The Opeongo Line

Scholar-Gypsy

About the unique heritage and local culture of the Upper Madawaska and Opeongo River Valleys.

  1. 4 DAYS AGO

    A Primer on Renfrew County Council History

    When Sean Conway, the host of "The Local" got together recently with his old friend, Michael Johnson, the former Chief Administrative Officer of Renfrew County, more than a few great stories were told. There's the one about the gallows in the county jail, and the one about the first female Warden and, of course, the one about when Mr. Johnson nearly drowned while working on the last log drive near Timmins, Ontario.

    1h 14m

  2. 26/12/2025

    Boxing Day Elsewhere

    Four members of the Opeongo Readers' Theatre are here again to help you enjoy the quietude of another relaxing Boxing Day with some stories and verse from places around the world where Boxing Day isn't celebrated but where celebrations by any other name often take place.

    58 min

  3. 21/12/2025

    Christmas Old Style

    The Opeongo Readers' Theatre present their annual Christmas show. This year it includes everything from a very funny story set on the Irish Sea to a unique verse composed back here in Canada by Lucy Maud Montgomery -- all in hopes of helping you kick-start a very Merry Christmas.

    38 min

  4. 18/08/2025

    Eddie Francis at the Station

    Inducted into the Ottawa Valley Country Music Hall of Fame last year Eddie Francis is a well-know local musician who hails from Combermere. In an exclusive performance at the old train Station in Barry's Bay, Eddie recounts a time when he was sixteen and took a train from that very station to a meeting in Wheeling, West Virginia. He also sings more than a handful of his original songs inspired by local people.

    1 hr

  5. 27/07/2025

    Meet Me At The Station

    Mark Woermke and The Opeongo Readers' Theatre present a new version of his beloved street play, Meet Me At The Station, only this time it's in the form of an old-time radio play set in Barry's Bay in 1944.

    45 min

  6. 16/03/2025

    Limericks Galore

    In honour of St. Patrick's Day, the Opeongo Readers' Theatre presents a show with over 200 limericks -- some pure nonsense, some Irish, some geographic, some dealing in romance and marriage, some risqué but not rude, and some that are simply tongue-twisters -- but none mad, bad, or dangerous to know.

    48 min

  7. 10/02/2025

    Love is in the Air

    In honour of St. Valentine's Day, The Opeongo Readers' Theatre presents three one-act plays -- all very short conversations about the love between a man and a woman. Somewhat quirky dialogues, they sound very 21st Century though they were all written over a hundred years ago.

    1h 1m

  8. 01/01/2025

    The Mayor's 2025 Levee

    For the past few years, the host of The Opeongo Line's "Local", Sean Conway, has sat down with the Mayor of the Township of Madawaska Valley, Mark Willmer, to talk about what the municipal government has had to deal with over the past year and what it faces in the coming year. This year was no different. Join us now for a very interesting conversation about the local politics and economic fortunes of a place we all call home.

    1h 3m
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About the unique heritage and local culture of the Upper Madawaska and Opeongo River Valleys.

Information

  • Creator
    Scholar-Gypsy
  • Years Active
    2019 - 2026
  • Episodes
    160
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Copyright 2021 All rights reserved.
  • Show Website
    The Opeongo Line