ARTS | CULTURE | COMMUNITY March 22 – April 5, 2018 | Issue No. 15.04 | 5000 copies

DEVOUR THE VALLEY

GARRY LEESON’S THE DOME CHRONICLES: BAKED BEANS AND BROWN BREAD | P. 4

MIKE BUTLER’S ON STAGE AGAIN WITH CENTRESTAGE’S DEPARTURES & ARRIVALS! | P. 7

SCOTT CAMPBELL’S PICKS FOR DEVOUR! | P. 11 P. 4

Bessie North House and the Farm to Table Lifestyle, p.8 Featurepreneur Who's Who CAPRE: Tiny Businesses, Cowboy Harrison Czapalay, p. 2 Extraordinary Impact, p. 7 The Art Spot Kentville's New Hardware Gallery, p. 8 Carl Snyder, p. 8

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WHO’S WHO: WHY SEE A YOGA THERAPIST? COWBOY HARRISON CZAPALAY: THE VALLEY'S BRIGHT BLUE LIGHT Loreen Keddy Mike Butler Yoga is already well-known for its many where the problem is. It’s important to work Saddle up folks! Remember those Gene Autry, “Three years ago I wanted to bring recogni- health benefits, but have you heard about the with someone who includes all parts of you, John Wayne, and Roy Rogers types who tion about autism to Wolfville by observing emerging field of yoga therapy? Yoga therapy and supports you towards shifting how you swept into town and made things better for April 2, World Autism Awareness Day" says is a whole-body approach to healing that often move and how you live your life so you can the townspeople? Did you think they were Harrison. "Blue is the colour symbolizing has amazing results. Here is why you should experience a greater sense of freedom. When long gone? Just when all hope was lost for a autism and all around the world blue lights consider seeing a yoga therapist as part of you can tune in to your body’s wisdom you true gent to ride into town and makes things shine on April 2. I wanted to see Wolfville lit your wellness goals. will see your health transform. brighter, in sashays Harrison Czapalay! blue for this night and I am still blown away by the support I received that first year! It was 1) Move better, feel better 4) Manage your health Cowboy Harrison Czapalay has become one of amazing and I was so inspired that it started Your patterns of movement are influenced by Yoga therapy helps alleviate symptoms the most recognizable faces in the Valley and an annual event and my second year had even your daily life, activities, age, and your health. and manage living with chronic conditions I am truly honoured to share his inspirational more support! I really would like to thank It is these patterns that can lead to dysfunction through a whole-person approach to healing. story and his efforts in lighting up the Valley Acadia University and the Town of Wolfville, and physical weakness, and manifest as pain, Yoga therapy is focused entirely on your needs for autism awareness. the Rotary Club, and Lions Club, as well as the tingling, and tightness in your body. Yoga and we’ll find the best methods to help you Wolfville Fire Department for their support.” therapy can help you discover new patterns of manage your symptoms. The 24-year-old is a hometown boy from movement that will allow your body and brain Wolfville, and lives with autism. He gradu- Wolfville Lights It Up Blue is a fundrais- to communicate and facilitate healing. 5) An Alternative Approach to Healing ated from Horton High School in 2012, and ing event, but more importantly it raises Yoga therapy is an evidence-based comple- has been involved in the Acadia S.M.I.L.E. awareness and support for those living with 2) Injury Recovery mentary therapy. It isn't a substitute for program for 20 years. "I’ve loved every minute autism. Harrison wants to be (and has been Whether you are recovering from surgery or being evaluated and treated by a doctor, of it” he says. It’s rare to see Harrison without on so many levels) a voice for those people a recent or recurring injury, working with a physical therapist, or other licensed medical his signature cowboy hat and cowboy shirt who can’t speak: “I want to give back to the yoga therapist can be extremely helpful. You professional. Yoga therapy works beautifully as he ambles around town, along with that groups who have helped me so much" he says. will learn the language of your body, how to in partnership with other healing modalities. signature smile! "The charities I’m supporting are Autism Nova tell when you are pushing too far, and how to Yoga therapy is unlikely to interact adversely Scotia, Annapolis Valley chapter, and the Aca- work in your pain-free range of motion, reduc- with any medical treatment. Always consult Harrison works as a contractor for Flowercart dia S.M.I.L.E. program. My goal is to have the ing pain and improving that range over time. your doctor. at the Michelin plant in Waterville, and as a town and surrounding communities partici- Yoga therapy can evolve from rehabilitation to part-time stable hand at Poloosa Ridge Stables pate in Light It Up Blue by shining a blue light fitness (building awareness along the way). ❧ in White Rock. He’s also a herdsman at local from their homes and businesses, wearing the cattle sortings and cattle penning shows, colour blue, attending my barbeque at Clock 3) Increase Vitality and Restore Balance Loreen Keddy is a yoga therapist based in and a rodeo crew member at the Lawrence- Park in downtown Wolfville on Saturday, Maybe you feel like you are missing out on Kentville. She offers movement education town Exhibition. In his spare time, Harrison March 31, and attending the evening circuit your favorite activities because your body through one-on-one and small group work- likes riding horses and going to the different and watching the blue moon rise.” doesn’t move the way it used to, or because shops and classes. (902) 300-6452 or exhibitions in the province. He says, “I am an it’s become too painful. Pain isn’t always [email protected]. assistant dairy leader for my 4-H club, I love Have you been to the barbeque before? They watching rodeos and horse shows, and com- have Jimmy Dogs from Meadowbrook Meat peting in cattle penning and cattle sorting. Market, face painting, raffle prizes, and a lot My Friday nights are reserved for S.M.I.L.E. more. In the evening, for the first time and and doing lots of activities with my buddies. only this year, there will be a “blue moon,” so This past year I’ve been busy with public there will be hot chocolate and glow bracelets speaking engagements. I won at the provincial available. There will also be a “blue light cir- show and qualified to compete at the Royal cuit” along Main Street and side streets that Winter Fair in Young Speakers for Agriculture. people can either walk or drive to look at the That was an amazing experience!” blue lights. To Harrison, and so many others, it’s like Christmas! For more information, you Harrison is most proud of is his role as an au- can either email Harrison at harrisonc1@hot- tism advocate. Harrison has become the face mail.com or his mom at [email protected]. of autism advocacy here in the Valley with the Hope to see you at the barbeque on Saturday Light it up Blue for Autism Awareness event March 31! that has taken place in Wolfville for the last few years. This is a special time of year for To our Valley cowboy, thank you for your ef- Harrison and his determination and great forts and your strength. All the best and may spirit have made this an exceptional event your blue light shine, always! each year. ❧

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March 22 – April 5, 2018 | 3 Who's Who / Yoga Therapy...... p.3. THANK YOU FROM THE WOLFVILLE AREA Food Bank / Burger Wars...... p.4. FOOD BANK Diana R. Shelley INDEX The Free Classifieds / Eat to the Beat...... p.5. It started with a pretty simple question. In Our sponsor and prime supplier of funds, WA- the fall of 2005, at a meeting of the Wolfville ICC, depends on the generosity of the people Margaret Drummond's Star Drop / Free Will Astrology ...... p.6. Area Inter-Church Council (WAICC), someone and businesses of Wolfville and the surround- asked: “why wouldn’t we have a food bank in ing areas. Without these funds, they wouldn’t WORD OF THE ISSUE: Featurepreneur: CAPRE...... p.7. Wolfville?” be able to do what they do, and we wouldn’t be able to do what we do. Each year, they give Bafflegab Recipe / Art Spot / Hardware Gallery...... p.8. After several subsequent meetings, and much more than we can imagine. Throughout the weighing of the pros and cons, the Food Bank year, though especially during the Christmas (noun): Bessie North House / Valley Family Fun...... p.9. Feasibility Committee was formed. Over the season, individuals and local businesses give next year its members visited established food to WAICC, fundraising events and food drives Obscure or pretentious verbiage, banks in the area and asked many questions. are arranged by both local and national orga- especially bureaucratic jargon. Town of Wolfville...... p.10. Various venues were considered, and advice nizations, and the community continues to was sought from Feed Nova Scotia. After show its support. In Wolfville, the university "It will no doubt be a challenge to consider Dome Chronicles / Mike Uncorked...... p.11. considerable work, on February 1, 2007 the students take on their own efforts, including one candidate over another, as every Wolfville Area Food Bank opened its doors for their popular Trick or Eat event at Hallowe'en. speech was awash in buzzwords and What's Happening/Weeklies/Tides...... p.12-14. the first time, in the lower level of Wolfville bafflegab." Baptist Church. We would like to take this opportunity to thank you all: WAICC, our individual donors, Acadia Page...... p.15. During those first few months we averaged our corporate donors, local businesses who around 30 families per month. Today we help regularly supply us with items such as apples A approximately 100 families each month. We and eggs, students at Acadia, Horton High started with a handful of volunteers and now School and Wolfville School, the Wolfville we have about 70 faithful people who help on Baptist Church for its wonderful hospitality a regular basis. and support, and of course our faithful and hard-working volunteers. We simply couldn’t As we enter our twelfth year of operation we do it without you all! BROUGHT TO YOU BY AN AMAZING TEAM OF CONTRIBUTORS: want to express our deep appreciation for all the wonderful community support we have ❧ EMILY LEESON JOCELYN HATT ZOE D’AMATO EMILY KATHAN received in these years. We absolutely couldn’t Editor Art Director, Design, Layout Sales Managing Editor, Copy Editor & have done it without you. GENEVIEVE ALLEN HEARN MONICA JORGENSEN ALEX HICKEY & DAVID EDELSTEIN Distribution Manager Operations Manager Events & Lists Design, Typesetting, Layout

CONTRIBUTORS: Mike Butler, Genevieve Allen Hearn, Scott DELIVERIES: Margot Bishop, Dominic Cameron, Jacob Rhude, Campbell, Garry Leeson, Avery Peters, Laura Churchill Duke, Lauren Galbraith, Earle & Karen Illsley, Andrea Leeson, John Melanie Priesnitz, Thomas Clahane, Margaret Drummond, Morrison, Julie and Mugen Page, Lorna Williamson, Bryden Lee-Ann Cudmore, Sarah Anderson, Angela Reynolds, Allan MacDonald, Aidrie Cameron, Ryland Cameron, Krystal Tanner, BURGER WARS, EPISODE III: APRIL 2018! Williams (Eat to the Beat) Fred Phillips There’s a Burger War happening and we want you to be a part of it!!

For the month of April over 40 restaurants Grill apron, cedar scraper for a barbeque, and a ISSUE Ads/Submissions/Listings Deadline: March 26 from Windsor to Digby will be participating in ten-inch Grohmann chef's knife. ADVERTISING DEAD- April 5 Issue: Burger Wars for Campaign for Kids! Depending on the com- LINES: April 19 Issue: Ads/Submissions/Listings Deadline: April 9 For every designated burger that is ordered, mitment length and colour Here's how it works: $1.00 will go directly to Campaign for Kids to options, rates range from: ADVERTISING: [email protected] help kids in financial need in Kings County! GENERAL INQUIRIES: [email protected] SINGLE BLOCK $45 - $62 Go to any one of the participating restaurants CONTENT SUBMISSIONS: [email protected] and order the designated burger. New this year, a Burger Wars passport will be DOUBLE BLOCK $88 - $123

CONTACT EVENTS/CLASSIFIEDS: [email protected] available to download. For every 5 different FOUR BLOCK $168 - $237 Log on to campaignforkids.com/burgerwars restaurants visited, burger eaters will receive HALF PAGE $427 - $624 SNAIL MAIL: Grapevine Publishing ALSO AVAILABLE ONLINE: grapevinepublishing.ca to add your comments, and rate the burgers, a ballot for the grand prize draw in May for ARTS EVENT POSTER $76 - $117 PO Box 2262 Wolfville, NS B4P 1A0 and issuu.com/thevalleygrapevine anytime between April 1 and April 30. a $400 gift certificate for the Quarterdeck Beachside Villas & Grill. Details can be found At the end of the month, the restaurant at campaignforkids.com/burgerwars. WHERE TO FIND US WOLFVILLE: Carl's Your NEW MINAS: Boston Pizza, Cap- Union Street Café, Wilsons with the top ratings will be awarded a fun Independent Grocer, Cuts Meat tain Sub, Irving Big Stop, Jessy's Pharmasave burger-themed trophy and will earn brag- Campaign for Kids is a non-profit organiza- WINDSOR: Fry Daddy’s, Lisa's Market, Eos Natural Foods, Just Pizza, Long and McQuade, AYLESFORD: Chisholm's ging rights for the year. New this year, J.R. tion dedicated to raising funds for youth in Cafe, T.A.N. Coffee Us! Café, T.A.N. Coffee, Library, Milne Court Petro-Canada, Pita PharmaChoice Mahoney (a food service industry equipment financial need in Kings County. For more in- Wolfville Farmers' Market Pit, Swiss Chalet FALMOUTH: Fruit & Vegetable KINGSTON: Green Elephant Cafe, supplier in Sydney, Nova Scotia) will be formation contact [email protected]. Company, Petro-Canada GREENWICH: Avery’s Farm KENTVILLE: Half Acre Café, Library, Pharmasave, Library, awarding the winning chef with a King of the Market, Edible Art Cafe, Elder- Jason’s Your Independent French Bakery HANTSPORT: Jim's Your Indepen- kin's Farm Market, Hennigar's Grocer, T.A.N. Coffee, Valley dent Grocer Farm Market, Noggins Corner Regional Hospital GREENWOOD: Country Store, Valley Natural Foods, Country AVONPORT: Cann’s Kwik-Way Farm Market, Stems Cafe, COLDBROOK: Access Nova Scotia, Stirling's Store, GRAND-PRÉ: Convenience Store, T.A.N. Coffee, Callister's Country Tim Hortons, McDonalds Domaine de Grand Pré, Just PORT WILLIAMS: Fox Hill Cheese Kitchen, Foodland, Vicki's Us! Café House, Planters Ridge, Sea Seafood Restaurant MIDDLETON: Angie's Restaurant, Level Brewery, The Noodle Guy Goucher's Market, Wilmot GASPEREAU: Gaspereau BERWICK: Driftwood Restaurant, Frenchy's Vineyards, Luckett Vineyards, CANNING: Degraaf's Kwik-Way, Jonny's Cookhouse, Luigi's Reid's Meats & Kwik-Way, XTR ValuFoods, i scream Pizza Palace, North Mountain Kwik-Way Coffeehouse, Rising Sun Cafe, E DISCLAIMER The opinions expressed are solely those of the authors, and the publication of these opin- ions does not signify the endorsement by the staff or owners of The Grapevine Newspaper. Opinions expressed within this publication are not intended nor implied to be a substitute for professional or medical advice. While we make every attempt to ensure accuracy with all published content, GV Publishing Inc. assumes no responsibility for the accuracy or truthful- ness of submitted copy. In the event of an error, GV Publishing Inc. is only responsible for the price of the individual ad in which the error occurred.

