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David Garcia Jimenez Page 2 The BUZZ February 2019 The BUZZ February 2019 Page 3 Page 4 The BUZZ February 2019 Profile: Grace Kimpinski by Jane Ledwell tival’s “creativity and energy,” and com - munal spirit. “The Fringe is fun and unique in the sense that it’s non-tradi - tional theatre in non-traditional spaces – it adds a rawness to it. Also, there is a cool group of people associated with the The Producer Fringe, and I’m pretty boring day to day,” she smiles.

Grace was an English major but admits drama classes didn’t pique her interest. So how did she end up with theatre as “a side gig that takes up more time than my actual paid work”?

Five years back, ACT PEI put on “plays in a day”: writers had 12 hours to write a play; directors had 12 hours to produce it. Grace signed up to the open call for performers. “It was so fun,” Grace recalls. When ACT later called for people to get into the production side of theatre, Grace signed up again, and has been producing theatre ever since. She is now also on the ACT board as director of the - atre, helping to recruit shows.

And, independent of ACT, she produces shows herself. In February, the show is Raised on TV 3 , the third iteration of a sketch comedy show conceived by Grace’s friend Rod Weatherbie, inspired by television. This year, Grace’s first as sole producer, is focused exclusively on Canadian television.

“It’s a TV show—in a theatre,” Grace enthuses. “February is a miserable time of year, and (this show) gets people out of the house. If people want to come in their pyjamas, I 100% back that,” she laughs. Raised on TV 3, she says, will remind people of “the amount of Canadian TV we all watched,” with “nostalgia, good times, and laughter—in the dead of winter.”

Grace muses, “If I could live full-time on theatre… I’ve asked myself a number of times if I would do it. But I’m not sure I would love it as much…

“I am a sole-support single parent going on 16 years,” Grace says, “and I think if people want to be creative, if they want to take a risk: they should do it… Money limits people—money makes it difficult for people to take that risk. I say money should be at the bottom of the list.

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U I’m literally rubbing two nickels togeth - B er, even if I don’t pay the electric bill one month (to produce a show), it’s worth it, Grace Kimpinski has produced or co-pro - an official Fringe Festival, a major thing for the love and experience of it.” duced a theatre show every few months is that it is not juried,” Grace says. “We for almost five years—but this year, she’s have categories—then the entrants are This is the personal attitude Grace wants preparing for ten shows in four days. As of literally drawn from a hat.” to expand into the 2019 Island Fringe: the day we met, she had no idea which “The audiences have been getting larger. plays or where they’d be staged. The Island Fringe is going into its ninth Some shows that premiered at the Fringe year, and Grace first attended in its early have been suggested to move into other That’s not poor planning: that’s the days. “I was really drawn to it,” she says, venues. Some personal stories have exhilaration of being festival director for but she didn’t immediately take on a role. helped people grow and learn,” Grace The Island Fringe. “I had a son who was way too young at says. “Positive energy and feedback are the time. Theatre hours are crazy hours.” great things I want to have continue to We spoke when Grace was preparing for happen at the Fringe. We want people to the live lottery to determine the 2019 As her son and the Fringe both grew, take a risk. In the end, we uplift and sup - Fringe lineup: “To be acknowledged as Grace continued to be drawn by the fes - port one another.” The BUZZ February 2019 Page 5 Red Deer bound Jack Frost Teams represent PEI at Canada Winter Games needs you Volunteers sought

The Jack Frost Winterfest is seeking reliable, energetic volunteers interest - ed in helping out during the upcom - ing festival weekend, February 15 to 18 in Charlottetown. Now in its 14th year, The Jack Frost Winterfest, presented by Island Coastal, offers families the opportuni - ty to celebrate and embrace Canadian winter at Jack Frost’s Eastlink Outdoor Snow Kingdom, an interac - tive winter playground featuring snow and ice slides, a mountainous tube run, and ice sculptures by the Canadian Snow Sculpting Team. Festival goers can also warm up at Jack Frost’s Indoor Playland and Live Family Stage featuring performances by Emmy-Award winning entertain - ers Imagination Movers, a petting zoo, inflatables, face painting, family photo ops, and more. A variety of volunteer shifts are available at both the outdoor and Team PEI archery athletes Spencer Freeze, Keegan Crawford, Macy Shaddick, Kristen Arsenault indoor festival sites, including posi - tions such as: admission gates, slide monitors, volunteer check-in, and Team PEI’s men’s curling team is led by Canada Winter Games team. The team, mascot handler. Each volunteer will head coach Lori Robinson and skipped consisting of five male and two female receive a Jack Frost winter toque, by Mitchell Schut. Nick Johnston, Liam skaters, will participate in four individ - complimentary weekend pass to the Kelly, and Colin MacKenzie along with ual events. In addition, PEI will have a festival (one per shift), and a compli - Schut and Robinson, are hopeful head - male team in the 3000 metre relay. mentary meal voucher courtesy of ing into the Games with expectations to Sarah Taylor is returning as head coach Jack Frost Volunteer Program spon - qualify for the medal round. of the short track team. The following sors, Tim Hortons and DP Murphy athletes will make up the PEI short Hotels. Volunteers must be at least Table Tennis is comprised of 12-year-old track team roster: Jenna Larter, 16 years of age and complete a crim - Mike Li, 13-year-old Daniel Zhao, and Brookfield; Mia Stewart, Stratford; inal background check prior to their 17-year-old Steven Liu. The team is led Andrew Binns, Stratford; Kyle Connell, first shift. by head coach Najam Chishti and man - Charlottetown; Peter McQuaid, The festival highlight is Jack ager Farida Chishti. This will be Charlottetown; Thomas McQuaid, Frost’s magical Eastlink Outdoor Najam’s seventh time coaching at the Charlottetown Snow Kingdom, located at the Canada Games. Charlottetown Event Grounds. The Team PEI’s archers who will be compete Outdoor Snow Kingdom will remain Team PEI’s women’s curling team is are Kristen Arsenault of Wellington, open on February 18 for Family Day. skip Lauren Ferguson and her team - Macy Shaddick of Grand Tracadie, The Indoor Playland at the mates Alexis Burris, Lexi Murray and Keegan Crawford of Covehead, and Eastlink Centre will have a large Katie Shaw. They are prepping almost Spencer Freeze of Charlottetown. With selection of bouncies and inflatables. every day with coach David Murphy. national andi nternational results on For information, tickets, or to sign some of the team members’ resumes, up as a 2019 volunteer, visit Speed Skate PEI has named seven short- they will be shooting for no less than jackfrostfestival.com. track speed skaters to the Island’s 2019 the medal podium. Page 6 The BUZZ February 2019 To Mar 29 Fri (except Feb 15, 22) Mar 1 Afternoon Recital Series Trent McClellan UPEI Music Students; Steel Recital Hall, PEI Brewing Company, Ch’town, 7:30 pm UPEI, Ch’town, 12:40 pm PERFORMANCE Mar 1 –2, 8 –10 Jan 31 Feb 9 Feb 17 Rumors Gadfly Ryan Doucette Comedy Eddy Quinn and Fiddlers’ Harbourfront Players; Harbourfront Homburg Theatre, Ch’town, 7:30 pm Theatre, S’side, 7:30 pm (2 pm Mar 10) The Guild, Ch’town Sons and Keelin Wedge Jan 31, Feb 7, 14, 21, 28 Joey Kitson and Todd Trinity United Church, S’side, 2 pm Mar 2 Island Jazz MacLean Don Ross and Pipo Romero Alan Dowling and the Funkmeisters (Jan Alan Dowling, Ian Toms, Glen Strickey, Grahame Rhodes CD launch The Pourhouse, Ch’town 31); Teresa Doyle Quintet (Feb 7); Deryl Gallant; The Pourhouse, Ch’town The Pourhouse, Ch’town, pm Feb, 7 pm Mar 3 Valentine's Day Romance Special (Feb 14); Feb 20, 21 Disney Themes (Feb 21); Catherine O’Brien Bluegrass & Old Time Music (Feb 28); Baba’s Lounge, Ch’town, 8 pm Dylan Menzie Joel Plaskett Concert Copper Bottom, Montague, 7:30 pm Harmony House, Hunter River, 8 pm Feb 1 The Stiff Famile (Dave, Heather, Aaron, Finals Dr. Frances Gray Music VampSite Lounge Feb 21 Hannah, Elizabeth, Abigail), Bluegrass The G.L.A.M. Bats and friends; Rolston String Quartet Revival, more; Beaconsfield’s Carriage Performance Competition House, Ch’town, 2 pm Confederation Centre Art Gallery, The Mack, Ch’town, 7:30 pm UPEI Music Students; Steel Recital Hall, Ch’town, 8:30 pm Mar 7 –9, 12 –14 UPEI, Ch’town, 7:30 pm (snowdate Feb 2, Feb 22 7:30 pm) Feb 10, Mar 10 Wake in the West Beat the Winter Blues Concert Fireside Stories and ACT (A Community Theatre) w/ Michael Pendergast, Tre Holland College SoPA students; Florence Singalong Benevolent Irish Society; Irish Cultural Simmons Hall, Ch’town, 7:30 pm Center, Ch’town, 7:30 pm Sutherland, Tom Gammon W/ Cameron MacDuffee; Bonshaw Hall, Moth Lane Brewery, Ellerslie, 8 pm Bonshaw, 2 pm Calm Baretta and Racoon Mar 8 Feb 1, 2 Feb 12 Bandit Thank You for Being a Friend Ledwell & Haines: The Shack Holland College Welshmen Copper Bottom, Montague, 9 pm Homburg Theatre, Ch’town, 7:30 pm Wacky Review Community Band Pops Aaron Pritchett, David James Cristian de la Luna PEI Brewing Co, Ch’town, 8 pm Concert Rte 145 Bar & Grill, Bloomfield The Mack, Ch’town, 7:30 pm Feb 2 Florence Simmons Performance Hall, Mar 9 Ch’town, 7:30 pm (stormdate Feb 19) Feb 22 –24, Mar 1 –3 Luke McMaster, Ian Sherwood Fred Penner Feb 14 Beauty & The Beast Kings Playhouse, Georgetown, 7:30 pm The Guild Music Theatre School; The The Guild, Ch’town Valentine’s Cabaret Guild, Ch’town Soul Filter CD launch Catherine O’Brien, Joey Kitson, Don Fraser, dance umbrella “When in Silver Fox Club, S’side, 9 pm Deryl Gallant, Alan White; The Mack, Feb 23 Rome” Ch’town, 7:30 pm Dennis Ellsworth with band Rachel Beck The Mack, Ch’town, 7 pm Feb 15 The Pourhouse, Ch’town, 8 pm The Mack, Ch’town, 7:30 pm Danny Michel Friday Night Live Copper Bottom, Montague, 7:30 pm Feb 3 Mike Mooney, Laurie Brinklow, Liam Scott Parsons CD launch Bluegrass & Old Time Music Corcoran, Open Mic; The Haviland Club, Haviland Club, Ch’town, 7 pm Alan Doyle Ch’town, 7 pm Concert Celtic Storm Homburg Theatre, Ch’town, 7:30 pm Janet McGarry & Wildwood, Bluegrass “For the Love of Bob” Philippe de Blanc, flute, Gormlaith Mar 14 Revival, Dave Thomson, fiddler; Fundraiser Maynes, concertina, Tuli Porcher, violin, Jeremy Hotz Beaconsfield’s Carriage House, Ch’town, Tom Gammons, guitar, Tre Thompson, fid - Al Tuck, family, friends; St. Peter’s Homburg Theatre, Ch’town, 7:30 pm 2 pm Cathedral Hall, Ch’town, 7 pm dle, Luis Anselmi, Venezuelan Cuatro and piano, Carlos Cordova, bass guitar and Mar 15 Phase II and Friends Sarah Hagen, piano “Night drums, Noah Fowler, bass guitar, Jenn Grant Trinity United Church, S’side, 2 pm Siddharth Acharya, keyboard; Irish Music” The Mack, Ch’town, 7:30 pm Feb 8 St. Paul’s Church, Ch’town, 8 pm Cultural Centre, Ch’town, 7:30 pm Mar 16 Charlottetown Jazz Ensemble Feb 15 –16 Phase II, Rockin’ For The Justin Flom The Pourhouse, Ch’town, 7 pm Matt Minglewood Kings Playhouse Homburg Theatre, Ch’town, 7:30 pm The Pourhouse, Ch’town, 8 pm Kings Playhouse, Georgetown Blue Rodeo Mar 16 Credit Union Place, S’side, 8 pm Feb 15 –16 Feb 24 The Pink Floyd Experience Raised on Television 3 PEI Symphony Orchestra Harbourfront Theatre, S’side, 7:30 pm Philippe Sly & The Atlantic Directors Adam Gauthier, Richard Haines, String Machine Dana Doucette, Gordon Cobb w/ Mariève Presents: New Directions with Mar 18 The Haviland Club, Ch’town, 8 pm MacGregor; The Guild, Ch’town, 8 pm Dina Gilbert Foreigner Feb 15-18 Judy Yun, violin; Zion Presbyterian Eastlink Centre, Ch’town, 7:30 pm Popalopalots Improv Comedy Church, Ch’town, 2:30 pm The Guild, Ch’town Jack Frost Winterfest Mar 19 With Imagination Movers and more; Mar 1 Showcase Recital Feb 9 downtown Charlottetown and Eastlink Centre; jackfrostfestival.com Compelling Works for the UPEI Music Students; Kirk of St. James, David Rogosin, piano Ch’town, 7:30 pm Steel Recital Hall, UPEI, Ch’town, 7:30 pm Feb 16 Contemporary Saxophone (snowdate Feb 10, 2:30 pm) Murder Mystery: The Guy Duo—Nicole Strum & Tristan Mar 22 John Connolly Phase II and Friends Who Didn’t Do It! DeBorba Sax Duo The Pourhouse, Ch’town, 8 pm North Shore Community Center, Hank Stinson; The Haviland Club, Steel Recital Hall, UPEI, Ch’town, 7:30 pm Covehead, 8 pm Ch’town, 7 pm (snowdate March 2, 7:30 pm) See more March at buzzpei.com The BUZZ February 2019 Page 7 Philippe Sly Bass-baritone at Haviland Club with Atlantic String Machine

On February 8 at 8 pm at The Haviland Club The Atlantic String Machine joins forces with singer Philippe Sly for a North American debut of Jonathan Dove’s song cycle “Who Wrote the Book of Love?” Lyrics are by Alasdair Middleton

French-Canadian bass-baritone Philippe Sly is the first prize winner of the Concours Musical International de Montréal and grand prize winner Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions. He was awarded Concert of the Year in Romantic, Post-Romantic and Impressionist Music at the 16th annual ceremony of the Prix Opus in Québec.

