention, so I decided to introduce myself. The man said he knew of dotCANTON, and that he had sent in a picture of one of his dogs. The only other picture I had received was of two pugs, Windsor and Wallis. This dog was not a pug; it was Scout, now a much larger and very energetic 10-month-old who was clearly into chasing and catching discs hurled by his human.  Scout and Ted Kurnat practice a little short toss and catch (call it a catch-22 exercise, perhaps). Photo: dotCANTON The man, of course, was Ted Kurnat, and it turns out that Scout had been learning the fine art of disc chasing since May and had even dabbled in a little novice-level competition since then. His housemate, 10-year-old “T,” another good-looking Australian shepherd who was also in the park that evening, likes to pull a sled in winter, Kurnat says, but never showed much interest in chasing down a disc. “T” apparently is quite content to relax in the cool grass and offer quiet encouragement as Scout works up a sweat. “Scout had all kinds of toys …,” Kurnat says, “but things that went through the air — like a stuffed boomerang or a small flying ring — he seemed more interested in.” I had to get going, but we met again about a week later so I (and “T”) could watch Scout and Kurnat go through their paces. It was either after his first or second chase that Scout put down the disc before returning it to Kurnat and jogged into the adjacent woods to check out the voices he was hearing. Not good, but hey, he’s just a kid. Continue reading The Joy Is In The Chase  Photo: dotCANTON Workers are putting the finishing touches on the stage, the sound system is being tweaked and the bar is being stocked for the grand opening Friday night, Oct. 1, of Bridge Street Live, a new entertainment venue at 41 Bridge Street in Collinsville. Songwriter and guitarist Lipbone Redding and The LipBone Orchestra kick off a fall season of music and comedy in a meticulously crafted, Deco-themed hall that used to serve as a Miner Lumber Co. storage barn. The show begins at 8 p.m. Friday, but the doors open at 7 for folks who might like to get a light bite to eat in the Black & White Room or perhaps order a drink at the bar. There’s seating in the bar area if you need to get off your feet, and the long wraparound deck that overlooks the Farmington River will be open for stroll. Seating in the 299-capacity hall is general admission, with the exception of nine tables for four in the slightly elevated VIP section, where tickets are more costly but come with food and bar service.  Lipbone Redding No one will be far from the elevated stage in this venue, but seating will be on a flat surface, so if being up front is important to you, arriving early probably matters. Tickets for this event and all others at the hall can be purchased on the Bridge Street Live website or at the door, if available. If you’re thinking about attending Friday night’s inaugural, Entertainment Consultant Pat Ryan has some advice. “I’d encourage people to buy tickets ahead of time,” he says, “because it probably will sell out.” The Black & White Room will be run by local restaurateur Steven Day, who owns the Village Cafe and Bistro in Canton Village. Day, who is the preferred caterer for all Bridge Street Live events, has access to a full kitchen on-site. He is still working on his precise menu for Friday, but expects it to feature upscale appetizers and light bites. A chicken satay with peanut sauce, shrimp cocktail, upscale nachos and “maybe one or two little grilled sandwiches,” were among the items Day said he was considering. The Black & White Room and the bar will be open before the performance and during intermission, Ryan said. Friday night’s show is the first of 16 currently scheduled for Bridge Street Live between Oct. 1 and Dec. 11. With the exception of one Sunday performance, all currently scheduled shows are set for a Friday or Saturday night. Ryan says a more ambitious entertainment schedule is planned for early in 2011. He says Bridge Street Live will be closed in January and February, and will reopen on St. Patrick’s Day in March with performances scheduled four nights weekly, Thursday through Sunday. On-site parking for Bridge Street Live is free. Click here for a previous dotCANTON post about Bridge Street Live. – dotCANTON  Photos: dotCANTON
Canton Artists’ Guild member Malcolm MacKenzie gets some help from member Grace Epstein, photo above, as he submits an entry early Sunday afternoon. Artist and author Janice LaMotta will jury the entries this week. The show, which will occupy the downstairs and upstairs galleries, will run from Oct. 8 through Nov. 7. The gallery will be closed from Sept. 27 through Oct. 3. While the drop-offs were going on inside, member artist Joe Yeno was outside, bottom photo, securing a sculpture he calls “Too Much Hendrix.” Yeno’s work is not part of the Open Juried Show. – dotCANTON  dotCANTON.com at Sam Collins Day. Photos: dotCANTON  Folks in the crowd take a look around. The breeze that kicked up mid-afternoon played havoc with some displays under the big top on Canton Springs Road, but it also provided a much needed bit of refreshment for at least one pair of legs not used to standing for six hours. Not that I’m complaining. The compliments offered by so many visitors to the dotCANTON.com table at Sam Collins Day on Saturday, Sept. 25, were so uplifting there was no way I was going to sit down on the job. Thank you all again for the nice words. Thanks, too, to all of you who stopped by to find out what dotCANTON was all about. I certainly hope I made lots of new friends who’ll become regular visitors to the dotCANTON.com website. And, please, if you like the site, feel free to spread the word around town. I know lots of you are wondering about the drawing for the munchies and the signed copy of “Canton Remembers: Incidents In Local History,” edited by Dr. and Mrs. Lawrence S. Carlton. After loading everything into my car at 4 p.m., I stuck my hand into the box packed with names and phone numbers and mixed up the contents as I walked over to where “Husk” was positioned in the Food Court. There, I asked Jordan Stein, owner of the new tacos restaurant in Collinsville, if he would be so kind as to reach in and pull out a winner. He did, and it was Lynn Harrington, co-owner of the New England Scrapbook Co. at 200 Albany Turnpike (Route 44). I dropped off the basket for Lynn on my way home to my comfortable couch. One final thing: Thanks to so many of you for signing up to receive the dotCANTON newsletter via e-mail. I’m not sure when the first one will go out, but I promise I won’t add too much to your crowded mailboxes. If you didn’t sign up for the newsletter Saturday and would like to, look in the column on the left here and look for the envelope symbol just above the weather. See you around town. – Steve Wilder, founder and editor, dotCANTON.com  Photos: dotCANTON
Shuttle bus signs were in position on Canton Springs Road across from the field and on Main Street in Collinsville near LaSalle’s Market. Early risers need not wait until 10 a.m. this morning to get started; the Canton Lions Club Pancake Breakfast runs from 7 to 10 a.m. in the firehouse across the street from the tents. The Food Court on Canton Springs Road opens at 11 a.m. Festivities at the field and in Collinsville continue until 4 p.m. Don’t forget to visit the dotCANTON.com table located at the back of the Expo Exhibit tent on Canton Springs Road.  River Street in Collinsville, above, will be getting a lot more colorful when the chalk drawing that's open to all begins about 1 p.m. today, Sept. 25. Kate McAllister of the River City Art Center, 7 River St., says no signup is necessary and she'll supply the chalk. – dotCANTON |
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Sunday, Sept. 26, was drop-off day at Gallery on the Green for the 42nd annual Open Juried Show.
All was quiet at the Canton Volunteer Fire Co. Field, photo above, and on River Street in Collinsville, photo below, on Friday, Sept. 24, but both will be alive with 