CORRECTION Burger Wars co-organizers Jill Forse and Laura Churchill Duke will be busy during the Some of you may have noticed a missing brewery on our Local Libations map in our March 8 month of April, eating burgers from Windsor to Digby, all in support of Campaign for Kids issue. Sea Level Brewing can be found at 980 Terry's Creek Road in Port Williams. Be sure to include this micro-brewery on your libations adventures! You can get a growler to go, or try one of their creations at The Port next door. U

4 | March 22 – April 5, 2018 W THE FREE CLASSIFIEDS This section works on a first-come, first-served basis. Email your classified to: [email protected] and, if there's room, we'll get you in. (Schedule subject to change) Union Street Café (Berwick): Paddy’s Pub (Wolfville): John Or, to reserve a placement, pay $5 per issue (3-issue minimum commitment). Rachel Beck w/ Adyn Townes, B Main (24th), Jack MacDonald Please keep listings to 35 words or less. THURSDAYS: 22, 29, 5 $15 (16th) 8pm (31st) 9pm DONATE/VOLUNTEER: EMPLOYMENT: Edible Art Cafe (New Minas): Dooly’s (Greenwood): Karaoke The Anvil (Wolfville): Top 40 Uncommon Common Art: Help this Cook: Brigadoon Village Seeking Cook: Hourly Marshall Lake (22nd, 29th, 5th) (23rd, 30th) 8:30pm DJ (24th, 31st) 9pm 12 pm seasonal outdoor art exhibit by volunteering as a wage negotiable, accommodation available on site. The Anvil (Wolfville): Top 40 Dooly’s (New Minas): DJ steward for art installations close to your home. INFO: brigadoonvillage.org INFO: Troy Restaurant (Wolfville): DJ (23rd, 30th) 10pm Unruly (24th, 31st) 10pm [email protected]. Ron Edmunds Duo (22nd, 29th, Kings Kikima Grannies: We are collecting FABRIC GENERAL: 5th) 6:30pm West Side Charlie’s (New Tommy Gun’s (Windsor): and SEWING notions for an upcoming fundraising sale Call to Artisans: North Mountain United Tapestry Minas): JSRB Productions Video Music Screen (24th, 31st) (June 2). If you have donations please call for pickup. Artisan Market. Calling all makers, artisans and Spitfire Arms Alehouse (23rd), Country Rocks Cancer, 12am Also, please save all Yard Sale items to drop off at the crafters! Showcase & sell your work. Network with (Windsor): Open Jam Session $23 (30th) 9pm Wolfville Lion’s club, June 1, 9am–6pm. Funds raised artisans in your community! INFO: Shelley Racz, (22nd, 29th, 5th) 7pm from the sale support orphaned children’s education in [email protected] / 902-538-1105 / Oaken Barrel Pub (Green- SUNDAYS: 25, 1 Africa. INFO: 902-542-9848 / 902-701-1480 unitedtapestry.com/artisan-co-operative/ Oaken Barrel Pub (Green- wood): Video Dance Music Donate Used Clothing: Flowercart creates Alcoholics Anonymous: If you want to drink, (23rd, 30th) 10pm wood): Trivia Night (22nd, Paddy’s Pub (Wolfville): Irish work and training for people. Donate your used that’s your business. If you want to stop, that’s ours. 29th, 5th) 7pm Session (25th, 1st) 8pm clothing to Flowercart and keep your donation INFO: 902-691-2825 / area82aa.org/district3/ and the resulting money local. Drop off location Free Community Lunch: Kingston United (Windsor): SATURDAYS: 24, 31 Tommy Guns INFO: Karaoke Night (22nd, 29th, MONDAYS: 26, 2 9412 Commercial St., New Minas. Church, 733 Main St., Kingston. Every Wednesday, 5th) 7:30pm Farmer’s Market (Wolfville): 902-681-0120 / [email protected] 12–1pm. Come in for a nice hot soup lunch. Open Catherine Kennedy (24th), Don- Edible Art Café (New Minas): Valley Hospice: Help the Hospice just by clearing to EVERYONE in the community! TIX: no charge Dooly’s (New Minas): Open na Holmes (31st) 9:30am Ron Edmunds Band (26th, 2nd) out your closet! Donate your gently used items in INFO: [email protected] Mic (22nd, 29th, 5th) 8:30pm 12pm the name of Valley Hospice at Consignors Place, 2018 Annapolis Valley Music Festival: The Edible Art Café (New Minas): New Minas. 40% selling price goes to help the festival will be held April 30–May 6 @ Acadia University Paddy’s Pub (Kentville): The Kenny Byrka (24th), Lee Gilbert Paddy’s Pub (Wolfville): Open Hospice. INFO: Consignorsplace.com/calendar / and Wolfville Baptist Church, Wolfville. A new options (31st) 12pm Hupman Brothers (22nd, 29th, Mic (26th, 2nd) 9pm valleyhospice.ca for distance entries. Information and registration 5th) 9pm forms available on the website. Deadline is March 31. The Port Pub (Port Williams): Ron Edmunds Duo (24th, 31st) TUESDAYS: 27, 3 PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Questions: Lana, 902-542-2186 / Submissions: Paddy’s Pub (Wolfville): Triv- Traditional Chinese Medicine: Beautiful [email protected] INFO: avmf.ca ia Night (22nd, 29th, 5th) 9pm 12:30pm Edible Art Café (New Minas): new location in downtown Wolfville! Combining Acupuncture and Chinese Herbology to enhance your SAVE THE DATE: (Wolfville): Tony The Noodle Guy (Port Wil- Ron Edmunds Band (27th, 3rd) Library Pub INFO: The Greatest Potluck Ever: & Caillum (22nd, 29th, 5th) liams): Jam Session (24th, 31st) 12pm wellness. 16 years experience! Jane Marshall A Happy Community 9pm 1:30pm D.TCM, D.Ac located at 112 Front St, Suite 209, Wolfville Project Celebration: Sunday, May 27, 1–4pm @ TAN Café (Wolfville): Open / 902-404-3374 / janemarshallacupuncture.ca Victoria Park, Windsor. Enjoy the Greatest Potluck The Anvil (Wolfville): Top 40 La Torta Woodfired Pizze- Mike & Donna (27th, 3rd) 7pm Hand-Crafted Urn Boxes: beautiful, wooden, Ever. Bring your favourite casserole. Share the food, DJ (22nd, 29th, 5th) 10pm ria (Wolfville): Steve Lee Duo & locally-made. INFO: Farmer Eddie, 902-542-3387 children’s games, music and fun! View Hants West (24th, 31st) 5:30pm Oaken Barrel Pub (Green- Eclipse Alternative Veterinary Services: Projects and Vendor’s booths. Everyone is Welcome. wood): Open Mic (27th, 3rd) Acupuncture and Alternative Medicine for dogs and INFO: 902-792-8303 Spitfire Arms Alehouse 7pm FRIDAYS: 23, 30 cats in the Annapolis Valley. Cancer care, mobility Joy in Everyday Life: In the Shambhala tradition, (Windsor): GuyPaul Thibault problems, senior pets, wellness consultations. the course “Joy in Everyday Life” will be offered by (24th), Adam Cameron (31st) The Port Pub (Port Williams): Edible Art Cafe (New Minas): INFO: INFO: 7pm Ron Edmunds Band Open Mic House Calls Only. Llewanda Halldorson DVM, the Windsor Meditation Group, May 4, 5 & 12. Marshall Lake (23rd, 30th) (27th, 3rd) 7:30pm 902-840-0508 / eclipsealtvet.com [email protected] / 902-798-2958 12pm Horton Ridge Malt & Grain Interior/Exterior Painting: Women in Rollers A Run to Dye for 2018: Acadia Athletics Complex, (Hortonville): Open Mic w/ Paddy’s Pub (Kentville): Irish does accurate quotes, shows up on time to work, and Wolfville 3–4pm • Sponsored by Exercise Is Medicine Kings Arms Pub by Lew Zakary Miller (24th) 7pm Session (27th, 3rd) 8pm performs to perfection. We even leave your home on Campus – Acadia University. 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Women MacLean, Caleb Miles, The Gilberts, Jack MacDonald, DJ (24th, 31st) 8pm WEDNESDAYS: 28, 4 in Rollers. 902-697-2926 The Chimney Swifts, Ryan Roberts, Kim Barlow & Ida Horton Ridge Malt & Grain Red, Graham Howes, Sarah McInnis & Jesse Carlson, Union Street Café (Berwick): (Hortonville): Mark Clarke Trio Edible Art Café (New Minas): FOR RENT: Gabrielle Papillon & Pat LeP- Mark Riley, John Ebata, and the Annapolis Valley (23rd) 7pm David Filyer (28th, 4th) 12pm Costa Rica: TIX: oidevin, $12 (31st) 8pm 2 bedroom house in eco community Honour Choir! $20 @ Box of Delights, (Wolfville), for rent $750 weekly. Fully equipped, 15 min walk Long & McQuade (New Minas), R.D. Chisholm’s Spitfire Arms Alehouse West Side Charlie’s (New King’s Arms Pub by Lew to beach, beautiful pool and amenities. 90 mins (Kentville) INFO: capre.org (Windsor): Hal Bruce (23rd), Minas): Billy T’s Karaoke (28th, Murphy’s (Kentville): Shawn from Liberia Airport. Check out Casa Monitos on FB. 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March 22 – April 5, 2018 | 5 © 2018 Rob Brezsny • freewillastrology.com • Horoscopes for the week of March 22nd

ARIES (March 21-April 19): The “School of Hard your own perceptions and insights to guide you Knocks” is an old-fashioned idiom referring to toward ever-healthier alliances? Do what you must the unofficial and accidental course of study to muster that trust. available via life’s tough experiences. The wisdom LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): If you want people to one gains through this alternate approach to know who you really are and savor you for your education may be equal or even superior to the unique beauty, you must be honest with those knowledge that comes from a formal university or people. You must also develop enough skill to training program. I mention this, Aries, because express your core truths with accuracy. There’s a in accordance with astrological omens, I want similar principle at work if you want to know who to confer upon you a diploma for your new you really are and savor yourself for your unique advanced degree from the School of Hard Knocks. beauty: You must be honest with yourself. You (P.S.: When PhD students get their degrees from must also develop enough skill to express your Finland’s University of Helsinki, they are given top core truths with accuracy. The coming weeks hats and swords as well as diplomas. I suggest you will be a favorable time for you to practice these reward yourself with exotic props, too.) high arts. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Europeans used to SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Your journey in the think that all swans were white. It was a reasonable coming weeks may be as weird as an R-rated certainty given the fact that all swans in Europe telenovela, but with more class. Outlandish, were that color. But in 1697, Dutch explorer unpredictable, and even surreal events could occur, Willem de Vlamingh and his sailors made a but in such a way as to uplift and educate your soul. pioneering foray to the southwestern coast of the Labyrinthine plot twists will be medicinal as well land we now call Australia. As they sailed up a as entertaining. As the drama gets curioser and river the indigenous tribe called Derbarl Yerrigan, curioser, my dear Scorpio, I expect you will learn they spied black swans. They were shocked. The how to capitalize on the odd opportunities it brings. anomalous creatures invalidated an assumption In the end, you will be grateful for this ennobling based on centuries of observations. Today, a “black respite from mundane reality! swan” is a metaphor referring to an unexpected event that contravenes prevailing theories about SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): “Love is the the way the world works. I suspect you’ll soon only sane and satisfactory answer to the problem experience such an incongruity yourself. It might of human existence,” wrote philosopher Erich be a good thing! Especially if you welcome it Fromm. I would add a corollary for your rigorous instead of resisting it. use during the last nine months of 2018: “Love is the only effective and practical way to graduate GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Crayola is one of from your ragged, long-running dilemmas and the world’s foremost crayon manufacturers. The start gathering a new crop of fresh, rousing geniuses in charge of naming its crayon colors are challenges.” By the way, Fromm said love is more playful and imaginative. Among the company’s than a warm and fuzzy feeling in our hearts. It’s a standard offerings, for example, are Pink Sherbet, creative force that fuels our willpower and unlocks Carnation Pink, Tickle Me Pink, Piggy Pink, Pink hidden resources. Flamingo, and Shocking Pink. Oddly, however, there is no color that’s simply called “Pink.” I find CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): My goal here is to that a bit disturbing. As much as I love extravagant convince you to embark on an orgy of self-care — to creativity and poetic whimsy, I think it’s also be as sweet and tender and nurturing to yourself important to cherish and nurture the basics. In as you dare to be. If that influences you to go too accordance with the astrological omens, that’s my far in providing yourself with luxurious necessities, advice for you in the coming weeks. Experiment I’m OK with it. And if your solicitous efforts to focus with fanciful fun, but not at the expense of the on your own health and well-being make you fundamentals. appear a bit self-indulgent or narcissistic, I think it’s an acceptable price to pay. Here are more key CANCER (June 21-July 22): According to Vice themes for you in the coming weeks: basking in magazine, Russian scientist Anatoli Brouchkov is the glow of self-love; exulting in the perks of your pleased with the experiment he tried. He injected sanctuary; honoring the vulnerabilities that make himself with 3.5-million-year-old bacteria that you interesting. his colleagues had dug out of the permafrost in Siberia. The infusion of this ancient life form, he AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): One day, Beatles’ says, enhanced his energy and strengthened his guitarist George Harrison decided to compose immune system. I can’t vouch for the veracity of his next song’s lyrics “based on the first thing I his claim, but I do know this: It’s an apt metaphor saw upon opening any book.” He viewed this as a for possibilities you could take advantage of in divinatory experiment, as a quest to incorporate the near future: drawing on an old resource to the flow of coincidence into his creative process. boost your power, for example, or calling on a The words he found in the first book were “gently well-preserved part of the past to supercharge weeps.” They became the seed for his tune “While the present. My Guitar Gently Weeps.” Rolling Stone magazine ultimately named it one of “The Greatest Songs LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Booze has played a crucial of All Time” and the tenth best Beatle song. role in the development of civilization, says In accordance with the astrological omens, I biomolecular archaeologist Patrick McGovern. recommend you try some divinatory experiments The process of creating this mind-altering staple of your own in the coming weeks. Use life’s fun was independently discovered by many different little synchronicities to generate playful clues and cultures, usually before they invented writing. unexpected guidance. The buzz it provides has “fired our creativity and fostered the development of language, the arts, and PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Millions of you religion.” On the downside, excessive consumption Pisceans live in a fairy tale world. But I suspect that of alcohol has led to millions of bad decisions and very few of you will be able to read this horoscope has wrecked countless lives. Everything I just said and remain completely ensconced in your fairy is a preface to my main message, Leo: The coming tale world. That’s because I have embedded weeks will be a favorable time to transform your subliminal codes in these words that will at least habitual perspective, but only if you do so safely temporarily transform even the dreamiest among and constructively. Whether you choose to try you into passionate pragmatists in service to your intoxicants, wild adventures, exhilarating travel, or feistiest ideals. If you’ve read this far, you are edgy experiments, know your limits. already feeling more disciplined and organized. Soon you’ll be coming up with new schemes about VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): The astrological omens how to actually materialize a favorite fairy tale in suggest that the coming weeks will be favorable the form of real-life experiences. for making agreements, pondering mergers, and strengthening bonds. You’ll be wise to deepen Homework: Imagine a bedtime story at least one of your commitments. You’ll stir you’d like to hear and the person up interesting challenges if you consider the you’d like to hear it from. Testify at possibility of entering into more disciplined and Freewillastrology.com. dynamic unions with worthy partners. Do you trust