The Atlantic String Machine mem - bers say that they are very excited to be collaborating with Philippe in presenting this North American premiere of Jonathan Dove’s Who Wrote the Book of Love. Written for Sly, this work for baritone and string A question and answer session will fol - quartet follows in the tradition of song low the performance. To reserve call cycles like those of Franz Schubert and 394-2579 or email info@atlanticstringma - Hugo Wolf. Here, music and poetry chine.com. The Haviland Club is located explore the trope of unrequited love. at 2 Haviland Street, Charlottetown. Page 8 The BUZZ February 2019 Kings Playhouse PEI Music Awards Spark! series Concerts and events in February and March in Georgetown A H S O R B

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A Singer Luke McMaster (left) headlines show with Ian Sherwood (right) opening D Vishtèn received three 2019 Music PEI Awards The Kings Playhouse in Georgetown pre - Sherwood has won a Canadian Folk On January 27th, many of Prince Edward Rachel Beck sents the Spark! Winter Series. Opening Music Award for Contemporary Singer. Island’s music community gathered at Producer of the Year —Jon Matthews the series are Luke McMaster and Ian the Rodd Charlottetown Hotel to learn Recording Studio of the Year —The Sherwood and guests on February 2 at On February 23, Kings Playhouse will who would take home the 2019 Music PEI Sound Mill Recording Studio 7:30 pm. host a dance in the Dedication Hall fea - Awards at the Awards Party. 3rd Degree Training Rock/Loud turing Phase II, Rockin’ For The Kings Recording of the Year —Andrew Waite, In his latest solo project, ICONS of Soul , Playhouse” is a fundraiser for the the - Hosted by Tara MacLean, the awards Tremors Luke McMaster has taken the Motown atre. There will be door prizes, a 50/50 were presented by sponsors, funders, Roots Contemporary Recording of the and soul influence that has always and raffle. Advance tickets are required. Music PEI Board members and special Year —Meaghan Blanchard, The Great imbued his music, to a new level. Proceeds go towards Playhouse pro - guests. The artist with the most trips to Escape ICONS marries contemporary songwrit - gramming. the podium was Vishtèn. They took PEI Tea Co. Roots Traditional ing with legendary hit songwriters. home Francophone Artist, Group Recording of the Year —Vishtèn, You’ll be treated to new music, co-writ - Coming up in March the Playhouse wel - Recording and Roots Traditional Horizons ten with Motown songwriters, Felix comes Nostos Dance Collective with Recording Awards. Double award win - SOCAN Songwriter of the Year — Cavaliere of the Rascals (Groovin’, Good “Sonderlings.” A workshop guided by ners included Dennis Ellsworth, Dennis Ellsworth, She’s Never Wrong Lovin’), Lamont Dozier (Stop! In the the members of the group will be held at Meaghan Blanchard and Rachel Beck. Solo Recording of the Year —Dylan Name of Love, Baby, I Need Your 3 pm on March 30 for intermediate and Jon Matthews won Producer of the Year Menzie, As the Clock Re-Winds Lovin’) and more. You’ll also enjoy fresh advanced dancers. The show starts at and his studio, the Sound Mill, won HGS Song of the Year —Dennis covers of some of these writer’s greatest 7:30 pm, and will open with a presenta - Studio of the Year. Ellsworth, She’s Never Wrong hits along with favourites from Luke’s tion from dance umbrella and the stu - Fly PEI Touring Artist of the Year —The catalogue including Good Morning dents from the Holland College School The following is a list of those who took East Pointers Beautiful (#3 US Billboard AC). of Performing Arts. home awards: Urban Recording of the Year —Vince The Messenger, Self Sabotage East Coaster Ian Sherwood will join Stay tuned for other announcements for Achievement in Classical or Jazz Music SOCAN Venue of the Year —Trailside Luke McMaster on stage and perform a events that will ignite your spirits, Award —Atlantic String Machine Music Café & Inn set from his latest creation Bring the including dance parties, a trivia night Credit Union Album of the Year — Video of the Year —Kinley, Golden Light . With his guitar and saxophone and more music. www.kingsplay - Meaghan Blanchard, The Great Escape Days (Director Jenna MacMillan) playing, and songwriting abilities, Ian house.com Country Recording of the Year — Visual Artist of the Year —Brendan Lawrence Maxwell, Not Your Outlaw Henry Cover Band/Artist of the Year —Danny Drouin A number of Awards are annually given Bandzoogle Digital Achievement of out by the Music PEI Board of Directors. Kill the Chill at Lot 16 Hall the Year —The East Pointers This year’s recipients are: Electronic Single Recording of the A chance meeting with PEI musician who share a love of Prohibition-era Year —Russell Louder, Showdown Community Contributor of the Year — Rick Sparkes at Farm Day in the City last music and play a mix of jug-band HopYard Entertainer of the Year —The Phase II fall inspired a winter concert series at Lot stomps, ragtime and country blues. They East Pointers Educator of the Year —Christine 16 Hall. Organizers heard Rick playing recently recorded their first album, The Buzz Event of the Year —PEI Blanchard on a corner and asked if he would like to Gamblin’ Bar Time Blues . Mutual Festival of Small Halls Industry Person of the Year —Debbie perform at Lot 16 Hall. He said yes. As A Songwriter’s Circle, February 23, fea - Francophone Artist of the Year — Atkinson well as performing in January, Rick put tures three New Brunswick songwriters Vishtèn Live Music Production Professional the organizing committee in contact with and a local favourite—Colin Fowlie, Kylie Group Recording of the Year —Vishtèn, OTY —Chris Knox a promoter from New Brunswick who is Fox, Evan Leblanc and Daniel Drouin. Horizons Lifetime Achievement —Paul Bernard bringing acts to the Hall and pairing In March the first show will have a per - Live Music Programmer of the Year — Rooted to the Island —Tracy Cantin them with Island artists. former from Quebec and an artist from the Pat Deighan Volunteer of the Year —Mary Lee Little Next up is The Vaudevillian on Evangeline area. The finale will feature ArsenaultBestCameronEllis Musician February 9 from Hamilton Ontario. John Connolly. Music begins at 7:30 pm. of the Year —Evan McCosham Music PEI says that it would like to These artists are touring the country and The Hall is at 38 Ferry Road, Lot 16. Holland College/Lloyd Doyle New extend its gratitude to the funders, Hall committee members say that they Lot 16 Hall is non-profit. This concert Artist of the Year —Rachel Beck, Rachel sponsors and partners who helped to are pretty exciting to have them coming series will raise funds for Hall mainte - Beck make Credit Union Music PEI Week to Lot 16. The Vaudevillian is a young nance. Volunteers are working hard to Downtown Charlottetown Inc. Pop 2019 a great success, and to congratulate trio with old souls—Jitterbug James, promote the shows and it is hoped that Recording of the Year —Rachel Beck, the nominees and award winners. Norah Spades and Piedmont Johnson— the Hall will be filled. The BUZZ February 2019 Page 9 PEI Symphony Orchestra New Directions Guest conductor Dina Gilbert leads orchestra at Zion Church

The PEI Symphony Orchestra will be pre - The afternoon program will include senting their first concert of 2019 on Dances of Galánta by Zoltán Kodály, a February 24 at 2:30 pm at Zion piece inspired by folk music from Presbyterian Church. Kodály’s native Hungary, Peer Gynt Suite by Edvard Grieg and the Canadian pre - Entitled “New Directions” the concert miere of Symphony no. 1 by French com - features its guest conductor Dina Gilbert poser Pierre Wissmer. Though Wissmer who is the Music Director of l’Orchestre (who died in 1992) is not very well known symphonique de l’Estuaire, the in North America, he left a large and Montreal-based chamber orchestra diverse body of works including instru - Ensemble Arkea and the Kamloops mental music, chamber and concert Symphony. Known for her energy, pre - music, vocal and choral works, opera, cision and versatility, Dina brings to musical theatre, incidental music, ballets, classical music audiences an innate feel - music for radio and television, a film score ing and curiosity towards classical and and music for symphonic orchestras. non-classical musical genres. A free pre-concert chat with Dina This program also features the winner Gilbert and Judy Yun will be hosted by of the annual Suzanne Brenton Award, PEISO’s President Bruce Craig prior to violinist Judy Yun. The Brenton Award the concert at 1:30 pm in the upstairs is sponsored by the PEISO each year Youth Chapel at Zion Church. The infor - through the Kiwanis Provincial Music mal chat provides the guest artists the Festival. Through a competitive process opportunity to share their insights on a music student is selected through the music to be performed. adjudication to receive a cash prize and the winner is given the opportunity to A limited number of free youth tickets perform as soloist with the orchestra. are available through the orchestra’s Judy will perform one of Mozart’s most John Clement Memorial Fund. Call the familiar pieces, his Violin Concerto PEISO office at 892-4333 or email No.5 in A Major. [email protected] for details. Page 10 The BUZZ February 2019 Round Table by Philip Homburg These I like Intimate dining suggestions for Valentine’s or anytime

Even if it’s not really your thing, Valentine’s Day looms large in the deso - Everytime I go back [to the late month of February. Like most com - Claddagh] it’s just as good, mercial holidays, I view it with healthy suspicion, but, at the same time, I do love which I think is one of the a good excuse to grab a meal with some - one special. And, from the point of view highest compliments you of someone who likes to talk about food, it’s a good time to highlight some of the can pay a restaurant. more intimate dining spots on the Island.

If seafood is your thing then it doesn’t and brick walls convey a sense of get much better than Claddagh Oyster warmth and intimacy. If you can, go on House. I remember the first time I ate at a Wednesday evening and take advan - Claddagh, I was catching up with an old tage of their Wine Wednesday, they friend just after I moved to have a great selection of bottles avail - Charlottetown. We shared some oysters, able at half-price. jerk crab legs and their take on surf and turf (pork belly and scallops!). The ser - We all know that some of the best din - vice was top-notch, the food was amaz - ing experiences on the Island are outside ing, everything you want in a oyster of Charlottetown, but the unfortunate house. Everytime I go back, it’s just as reality is that a lot of these options are good, which I think is one of the highest seasonal. One restaurant that is not, and compliments you can pay a restaurant. one of my top meals of 2018, is 21 Oh, and it doesn’t hurt that they have Breakwater in Souris. Their Portugese one of the best sticky toffee puddings. fish and chips, Peri Peri chicken and burger are all unique spins on classic If Claddagh nails the traditional oyster dishes. A beautiful drive and great food. house experience, then Terre Rouge is What more can you ask for? the one of the best examples when it comes to fresh locally-sourced food. But, what if you want to reject the whole Chef Lucy Morrow is one of the most thing and stay home? There are two talented chefs around, her care for every equally good options in my opinion. aspect of a dish shines through. The Option 1: grab a frozen handpie from overall dining experience—from the the Handpie Company in Borden- carefully curated cocktail menu to the Carleton. I recommend either a simple artisan bread baked in-house—is one of side salad or a second handpie as an the best on the Island. It’s the kind of accompaniment. Option 2: grab some place where everyone wants to order a takeout. My recent favourite take-out different dish just to sample as much of spot is the newly opened Asia Republic the menu as possible. I recommend the in the former Prince Edward Restaurant mushroom toast or the carbonara made location in Charlottetown. It’ll be awhile with homemade pasta. before I work my way through the more than 150 items, but I can say the stir- Sometimes you just want to hide, fried ginger beef and the seafood and which is sometimes not the easiest task pork rice are outstanding. on PEI. One of the best places to do this is Marc’s Lounge, perched above The The Buzz welcomes Phil Homburg to our Brickhouse. When you enter Marc’s roster. Phil is semi-retired academic and you feel transported; its exposed beams small business owner and, yes, a foodie. The BUZZ February 2019 Page 11 PEI director Charlotte Gowdy to direct Crimes of the Heart at Watermark

Watermark Theatre has announced that Charlotte Gowdy will direct Crimes of the Heart by Beth Henley in their 2019 summer season.

Born and raised on the Island, Charlotte has been performing, directing and teaching at theatres across Canada and internationally for the past 20 years. She is a grad - uate of the National Theatre School of Canada’s acting pro - gram, the Stratford Festival’s directing program, and trained extensively as a performer at Ecole Philippe Gaulier in Paris, France.

Last summer Charlotte directed Myth of the Ostrich for Victoria Playhouse. Having grown up on the Island, Charlotte caught the

performance bug early as a dancer D E T T at dance umbrella in I M B

Charlottetown and violinist for U S the Singing Strings. Factory Theatre, The Grand Theatre, St. Her work includes seasons at the Stratford Lawrence Shakespeare Festival, Neptune Festival and Shaw Festival and shows at Theatre and the Blyth Festival. Canadian Stage, National Arts Centre, Manitoba Theatre Centre, Thousand Watermark Theatre is located at 57 Islands Playhouse, Tarragon Theatre, Church Hill Ave, North Rustico. Page 12 The BUZZ February 2019 at 628-1813 or members of the Knights of Summerside Columbus. Tickets will be available at the door as well. Heritage and MEAL Setc Dining in the Dark Coffee Morning for Veterans Dining in the Dark offers an evening of Culture Awards The PEI MFRC invites all Veterans to a cof - food, wine, inspiration and blindfolds To be presented at Mayor’s fee morning on Jan 30 at 10 am at the March 1 beginning at 6 pm. Based on a HMCS Queen Charlotte building, 210 Heritage Tea restaurant concept popularized in Paris and Water St, Ch’town. 892-8999 New York, Dining in the Dark is a signature The Council Chamber of Summerside Green Party AGM & Potluck CNIB event where diners wear blindfolds City Hall will set aside governmental to experience a meal without the use of You are invited to the Green Party of PEI’s matters for the hosting of the Mayor’s their sight. On March 1 Dining in the Dark 2019 Annual General Meeting & Potluck on Heritage Tea, on February 22. will take place at Holland College Culinary Feb 2 (stormdate Feb 9). It takes place at The Mayor’s Tea, a long established Institute, Charlottetown. The evening will Afton Community Centre, 1552 Rte 19, tradition in the city’s marking of include a 3-course meal, wine, and of New Dominion. Meeting begins at 4 pm. Heritage Week, is a social community course, blindfolds. Guests will have the Following the business portion of the meet - event. It celebrates in a relaxed manner chance to bid on auction item prizes, and ing, anyone who likes is invited to come or the ongoing heritage and cultural life of hear from inspiring individuals who will the Island’s second city. Culture stay for a community potluck social start - share their experiences living with vision Summerside, the arts, heritage, and cul - ing at approx 6:30 pm. 954-1456 loss. Tickets are $100 (income tax receipt ture division of the city organizes the will be issued for a portion of ticket price) event on behalf of the mayor and council. YCAN Banquet and proceeds will help make a lasting dif - The City’s 2018 Heritage and YCAN of PEI is a youth led initiative dedi - ference in the lives of Islanders who are Culture Awards are presented at the tea cated to improving our community. On in recognition of the various heritage February 9 from 6 to 8 pm YCAN is hosting blind or partially sighted. Ticket info: Pat and cultural activities that are being a banquet to discuss food waste in the com - Hilchey at [email protected] or 566-2580 carried out by citizens, making for munity. Enjoy an evening of a prepared Valentine’s Cookie Grams vibrant community. dinner and learn from various presenters PEI Military Family Resource Centre is Culture Summerside will also reveal about the effects of food waste and how offering Cookie Grams this Valentine’s the first public component of its project, we, as a community, can reduce these Day, with free delivery to locations in 1919—PEI Soldiers Return from the effects. The meal will be held at 7 Pond Charlottetown, Cornwall, and Stratford. Great War. Storyteller Shelley Stetson Street, Charlottetown. will bring to life memories of her Show your loved one how much they mean grandfather, a war veteran. Valentine Coffee Party to you—with cookies. Note that these are Mayor Basil Stewart invites The Annual Spring Park United Church made in a facility that processes peanuts Summerside citizens and all Islanders Valentine Coffee party is on Feb 9 from 9:30 and tree nuts (almonds, coconuts, to the tea which runs from 1:30 pm to am until noon (stormdate Feb 16). Church is macadamia nuts, pecans, walnuts). To 3:00 pm in the chamber on February 22. at Trafalgar Street, Charlottetown. Tickets order, call 892-8999 or visit the PEIMFRC are available from UCW members or call office (210 Water St., Charlottetown) by Feb Joan at 892-3865. There will be fudge to pur - 11. Proceeds will support services and pro - chase and a New to You jewelry table. Get gramming for PEI military, Veteran, and Cooking to Quit in the spirit and wear red. RCMP families. Cupcake & Bake Day Canadian Cancer Society Nortons Razzle Dazzle Reserve your tickets now for Heart & PEI Cupcake & Bake day supports the PEI A new program from the Canadian Stroke PEI’s 15th anniversary celebration of Humane Society. Proceeds stay on PEI, sav - Cancer Society aims to help people Nortons Razzle Dazzle Gala, scheduled for ing more Island animals. On March 11 and replace their smoking habit with some Feb 9 at Delta Hotels by Marriott Prince through the week bring sweet treats to healthy habits. The Cooking to Quit pro - Edward. Evening includes gourmet dining, work or other gatherings and ask people to gram, launching February 2019 in silent and live auctions and dancing to the leave a donation for the PEI Humane Stratford and Summerside, provides tunes of FACES. Call the office at 892-7441 Society. Funds can be submitted online or smokers with training in cooking and or drop in at 180 Kent St, Charlottetown to at the shelter at 309 Sherwood Rd, nutrition as a way to ease the discomfort reserve your ticket. Charlottetown. Help PEI’scompanion ani - of leaving nicotine behind. mal shelter. 393-2822, Supported with a Wellness Grant Community Changers peihumanesociety.com from the PEI Department of Health and Come to a Community Changers Breakfast Wellness, the Cooking to Quit program PEISO Fundraising Dinner Feb 12 at 7 am at Rodd Hotel, 75 Kent St, is being offered in conjunction with Charlottetown. Support Open Door Join the PEI Symphony at Red Shores Race dietitians from the local Sobeys grocery Outreach and hear how they are impacting Track on March 23 for an evening of fine stores. Sessions will include an introduc - the community. Call Tanya for complimen - food, entertainment, a chance to win at the tion to some of seasonings and spices tary tickets at 316-2927. track and the opportunity to support our available at the grocery. Island’s symphony orchestra. Post time is Certified tobacco educators will be Valentine’s Dinner 6:30 pm for cocktails (cash bar), conversa - part of the program. Participants will be Central Queens United Church, Hunter tion and music followed by dinner, the race offered a “quit kit” to assist with the River hosts its annual hot roast pork dinner of the day, entertainment by PEISO musi - process. They also hope to have the cians and friends, and a silent auction. group come together another night of at 7 pm on Valentine’s Day, Feb 14 (storm - Tickets are $75 per person or $575 for a the week as a walking group. date Feb 15). Musical entertainment is by table of 8 and includes the Red Shores buf - Sessions will be offered in Stratford, the group Party Mix. All are welcome. fet, your bet on the race of the day, and an February 4, 11, and 25 and March 4 and Tickets can be purchased from congrega - evening of entertainment. Tickets are avail - in Summerside February 15, and 22 and tion members or Helena at 964-2338. The able online at www.brownpapertickets.com March 1 and 8. For information contact church is at 19848 Rte.2, Hunter River. Jayna Stokes, Provincial Lead, Canadian Pancake Breakfast Valentine Coffee Party Cancer Society at 566-1713, ext 2231 or The St Francis of Assisi Catholic Women’s [email protected]. All smokers and St. Martha’s Knights of Columbus will host League are hosting a Valentine Coffee Party ex-smokers are encouraged to contact a Community Pancake Breakfast at North on Saturday, Feb 9 from 9:30 to 11:30am at the Cancer Society and register for the Shore Community Centre, Covehead Road the St. Francis of Assisi Hall. Tickets can be program. Peer support welcome. on Feb 16 from 8:30 –10:30 am. Everyone is welcome. For info and tickets contact Phil purchased at the door. The BUZZ February 2019 Page 13 S’side Trinity Concerts Bluegrass at Phase II and Fiddlers’ Sons scheduled for February Beaconsfield Concerts on Feb 3 and Mar 3

