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ORLÉANS FARMERS’ MARKET from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Orléans Town Centre Plaza, 290 Centrum Blvd. Browse 130+ local vendors, grab a bite, and discover amazing handmade and local finds. Plenty of parking available.
HEART OF ORLEANS MARKET from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Orléans Festival Plaza on Centrum Blvd. Shop from 130+ local vendors and enjoy cozy treats, unique goods and a welcoming atmosphere.
TRIVIA NIGHT from 7:30 p.m. every Monday night at the Royal Oak Pub Orléans. Free to play. Prizes for the winning team! The Royal Oak Pub is located at 1981 St. Joseph Blvd. near Jeanne d’Arc. For more info visit 
TRIVIA NIGHT from 6:30 p.m. at the Stray Dog Brewing Company. Exercise your grey matter before it turns to mush over the holidays. Reservations are a must to secure your spot. Send your team name and number of people to info@straydogbrewing.ca. The Stray Dog Brewing Company is located at 501 Lacolle Way in the Taylor Creek Business Park.
ORLÉANS FARMERS’ MARKET from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Orléans Town Centre Plaza, 290 Centrum Blvd. Browse 130+ local vendors, grab a bite, and discover amazing handmade and local finds. Plenty of parking available.
90s CLUB PARTY from 7 p.m. at the Orléans Legion, 800 Taylor Creek Dr. Calling all Gen X and anyone who owned the dace floor in the clubs and bars during the 90s. We're bringing back the biggest hits, the best memories and a dance floor that won't quit. Open to everyone.
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The Orleans Older Players are at it again. This weekend the rag tag group of amateur thespians will wrap up their spring class with a production written by local playwrite John Cook entitled "Bugface and the Princess". Shakespeare it's not, but it is a great deal of fun with a mix of OOPS veterans and a couple of fresh faces, one who's never been on stage before and another who hasn't been on stage in 50 years.. Céline Nadon, Tina Chan, Sue Ashton, André Lacasse, Lynne Shackleton, Ian McGregor, Pam Ryan and David Shackleton are the returnees, while Mark Edwards and Muriel Lobban, at 87 years young, are the newbies. Accompanist Marc Leguerrier, who plays guitar, is also new to the stage. Nadon plays the insect princess, while Chan is wonderfully cast as the villain Baron Bugface who is bent on avenging the teasing his great-great-great-great grandfather endured at the hands of the insects after he lost his leg in a horrible accident. Bugface's plan is to trick a couple of exterminators into fumigating the Princess Insectella's palace. The pricess, however, has other plans. Protaganist and antagonist both have a special formula that allows them to take human form which the use to try and manipulate the exterminators. Fortunately for the insects, one of the exterminators have a soft spot for tiny creatures. Instead of exterminating them, he catches them in a pickle jar an sets them free. This almost gets him fired by his boss, played by Edwards, who sings a wonderfully campy version of "I'm a lumberjack", to the words "I'm an extermnator". Bugface is assisted in his dastardly scheme by a pair of cockroaches played by Lynne Shackleton an Lacasse. Unfortunately, or fortunately, depending on whose side your on, the bugs are no match for the Princess' bumble bee assistants, Lady Flobee and Lady Clobee played by Ryan and Ashton. They save the day with a pair of pepper shakers, which, when liberally shaken over the antagonists three times, turns them to stone. While the "Bugface and the Priness" is not exactly Broadway material, or even off off Broadway, it is tremendously entertaining. Although it's probably a lot more fun for the cast than it is for the audience, it still beats staying at home and watching reality TV, or blowing $20 bucks on a movie that inevitably fails to live up to its trailer. You can see "Bugface and the Princess" later today and tonight (Saturday, March 4 ) at 2:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for students. (This story was made possible thanks to the generous support of our local business partners.) |
Queen Insectella, played by Céline
Nadon, is confronted by her nemesis Baron
Bugface, played by Tina Chan, during the Orleans
Older Players production of 'Bugface and the
Princess'. Fred Sherwin/Photo 
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