6 | March 22 – April 5, 2018 P Matt Cameron, aka MC Shredder FEATUREPRENEUR CAPRE: TINY BUSINESSES, EXTRAORDINARY IMPACT Genevieve Allen Hearn

We tend to valorize a certain entrepreneur- there wouldn’t be anything Brendon would ial archetype: the entrepreneur who started be doing on a regular basis. At CAPRE, he is small and made it big, the entrepreneur learning and making friends.” I purchased a who is an industry leader, the entrepreneur package of Mr. B’s seeds with a cheeky warn- who is a financial success. But what of the ing label: "Caution: Being outdoors may result entrepreneurs who overcome major obstacles in increased levels of Vitamin D." It is evident every single day to continue to run their tiny that the business planning team thoughtfully businesses? What of the entrepreneurs who infused Brendon’s sense of humour into his will never become wealthy, but are rich in product line. social capital? There are limitations to what CAPRE can do Community Association of People for REAL presently. “We are at capacity with eleven Enterprise (CAPRE) is an organization that entrepreneurs,” executive director Kate Trev- contributes to the entrepreneurial landscape ors explains. “There is a huge need to serve in small but extremely important ways. people who don’t fit the criteria of other work CAPRE helps individuals with an intellectual programs.” The criteria Trevors is referring to disability setup and run their own businesses. is people who do not require one-on-one sup- Currently, CAPRE represents eleven entre- port in a work environment. While there are preneurs running service-based businesses other community work programs for adults such as laundering or shredding, as well as with barriers, they often cannot provide the product-based businesses such as creating attention required for high needs employees. hand-sewn goods, dog treats, or spice mixes. As a result, many people slip through the Every entrepreneur receives one-on-one sup- cracks. CAPRE would love to support more port, and is part of a business planning team entrepreneurs, but there are three major bar- comprised of a support worker, the entre- riers: funding, space, and volunteers. preneur’s parents, a member of the business community, and the executive director of When it comes to space, Trevors is open to CAPRE. The entrepreneurs are empowered to the possibilities. The entrepreneurs could use direct the team if they are able to do so. retail space, workspace, or even short-term use of space, such as a kitchen prep area. Lee Van Amerongen, owner of Lee’s Shop in Canning since 1999, is one of these entrepre- As for funding, there are some upcoming neurs. Although he is non-verbal, he is very opportunities to support CAPRE. On April 7 involved in determining the direction of his there will be a spring concert fundraiser at the business. Lee’s interest in artisanal products St. James Anglican Church in Kentville. This from around the world has resulted in an concert is stacked with local talent and will be array of international merchandise available hosted by Bill Carr. Tickets are $20 and can at his store. be purchased at R.D. Chisholm Stationery & Books in Kentville, Long & McQuade in New CAPRE was founded by four mothers of Minas, or The Box of Delights Bookshop in children with intellectual disabilities, Lee’s Wolfville. They can also be purchased online at mother being one of them, in 1978. The capre.org. Also, on March 24 "A Dressy Affair" women wanted an opportunity for their adult will take place at the Louis Millett Community children to participate in community life. Complex in New Minas. Donated dresses will What started as a summer recreation program be sold at reasonable prices and other items grew into an organization that provided will be auctioned off at the event. Tickets are meaningful employment to persons with high $25 and can be purchased by calling Paula needs. The first business, run by Krista Taylor, Huntley at 902-690-5298. started operating in 1995 (Krista’s Around the Town Services) and other businesses blos- As my chat with Trevors and Purdy concluded, somed from there. I was invited over to Matt Cameron’s work- space. Matt is a shredder enthusiast, and CAPRE is a person-centered program that takes his shredding business very seriously. takes into consideration the ability level of Another thing he takes seriously: sugary each entrepreneur involved. They match each drinks. He explained his shot ritual and gave entrepreneur’s skills, talents, and interests me a shot of cranberry juice before I left. with an opportunity in the community. Kath- There were at least a dozen boxes behind leen Purdy is a board member and mother of Matt, filled with paper waiting to be shredded. entrepreneur Brendon Purdy-Smith. She tells I asked Matt how long shredding takes, and the story of how she noticed Brendon’s fasci- he told me approximately an hour per box. He nation with stirring, and turned it into an ap- was unfazed by the 12 hours of work piled be- plesauce business. Brendon now runs Mr. B’s hind him, and spoke about his business with Makery, which adds new products each year. pride. A true entrepreneur indeed. “Every support worker has introduced a new element to Brendon’s business,” says Purdy. ❧ You can find crayons in fun shapes, magic T wands, and of course, the ubiquitous tie-dyed For more information on CAPRE visit shirts, among other colourful creations at Mr. capre.org. B’s Makery. Purdy says that “without CAPRE

March 22 – April 5, 2018 | 7 H

THE ART SPOT CARL SNYDER

Carl Snyder's photographs are currently on dis- The world is not with us enough. - Denise play at the Wolfville Memorial Library at 21 Elm Levertov, “O Taste and See” Avenue. Check valleylibrary.ca for open hours. I am what is around me. - Wallace Stevens, Who: I am a retired commercial, advertis- “Theory” ing, and illustrative photographer living in Wolfville. I worked as a freelance photogra- Where: I work in Wolfville. I show locally as pher in Montreal and Toronto from 1980 well as at ViewPoint gallery in Halifax. to 2011, when I moved to Wolfville from Toronto. When: I have never defined myself as an artist. I mostly photograph when light and What: My artistic medium is photography. I atmosphere are subtle but arresting. am interested in how literary phrasing can be presented visually, so my inspiration comes Why: Why art? No thoughts. Why my art? from writers who expand simple observations Fewer thoughts. Why the Annapolis Valley? A into wide thought panoramas. Here are some new landscape to read about and understand. examples: ❧ RECIPE: B’Stilla – A Moroccan Chicken Pastry Should we have stayed at home and thought Jenny Osburn | The Union Street Cafe Cookbook | www.jennyosburn.com of here? - Elizabeth Bishop, "Questions of Travel". Jenny Osburn is the author of The Union Street • 1/4 tsp cinnamon Café Cookbook. Her second collaboration with • 1 tsp salt Laura MacDonald of Deep Hollow Print, The • 1 lb chopped cooked chicken (leftover is Kitchen Party Cookbook, is now available! Find perfect) HARDWARE GALLERY ANNOUNCES more recipes at jennyosburn.com and see what • 1 egg, beaten she's up to on instagram at jenny.osburn • 1 Tbsp honey EXHIBITION SCHEDULE • 1 tsp harissa or Sriracha hot sauce Genevieve Allen Hearn Have you ever been intrigued by a certain • Freshly ground black pepper recipe but were afraid to try it, maybe because • 1 package phyllo pastry, thawed Hardware Gallery, located at 36 Cornwallis “We're hoping that we can create a space and it involved a seemingly strange combination • 1/4 C melted butter mixed with 1/4 cup Street in Kentville, is opening its doors on a general atmosphere that will inspire people of sweet and savoury that you thought might olive oil March 29. The season begins with a group ex- to engage in the arts more. The gallery is open not work for your taste buds? I repeatedly was • 2 Tbsp butter hibition by local artists Shasta Grant and Sim- to all media, traditional or otherwise, so there • 1/2 C sliced almonds drawn to recipes for a Moroccan pigeon pie, one Labuschagne, followed by a solo exhibition will always be a space for what emerges as • 2 Tbsp powdered sugar garnished with almonds and powdered sugar, by artist and arts educator Terry Drahos. people become more engaged.” in various cookbooks, but they all seemed Heat oil in a large skillet over medium heat. risky: a lot of work for something I wasn’t The first exhibition, entitled Rural Roots, runs Run by volunteers, Hardware Gallery owes Add onion and cook until tender and begin- certain I would like. from March 29 to April 25. The two artists' its existence to an outpouring of community ning to brown. Stir in garlic, cumin, coriander, work creates a dialogue of complementing support. Provision of space by the Town of paprika, cinnamon and salt and cook another So it was with great excitement that I realized and contrasting styles and subject matter. Kentville for the first year of operation, and few seconds, until fragrant. Stir in chicken, that my friend Aimée was making this dish, The show is an examination of nature: Grant’s a donation to cover the costs to renovate the egg, honey, and hot sauce. Taste and add black also known as B’Stilla, for a dinner she had depictions of animals in their natural setting space from the Kentville Community Fund, pepper and a little more salt if needed. Set invited us to. And of course I found that it are paired with Labuschagne’s striking visual have made the undertaking possible. The origi- aside to cool a little. was incredibly delicious and exotic in the best study of flora. nal hardwood floors have been exposed, and the possible way. I had really wasted a lot of time. space now has gallery-grade track lighting. Local Preheat the oven to 350°. Unwrap the phyllo I made up for that by adapting a simple recipe From April 27 to May 30, Terry Drahos will businesses are also doing their part to ensure and unroll so the short side is towards you. in Bonnie Stern’s excellent cookbook Friday present her body of work inspired by architec- the gallery is successful by helping to fund the Remove one sheet, brush with butter, and top Night Dinners, that uses chicken instead of ture. She uses bold colours and shapes remi- organization or by making in-kind donations. with a second sheet. Brush this with butter pigeon, and serving it countless times to happy niscent of both rural and urban constructions and top with a third sheet. This time you customers when I was at The Union Street Café. rendered into abstraction. A grand opening event will take place in June, only need to butter the top half of the sheet. Her recipe cleverly rolls the filling into phyllo featuring the work of artist Meaghan Bray With a sharp knife, cut the stack vertically in cigar appetizers, but I fold it into large triangles "We're very excited and honoured to be show- and photographer Justine MacDonald. A half. In the bottom right hand corner of each as an entrée. casing talented artists for our first exhibition community show in July will showcase both rectangle, place about 1/2 cup of the filling. season over the next six months” comments established and emerging artists, and will Fold like an American flag, starting at the Bonnie’s recipe starts with raw chicken, but I gallery director Sasha Nelson. Hardware Gal- be centered around the theme of "Red." The bottom, into a compact triangle. Brush with always make it with roasted free-range chick- lery is the brainchild of Nelson, who holds a month of August will show work by Alison butter and place on a baking sheet. Repeat en that has been pulled from the bones and master's degree in fine arts from the Univer- Grapes and Erin Hollingshead, and the first with remaining filling and phyllo. Bake for chopped, with a mix of dark and white meat. sity of Waterloo, a degree in painting from six-month season will be rounded out in 25 minutes, possibly a little longer, until the NSCAD, and is a Red Seal carpenter. Nelson September by an exhibition with furniture pastry is golden brown. B’Stilla – A Moroccan Chicken Pastry saw a need in Kentville to offer a public cre- designer Michael De Luca and photographer ative space. In addition to monthly rotating ex- Connie Publicover. Meanwhile, heat the two tablespoons of • 1 Tbsp extra-virgin olive oil hibitions, the gallery will host workshops and butter in a small pan over medium heat until • 1 onion, chopped talks, as well as offer an art rental program. For more information, find Hardware Gallery melted. Add the sliced almonds. Stir often • 3 cloves garlic, minced at hardwaregallery.ca or on Facebook. • 1 tsp ground cumin (toast and grind your as the almonds toast a little and the butter own for the best flavour) browns. Remove from the heat. When the • 1 tsp ground coriander (toast and grind pastries are baked, arrange them on a serving your own for the best flavour) platter. Spoon the almonds and butter over • 1 tsp paprika top and sprinkle with the powdered sugar.

