Grapevine May 4 2017 - May 18 2017web by The Grapevine, Annapolis Valley, Nova Scotia

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ARTS | CULTURE | COMMUNITY May 4 – 18, 2017 | Issue No. 14.06 | 5000 copies

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MEET AMANDA MUIS BROWN FROM HUMBLE BURDOCK FARM /P.3 ALYSHA BRILLA AT THE EVERGREEN MAY 26 /P.4 THE MONA PARSONS STATUE UNVEILED /P.7 THE SEASON FINALE OF SUNDAY MUSIC IN THE GARDEN ROOM MAY 7 /P.15

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CONCERT BAND MUSIC IN WOLFVILLE Join the Wolfville New Horizons Band and the Kings Community Concert Band for an evening of Concert Band Music - Marches, Overtures, Pop Tunes, and some Classic Arrangements at 7pm on Wednesday May 10 at Festival Theatre in Wolfville. Admission FREE. Did you ever hear a community band on your travels and think, gee I wish we had one in our town. Well, we do, almost! The New Horizons Band consists of supposedly seniors (youngers have successfully snuck in) who either played a long time ago and wanted to try again, or those who never played before and needed a little brain exercise and have a great love of music. We all have a great deal of courage! We have a leader, Brian Johnston, who teaches and taunts and cajoles and entertains us, and we all go home every Wednesday evening the

better for it all. Home, by the way, is from one end of the Valley to the other. We pay a small fee every semester and we hold a couple of public rehearsals during the year to show you how super we are, with the hope of entertaining some of you and luring a number of you into the band. Then we have a big party for ourselves. I’m sure you would love to be a part of it all. We are holding our Open Rehearsal on Wednesday, May 10. Joining us is the Kings Community Concert Band under the direction of Heather Davis. It starts at 7pm in the Acadia Festival Theatre and ends at 8pm – not too long! Please come and join in the fun. You’ll hear the Beatles, ballads, marches, classics – we try it all.

SEED LIBRARY COMING TO BERWICK AND LAWRENCETOWN LIBRARIES Tim Jackson, Community Engagement Assistant | Annapolis Valley Regional Library Looking for a family project that leads to healthy food choices and sustainable communities? Need seeds to finish planting your vegetable garden? Is growing vegetables new to you? We can help. Starting Tuesday, May 2, the Dr. Frank W. Morse Memorial Library in Lawrencetown and the Berwick & District Library are inviting the public to stop by and pick up a free packet of seeds, complete with planting

instructions. All you have to do, is browse the packets, show us your library card, and easy peasy, you get a packet of seeds, kindly donated by Annapolis Seeds, Hope Seeds, Paul Gregory: organic backyard gardener, and Twisted Brook. Gardening is known to have substantial health benefits in terms of physical activity and mental well-being, so get out there and dig in!

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY! Dear Mom, Jugglers have nothing on you. You keep jobs, volunteer commitments, and family obligations up in the air and somehow you never let them crash to the ground. You are rocking the 'Sandwich Generation' – a balancing act of caring for your father on one side and grandchildren on the other. You have an acrobat's capacity to stretch your network of care to include the greater community. You simply are, The Greatest Mom On Earth! Love, Daughter

I owe a lot of who I am to my mother, Ann Lane. I'm sure that every creative bone in my body comes from her. Our house was a wonderland of craft supplies, and I got to try them all (with permission, or occasionally without). I learned how to adapt things, fix things, adjust things, all skills that have come in handy countless times during my life. My mother taught me to sew, which has remained a life-long hobby of mine. My mother also taught me empathy, and compassion for others. She taught me that moms are human, too, that everyone deserves a second chance. She has a fantastic sense of humor, and surely my love of puns came from her. Mom, I want to wish you a wonderful Mother's Day, and every other day as well. I love you! ~ Monica Happy Mother's Day, Mama! Looking forward to more meals made together, more Frenchy's shopping, more frisbee, bocce, beach fires, walks, tractor rides through the orchard, puzzles and more artful afternoons with you and your laughter. I love you! ~ Joss Happy Mother's Day, Mum! We love you. You're the best. (Sorry other Mums). ~ xoxoxo, Z&E

Donna's mom, Pam, has six children, eleven grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren! Pamela Margaret Holmes used to own and run the Holmestead Restaurant in Annapolis Royal with her husband Tom, but now she's retired. Donna wants to thank her mom for encouraging her oldest daughter to perform her music, act the clown, and always have a few extra skills ready to fall back on - just in case. ;O)

FEATUREPRENEUR: THE HUMBLE PERSONALITY BEHIND THE HUMBLE BURDOCK Genevieve Allen Hearn

Meet Amanda Muis Brown – flower farmer, florist, and soon to be published author. Amanda is a third-generation farmer and is now growing over a hundred varieties of flowers and foliage on Humble Burdock Farm in Centreville. Growing botanicals in a Maritime climate takes good planning, an innate understanding of our fluctuating growing season, and more than a little courage. Amanda faces these challenges boldly and passes on what she has learned in her book coming out this fall entitled Humble Burdock Farms - From Seed to Centerpiece, A Floral Journey through the Seasons. The Grapevine was able to catch up with Amanda during a rare moment when she wasn’t in the fields or in her barn preparing flowers for the market or an upcoming event. Grapevine (GV): How did you get in the flower growing business? Amanda: I accidentally got into it. I finished my Fine Arts degree and returned back to Nova Scotia, and started by cutting flowers in my mother’s garden. I had always given flowers as gifts when I was visiting friends, and it started from there. It took me a while before I realized that I was painting with flowers using my love of colour, line, and texture to create something more. GV: Being a flower farmer/florist can sound very romantic! Is it actually? Amanda: A typical day is a very busy one! I get up early to check the gardens and cut flowers and then spend time working on our major projects – weeding, transplanting, organizing, and emailing. Then we get to make bouquets or start on wedding flowers. It is romantic, if you can appreciate the beauty while being covered in dirt, sweat, and butterflies.

GV: What is the most common advice you give to clients purchasing floral arrangements? Amanda: Buy local is the first thing – there are so many flower farmers sprouting up around the province, so take time to appreciate what can be grown in our own backyard. A lot of customers buy our bouquets from the Wolfville Farmers’ Market (at Olde Furrow Farm), but my goal is for you to go home and get creative. You can trim the bouquet and put it in a vase, or you can rearrange and play! GV: For folks working on their gardens this Spring, what flowers work great in DIY arrangements from the backyard? Amanda: Don’t be afraid to enjoy the simplicity of small Spring flowers! There is so much to love and that works well in short vases such as blooms like muscari, hyacinth, fritillaria, and lily of the valley. GV: You have a book coming out! What has the writing process been like for you? Amanda: Writing has always come easy to me, as well as photography. It was the editing, distilling it down, and actually going through all of the photographs I have taken (over 20,000 last year!) that was the hard part. But it has been really rewarding to share what happens through all of the seasons on our farm. You can find Amanda and learn more about her business at thehumbleburdock.com. If you love having fresh flowers at home but you don’t have your own garden, check out her bouquet CSA program!

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THE GRAPEVINE QUESTIONNAIRE: ALYSHA BRILLA Susan Wedlock

to inspire the youth to think outside of the box and aspire for equity both in their chosen fields and in their community. SW: What would a perfect day look like for you? AB: A perfect day for me would be spending most of my hours in the sun, by the trees, by water, writing, playing my guitar, and being on my bicycle. I feel free on my bicycle.

Susan Wedlock (SW): Can you list five words that describe you? Alysha Brilla (AB): Colourful, Dreamer, Soul Seeker, Idealist, Curious SW: "Best Dressed Brilla" – I believe this term was used at the Juno Awards in 2015. What was that about? AB: My friend and designer ZNA.K designed a dress that I loved and wore to the Junos. It happened to catch the attention of a few papers/media outlets and they praised my style. I appreciate it, as my style is definitely an extension of my artistry and expression of my music. I'm colourful and like to mix patterns. SW: You have a great unique fashion style, how would you describe it? AB: Thank you. I have always been fascinated by fashion. I actually used to watch Fashion Television as a child and be really interested in the world of design, but at this point, 99% of my clothes are either from second-hand shops or designed by a friend. I love putting interesting outfits together and using colour to express how I am feeling any given day. My style is funky, colourful, playful, eclectic, and joyful. SW: Tell us a bit about how yoga is important to you? AB: Yoga actually quite saved me during a time of depression in my life. Connecting to my body and breathing through yoga has been a complimentary form of healing for me. I am able to use this modality when I travel and the beautiful thing about it is you can do it anywhere, anytime. It is a gift from India that I love and cherish dearly. SW: What do you try to bring to the schools you frequently give talks to? AB: I try to tell the story of how I made it through the bullying I experienced and my adventures in the industry I have worked in for 15 years now... the music industry. I want

have been a writer.

Furry Feature............................................................. .p.4 Grapevine Questionnaire............................................ .p.4 Mystery Quote........................................................... .p.5 Free Classifieds/Eat to the Beat ................................. .p.5

WORD OF THE ISSUE:

Star Drop/Free Will Astrology ................................... .p.6 Mona Parsons Unveiled.............................................. .p.7

Hortatory

Locavore/Recipe........................................................ .p.8

Adjective

Editor's Update.......................................................... .p.9 WTown of Wolfville..................................................... .p.10

Giving strong encouragement; tending or aiming to exhort.

Who's Who/Mike Uncorked........................................ .p.11 What's Happening/Tides............................................ .p.12–14

"The proposed bill contains hortatory language but is precariously weak in the details."

Weekly Events............................................................ .p.13 @ The Library............................................................ .p.14 Barely Contained/Acadia Page................................... .p.15

SW: If you couldn't pursue music what other career path might you take? AB: If I hadn't pursued music, I believe I would

SW: Which Canadian artist/band should we have a listen to? AB: You should listen to Janice Jo Lee. Her music incorporates elements of her Korean heritage, and her lyrics are very conscious – commenting on love, community, and equity. SW: Tell us the story behind your latest album "Human". AB: I travelled to India and Tanzania in 2015 to explore my ancestry. I can't really put into words the effect the trip had on me, but it certainly inspired many songs. I think now is the time for all of us to be looking at ourselves sociologically and thinking critically about our societies and how we fit into them. I called the album "Human" because it is an identity all of my listeners can relate to. We are a shared species and we are doing a lot of healing at the moment. SW: As a social activist, what is important to you? AB: What is important to me is equity. I want to see our world heal and I believe it will heal once it is balanced. The balance will come when voices of people who have been silenced and not given platforms, finally have an equal chance to express and have their turn in shaping the way our world looks. I really want to see Indigenous peoples all around the world given a chance to shape our society and I believe there is so much value in the pedagogies and the relationship to the land that most Indigenous peoples have within their spiritual and traditional storytelling. It is critical that we listen and amplify these voices in order to heal both humans and our environment. Now is the time.

FURRY FEATURE Puff is a domestic short-haired tortoiseshell female born approximately April 14, 2016. She is one of three feral kittens found in Harbourville who are still very shy and nervous but making progress. Her two brothers have been adopted and are doing well. She is sensitive to loud noises and sudden movements but loves treats and playtime. She needs someone who can be patient and earn her trust. Wolfville Animal Hospital 12-112 Front Street Wolfville | 902 542 3422

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CONTRIBUTORS: Mike Butler, Genevieve Allen Hearn, Scott Campbell, Donna Holmes, Garry Leeson, Avery Peters, Laura Churchill Duke, Melanie Priesnitz, Thomas Clahane, Regan Alford, Susan Wedlock, Margaret Drummond, Lee-Ann Cudmore, Sarah Anderson, Angela Reynolds, Allan Williams (Eat to the Beat)

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Twice Juno Award nominated singer-songwriter, producer, and community organizer Alysha Brilla is a critically acclaimed Indian-Tanzanian Canadian artist who just released her third self-produced album, “HUMAN”. Alysha Brilla will have a show at the Evergreen Theatre in Margaretsville on May 26. Visit evergreentheatre.ca for ticket info.