Janet McGarry and Wildwood, fiddler Dave Thomson, and Bluegrass Revival will be featured at a bluegrass concert February 3 at Beaconsfield’s Carriage House, Charlottetown.

Fiddlers’ Sons—John B Webster, Eddy Quinn, Courtney Hogan-Chandler and Keelin Wedge

Wildwood is comprised of Janet McGarry, mandolin and vocals, Serge Bernard on guitar, banjo, mandolin and harmony vocals, Allen Boland on guitar and vocals, Denise MacLeod on fiddle and vocals, and Gail Mullen on upright bass and vocals.

The Stiff Family have recently moved to PEI. They are a family gospel band and will perform at Beaconsfield’s Carriage House on March 3. Abigail, youngest band member, has been play - ing fiddle since she was 4, and recently Phase II and Friends—Pat King, Gerry Hickey, Keila Glydon, John McGarry, started the mandolin. Elizabeth, second Jeanie Campbell, Ed Young, Blaine Murphy youngest, has been playing since she was 8, and is on lead fiddle. Hannah, twin Trinity United Concert Series has two the group’s first time back to sister to brother Aaron, has been playing concerts lined up for the month of Summerside since appearing before a mandolin since she was 11 and recently February with both shows at 2 pm in the sold out crowd at Harbourfront Theatre picked up the fiddle. Aaron, oldest by 5 afternoon. last summer. minutes, plays banjo and dobro. Heather is the Mom, band coordinator and bass First on February 3, Phase II and Friends Fiddlers’ Sons features singer-song - player. She has been playing bass since will present “Silly Love Songs,” a great writer Eddy Quinn on lead vocals, gui - 2012, and taught piano for 6 years. Dad mix of familiar ballads with some lively tar and fiddle, multi-instrumentalist (Dave) plays guitar . tunes by the Beatles, Gerry and The Keelin Wedge on vocals, guitar, fiddle Bluegrass Revival band will also take Pacemakers, Elvis and Tom Jones. Keila and bass, singer-songwriter John B the stage with some gospel bluegrass and Jeanie will offer some wonderful Webster on vocals and guitar, and musi - favourites and instrumentals. Bandmates love songs by some of the best names in cal veterinarian Courtney Hogan- include: Peter LeMoine on banjo, Cherie the music world. This will be an after - Chandler on fiddle. The group will LeMoine on vocals, Peter Richards on noon of music that you won’t want to showcase tunes, stories and songs from guitar, David Clarke on dobro and miss, complete with a couple of surpris - their recently released album Fiddlers’ vocals, Shirley Jay on mandolin and es. This band loves duets and have Sons The Best Of Twenty Years . There will vocals, and Ann Hay on bass. learned a couple of new ones just for be copies of the new CD along with Both the February 3 and March 3 con - this show. There will be something here Eddy Quinn’s book Island Characters certs at Beaconsfield Carriage House, 2 for every musical taste, from the rock n’ available for sale. Kent Street, Charlottetown begin at 2 roll of the fifties right up to Ed Sheeran’s pm. Admission at the door supports the huge hit of 2016, Perfect. For information or for advance tickets P.E.I. Bluegrass & Old Time Music call Wendell at 436-8600 or drop by the Society’s 34th Annual Festival, July 5-7, Fiddlers’ Sons and Keelin Wedge are set church office at 90 Spring Street, at Dundas Fair Grounds. The Carriage to play February 17 at 2 pm. This will be Summerside or call 436-3155. House is fully accessible. 566-2641 Page 14 The BUZZ February 2019 Valentine’s Cabaret The Mack—Feb 14 Live @ the Centre With romance in the air, Sobeys LIVE @ the Centre serves up the ever popu - lar Valentine's Cabaret on February 14 at The Mack Vocalists Catherine O'Brien and Joey Kitson come together with a trio of Don Fraser on piano, Deryl Gallant on upright bass, and Alan White on drums for this February 14 tradition. Expect a musical union of romance, humour, and classic love songs, accented by the swinging sounds of another era. This is an evening out at The Mack where the audience will enjoy a varied selection of classics from Cristian de la Luna The American Songbook. The jazz trio will back Kitson and O’Brien Studio 1—Mar 8 across two rollicking sets of ballads, blues tunes, and pop standards, Rachel Beck Cristian de la Luna will offer an intimate including “The Nearness of You,” performance on March 8, in the Studio 1 “My Funny Valentine,” “Time after The Mack—Feb 23 theatre at Confederation Centre of the Time,” “and “Have I Told You Arts in Charlottetown at 7:30 pm. Lately That I Love You.” PEI’s Rachel Beck brings her folk-pop The singer-songwriter and human The popular audience poetry activ - sound to the Mack in February with rights activist writes and performs fes - ity returns, where tables can submit a Sobeys LIVE @ the Centre! Rachel has tive Colombian music inspired by the poem of their making on the night to just received 2019 Music PEI Awards in harsh realities of exile from his home - the hosts to share on the microphone. the categories of New Artist of the Year land and adaptation in a new country. There will also be a few songs in the and Pop Recording of the Year for her After arriving in Québec in the 2000s, he mix this year and other surprises. debut, self-titled album. “My intention moved to Edmonton. His songs are per - Tickets can be purchased at the for this record was to combine the heart formed in French, English and Spanish. Box Office, by calling 1-800-565-0278, and honesty of folk with the hooks and Cristian was born in Colombia. He or visiting boxoffice. sparkle of pop,” says Rachel. played trumpet in a traditional confederationcentre.com. Her single “Reckless Heart” hit #1 Colombian music ensemble, a “papay - on the CBC Music Top 20. era” and percussion in the school band, Rachel is a part of this year’s and it was there that he found the pas - Songwriters Series at Confederation sion of his life: music. When he emigrat - Centre at The Mack. Jenn Grant is per - ed to Quebec, at the age of 17, the exile forming on March 15 and the Town and the nostalgia served him to com - Heroes on April 27. pose his first songs, play his first con - Rachel Beck performs at the Mack certs and make his first tours. The sad with the Songwriters Series on and unjust history of his exile from February 23 at 7:30 pm. Tickets can be Colombia and the adaptation in his purchased at the Box Office, or by call - country of adoption, Canada, shaped ing 1-800-565-0278, or visiting boxof - this “new wave” Canadian. fice.confederationcentre.com. Cristian says, “I wish to crush divi - Songwriters Series production sponsor sions, and, through friendship and com - is Century 21 Colonial Realty Inc. and munity, dismantle the chronic neglect of Sobeys is the title sponsor for LIVE @ those who stop dreaming.” the Centre!

Francey masterclass

Music PEI will host a songwriting mas - terclass with the singer-songwriter David Francey January 30 at Florence Simmons Performance Hall, 140 Weymouth St, Charlottetown. The evening workshop will cover topics on technique and inspiration; lyrics, melody, harmony; and writing from outside your experience. Scottish-born Canadian David This will be David’s second time host - Francey has been recognized as one ing a songwriter workshop for Music Canada’s finest singer-songwriters. PEI. The first time resulted in his discov - Francey has released thirteen albums to ering Ashley Condon and producing her date and has earned three JUNO 2013 album The Great Compromise. Awards, four Canadian Folk Music Register in advance by visiting Awards, a SOCAN Folk Music Award, podio.com/webforms/22107655/154930 and three critics’ Album of the Year 5. For information contact Steve Love at awards from the Canadian folk maga - Music PEI at 894-MPEI (6734) or email zine Penguin Eggs . [email protected]. The BUZZ February 2019 Page 15 Fred Penner Children’s entertainer comes to The Guild in Charlottetown

OneNation Entertainment will present Fred Penner’s Place , aired on CBC in Fred Penner Live at The Guild in Canada from 1985 to 1997, and was seen Charlottetown March 9. in the United States on the cable channel Nickelodeon from 1989 to 1992. He has Fred Penner hasn’t been on the Island to received a JUNO Award for Children’s perform a public show in over 10 years. Album of the Year four times—1989, He says that he is very excited to be 2003, 2015 and 2018. back performing for a PEI audience. This show is sponsored by The Toy Fred is a Canadian children’s music per - Factory. Tickets are available at The former who gives appearances through - Guild Box Office, by phone at 620-3333 out North America. His television show, and online. Page 16 The BUZZ February 2019 Cold As Ice tour Foreigner brings show to Eastlink Centre on March 18 R E G I E W H C S

. S Foreigner, the band behind “I Want To In April 2018, Foreigner topped the Know What Love Is,” “Cold As Ice,” Billboard Classic Album Charts with and “Juke Box Hero,” has announced Foreigner With The 21st Century the Winter 2019 Cold As Ice tour. They Symphony Orchestra & Chorus , a live bring the show to Charlottetown’s recording of Foreigner’s first-ever Eastlink Centre March 18. orchestral shows in Lucerne, Foreigner—Mick Jones (lead guitar), Switzerland. The band headlined shows Kelly Hansen (lead vocals), Tom Gimbel in the US, Europe, Australia and New (rhythm guitar, sax, vocals), Jeff Pilson Zealand this year including sold-out (bass, vocals), Michael Bluestein (key - appearances at London’s Royal Albert boards), Bruce Watson (guitar) and Hall and Sydney Opera House. Chris Frazier (drums)—have released a Foreigner has worldwide album new album and a new musical. sales exceeding 80 million. The BUZZ February 2019 Page 17 Copper Bottom Presents Guitarristas Charlottetown’s Racoon Bandit cele - Island and visiting artists brated 10 years as a group this winter. Don Ross at The Pourhouse with guest Pipo Romero To mark a decade of Island indie-rock, Dylan Menzie the quartet released a split single of new songs—”Tattered Star” and “Modern Feb 9, 7:30 pm Life.” Comprised of Fraser McCallum, Roger Carter, Adam Gallant, and Colin Buchanon, the bandits share song-writ - ing and vocal duties. Tickets are available in the taproom, by phone, or at the door. Shuttle service is available from Upstreet Craft Brewing in Charlottetown to Copper Bottom Brewing in Montague. Call 361-2337 or swing by the taproom for details on how to reserve a bus seat. Danny Michel Singer-songwriter Dylan Menzie, from Belle River, PEI, has been heralded as Mar 9, 7:30 pm “the next big voice in Canadian music.” His debut EP, Heather Avenue , earned Music PEI Award nominations and led Pipo Romero Don Ross to high-profile performances throughout the Maritimes, including opening slots Don Ross, now in his 30th year of his Guitarra de Barcelona and in Los for City & Colour and Ron Sexsmith. In recording and touring career, plays The Matinales del País in Madrid. There he 2016, Menzie was a finalist in CBC’s Pourhouse in Charlottetown on March 2. met international guitarists playing a annual Searchlight competition on the His special guest will be Pipo Romero. similar fingerstyle such as Don Ross. back of his breakout single, “Kenya,” Romero has also performed in Canada, which then spent two weeks at number Don Ross is a Canadian fingerstyle gui - London and Berlin. Just released is his one on CBC Radio 2’s Top 20 leading up tarist and was twice winner of the second album is Ideario . to the release of his 2016 album National Fingerstyle Guitar Adolescent Nature . Doors for this show Championship. Ross’s music borrows open at 7 pm with music beginning at from blues, jazz, folk and classical music 7:30 pm. Tickets can be purchased in the creating a style that he describes as taproom or online via Eventrbite. “heavy wood.” Ross names Bruce Copper Bottom Brewing is located at Cockburn, John Renbourn, Pierre The Pink Floyd 567 Main Street, Montague. Thoughtful lyrics and charming perfor - Bensusan, Keith Jarrett, Egberto mances have earned Danny Michel nomi - Gismonti and Pat Metheny as influ - Experience nations for three JUNO awards, The ences. His many recordings began with Jeff Parry Promotions and Greatest Calm Baretta Polaris Prize, The CBC’s “Heart Of Bearing Straight in 1989 and include a Albums Live (GAL) bring their new Gold,” and most recently CFMA’s jazzy 2017 release A Million Brazilian show, The Pink Floyd Experience, to Racoon Bandit Producer of the Year Award and the Civilians (CandyRat). Harbourfront Theatre in Summerside on Oliver Schroer Pushing the Boundaries March 16 at 7:30 pm. GAL will tackle Feb 22, 9:00 pm Awards. His many projects include Black Spanish guitarist Pipo Romero released Dark Side of the Moon , released on 1 Birds Are Dancing Over Me with The his first album, Folklórico , in 2017. It was March 1973. In addition to Dark Side of Calm Baretta began as a folk duo in Garifuna Collective; Matadora ; and picked up by Sony Music España and the Moon , all of Pink Floyd’s greatest hits Charlottetown in early 2016 and with the Khlebnikov , recorded aboard the Soviet- charted in the top ten on World Music are performed live, including favorites addition of new members, evolved into a era Russian ice-breaker, Kapitan Charts Europe. Folklórico shows many like “Have a Cigar,” “Learning To Fly,” pop outfit. Comprised of frontman Josh Khlebnikov during an 18-day arctic expe - musical influences—from folk and “Comfortable Numb,” “Run Like Hell” Carter, Laura Oakie (sax), Nigel Haan dition through the northwest passage. country to flamenco. Following the and many rarities not often heard live. (bass), and Matt Bridges (drums), Calm Purchase tickets in the taproom or great success of this release, Pipo Tickets 888-2500 or visit Baretta has an experimental approach to via Eventbrite. Doors open at 7 pm with Romero performed at the Festival de la harbourfronttheatre.com high-energy pop music. show at 7:30 pm. Page 18 The BUZZ February 2019 Harbourfront Theatre Rumors by Neil Simon Marlane O’Brien directs the Harbourfront Players

The Harbourfront Players return to the stage this March 2019 at Harbourfront Theatre. After their successful run of Norm Foster’s Maggie’s Getting Marrie d last year, the Players have announced that their 2019 selection is Rumors by Neil Simon.