8 | March 22 – April 5, 2018 S

BESSIE NORTH HOUSE AND THE FARM TO TABLE LIFESTYLE Avery Peters

After many days of what seemed like spring, we had a resurgence of winter. As I pull up VALLEY FAMLY FUN to Bessie North House I see a perfect row of buckets on each of their maple trees along JELLY BEAN the road. I am hoping for a view of the north PUSSY WILLOWS mountain and their property, but even in Laura Churchill Duke this proximity, the storm clouds and mist are hanging low. The fields that were clear of snow What are your family's Easter traditions? for a few weeks are now covered again. I won’t be taking a farm tour today. My earliest memories of Easter are with my grandmother. She would assign each of my Inside it is warm, cozy, and relaxed. This is the siblings and I a room in her house, where she first weekend they’ve had off from catering, had previously hidden tons of jelly beans. We or hosting private dinners, in a few months. couldn’t wait to start hunting! As kids, we also If they leave the door open, the first thing you always made Easter scavenger hunts for our see when you walk into the house is the kitch- parents to follow, and now I do the same for en, and Dave is standing over a pot of maple our boys, even though they are 10 and 11. syrup that he and Susan are just finishing off indoors, after boiling it down mostly outside. My new favourite Easter craft is works equally “Have you ever tried maple vinegar?” he asks well as a general spring decoration. All you me. Everyone makes maple syrup this time painted, and pot lights and a range hood need texture. Dave agrees, “I was really happy with need is: of year, so this is his spin on the sweet treat. to be installed. that plate as soon as I saw it in the bowl.” I prepare myself for the vinegar hit, as if for About my apprehension about the blue • A bag of jellybeans a medicinal shot, but this vinegar is a perfect When they open in June, they will be having a cheese, Susan says, “We hope that people • Toothpicks with pointy ends balance of sweet and sour. It’s so simple: a loose 6pm seating. When you plan your visit, embrace that, and they try every course and • Floral tape short ferment with local cider vinegar, and be sure to arrive a bit early so you can explore find something they wouldn’t normally eat, • Sticks that resemble pussy willows what’s special about it is that the syrup came the farm property. This was one of the draw- and find that ‘this is amazing.’” from the trees just outside their door. He’s backs of our late February dinner, we couldn't Start by stabbing the jellybean with the sharp already got another batch in the works and see our surroundings when we arrived, but Dave and Susan met not that long ago while end of the toothpick. Be careful because they I’m sure he’s imagining all the different ways everything will be in full swing when they Dave was running Front and Central in can slip and stab you! Small children will need he can use it on the menu. open this summer. It’s a 5-acre lot, long and Wolfville, and Susan had just taken a position you to do this for them. skinny, that runs along Bessie North Road in at Avondale Sky Winery as retail operations It’s winter, so maple syrup is what they’re Canning. Bessie is the namesake of the restau- manager. She saw that Dave had started tak- Line the toothpicked jellybeans along the producing right now, but the summer will rant and the road on which it is found, and ing his team to different wineries in the area stick, wrapping the floral tape around it to keep them busy with the aim to grow all their she is the former resident of the home. Many and that they hadn’t yet been to Avondale Sky. keep it in place. The result will be beautiful own produce for the restaurant on their own neighbours and connections on social media “I called him out on Twitter,” she says. So they jellybean pussy willows that will last year property, and to preserve (can, freeze, dry, are sharing their stories about Bessie, and Su- planned a meet up at the Wolfville Farmers’ after year for decorations! Full instructions and ferment) it in perfect condition, with the san is collecting these stories about her. Bessie Market. They started talking, then dating, can be found at valleyfamilyfun.ca/jelly- essence of each season. For now they supple- was a teacher in the community many years and the whole process felt natural. If you bean-pussy-willows. ment with produce from other local farmers, ago, and Susan is happy to share the history had asked either of them about their dreams and they will always have partnerships with of the home and community as she welcomes before they knew each other, they would have ❧ other farmers to supply them with meats and guests for dinner. both told you about an idea similar to what the other few things that they won’t be grow- they are doing now. They’re living their dream Share your Easter family stories on the ing themselves. They have the dining room set up on the main at Bessie North. This dream is more than just Valley Family Fun Facebook page and floor of the house, and the kitchen is in the a restaurant. They do it because they love ev- check us out at valleyfamilyfun.ca “I hate having a blank sheet of paper,” says old dining room. There is only room for 12 ery aspect. Last summer, as they were starting Dave about creating his menus. He likes to seats, but that’s not the only reason they’ve up their farm, Dave says, “I wouldn’t eat, I’d be take the vegetable-forward approach and to chosen to keep things small. “I’ve been work- so engrossed in what I was doing…” They want build a dish that celebrates each vegetable ing in the restaurant industry my entire life, to make connections not only with people, but as it comes to its peak in the season. “We’ve and when you’re working in a big restaurant with the food and how it grows. It’s a lifestyle. got the best ingredients because we’ve picked it’s hard to connect with people. With twelve “It never feels like work. We’re in our own them that morning…and they’re going to seats you’re really able to connect with people home, we’re on our own property. We’re not show up on your plate and be compelling. In on a different level,” shares Susan. only growing food for the restaurant, we’re the summer imagine having a big ol' bowl of growing food for ourselves.” gazpacho with a basil sorbet. That’s not much Be prepared to try a whole range of dishes. of a stretch,” he says, showing his mischievous They’re offering an 8-course tasting menu. Their home has already become a place that streak in the kitchen. “There’s always a fun Dave pointed out that this format is a great showcases true Nova Scotian hospitality, note…Or [how about] pea ice cream?” “Don’t vehicle, as your palate fatigues after 3 or 4 where neighbours stop by to warm themselves make me say that one, Honey,” Susan rebuffs. bites. He wants you to finish the plate wanting by the fire and friends inevitably end up in “Let’s think of another name for that.” more, and then he’ll take you in a different the kitchen, surrounding the big island while direction, on to the next course. Dave cooks and Susan sets everyone at ease. “I They haven’t officially opened their farm-to- love having people over because my purpose table restaurant yet, but they have hosted My favourite dish at our dinner was the in life is to take care of people. This house and various private dinners for friends and other spiralized kohlrabi with blue cheese, walnuts, this space allow me to do that. It allows us to local guests, one of which I was lucky to at- chives, and leeks. I normally don’t like blue do it often.” tend. They tell me how they’re not quite done cheese, and this was the base of the sauce, their renovations yet: the walls have yet to be but the dish blew me away with flavour and ❧

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Contact Us FOR ANY INQUIRIES, PLEASE CONTACT TOWN OF WOLFVILLE AT 902-542-5767 THE DOME CHRONICLES: REINVENTING THE WHEEL Garry Leeson

In 1972, a boxcar from Toronto containing a going too well for him. A couple of days later, menagerie of farm animals and an eager young after he failed to find what he needed sticking couple pulled into the station platform in Kings- out of the snow banks around his neighbours’ ton, Nova Scotia. They were bound for a deserted yards, he announced to Mom that he was giv- hundred-acre farm on the South Mountain, deter- ing up on the treadmill. She breathed a secret mined to preserve the foundations of farmsteads sigh of relief but as he continued to speak her past while constructing a geodesic dome. They anxiety was rekindled. He was moving on to were pioneers of the future, armed with respect Plan B. “I’ve come up with a better idea,” he for tradition and an irrepressible sense of humour. said. “It might take up a little more room in They were back-to-the-landers. Over the next the kitchen but it won’t take so many bits and forty years, through flood and fire, triumph and pieces to build and I think it’ll work just fine.” catastrophe, they persevered, unwittingly sowing the seeds for the modern small-farm movement. He went on to explain that one of his neigh- bours had donated a large wheel from a hay My Dad grew up on the bald Saskatchewan rake. It was made of heavy steel and cast iron prairies, a son of pioneers. It was an isolated and about five feet in diameter. “All I have existence with few accessible amenities and to do is add some wood slats for the dog to if you couldn’t make or repair something run on and let the shaft of the generator rest yourself, you had to do without. Family lore on the rim of the wheel. The ratio should be has it that even as a very young kid he was just about right, providing the dog runs fast already coming up with weird contraptions he enough.” Searching for something, anything felt would be useful around the homestead. she could say that would forestall the mad- What these first innovations were or how ness, Mom asked, “But what if the dog doesn’t useful they proved to be, I have no way of want to run?’ “Oh, he’ll run all right,” Dad knowing. I can only vouch for what I've seen replied, “I’m mounting the wheel on an angle myself or heard about from my mother and so the dog will be running slightly uphill and older sisters. anyway, I’ll have a harness on him so he won’t be able to get off.” Dad was not one to brag about his successful innovations but he sure enjoyed sharing a Over the next couple of days things began MIKE UNCORKED: SPRING INTO READING! good laugh with the rest of the family as we to take shape. The kitchen table was pushed Mike Butler reminisced over some of his more outrageous against one wall to make room and the big endeavours. My long-suffering mother did wheel was installed. Even before he had This is one of my favourite times of the year. Exceptional reads of 2017: not really see the humour in these recollec- attached the generator, Dad had his dog in Yes, spring, but mostly the Canadian Federa- tions because she was the one most adversely training on the wheel. Initially there was a lot tion of University Women’s Annual Book Sale Exit West by Mohsin Hamid affected by his flights of fancy. My sisters and of barking, howling, and whining and the dog is happening now, and it’s the ultimate go-to Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders I would split our sides laughing when Dad told would only run a few steps then flatten down place for inexpensive reading material to get Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann the story of how, in 1937, he brought electric- and remain in that position while the wheel me through the spring and summer months. I Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward ity to a log cabin he had just finished building returned him to the bottom of the circle and love to read and this book sale is always a busy Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng near Cold Lake, Alberta, but Mom would sit rocked him uselessly back and forth. However triumph for book lovers.Take a minute to pop My Favorite Thing is Monsters by Emil Ferris stern-faced and was not at all amused: Dad’s inventing skills were only surpassed by down to the sale and gather some new reading Goodbye,Vitamin by Rachel Khong his animal training ability so it wasn’t long material. Take a friend and introduce them The Power by Naomi Alderman It seems that somehow an old 6-volt genera- before he had the dog trotting like stan- to this wonderful event which raises tons of The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas tor had come into Dad’s possession, probably dard-bred racehorse and the big wheel spin- money for various local charities. The Rules Do Not Apply by Ariel Levy. salvaged from one of the many cars that in ning like a top. A few meaty treats suspended the Depression years had been stripped of from the ceiling just out of the dog’s reach had Here's a few reading selections to help you We all know that nine times out of ten, mov- their motors and converted into horse-drawn done the trick. through the the coming months: ies based on novels never equal the power of "Bennett buggies." Dad had a lot of time on the book. It’s very disappointing but some- his hands that winter so he thought he might He got the generator hooked up to the wheel Sweet Lamb of Heaven by Lydia Millet times they DO get it right. I suggest you check have a go at using it to rig up some electric easily enough, but finding suitable light bulbs Imagine Me Gone by Adam Haslett out the following books and their cinematic lights. If he could make them work in their was another matter. They might have ordered Sleeping Giants by Sylvain Neuvel counterparts: little dwelling it would be a first in their neck a couple from the Eaton’s catalogue but that All Things Cease to Appear by Elizabeth Brund- of the woods. would have involved money and they didn’t age Wonder by R. J. Palacio have any. The only useful purpose that pub- Jane Steele by Lyndsay Faye Call Me By Your Name by André Aciman The Nest by Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney. The problem was how to power the generator. lication had served in the last few years had A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle He was familiar with wind turbines as there been in the outhouse. That didn’t stop Dad. He The Darkest Hour by Anthony McCarten Some of the best books that came out in had been a few of them back on the prairies, reasoned that a light bulb was just a jar with a Molly’s Game by Molly Bloom paperback recently: but that was not a practical idea in the deep glowing wire inside so why not make his own? The Fault In Our Stars by John Green woods where they now lived. There were no He needed some really fine wire to make the Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda (Love, You’ll Grow Out Of It by Jessi Klein fast-flowing streams nearby so water power glowing filament for the inside of the jar and Simon) by Becky Albertalli Heroes of the Frontier by Dave Eggers wasn’t an option either. For a time he was short pieces cut out of the mesh on the chicken Mudbound by Hillary Jordan stymied but he did eventually come up with pen seemed to fill the bill. In fact, when he con- Before They Fall by Noah Hawley Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty a plan. He knew that his idea might not be all nected his first prototypes up to the generator A House Full of Daughters by Juliet Nicholson that well received by my mother so he waited and elbowed the dog into action, they lit up The Followers by Rebecca Walt Take advantage of the CFUW’s Annual Book for just the right moment to spring it on her. like the real thing. The only problem was that The Grip of It by Jac Jemc Sale happening Friday March 23, 8:30am- One morning he found Mom cleaning the soot after a few seconds the thin wire would burn Today Will Be Different by Maria Semple 9:00pm and Saturday March 24, 8:30am- out of the oil lamp chimneys, a job she hated, out and he would have to try again. Despite Pages For You by Sylvia Browning 3:00pm at the Wolfville Lions Club Commu- and figured the time was right. He seated several days of experimenting with different The Trespasser by Tana French. nity Hall, 36 Elm Avenue. You can’t go wrong himself at the table across from her and began jars and wires he was about ready to give with thousands of books, free admission, and pleading his case. He opened with, “If my idea up. The only fun he was having with his new Other great reads to keep your eyes peeled for: plenty of parking! works out, you won’t have to do that for much contraption was when he tricked his curious longer.” neighbours into holding the ends of the lead The Arm by Jeff Passan (great sports read!) Also pop by The Odd Book, The Box of wires. He would then give the wheel a spin and Shelter by Jung Yun Delights Bookshop, and Rainbow's End in As he described what he had in mind, Mom’s it would shock the heck out of them. Alligator Candy by David Kushner Wolfville; Reader’s Haven in Windsor; or Blue jaw started to drop in disbelief and by the The Summer Before The War by Helen Simonson Griffin Books in Middleton, for more used and time he finished twenty minutes later her He was just about to dismantle the apparently Brass by Xhenet Aliu new book selections. We are so blessed to have mouth hadn’t closed. When she could bring useless apparatus when inspiration struck. It White Houses by Amy Bloom so many places to find great literature. A novel herself to speak she began her tirade: “Let me occurred while Mom was ministering to her The Chateau by Paul Goldberg and idea would be to support them all! Happy see if I’ve understood you correctly. You pro- brother, my uncle Jack. He had a huge boil on The Light We Lost by Jill Santopolo. reading! pose to generate electricity using our pet dog his leg and Mom was applying an age-old tech- running on a treadmill, and because of the nique to relieve it. She poured boiling water small amount of wire you have at your dispos- into a small glass, emptied it and then quickly al it will be necessary to have that equipment cupped the open end of it over the offending located in the corner of my kitchen?” She was abscess. As the glass cooled a vacuum formed April is national poetry month! just about to scream at him when suddenly and Uncle Jack sighed with relief as the core a perverse notion came over her and she of the boil was drawn out and the corruption changed her mind. They had been stormbound spilled into the glass. “Vacuum,” Dad thought for several days and cabin fever was taking its to himself, “there has to be a vacuum in the BEGINNINGS toll. Maybe watching Dad fail at yet another jars. If there is no air the filaments won’t burn Spencer Séverin crazy project would be amusing and fill some out.” He had no way of knowing that Edison of those endless winter hours. “After all,” she had run into the same problem when he thought to herself, “it’s not likely to really invented the light bulb and had corrected it in A steaming cup, joined by another happen. He doesn’t have anything to work the same manner he was considering. Hazel on amber, a forest raging with fire with, and heck, there isn’t a light bulb within Did time stop a hundred miles of here.” So, feigning enthusi- I won’t pretend that I know how Dad created Or did it begin asm, she agreed that he should give it a go. the vacuum or maintained it in his crude jars and bottles, but I have it on good authority In that moment, there was nothing but him. P Dad began scrounging around the country- that for a brief period during the winter of side looking for the bits and pieces he would 1937 a strange glow emanated from the win- require to build his little treadmill. He was dows of a little log cabin and lit up a snow-cov- looking for broken down equipment with ered clearing in the backwoods of Alberta. suitable chains and cogs but things were not March 22 – April 5, 2018 | 11 Send your events to Brought to you by [email protected] WHAT'S HAPPENING MARCH 22 – APRIL 5, 2018