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NEW MINAS: Boston Pizza, Captain Sub, Irving Big Stop, Jessy's Pizza, Long and McQuade, Milne Court Petro-Canada, Pita Pit, Swiss Chalet

GREENWICH: Avery’s Farm Market, Edible Art Cafe, Elderkin's Farm Market, Hennigar's Farm Market, Noggins Corner Farm Market, Stems Cafe, Stirling's

KENTVILLE: Designer Café, Jason’s Your Independent Grocer, T.A.N. Coffee, Valley Regional Hospital

PORT WILLIAMS: Fox Hill Cheese House, Planters Ridge, Sea Level Brewery, The Noodle Guy CANNING: Degraaf's Kwik-Way, ValuFoods

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COLDBROOK: Access Nova Scotia, T.A.N. Coffee, Callister's Country Kitchen, Foodland, Vicki's Seafood Restaurant BERWICK: Driftwood Restaurant, Jonny's Cookhouse, Luigi's Pizza Palace, North Mountain Coffeehouse, Rising Sun Cafe,

Union Street Café, Wilsons Pharmasave AYLESFORD: Chisholm's PharmaChoice, Tina’s Cafe KINGSTON: Avery’s Farm Market , Green Elephant Cafe, Library, Pharmasave, Needs Convenience GREENWOOD: Avery’s Farm Market, Country Store, Flight Line Cafe, Valley Natural Foods MIDDLETON: Coffee Garden Cafe, Middle Town Sweets

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THURSDAYS: 4, 11, 18 Edible Art Cafe (New Minas): Marshall & Lake (4th, 11th, 18th) 12 pm

Union Street Café (Berwick): Dave Gunning & Mark Lang $30 (5th) 8pm Spitfire Arms Alehouse (Windsor): Lady Rogue (5th), John Cole Porter Band (12th) 8pm

Troy Restaurant (Wolfville): Ron Edmunds Duo (4th, 11th, 18th) 6pm

Dooly’s (Greenwood): Karaoke (5th, 12th) 8:30pm

Charts Cafe (Wolfville): Open Mic (11th) 6pm

SATURDAYS: 6, 13

Spitfire Arms Alehouse (Windsor): Open Jam Session (4th, 11th, 18th) 7pm

Farmers Market (Wolfville): Malia Rogers (6th), Andy Flinn (13th) 9:30am, Country Music Benefit Concert (13th) 7pm

Oaken Barrel Pub (Greenwood): Trivia Night (4th, 11th, 18th) 7pm

Edible Art Café (New Minas): Kenny Byrka & Elsie Morden (6th), Lee Gilbert (13th) 12pm

Tommy Guns (Windsor): Karaoke Night (4th, 11th, 18th) 7:30pm

Library Pub (Wolfville): Bob & Ro (6th, 13th) 1pm, Dan & Olivia (6th, 13th) 9pm

Dooly’s (New Minas): Open Mic (4th, 11th, 18th) 8:30pm

The Port Pub (Port Williams): Ron Edmunds Duo (6th, 13th) 12:30pm

Paddy’s Pub (Kentville): The Hupman Brothers (4th, 11th, 18th) 9pm Paddy’s Pub (Wolfville): Trivia Night (4th, 11th, 18th) 9pm Library Pub (Wolfville): Tony & Caillum (4th, 11th, 18th) 9pm Anvil (Wolfville): Top 40 DJ (4th, 11th, 18th) 10pm

FRIDAYS: 5, 12 Edible Art Cafe (New Minas): Marshall & Lake (5th, 12th) 12pm Kings Arms Pub by Lew Murphy’s (Kentville): Marshall & Cuetaro (5th), Paul Tupper (12th) 5:30pm Blomidon Inn (Wolfville): Jazz Mannequins (5th, 12th) 6:30pm The Port Pub (Port Williams): The Idle Threats (5th) 7:30pm Joe’s Food Emporium (Wolfville): Mark Riley & Bernie Zinck Acoustic Duo (5th) 8pm

The Noodle Guy (Port Williams): Jam Session (6th, 13th) 1:30pm La Torta Woodfired Pizzeria (Wolfville): Steve Lee Duo (6th, 13th) 6pm Oaken Barrel Pub (Greenwood): Lost Vegas (13th) 7pm Spitfire Arms Alehouse (Windsor): Rip Tide (6th), SWIG (13th) 7pm

Divorcees & Witchitaw (13th) 8pm Anvil (Wolfville): Top 40 DJ (6th, 13th) 9pm Tommy Gun’s (Windsor): Video Music Screen (6th, 13th) 12am

SUNDAYS: 7, 14 Paddy's Pub (Wolfville): Paddy’s Irish Session (7th, 14th) 8pm

MONDAYS: 8, 15 Edible Art Café (New Minas): Ron Edmunds Band (8th, 15th) 12pm Paddy’s Pub (Wolfville): Andy Flinn (8th), Crash and Burn (15th) 9pm

DONATE/VOLUNTEER: Donate Used Clothing: Flowercart creates work and training for people. Donate your used clothing to Flowercart and keep your donation and the resulting money local. Drop off location 9412 Commercial St., New Minas. INFO: 902-681-0120 / lisahammettvaughan@flowercart.ca Valley Hospice: Help the Hospice just by clearing out your closet! Donate your gently used items in the name of Valley Hospice at Consignors Place, New Minas. 40% selling price goes to help the Hospice. INFO: Consignorsplace.com/calendar / valleyhospice.ca

TAN Café (Wolfville): Open Mike & Donna (9th, 16th) 7pm

FOR HIRE/PURCHASE:

Oaken Barrel Pub (Greenwood): Open Mic (9th, 16th) 7pm The Port Pub (Port Williams): Ron Edmunds Band Open Mic (9th, 16th) 7:30pm

King’s Arms Pub by Lew Murphy’s (Kentville): Skin & Jones (6th), Paul Marshall & Los Tres Amigos (13th) 8pm

Farmer’s Market (Wolfville): Andy Flinn (17th) 5pm

Union Street Café (Berwick): CoCo Love Alcorn $22 (6th), The

Summer Intensive Camp: August 7–25. Come Join Edalene Theatre for an Amazing Summer Intensive Camp! This year we are doing the amazing Broadway hit – The Addams Family! Students will be trained in dance, music and theatre technique while rehearsing for a full scale musical production. Ages 10–18. INFO: kerri@edalenetheatre.ca / edalenetheatre.ca

Edible Art Café (New Minas): Ron Edmunds Band (9th, 16th) 12pm

TUESDAYS: 9, 16

WEDNESDAYS: 10, 17

Dooly’s (Greenwood): House DJ (6th, 13th) 8pm

CAMPS:

Wanted: Please save yard sale items for the Kings-Kikima Grannies annual yard sale (June 3, 8am–2pm). Items can be dropped off at the Wolfville Lion's Hall on June 2, 9am–6pm. No books or clothes, please. Funds raised will be used to support children orphaned by AIDS in Africa. INFO: Betsie Baillie, 902-542-7591

Wayfarers’ Ale Brewery (Port Williams): Shawn Hebb & Band (6th), John Geddes Band (13th) 8pm

Joe’s Food Emporium (Wolfville): Tim Vallillee (6th), The New Digs (13th) 8pm

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Edible Art Café (New Minas): David Filyer (10th, 17th) 12pm

Union Street Café (Berwick): Ian Sherwood, Chris Kirby & Keith Mullins $20 (17th) 8pm Stoneroom Lounge (Kentville): Open Mic (10th, 17th) 8pm West Side Charlie’s (New Minas): Billy T’s Karaoke (10th, 17th) 9pm

Interior/Exterior Painting: Women in Rollers does accurate quotes, shows up on time to work, and performs to perfection. We even leave your home neat and tidy! Call today for your free estimate. INFO: Pamela, 902-697-2926 Kitchen Updates: Kitchen cupboards dated and dull? For about one-tenth of the cost of new cupboards, we can transform your cupboards with specialty paint and new hardware. Call us for a free estimate. Women in Rollers. 902-697-2926. Continuing Care Nurse: Hire a caring and compassionate Continuing Care Nurse to take care of your loved ones while you’re away. Five years experience in long-term and home care settings. Respite, palliative and overnight stays with duties ranging from personal care, to groceries and appointments. Covering Hantsport to Coldbrook. Resume and Reference Letters available. INFO: Kim, 902-300-2177 Hand-Crafted Urn Boxes: beautiful, wooden, & locally-made. INFO: Farmer Eddie, 902-542-3387

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WIN! Complete this puzzle, then submit it to Naked Crêpe for your chance to win a dessert crêpe! Each letter in the quote has been substituted for another letter. For eg, G might equal V. Recover the original letters to solve the puzzle. This puzzle runs from May 4 – 18, 2017 L N H X S U T H Y L L N U K J U K K S L E T H , S X B M A H T, Y L U B B N S Y U LY T M M LY U K H S T L N S K O I S K E T H . – O . N . B S AT H K Q H Name: Contact: The last winner of Mystery Quote was Emma Douglas

Travel Planning Professional: Denise MacMillan with The Destination Experts. Give Travel for a Graduation Gift or Reward! Free, no obligation quotes. Friendly, professional service. Valley based. INFO: 902-692-9581 / dmacmillan@TheDestinationExperts.com / FB/Denise.TravelPlanning

PROPERTY: Apartment for Rent: One bedroom, non-smoking apartment for rent in Wolfville. Looking for a single Occupancy tenant. Rent is $710 per month on a one year lease. Rent includes heat, hot water, fridge & stove. No pets allowed. Will require references. If interested please contact Landlord by email only. INFO: Charles Porter, chporter.rentals@eastlink.ca

GENERAL: Alcoholics Anonymous: If you want to drink, that’s your business. If you want to stop, that’s ours. INFO: 902-691-2825 / area82aa.org/district3 The Central Kings Community Health Board: Currently accepting applications for membership. Interested in helping to create a healthy community? Contact us! INFO: 902-538-7088 / ckchb@nshealth.ca Financial Planning: Will your retirement savings last? If you’re concerned about ensuring your money will last as long as you need it, I can help. Contact me today. INFO: Cynthia Farris Coane, Consultant. Investors Group Financial Services, Inc., 902-681-1061 x243 / CynthiaFarris.Coane@investorsgroup.com Looking for Passionate Educator: Noggins Corner Farm is looking for outdoor enthusiasts with a passion for teaching. We offer education programs for student’s grades primary to 6. Part time teaching staff (M–F) Starting in June. INFO: tours@nogginsfarm.ca

BUY TICKETS: Gala at Greyhaven: May 28m 4pm, Berwick. Stunning live music, a mediterranean feast. Susan Dworkin, Soprano; Andrea Mathis, pianist; Roseanne McClare: Mezzo-soprano, Kenneth Davidson, guitar; Ben Robertson, guitar. TIX: $55 each, $100 per couple. Please call. INFO: 902-300-1001 / Susan_dworkin@hotmail.com

THE INQUISITIVE TOY COMPANY AND INQUISITIVE BABY

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Rooted Landscaping and Firewood: Spring clean up and preparation. Raking, gardening, aerating, rototilling, debris removal, mulching, pruning, tree removal, clean up, lawn repair and more. Pre-booking landscaping and hardscaping jobs now! INFO: Cody Holland, 902-670-7104 / Rooted.LF@gmail.com

The Inquisitve Toy Company and Inquisitive Baby in Wolfville have weathered quite the spring, but they are back in action! After two devastating floods in March, they reopened in April, only to have yet another flood close their stores again. “We had a very successful grand reopening on Saturday, April 15, only to have a third flood from another apartment's hot water tank the next evening. So, three floods in six weeks, two new floors, and one very disappointed Eddie, our dog, who wasn't able to come to the store for quite a while” say owners Miranda and Jake. The stores are now open as usual and just in time for Mother’s Day. If you’re new to the parenting game, Inquisitive Baby has more than their selection of baby products and gear to offer. Every Tuesday the store hosts ‘Eat Sleep Poop: A Parent

and Infant Group’ at 11am. It's a place where parents and their babies (under 1yr) can meet, enjoy adult conversation, and have a snack. “It's been very well received and attendance has grown exponentially since it started in January” says Jake. “Laura Morrison, our postpartum doula on staff, does a great job facilitating and finding guest speakers. It's very informal and we encourage new parents with kids under one to visit.” Between Inquisitive Baby and The Inquisitive Toy Company, there should be something in store for any Mom you are shopping for. “Everything at Inquisitive Baby will make new moms' and dads' lives easier” Jake says. “In particular, any of the All Things Jill line of creams, balms, and wellness products. They're organic and handmade in Canada. Perfect to make a new mom feel her best on her special day. Next door at Inquisitive Toy Company, there are lots of fun board games moms can play with their families or puzzles she can do to unwind. Looking for the perfect Mothers' Day gift? Come see us!” There couldn’t be a better time to shop locally and support this great community-minded business.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): Beware of feeling sorry for sharks that yell for help. Beware of trusting coyotes that act like sheep and sheep that act like coyotes. Beware of nibbling food from jars whose contents are different from what their labels suggest. But wait! “Beware” is not my only message for you. I have these additional announcements: Welcome interlopers if they’re humble and look you in the eyes. Learn all you can from predators and pretenders without imitating them. Take advantage of any change that’s set in motion by agitators who shake up the status quo, even if you don’t like them. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): When poet Wislawa Szymborska delivered her speech for winning the Nobel Prize, she said that “whatever else we might think of this world -- it is astonishing.” She added that for a poet, there really is no such thing as the “ordinary world,” “ordinary life,” and “the ordinary course of events.” In fact, “Nothing is usual or normal. Not a single stone and not a single cloud above it. Not a single day and not a single night after it. And above all, not a single existence, not anyone’s existence in this world.” I offer you her thoughts, Taurus, because I believe that in the next two weeks you will have an extraordinary potential to feel and act on these truths. You are hereby granted a license to be astonished on a regular basis. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Would you consider enrolling in my Self-Pity Seminar? If so, you would learn that obsessing on self-pity is a means to an end, not a morass to get lost in. You would feel sorry for yourself for brief, intense periods so that you could feel proud and brave the rest of the time. For a given period -- let’s say three days -- you would indulge and indulge and indulge in self-pity until you entirely exhausted that emotion. Then you’d be free to engage in an orgy of selfhealing, self-nurturing, and self-celebration. Ready to get started? Ruminate about the ways that people don’t fully appreciate you. CANCER (June 21-July 22): In a typical conversation, most of us utter too many “uhs,” “likes,” “I means,” and “you knows.” I mean, I’m sure that . . . uh . . . you’ll agree that, like, what’s the purpose of, you know, all that pointless noise? But I have some good news to deliver about your personal use of language in the coming weeks, Cancerian. According to my reading of the astrological omens, you’ll have the potential to dramatically lower your reliance on needless filler. But wait, there’s more: Clear thinking and precise speech just might be your superpowers. As a result, your powers of persuasion should intensify. Your ability to advocate for your favorite causes may zoom. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): In 1668, England named John Dryden its first Poet Laureate. His literary influence was so monumental that the era in which he published was known as the Age of Dryden. Twentieth-century poetry great T. S. Eliot said he was “the ancestor of nearly all that is best in the poetry of the eighteenth century.” Curiously, Dryden had a low opinion of Shakespeare. “Scarcely intelligible,” he called the Bard, adding, “His whole style is so pestered with figurative expressions that it is as affected as it is coarse.” I foresee a comparable clash of titans in your sphere, Leo. Two major influences may fight it out for supremacy. One embodiment of beauty may be in competition with another. One powerful and persuasive force could oppose another. What will your role be? Mediator? Judge? Neutral observer? Whatever it is, be cagey. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Just this once, and for a limited time only, you have cosmic clearance to load up on sugary treats, leave an empty beer can in the woods, watch stupid TV shows, and act uncool in front of the Beautiful People. Why? Because being totally well-behaved and perfectly composed and strictly pure would compromise your mental health more than being naughty. Besides, if you want to figure out what you are on the road to becoming, you will need to know more about what you’re not.

