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Something for everyone at Cultural Fair

By Dryden Observer Staff The Yours, Mine, Ours Cultural Fair has a big day of events and programming planned for Dryden residents and students over Thursday, May 10 at The Centre. Using the theme ‘Among the [...]

Theatre 17 gets saucy

Theatre 17 gets saucy

By Chris Marchand Community theatre group Theatre 17 enjoyed three full houses over three nights of their dinner theatre production of Robert Anderson’s ‘You Know I Can’t Hear You When the Water’s Running’, May 4, 5 [...]

Art At The Centre: Franklin’s exhibit studies: Farming, Then and Now

Art At The Centre: Franklin’s exhibit studies: Farming, Then and Now

By Dryden Observer Staff An antique horse drawn sickle mower sits in Shirley Franklin’s yard. Found on the property when they moved there many years ago, it has occupied various locations as a lawn ornament. For [...]

Arrogant Worms close DES season with a smile

Arrogant Worms close DES season with a smile

By Chris Marchand They left with a smile on their faces. What better send-off to a strong lineup of entertainment in the Dryden Entertainment Series’ 2011-12 season? Musical comedy trio The Arrogant Worms renewed their ties [...]

Scintillation a certainty at Theatre 17’s dinner theatre

By Chris Marchand While the hilarity of Theatre 17’s production of Tony and Tina’s wedding has not yet faded from memory, the local theatre group returns this spring with another dinner theatre event that is sure [...]

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 [...]

The Melville Boys: an uneasy mix of comedy and brotherly love

The Melville Boys: an uneasy mix of comedy and brotherly love

By Chris Marchand Blame it on my upbringing. But there’s something ever-so-slightly off-putting about erratic behaviour with a firearm, be it a prop or not, that erects a barrier to my suspension of disbelief. Was I [...]

Ryder a season highlight

Ryder a season highlight

By Chris Marchand The simplicity of a woman and her guitar were more than enough to satisfy a room packed to the rafters for the highest profile show of the 2011-12 Dryden Entertainment Series. Abstaining from [...]

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 [...]