Please note: Events are subject to change. fundraiser to raise money to send the youth of Berwick ORO! Dance Party — Community Hall, Greenwich TUESDAY, MARCH 27 8pm THURSDAY, MARCH 22 Baptist Church on a mission trip to Toronto. Yarn, fabric, • ORO! Dance Party. Join the circle of celebratory Fireflies Luncheon — Fire Hall, Middleton 11am–1pm scissors, thread, rulers, craft books or magazines, dances from Bulgaria, Macedonia, Albania, Turkey and • For a taste of our Acadian culture, try the yummy Fundy Cinema and Seawinds Horse Archers ribbons, bows, knitting needles, crochet hooks, pin beyond! Bring a water bottle and a snack to share! chicken rappie pie. Also on the menu will be corn screen THE HORSE ARCHER — Al Whittle Theatre, cushions, bobbins, etc, for $5/bag. Please contact for TIX: $5 at the door. INFO: [email protected] chowder or beef-vegetable soup. TIX: $9 – chowder 7pm • An inspiring and beautifully photographed drop off/pick up arrangements or questions. INFO: Old Time Dance — Community Hall, Centre Burlington or soup; $10 – rappie pie INFO: 902-825-3062 documentary about Lajos Kassai, a modern day Sue Foster, [email protected] / 902-300-0074 8:30–11:30pm • Dance to the music of The Farm Entrepreneur Circle — ARCDA Office, 80 Water Street, warrior and philosopher who has dedicated his life Spring has Sprung Craft Fair — Fire Hall, Greenwich Team - Old Time Fiddle Tunes & Classic Country. 19 & Windsor, 1–3pm • A forum to ask questions of local to preserving the ancient Hungarian tradition and 9am–2:30pm • A craft show featuring 36 vendors: over Shared Lunch TIX: $7 INFO: 902-757-2162 entrepreneurs to help with your ideas of starting, culture of horseback archery at his school in The crafters, bakers and a few of your favorite direct Still Doin Time — Royal Canadian Legion, Kentville growing or perfecting your business. TIX: no charge Valley of Horses. Q&A and demonstration to follow. sellers. Lunch available: homemade lasagna, caesar 9pm • Dance to the music of Still Doin Time. 19+ INFO: facebook: Fusion Annapolis Valley TIX: $10 INFO: 902-542-1050 salad, garlic bread. Eat in or take out. TIX: $2, no welcome. Bar and kitchen available. TIX: $8 per person Play with Me — Valley Autism Centre, Kingston GriefShare — New Hope Wesleyan Church, Kentville charge for under age 12 INFO: 902-542-5351 INFO: 902-678-8935 / [email protected] 1:30–2:30pm • Play is a very important part of a 7–9pm. Also March 29 & April 5 • Help and Indoor Flying — Indoor Soccer Stadium, Kentville child’s growth and development. Come be creative, encouragement after the death of a loved one. SUNDAY, MARCH 25 9:30am–4pm • Wings of Wellington radio active, and engaged with your child/children. All We know it hurts, and we want to help. TIX: no charge Potluck Lunch — Canard Community Church, Upper controlled Flying Club is hosting their 8th Annual ages welcome. TIX: no charge INFO: 902-678-5760 / INFO: 902-670-9288 / [email protected] Canard 12–1pm • Potluck Lunch! March 25m 12 Valley Gathering Indoor flying event. This event [email protected] Farmers Market Planning Meeting — Macdonald noon-1pm, Canard Community Church. Bring attracts some of the best RC Pilots around the Lacrosse – try it event — Pine Ridge Middle School, Museum, Middleton 7–9pm • Interested vendors a hot or cold dish and join us! TIX: no charge maritimes, performing many acrobatic stunts and Kingston 6–8pm • Valley Thunder Lacrosse and and members of the public are invited. Help us INFO:902-681-0829 / [email protected] maneuvers. TIX: $2, no charge age 14 and under Lacrosse Nova Scotia host a free try-it session. All plan and organize a great Market for our area! All Country Music Variety Show and Fundraiser — INFO: 902-599-1433 / [email protected] ages, all experiences welcome. Bring a hockey helmet welcome! TIX: no charge INFO: 902-825-6116 / Royal Canadian Legion, Wolfville 1–4pm • 50/50 and Ticket Auction — Royal Canadian Legion, Berwick and gloves, activewear and a water bottle. TIX: no [email protected] Canteen. Local talent includes Carroll Edwards & 12:30–2pm • Ticket Auction in support of Miss Teen charge INFO: 902-679-6568 / [email protected] / H’SAO — Kings Theatre, Annapolis Royal 7:30–9:30pm Friends, Connie and Austin Munroe, James Brown Waterville International (and WE Charity). Draw time valleylacrosse.ca • Montréal-based band from Chad, H’SAO has & Friends, Kendalyn and Brian Benedict. TIX: $5 2pm. Easter basket draw, bake squares, 50/50 tickets, Celebrate Recovery — New Hope Wesleyan Church, always been passionate about sharing its unique INFO: 902-542-5869 / [email protected] tickets on a trip to Toronto and canteen available. Kentville 7–9:30pm • Coffee 7pm, meeting 7:30pm. blend of modern sound and traditional African Lightning Field! — Festival Theatre, Wolfville 3–5pm TIX: freewill offering INFO: 902-538-9340 A faith based 12 Step program for anyone who musical influences. TIX: $34 general, $30 Member • The Acadia University Symphonic Band and Acadia Game Time — Royal Canadian Legion, Wolfville needs help with their hurts, hangups & habits. Are Advance, $12 youth. All prices include HST. Youth Band presents music by Camphouse, Chance, 1–4pm. Also March 31 • Enjoy darts, crib, washer you struggling with broken relationships, stress, INFO: 902-532-7704 / [email protected] Dejanais, Mackey, Maslanka and Wagner. Conducted toss, crokinole & pool. TIX: no charge INFO: anger, fears, depression, food issues, addictions? Economics for Sustainability & Justice — K.C. Irving by Tristan De Borba, Ardith Haley and Paul Hutten 902-542-5869 / [email protected] All welcome. TIX: no charge INFO: 902-678-2222 Environmental Science Centre, Wolfville 7:30–8:30pm TIX: donation INFO: [email protected] Card Party — Lions Club, Canning 1:30pm People Help The People — Festival Theatre, Wolfville • A talk by Dr. Josh Farley from the University of Fundy Cinema screens MOLLY’S GAME — Al Whittle • 45’s Card Party, Seniors room. Prizes and 7–9pm • The Playing and Hearing 3 class from the Vermont. He is a renowned ecological economist Theatre, 4 & 7pm • When Molly Bloom (Jessica refreshments provided. 50/50 tickets. Put on by the Acadia School of Music are putting on a fundraiser whose work focuses on how to integrate social, Chastain) is arrested and indicted by the FBI for Canning senior’s Club. TIX: $2 INFO: 902-678-2030 concert to help raise money for The Tribe Projects human, and natural capital into economic systems. running the world’s most exclusive high stakes poker / [email protected] (formerly named The Tribe Turkey), a non-profit TIX: no charge INFO: [email protected] game, she takes on her case with the help of her Windsor Princess and Leadership Tea — War organization based in Izmir, Turkey. The organization lawyer, Charlie Jaffey (Idris Elba), in Aaron Sorkin’s Memorial Community Centre, Windsor 2–4pm • Join helps displaced Syrian Refugees. TIX: donation FRIDAY, MARCH 23 exhilarating directorial debut based on a true story. — Lions Club, Wolfville 8:30am–9pm, ALSO the Windsor Tea Committee for the crowning of the INFO: [email protected] Book Sale TIX: $9 INFO: 902-542-1050 Saturday, March 24, 8:30am–3pm 2018 Windsor Princess Leadership Candidate. Apple The Square — Kings Theatre, Annapolis Royal 7:30– • CFUW 51st Annual A Capella Vocal Ensemble — St. John’s Anglican crisp, tea and coffee will be served and a special 9:52pm • The film follows Christian (Claes Bang), Book Sale. Proceeds support Valley organizations Church, Port Williams 4–4:45pm • A Capella Vocal TIX: INFO: performance by the Avonview School band. TIX: $8 the self-centred, and hopelessly befuddled curator of free admission cfuwwolfville.com Ensemble from the South Shore will be performing — Wong International Centre, Wolfville general, $6 seniors/youth, no charge under age 3 Sweden’s most cutting-edge art museum. Christian’s Jewellery Sale Musical Meditations. Music by Byrd, Causton, Farrant, 9am–4pm INFO: 902-798-1708 / [email protected] attempts to promote his exhibits are deflected by • Kings Kikima Grannies, jewellery sale to Palestrina, Purcell, Tallis, and Victoria. TIX: no charge S.O.A.R. 25th Anniversary Coffee House Afternoon personal misfortunes and culminate with a less raise funds to support children in Africa, orphaned (donations welcomed) INFO: 902-300-5141 / — Half Acre Café in Kentville from 2–4pm • Listen to than successful online campaign. TIX: $10 Adult, by AIDS, being raised by their Grandmothers. [email protected] Donations of jewellery welcomed TIX: donation music and enjoy some wonderful refreshments. $8 Youth, aged under 18 years $9 with Film Buff card. INFO: 902-542-7591 Please come out to enjoy the start of our 25th MONDAY, MARCH 26 INFO: 902-532-7704 / [email protected] Lenten Lunch — Emmanuel United Church, Kingsport anniversary celebrations and meet some S.O.A.R. Toddler Tonics — Kings County Family Resource TIX: WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28 11:30am–1pm • Featuring homemade soups and members. See you all there. free will offering Centre, Kentville 9:30–11am • Does your toddler INFO: Let’s Get Up and Move — Kings County Family breads. In support of the CAICC Emergency Relief [email protected] like to wiggle and jiggle, move and groove? Enjoy — Indoor Farm Resource Centre, Kentville 9:30am • Join us for Fund TIX: donation INFO: [email protected] Make a Pie Like a Pastry Chef a morning of physical activity, fun and meet new Market, Kentville 2–4pm an hour of increasing your heart rate and having IWK Teddy Bear Beef Dinner — Lions Club, • Learn to make a pie like families. TIX: no charge INFO: 902-678-5760 / TIX: INFO: fun. Free childcare available. TIX: no charge INFO: Kingston 4:30–6:30pm • Lions IWK Teddy Bear a pastry chef! $20 902-679-2514 / [email protected] 902-678-5760 / [email protected] Roast Beef Dinner fundraiser. TIX: donation [email protected] Fun With Food — Louis Millet Community Complex, — Fire Hall, Hantsport 5–7pm Rhyme Time — Louis Millet Community Complex, New INFO: 902-765-2128 / [email protected] Spaghetti Supper • New Minas 9:30–11am • Enew recipes and to cook Minas 10–11am • Our Rhyme Time will teach you and The Shape of Water — Kings Theatre, Annapolis A full spaghetti supper complete with garlic bread, with your child. This is a parent – child interactive Royal 7pm. ALSO March 25, 2pm • Elisa is a mute, caesar salad, tea/coffee and dessert! Vegetarian sauce group. TIX: no charge INFO: 902-678-5760 / available upon request. In support of the Horton isolated woman who works as a cleaning lady in [email protected] a hidden, high-security government laboratory in High Options & Opportunities (O2 Class) exchange Chase the Ace — Paddy’s Pub, Kentville 6–7:30pm • TIX: 1962 Baltimore. Her life changes forever when she trip to BC in June 2018. Adult $10, Children $5 The weekly draw to find the Ace of Spades. Come TIDE PREDICTIONS INFO: discovers the lab’s classified secret — a mysterious, 902-684-9187 out and buy your winning tickets, and have a great — Christian Fellowship Centre, scaled creature from South America whose fate and Pizza & a Movie Night after work evening break! Hosted by Valley Cheer at Cape Blomidon Wilmot 5:30–8pm Heaven’s Rain survival lies in the hands of a hostile government • deals with Brooks Athletics. TIX: no charge INFO: 902-599-1833 / agent and a marine biologist. TIX: $10 adult, $8 Douglass who survives the murder of his parents [email protected] Source: Canadian Fisheries & Oceans. youth, $9 with Film Buff card All prices include HST & rape of his sister. Reliving the horror for 16 years Jam Session — Louis Millet Community Complex, www.waterlevels.gc.ca INFO: 902-532-7704 / [email protected] of trial & appeals, he must decide to be haunted by New Minas 7–9:30pm. Also April 2 • All styles and MAR High Low Dance: Route 12 — Royal Canadian Legion, Windsor or to forgive the criminals. VIEWER DISCRETION!!! abilities welcome TIX: $2 INFO: 902-681-6972 / TIX: INFO: 7–11pm • Ages 19+ TIX: $5 INFO: 902-798-0888 / no charge 902-765-2386 [email protected] 22 5:15pm 10:59am — Sea-Esta, Canning (Delhaven) [email protected] Ian Janes, Yes Man Lacrosse – try it event — Central Kings High School, 23 6:11pm 11:52am 7–9:30pm • Ian Janes is a singer, songwriter, Friday Night Fever Dance — Royal Canadian Legion, Cambridge 7–9pm • Valley Thunder Lacrosse and 24 7:11pm 12:51pm guitarist and producer living in Dartmouth. Kentville 9pm–12am • Music from the 70’s 80’s Lacrosse Nova Scotia host a free try-it session. All 25 7:40am 1:54pm TIX: $25 by phone or email INFO: 902-692-1662 / and 90’s, plus requests. Must be 19 or over. TIX: $8 ages, all experiences welcome. Bring a hockey helmet 26 8:44am 2:59pm INFO: 902-698-0793 [email protected] and gloves, activewear and a water bottle. TIX: no — Community Hall, Sheffield 27 9:48am 4:03pm Casino Night for Sam charge INFO: 902-679-6568 / [email protected] / Mills 7–10pm 28 10:49am 5:03pm SATURDAY, MARCH 24 • $20 buys $20K in play cash, raffle valleylacrosse.ca — Royal Canadian Legion, Wolfville 7:30– 29 11:45am 5:57pm Breakfast tickets $5 each or $4K in play cash! Choose from Horton Community Youth Orchestra — Horton 10:30am TIX: 30 12:37pm 6:48pm • Everyone welcome. $7 per person over $1000 in great prizes. All funds raised go High School, Greenwich 7–8:30pm • Spring concert INFO: 31 *1:26pm 7:12am 902-542-5869 / [email protected] towards a kind and lovable farmer in our area facing directed by Dr. Gillian Smith and Kay Greene. The — St. James Anglican Church, Kentville TIX: INFO: Breakfast a difficult time. donation 902-300-0103 / Beginner, Junior and Senior String Orchestras and 8–10am TIX: APR High Low • minimum donation of $7 [email protected] Fiddle Group will be joined by the Horton Senior INFO: — parish office, 9am–12pm, 902-678-3123. Ave Maria - Acadia Chorus - Spring Concert Concert Band for this performance. TIX: no charge 01 2:13pm 7:59am — Curling Club, Middleton 8am–10:30pm Convocation Hall, Wolfville 7–8:15pm Breakfast • • Join the Acadia INFO: [email protected] 02 2:59pm 8:44am Enjoy a breakfast of bacon, sausage, scrambled eggs, University Chorus, led by Michael Caines, for their Aftermath, Film Documentary on International 03 3:44pm 9:28am pancakes, baked beans, toast, juice, coffee/tea in a annual Spring Concert. Vocal students in the School Relief — K.C. Irving Environmental Science Centre, 04 4:29pm 10:12am TIX: TIX: friendly atmosphere. Freewill offering. donation of Music and special guests will be featured. Wolfville 7–9pm • This film challenges international 05 **5:15pm 10:58am INFO: 902-825-2695 / [email protected] Admission $10 at the door, no charge for Students and disaster aid using the Aftermath of the 2004 Tsunami — Community Hall, INFO: Easter Bunny Pancake Breakfast youth. [email protected] and its impact on the remote Nicobar Islands in the There are normally Ardoise 8:30–10am TIX: INFO: — Community Centre, • $5. 902-757-2900 / Decade Dance 3D Indian Ocean. Discussion with Simron Singh, whose two high and two low tides each day. Gaspereau 8pm–1am TIX: [email protected] • donation work is the basis for the film. TIX: no charge INFO: Only daylight tide times are listed. — Baptist Church, Berwick INFO: Craft Room Clean Out [email protected] [email protected] * Highest High: 44.3 feet ** Lowest High: 37.7 feet 9am–12pm • Comfort Coffee Club will be hosting a 12 | March 22 – April 5, 2018 Send your events to Brought to you by [email protected] WHAT'S HAPPENING MARCH 22 – APRIL 5, 2018