Rumors tells the story of an anniversary dinner Harbourfront Players Mark Enman, Steph Betts, party going awry when Shelley Schurman, and Catherine Arsenault the host is found uncon - scious with a bullet-hole through his ear Rumors on March 1, 2, 8, and 9 at 7:30 pm and his wife nowhere to be found. As the and on March 10 at 2 pm. confusion and miscommunications mount among some of the party guests, Rumors is presented by special arrange - the evening spins off into classic farcical ment with Samuel French, INC. Get tick - comedy. ets at harbourfronttheatre.com or call the Harbourfront Box Office at 888-2500. The The Harbourfront Players will perform Box Office is open weekdays 12 to 5 pm.

Beauty & The Beast at The Guild The Guild Music Theatre School presents the Beast, who is really a young prince Beauty & The Beast at The Guild in trapped under the spell of an Charlottetown February 22 to March 3. enchantress. If the Beast can learn to love Based on the Academy Award-win - and be loved, the curse will end and he ning animated feature, the stage ver - will be transformed into his former self. sion includes all of the wonderful songs But time is running out. If the Beast does written by Alan Menken and the late not learn his lesson soon, he and his Howard Ashman, along with new household will be doomed for eternity. songs by Mr. Menken and Tim Rice. The organizers say that Disney’s The original Broadway production ran Beauty & The Beast offers an opportunity for over thirteen years and was nomi - to bring the community together for fam - nated for nine Tony Awards, including ily theatre at its best. Best Musical. Tickets can be purchased through The The classic story tells of Belle, a Guild box office at 620-3333, or at young woman in a provincial town, and theguildpei.com.

Raised On TV theatre celebrates Canadian television shows Comedies, dramas, cartoons—most of the humor doesn’t just come from the us, we can say, were raised on television TV episodes themselves. The overall of some sort. This magic of “the boob rule is to stick to any show’s dialogue tube” combines with theatre once again as originally scripted—but this year’s in the form of Raised on TV , a series of four directors are free to interpret their live-action reenactments playing on The material in any way that inspires them, Guild stage in February. creating not only unexpected, laugh- RoTV was created in 2017 by out-loud moments, but a unique night Islanders Rod Weatherbie and Grace of entertainment with a completely Kimpinski. Whereas its first two “sea - Canadian twist. sons” brought shows from both the U.S. Raised on TV: We Are Canadian runs and Canada to life, its third installment, February 15 and 16 at 8 pm at The Guild, Raised on TV: We Are Canadian , focuses Charlottetown, with doors opening at solely on Canadian content and ranges 7:30 pm. Tickets are available online at from the cuteness of Caillou to the spici - theguildpei.com, by phone at 620-3333, ness of The Sunday Night Sex Show. or at the door the night of the shows. For While RoTV tends to lean toward the information about RoTV , contact Grace funnier side of Canadian programming, Kimpinski at [email protected]. The BUZZ February 2019 Page 19 Way Up West by Jan Cox A new school Slemon Park hosts the latest Community School X O C

N A J Gaelic instructor Ian MacQuarrie at Slemon Park Community School

A call went out mid-September to Slemon enthusiastic students and instructor Ian Park residents: any interest in Community MacQuarrie. Wow. What an eye opener. School programs at the Park? That call Gaelic is a very complicated language. was answered and Monday, January 7 But as Ian said, “Gaelic is the language saw the first night of what turns out to be of love. If you go back in time, many of a very popular event. the old songs are love songs.” (For example, Ho ro mo nighean donn Committee Chair Joanne Goerz is beam - bhoidheach—The beautiful brown ing. “Right now we have more than 50 haired maid. Many a piper has played students registered, a passionate com - this old song.) And did you know there mittee of seven, seven courses offered are only eighteen letters in the Gaelic and wonderful support from the resi - alphabet? Letters V, W, X, Y, Z, Q, J and dents and community of Slemon Park. K are left out. I won’t even get into what All committee members and six of the letters are silent! seven instructors live here in Slemon Park. We are thrilled,” said Joanne. Ian is a retired UPEI biology teacher, with a passion for Gaelic. He says, with In fact, there is a waiting list for several a twinkle in his eye, “My classes consist of the courses. The courses offered have of a little bit of grammar and typical attracted all ages—from nine year old phrases and numbers, a little history, a Isaac Drummond (guitar) to seniors tak - little music and song, a little story telling ing Gaelic. Other programs available are and a whole lot of fun.” Gaelic is a diffi - baking, French, quilting, scrapbooking/ cult language yet it flows and is very card making and intro to the internet. beautiful. Besides his career as a teacher, Ian is a former piper and has taken Local residents Sixtus Perry and Gib courses at the Gaelic College in St. Gibson donate and take care of snacks Ann’s, Cape Breton. “Gaelic is more and refreshments at the all important than my hobby and I’m surprised too break time. The Slemon Park that this course has this many folks in Corporation have donated the space for it,” he jokes. the School’s use at the Slemon Park Plaza. Classes end March 11 with a “Road Scholars Tour” guides, Pam banquet being planned for the follow - Coffin and Tammy Pickering, from the ing week. Kensington area, came to learn a wee bit of Gaelic. “When we are in Nova Scotia Enthusiasm for these programs and the on a tour, we thought it would be terrif - bringing together of the community is ic to be able to say something in Gaelic contagious throughout the hallways. to our group. To welcome them, give them a few words about the area, order I was intrigued by the inclusion of a lunch or something—just have some Gaelic class. To my surprise, it is one of fun,” said Pam. From what I saw, they the most popular courses. I joined eight came to the right place for that. Page 20 The BUZZ February 2019 St. Brigid’s Day LIVE @ the Centre at Moth Lane Making magic With Michael Pendergast and his musical guests With Justin Flom at the Confederation Centre

Celebrate St Brigid’s Day at Moth Lane Brewery on February 1 at 8 pm. Islanders can kick off their March Break Show , and Racheal Ray . He’s had his own Moth Lane is the “up west” connec - with a bit of magic this spring with show for two seasons on SYFY and show - tion to a golden age of brewing on PEI Justin Flom at Confederation Centre, cased his talents with other stars, such as and, apart from its every growing selec - Charlottetown. The globe-trotting magi - Lady Antebellum, Chrissy Teigen, and tions of craft beers, has a performance cian is bringing his special brand of Nick Jonas. Justin is touring across the space that has hosted many local events entertainment to Sobeys LIVE @ the U.S., Europe, and Oceania, and is now and Small Hall’s shows. Centre! on March 16 at 7:30 pm. bringing the magic to Charlottetown. On February 1, Michael Pendergast This virtuoso magician started his Tickets can be purchased at the on accordion and guitar will present a career by posting videos on social media Confederation Centre Box Office, by range of Irish and Celtic music and will before moving towards performing on calling 1-800-565-0278 or visiting boxof - be joined by fiddler Tre Sutherland TV programs such as Ellen , The Today fice.confederationcentre.com. from Manitoba, and guitarist Tom Gammon from Montana. Tre and Tom are particularly interested in the tradi - tional fiddling of Cape Breton. St Brigid is a patron saint of brewers Wake in the West at the Acadian comedian Ryan so the timing is right for a musical Irish Cultural Centre Doucette at The Guild Celtic feast. Only fifty tickets are avail - able. Call 902-831-2160 to reserve your What a way to celebrate St. Patrick’s. seats. Moth Lane is off the beaten path Attend an Irish play at the Edward at 101 Mickie Allan Shore Rd, Ellerslie Whelan Irish Cultural Center at 582 PEI. Getting there is half the fun. North River Road, Charlottetown. The Benevolent Irish Society (BIS) is reviving the tradition of producing Irish plays which was prominent in the Young Company city for more than 100 years and with most recent shows staged in the 60s accepting applications and 70s as part of St. Patrick’s Week Confederation Centre is now accepting activities. applications for its developmental per - Former directors of these produc - In collaboration with the Federation formance program, TD Confederation tions were prominent in their commu - Culturelle de l’Î.-P.-É. and the Carrefour Centre Young Company. The funding nity. Names such as Pius Callaghan, de l’Isle-Saint-Jean, Ryan Doucette pre - model for the program has changed, Jack Blanchard and Pat Connolly, well sents a one man stand-up comedy show which means applicants no longer have known in the community, directed “Le sens du punch” February 9 at The to be enrolled in full-time education to those plays. Guild in Charlottetown. be a part of the Young Company. Also, This year’s play, Wake in the West , Ryan, native of Clare, Nova Scotia, since rehearsal and performance dates written by Michael J. Ginnelly and began his career by performing in mime have moved back earlier into the spring, directed by Paul Whelan, is set on the skits at the Bric-à-Brac Cafe at Sainte- applicants need to be aged 18 to 30, so as West Coast of Ireland in a country Anne University in Nova Scotia. These to not be completing high school classes house on the outskirts of a small town. same sketches became “Ryan Doucette: It is a comedy in the best Irish tradi - First Round,” his first solo show. during rehearsal times. Instead of in-per - tion. The theme of the play is about the He is currently filming his television son auditions, the Centre is now asking unusual request of the deceased and show of the same name “Le sens du for video submissions.. For information the reaction of his relatives. punch” which airs on UNIS.TV, where about how to apply for this summer’s The Benevolent Irish Society in part - he sets out to discover francophone Young Company, visit confederationcen - nership with ACT (A Community humor in a minority environment tre.com/auditions. All submissions must Theatre) is producing the play. The through interviews and adventures. be sent to auditions@confederationcen - dates are: March 7 to 9 at and March 12 Tickets can be purchased online at tre.com by February 20, 2019. Only suc - to 14 at 7:30 pm. A light lunch will be www.theguildpei.com or by phone at cessful applicants will be contacted. served after Act 2. The Guild Box Office: 902-620-3333. The BUZZ February 2019 Page 21 The Brew by Bryan Carver crew teamed up with Chef Bill Pratt, to launch the Upstreet BBQ Brewhouse on Golden Girls puppets Windmill Road in Dartmouth which had its grand opening in October. With a Thank You for Being a Friend large selection of traditional barbeque on the Homburg stage favourites cooked ‘slow and low’ and The mighty brew beers brewed on-site by Upstreet co- founder and brewer Mike Hogan, they Island brewers expand to the mainland have created a destination in Dartmouth for both beer and barbeque lovers. Over the last few years, a number of PEI The classic Charlottetown brewpub based businesses in Gahan House has established a series of the beer industry new locations over the past few years. made successful leaps Their first endeavour was on the Halifax across the waterfront and has been a great success Northumberland for the Murphy Hospitality Group and Strait. Launching their that success has lead to the opening of Can you name your Golden Girls? new ventures in larger several additional locations throughout markets has highlight - New Brunswick. You can now find a Golden Girls are reunited in puppet ed the innovation and Gahan brewpub in Saint John, form for a live tribute to the TV show in entrepreneurial spirit Fredericton and soon a Moncton location a night of Dorothy, Sophia, Rose, and R E that Islanders possess. V will open its doors. Each location is Blanche called Thank You for Being a R A C We are fortunate to equipped with its own brewhouse, all Friend , hosted by Sobeys LIVE @ the N A have such an abun - Y three under the supervision of brewer, Centre! The show aired from 1985 to R dance of quality B Spencer Gallant. These four small scale 1992 and focused on four older women HopYard co-founder Mike Ross establishments in our breweries provides a great platform to sharing a home. Originally created for small province and it create some unique test batches that Australian audiences in 2014, this play is great to see these brands generate nightlife hub. After a few months of could potentially be brewed on a larger features Henson-style puppets designed more outside exposure to the great food remodeling, they replicated the original scale in Charlottetown in the future. by Joey Creative. It received the 2017 and beverage community we have. Charlottetown experience based around Broadway World Award for best inde - incredible service, a large vinyl collec - All of these Island businesses have pendent production and ran for six Late in the summer of 2018, Kent Street’s tion, biweekly menu changes and offer - made large impacts on the food and weeks in Toronto before going on a popular restaurant, HopYard, opened a ing up a great selection of the best beers beverage community here on PEI. It is cross-Canada tour. Thank You for Being a second location in Halifax. Business part - from the Maritimes. great to see that they have the strength Friend comes to the Homburg stage on ners Mike Ross and Brett Hogan man - and ability to take their successful busi - March 8 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets available at aged to secure a great location on a Another Island company that has estab - ness concepts and further develop them the Confederation Centre Box Office, by stretch of Gottingen Street in the North lished themselves in Nova Scotia is off-Island in larger markets throughout calling 1 (800) 565-0278 or at End that is becoming a restaurant and Upstreet Craft Brewing. The Upstreet the Maritime region. boxoffice.confederationcentre.com.

Rolston Quartet at The Mack

On Feb 21 the Canadian classical group the Rolston String Quartet will perform The Mack in Charlottetown, at 7:30 pm. The group will play string quartets from Haydn (Sunrise), Beethoven (Razumovsky) and Canadian Murray Schafer (Waves). In 2018 they received the Cleveland Quartet Award from Chamber Music America. Formed in 2013, the Rolston String quartet have toured extensively through Europe, Canada, the United States and Israel, performing at such venues as the Smithsonian, Kennedy Centre for the Performing Arts, Koerner Hall and Austria’s Esterhazy Palace. Tickets are available at the Confederation Centre Box Office, by calling 1 (800) 565-0278 or at boxoffice.confederationcentre.com. Page 22 The BUZZ February 2019 Women Making Waves Documentary Impulse Filmmakers conference and pitch competition 1970s Photography of PEI Life at the Confederation Centre

Women in Film and Television—Atlantic will host A new exhibition, A this year’s Women Making Documentary Impulse: 1972 Wave conference the week - Photography of Prince end of March 8 and 9, 2019. Edward Island Life, opens in Every year, a contingency February at the Confederation of Island filmmakers make Centre Art Gallery (CCAG). their way to Halifax to attend Women Making Waves and In the 1970s, as PEI was join industry representatives undergoing rapid change, from across Atlantic Canada many Islanders began to be in networking and learning concerned about losing their opportunities. “Island way of life.” It is not This year, some of the pre - a coincidence that around senters are Amy Belling who this time many institutions, will be offering a masterclass such as PEI. Museum and on cinematography and Heritage Foundation and Karen Walton, writer of the others, were created to pre - original indie horror film serve evidence from the past, Ginger Snaps and a long list of and to conserve the historic writing and producing cred - architecture and heritage of its for shows such as The the province. Individuals and Listener, Flashpoint, and Emma Fugate and Karen Mair taking a break during interest groups were con - Orphan Black who will be Women Making Waves 2018 cerned about the effects that facilitating a masterclass on tourism, advertising, urban writing for the screen. Much more is being planned for the development, and industrial - Not least on the schedule is a pitch two-day event and all are welcome to ization would have on the competition for a $5000 prize toward a attend and celebrate Women’s Day in an peaceful pastoral landscape. short film, and details are available on exciting nurturing environment. Members of the Island agri - the WIFT-AT website www.wift-at.com. A complete schedule of masterclass - culture industry and energy The deadline for submissions to the es and panels as well as social activities sectors held both modernist Wayne Barrett, Eldridge Cousins, Campbellton, c. 1976 competition is February 15, 2019. are listed at www.wift-at.com. and anti-modernist ideals and against this setting the back- to-the-land movement demonstrated a renewed interest in renewable energy Family Sundays and a traditional farming lifestyle.