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): In addition to fashion tips, advice for the broken-hearted, midlife-crisis support, and career counseling, I sometimes provide you with more mystical help. Like now. So if you need nuts-and-bolts guidance, I hope you’ll have the sense to read a more down-toearth horoscope. What I want to tell you is that the metaphor of resurrection is your featured theme. You should assume that it’s somehow the answer to every question. Rejoice in the knowledge that although a part of you has died, it will be reborn in a fresh guise. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): “Are you ready for the genie’s favors? Don’t rub the magic lamp unless you are.” That’s the message I saw on an Instagram meme. I immediately thought of you. The truth is that up until recently, you have not been fully prepared for the useful but demanding gifts the genie could offer you. You haven’t had the self-mastery necessary to use the gifts as they’re meant to be used, and therefore they were a bit dangerous to you. But that situation has changed. Although you may still not be fully primed, you’re as ready as you can be. That’s why I say: RUB THE MAGIC LAMP! SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): You may have heard the exhortation “Follow your bliss!”, which was popularized by mythologist Joseph Campbell. After studying the archetypal stories of many cultures throughout history, he concluded that it was the most important principle driving the success of most heroes. Here’s another way to say it: Identify the job or activity that deeply excites you, and find a way to make it the center of your life. In his later years, Campbell worried that too many people had misinterpreted “Follow your bliss” to mean “Do what comes easily.” That’s all wrong, he said. Anything worth doing takes work and struggle. “Maybe I should have said, ‘Follow your blisters,’” he laughed. I bring this up, Sagittarius, because you are now in an intense “Follow your blisters” phase of following your bliss. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): The versatile artist Melvin Van Peebles has enjoyed working as a filmmaker, screenwriter, actor, composer, and novelist. One of his more recent efforts was a collaboration with the experimental band The Heliocentrics. Together they created a sciencefiction-themed spoken-word poetry album titled The Last Transmission. Peebles told NPR, “I haven’t had so much fun with clothes on in years.” If I’m reading the planetary omens correctly Capricorn, you’re either experiencing that level of fun, or will soon be doing so. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): In what ways do you most resemble your mother? Now is a good time to take inventory. Once you identify any mom-like qualities that tend to limit your freedom or lead you away from your dreams, devise a plan to transform them. You may never be able to defuse them entirely, but there’s a lot you can do to minimize the mischief they cause. Be calm but calculating in setting your intention, Aquarius! P.S.: In the course of your inventory, you may also find there are ways you are like your mother that are of great value to you. Is there anything you could do to more fully develop their potential? PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): “We are what we imagine,” writes Piscean author N. Scott Momaday. “Our very existence consists in our imagination of ourselves. Our best destiny is to imagine who and what we are. The greatest tragedy that can befall us is to go unimagined.” Let’s make this passage your inspirational keynote for the coming weeks. It’s a perfect time to realize how much power you have to create yourself through the intelligent and purposeful use of your vivid imagination. (P.S. Here’s a further tip, this time from Cher: “All of us invent ourselves. Some of us just have more imagination than others.”) Homework: Which of your dead ancestors would you most like to talk to? Imagine a conversation with one of them.

MONA PARSONS STATUE UNVEILED Wendy Elliot A life-size sculpture of Mona Parsons, a Wolfville WWII heroine, will be unveiled at a public ceremony on Friday, May 5 at 3:30pm at the Wolfville Post Office. Nova Scotia WW2 hero, Mona Parsons, died 40 years ago without recognition. Her story was uncovered twenty years ago in the archives of Acadia University. Now her bravery in World War

II is finally going to be commemorated. The bronze sculpture of Parsons will be unveiled on the lawn of the Wolfville Post Office on Friday, May 5. Sculptor Nistal Prem de Boer has created a sculpture showing a jubilant emancipated Mona, commissioned by the Women of Wolfville. Parsons was sentenced to death in 1941 for hiding Allied airmen in her and her husband’s house in The Netherlands near Amsterdam. She spent the rest of the war in forced labour camps in Nazi Germany, and then escaped by walking to the border. Parsons was the only Canadian female civilian to be imprisoned by the Nazis, and her bravery was unrecognized in Canada until a play (1997) and a book (2000) written about her exploits by Andria Hill-Lehr appeared. A Heritage Minute and a History TV documentary later documented her wartime heroism. As Parsons’ tombstone in the town cemetery simply lists her as a

“wife of”, the Women of Wolfville (2006) took up the need of a tribute in her honour. Two years ago the Wolfville Historical Society became a fundraising partner, and the provincial government kicked off the campaign along with numerous individual donors. Sponsored by the Legacy Fund of Heritage Canada, and with the approval of a Canadian heritage grant as well as a significant donation from the former Annapolis Valley resident, Dr. Allen Eaves, the fundraising campaign was completed. The unveiling ceremony will begin at 3:30pm where we will celebrate the 72nd anniversary of the Liberation Day of the Netherlands and VE Day (which was May 8, 1945). We welcome everyone to share in this public event.

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Jenny Osburn | The Union Street Cafe Cookbook | www.jennyosburn.com Ohhhhh Mother's Day. As a Mom who ran a restaurant for 15 years, I still can't quite bring myself to go out to eat on what was, for most of my chef life, the most harrowing day of the year. A day filled with families (eep), high expectations (yikes), epic crowds, and last-minute reservations, all centred around a woman who might really have rather spent the afternoon all by herself. Anyway, the Mother's Day offerings around the Valley are pretty enticing, what with brunch buffets and special menus on offer at many of my favourite places. Enjoying delicious food, that someone else cooked and not having to clean up the kitchen after, really is a wonderful thing. So mothers, if you see me dining out on May 14, just give me a knowing wink. I'll give you one right back, one that says "I see you Mama. I see your lack of sleep, the many voices demanding your attention, your time, your body. I know that where you really want to be right now is in lounge-wear, reading a good book, and eating some creamy pasta with chicken and raspberries". Chicken Fusilli with Greens and Raspberries

serves 4-6

Use whatever fresh greens are at the market and your favourite cider in this luxurious love note to the Moms in your life. If you stop in at Webster's in Cambridge you can buy a pail of the most flavourful berries you've ever eaten,

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berries that, while frozen, look and taste like they were just picked. In the picture I've garnished the pasta with apple blossoms but any edible petals are a pretty sweet touch. • • • • • • • • • • • •

2 tablespoons Olive Oil 1 large Onion, sliced or diced 2 Cloves Garlic, minced 1 bunch Swiss Chard, Kale, or Spinach, stems and leaves chopped separately 1/2 teaspoon Salt freshly ground Black Pepper to taste 1 cup Whipping Cream 1/2 cup Apple Cider 1lb Fusilli or other short, stubby Pasta, cooked 2 cups diced cooked Chicken 1 cup Raspberries, fresh or frozen, defrosted To serve: Edible Flower Petals, freshly Grated Parmesan Cheese, and Chopped Parsley

Heat your largest pan over medium heat and add the olive oil and onions. Stir and cook, for at least ten minutes, until onions have softened and are browned in spots. Turn the heat to high, then stir in the garlic, the chopped stems, and a few spoonfuls of water. Sauté for a few minutes, then add the chopped leaves. If you’re using kale, add 1/4 cup water (spinach and chard have enough moisture of their own). Reduce the heat to medium, cover, and cook for five to ten minutes, stirring from

time to time, until the greens are tender (kale will take longer than chard or spinach). Add the salt and some black pepper to taste.

PROVINCIAL VOLUNTEER AWARD: GERTRUDE MORSE

Increase the heat to high and stir in the cream and cider. Bring to a boil and let the sauce bubble for a minute, then stir in the pasta and chicken. Cook for five to ten minutes, stirring frequently, until sauce has thickened and pasta is nicely coated. Taste to see if it needs a little more salt, then gently fold in the raspberries and divide among serving bowls. Sprinkle with the petals, parmesan cheese, and parsley, and serve with sweet reverence for the amazing women in your life. On April 18, Gertrude Morse of Kentville was presented with the Provincial Volunteer Award. Gertrude has been the volunteer coordinator for Fidelis House for almost 26 years. Now situated on the grounds of the hospital in Kentville, Fidelis House has been offering a welcoming ‘home away from home’ for patients and their visitors since 1992. Gertrude has been at the centre of the project since day one. From the initial years of fundraising and explaining the importance of the project to the community, to the day-to-day operation of the house and the organization of the volunteers, Gertrude's accomplishments and leadership have played a crucial role in the creation of a warm, comfortable, and caring space for patients of the Valley Regional Hospital and their loved ones.

EDITOR’S UPDATE The news in mid-April was that the owners of The Chronicle Herald had acquired Transcontinental’s newspapers, news websites, and four printing plants in Atlantic Canada. The newspapers are now part of a new media company, SaltWire Network. Here in the Annapolis Valley, the newspapers now affiliated with the SaltWire Network or The Chronicle Herald include The Annapolis Valley Register, The Valley Journal Advertiser, and The Valley Harvester. With this big change to the local print media ecosystem, we’re hoping community newspapers continue to thrive. They play such an important role in this Valley. We’re just far enough from the city that our news, events, and happenings really are uniquely our own. From a great night out at the Evergreen, to a happening at the Al Whittle, a community Art Market in Gaspereau, or a new bylaw in Windsor, you’ll likely hear about it first in a community newspaper. Our particular niche has always been arts, culture, and events. Recently though, we’ve been trying out a few new things in The Grapevine. We’re aiming to help the community get even more involved

with community life. Emily Kathan’s new column, ‘Grapevine on Government’ is all about community engagement. She’s working her way through issues to do with local government, chatting with our representatives and community employees, and finding out what’s what and how to get involved in the decisions that define our Valley. Watch for these articles in our upcoming issues.

As a little independent community newspaper, we’re aiming to keep our spot, and grow our influence. There’s just so much to love about sharing the information Valley residents and visitors ought to know. The job gets even sweeter when we hear back from our readers. Our recent ‘Colour Our Cover’ contest winner Alexa sent along this lovely photo of her with her custom cover. Also received this week was a picture of a felted art piece by Brenda Sheridan using our Easter issue cover as inspiration. Beautiful! Thanks for reading! Emily Leeson

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UPCOMING MEETINGS OF COUNCIL Wolfville-Acadia Town & Gown Committee Date: Tuesday, May 16, 2017 Time: 12:00 pm Location: Town Hall

Town Council Date: Tuesday, May 16, 2017 Time: 6:30 pm Location: Town Hall

Planning Advisory Committee Date: Wednesday, May 17, 2017 Time: 1:30 pm Location: Town Hall

Audit Committee Date: Friday, May 19, 2017 Time: 9:00 am Location: Town Hall

WOLFVILLE-ACADIA SUMMER SPORT & ADVENTURE CAMPS Summer is fast approaching, and the warm weather only means one thing. The time for Summer Camp is upon us! This year, the Town of Wolfville is once again partnering with Acadia University to deliver eight amazing weeks of Adventure Camps. These camps promise to be exciting and fun filled, tailored towards promoting active lifestyles and artistic creativity.

Camp themes include:

• Art and Drama; • Run, Jump & Throw; • Adventures on Bikes; • Multisport Field Sports; • Court and Racquet Sports; • Adventure: Geocache and Time Travel; • Dance and Creative Movement; • Water Warriors; • Leadership; • Survivor Camp; and • Cooperative Games. Are sports more your thing? Then do not worry, Acadia is still offering all of their original sports camps, including basketball, football, hockey, soccer, and volleyball!

How to Register: • •

In person at the Acadia Box Office in the Acadia Athletic Complex Monday – Friday: 12:00pm – 6:00pm Saturday – Sunday: 1:00pm – 4:00pm By phone (902) 542-5500; or online at www.acadiaathletics.ca/camps

We will be hosting an Open House at the Acadia University Athletic Complex on Saturday, June 10th from 11:00am – 1:00pm, so please come down and take part in some activities, meet some of the instructors and learn more about these amazing camps! In the meantime, if you have any questions, we would be happy to assist you. You can email your questions to sportcamps@acadiau.ca or call (902) 585-1423.

WOLFVILLE PARKS

With the Arrival of Spring, the Town of Wolfville Parks Department crews are busy with a variety of cleanup and repair projects around the Town. Community benches are all out, gardens beds are being refreshed, and lawns are being reseeded and repaired. Swings are all out in the playgrounds and parks. Street planters will be out by the end of May and hanging baskets should be up by early June, weather permitting.

FOR ANY INQUIRIES, PLEASE CONTACT TOWN OF WOLFVILLE AT 902-542-5767

OPENINGS!

The busy season is here! Our Valley is bursting with businesses opening, events happening, places to be, and things to see! Here is a selection of what's opening for the season.

Luckett Vineyards

1293 Grand Pre Road, Wolfville Opening: May 1 "Dining, shopping, tours, and tastings…The Cellar Door is open for your enjoyment from May to October. We invite you to sit and sample from our local menu while enjoying the stunning views over Blomidon and the Minas Basin from our Crush Pad Bistro daily between the hours of 11am-4pm. Looking for light fare and a glass of wine to celebrate the end of the long week or a casual weekend gathering? Tours take place daily at 11am and 3pm, weather permitting. For special occasions, our private Barrel Cellar is an impressive space with an extraordinary menu. Bring your friends, a car, a driver, an empty trunk, and a thirst for a whole new experience in wine!"

Memory Lane Railway Museum

61 School Street, Middleton Opening: May 1 "You won't find a more complete reference and experience of what the Dominion Atlantic Railway was, and the influence it still holds today for Nova Scotia. Please, feel free to wander and experience the D.A.R. and bygone days of railroading through our site and museum. Plan a visit soon! We'll be ready and waiting to serve you up some home-town hospitality as you browse through our extensive collection in the museum."

Randall House Museum

259 Main Street, Wolfville Opening: May 28 "During our open season, June to September, there are many things to see at Randall House. Our exhibit room always has an exhibit featured, and the way the rooms of the house are interpreted often changes from year to year. There are special events scheduled to complement the exhibits, so watch our website, follow our Facebook page, or, in season, give the museum a call at 902-542-9775 to find out what’s going on."