your child many new songs, rhymes, and movement 6–8:30pm • An evening of Information and Support A Fine Kettle of Fish – Perspectives on Plastic Also April 4 • Potluck snack at 8:30 (bring along activities. TIX: no charge INFO: 902-678-5760 / for the Families & Friends of those living with Waste — K.C. Irving Environmental Science Centre, something to add to it). Tea and coffee supplied. [email protected] Alzheimer’s. TIX: no charge INFO: 902-790-4189 / Wolfville 7–9pm • The United Nations predicts there Proceeds to assist Lion’s projects. TIX: $2 INFO: Baby and Me — Kings County Family Resource [email protected] will be more plastic in the ocean than fish by 2050. 902-680-2740 / [email protected] Centre, Kentville 10:30–11:30am • A great place Evangeline Middle School’s Annual Art Fair — Free public event features documentary, SMOG OF to connect with other moms and babies, share EMS, New Minas, 6–9pm. ALSO March 29, 1–3pm • THE SEA, photo exhibit, Valley Waste presentation THURSDAY, MARCH 29 — Louis Millet Community Complex, stories and learn songs and rhymes you can do Everyone is welcome to attend our art fair. This is the and announcement by Acadia & ASU. TIX: no charge Let’s Get Messy New Minas 9:30–10:30am together. TIX: no charge INFO: 902-678-5760 / first year you will be able to purchase art pieces at a INFO: 902-585-1311 / [email protected] • Bring your child [email protected] minimal cost to help support our year end trip to PEI. Canadian Federation of University Women — out to explore various art forms and sensory TIX: Wolfville Historical Society Program — Wolfville INFO: 902-681-4910 Wu Welcome Centre, Wolfville 7–9:30pm • Regular opportunities. All ages welcome. no charge INFO: Baptist Church, Wolfville 2pm • Angela Reynolds, “Living Last Supper” — Kingston United Church, 7pm Meeting. Program: Guest Speaker, Julie Snair, 902-678-5760 / [email protected] Annapolis Valley librarian – Exploring Little Red Riding • Presented by the congregations of Kingston and Coordinator of International Education Students at Gros Morne - The Land, the People, the National — Acadia University Art Gallery, Wolfville 12–1pm Hood TIX: no charge INFO: wolfvillehs.ednet.ns.ca Aylesford United Church. Jesus and his disciples will Acadia. Donations/items for Chrysalis House. Everyone Park Family Fitness Time — Louis Millet Community be seated at table at the front of the church, as they welcome. TIX: no charge INFO: cfuwwolfville.com • A portrait of one of Canada’s finest national parks, Complex, New Minas 6–7pm • Time for all family are in da Vinci’s painting. Each of the disciples will GriefShare — Trinity Pentecostal Church, Greenwood its landscape and its people, with a story of the long members to get active. All ages/abilities are tell something about himself and how he came to 7–9pm. Also April 4 • Help and encouragement after path to its establishment. Guest speaker: Antony TIX: INFO: welcome. TIX: no charge INFO: 902-678-5760 / be a follower of Jesus. Seasonal hymns, prayers, and the death of a loved one. We know it hurts, and we Berger. no charge 902-585-1434 / [email protected] anthems sung by the two choirs. Reception to follow. want to help. TIX: no charge INFO: 902-847-1225 / [email protected] Family & Friends Night - Alzheimer Society TIX: donations accepted for the local Refugee fund. [email protected] What’s Happening continued on — Louis Millet Community Complex, New Minas INFO: [email protected] Jam Session — Lions Club, Kentville 7–9:30pm. page 14. WEEKLY EVENTS

