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Review: JW Jones finds the right balance between pleasure and pain

Review: JW Jones finds the right balance between pleasure and pain

By Chris Marchand My mother’s intolerance for guitar solos is the stuff of legend. It is as though they are physically painful for her. You can watch her fight them, wage an internal battle for serenity [...]

Premiere blues act headed to Dryden

Premiere blues act headed to Dryden

By Dryden Observer Staff The Dryden Entertainment Series is proud to present blues musician JW Jones, March 25. Show time is set for 7:30 p.m. Called Canada’s Top Touring Bluesman, Jones is moving up with a [...]

DVD review: The Rum Diary — Depp brings Thompson’s lost novel to life

By Chris Marchand Johnny Depp’s most recent flick to hit the DVD scene might be a little off most people’s radar. That’s because any movie based on the frenetic gonzo-journalistic writings of Hunter S. Thompson will [...]

Come Together Concert celebrates eighth year with great lineup

Submitted by Carl Bleich The eighth annual Come Together concert is scheduled for Tuesday, December 27 at The Centre in Dryden. Auditorium doors open at 6:30 and as you enter local pianist Alex Lugli will ease [...]

Stampeders hit the stage

Stampeders hit the stage

The Stampeders hit the stage for the second time in a year at The Centre on Saturday, October 1. Never failing to entertain, the trio played their classic music that everyone knows and loves, along with [...]

Timbre Kin – Pauselli to unveil EP at Dryden show

Dryden ex-patriate Matteo Pauselli finds himself at a very interesting point in his life. An imminent graduate of Ryerson University’s finance program, many years of nose firmly pressed to grindstone have suddenly abated, leaving Pauselli free [...]

OBSERVER POLL: Movie Night in Dryden

Welcome to the Observer online’s second community poll. This week we’ll steer our attention away from the latest draft of the city budget to examine our habits around ‘the boob-tube’, a popular place to be in [...]

Steel Magnolias on stage this week

After many months of preparation, a handful of local actresses will take their production of Robert Harling’s Steel Magnolias to the stage. Presented by Theatre 17 and directed by Judith Hamilton, Steel Magnolias will run Feb. [...]