MIKE UNCORKED: SPREADING RUMORS AROUND THE THEATRE! Mike Butler The show runs May 5, 6, 12, 13, 19, 20, with a matinee on May 14. First, I want to thank Edalene Theatre and CentreStage Theatre for putting on two shows with very catchy titles… it made my job of thinking up a title for this article that much easier. The wonderful world of Valley community theatre is alive and well with so many shows coming your way. Check out the ValleyEvents.ca website for all the theatre and music shows going on and certainly the theatre listings in your Grapevine is a good place to check as well. I want to tell you about two exceptional shows being offered by two companies that are very special to me. My very first show in December 2009 was through the Edalene Theatre Company and I’ve done eight shows with them since. Director Kerri Leier has come up with a new production that you don’t want to miss. Are you a fan of the music of Fleetwood Mac? Well, I am, and since I was on the Edge of Seventeen, I’ve wanted someone to write a musical using the brilliant music of this iconic group. My friends Rhiannon and Sara and I would spend all Monday Morning listening to the Rumors album and it’s far from Little Lies to say we sang those songs Everywhere! Kerri has made one of my Dreams come true with her new musical RUMORS, playing Thursday May 11 to Saturday May 13 at the Al Whittle Theatre in Wolfville. She says of its conception, “Keigan Page, drama teacher at the American School in Vietnam approached me about writing Rumors, featuring the music of Fleetwood Mac. He wanted a show that reflected actual rumors that could occur and show how dangerous they can be. Not everything is resolved; it doesn't all end up tied in a bow. It gets dark in places, and real, and that really resonates with the actors and the audience. We came up with the rumors and some characters together and then he let me run with it. We collaborated often on Rumors and the show was performed in Vietnam to glowing response. Now, it’s happening here in Wolfville and I am thrilled.” This is not Second Hand News folks and The Chain of Edalene shows that have been successful are way in the double digits now. You can Go Your Own Way if you want, but Don’t Stop until

you’ve seen this stellar show with a stacked cast of local actors and actresses. A lot of people know more Fleetwood Mac than they think, and they will be very surprised at how well the band's music lends itself to this production. Contact Kerri at kerri@edalenetheatre.ca or edalenetheatre.ca for more details on upcoming shows including the summer camp show (The Addams Family), or to book your audition for their next production of Newsies!

Down the road in Kentville is another fun show filled with giggles and greatness! You can catch the latest offering from CentreStage Theatre in Kentville (61 River Street) called Spreading It Around. This delightful comedy is perfect for the spring/early summer season to get you laughing. The story revolves around Angie and Martin, two friends in Florida, who are tired of their children only contacting them when they want money. They start a foundation, S.I.N. (Spreading It Now), to give their money to worthier causes. Sure enough, Angie’s son and his wife find out about it and they are not too happy! They come up with a devious plan to have Angie deemed incompetent but she and Martin have other plans! This play is sure to spread the laughter around! Spreading It Around, directed by Mindy Vinqvist-Tymchu stars some CentreStage old-comers and newcomers including: Nancy Henry, LeRoy Heffernan, Ashley Hurlburt, Jeremy MacDonald, and Bob Cook. The evening shows begin at 7:30pm with the Box Office opening at 6:45pm. The matinees begin at 2pm with the Box Office opening at 1:15pm. It is strongly recommended that you call to reserve your spots at 902-678-8040. Visit the CentresStage Theatre website at www.centrestagetheatre.ca for details about this and upcoming shows and more. I started with CentreStage Theatre in Summer, 2010, and I’ve done well over a dozen shows with them. The quality of shows, the fun times with cast and crew, and the friendly patrons keep me coming back for more, both as an actor AND an audience member. Don’t miss RUMORS or SPREADING IT AROUND! Also, be sure to check out my Who’s Who profile on Simon Pawlowski, leading man for the Stage Prophet’s Anne & Gilbert, another piece of not-to-miss local theatre! Enjoy the shows everyone!

WHO’S WHO: SIMON PAWLOWSKI Mike Butler See this fine fellow in the photo with me? Well, this is Simon Pawlowski, local science nut, thespian, and one of my absolute favourite people on the planet. For anyone who has met or worked with Simon, we can all attest to his genuine wonderfulness, his incredible talent, and his warm spirit. If you’ve attended some local theatre in the last three years, you’ve probably come across Simon doing what he does best; singing, dancing, and acting. (Damn Triple Threat Man!) I tell ya folks, this boy is gonna lick the civilized world… and it’s my pleasure to tell you all about him. Simon Pawlowski was born in Edmonton, Alberta where he lived until his father rejoined the military. The family moved to Ottawa, ON when Simon was 11 and then to Halifax when Simon was 15 and he went to Citadel High. He says, “My family then moved to Kingston, ON when I was 18, but I stayed in NS because I was sick of moving and loved my time here. I chose to go to Acadia for my undergrad where I got a BSc in Biology. I am currently in the process of finalizing my MSc thesis, in Biology at Acadia, which focused on entomology, creating a monitoring system for the recently invasive beech leaf-mining weevil.” As of this article’s printing, Simon has completed his thesis and is overjoyed at wrapping up all his hard work. During his work on the research he was also working as a lab technician at Acadia, again, in entomology. He worked on a variety of projects including studies on fruit flies, diamondback moths, red-striped fireworm, Heliothine moths, blueberry flea beetle, cabbage maggot, and more. This guy is a major insect geek everyone… sharp as a tack and brilliant with bugs! All of Simon’s work focused on creating natural pesticide alternatives to reduce the environmental impact of pest control in agriculture and forestry. Simon and his team work with farmers locally and nationally as well as with Natural Resources Canada and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. This is definitely a passion of Simon’s and later this year, the rumor mill says that Simon will be heading out of the province to continue his work in this field. I wish him more luck and happiness than he can hold! I’ve always associated Simon with the theatre. I believed he was a theatre major, excelling in performance and on his way to taking the musical theatre world by storm… that’s how I met him but then all that bug stuff came out and it made sense as I knew he was just the type of person to excel at EVERYTHING… making me very envious! When Simon is not up to his eyeballs in insects, his spare time is devoted to theatre. Simon’s first show in the Valley was in 2013 with Edalene’s RENT. This is where we met, but he was scared of me so I had to grow on him, which did not take too long. In 2015 Simon exploded onto the Valley community theatre scene doing show after show and blowing audiences away with his angelic voice, his stage charisma, and insane talent. From Edalene’s 9 to 5 to his most recent turn as three characters in the CentreStage dinner theatre Murder at Café Noir, Simon has left his mark on two dozen productions (acting, writing, or stage managing) including some of his favourites like Into the Woods and Grease with Quick as a Wink, Enchanted April and Much More Munsch with CentreStage, and Death of a Salesman with the Wolfville Theatre Collective. Lucky doesn’t even begin to describe how I feel about the theatre relationship between Simon and myself. I have been so blessed to star alongside him, direct him, have him assist me as my Stage Manager, and to have him even write my part for the last Fezziwig show. Each show has been unique and rewarding in all areas. In spring 2016, I was cast as Biff Loman in Death of a Salesman and Simon was chosen to portray Biff’s brother Happy. Playing Biff was one of the most emotional and challenging roles I’ve been handed and I know, like Simon, we were used to playing more comedic roles but Biff and Happy were strong, meaty, and perplexing characters and having Simon by my side throughout the process and on stage was the safest and most at ease I’ve ever felt. I knew I could count on him for support both on and

off stage. I said to him during our run, "In other shows we become strong friends, but through Death of a Salesman we became family". Simon will always be my stage brother and I will forever thank him for being HIM during that show.

Up next you can catch Simon in his first leading role, that of Gilbert Blythe in Anne & Gilbert: The Musical for the Stage Prophets being performed at Festival Theatre in Wolfville, May 18-21. Tickets are on sale now at The Box of Delights Bookshop in Wolfville. Following Anne & Gilbert, Simon takes on one quarter of the barbershop quartet in Quick as Wink’s June musical The Music Man, which will be his 25th production! Congratulations Simon! I’m so proud to have been part of so many of those shows and to have watched your presence in the Valley theatre scene grow. But this guy is not just a performer folks, he also writes and embraces the theatre arts on so many other levels. Simon says, “In addition to being in shows, I love writing theatre. I have been writing my whole life, but I never found a genre that really fit with me. I tried poetry, short stories, novels, and what have you, but it wasn’t until I got into writing for the stage that I found my niche. I was brought in last year to co-write Fezziwig’s Robin Hood: The Forest Awakens which was a lot of fun and I was very pleased with the outcome. We have just started writing the show for this year but I can’t provide any details at this time. The Fezziwig writing style is a fun one because there are basically no rules; the more ridiculous and self-referential the better.” And the voice on this kid! Simon loves to sing and he’s got such power behind his voice. He was in a few choirs in high school but has no formal training. Simon says, “I sing all the time and have practiced countless hours by recording and playing back, figuring out where to tweak to get better sound. I am also self-taught at piano, guitar, banjo, and ukulele.” Yup... what did I tell you? The talent is too much for me! I cannot explain how fortunate I feel having crossed paths with Simon and worked with him. With his bright future ahead, I know that he’s left his mark here in the Valley and I hope he returns one day to fill our lives with more of his light. He stated, “The Valley has been my home for the past seven years. It is the place I have lived the longest since being too young to know where I was. The Valley will always have a special place in my heart. I love the community here and the abundance of theatre has been a treat to weave through.” To my friend and stage brother forever, best of luck and thank you!

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THURSDAY, MAY 4

Author: Terry Gibbs — The Box of Delights Bookshop, Wolfville 6:30–8pm • Terry Gibbs

will present her new book, “Why the Dalai Lama is a Socialist: Buddhism, Socialism and the Compassionate Society.” TIX: no charge INFO: 902-542-9511 / boxofdelightsbooks@gmail.com Shiretown Singers Finale — United Baptist Church, Centreville 7–9pm. Also May 5 • The Finale Concerts will mark the last year of performances by the 28 person Shiretown choir and musicians. Join us for a special evening of favourite songs, sing-alongs and medleys. TIX: $8 INFO: 902-365-2677 / smithrsx@yahoo.ca Jam Session — Community Centre, Wilmot 7–9:30pm • Jam session with snack TIX: $2 INFO: 902-825-3125 Medical Assistance In Dying — Festival Theatre, Wolfville 7–9pm • Topic: Medical Assistance in Dying. Three experienced healthcare professionals will speak on MAID, a new option for Canadians experiencing a serious and incurable illness or disability. Everyone welcome! TIX: No charge (free-will offering to help with costs) INFO: jabberwocky@shaw.ca

FRIDAY, MAY 5

Playful Pals Playgroup — THREE LOCATIONS: Recreation Centre, Wolfville; Fire Hall, Waterville; New Beginnings Centre, Greenwood, 9:30– 11:30am. Also May 12. • Sing songs, play in

the gym, and more. Playgroups integrate all age groups. TIX: no charge INFO: 902-678-5760 / family.centre@ns.sympatico.ca Open Mic — Royal Canadian Legion, Berwick 7pm • Open Mic. In The Lounge. Bring your instruments. Everyone welcome. TIX: no charge INFO: 902-538-5815 / chris48goddard@icloud.com Dance: Route 12 — Royal Canadian Legion, Windsor 7–11pm • Age 19+ TIX: $5 per person INFO: 902-798-2031 / WindsorLegion@bellaliant.com Great Little Art Show — Avon River Heritage Museum, Newport Landing 7–10pm • Organized by the Hants County Arts Council, this is a major attraction and is a significant fundraiser for the Avon River Heritage Museum and Avon Spirit Shipyard. Show continues every weekend in May, 10–5 TIX: $8 adults, children under 12 free INFO: infoavonriver@gmail.com Benefit Show — Fire Hall, Waterville 7:30– 10:30pm • Benefit Show to for Charmaine Comeau. An evening of special music by Hughie McDonell, The Men of St. Anthony’s & Chris Palmer There will also be a silent auction and 50/50 draw also. TIX: donation INFO: 902-684-3855 / pelliott4123@gmail.com Friday Night Live! — Community Hall, Cambridge Station 8–11pm • Intimate evening of music and dance with Millett and Hunt! There will be a cash bar (Beer, Wine and Coolers) TIX: $6 INFO: 902-538-1324 / mooretl4@hotmail.com

SATURDAY, MAY 6

Lions Breakfast — St Andrew’s Anglican Church Hall, Hantsport 7–10am • Pancakes, eggs, bacon, hash browns, toast, juice, tea or coffee. TIX: $7 adult, $3.50 children 6–12 yrs., no charge under 5. INFO: hantsportlionsclub.com Traditional Breakfast — United Baptist Church, Canning 7:30–10:30am • Pancakes, sausage, bacon, hash browns, baked beans, scrambled eggs, toast. (Gluten free pancakes and toast). TIX: donation INFO: 902-582-3827 / tapgap@xcountry.tv Breakfast — Lions Club, Wolfville 7:30–10:30am • Wolfville Lions Breakfast. This is a Horton High Safe Grad fundraiser. TIX: $8 adults and $4 children under 10 yrs INFO: 902-542-3805 / shill@gnspes.ca Breakfast — Fire Hall, Margaretsville 8–10:30am • Start your morning with a delicious breakfast!. TIX: $7 adults, $3 5–12, no charge under 5 INFO: 902-825-2793 / pjlebell007@gmail.com Grad Fundraiser — Northeast Kings Education Centre, Canning 8am–12pm • Yard Sale, Plant Sale, Bake Sale, Silent Auction, BBQ. TIX: donation INFO: 902-691-3870 Indoor Yard Sale — Windsor United Church, 613 King St. Windsor 8am—12pm • Access is via the door off the back parking lot on St. John St. INFO: ray.bonnie.snair@gmail.com Spring Breakfast — Community Hall, Black River 8–10am • Pancakes, baked beans, scrambled eggs, ham/sausage, hash brown casserole, fruit cocktail, cinnamon buns, drinks TIX: $8 per person, $5