PLEASE NOTE: Event information may change welcome. Chase the Ace. Cash bar. 19+ TIX: Tickets 6:30–8:30pm. Communication and leadership Village Dancing — Wolfville Curling Rink (upstairs), without notice. 3 for $5. Supper $8. Dessert $2. INFO: 902-538-5815 skill-building for students and community members. 7:30–8:30pm Beginner, 8:30–10pm Advanced. Chase the Ace — Curling Club, Middleton 6:30–8pm INFO: wolfvilletoastmasters.com Traditional style circle and line dancing from the THURSDAYS • Draw at 8pm. Enjoy playing cribbage, Crokinole, East Kings Chess Club — Library (upstairs), Wolfville Balkans and Middle East. No partner needed. New Acadia Brown Bag Lunch Series — Acadia University Yahtzee in the dining hall. TIX: 3 tickets for $5. 6:30–9pm. Participants are asked to bring their own dancers welcome. Expert instruction. FEE: $7, $5 Art Gallery, Beveridge Arts Centre, Wolfville 12–1pm. INFO: 902-825-2695 / [email protected] sets, board and clock if they have them. All welcome, students INFO: David, 902-690-7897 Please check website for occasional location changes. Boardgame Night — C@P Lab, Wolfville Public from beginners to expert, young and old. INFO: Board Game Night — Paddy’s Pub, Wolfville March 29: Antony Berger Topic: Gros Morne – Library, 7pm. Bring your games! Ages 12+ FEE: no Ian Anderson, [email protected] / 902-678-8009 8pm–12am TIX: no charge INFO: 902-542-0059 / April 5: The Land, the People, the National Park charge INFO: 902-790-4536 / [email protected] Darts — Berwick Legion, 7pm. Mixed doubles, draw [email protected] David Mossman Topic: Survival Against the Odds Tremont Board Game Café — Tremont Hall, for partner, round robin format. Cash prize to winners INFO: all.acadiau.ca 738 Tremont Mtn. Rd. 7–9:30pm every first and and high score. FEE: $3 INFO: 902-538-5815 WEDNESDAYS The Hantsport Seniors & Elders Club “Drop-in” third Friday (Next: Apr. 6). Many of the newest and Kings Community Concert Band — Bishop Hall, Knife Sharpening — Larch Wood, — St. Andrews Church Hall, Hantsport 1–4pm. Play coolest games in a friendly and relaxed environment. Greenwich 7:15pm. KCCB is a group of aspiring 420 Main St., Wolfville. Bring us your dull knives an assortment of games with a tea-break at 3pm. All TIX: no charge INFO: 902-765-4326 musicians, diverse in age, ability and ambition. and we’ll give them a new edge! Same-day INFO: FEE: ages! 902-352-2085 / [email protected] Jam — Greenwich Community Hall, 7–9:30pm. We perform a wide variety of music for the sharpening on Wednesdays. $10–20 INFO: In the Round Knitting Group — Gaspereau Valley All Welcome. TIX: $2 INFO: Vera, 902-542-0501 community. INFO: Fraser Campbell, 902-306-0077 / [email protected] Fibres 1–4:30pm. Also Tuesdays 6–9pm. Bring Friday Night Jam — Royal Canadian Legion, [email protected] Coffee Time — Community Hall, Greenwich your knitting, rug hooking, spinning, or felting. Wolfville, 7–10pm. INFO: 902-542-5869 / 9:30–11am • Join us for coffee/tea and a TIX: INFO: 902-542-2656 / gaspereauvalleyfibres.ca [email protected] TUESDAYS muffin. Chat with friends, new and old! INFO: Tapestry: Women’s Cancer Support Group — We Chase the Ace — Royal Canadian Legion, Windsor County Crafters — Kings County Family Resource donation Darlene, 902-542-3498 / meet the 2nd Thursday of each month (Next: Apr. 12). 6:30–8:45pm • Tickets/info available during Centre, Kentville 9:30–11:30am. Crafting for [email protected] / Bev, 902-542-7412 Please call for time/location. For women with and/or the week at the bar. Cut off for ticket purchase is adults. Bring a project or enjoy one provided for Gaeilge sa Ghleann – Irish in the Valley — FEE: INFO: recovering from any type of cancer. INFO: Dorothy, 8:30pm, draw at 8:45pm. INFO: 902-798-0888 / you. Childcare available. no charge Middleton & Annapolis Royal, alternating, 10am. 902-538-3374 / Pat, 902-678-9100 / Margot, [email protected] 902-678-5760 / [email protected] Learn to speak Irish Gaeilge! All levels welcome. 902-542-1466 / [email protected] Writers Group — Box of Delights Bookstore, INFO: [email protected] / Facebook: Open Studio — Avon River Heritage Museum, SATURDAYS Wolfville 10am–12pm. Join our new writers group! Gaeilge sa Ghleann Newport Landing 2–5pm. Bring a project Wolfville Farmers’ Market — DeWolfe Building, INFO: [email protected] Kentville Farmers’ Market — 38 Cornwallis and join in the conversation! TIX: no charge Elm Ave., Wolfville 8:30am–1pm March 24 Music: Friends in Bereavement — Support, information, Street, Kentville 10am–2pm. Open year-round. INFO: 902-757-1718 / [email protected] Catherine Kennedy March 31 Music: Donna Holmes friendship, and confidentiality while grieving the Fresh farm products, bread, honey, maple syrup, Taekwondo — Baptist Church, North Alton 6:30pm Theme: Maplicious INFO: wolfvillefarmersmarket.ca death of a loved one. 1st & 3rd Tues. each month (Next: cheese, hot lunch food, local crafts and household (kids 4–14), 7:30pm (adult). Also Tuesdays. Exercise, Drop in and Drum! — Baptist Church, Wolfville Apr. 3), in Kentville and Berwick. BERWICK: Western goods. INFO: [email protected] / self defense, respect, listening skills, focus, self 1–2:30pm. First Saturday of the month (Next: Apr. 7). Kings Mem. Health Centre,10am–12pm. KENTVILLE: kentvillefarmersmarket.ca discipline and confidence. TIX: no charge to try a class W/Bruno Allard. Learn to play with rhythms & songs United Baptist Church, Kentville 2–4pm. Chronic Pain Self-Help Support Group — INFO: 902-670-8714 / [email protected] from West Africa. Drums provided. FEE: $5–$10 (pay Sponsored by Careforce. INFO: 902-681-8239 / West Kings Memorial Health Centre, Berwick NonDuality Meetup — Manning Memorial what you can) INFO: [email protected] / [email protected] 10:30am–12pm, second Wed. of each month Chapel, Wolfville 7pm–9pm. Every other Thursday. facebook: Djembes and Duns Wolfville Rug Hooking in Kentville — Kentville Lower (Next: Apr. 11) • Do you or someone you know Non-denominational discussion of life and our Chase the Ace — Legion, Kingston. Tickets for sale Recreation Centre (354 Main Street), 1–3pm. If you suffer with persistent pain? Goal is to improve the place in the scheme of things. 19+ FEE: no charge at the Branch #98 Bar daily during bar hours, & are a rug hooker or want to learn, join us for social lives of those who live with persistent pain through INFO: [email protected] Saturdays, 1–3:30pm. Draw at 3:30pm. 19+ to play. hooking! Tea/coffee available, $5 drop in fee. education, support and sharing. TIX: no charge Jam Session — Community Centre, Wilmot INFO: 902-765-4428 / [email protected] INFO: Mona, [email protected] / Lynn, INFO: pipain.com / [email protected] 7–9:30pm TIX: $2 INFO: 902-825-3125 Valley Game Night — Gametronics, New Minas [email protected] / 902-692-8118 Winter Wednesdays — Farmers Market, Music Jam — Community Hall, Cambridge Station 6pm. Board game/card game group. Yu Gi Oh – Toastmasters — Birchall Training Centre, Wolfville 4:30–7pm • Live music, 10+ 7–10pm • Sing, play or watch! Refreshment Thursdays, 6pm. Magic: The Gathering – Fridays, 6pm 14 Wing Greenwood 6:30pm. Learn communication vendors, Market Suppers. March 28 Music: donations welcome.. TIX: donation INFO: FEE: no charge INFO: facebook.com/GameTronics and leadership skills in a fast-paced, fun Chantal Peng April 4 Music: George Symonds 902-538-9957 / [email protected] setting. Guests always welcome. TIX: no INFO: wolfvillefarmersmarket.ca Co-ed Volleyball — Central Kings Rural High, SUNDAYS charge INFO: annapolisvalley.easy-speak.org / Chase The Ace — Lions Club, 36 Elm Ave., Wolfville Cambridge 7:30–9:30pm. Tuesdays & Thursdays, Windsor Meditation Group — Join us for meditation [email protected] 5–8:15pm. Draw shortly after 8pm. Come early from September to May. INFO: Willy, 902-678-8816 in the Shambhala tradition, discussion and tea. At the The Dukes Of Kent – Barbershop Harmony Chorus to play cards with friends, or have a snack at our Cardio Kickboxing — Baptist Church, North Alton Windsor Community Centre, 321 Gerrish St., Windsor. — Bethany Memorial Baptist Church, rear of building, canteen. INFO: 902-542-4508 8:30–9:30pm. Also Tuesdays. Adult class to improve 10:30am–noon. Use side entrance. Wheelchair North Kentville 7pm. Men of all ages are invited to Wolfville Community Chorus — 100 Sherwood coordination, strength building, cardiovascular accessible. FEE: no charge INFO: 902-798-2958 / come sing with us. INFO: Chris, 902-678-8865 / Drive, Wolfville. 5:30–7pm. W/Susan Dworkin, improvements, self defence, stress reduction, and [email protected] [email protected] Director. New members welcome! INFO: weight reduction. TIX: no charge for 1st week of classes World Meditation Hour — Donate an hour and help Card Game — Fire Hall, Vaughans 7pm • Card games 902-300-1001 / [email protected] INFO: 902-670-8714 / [email protected] us send powerful thoughts of peace to where the every Tuesday. 50/50 draw and light lunch. TIX: $2 to TV Bingo — Royal Canadian Legion, Windsor 6–7pm. world needs it most. Every third Sunday of the month, play INFO: [email protected] ALSO Thursdays. Regular games $100–$300. FRIDAYS 4:30–5:30pm (Next: Apr. 15). Manning Memorial Valley Voices — Female a cappella show TIX: Books available at bar. INFO: 902-798-0888 / Low Impact Exercise Program — Christian Fellowship Chapel (lower level), Acadia University, Wolfville. chorus rehearses 7–9:30pm, Kentville Baptist [email protected] Centre, Wilmot. Every M–W–F, 11am–12pm. Free INFO: [email protected] Church CE Centre. Women of any age welcome. Card Party — The Northville Farm Heritage Centre, Community low impact exercise program. Geared Bingo — Royal Canadian Legion, Windsor 7:30–10pm INFO: valleyvoices.org 7pm. Until April. Come play either cribbage or for seniors, but open to everyone. TIX: no charge • Mini game 7:30pm, regular games 7:45pm. Cribbage — Berwick Legion, 7pm. Includes high 45’s. Weekly door prize of $20. FEE: $4 INFO: INFO: 902-765-0135 / [email protected] TIX: Basic card booklet $25, extras available. hand, 50/50,1st, 2nd & 3rd place cash prizes, 902-678-4206 / [email protected] Art for Wellness — Canadian Mental Health INFO: 902-798-0888 / [email protected] and an ongoing Cookie Jar. FEE: $10 per player Open Mic — Brickton Community Centre, 7–10pm. Association, New Minas 1–4pm. Arts and crafts program MONDAYS INFO: 902-538-5815 Food available, 50/50, and great company. Everyone for adults who live independently with mental Valley Scottish Country Dancing — Kings Riverside is welcome. Windsor Game Night — Library, Windsor 6pm. illness, including depression and anxiety. Materials Court, 125 Webster St., Kentville 7:30–9:30pm. Until Pool — Legion, Berwick 7pm. Round robin format. Board game group. New players welcome! provided. TIX: no charge, but please pre-register. end of May. No experience necessary. No partner Cash prize to winner and an ongoing Cookie FEE: no charge INFO: meetup.com/valleygames / INFO: 902-670-4103 / [email protected] required. FEE: $6 per class, 1/2 price for students Jar. FEE: $3 to play INFO: 902-538-5815 / [email protected] Chase The Ace & Supper — Royal Canadian Legion, INFO: vscd.info [email protected] Berwick 5–7pm • Downstairs; use back door. Everyone Toastmasters — 2nd Floor, K.C. Irving Centre, Acadia March 22 – April 5, 2018 | 13 Send your events to Brought to you by [email protected] WHAT'S HAPPENING MARCH 22 – APRIL 5, 2018 Thursday, November 9 (cont'd)