Photographers were commissioned to document everyday life, and were sourced from a critical mass of artists doing documentary projects on PEI at that time. The 1970s remain a peak moment for 35mm photography on the Island. In the 1950s there were amateur photography clubs and commercial photographers. By 1975, many signifi - The Confederation Centre Art Gallery is cant photographers were active on the holding Family Sunday events on the Island, including acclaimed transplant - last Sunday of the month from 1:30 –3 ed New Yorker George Zimbel, English pm. These creative and dynamic activity documentarian Lawrence McLagan, days run from January to April; they're and former Canadian Photographer of free, fun, and bilingual (English and the Year (1966) Lionel Stevenson. French). All ages are welcome. The BUZZ February 2019 Page 23 Confederation Centre Art Gallery Taking Care of Women’s Business For Study Campaign moves to Feb The aim of the “Taking Care of 19th Century Art History from the permanent collection Women’s Business. Period. 28-day campaign” is to collect product or The Confederation Centre monetary donations to address the Art Gallery (CCAG) in need for feminine hygiene products Charlottetown has orga - for PEI food banks. The provincial PEI nized a new exhibition, For Women’s Institute and branches want Study: 19th Century Art to ensure there are sufficient feminine History , featuring 19th cen - hygiene products for the increasing tury Canadian paintings number of clients across PEI. Over 500 from the Gallery’s perma - women, not including youth, are in nent collection. monthly need of items like tampons, pads or menstruation cups for The exhibition will be a women’s monthly cycles. resource for UPEI students PEI WI provincial board mem - enrolled in a 19th Century bers have moved the campaign from art history course and will March to February to better reflect include: a Romantic storm- the campaign’s intent. Each year, the tossed seascape by George entire inventory collected is distrib - Thresher; several paintings uted to food banks across the Island by Robert Harris; a portrait within the weeks of the collection. by Thomas Mower Martin; The PEIWI issues collections chal - the iconic Leisure lenges to all WI branches, organiza - Moments, by Paul Peel; a tions, businesses, families, and indi - scene depicting Indigenous viduals. life by Cornelius Krieghoff; Drop-off locations include and more. Murphy’s Pharmacy across PEI ., Main Street Pharmasave in Souris, “It is great to be able to and the WI Office at 40 Enman align an exhibition with a Crescent, in Charlottetown. Online UPEI art history class,” donations can be made online at says Gallery Director URHM.org. Kevin Rice. “We are always happy to see stu - dents visit the galleries and use our new study lounge at the CCAG.”

Curator Pan Wendt is Paul Peel (1860-1892), Leisure Moments, 1886, oil on canvas teaching the UPEI course and curating the compan - ion exhibition. “Huge social-political compared to 100 years before. It went changes were taking place. Suddenly you from academic nudes and history paint - have paintings of ‘current events’; you ing to full-fledged Modernism in the have the need to visualize the change in hands of Manet, Van Gogh, and so forth, values, the whole idea of the people and with Paris the capital of all kinds of cul - the public emerges. tural change.”

He adds that with the advent of photog - For Study: 19th Century Art History is on raphy, painting was forced to adapt and display in the Young People’s Gallery at shift in this era. “By the end of the 19th CCAG from January 31 until May 19. century, the art is almost unrecognizable confederationcentre.com

Tulips for CT scanner QEH Foundation’s Tulips for the QEH sale is on February 28. Businesses and individuals are encouraged to pre-order tulip bouquets before February 21 by calling the QEH Foundation office at 894-2425 or by emailing sgwhiteway@ ihis.org. Volunteers with the QEH Foundation will offer free delivery to businesses in the Greater Charlottetown Area, with a minimum purchase of five bouquets. Volunteers will also be selling tulip bouquets from Vanco Farms in the QEH lobby on February 28, from 11 am to 2 pm, or as supplies last. Proceeds will help the purchase of a new CT Scanner for the Diagnostic Imaging Department. Page 24 The BUZZ February 2019

seen at TIFF.”—Kent Turner, Film-Forward . CITY CINEMA FEBRUARY 2019 “This highlight from the festival is a pleasurable way indeed to pass two hours at the cinema.”— The Hollywood Reporter Blaze Jan 29 –Feb 2 If Beale Street Could Talk 14A, coarse language, substance Feb 18 –23 abuse 14A, coarse language Dir: Ethan Hawke, US, 129 min. Ben Dir: Barry Jenkins, US, 119 min. KiKi Dickey, Alia Shawkat, Charlie Sexton Layne, Stephan James, Regina King “There are more than a few love stories being told in Barry Jenkins’s exquisite If Beale Street

and the more reserved Wiktor to fall madly in love. But fate—and politics—will soon tear them apart. For a while, at least. Even in exile, these two doomed lovers are too deeply connected to stay apart for long… What sticks with you about Pawlikowski’s transporting, heartbreaking film— more than its gorgeous monochrome look and the jazzy, smoky torch songs that fuel its second half—is Kulig, who with her tempestuous moods, sensual abandon, and aching melancholy is a rare kind of screen presence. You’d follow her anywhere… Cold War captures what it feels like to be swept up in amour fou, where the only thing more unimaginable than living with some - one is living without them.”—Chris Nashawaty, Entertainment Weekly all that old black-and-white magic provides the antidote to being jaded, so too does this film, which mixes poignancy and pratfalls to perfec - Mademoiselle de tion to deliver a comedy-drama that should win Joncquières over even the most sceptical of fans in the first five minutes. Even with the strongest of source Feb 11 –16 material to work with, Coogan and Reilly have 14A pulled off something truly remarkable here, Dir: Emmanuel Mouret, France, 109 “Ever heard of Blaze Foley? I hadn’t. But Ethan exceeding even the wildest of expectations, with min. Cécile de France, Edouard Baer, Hawke has, and he wanted to make sure the the spell only broken when you see their names rest of us did. Hawke’s new movie Blaze recon - come up on the closing credits. There’s brilliant Alice Isaaz, Natalia Dontcheva. In stitutes the late country singe—who died in 1989 French with English subtitles support, too, from Nina Arianda and Shirley Could Talk . First and foremost, there is the at the age of 39—through three different lenses. “This is a welcome return to the sexual/romantic Henderson as chalk-and-cheese wives Ida and romance of 19-year-old Tish Rivers and 22-year- We see him in his relationship with girlfriend machinations of Dangerous Liaisons , though, Lucille, and Rufus Jones as Bernard Delfont— old Fonny Hunt, who grew up together in Harlem Sybil Rosen; we watch his final concert before the promoter who cajoles Stan and Ollie into the his untimely death; and we drop in as his friends and have recently become engaged, sometime finest of messes. ‘We’re getting older,’ they say, in the early 1970s. There is also the steadfast remember him in a long radio interview. One of ‘but we’re not done yet.’ Only the second half of those friends is Townes Van Zandt, who’s loyalty that binds family members together, even that sentence is true.”—Harry Guerin, RTÉ under the direst circumstances. Tish is loved played by musician Charlie Sexton, which lends (Radio-Television of Ireland) a fluid meta texture to this biopic. After stellar most ferociously and unconditionally by her performances in First Reformed and J uliet, mother, Sharon (a magnificent Regina King), Naked , Hawke closes out a banner year with this Cold War who intervenes forcefully on Fonny’s behalf compelling directorial effort, which spins the when he is falsely accused of rape and thrown in clichés of the self-destructive celebrity narrative Feb 8 –10 & 15 –17 jail, just a few months before Tish realizes she is into an honest exploration of a man who couldn’t 14A, sexual content pregnant with his child. But If Beale Street Could behave himself to save his life. In his first screen Dir: Pawel Pawlikowski, Poland, 88 Talk could also be described as a love letter to performance, singer/songwriter Ben Dickey the ravishing visual possibilities of gold autumn min. Joanna Kulig, Tomasz Kot, Agata leaves and dusky-blue New York streets. It’s inhabits the role of Foley with a restlessness that Kulesza. In Polish with some French, feels authentic; he’s a genuine find… Blaze also about Jenkins’s love for his myriad influ - might be telling a story we’ve seen before, but it Russian, German, and Croatian with ences, among them writer and civil-rights activist does so from an angle that offers a few surpris - English subtitles. Cannes Festival James Baldwin, who wrote the 1974 novel on es, including a collective cameo by Sam which the film is based. The story moves around winner, Best Director in time, freely interweaving social history and Rockwell, Steve Zahn and Richard Linklater, and “Shot in the same inky black-and-white as his Hawke’s own engaging presence as the unpre - personal memory, with a slow-building emotional pared DJ conducting the interview that frames crescendo… There is a powerful tension at work the film… The guy’s grown into a real filmmak - in If Beale Street Could Talk between the harsh, er. This should be encouraged. Go see unsentimental realism of its story and the opti - Blaze .”—Norman Wilner, Now Magazine mistic glow in which Jenkins wraps his charac - ters, as if urging us to see the world both as it is and as it could be… a reminder of the goodness Stan & Ollie we can and must find in every moment, and of the injustice that makes goodness necessary.”— Feb 1 –9 Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times PG Dir: Jon S. Baird, UK/Canada, 97 min. unlike the latter, no scorecard is necessary for Steve Coogan, John C. Reilly, Shirley this compact and sumptuous film, also set Mary Queen of Scots Henderson, Danny Huston before the Revolution. French director Feb 22 –28 “This beautiful story about friendship, forgive - Emmanuel Mouret has mounted a grand show - 14A, sexual content case for his cast, especially for the imperious ness and why the show must go on turns out to Dir: Josie Rourke, UK, 124 min. be the best film Laurel and Hardy never made. and scheming widow Madame de La As tributes go, this is the stuff of standing ova - haunting, Oscar-winning Ida , director Pawel Pommeraye. She has come up with an elaborate Margot Robbie, Saoirse Ronan, David tions. Set in 1953, it follows them as hard-up Pawlikowski’s Cold War resembles a waking and foolproof plan to humiliate the infamous lib - Tennant household names, lugging a trunk around the dream. And a ravishingly romantic one at that. ertine Marquis de Arcis, who wooed a once indif - “Saoirse Ronan and Margot Robbie give perfor - music halls of the UK and Ireland as they wait The film opens in 1949, when a beautiful provin - ferent de la Pommeraye, won her, and then mances fit for queens in this surprisingly timely for a big screen comeback to take shape. Stan cial girl named Zula (the mesmerizing Joanna slowly tired of her. Now she pursues her special period drama. Ronan breathes fiery life into the (Coogan) is fooling himself about what’s left of Kulig) meets a pianist named Wiktor. Zula is brand of justice… The dialogue tosses off epi - ill-fated Mary Stuart, who moves back to her his showbiz clout. Ollie’s (Reilly) health is failing. auditioning for a Polish performance ensemble grams with ease (‘Happiness that doesn’t last is home country of Scotland as the 18-year-old The venues are half empty on a good night. that’s bringing rural folk music to the wider world. called pleasure’), and the production design re- widow of France’s King Francis II. When she Backstage, there are old wounds that have yet These peasant songs, like Poland’s dying tradi - creates a world that is, according to one put- takes her rightful place as Mary, Queen of Scots, to be acknowledged, never mind heal. tions, are in danger of being lost as the country upon woman, built on lies. Based loosely on a she sends the menfolk into a froth that’s perpet - Somehow, between Carlisle and Cobh, they reels from the aftermath of World War II under short story by Denis Diderot, this is decadently ually lathered by the likes of fire-and-brimstone manage to turn disaster into triumph… Just as Soviet rule. It doesn’t take long for the fiery Zula delicious and was among the top three films Protestant preacher John Knox, who can’t The BUZZ February 2019 Page 25

Order of the Phoenix Westworld CITY CINEMA TIMETABLE Feb 3, 3 pm Feb 20, 9 pm PG, frightening scenes Wed Jan 30 7:00 Blaze David Yates, 2007, 137 min. Daniel Thur Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson Jan 31 7:00 Blaze Fri Feb 1 7:00 Stan & Ollie Indiana Jones and the 9:05 Blaze Temple of Doom Sat Feb 2 6:30 Blaze Feb 6, 8:35 pm 14A 9:05 Stan & Ollie 14A, violent scenes Michael Crichton, 1973, 90 min. Yul Sun Feb 3 3:00 Harrpy Potter… Steven Spielberg, 1984, 108 min. Brynner, Richard Benjamin, James Harrison Ford, Kate Capshaw, Ke Huy Brolin 7:00 Stan & Ollie The park provides its customers a way to live out Quan Mon Feb 4 7:00 Stan & Ollie In 1935, Indiana Jones arrives in India and is their fantasies through the use of robots that pro - asked to find a mystical stone. vide anything they want. Two of the vacationers Tue Feb 5 7:00 Stan & Ollie choose a wild west adventure. However, after a computer breakdown, they find that they are now Wed Feb 6 6:30 Stan & Ollie being stalked by a rogue robot gun-slinger. Harry Potter and the Half- 8:35 Indian Jones… Blood Prince Thur Feb 7 7:00 Stan & Ollie Feb 10, 3 pm Fantastic Beasts and PG, frightening scenes Where to Find Them Fri Feb 8 7:00 Stan & Ollie David Yates, 2009, 153 min. Daniel Feb 24, 3 pm 9:05 Cold War Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson Sat Feb 9 7:00 Cold War Godzilla 9:00 Stan & Ollie Feb 13, 8:45 pm Sun Feb 10 3:00 Harry Potter… PG, frightening scenes 7:00 Cold War Mon Feb 11 7:00 Mademoiselle de… PG Tue Feb 12 7:00 Mademoiselle de… decide if he hates her more as a Catholic or as a David Yates, 2016, 152 min. Eddie Wed woman in power. Of course, Mary isn’t the only Redmayne, Jon Voight, Colin Farrell Feb 13 6:30 Mademoiselle de… woman on a throne in the 16th-century British Set in New York in 1926, an eccentric wizard, 8:45 Godzilla Isles: Her cousin is the Queen of England, Newt Scamander, author and Ministry of Elizabeth I, and Mary writes to her ‘sister,’ eager Magic employee, is headed to the Magical Thr Feb 14 7:00 Mademoiselle de… to form an alliance. The canny script presents Congress of the United States of America with these two historical figures as magnificently, a special briefcase that is home to a variety of Fri Feb 15 7:00 Cold War realistically complex women. Willing to mount dangerous beasts. her horse and lead the troops into battle at the Gareth Edwards, 2014, 123 min. 9:00 Mademoiselle de… first sign of insurgence, Mary is beautiful, clever, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Elizabeth Sat Feb 16 7:00 Mademoiselle de… confident and passionate—strengths that often Olsen, Bryan Cranston, Juliette Indiana Jones and the tip into weaknesses—while Elizabeth is a cagey 9:15 Cold War politician, regally contained, often uncertain and Binoche Last Crusade soon scarred by a near-deadly bout with the Against a cataclysm, the only hope for the world Feb 27, 9:00 pm Sun Feb 17 3:00 Harry Potter… pox…. As rare queens in the age of kings, they may be Godzilla, but the challenge for the King are keen to forge a bond with each other and of the Monsters will be great even as humanity 7:00 Cold War struggles to understand the destructive ally they their countries, but for the suspicion, envy, ambi - Mon Feb 18 3:00 Harry Potter… tion and machinations of men… The performers have. ensure that Mary Queen of Scots feels vibrantly 7:00 If Beale Street… alive.”—Brandy McDonnell, The Oklahoman Harry Potter and the Tue Feb 19 7:00 If Beale Street… Deathly Hallows part 1 Wed Feb 20 6:30 If Beale Street… Feb 17, 3 pm 9:00 Westworld The Charlottetown David Yates, 2010, 146 min. Daniel Film Society & Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson Thur Feb 21 7:00 If Beale Street… 14A, violent scenes Fri Feb 22 6:30 Mary Queen of Scots L’Ipéen film series: Harry Potter and the Steven Spielberg, 1989, 125 min. 9:00 If Beale Street… Tickets at the door, cash only, $7 / $5 Harrison Ford, Sean Connery, River Sat Feb 23 6:45 If Beale Street… for children under 14, or visit Deathly Hallows part 2 Phoenix Eventbrite.ca for advance tickets. Feb 18, 3 pm The fearless archeologist is once again pitted 9:10 Mary Queen of Scots (Does not include regular City Cinema PG, violence, frightening scenes against the Nazis as he musters up every ounce Sun Feb 24 3:00 Fantastic Beasts programming) David Yates, 2011, 130 min. Daniel of cunning and courage to rescue his father Dr. Jones Sr. and the mythical Holy Grail from their Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson Harry Potter and the evil clutches. 7:00 Mary Queen of Scots Mon Feb 25 7:00 Mary Queen of Scots