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under 12, no charge under 3 INFO: 902-542-3498 / darlene.hennigar@gmail.com New Minas Lions Club Breakfast — Louis Millett Centre, New Minas 8–11am • TIX: $7 adult, $4 children INFO: 902-681-2040 Indoor Yard Sale — United Church, Aylesford 8am–1pm • Indoor yard sale including bake table, plants and refreshments. TIX: no charge INFO: sueskinner31@gmail.com Yard Sale — All Saints Anglican Church, Kingston 8am–2pm • Come early for some great bargains! TIX: no charge INFO: 902-765-4023 / hulfords@eastlink.ca Community Yard Sale — Community Centre, Gaspereau 8am–12pm • This is an indoors event so it will be rain or shine! Cafe and BBQ at the neighboring Gaspereau Church. TIX: no charge INFO: 902-542-2084 / info@gaspereau.ca Breakfast — Lions Club, Berwick 8–10am • TIX: donation INFO: 902-538-3280 / tbhenley60@gmail.com Breakfast — Community Center, Black Rock 8–10am • Sausage, Homemade hash browns and baked beans, scrambled eggs, pancakes. Homemade muffins, fruit salad, tea and coffee. TIX: free will offering INFO: d.garber@ns.sympatico.ca Breakfast — Louis Millet Community Complex, New Minas 8–11am • New Minas Lions Club Breakfast. Everyone is welcome! TIX: $7 adults and $4 children INFO: jfisher02@bellaliant.net Spring Fling — Millville Community Hall, 659 Victoria Rd., Aylesford. 9am–1pm • Come out for tea, lunch and peruse our sale of plants, crafts and more. Interested in participating? Rent a sale table, donate some plants or come by with a free will offering and we will feed you a local homemade lunch! INFO: Marla Palmer, 902-847-1749 Spring Expo — Annapolis Mess, Greenwood 9am–2pm • Lots of local crafters and direct sales people who can help you with last minute Mother’s Day shopping! TIX: no charge INFO: mfhbbg.greenwood@gmail.com Yard Sale Fundraiser — Fire Hall, Aylesford 9am–3pm • 100 percent of the yard sale proceeds will be split between the Annapolis Valley Chapter of Autism Nova Scotia and Rowan’s Room Respite & Developmental Centre! TIX: no charge INFO: info@rowansroom.ca Native Plant Sale — Harriet Irving Botanical Gardens, Wolfville 9am–12pm • A variety of native perennials grown by volunteers from seed collected at the Harriet Irving Botanical Gardens will be available. Proceeds from the sale will support plant conservation and education programs at the Gardens. TIX: no charge INFO: 902-585-1916 / botanicalgardens@acadiau.ca Holistic & Wellbeing Expo — Fire Hall, Greenwich 9:30am–4:30pm • 30+ vendors. Join us for a fun day of shopping and get a massage or have a reading done. Door prizes. TIX: $2, no charge for children INFO: themagiclacloset@hotmail.ca Garden Clubs — Royal Canadian Legion, Windsor 9:30am–3:30pm • Garden related speakers and vendors. Please bring cash. TIX: Registration required. NSAGC members $17 / non-members is $20 INFO: 902-798-3245 / alstrogirl@yahoo.co.uk BEE Prepared — Superstore, 470 Main St., Kingston 10am–1pm • As a part of “Good Turn Week,” members of Scouts Canada 1st Kingston Scouting, including Beavers, Cubs, Scouts and Venturers, will be giving away 5000 wildflower seed packets to help the bee population. INFO: Debbie McComber, 902-309-1179 / goodturn2016@1skingston.ca Taking Care of You Workshop — Community Hall, Harbourville 10am–8pm • BodyTalk supports your bodymind to repair channels of communication, release stored emotions, and soften belief systems, all of which promotes improved health and overall wellness. TIX: $15 at the door includes coffee, tea and soup for lunch! INFO: unitedtapestry@gmail.com Coffee Party, Craft Sale & Bake Sale — Kings Presbyterian Church, New Minas 10am–12pm • Enjoy coffee cakes, scones, muffins and fruit salad. TIX: Coffee Party : no charge will offering. INFO: 902-681-2680 Ticket Auction — Civic Centre, Greenwood 10am– 2pm • Ticket Auction to support the Greenwood Military Wives Choir for their travel to perform at the opening ceremonies of the 2017 Invictus Games in Toronto, ON. TIX: $1 for twenty tickets INFO: 902-844-2200 / truenewfie@hotmail.com Ticket Auction — Fire Hall, Waterville 10am–3pm • Food and beverage available. TIX: Tickets 20 tickets for $1 or $5 for 100 tickets INFO: 902-690-7408 / elva.kelley@ns.sympatico.ca Crib Tournament — Royal Canadian Legion, Kentville 12:30pm • Play starts at 1pm. TIX: $20 a

team INFO: 902-678-8935 Grow With Art Children’s Workshop — NSCC Kingstec, Kentville 1–3pm • W/Cindy Dickie. Ages 5–14. Art works may be returned/rented at this time. Register at 12:45pm. TIX: $2 per child INFO: 902-542-0234 Camp Day and Open House — Ross Creek Centre for the Arts, Canning 1–6pm • Hands-on art activities, a tour of our grounds with a naturalist, watch modern dance in process and even enjoy a campfire with s’mores! Community supper 5pm. TIX: free admission. Supper is $10 per person. INFO: 902-582-3842 / education@artscentre.ca Pork Loin Supper — Community Hall, North Alton 4:30–6pm • Pork loin, mashed potatoes, gravy, dressing, vegetables, coleslaw, rolls, brown bread and pickles. Also your choice of pies for dessert. Tea, coffee or juice. Take Out Available. TIX: $12 adult, $6 child, no charge for preschoolers. INFO: 902-698-1829 / jnanaw62@gmail.com Bluegrass Double Bill: Slocan Ramblers and Alan Jeffries Band — Mermaid Imperial Performing Arts Centre, Windsor 7pm • The Slocan Ramblers are Canada’s young bluegrass band to watch. TIX: $27 advance, $29 door @ ticketpro.ca, Home Hardware (Windsor) INFO: 902-798-5841 / puppets@mermaidtheatre.ca Country Music Show — Three Rivers Community Centre, Torbrook 7pm • Ruth Manning and the Prospectors with special guest Joyce Seamone on May 6th at 7pm at the Three Rivers Hall in Torbrook. 50/50 draw. TIX: $8 at the door INFO: 902-538-1496 / rmanning@bellaliant.net Andy Flinn and the Valley Vibrations CD Release — Al Whittle Theatre, Wolfville 8–10pm • Featuring Caleb Miles, Cailun Campbell, Michael Arbout, Corey McBride, Brett Hepburn and many more TIX: $15 advance, $20 at the door @ Box of Delights Bookshop, Andy Flinn, INFO: 647-335-3678 / countinn@gmail.com Dance: Meredith McCulloch — War Memorial Community Centre, Windsor 8pm–12am • Hants SPCA/Windsor & District Lions Club are holding a dance. Door Prizes, 50/50 Draw, Canteen, Cash Bar (19+) Have a great time while you support 2 wonderful community organizations. TIX: $5/ person at the door INFO: hantsspca@gmail.com Dance: John Geddes Band — Royal Canadian Legion, Kentville 9pm • 19+ Canteen available. TIX: $ 7 non members, $ 5 for members (have ID) INFO: 902-678-8935

SUNDAY, MAY 7

Art Show — Phoenix Hollow B&B, Windsor 12–5pm • Art Out Loud - art show featuring paintings by Kelly Mitchelmore, metal works by Al Simm, wood work by Jerry Walsh and glass creations by Jason & Tim from School Street Studio. Part of the proceeds go to the local SPCA TIX: no charge INFO: 866-900-6910 / me@kellymitchelmore.ca Hike for Hospice — Kings County Academy, Kentville 12:30–4pm • Show your love. Our Hike Day will include music and a BBQ. A 5km Hike along the historic rail-bed to Miner’s Marsh starts at 1:45 pm. Post Hike Social. Fundraiser for Hospice. TIX: donation INFO: 902-679-3471 / info@valleyhospice.ca Walk for Alzheimer’s — Farmers Market, Wolfville 1–8pm • Hundreds of Nova Scotians come together every year to support the Alzheimer Society of Nova Scotia at the Walk for Alzheimer’s. TIX: no charge INFO: 902-422-7961 Crib Tournament — Forties Community Centre, 1744 Forties Rd., New Ross 1pm (register 12:30pm) • Canteen available. TIX: $20 per team INFO: 902-689-2147 21st Annual Country Music Special — Port Williams Community Center/Fire Hall 1pm •.Featuring: Jim Richard & Rusty Cage, Matt Balsor, Ruth Manning with Graham & Joel, Hall of fame inductees, Floyd & Jo Ann Spicer, Lynne Crowell and Chet Brown. 50/50 draw, Door prize. Sound by Mike Manning. Proceeds for the Nova Scotia Country Music Hall of Fame. TIX: $10 at door INFO: nightshade@eastlink.ca Musical Benefit — Lions Club, Kentville 1–4pm • Benefit to help Hank Meyer who is battling cancer. Music provided by Mark Clark, Caroll Edwards, Wayne Parker, Basil Davidson. Tickets will be sold on a birdhouse. 50/50 draw. TIX: donation INFO: 902-679-2367 Music in the Garden Room — K.C. Irving Environmental Science Centre, Wolfville 2–4pm • The William Marshall Bishop Memorial Concert. Performers: The Blue Engine String Quartet with Jennifer King, piano. TIX: no charge INFO: 902-542-3484 / kirkconnell@ns.sympatico.ca

Music Jam — Windermere Community Hall, Berwick 2–5pm • Bluegrass and Oldtime Music Jam. Refreshments. 50/50 draw. TIX: donation INFO: 902-375-2399 / brucebeattie155@gmail.com West Novas Exhibit Opening — Macdonald Museum, Middleton 2–4pm • Canada 150: West Novas in Peace and War exhibit opening. An extensive display of the regiment’s history set up by the West Nova Scotia Regimental Association. TIX: no charge INFO: 902-825-6116 / macdonaldmuseum.ca Gala Dinner with show Eh440 — Evergreen Theatre, Margaretsville 6–8pm • Dinner starts at 6pm in the Margaretsville Community Hall. With just a beatboxer, bass vocalist, and 3 very different lead singers, Eh440 seems to be an “a capella” group. But they are something quite different. An amazing and exciting aural experience. TIX: $25, $10 students @ Scotiabank (Greenwood, Middleton), or by phone. INFO: David, 902-825-6834 / evergreentheatre@gmail.com Memorial Hymn Sing — United Baptist Church, Kentville 6:30–8pm • Music by Sanctuary Choir, instrumental ensemble, soloists and more. Reception to follow. TIX: donation INFO: 902-678-3162 / info@Kentvillebaptist.org Fundy Cinema screens THE SALESMAN — Al Whittle Theatre, 7pm • Winner of the Best Foreign Language Oscar, this work of slow-burning suspense from Iranian master Asghar Farhadi portrays a young couple, who are forced to leave their Tehran apartment due to a dangerous construction project and move into a shabby nearby flat where they become embroiled in a life-altering situation involving the previous tenant. TIX: $9 INFO: 902-542-1050

MONDAY, MAY 8

Toddler Tonics — Kings County Family Resource Centre, Kentville 9:30–10:30am. Also May 15 • Enjoy a morning of physical activity and fun. A parent – child interactive program. TIX: no charge INFO: 902-678-5760 / family.centre@ns.sympatico.ca Storytime — Kings County Family Resource Centre, Kentville 9:30–10:30am. Also May 15 • Create memories with various books and foster the love of reading in your child. Free childcare available. TIX: no charge INFO: 902-678-5760 / family.centre@ns.sympatico.ca Food Handlers Certification — Windermere Community Hall, Berwick 10am–12pm • Complete your training online at home then write your exam in person in as little as one hour. TIX: $65 INFO: 902-321-1375 / roger@valleyfoodsafe.com Bridge Party — Macdonald Museum, Middleton 1pm. Also May 15 • “Funds for Fuel” bridge party, light refreshments served and all are welcome. TIX: $5 per person,INFO: 902-825-6116 Darts — Royal Canadian Legion, Berwick 7pm •

TIDE PREDICTIONS

at Cape Blomidon

Source: Canadian Fisheries & Oceans. www.waterlevels.gc.ca MAY

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Low

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There are normally two high and two low tides each day. Only daylight tide times are listed. * Highest High: 40.0 feet ** Lowest High: 35.4 feet

TICKET GIVEAWAY– CHANCE TO WIN 2 TICKETS TO: TWELFTH NIGHT BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE. Al Whittle Theatre, Wolfville, Friday, May 26, 7pm. Draw date: Thursday, May 18. Enter all draws: valleyevents.ca/win Mixed doubles, draw for partner, round robin format. Cash prize to winners and high score. TIX: $3 to play INFO: 902-538-5815 / chris48goddard@icloud.com Valley Gardeners Club — NSCC, Kentville, Rm 2101. 7:30pm • Domenic Padula will speak on “Uniquely Heirloom”. TIX: no charge INFO: 902-678-4378

TUESDAY, MAY 9

Play With Me — Autism Centre, Kingston 1:30–2:30pm. Also May 16 • Play is a very important part of a child’s growth and development. So come and take some time to be creative, active, and engaged with your child/children. All ages welcome. TIX: no charge INFO: 902-678-5760 / family.centre@ns.sympatico.ca An Evening with Alfie Zappacosta — Horton High School, Greenwich 7pm • Juno Award and American Music Award winning Alfie Zappacosta will present an evening of old and new hits, in support of the Horton High School Music Department. TIX: $25/$30 (before $2.50 fee) @ TicketPro.ca, Cochranes PharmaSave INFO: 902-542-6060 / kgreene@gnspes.ca Crib — Royal Canadian Legion, Berwick 7pm • Team play. 50/50, 1st, 2nd & 3rd place cash prizes and an ongoing Cookie Jar. TIX: $10 per player includes high hand INFO: 902-538-5815 / chris48goddard@icloud.com The Startup Life: Youth Gone Wild — Patterson Hall, Wolfville 7–9pm • Aristides Milios is possessed. In 2014 he co-founded Microcent Technologies. In 2015, he co-founded Hoist Halifax. That same year, he graduated from Propel ICT Accelerator Program. In 2016 he graduated from High School. Come learn what drives Aristides towards the tech startup trenches, and how he is building a youth entrepreneurship culture in Nova Scotia. TIX: no charge INFO: 902-760-0168 / info@refreshannapolisvalley.org