SATURDAY, MARCH 17 (cont'd) Dance: Ruth Manning and the Prospectors — Lions Club, Berwick 9–12:30pm • 50/50 and Quiz Night — Royal Canadian Legion, Berwick 7pm LIVE THEATRE CLASSES & door prize draws. TIX: $8 INFO: 902-538-1496 / • Time to get the brain warmed up! Teams of 4–6. [email protected] — Lower Denton Theatre, Wolfville, Come with a team or make one up here. Prizes to A Doll’s House WORKSHOPS March 22, 23, 24, 29, 30, 31, 7:30pm, March 24, 31, winning team. TIX: no charge INFO: 902-538-9340 / SUNDAY, APRIL 1 1pm • Whatever the case, in this precise historical [email protected] — Community Center, Port George Yurt Frame Construction Workshop — This workshops Breakfasts moment, Ibsen’s groundbreaking play has much to Acadia University Orchestra — Festival Theatre, 8–10am (April 20–22) will teach you the techniques to assemble • Baked beans, sausages, bacon, hash teach us about love, ownership and freedom. TIX: Wolfville 7–8pm • The Acadia University Orchestra, the walls, fashion the roof poles and experience wheel browns, scrambled eggs, pancakes, tea, coffee $15 regular; $10 seniors/students; $7 for groups of directed by Dr. Christoph Both, will perform an all- TIX: construction, including splitting and steam bending. and muffins. Everyone welcome. $9 adults, 8 or more @ Acadia Box Office INFO: 902-542-5500 / strings program, featuring a Bach violin concerto INFO: FEE: $360 plus tax INFO: Details including registration, $4 age 12 and under. 902-765-3988 / [email protected] (soloist Gillian smith) and a Bottesini double bass pictures and an overview with outcomes: lfy.ca [email protected] — Fountain Hall Performing Arts concerto (soloist Megan Chandler). TIX: donation The Mousetrap Acadia Yoga — Student Conference Room, Student Crib Tournament — Forties Community Centre, New Centre, Windsor March 23, 24, 7pm, March 24, 2pm INFO: [email protected] Ross 1pm (Registration 12:30pm) Union Building (basement), Acadia, Wolfville, Tuesdays • Doors open at • Quick As A Wink Theatre Society presents Agatha Dance: The Rob Brown Trio — Royal Canadian Legion, TIX: INFO: & Thursdays, 12:05–12:50pm. Mind & Body Balance noon. $20 per team 902-689-2147 Christie’s The Mousetrap. Visit qaaw.ca for more Windsor 7–11pm • TIX: $5 INFO: 902-798-0888 / — Yoga with Leah Hancock. Hatha Yoga – a combination Fundy Cinema screens THE LEISURE SEEKER information TIX: $12 for Children $16 for Student/ [email protected] Al Whittle Theatre, 7pm of all yoga practices. All levels are welcome – great for • John (Donald Sutherland) Senior $20 for Adult @ QAAW.ca or in person at Mosaic Godspell — Evergreen Theatre, Margaretsville 7:30– beginners. Bring a yoga mat and wear comfortable and Ella (Helen Mirren), an elderly couple suffering Market (Windsor) and The Box of Delights Bookshop 8pm • Have a Laugh Players present Godspell. Dig clothing. FEE: $5 suggested donation INFO: from serious health issues, set off on a boisterous (Wolfville) INFO: 902-993-0202 / [email protected] out your tie-dyed t-shirt and dust off your love beads facebook.com/groups/AcadiaYoga/about/ and bittersweet road trip down Route 66 in a — CentreStage Theatre, Kentville. March 23, for this timeless modern classic. TIX: $20 INFO: Rumors 1978 Leisure Seeker RV in an effort to regain some 24, 7:30pm, March 25, 2pm • A madcap dinner party 902-825-6834 / [email protected] independence and yearning for one last adventure. with flying bullets, lying guests and befuddled cops. TIX: INFO: @ THE LIBRARY FRIDAY, MARCH 30 $9 902-542-1050 A farce by Neil Simon. Coarse language. TIX: $15 Peter Rabbit — Kings Theatre, Annapolis Royal MONDAY, APRIL 2 general, $12 student/senior INFO: 902-678-8040 / For complete list of library events: valleylibrary.ca 7pm. ALSO April 1, 2pm • Feature adaptation of Community Campfire — Harriet Irving Botanical [email protected] All events are no charge/no registration unless — Al Whittle Theatre, Wolfville, March Beatrix Potter’s classic tale of a rebellious rabbit Garden, Wolfville 11:30am–1:30pm • Join us around We Will Rock You otherwise stated. NOTE: When AVRSB schools 29, 30, 31, 7:30pm, March 31, 2pm trying to sneak into a farmer’s vegetable garden. a cozy campfire for stories and snacks. Learn more • Edalene Theatre are closed due to inclement winter weather, all TIX: $10 adult, $8 youth, $9 with Film Buff card. about Wild Spirits spring programs and walk the with Phantom Effects Presents “We Will Rock You”. children’s library programs for that day in that area All prices include HST INFO: 902-532-7704 / trails. INFO: [email protected] Featuring the music of Queen and set in a Dystopian will be cancelled. [email protected] — Paddy’s Pub, Kentville 6–7:30pm future where original music has been outlawed, We Chase the Ace FRIDAY, MARCH 23 Manning Chapel Choir in Concert “Mirror of • TIX: no charge INFO: 902-599-1833 / Will Rock You is a high energy show with a fabulous TIX: Coffee & Conversation — Berwick and District Library, the Heart” — Manning Memorial Chapel, Wolfville [email protected] local cast!! Don’t Miss Out! $17 adult, 4 for $60, Berwick 10–11am • Steph Warr from Twisted Brook 7:30–10pm • Beauty, more than bitterness, makes — $14 children under 16. All online tickets are $15. Fundy Cinema screens THE LEISURE SEEKER Farm will talk about seed libraries, seed saving, and the heart break. Join us for “Mirrors of the Heart” a Al Whittle Theatre, 7pm • See April 1 listing for details Purchase online, by email, or at door if available. INFO: gardening in general. INFO: 902-538-8060 concert of profoundly beautiful music sung by the TIX: $9 INFO: 902-542-1050 902-799-9009 / [email protected] — Festival Theatre, Wolfville, Virtual Reality Time — Memorial Library, Wolfville women of the Manning Chapel Choir, directed by The Horsearcher - A Lovasíjász — Kings Theatre, Carmen, the Ballet March 31, 7:30pm 1–4pm. ALSO: March 27 & 28 • Games, demos and John Scott. TIX: donation INFO: 902-698-2337 / Annapolis Royal 7pm • See March22 listing for film • A contemporary slant on the educational VR experiences with HTC Vive system. [email protected] description. (Note: No Q&A or demonstration with famous tale of the Gypsy. Don José falls in love with For ages 13+. Call to book your free 30 minute this screening). TIX: $12 all tickets. Price includes HST Carmen and sacrifices everything to be with her. SATURDAY, MARCH 31 session. INFO: 902-542-5760 INFO: When Carmen becomes infatuated with Escamillo, — Baptist Church, Kingston 902-532-7704 / [email protected] Community Breakfast the toreador, she loses interest in Don José whose MONDAY, MARCH 26 8–10am • Traditional items and healthy choices (fruit, TUESDAY, APRIL 3 love quickly turns to violent jealousy. The story of Financial Security on the Internet — Murdoch C. TIX: yogurt, homemade muffins) are offered. donation Committee of the Whole Meeting — Town Hall, Carmen is one of passion, seduction, drama and Smith Memorial Library, Port Williams 3–4:30pm INFO: [email protected] Wolfville 8:30am • TIX: no charge revenge set to the iconic score of Bizet and Shchedrin. • Learn how to protect your online financial — Community Hall, Black River Country Breakfast Soup & Dessert Luncheon — Orchard Valley United TIX: $34, $22 students @ Acadia Box Office transactions. Registration is required. Ages 50+. 8–10am • Baked beans, pancakes, scrambled Church, New Minas 11:45am–1pm • Chicken & INFO: 902-542-5500 / [email protected] (For other dates and locations, visit valleylibrary.ca or TIX: eggs, ham, drinks. $8 per person, $5 under Wild Rice Soup or Borscht Soup with dessert. UPCOMING: Got Your Back! — Al Whittle Theatre, ask at a library branch). INFO: 902-542-3005 12, no charge under age 5 INFO: 902-552-3498 / Take-out or delivery is also available – please order Wolfville April 6, 7, 7:30pm, April 7, 2pm • This year’s TUESDAY, MARCH 27 [email protected] by noon, Monday, April 2. TIX: $8 per person Women of Wolfville show is all about caregiving — Royal Canadian Legion, Renew Your Curiosity: After School Exploration — Darts Open Doubles INFO: 902-681-0366 x1 / [email protected] – song, dance, skits, laughs. TIX: $15 general Kentville 10:30am Rosa M. Harvey Middleton & Area Library, Middleton • 1st 16 teams to register Sign Making Fundraiser — Kings County Academy, admission, $12 students/seniors @ Box of Delights TIX: 3–4pm • LOL: See you soon for lots of fun! It will tickle Paying the top 3 & high finish $30/team Kentville 6–9pm • Help support the KCA Music Dept. (Wolfville) and at the door INFO: [email protected] your funny bone! For children of all ages. 5 years INFO: 902-679-1963 and the grade 5/6 students who have been invited to and younger must be accompanied by a caregiver. Autism Awareness BBQ — Clock Park, Wolfville perform with Symphony Nova Scotia in Halifax. TIX: Registration is required. INFO: 902-825-4835 11am–2pm • Third annual Wolfville Lights It Up $40 INFO: 902-678-1562 / [email protected] EXHIBITS Blue for Autism Awareness. Shine a blue light, wear Municipal Council — County of Kings Municipal WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28 blue, come to the Charity BBQ. Great prizes on Complex, Kentville 6pm • TIX: no charge Evangeline Middle School’s Annual Art Fair — Wed. Virtual Reality 101 — Memorial Library, Wolfville Raffle Draws. April 2nd is World Autism Awareness INFO: 888-337-2999 March 28, 6–9pm & Thurs., March 29, 1–3pm @ the 6–8pm • A free workshop for Parents, Teachers, TIX: Day so keep your blue light shining! no charge school library (New Minas). Everyone is welcome to and Curious People. Watch in real time as people INFO: 902-542-3421 / [email protected] WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4 attend our art fair. This is the first year you will be able explore new educational possibilities using the — Rotary Raceway Park, Happy Community Project — War Memorial Community Easter Egg Hunt to purchase art pieces at a minimal cost to help support HTC Vive Virtual Reality headset and handsets. Get Middleton 2–4pm Community Centre, Windsor 7pm • The results of • Hosted by Middleton Baptist our year end trip to PEI. We hope you can join us at a chance, time permitting, to try it out yourself. Acadia’s research into Happy Community Projects Church. Children up to age 11 are invited to hunt this wonderful event hosted by the students of EMS! Ask your questions about safety, precautions, will be given out and discussed. Come hear how for eggs! Other fun activities for the whole family INFO: 902-681-4910 costs, and free VR trial times. Please register (email well we are doing and how much it affects the include: BBQ, face painting, music, games, crafts “ReOriented” — The Ross Creek Gallery, Ross Creek [email protected]). INFO: 902-542-5760 TIX: community and our families. TIX: no charge and prizes! No registration required. no charge Centre for the Arts, Canning. Through March 29 • Book Club — Library, Kentville 6:30–8pm • March INFO: INFO: [email protected] 902-825-3537 / [email protected] A mixed media drawing installation by JJ Lee, Book: The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood. — West Kings Memorial Health Annual General Meeting — Community Center, Port Aphasia Nova Scotia combining a large-scale paper scroll inspired by Get the whole story and let's discuss it together!! Centre, Berwick 2–4pm George 7pm • The AGM of the Port George Regional • Aphasia Nova Scotia - Chinese traditions with contemporary Canadian INFO: 902-679-2544 Expressive Cafe. The Mission of the Café is to improve Recreation Centre. Everyone interested please attend. imagery of Chinese food. Lee is interested in THURSDAY, MARCH 29 communication skills using expressive and receptive The ongoing use and future of the Centre will be exploring the intersection between western and TIX: INFO: — Isabel & Roy Jodrey Memorial activities in a safe environment, who have aphasia, discussed. no charge 902-765-3988 / Chinese cultures. INFO: 902-582-3842 / artscentre.ca Ready, Set, Move! TIX: INFO: [email protected] Library, Hantsport 2–4pm. Also April 5 • Learn about family, friends and volunteers. no charge “Many Worlds” – Yorodeo — Acadia University Art the components of a physical activity program and M. Jordan, 902-698-9661 / [email protected] Gallery, Wolfville. Through April 12 • a collection of — Bowling Centre, THURSDAY, APRIL 5 practice skills in stretching, strengthening, and Bowling / Ticket Auction — Acadia University Art images, sculpture, and video which presents the Windsor 6–8pm Survival Against the Odds aerobic exercise. Take the whole 4-week series or the • Help Support Girl Guide trip to Gallery, Wolfville 12–1pm viewer with fictionalized landscapes, characters, • Trapped between two session that interests you. Register: 902-792-2052. Quebec. TIX: $20/person for bowling, 20 tickets elements and events from imagined worlds. The infinities, a human life is a snapshot of close calls. INFO: 902-684-0103 for $1 for the auction INFO: 902-790-4341 / newest work in this series utilizes layers of processes, On the highway, in war, in the wilderness, at home, The Hangout — Library, Kentville 3:30–5:30pm. Also [email protected] TIX: frequently beginning with the building of sculptures — Royal Canadian Legion, on land, sea, or air, it matters not. no charge April 5 • Hang out with your friends, play x-box Annual Ticket Auction INFO: and models, which are then photographed, and Windsor 6pm 902-585-1434 / [email protected] games, board games, enjoy snacks. For ages 12–17. • Proceeds for the Windsor — Acadia turned into anaglyphic screen-prints on paper. When Creative Computing Course INFO: 902-679-2544 Fire Department. Bidding closes 7:30pm. Entrepreneurship Centre Rural Innovation Centre, viewed with anaglyphic glasses, these prints reveal INFO: 902-798-2031 Acadia University, Wolfville 6pm • A series of classes, all of the original sculptural depth. Yorodeo is the TUESDAY, APRIL 3 Gabrielle Papillon & Pat LePoidevin — The Union April 5–June 21. This course uses the popular Scratch given name of Halifax-based artists Seth Smith and FREE Income Tax Preparation — Berwick and District Street, Berwick 8–11pm • Gabrielle Papillon programming environment to aid young people (aged Paul Hammond. Opening Reception & Artist Talk: Library, Berwick 10am–4:30pm • Volunteers trained & Pat LePoidevin live at The Union Street TIX: 8–13) in learning the basics of software development. March 9, 7pm. INFO: gallery.acadiau.ca by the Canada Revenue Agency provide free tax $12 + tax Online, or by calling the restaurant. Scratch is used world-wide by students to easily create Apple Bin Art Gallery — Valley Regional Hospital, preparation for those with a simple tax situation. If INFO: 902-538-7787 / [email protected] interactive artwork, stories, and video games while Kentville • Affordable, original art created by Valley you are an individual with an income below $30,000, Dance: Bob Deveau — Royal Canadian Legion, acting as a stepping stone to the more advanced world artists. Part proceeds go towards hospital equipment or a couple with an income below $40,000, you may Kentville 9pm • 19+ welcome. Bar and kitchen of computer science. TIX: $140 suggested. Pay what and Annapolis Valley health care programs. be able to take advantage of this free service. Drop in available. TIX: $8 per person INFO: 902-678-8935 / you can. INFO: refreshannapolisvalley.org or by appointment. INFO: Barbara, 902-538-8060 [email protected]

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WHAT’S GROWING AT THE HARRIET IRVING BOTANICAL GARDENS: WILD SPIRITS Melanie Priesnitz, Conservation Horticulturist

Do you remember when you were young and Europe where there are many successful forest ran wild in the ravine behind your house, schools for children of all ages. The Child and splashed in puddles in the garden, and Nature Alliance of Canada in Ottawa is doing climbed trees? I hope so because it probably great work to help communities develop means that you are now a confident person forest schools across the country. They work with a healthy understanding of risk manage- to connect children and youth with nature ment, strong creative thinking, and problem through policy, research, and practice and solving skills, along with an inherent respect hold courses for educators across Canada. WAY BACK WHEN for the environment and how you fit into it. Date: 1892 – 1950 of the Acadia Dairy Company building, for You likely weren’t aware that you were honing The Harriet Irving Botanical Gardens is very Materials: Paper the manufacture of patent medicine and these skills as you played freely in wild spaces excited to be partnering with the Valley-based Measurements: 12.5 cm L x 17.5 cm W later converted into a "corn" (i.e. grain) mill. as a child, but you were. not-for-profit organization Wild Spirits Forest The small vessel at the wharf is the 'Packet,' and Nature School for a pilot project this Marks/label: On back: Wolfville Harbour, owned by Captain Burpee Tupper of King- There is a myriad of research indicating that spring. Wild Spirits is run by experienced Skoda building, AV services stamp - negative sport and built at Spencer's Island in 1892 of kids need unstructured outdoor play to be outdoor educators and nature play facilita- file no. N-5371. 49 tons register. mentally and physically healthy and to grow tors. They embrace wild child energy and up to be high-functioning members of society. are trained to direct it in developmentally Narrative: Building is the MacKay School All photos courtesy of Randall House Museum Unfortunately we have discovered this the positive ways. building (1893) from the East 259 Main Street, Wolfville, NS hard way by seeing what happens when kids 902-542-9775, wolfvillehs.ednet.ns.ca are raised with highly structured time in a Wild Spirits will be running a 7-week pre- Description: This photo shows Wolfville technological world filled with fears of danger school play-based nature program in the Harbour. The ship is a barkentine called the Now closed for the 2018 season. Although the and liability. It's hard for spirits and imagi- Woodland Trails and the Harriet Irving Bo- Skoda, loading apples for London, England. museum closes, the work of the Historical Soci- nations to soar without freedom and fresh tanical Gardens. Chickadees in the Garden will The building on the right is the old Skoda ety does not. Watch for notices of their winter air. We don’t generally give our kids a lot of take place Mondays from 9:30am – 1:30pm building, built on Front Street on the site programs. un-programmed space to take risks and build starting April 9. Program fee is $190 for 7 confidence and creativity. How often do you weeks. The Friends of the Acadian Forest are hear a parent say, “go outside and lie on the helping to support this program by offering grass and do nothing?” We’re much more like- bursaries to families who need financial as- ly to say, “go mow the lawn, practice piano, do sistance. Programs will continue with enough your homework, do something useful.” community interest. Also keep an eye out for summer camps for older kids. Visit wildspir- We put a lot of pressure on kids at a very itsforestschool.com for registration informa- young age but we don’t always help them tion. To find out more, come out to the Wild develop the coping skills that they need. As a Spirits Picnic and Bonfire on Monday April 2 result, an estimated 1.2 million children and from 11:30 – 1:30 in the Botanical Gardens. youth in Canada struggle with mental illness facebook.com/HarrietIrvingBotanicalGar- and the obesity rates of young Canadians has dens/. tripled in the last 30 years. It’s time to reverse these trends by getting kids outside playing in ❧ the dirt again. Harriet Irving Botanical Gardens P To meet the current needs of parents and Acadia University kids, forest and nature schools are popping botanicalgardens.acadiau.ca up around the world. The concept started in

ACADIA PERFORMING ARTS SERIES PRESENTS CARMEN, THE BALLET ON MARCH 31 "La vie est belle" means “life is beautiful”. Look around at all the apple Closing its 2017-18 season with energy and officially begins. During the evening, the com- blossoms in the Valley. So pretty! La vie passion, the Acadia Performing Arts Series plete Acadia Performing Arts Series 2018-19 est belle! presents Carmen, the Ballet, the famous tale program will be unveiled and subscriptions TICKET AMUSE-BOUCHE: re-imagined by the Atlantic Ballet Theatre and will be on sale. FRENCH FOR KIDS its founding artistic director and choreogra- GIVEAWAY pher, Igor Dobrovolskiy. The story of Carmen is ❧ Sarah Anderson one of passion, seduction, and drama set to the CHANCE TO WIN 2 TICKETS TO: iconic score by Bizet and Shchedrin. Saturday, March 31, 2018, 7:30pm Shakespeareʼs Julius Caesar Festival Theatre, Wolfville, NS Al Whittle Theatre, Wolfville. Friday, April 13, 7pm **Pâques* is French for Easter The performance begins at 7:30pm at the Tickets are $34 for adults, $22 for stu- Draw date: April 6. Enter draws: valleyevents.ca/win At this time of year we say, Festival Theatre in Wolfville on Saturday, dents. For more information or to buy March 31. tickets, visit the Acadia University Box "Joyeuses Pâques!". Office in person, by phone at 902-542- As a very successful 2017-18 season comes 5500 or 1-800-542-TICK(8425), or online to a close, the 2018-19 subscription season at boxoffice.acadiau.ca.

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