City Cinema gratefully acknowledges Tue Feb 26 7:00 Mary Queen of Scots ADVANCE TICKETS are now available our partnership with Film Circuit, pre - Wed Feb 27 6:30 Mary Queen of Scots through our website. sented by TIFF and its sponsors and sup - 9:00 Indian Jones… See citycinema.net for details porters. For more information about Thur Feb 28 7:00 Mary Queen of Scots Memberships Film Circuit and to view a full list of Regular $20 Student $16 their sponsors and supporters, please visit www.tiff.net/filmcircuit Admission Effective May 1, 2012 Box office opens 20 minutes before showtime Regular $10.00 CITY CINEMA is on the web at Card-carrying member $7.00 14 and under $7.00 www.citycinema.net 65 and over $7.00 and via The Buzz website Sorry, we do not accept debit or credit cards Memberships are good for one year. Cards are not www.buzzon.com transferable. Members must present cards for discount. Sorry, we cannot replace lost or stolen cards. Page 26 The BUZZ February 2019 1919—PEI Soldiers Return BOOKS PEI from the Great War Knowing Demons, lem of evidence at this pivotal moment in European intellectual history. What con - Writers wanted for new Culture Summerside project Knowing Spirits in the stituted evidence—and for whom? Where might it be found? How should it Early Modern Period be collected and organized? What is the Editors Dr. Richard relationship between evidence and proof? These are crucial questions, for Raiswell, Michelle Brock, what constitutes evidence determines David Winter how people interrogate the world and the kind of arguments they make about it.” Said Dr. Neb Kujundzic, dean of the Faculty of Arts at UPEI, “I congratulate Evidence in the Age of Dr. Raiswell on his extraordinary scholar - the New Sciences ly achievement; the two books he co-edit - ed will certainly raise the profile of UPEI Editors James Lancaster, and the Faculty of Arts in particular.” Richard Raiswell New Wave Entrepreneur HK & Ivan MacArthur

1919 could be described as a year of have the freedom to bring to life the intense mixed emotions on Prince Edward image in their own creative fashion. Island. The Armistice that brought an end to the Great War had been signed on Using the image shown above, amateur November 11, 1918, and the majority of and professional writers are invited to Dr. Richard Raiswell, an associate pro - Canadian soldiers who had served in the create a story of 200 words or less to fessor of history at UPEI, has co-edited conflict were coming home. submit for selection judging. The dead- two new books. Knowing Demons, line is March 1. The chosen writers will Knowing Spirits in the Early Modern Period For some Islanders the news brought then attend a microfiction workshop led (co-edited with Michelle Brock and New Wave Entrepreneur , by HK & Ivan great relief that a loved one would by Island writer Deidre Kessler. David Winter) is published by Palgrave. MacArthur, has been recently published. return, but it also brought great trepida- Evidence in the Age of the New Sciences (co- On Prince Edward Island, many new tion. Would the man returning resemble The booklet will be launched as part of a edited with James Lancaster) is pub - immigrants arrive under the “Immigrate the naïve, loved-one that had left to do music and drama public event on May lished by Springer. to PEI as an Entrepreneur” category of his duty to King and Country? Could he 26. A lecture series is also planned. From the publisher’s website, on the Provincial Nominee Program (PNP). resume the threads of the life he had left Knowing Demons, Knowing Spirits : Since the inception of the Provincial behind knowing time had not stood still “This book explores the manifold Nominee Program there have been vary - at home? Would the love between cou- ways of knowing—and knowing about— ing viewpoints on the benefits and chal - ples remain? Would a grieving mother Family Violence preternatural beings such as demons, lenges of the program. The authors of be able to bear the pain of seeing her angels, fairies, and other spirits that New Wave Entrepreneur say that what is dead son’s friends return? inhabited and were believed to act in often lost in all of this discussion is an Prevention Week early modern European worlds. Its con - insight into the motivations and experi - Culture Summerside is once again Prince Edward Island’s Family Violence tributors examine how people across the ences of these immigrants who invest the bringing attention to the soldiers of the Prevention Week raises awareness that social spectrum assayed the various future of their families in Prince Edward Great War. The current project will every Islander can play a part in pre - types of spiritual entities that they Island and Canada. address the return of soldiers to PEI venting and responding to family vio - believed dwelled invisibly but meaning - Their new book aims, they say, to give with emphasis on the men whose homes lence. This year’s theme is the engage - fully in the spaces just beyond (and occa - PNP entrepreneurs a human face, and to were in the western half of the province. ment of men and boys in family vio - sionally within) the limits of human per - share their experiences, hopes, and aspi - lence prevention. A launch party will be ception. Collectively, the volume demon - rations as new Islanders. The authors One component of the project is the pub- held February 11, 4 to 6 pm, at Upstreet strates that an awareness and under - undertook interviews with twelve PNP lishing of a booklet that explores the Craft Brewing, 41 Allen St, standing of the nature and capabilities of immigrant entrepreneurs and arranged return of the soldiers to PEI. While it will Charlottetown, to kick off the week and spirits—whether benevolent or malevo - for photo sessions. Interviews were con - contain hard facts, a section of the book- showcase a new web resource on the lent—was fundamental to the knowl - ducted in English or Mandarin. These let will be given over to creative writers Engagement of Men and Boys in Family edge-making practices that characterize interviews covered a range of topics to capture the emotions of the times. Violence Prevention (fvps.ca/menand - the years between ca. 1500 and 1750.” including past experiences, Island life, boys). Everyone 19+ is welcome. On Evidence in the Age of the New their business enterprises, and their plans Volunteers are being recruited to gather Complimentary munchies will be Sciences , publisher Springer writes: for the future. research for the booklet through the served. A complimentary drink ticket “The motto of the Royal Society— “The title New Wave Entrepreneur was reading on microfilm of several Island will be given to the first 20 people to Nullius in verba—was intended to high - chosen to reflect the fact that PNP immi - newspapers that existed in 1918-19. arrive. Wear purple on February 13 to light the members’ rejection of received grants represent the latest wave of entre - Newspaper images related to the return show your support of family violence knowledge and the new place they preneurs to immigrate to Prince Edward will be part of the search. prevention. Participate in various activi - afforded direct empirical evidence in Island,” say the authors. “Such waves ties Island-wide to promote family vio - their quest for genuine, useful knowledge have occurred in the past and have includ - Fifteen Prince Country writers will be lence prevention and healthy relation - about the world. But while many studies ed immigrants from France, the British matched to fifteen images with the ships. Activities include Walks in have raised questions about the construc - Isles, Lebanon, and Holland. We hope that objective to create their own microfic- Silence, awareness presentations, family tion, reception and authentication of this new wave can build on the success of tion story about what is happening in activities and more. For information knowledge, Evidence in the Age of the New previous entrepreneurs and contribute the image. The writer must have the feel visit stopfamilyviolence.pe.ca/familyvi - Sciences is the first to examine the prob - new knowledge to Island culture.” and facts of the time period, but will olencepreventionweek2019campaign. The BUZZ February 2019 Page 27 PEI Writers’ Guild Open Mic Readers / Writers Guest Nils Ling Island Literary Awards Summerside Rotary Library The PEI Writers’ Guild has announced Feb events at Summerside Rotary that the 32nd Cox & Palmer Island Library are: Quilting Club Wed at 10 Literary Awards Gala will be taking am; International Folk Dancing Group place on May 18 at the Rodd Sat at 6 pm; Craft and Chat Feb 4 at 2 & Charlottetown. The Rotary Club of 6 pm; Genealogy Club Feb 10 at 2 pm; Charlottetown Royalty Creative Writing Needle Craft Club Feb 14 & 28 at 2 pm; Awards for Young People will be hand - Trivia Night Feb 11 at 6:30 pm; Adult ed out during an afternoon ceremony Book Club Feb 23 at 2 pm; Board Game and the Cox & Palmer Island Literary Cafe Feb 25 at 5:30 pm; Chinese New Awards (18+) awards will be handed Year Feb 5 from 4 –6 pm; SuperNOVA out during an evening ceremony. Computer Science Program drop-in During this annual gala event, the best program for all ages March 2 from in Island writing in all age groups will 10 –11:30 am; Dance and African be honoured and cash prizes will be Drumming Workshop March 2 at 1:30 awarded to individuals who place first, pm; Wiggle Giggle Read for baby’s 0-36 second and third in both the adult and months and their caregivers Tue at 1:30 young people’s awards categories. pm or Fri at 10:30 am; Family Storytime Applications are currently open and for ages 3 –5 Thur at 10:30 am; the deadline to submit is February 28, Imagination Station Sat 10 am –4pm; 2019 at 9 PM (AST). For the adult (18+) Lego Club Sun 1 pm; Wiggle Giggle awards, Islanders are invited to submit Read with a Speech Pathologist Feb 1 at works in the following five categories: 10:30 am; Puppet Play Feb 2 at 11am; Literature for Children Awards, Poetry Kids Code Club for ages 8 –12 Feb 5, 12, Awards, Short Story Awards, Creative & 19 at 6 pm; Bookworms Family Book Non-Fiction Awards and the Mary Club for ages 5 –9 and their special per - Coyoteblanc Award for Indigenous son Feb 9 at 1:30 pm; Twisted Stitchers The PEI Writers’ Guild Open Mic will be recent film, a music video for singer- Writing. Youth are also invited to sub - for ages 13-19 Feb 3, 17, & 24 at 1 pm; held on February 21. songwriter Ashley Condon, earned him mit for the Rotary Club of Cupid Rhymes with Stupid for ages 13- a nomination for a PEI Music Award. Charlottetown Royalty Creative Writing 19 Feb 12 at 4 pm; Galimoto Craft Feb Reader will be Nils Ling. Nils Ling is an He is currently researching and writing Awards for Young People. Students 17 at 3 pm; 3D Printing for ages 13-19 author, playwright, actor, filmmaker a self-help book about grief and the loss may write on the topic of their choice Feb 26 at 4 pm. Library is at 57 Central and a nationally-syndicated newspaper of an infant, entitled The Stolen Child . and submit in one of four sub-cate - St, Summerside. 436-7323 columnist who lives in Breadalbane. gories: Early Elementary (Grades 1-3), The Open Mic will be held on February Late Elementary (Grades 4-6), Junior In the early 90s Nils Ling moved to 21, at 7 pm at Receiver Coffee Co., 128 High (Grades 7-9) and Senior High Prince Edward Island to take the posi - Richmond Street in Charlottetown. All (Grades 10-12). tion of host of CBC’s Mainstreet . In 1999, are welcome. The first ten writers to All category descriptions, submission Nils began touring with a one man sign up may read from their work— criteria and submission information for show entitled The Truth About Daughters , poetry or prose—for up to five minutes. both the adult and youth categories can which has become one of Canada’s most Following a short break the featured be found at www.peiwritersguild.com. successful one-man shows with over reader, Nils Ling, will begin. 1500 performances worldwide. Two other shows, The Truth About Love and/or The PEI Writers’ Guild Open Mic Series Foxfyre reading Marriage and The Truth About Christmas will continue to run on the second Sion Irwin-Childs will read from Foxfyre followed. Thursday of each month. Note that the Feb 21 at 7 pm at Confederation Centre February event, only, is on the third Art Gallery, Charlottetown. Set in the Nils continues to live and create on PEI, Thursday of the month. March Open rugged, rolling landscape of Nova working in the written and spoken Mic will return to the second Thursday Scotia and PEI, Foxfyre is a dramatic tale word, in music and in film. His most of the month. about Vinland for kids and those that were. It comes complete with projected visuals and dancing chickens. Books and book art will be available for purchase and signing. This free reading is pre - Romance writing workshop sented in partnership with the Confederation Centre Art Gallery and On February 9 at the Haviland Club in order to meet your readers’ expecta - Bookmark. 628-6142, foxfyreproduc - Charlottetown, writers of all levels will tions. Exercises will include “beating [email protected] gather to learn more about romance out” that romantic novel outline. writing in the twenty-first century. Open Time will be spent discussing roman - to both members and non-members of tic tension, heat levels, and how one Eptek Centre Book Club the PEI Writers’ Guild, this workshop, builds that all-important sexual tension. The members of the Eptek Centre Book entitled Heat Rising: Writing the Don’t worry, the process of writing Club will meet Feb 7 at 7 pm when they Romantic Revolution, promises to warm those often awkward sex scenes will will discuss Me Before You by Jojo participants up from the winter cold. also be covered with some fun writing Moyes. Louisa Clark, an ordinary girl Led by Nova Scotia author Michelle exercises. living an ordinary life, takes a job with Helliwell from Romance Writers of Finally, Helliwell will inform partici - ex-Master of the Universe Will Traynor, Atlantic Canada (RWAC), this event will pants about the publishing process spe - who is wheelchair bound after an acci - cover not only the romance genre and cific to the romance genre. dent. New members are welcome. Eptek what constitutes a “romance,” but will The workshop will run from 9 am Art & Culture Centre is a site of the PEI also dive deep into the hero(ine)’s jour - until 4 pm at the Haviland Club, 2 Museum and Heritage Foundation ney. It will discuss romantic arcs, tropes, Haviland Street, Charlottetown. peiwrit - located at 130 Heather Moyse Dr, sub-genres, and how to best use each in [email protected] Summerside. 888-8373 Page 28 The BUZZ February 2019 A Glimpse of Noella Daily Painting Multi-media exhibit by Noella Moore at MacNaught Centre Kim Jabbour’s daily painting journey at The Guild A Glimpse of Noella , multi-media art by Noella Moore, is on display at MacNaught Join Kim Jabbour in celebrating her History Centre and Archives in “Daily Painting” journey. The art - Summerside through March. work will be exhibited at the Gallery @ The Guild in Charlottetown from Noella Moore is a multi-media artist February 6 to 17. who began drawing as a small child. By the age of sixteen she had created her Kim began this project on January first oil painting, which through adult 1, 2018, challenging herself to com - eyes she still describes as “gorgeous.” plete a painting each day for one year, and finished December 31, The Mi’kmaq artist has also recovered a 2018. The 365 paintings featured in part of her lost heritage through the arts. the exhibition are done in many In 2003 she was invited to a basket styles and mediums. Kim says that weaving workshop offered by Mi’kmaq she is very excited to share her Elders. She says that when her hands Noella’s quill art experience and journey with her made contact with the wood and she family, friends and community. began to bend and weave in the creative end of March. It can be viewed Tuesday process of basket weaving it felt entirely through Saturday, 10 am to 4 pm. Moore Opening reception will be natural and healing. Moore now teaches extends an invitation to all to join her for February 6 from 7 to 9 pm at The basket weaving. “It feels so good to see the official opening of the exhibit on Gallery @ The Guild. All are invit - people creating because of the skills I February 5 from 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm. ed to attend. Exhibition dates are have taught them,” she says. “I want to MacNaught is located at 75 Spring February 6 to 17, 2019. keep the knowledge going.” Street, Summerside. At right: Self-portrait by Kim Jabbour In 2016, Moore had the opportunity to learn Quill Art, a heritage Mi’kmaq art form that uses the quills of the porcu - S’side Art Club at Eptek pine, along with birch bark and sweet grass, to create unique complex works Portrait of the artist named Kat of art. Quill Art was not known on Prince Edward Island as the porcupine is not native to the province. However, in 2016, Cheryl Simon, a Nova Scotia artist, taught a course on Lennox Island, and once again Moore found herself a natural in the art.