WEDNESDAY, MAY 10

Rhyme Time — TWO LOCATIONS: Lions Club, Kingston 9:30–10:30am & Louis Millet Community Complex, New Minas 10–11am. Also May 17 • Our Rhyme Time will teach you and your child many new songs, rhymes, and movement activities. TIX: no charge INFO: 902-678-5760 / family.centre@ns.sympatico.ca Tumblebugs — Kings County Family Resource Centre, Kentville 1–2pm. Also May 17 • Tumblebugs teaches basic movement activities and modified gymnastics that are fun, safe, and developmentally appropriate. TIX: no charge INFO: 902-678-5760 / family.centre@ns.sympatico.ca Annual General Meeting — Community Hall, Cambridge Station 6:30–8pm • AGM Cambridge Community Centre TIX: no charge INFO: 902-538-7666 / mooretl4@hotmail.com Play Pool — Royal Canadian Legion, Berwick 7pm • Pool. Round robin format. Cash prize to winner and an ongoing Cookie Jar. Everyone welcome. TIX: $3 to play INFO: 902-538-9340 New Horizons and Kings Community Band — Festival Theatre, Wolfville 7–8:30pm • The New Horizons Band and the Kings Community Concert Band are holding a joint open rehearsal. Marches, Overtures, Pop Tunes and some Classic Arrangements. TIX: no charge INFO: nhbwolfville@gmail.com

THURSDAY, MAY 11

4 the Health of It — TWO LOCATIONS: Eastern Kings Memorial Health Centre, Wolfville 9–11:30am & Berwick & District School, Berwick 4:30–7pm • A free six-week program offered by Nova Scotia Health Authority for adults looking to maintain or improve a healthy lifestyle. Includes hands-on cooking, exercise, and stress management tools. Registration required. TIX: no charge INFO: Kady Myers, 902-538-1315 / 4thehealthofit@avdha.nshealth.ca

Let’s Get Messy! — Louis Millet Community Complex, New Minas 9:30–10:30am. Also May 18 • Explore various art forms and sensory opportunities with your child. All ages welcome. TIX: no charge INFO: 902-678-5760 / family.centre@ns.sympatico.ca Plein Air Hantsport — Hantsport Memorial Community Centre, Hantsport 10am–1pm • Plein Air Art Annapolis Valley group meets at the Hantsport Memorial Community Centre. Bring a picnic lunch if you like. TIX: no charge INFO: 902-701-8106 / edwardwedler@gmail.com Bean Supper — Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Middleton 4:30–6pm • Bean Supper TIX: $12 for adults. Family rates available. INFO: 902-825-2326 Mother’s Day Italian Supper — Christ Anglican Church, Berwick 4:30–6:30pm • Lasagna Dinner – a fundraiser for a group of youth going to the Dominican Republic to build a home for a family in need. TIX: free will donation for eat in, $12 for deliveries. INFO: 902-538-0244 / pennyc@ns.sympatico.ca Annapolis Valley Decorative Artists — Fire Hall, Greenwich 7–10pm • The Annapolis Valley Decorative Artist monthly meeting. TIX: Door fee $2. INFO: 902-681-0311 / mayscott@hotmail.com Choral Concert — United Church, Berwick 7–8pm • The North Mountain Chorus presents Songs of the Isles with guest soloist Chris Palmer. TIX: donation INFO: cottontalecreations@gmail.com

FRIDAY, MAY 12

Quilt and Rug Hooking Show — United Baptist Church, Centreville 10am–5pm. Also May 13, 10am–3:30pm • Display of homemade quilts and rug hookings that have been created by residents of the area. Craft table and Merchant Market also. TIX: $5 admission, Lunch available for $8. INFO: 902-678-4206 / ruthbentley76@gmail.com Anne Bérubé, “Be Feel Think Do: A Memoir” — The Box of Delights Bookshop, Wolfville 4–6pm

• Anne Bérubé will be here to discuss and sign copies of her new book. TIX: no charge INFO: 902-542-9511 / boxofdelightsbooks@gmail.com Safe Grad Fundraiser Spaghetti Dinner — PeopleWorx, Coldbrook NS 5pm & 6:30pm • Proceeds for the NKEC 2017 Safe Grads. Gluten Free and Vegetarian options available. Call or email for tickets. TIX: $15 adults, $8 age 12 and under. INFO: 902-681-0821 / spaghettiforsafegrad@gmail.com Dinner — Lions Club, 36 Elm Ave, Wolfville 5–7pm • TIX: $15 adults INFO: 902-542-4508 Valley Trekkers Volkssport Club — Ultramar, Park St. Kentville 6pm (register 5:30pm) • Kentville PT walk. This is a 5/10km, 1B walk. INFO: 902-678-5609 Dance: Meredith — Royal Canadian Legion, Windsor 7–11pm • Age 19+ TIX: $5 per person INFO: 902-798-2031 / WindsorLegion@bellaliant.com Sacred, Secular and Silly XIII — United Baptist Church, Bridgetown 7:30–9pm • Sacred, Secular, and Silly XIII, a concert by Valley musicians sponsored by Annapolis Valley Centre RCCO in support of its Organ Scholarship Fund. TIX: donation INFO: 902-665-4520 / jmont@eastlink.ca

SATURDAY, MAY 13

Community Breakfast — Masonic Hall, Berwick 7:30–10:30am • Proceeds to Valley Lodge to

maintain the building and support community projects TIX: $7 adult, $3 children INFO: 902-538-8351 Community Breakfast — Royal Canadian Legion, Windsor 7:30–10am • TIX: $6 adults, $4 children (6–12 years), no charge under 6 INFO: 902-798-2031 / WindsorLegion@bellaliant.com

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WEEKLY EVENTS PLEASE NOTE: Event information may change without notice.

THURSDAYS

Gab and Grub Social — CMHA Kings County Branch,

Kentville 1–3pm. Social time for adults who independently live with mental illness, including anxiety and depression. FEE: no charge INFO: 902-670-4103 / club@cmhakings.ns.ca The Hantsport Seniors & Elders Club “Drop-in” — St. Andrews Church Hall, Hantsport 1–4pm. Play an assortment of games with a tea-break at 3pm. All ages! INFO: 902-352-2085 / davidold@eastlink.ca In the Round Knitting Group — Gaspereau Valley Fibres 1–4:30pm. Also Tuesdays 6–9pm. Bring your knitting, rug hooking, spinning, or felting. INFO: 902-542-2656 / gaspereauvalleyfibres.ca Taekwondo — Baptist Church, North Alton 6pm (kids 4–8), 6:30pm (kids 9–14), 7:30pm (adult). Also Tuesdays. Exercise, self defense, respect, listening skills, focus, self discipline and confidence. TIX: no charge to try a class INFO: 902-670-8714 / devin@ennissecurity.ca NonDuality Meetup — Manning Memorial Chapel, Wolfville 7pm–9pm. Every other Thursday (Next: April 27). Non-denominational discussion of life and our place in the scheme of things. 19+ FEE: no charge INFO: 902-365-5235 / johnotvos@hotmail.com Tremont Board Game Café — Tremont Hall, 738 Tremont Mountain Rd., 7–9:30pm, every 1st and 3rd Thursday (Next: May 4, 18). The newest, coolest games in a friendly, relaxed environment. FEE: no charge INFO: 902-765-4326 Cardio Kickboxing — Baptist Church, North Alton 8:30–9:30pm. Also Tuesdays. Adult class to improve coordination, strength building, cardiovascular improvements, self defence, stress reduction, and weight reduction. TIX: no charge for 1st week of classes INFO: 902-670-8714 / devin@ennissecurity.ca

FRIDAYS

Art for Wellness — Canadian Mental Health Association, New Minas 1–4pm. Arts and crafts program for adults who live independently with mental illness, including depression and anxiety. Materials provided. TIX: no charge, but please pre-register. INFO: 902-670-4103 / club@cmhakings.ns.ca Chase The Ace/Open Mic — Royal Canadian Legion,

Berwick 5–7pm • Downstairs; use back door. Everyone welcome. May 5: Open mic (7pm). Bring your instruments! May 12: Supper (5pm) and Chase the Ace. Cash bar. 19+ TIX: Tickets 3 for $5. Supper $8. Dessert $2. INFO: 902-538-5815 Chase the Ace — Curling Club, Middleton 6:30–8pm • Draw at 8pm. Enjoy playing cribbage, Crokinole, Yahtzee in the dining hall. TIX: 3 tickets for $5. INFO: 902-825-2695 / bemorine@hotmail.com Boardgame Night — C@P Lab, Wolfville Public Library, 7pm. Bring your games! Ages 12+ FEE: no charge INFO: 902-790-4536 / turpin56@gmail.com Friday Night Jam — Royal Canadian Legion, Wolfville, 7–10pm. INFO: 902-542-5869 / wolfvillelegion@gmail.com

SATURDAYS

Wolfville Farmers’ Market — DeWolfe Building, Elm Ave., Wolfville 8:30am–1pm May 6 Music: Malia Rogers May 13 Music: Andy Flinn INFO: wolfvillefarmersmarket.ca Drop in and Drum! — Baptist Church, Wolfville 1–2:30pm. W/Bruno Allard. Learn to play the djembe with rhythms & songs from West Africa. Drums provided. FEE: $5–$10 (pay what you can) INFO: brunoallard7@gmail.com / facebook: Djembes and Duns Wolfville Chase the Ace — Legion, Kingston 1–3pm. Tickets are 3 for $5. Draw 3:30pm. 19+ to play. INFO: 902-765-4428 / legion98sect@eastlink.ca Valley Game Night — Gametronics, New Minas 6pm. Board game/card game group. Yu Gi Oh – Thursdays, 6pm. Magic: The Gathering – Fridays, 6pm FEE: no charge INFO: facebook.com/GameTronics

SUNDAYS

Windsor Meditation Group — Visitor Information

Centre Space in the Windsor Community Centre, 321 Gerrish St., Windsor 10:30am–noon. Join us for meditation in the Shambhala tradition, discussion and tea. All welcome. Please contact for summer location. FEE: no charge INFO: 902-798-2958 / windsormeditationgroup@gmail.com

MONDAYS

Windsor Game Night — Library, Windsor 6pm.

Board game group. New players welcome! FEE: no charge INFO: meetup.com/valleygames / turpin56@gmail.com Toastmasters — 2nd Floor, K.C. Irving Centre, Acadia 6:30–8:30pm. Communication and leadership

skill-building for students and community members. INFO: wolfvilletoastmasters.com Kings Community Concert Band — Bishop Hall, Greenwich 7:15pm. KCCB is a group of aspiring musicians, diverse in age, ability and ambition. We would love to have you join us! Perform a wide variety of music for the community. INFO: Fraser Campbell, 902-306-0077 / kingsconcert@gmail.com

TUESDAYS

County Crafters — Kings County Family Resource Centre, Kentville 9:30–11:30am. Crafting for adults. Work on your own projects or come enjoy a craft project provided for you. Childcare available. FEE: no charge INFO: 902-678-5760 / family.centre@ns.sympatico.ca Friends in Bereavement — Support, information, friendship, and confidentiality while grieving the death of a loved one. 1st & 3rd Tues. each month (Next: May 16), in Kentville and Berwick. BERWICK: Western Kings Mem. Health Centre,10am–12pm. KENTVILLE: United Baptist Church, Kentville 2–4pm. Sponsored by Careforce. INFO: 902-681-8239 / friendsinbereavement@gmail.com Gaeilge sa Ghleann – Irish in the Valley — Greenwood, 1pm. Learn to speak Gaeilge! INFO: HighburyPaul@gmail.com / Facebook: Gaeilge sa Ghleann Rug Hooking in Kentville — Kentville Lower Recreation Centre (354 Main Street), 1–3pm. If you are a rug hooker or want to learn, join us for social hooking! Tea/coffee available, $5 drop in fee. INFO: Mona, monapearl@ns.sympatico.ca Rug Hooking — 57 Eden Row, Greenwich 1–3:30pm. Drop-in rug hooking. FEE: donation INFO: Kay, 902-697-2850 Toastmasters — Birchall Training Centre, 14 Wing Greenwood 6:30pm. Learn communication and leadership skills in a fast-paced, fun setting. Guests always welcome. TIX: no charge INFO: annapolisvalley.easy-speak.org / edwardwedler@gmail.com Cribbage — Berwick Legion, 7pm. Includes high hand, 50/50,1st, 2nd & 3rd place cash prizes, and an ongoing Cookie Jar. FEE: $10 per player INFO: 902-538-5815 Jijuktukwejk (ji-ji-WUK-tuk) Watershed Alliance — Berwick Lions Club, 7pm. 3rd Tues. each month (Next: May 16). Learn about the river, paddling and hiking along the banks, and help to make it cleaner. INFO: Jennifer, 902-538-0520 / cornwallisriver@gmail.com

Valley Voices — Kentville Baptist Church CE Centre, 7–9:30pm. A vibrant, female a cappella show chorus. Women of any age are welcome. INFO: valleyvoices.org / 902-448-2414 / valleyvoices@harmonyarea1.ca Valley Scottish Country Dance Classes — Riverside Court (upstairs), 125 Webster St., Kentville. 7:30–9:30pm. Winter term is Feb. 7 – May 9. FEE: $6 a night, or $60 for the 14-week term INFO: keppie@eastlink.ca Board Game Night — Paddy’s Pub, Wolfville 8pm–12am TIX: no charge INFO: 902-542-0059 / judy@paddys.ca

