The Opeongo Line
About the unique heritage and local culture of the Upper Madawaska and Opeongo River Valleys.
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Episodes
Monday Feb 10, 2020
Monday Feb 10, 2020
Three short one-act comedies adapted from Anton Chekhov: A Tragedian In Spite of Herself, The Proposal, and The Bear. Performed in Barry's Bay, Ontario at the old train station on February 9th, 2020 by The Opeongo Readers' Theatre in front of a live audience in honour of St. Valentine's Day.
Monday Jan 27, 2020
Monday Jan 27, 2020
In the winter of 1847, a young British physician arrived in Montreal and made his way up through the Ottawa Valley, arriving eventually in a tiny backwoods settlement along its western frontier. What he experienced there over the next few years, he put into a set of uniquely vivid letters he sent back to England. Performed by The Opeongo Readers' Theatre at the Pembroke Public Library on January 25th, 2020, those letters provides a unique window into the dark, druidical world that would become Renfrew County.
Sunday Jan 19, 2020
Sunday Jan 19, 2020
One of the great institutions of Barry's Bay, The Balmoral started out as a small railway hotel, built in 1894 by Josh Billings in response to the coming of the OA & PS Railroad. Over the next 100 years, it became much more to the local community. Joanne Billings-Olsen reminisces with The Local host, Sean Conway about the life and times of The Balmoral, including working there when she was only eleven years old.
Monday Dec 16, 2019
Monday Dec 16, 2019
An adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's "A Russian Christmas Party" performed live at the old Barry's Bay Train Station on Tuesday, December 10th 2019 by the Opeongo Radio Flyers.
Sunday Dec 15, 2019
Wednesday Nov 13, 2019
Monday Nov 11, 2019
Thursday Oct 31, 2019
Tuesday Oct 08, 2019
Wednesday Oct 02, 2019