Moore says, “My art is who and what I am. I want it to tell the story of what I enjoy creating and giving life to. It has both healed me and enabled me to break the cycle of trauma created in my family Hitching a Ride by Lise Genova by the legacy of residential schools .” The Summerside Art Club will display Though she has participated in a num - its artwork at the Eptek Centre in ber of group exhibits, A Glimpse of Noella Summerside from February 8 to March at MacNaught History Centre and 29. The opening of the show entitled Archives is Moore’s first solo exhibit. It Transported will feature some 25 to 30 will feature her painting, basket and artists from the group. The opening of quill art, as well as jewellery. The exhibit the show which will be on February 29 by Krista MacLeod But not for long. will open February 4 and run until the from 2 until 4 pm. Kat put all the names in a sock and My 14 year old son and I were volun - did a video of her drawing the winner. teering at the Christmas Care Fair host - Imagine our shock when Dakota’s name ed by Santa’s Angels and Gifts From the was drawn! We were incredibly excited! Heart on November 24 at the Farm She was thrilled as well as she remem - Center in Charlottetown. It was an bered his interest that day. They com - amazing day where over 800 low- municated on what he wanted done and income Islanders were helped with in the end, he chose a portrait of himself. food, clothing, toys, toiletries, furniture Kat was dedicated and vigilant, post - and even dog food courtesy of CADO. ing updates of the progress throughout Among all of this was an artist the last 3 weeks. It was amazing to see named Kat (Kathryn Saunders). She was her turn a photo into an amazing piece taking names and doing a draw for a of art. It was a process to behold. The free piece of her artwork. My son was love and time she put into it was instantly drawn to her art and filled out astounding. a ballot. He even went back later in the Today, we went and picked up the day to ask more questions about her piece and it is hard to believe but it is work. As she was leaving I had the plea - better in person. sure of speaking to her outside. She was so kind and uplifting. At that point we To see more of Kathryn Saunders work parted ways. visit herart22.wordpress.com. The BUZZ February 2019 Page 29 a mixed media collection of semi-realistic Ellen’s Creek Gallery Gallery @ The Guild drawings and paintings, is on display to Works by Island artists Henry Purdy “Daily Painting” journey, 365 works by Feb 15. Feb 19 at 7 pm is the opening cele - C.M., RCA, Sylvia Ridgway, Maurice Kim Jabbour is on view Feb 6 –17. Opening bration of Fred and Joyce Gill’s exhibit, Bernard, Lindsay Walker, Pam Ling, is Feb 6 from 7 –9 pm . Queen & Richmond, Diverging Paths: with brush and needle . Using Marie McMahon-Young, Lionel Ch’town. 620-3333 EBabax’s Ahrt Wiabll its their photographs as a starting point, Fred Stevensen, P. John Burden, John Cox, Artwork by Amanda MacKinnon will be and Joyce have put together a show of David Garcia Jimenez, Daphne Irving PEI Crafts Council Gallery displayed on the walls at Baba’s Lounge in paintings and needlework. Using the same RCA, Ambika Gail Rutherford, Greg Gallery of the PEI Crafts Council. Juried Charlottetown for the month of February. photos as inspiration, they have each pro - Garand, Jim Steadman, Louise Mould, work by Island artists, artisans. 98 Water Of her work Amanda says, “My art has duced an artwork using their preferred Scott O’Neal, Ray Doiron, Julia Purcell, St, Charlottetown. 892-5152 always revolved around the female form medium. Contact the Library for info on Karl McKeeman, Kim Jabbour, Betty mixed with daily life. I have had my art displaying in the gallery. Tue 1 –8:30 pm, Jenkins, Linda Shaw Packard, Adam the small town Market Gallery questioned and hidden because someone Wed 1 –5:30 pm, 6:00 –8:30 pm, Thur –Sat Sultan, Kim Naumann, Terry Dunton On view Jan 26—April 27 is Business as has been ‘offended’ by a nipple or simply 9:30 am –12:30 pm, 1 –5:30 pm. FB Cornwall Stevensen, Anne MacKay and Wayne Usual: New Works by Liam McKenna , a col - for being ‘too sexual’, that only pushes me Public Library, PEI. Cornwall Town Hall, Barrett. Mon –Fri 9 –5, Sat 9 –4 year round. lection of portraits of the farmer’s market more to create. I would love to see the peo - off TCH, Cornwall. 629-8415 [email protected]. 525 North River vendors seeking to emphasize the diversity ple of PEI being more open and accepting Details Fine Art Gallery Rd, Ch’town. 368-3494 and activity of the space. Charlottetown of seeing women in their natural state. I’ve Farmers’ Market,100 Belvedere Ave, Island artists at the Gallery include Ron Eptek Art & Culture Centre Ch’town. been sketching this way since I was 9 or Arvidson, P. John Burden, Holly Caldwell, Reveal > Conceal: a survey of PEI contempo - 10 and will continue to do so. .” Canoe Cove Glass, Kevin Cook, Grace rary artists , an exhibition that features work this town is small at Receiver Curtis, Katharine Dagg, Wendell Dennis, Confederation Centre Art in a variety of mediums is on display to In partnership with Receiver Coffee Co., David Garcia Jimenez, Jamie Germaine, Feb 8. Summerside Art Club exhibit this town is small presents a group exhibit Gallery Elaine Harrison, Jessica Hutchinson Transported will be on display beginning of drawings by Jane Affleck, Tessa Rose For Study: 19th Century Art History curated Pottery, Island Stoneware, Sandi Komst, Feb 15. Opening is Feb 24 at 2 pm. Rankin, and LiliAnne Webster entitled by Pan Wendt in the Young People’s Heather M. Larter, Wendy Manning, Refreshments will be served. On display in Organics , on view Jan 28 –March 8. 128 Gallery Jan 31 –May 19; Mitchell Wiebe: Monica Macdonald, Heather Millar, the lobby is Music PEI Album Art, featur - Richmond St, Ch’town. 367-3436 VampSites to Mar 3; Serial Arrangements Connie O’Brien, PEI Smoke Fired Pottery, ing the album cover artwork from this curated from the Gallery’s permanent col - Pottery by the Sea, Dr. Paul A. Price, year’s Music PEI awards nominees from MacNaught History Centre lection to Mar 10; Sandra Meigs: The Arlene Rice, Susana Rutherford, Ben F. categories that recognize new recordings. Basement Paintings to Mar 17; Who’s Your Stahl, Richard Vickerson. The Gallery also and Archives Visitors can also listen to this year’s nomi - Mother? Women Artists of P.E.I., 1964 to the represents, Maritime, Canadian and inter - A Glimpse of Noella , work by Noella Moore nees as part of the exhibit. Eptek is a site of present to Jun 1. Daily 9 am –5 pm. national artists.Soapstone Carvings, Arte runs Feb 4 –March 31. Opening is Feb 5 the PEI Museum and Heritage Found. Confederation Centre, 145 Richmond St, Vargas Glass, Holly Yashi Jewelry. from 6:30 –8:00 pm. Archival staff will assist Tue –Fri 10 am –to 4 pm, Sun 12 –4 pm Ch’town. 628-6142 Designer jewelry, art, glass, pottery. in the use of the genealogical resources by (closed Feb 10, 17). FB EptekCentre; Reduced winter hours in effect. appt. Tue –Sat, 10 am –4 pm. wyatt.pro - www.peimuseum.com. 130 Heather Moyse Cornwall Library Art Gallery Detailsfineart.com. 166 Richmond St, [email protected], 75 Spring Dr, S’side. 888-8373 Zoe Nichols’ exhibit, What Lays in My Soul , Ch’town. 892-2233 St, Summerside. 432-1332 Page 30 The BUZZ February 2019 Parks Canada hiring students services for children 0-18 years of age with Parks Canada is offering students the no cost to the patients or their families. For opportunity to work in a hands-on envi - #1 a donation location, contact your local ronment on PEI through the Parks Canada Lions Club, find them on FB through Lions Student Employment Program. The annual International—Morell or drop off tabs at recruitment campaign runs to February 8, COMMUNITY the Morell Consumers CO-OP in Morell. 2019 with a goal of filling more than 100 positions at PEI National Park, Green Early childhood meeting Gables Heritage Place, and Skmaqn—Port- Parents in the Francophone community say la-Joye—Fort Amherst National Historic that they want to join the discussion to find ways to resolve a shortage of early child - Site. Parks Canada is looking for students hood educators in PEI, which they believe with a wide range of interests and skills to to be caused by insufficient wages and ben - fill a variety of positions. Openings are efits. The Association des centres de la available in visitor services as heritage and petite enfance francophones de l'Île-du- park communicators and musician/anima - Prince-Édouard (IACPEFÎPÉ), following tors, in janitorial and grounds services, and the example of the Early Childhood in public relations and communications. Development Association of PEI, (ECDA) There is an opportunity to work as an is organizing bilingual rallies for parents “Anne”-imator at Green Gables Heritage and the public in general to create an Place. Both bilingual and English-speaking awareness and to discuss a high quality, students who are currently enrolled in high skilled and qualified Early Childhood school or post-secondary programs will be Education workforce for PEI. Everyone is hired to support operations at Parks TrueBeam Linear accelerator welcome, and a free meal will be served. Canada’s sites in PEI. Interested students Next rally is Jan 31 in Souris at 6 pm where are encouraged to apply through the feder - Pictured above: Dr. Larry Pan, radiation oncologist and head of the Provincial Radiation Oncology Service Health and Wellness; Minister Robert Mitchell; PEI a spaghetti supper will be served. 888-1961, al government jobs portal at Cancer Treatment Centre manager Dawn MacIsaac. A new $10 million state-of- acpefipe.org, [email protected] www.jobs.gc.ca and should search for jobs the-art TrueBeam linear accelerator enables higher precision radiation tech - open to the public in PEI. niques to be delivered on the Island. Linear accelerators deliver high-energy Taoist Tai Chi for beginners Wellness Grants radiation to treat a variety of cancer types, as well as palliative treatment to Have you ever wanted to know more provide symptom relief. The TrueBeam treats patients with more precise radia - about Taoist Tai Chi? Then come out for a The annual Wellness Grant Program pro - tion in select situations and is ideal for offering less invasive stereotactic body workshop March 2, 10 am –4 pm and March vides $50,000 to support community-led radiation therapy (SBRT)—an advanced form of radiation therapy that can treat 3, 12:30 –4 pm. Learn the set of Tai Chi wellness initiatives that address pillars of smaller tumours earlier and help patients avoid some surgeries—minimizing moves in a comfortable, welcoming, and government’s Wellness Strategy, such as: side effects to normal tissue nearby. Enabled by the new technology, clinicians friendly environment. Bring a brown bag living tobacco free; being physically active will be able to expand treatment to other tumor sites such as the spine, liver lunch on Sat. It takes place at Murphy’s and reducing sedentary time; healthy eat - and brain which were not included in the initial SBRT program due to technolo - Community Centre, 200 Richmond St, ing; consuming alcohol responsibly; and gy restrictions of the previous machine. The PEI Cancer Treatment Centre cur - Charlottetown. [email protected], 566-9719 mental health promotion. For info on the rently operates two linear accelerators. The new unit replaces the original one, Program, visit princeedwardisland.ca/en/ installed in 2003. Together, the centre’s linear accelerators deliver approx 9,200 Cat Action Team Meeting information/health-and-wellness/what- radiation treatments per year. healthpei.ca/cancer-treatment-centre. The Cat Action Team (CAT) encourages any - wellness-grant-program one interested in helping CAT with its Engage PEI ties of leadership, interest in becoming men and women in uniform. Executive fundraising efforts to join them on Feb 3 Engage PEI encourages Islanders to join bilingual as well as scholastic ability. Director Leona Conrick says that people (stormdate Feb 10) in the Sobeys one of the more than 70 government Awards were available for students can drop by or make a one-on-one appoint - Community Room at 39 Babineau Ave, boards that align with their interests and enrolled in Core French, in French. ment ahead of time. There are subsidized Charlottetown at 2 pm. CAT offers a Trap- knowledge. Some of the boards currently Immersion and in French Language movie certificates available for military Neuter-Release program to members of the seeking new members are: Community Schools. The winning students receive a families to purchase, as well as bridge public who are caring for outdoor, stray, Care Facilities and Nursing Homes Board; paid registration to the Encounters with passes and/or gas cards for military fami - feral and barn cats on PEI. Info: Carol Ann & Learning Partners Advisory Council; and Canada Program. The students awarded lies travelling off-Island for medical Susan, [email protected], 621-2697 Provincial Apprenticeship Board. Up to 20 prizes this year (in no particular order) are: appointments. People can receive info vacancies become available every month. Matthew Antle, Souris Regional High Core about any of the services the PEI MFRC Toastmasters For a full list of vacancies, and to apply, go French; Myra Peters, Gulf Shore School Mid provides, as well as register for upcoming Toastmasters meetings take place every to princeedwardisland.ca/engagepei- Immersion; Hayden Chaisson, Westisle events. The new location is a 100% accessi - Wed, Sept –June, from 6–8 pm in Room 149 vacancies. Composite Early French Immersion; Josie ble space with free parking, and there’s at the Royalty Centre, 40 Enman Crescent, Thibodeau, Westisle Composite Early always coffee on. The first 50 Summerside Charlottetown. Guests and new members Ostomy Supplies Program French Immersion; Allison Harper, Westisle visitors of 2019 will receive a small gift. are welcome. 626-3798 Beginning January 1, 2019, more than 580 Composite Early French Immersion; Anyone interested in contacting the PEI Islanders living with a permanent ostomy Keagan Norring, Charlottetown Rural High MFRC can email [email protected], call Linking Together are eligible for financial assistance. Early French Immersion; Aaron James 892-8999, or stop by, either at their A free, all-ages community event called Islanders can access the forms required to Currie, Charlottetown Rural High Late Charlottetown office at 210 Water St, open Linking Together is being held at the apply to the new Ostomy Supplies Immersion; Trinity Maclean, Vernon River Monday–Friday, 9 am–4 pm, or their Haviland Club in Charlottetown from 1 to Program online or call the PEI Pharmacare School Core French. Info: 368 3703, Summerside office, 130 Victoria Road, open 8 pm on February 16 for LGBTQ2+ people Program toll-fee 1-877-577-3737. Additional [email protected] - Wed, 8am–4pm. and allies (drop in/outs welcome). The day ostomy support will continue to be provid - MFRC re-opening as a whole will run like a community-cen - ed for low-income individuals who quality Tear the Tab fundraiser ter-for-a-day. There will be workshops, for AccessAbility Supports through the After being closed for most of 2018, the PEI Lions Club International (District N-1) has information-sharing sessions, hang-out Department of Family and Human Military Family Resource Centre (PEI partnered with The Shriners Hospital for spaces, potluck (with supplemented Services. For info about the Program, visit MFRC) has re-opened services in Children Canada through a campaign enti - catered delicious food), board games, queer healthpei.ca/drugprograms. Summerside in a new location. The PEI tled Tear the Tab. All aluminum tabs from speed-friending, kids activities, trans info MFRC will be located in the Summerside food and beverage containers are removed, panel, and more. Registration required. French Student Excellence Presbyterian Church on Victoria Rd. Hours amassed and are exchanged for the top Email [email protected] or Eight Island students have been recognized of operation will be Wed, 8 am –4 pm. A market price for the aluminum. The call 566-3437 for more information or ques - by Canadian Parents for French—P.E.I. registered non-for-profit, the PEI MFRC money raised is donated to the hospital in tions. Haviland Club is at 2 Haviland with its French Student Excellence Award. has a mandate to ensure that military fami - Montreal and is used to purchase equip - Street, Charlottetown. Support for this Students apply for the award and are lies residing in PEI thrive and that the peo - ment, for training for doctors and opera - event provided by PEERS Alliance, PRIDE awarded points based on: character, quali - ple of PEI recognize and support Canada’s tional costs in order to provide life saving PEI, Innovation PEI, and Youth Rising. The BUZZ February 2019 Page 31 The Cove Journal by JoDee Samuelson news FILM Filmworks Summerside Friends On Feb 13, Filmworks Summerside pre - sents If Beale Street Could Tal k from Director Barry Jenkins (Moonlight). Based on James Baldwin’s 1974 novel of the same name, this period piece follows a young pregnant woman fighting to prove her financee’s innocence after he is wrongfully jailed for rape. Screenings take place at Cineplex Cinemas Summerside, 130 Ryan St, Summerside, starting at 6:30 pm. Tickets available at the door. More info on FB.436-8903