WEDNESDAYS

What’s Brewin, Coffee Time — Community Hall, Greenwich 9:30–11am • Join us for coffee/tea and a muffin. Chat with friends, new and old! TIX: donation INFO: Darlene, 902-542-3498 / darlene.hennigar@gmail.com / Bev, 902-542-7412 Kentville Farmers’ Market — Rec. Centre, Kentville 10am–2pm. Open year-round. Fresh farm products, bread, honey, maple syrup, cheese, hot lunch food, local crafts and household goods. INFO: marketmanager@kentville.ca / kentvillefarmersmarket.ca Wolfville Farmers’ Market — DeWolfe Building, Elm Ave., Wolfville 4–7pm May 17 Music: Andy Flinn Enjoy $10 Community supper! INFO: wolfvillefarmersmarket.ca Valley Youth Project — Louis Millett Community Complex, Rm 128, New Minas, 6:30–8:30pm. First and third Wed. of each month, Sept–June (Next: May 17. Final date for the year is June 7). Social drop-in for LGBTQ+ youth and allies, 25 years & under. FEE: no charge INFO: valleyyouthproject.wordpress.com Chase The Ace — Lions Club, 36 Elm Ave., Wolfville 5–8:15pm. Draw shortly after 8pm. Come early to play cards with friends, or have a snack at our canteen. INFO: 902-542-4508 Wolfville Community Choir — St. Francis of Assisi Parish Centre, 118 Main St., Wolfville. 6–7:30pm. W/Susan Dworkin, Director. New members welcome! INFO: 902-300-1001 / susan_dworkin@hotmail.com New Horizons Band — Festival Theatre, Wolfville 7pm. Sept. to May. Fun, informal community band under the direction of Brian Johnston. New members welcome! FEE: small fee per term to cover expenses INFO: 902-542-7557 / nhbwolfville@gmail.com May 4 – 18, 2017 | 13

WHAT’S HAPPENING MAY 4 – 18, 2017 (CONT'D) SATURDAY, MAY 13 (CONT'D)

Big Breakfast — Southwest Hants Fire Hall, 1884 Hwy. 14 Vaughans. 8–10am • TIX: $7 adult, $3.50 children. Proceeds to the Auxiliary. INFO: Ella Levy, 902-798-3470 Plant and Bake Sale — Baptist Church, Berwick 8am–12pm • Coffee party with muffins available. TIX: donation INFO: 902-670-7566 / elva.kelley@ns.sympatico.ca Plant Sale — Community Center, Black Rock 8am–12pm • Black Rock Trails Plant Sale. Perennials, herbs, native shrubs and small trees, and houseplants. TIX: no charge INFO: 902-538-8714 / irmlipp@gmail.com Community Breakfast — Baptist Church, Kingston 8–10am • Traditional items and healthy choices such as yogurt, fruit and homemade muffins. Proceeds to the Breakfast Program at Kingston Elementary School. TIX: no charge/freewill offering INFO: brenda@kingstonunitedchurch.ca Mother’s Day Breakfast — Community Hall, Scott’s Bay 8–10am • TIX: $6 adults, $3 children 12 and under INFO: 902-582-7489 / jerrychuntley@hotmail.com Indoor and Outdoor Yard Sale — Kingston United Church, Kingston 8–2pm • Browse for treasures. Canteen available. INFO: njarmstrong@eastlink.ca Mother’s Day Raffle — Farmers Market, Wolfville 8:30am–12:30pm • Learn about plans for the new Wolfville School Activity Park and buy raffle tickets to win our Mother’s Day Gift Basket, filled with goodies from local businesses: Port Pub, Tiszta Viz spa, Aspinall Pottery and more! TIX: Tickets are $2 each. INFO: wolfvilleschoolactivitypark@gmail.com Pancake Breakfast Grad Fundraiser — Middleton Regional High School, Middleton 8:30–10:30am • Support the 2017 grads. Pancakes, sausage, apple/ orange juice, tea/coffee. A gluten friendly option will also be available. TIX: $5 / plate INFO: 902-680-8654 Mothers Day Spring Craft Fair — Fire Hall, Hall’s Harbour 9am–4pm • Halls Harbour Craft Fair, May 13th 9am-4pm Canteen, 50/50, proceeds to Paws Fur Thought. TIX: $2 at door INFO: klagg99@yahoo.com Jewelry Sale — Fire Hall, Hall’s Harbour 9am–4pm • The Kings-Kikima Grannies will be selling once loved jewelry at the Spring Craft Fair. Proceeds help educate orphans raised by their Grannies in KikimaKenya. INFO: Roseanne, 902-542-3194 MomFest — Louis Millet Community Complex, New Minas 9am–2pm • Bring Mom out for a day all about her! Vendors, Food, Gifts, Kid/Dad Activities, Fashion, Wellness and Prizes. Proceeds go to the Kings County Family Resource Centre and Helping Children Participate Grant. TIX: $2 INFO: 902-678-5760 / family.centre@ns.sympatico.ca Wilmot Garden Club Plant Sale — Farmers Market, Kingston 10am–12pm • Corner of Bridge and Main Streets in Kingston. Shrubs, plants and seedlings will be on sale while supplies last. TIX: various prices INFO: cvanhorne@bellaliant.net Open House — Pisiquid Canoe Club, Windsor, NS 11am–1pm • Meet the coaches, try the canoe or kayak ergometer, and tour the club! TIX: no charge INFO: 902-830-9047 / hall.christian@outlook.com Pork Supper — Avon United Church, 17 Prince St., Hantsport 4–6pm • Roast pork with mashed potatoes, vegetables, fresh rolls, and homemade desserts. TIX: $12 adult, $5 children INFO: 902-420-5638 / epd@smu.ca Our Forests Our Heritage — Community Hall, Harbourville 6:30pm • Donna Crossland, Forest Ecologist and member of the Health Forest Coalition will speak about wind and fire damage in our forests and the destruction of our forests through clear cutting. She will also facilitate a discussion on strategies and solutions to encourage our lawmakers to implement sustainable forestry in Nova Scotia. Sponsored by the Harbourville Restoration Society. TIX: donation INFO: silverhare@eastlink.ca Mother’s Day Candlelight Dinner — Royal Canadian Legion, Br. 098 Kingston. Seating at 6:30pm, Meal at 7pm • Prime Rib Roast, Salad, Veg and Dessert. Dress: Smart Casual Dance to Follow. TIX: $20 per person, $40 per couple. Only 100 tickets being sold. INFO: R.C.L. Bar, 902-765-4428 Country Music Benefit Concert — Farmers Market, Wolfville 7–11pm • Performances by Atlantic Canada’s award winning songwriters Elsie Morden, Tj King, Tyler Deveau, JD Clarke, Kevin Davison, Jason Price, and Kenny Byrka. *All proceeds go towards the No Time for That Anti-Bullying Society! TIX: $50 general, $25 student @ Muddy’s Convenience Store (Wolfville), Silver Horse Florist (Kentville) INFO: 204-750-2676 / notimeforthattour@gmail.com Auction & Ticket Table — Curling Club, Middleton 7:30–9:30pm • 4th Live Auction & Ticket Table | May See 4 – 18, 2017and list of items at 14welcome. All Poster

middletoncurlingclub.com TIX: tickets 3 for $5. INFO: 902-825-2695 / bemorine@hotmail.com Contra Dance Space Paddy Bog People — Bishop Hall, Greenwich 7:30–10pm • A contra set-dance knees-up featuring excellent caller Kat Kitching, from Halifax; music provided by Space Paddy Bog People! No experience necessary! TIX: $10 at the door INFO: SpacePaddyBogPeople@gmail.com Pool Tournament — Royal Canadian Legion, Berwick 8pm • Doubles, draw for partner, round robin format. Cash prizes to winners. TIX: $5 to play INFO: 902-538-5815 / chris48goddard@icloud.com Dance to Route 12 — Royal Canadian Legion, Kentville 9pm–12:30am • Join Matt, Kim and Wayne for a night of great dance music. TIX: $7 per person INFO: 902-678-8013 / kimberly.lunn@ns.sympatico.ca

SUNDAY, MAY 14 – Happy Mother’s Day!

Tangled Garden — Grand Pré, 10am–6pm • Giving free garden passes to the first 25 mothers who visit our shop today. Enjoy a nibble and a nip, perhaps a sip of our spring tonic Rhubarb Blush Liqueur. INFO: 902-542-9811 / tangledgardenherbs@gmail.com / tangledgardenherbs.ca Mother’s Day Market & Cafe — Community Hall, Black River 11am–1pm • Check out a variety of vendors selling locally made items. The first 36 moms to arrive will get a carnation. TIX: Cafe - $5 per person INFO: 902-542-3498 / darlene.hennigar@gmail.com Mother’s Day Supper — Forties Community Centre 4:30–6pm • Chicken, cranberries, peas, carrots, potatoes. Dessert, tea/coffee. TIX: $13 adult, $7 ages 5–12, $3 under 5 INFO: 902-689-2000 / 902-689-2612 3rd Annual Mother’s Day Dinner — Lions Club, Auburn 6–8pm • Please support the Aylesford Lions Club in this fundraiser. All proceeds will be put back into the community where it is needed most. Formal wear. TIX: $15 INFO: 902-300-5398 / delsey3000@hotmail.com Fundy Cinema screens JEAN OF THE JONESES — Al Whittle Theatre, 7pm • An energetic, whip-smart comedy—set to a sprightly jazz soundtrack by pianist Robi Botos—about Jean, the twenty-something scion of an all-female Brooklyn clan, wrestling with her literary aspirations, romantic mishaps and the chaotic preparations for her estranged grandfather’s funeral. TIX: $9 INFO: 902-542-1050

MONDAY, MAY 15

Blood Donor Clinic — Fire Hall, Kentville 1pm • 1-3pm & 5-8pm. Also May 16. New donors welcome. Book your appointment at blood.ca TIX: no charge INFO: 1-888-2DONATE Reading with J Neven-Pugh — The Box of Delights Bookshop, Wolfville 2–3pm • J. NevenPugh will be at the Box of Delights presenting and signing the DragonTail series and his book of poetry. TIX: no charge INFO: 902-542-9511 / boxofdelightsbooks@gmail.com Bowling — 14 Wing Greenwood, Greenwood 2pm • The Kings 55+ Games are a friendly competition in a variety of activities for those aged 55 and over. TIX: $5 INFO: 902-690-6124 / abrooker@countyofkings.ca

TUESDAY, MAY 16

Committee of the Whole — County of Kings Municipal Complex, Kentville 9am • TIX: no charge INFO: 888-337-2999 Washer Toss — Rainforth Park, Berwick 2pm • The Kings 55+ Games are a friendly competition in a variety of activities for those aged 55 and over. TIX: $2 INFO: 902-690-6124 / abrooker@countyofkings.ca

WEDNESDAY, MAY 17

Volunteer Leadership Symposium — NSCC Kingstec Campus, Kentville 9am–3:30pm • The symposium is offered at no charge. Preregistration is required and space is limited. Register at: https://tpr2017. eventbrite.ca. TIX: no charge INFO: 902-678-1398 / coordinator@kingsvolunteerresourcecentre.ca Kentville Market Spring & Summer Opening! — Centre Square, Kentville 10am–2pm • Opening of the spring & summer season in Centre Square, mayor & town crier at noon, live music with Mark Clarke, free cake and fresh food! TIX: no charge INFO: 902-679-2514 / marketmanager@kentville.ca Fundy Cinema screens DON’T BLINK: ROBERT FRANK — Al Whittle Theatre, 7pm • A revelatory portrait of groundbreaking photographer and filmmaker Robert Frank—most celebrated for his seminal photo book The Americans—following him from his early life in Switzerland to his eventual quest for solitude in a remote corner of Nova Scotia. TIX: $9 INFO: 902-542-1050

THURSDAY, MAY 18

Plein Air Wolfville — Reservoir Park , Wolfville 10am–1pm • Plein Air Art Annapolis Valley group meets at Wolfville Reservoir Park. A popular, mutually-supportive critique is available for those interested to close the event. Bring a picnic lunch if you like. TIX: no charge INFO: 902-701-8106 / edwardwedler@gmail.com General Meeting — Royal Canadian Legion, Windsor 7:30pm • Royal Canadian Legion Branch 009. New members welcome TIX: no charge INFO: 902-798-2031 / WindsorLegion@bellaliant.com

LIVE THEATRE Cinema: Bahubali The Conclusion — Al Whittle Theatre, Wolfville May 4, 6:30pm, May 5, 3pm, May 6, 1pm, May 7, 3pm • When Shiva, the son of

Bahubali, learns about his heritage, he begins to look for answers. His story is juxtaposed with past events that unfolded in the Mahishmati Kingdom. TIX: $25 adults, $10 children INFO: Suman, 902-418-6046 / latitudebox@gmail.com Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen — Al Whittle Theatre, Wolfville May 5, 7pm • Tony Awardwinning director Ivo van Hove returns with a modern production adapted by Patrick Marber, featuring Ruth Wilson in the title role and Rafe Spall as Brack. TIX: $20 at the door INFO: kathy@justuscoffee.com Rumours — Al Whittle Theatre, Wolfville May 11, 12, 13, 7:30–10pm, May 13, 2pm • Edalene Theatre presents “Rumours”, a new musical about the real dangers of rumours and “false news” featuring the music of Fleetwood Mac. TIX: $17 adult, $14 students under 16 INFO: 902-799-9009 / kerri@edalenetheatre.ca Spreading It Around — CentreStage Theatre,

Kentville May 12, 13, 19, 20, 7:30pm, May 14, 2pm • Angela Drayton, a wealthy widow living in an

upscale retirement community, is tired of handing out money to her unappreciative children. So she starts the “S.I.N. (Spending It Now) Foundation,” to give to those truly in need. Strong language. TIX: $15 adult, $12 student/senior (cash or cheque only). Call for reservations. INFO: 902-678-8040 / centrestage@centrestagetheatre.ca Anne & Gilbert — Festival Theatre, Wolfville May 18, 19, 20, 21, 7pm, May 20, 21, 1:30pm • Presented by St. Joseph’s Stage Prophets. Based on the books by Canadian author, Lucy Maud Montgomery. Award-winning songs, memorable comedy and drama, and a message of enduring love, hope and friendship make Anne & Gilbert's courtship unforgettable family entertainment. During the show the Kings-Kikima Grannies will be selling jewelry for those attending. The Grannies will donate to the Stage Prophets and to orphans raised by their grannies in Kikima, Kenya. TIX: $20 Acadia Box Office Box of Delights, Wolfville Occasions Gifts and Décor Kentville

EXHIBITS Art Show – Art Out Loud — Phoenix Hollow B&B, 65 Chestnut St., Windsor May 7, 12–5pm • Art Out Loud is Kelly Mitchelmore’s 8th annual art show and celebrates the fun side of art. Joining Kelly this year is metal sculptor Al Simm, folk artist Jerry Walsh and glass creators Jason & Tim from School Street Studio Glass. In Proud Support of the SPCA. INFO: 1-866-900-6910 / me@kellymitchelmore.ca “No Plan B” — Harvest Gallery, Wolfville. Until May 14 • New work by Blacksmith, Brad Hall and Painter, George Walford. One a blacksmith the other a painter yet, Walford is well-known to include metal (as well as fabrics, found objects, sand, etc.) in many of his paintings, and Hall does not overlook patina (natural or coaxed) and even colour, in the creation of his works. Their work is both singular and beautifully complementary. INFO: harvestgallery.ca Apple Bin Art Gallery — Valley Regional Hospital, Kentville • Affordable, original art created by Valley artists. Part proceeds go towards hospital equipment and Annapolis Valley health care programs.

@ THE LIBRARY THURSDAY, MAY 4

Homework Help/Tutoring — Isabel & Roy Jodrey Memorial Library, Hantsport 6–8pm. Also May 11 & 18 • Free tutoring and homework help for Grade 9–12 Math, Physics, Chemistry & French by qualified NS teacher, Jake Marion. Please book a time. INFO: Library, 902-684-0103 / Jake, marianja@sepne.ca

Breakout! — Berwick and District Library, Berwick 6–7pm • You have 45 minutes to crack the code. Work together in a team to “Breakout” the clues and solve the mystery. Ages 13–18. Registration is required. INFO: 902-538-4030 Story Circle — Library, Windsor 6:30–8pm. Also May 18 • A place of sharing without obligation, of fellowship, kinship, and friendship. It is a place of ideas, laughter, and good cheer. Facilitated by local author Barry Braun. INFO: 902-798-5424

FRIDAY, MAY 5

Girl Power: It’s a Magical World — Rosa M. Harvey Middleton & Area Library, Middleton 6:30–8:30pm • Join us as we each make our own fairy garden. Bring a special container to make your garden in. Ages 10–14. Registration is required. INFO: 902-825-4835

MONDAY, MAY 8

Popovers — Library, Kingston 10–11am. Also May 15 • Join us every Monday morning. For preschool age children, accompanied by parent or caregiver. Registration is appreciated. INFO: 902-765-3631

TUESDAY, MAY 9

Atlas — Isabel & Roy Jodrey Memorial Library, Hantsport 3–4:30pm. Also May 16 • Cook, craft, and play. Ages 10–14. INFO: 902-684-0103

WEDNESDAY, MAY 10

Babies & Books — Library, Windsor 10:30–11am. Also May 17 • A special one-on-one time for babies and their caregivers with stories, songs, rhymes and social time. Ages 0–24 months. INFO: 902-798-5424 Cozy Corner Storytime — Isabel & Roy Jodrey Memorial Library, Hantsport 10:30–11:30am. Also May 17 • A fun-filled hour of stories, rhymes, games and crafts. For ages 2–6 and their caregivers. INFO: 902-684-0103

THURSDAY, MAY 11

Fun & Fables — Library, Windsor 10:30–11:30am. Also May 18 • Stories, songs and crafts. Ages 2–5 and their caregivers. INFO: 902-798-5424 Creative Fibre Arts — Berwick and District Library, Berwick 1–3pm. Also May 18 • Come knit, crochet, rug hook, spin, weave. Bring your own project and meet new friends. INFO: 902-538-4030

CLASSES, WORKSHOPS, RETREATS Voice & Piano Lessons — W/Susan Dworkin. All ages, levels. • Professional music education in Wolfville. INFO: 902-300-1001 / Susan_dworkin@hotmail.com Meeting Facilitation Skills— Want to work on meeting facilitation skills? • Training in "The Art of Hosting" – tools to guide conversations that matter happening in Grand Pré May 26–28. All details online. Hope to see you there! INFO: aohvalley.weebly.com Taoist Tai Chi™— Tuesdays: Continuing 7–9pm. Beginners 6–8pm. Thursdays: Continuing 12–2pm. Beginners 11am–1pm. Louis Millett Community Centre, New Minas INFO: Mary Anne, 902-678-4609 / kentville@taoist.org Belly Dance Classes — W/Angie Oriana Jenkins. Monday nights, May 29–July 10 (no class June 26). Community Room, Wolfville Farmer’s Market. Beginner: 6:30–7:30pm. Intermediate/Advanced: 6:30–8pm FEE: $67 Beginner, $82 Intermediate/ Advanced INFO: oriana@sisterlotus.com Gaspereau Yoga Spring 2017 — 5 week Session: MONDAYS, May 15–June 12. Level 1: 3:15– 4:45pm. Intro to Yoga: 5:15–6:45pm. THURSDAYS, May 11–June 8, Level 1–2: 5:15pm – 6:45 pm.• Classes integrate the celebration of the heart, universal principles of alignment, and balanced energetic action in the performance of yoga poses. Instructor: Sophie Bérubé. FEE: $35 per class, $60 two classes INFO: gaspereauyoga@hotmail.ca / 902-542-7892 Foundations of Entrepreneurial Client Management — Wed., May 10, 10am–Tues., May 11, 4pm. • In this 2-day workshop you will build a solid foundation for working successfully with entrepreneurial clients. Join us online to learn about a proven model for entrepreneurial decision making, explore and discuss the ethics of working with clients in a business development context, and more! FEE: $600 per person INFO/Reg: newrow.com / donna.fancey@acadiau.ca

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LASAGNA GARDENING

Janet Kirkconnell

Melanie Priesnitz Conservation Horticulturist Gardening is great for helping practice patience. I am impatient by nature, and no matter how much I sing to my soil, I will always have to wait for the fresh taste of peas in the pod straight from the vine. Spring in the garden is a time for patiently waiting for the soil to warm and for the frost to pass. It’s a time to plan for future harvests and a time to prepare the earth for planting. If you haven’t started a veggie garden yet, it’s not too late. A great no-till, no-digging option is to use the lasagna gardening method. While you can certainly plant tomatoes and oregano in this style of garden, it’s not referring to what you will eat, but instead, how you layer and cook organic matter to prepare your soil. You can build a lasagna garden on top of existing turf at any time of the year. The first step is to make your shopping list and gather ingredients. Look around your yard (and perhaps your neighbour’s yard) and see what you have on hand. Lasagna gardening treasures include newspaper, grass clippings, last year’s leaves, manure, seaweed, garden trimmings, coffee grinds, fruit and vegetable scraps, and compost.

To start your garden, lay down layers of wet newspaper. This layer will suppress the growth of grass and encourage earthworms to move in. Continue to add your materials in layers alternating between green and brown. Green, nitrogen rich materials such as grass clippings, garden trimmings, and vegetable scraps will work to cook the brown layers (old leaves, shredded newspaper, and pine needles). Ideally your brown layers should be twice as thick as your green layers to encourage active composting. Also ensure that you have a good amount of moisture. If you have patience, leave the new bed until next year to plant while continuing to build soil all season. If you are impatient and want fast results for planting this year, include layers of finished compost or soil at the top. To learn all of the tips and tricks of lasagna gardening get your hands on a copy of Patricia Lanza’s book ‘Lasagna Gardening’ published by Rodale Press. There are also many fine lasagna recipes on the Internet. Happy gardening and happy eating. Harriet Irving Botanical Gardens Acadia University botanicalgardens.acadiau.ca

BARELY CONTAINED: MAY Monica Jorgensen I grew up in a house full of plants. Climbing, blooming, lusciously green plants. My mother would get compliments on her ability to make the greenery thrive from everyone who visited. Outside we had beautiful rock gardens, shrubs, and for several years, a wonderful vegetable garden. You would think I’d have learned a thing or two about gardening over the years. But you would be wrong. I have never met a plant I couldn’t kill. Until recently, that is. For the past year or so I have successfully kept two small root-bound houseplants alive, so I have decided that I am now ready for a vegetable garden. My first step was to purchase seeds at the Wolfville Farmers’ Market on Seedy Saturday... last year’s Seedy Saturday, that is. Last year I also had great intentions. I wanted to build several large, raised beds and jump into gardening feet first. I quickly became overwhelmed by the sheer amount of information available. Do this, don’t do that. This plant likes damp (but not wet) soil, direct sun, minimal fertilizer; that plant likes to be totally ignored and will die if you so much as glance at it for too long. Another can only be pruned under the light of the full moon on a Wednesday. I felt like I had to have the answers to everything before I could even start, and so I procrastinated and ran out of time to reasonably expect to see any crops that year. My ambitious gardening project got pushed to the wayside. But now it is Spring once again, and, as my yard gets greener, the rosy image of eating vegetables all summer that are grown by my own efforts is dancing through my mind and enticing me to try again. I have scaled back my grandiose plans and this year I’m starting with container gardening. Container gardening can

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be as big or as small as you have space and time for. You can plant in just about any container you can come up with, from reusable grocery bags, to kiddy pools. There is still a massive amount of information specific to container gardening, but the process feels way less intimidating simply because it is small scale. I feel the freedom to mess around, learn at my own pace, and just try some things. Probably not everything will work out, but I’m willing to bet that at least some things will. So, armed with last year’s seeds, my kids and I ripped open a bag of potting soil and got to work planting a tiny seed or two into several flats of cardboard pots. We then gently watered them with my new Haws watering can, recommended to me by Jodi DeLong at a gardening talk I attended recently at Scotian Gold. It has a removable end that fits on the spout with multiple tiny holes so the water pours out gently and is less likely to disturb the seeds. So far we have planted tomatoes, broccoli, and a variety of small watermelon (What? Growing watermelons in a container? Let’s give it a try!). The seed trays are sitting in my front window where they will get quite a bit of afternoon sun. We also have a lettuce mix and carrot seeds, both of which need to be planted directly into the containers they will stay in, so we are holding off planting them until the chance of frost is past. This will give me the time to research the best potting mix to use, and to scrounge up some interesting containers. The carrots will require one that is deep enough to let them grow down into the soil uninhibited. After just a few days of anticipation I’ve been rewarded with the first little shoots popping up from my cardboard seed pots, and I’m feeling optimistic. At the very least we will have broccoli! Assuming, of course, that I can keep the seedlings alive.

The second William Marshall Bishop Memorial Concert, the final concert of the 2016-2017 season of Sunday Music in the Garden Room, will present the Blue Engine String Quartet and pianist Jennifer King at 2pm on May 7.

at Night this past fall, she performed outside on the Halifax waterfront for six straight hours with artist Holly Carr. Jennifer's first solo piano CD entitled O Mistress Moon! will be released soon.

The Quartet was founded twenty years ago as the core ensemble of the Nova Scotia chamber music series Blue Engine, and is heard frequently on CBC Radio and CBC.ca. Over the years, they have been artist-in-residence at the Maritime Conservatory of Performing Arts, Acadia University, and Cecilia Concerts in Halifax.

The Garden Room program spans five centuries of music, from the 17th to the 21st century. It will begin with Purcell’s familiar Chacony in G minor, arranged by Benjamin Britten, followed by Night Piece by Benjamin Britten, and end with Edward Elgar’s Piano Quintet in A minor, op. 84. Sandwiched in between are the works of two contemporary, Nova Scotia-based, composers.

The Blue Engine String Quartet is in much demand for chamber concerts with other musicians, and even actors, and they were the core ensemble in soprano Suzie LeBlanc’s Elizabeth Bishop Legacy Project entitled I Am In Need of Music. That recording, a finalist for the Nova Scotia Masterworks Award, received the 2013 ECMA for Classical Recording of the Year. The Quartet was also featured in Quartet Plus Four at Christmas, a Christmas special for Vision TV and CBC. Blue Engine's first commercial recording was released in 2005. It is a collection of fifteen essential songs of Leonard Cohen arranged by Chris Palmer, and it received many rave reviews, eliciting a handwritten note from Cohen himself thanking them for “this sublime gift”. Jennifer King, winner of an Award of Appreciation from the Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia in recognition of her contribution to musical life in the province, is a pianist par excellence. This free-lance performer, a long-time staff accompanist and instructor at Acadia now living in Halifax, teaches privately and at the Maritime Conservatory of Performing Arts. At the festival Nocturne: Art

Apart from the classics of the chamber music repertoire, the Quartet champions women composers and contemporary composers. This concert exhibits the latter, with In the Falling Dark 2 by Acadia’s Derek Charke and Assembling Change - Five Miniatures for Piano Quintet by Dalhousie’s Daniel MacNeil. MacNeil is a multi-discipline instrumentalist (guitar, oud, dumbek, percussion), composer, arranger, educator, and the founder and Director of Halifax’s premiere Middle Eastern chamber ensemble Nafas in which he performs oud and percussion. After intensive studies with world class artists in Spain between 2007-2010, he now also performs guitar regularly for flamenco and dance companies in Halifax. It will be exciting to discover what influences – if any – MacNeil's five miniatures reveal of his broad background which include Middle Eastern, Indian classical, Brazilian, improv, classical, jazz, folk, blues, rock, and many other styles of “world music”. This is the work’s premiere. The Garden Room is in the K.C. Irving Environmental Science Centre on the Acadia University campus. Admission is free.

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