Make It Your Business On Feb 10, from 11:30 am –1:00 pm, St. Paul’s Anglican Church will kick off Family Violence Prevention Week by hosting a screening and facilitated dis - cussion of the local video series Make It What would we do without friends? Oh, who should show up but another Your Business . The screening will take relatives are good too, but we don’t get Islander who’d had his eye on me back place in the parish hall at the corner of to choose them. Friends are people we home. He arrived with a diamond ring! Prince St and Richmond St, bond with for reasons other than DNA. Of course I agreed to marry him. What a Charlottetown. The entrance is on Here in the Cove, once you’ve cleaned the mistake that was. Goodbye dreams of Richmond St. The Make It Your Business school and washed dishes so many times nursing. But I had three beautiful girls videos were created by PEI Family with this person and that, you can’t help so I don’t regret that part of it. Violence Prevention Services to provide becoming friends. Pauline Thomson is tips for recognizing signs of family vio - one such friend and I think she deserves a I worked at something all my life. I got lence and safe and effective examples of proper write-up. my hairdressing certificate and my actions you can take when you see vio - early childhood and kindergarten teach - lence in your workplace or in public set - In Pauline’s words: I was born in the ing diplomas from Holland College. I tings. All are welcome. Free admission. family home on the banks of the Tryon learned something from every job I had. Light refreshments will be served. River. It was 1939 and the war had just And I loved volunteering. I have no started. Mother used to say, “You start - idea why, but in 2012 I was chosen to ed the war!” I was a little heller. We receive the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Eptek Films lived beside Lord’s millpond and that Jubilee Medal for community service. See sights from around the world with - pond was my life. I swam in it, skated Can you imagine! out leaving the gallery with the Friends on it, slid down its banks, even took a of Eptek Lunchtime Films. The films shower under the waterfall. You I met my [present] husband Floyd at a planned for Feb are: Feb 7 Around the wouldn’t think of letting a child do single, widowed and divorced dance. World in 80 Treasures: Japan to China (60 such a thing these days! That was it and we never looked back. min); Feb 14 Europe’s Romantic Inns: What do I think about the Cove? I England, Scotland and Ireland (80 min); We had a girls’ hockey team called the wouldn’t live anywhere else. I love the Feb 21 Rick Steves’ Iran (56 min); and Feb Tryon Abby Sisters. I was goalie—I had water, the flowers, the wildlife. Our fox. 28 T he Story of Yellowstone National Park a few old pads, nothing much. We Our pheasant. Our bald eagle. Someone (65 min). Films begin at noon. Bring played against Borden, Summerside, said, “It’s not your bald eagle, Pauline.” your sandwich; the Friends provide Charlottetown, and won the champi - I said, Yes it is! We’re friends. tea/coffee and cookies. Donations are onship two years in a row. When I fin - accepted for the refreshments. Eptek ished Grade 10 at North Tryon School I Centre is a site of the PEI Museum and wanted to join the Air Force and become Heritage Foundation and is located at a nurse. I wrote the provincial exams 130 Heather Moyse Dr, Summerside. and passed, and went to town to find a PEI Winter Woodlot Tour job until I turned 18. Our neighbor Watershed organizations from the George MacKay took some of us in to Hunter-Clyde, Wheatley, and West the unemployment office. There were Rivers, along with the PEI Department lots of jobs and I ended up at Rogers of Communities, Land and Hardware. That place terrified me! I was Environment, invite the public to scared to death that I’d break some - attend the seventh annual Winter thing, so when the opportunity came to Woodlot Tour on February 9 from 9 am work in the Rogers’ household I jumped to 1 pm at Strathgartney Equestrian at the chance. Irene Rogers was like a Park, 18 Strathgartney Rd, Bonshaw. mother to me. She taught me how to This fun, family-friendly event cele - cook. She loved making soufflés—that brates Island wildlife, forest ecosys - was quite a trick! She was pregnant and tems and sustainable woodlot use. she’d say, “I’m going to lie on the Come and participate in activities chesterfield and listen to My Fair Lady . including snowshoeing and trail walks, Curl up in that chair, Pauline. You’ll sleigh rides and maple syrup demon - love it.” And I did. She gave me that strations. Learn about watershed and record when I left. forest management, enjoy hot apple cider and more. Info: FB PEI Winter I made it into the Air Force and got to Woodlot Tour, Instagram: @winter - Québec, but on my first weekend pass woodlottour. 394 –0749 Page 32 The BUZZ February 2019 Nature PEI’s Member's Night Blanket Making, Meals, Spiels Nature PEI’s Annual Members Night is a Miltonvale Park and the Milton fun and informative evening featuring #2 Community Hall mark Family Violence nature photography, poetry and stories Prevention Week on Feb 11, beginning at from their members. The evening will be 10:15 am with tying knotted fleece blankets hosted by Gerald MacDougall, Vice- COMMUNITY to donate to transition housing. Men in the President of Nature PEI who can always be offered on March 3 from 3 –4 pm at the in Africa who are raising grandchildren community will prepare a noon meal and a counted on to add some humor along the Cody Banks Arena. Free hot chocolate will orphaned by HIV/AIDS. speaker on family violence will follow. To way. Gerald notes that you can expect be served. A free 10-week Learn to Run register, email Miltoncommunityhall@ “some spectacular nature photos taken by program is being offered by the depart - A Course in Miracles gmail.com or call 368-3090. Stormdate is our members—from birds to bees and ment, in partnership with the UPEI Every Fri at 7 pm a group meets for an in Feb 12. Milton Community Hall is at 7 New everything in between.” Members will be Athletics Department. It will take place on depth study and discussion of the text “A Glasgow Rd, Rte. 224 North Milton. on hand to tell the story behind their pic - Mon at 6:30 pm at the Chi-Wan Young Course in Miracles” at 22 Garfield St, [email protected], 368-3090 tures and hopefully, recite some poetry. Sports Centre at UPEI (except Feb 18, Charlottetown. Info: Jimmy 566-1859 or Meeting takes place Feb 5 at 7: 30 pm at [email protected], 368-1025). email [email protected] Social media workshop Beaconsfield’s Carriage House, corner of Winter Family Fun Events, including sleigh Festivals & Events PEI will hold a one-day West and Kent, Charlottetown. The meet - rides, outdoor skating, snowshoeing and Leadership course social media workshop designed specifical - ing starts at 7:30 pm with a raffle and free hot chocolate, will take place: Feb 3 Holland College is providing a leadership ly for those working in festivals and events. refreshments, with the main presentation from 1 –3 pm at the Malcolm Darrach training program for not-for-profit organi - They’ve partnered with Versatile at 8 pm. 367-5774 Community Centre, 1 Avonlea Dr; Feb 10 zations. The first offering will start with in- Management Group to launch this interac - from 1 –3 pm at Victoria Park (meet at the class sessions on Feb 22 and 23 at the tive workshop. Led by digital influencers Dr. Tim Ogilvie AVC Vet Camp Ballfield Clubhouse, off Brighton Road); Bedeque Rural Action Centre. The Kayla Short of @shortpresents and Al Come to the Atlantic Veterinary College Feb 24 from 1 –3 pm at the Hillborough Park Leadership Engagement Training Program Douglas of @alexgdouglas, this workshop this summer for an interactive, fun, and Community Centre, 199 Patterson Drive. is designed to provide information about hands-on workshop will equip you with engaging venture into the world of veteri - Trails/boardwalks available for winter many different aspects of being a board the knowledge and skills to boost your nary medicine. At the College’s annual Dr. walking are: the boardwalk from Victoria member. The program’s goal is to help cur - social media and photography skills. Kayla Tim Ogilvie AVC Vet Camp, you will learn Park to the Friendly Pharmacy, Victoria rent or future board members gain the will focus on social media and Al will focus about animals, meet others who share your Park Trails, Beach Grove Trails and the knowledge they need in order to be suc - on visual content to the next level. Bring love of animals, and participate in fun, Confederation Trail within City limits. The cessful, not only as individual board mem - your phones (no professional camera educational activities. You’ll get a taste of City maintains groomed ski trails at bers, but as an entire board. Topics include required). It takes place Feb 14, 9:30 what being a veterinarian is really like. Victoria Park and Belvedere Golf Course. board composition, leadership fundamen - am –4:30 pm, at Holland College Centre of Junior camps (grades 7–9) are scheduled Info on the outdoor rinks, and ski trail tals, fiduciary responsibility, financial liter - Applied Science & Technology (3rd floor), for July 8 –12 and July 15–19; senior camps maps, are available at acy, community engagement, human 323 Grafton St, Charlottetown. Lunch is (grades 10–12) take place from July 22–26 www.charlottetown.ca under the resources fundamentals, communications, included. Register/info: eventbrite.ca/o/ and July 29–Aug 2. Deadline for applica - Recreation and Leisure button. charlotte - conflict resolution and succession plan - festivals-amp-events-pei-18521614048 tions is Friday, March 15, 2019. For info/to town.ca/winteractive, 368-1025 ning. The program runs over three months apply: upei.ca/avc/camp, 902-566-0589 and starts with a two-day workshop where Coldest Night of the Year Grief Support Drop in participants discuss various board topics Coldest Night of the Year is a fun, family- Therapeutic Touch® On the 3rd Thur of the month at 7 pm a and interact with expert guest speakers. To friendly 5 km walk that takes place Therapeutic Touch® is a self-care tool that Grief Support Drop in is held at Palliative register for the Feb offering or for further February 23 from 4 to 8 pm. It starts and you can share with family and friends. Care Center, 93 Murchison Lane, info: Adam Smith, atsmith@hollandcol - finishes at Central Christian Church Hall, Learn more at a Level 1 class to be held Feb Charlottetown (just past the QEH and lege.com, 566-9653 223 Kent Street downtown Charlottetown, 16. You may also attend free Therapeutic Sherwood home). Info: Blanche, 368-4347, with a rest stop at Harvest House on Touch® drop in gatherings hosted by or Willard, 368-4064 Haviland Super Bowl party University Avenue. A hot meal will be Charlottetown Branch, Stratford or The Haviland Club in Charlottetown is served at the finish point for all partici - Kensington Branch each week. Call Judy World Day of Prayer Service hosting a Super Bowl party Feb 3rd from pants. All are invited to register, join a Donovan Whitty for details at 569-3496. The 2019 World Day of Prayer Service will 7–10 pm. Football, snacks and hot food team and raise funds for this cause. For atlanticttn.com and Facebook AtlanticTTN. be held March 1 at 2 pm at the Kirk of St. will be available during halftime. Bar will details go to the website cnoy.org, follow James, Fitzroy and Pownal Sts, be open. the links to Charlottetown and your PEI Sociable Singles Charlottetown (stormdate March 3). This favorite team. This is a national fundraising PEI Sociable Singles is a non-profit, non- ministry of the Women’s Inter-Church Kensington Chamber AGM event held in over 135 cities across Canada denominational, social group with mem - Council of Canada (WICC), brings At the Annual General Meeting Luncheon every winter raising upwards of 5 million bers age 40 and over. The group provides Christians from more than 170 countries the Kensington and Area Chamber of dollars in support of organizations that the separated, divorced widowed, and together in prayer for issues that affect Commerce will vote in the new Board of reach out to the hungry, the hurting and unmarried with an opportunity to partici - women and children. This year the ecu - Directors, pass the budget and other items the homeless in our local communities. All pate in group and social activities such as menical service was prepared by the on the agenda. A tasty lunch will be pro - of the money raised in PEI stays in PEI. dances, potlucks, movies, walks, hikes, women of Slovenia, who share their experi - vided by the Kensington Food Basket. Check out the website to register to volun - card games, dining out, barbeques, games ences and concerns. The theme of the ser - AGM takes place Feb 21 at 12 pm at teer or walk. If that doesn’t work for you, nights and many other activities with vice – Come – Everything Is Ready – is an Murray Christian Center, 17 School St, visit the website and sponsor a walker easi - other singles. Come meet compatible peo - invitation for all to come to the table. Kensington. 836-3209, kensingtonan - ly and securely online at cnoy.org. ple who are unattached and in similar cir - Members from several churches of differ - [email protected] [email protected], 894-5350, cold - cumstances. The group holds Meet & Greet ent denominations will be participating in estnightoftheyear.org Socials in the West Royalty Community the service. Refreshments will be served. Genealogical Society Meeting Centre, corner of Kirkdale Rd. and Lower Offerings collected will be used to provide The PEI Genealogical Society invites you to Environmental Coalition AGM Malpeque Rd., Room #6, every Mon at 7 grants that benefit women touched by a public meeting Feb 23 at 2 pm at the The Environmental Coalition of PEI will pm. Info: [email protected]; injustice around the world, and to fund the Beaconsfield’s Carriage House located at hold its annual meeting February 7 at the sites.google.com/site/peisociablesingles annual World Day of Prayer. Info: Kirk of the corner of Kent & West Sts, Beaconsfield Carriage House, 2 Kent Street St. James, 892-2839,Tues-Fri. 9 am –2 pm Charlottetown. Speaker will be Louise Charlottetown Winter Rec Morris; her topic is “Breaking Down Brick in Charlottetown (stormdate February 12). Charlottetown Parks and Recreation Dept Grandmas’ Circle Fabric and Walls using DNA.” Louise will take us on a This year’s AGM will include a presentation has launched its 2019 Winter Active Yarn Sale journey of breaking down brick walls that by Todd Dupuis, Director of Environment and Climate Change with the PEI Campaign. A free snowshoeing program is The Grandmas’ Circle of Charlottetown is was made possible through DNA testing. If Department of Communities, Land and being offered on Sun to March 10, from 2 –4 welcoming donations for its upcoming you already have your DNA results or if Environment. The business meeting starts pm at Victoria Park (snow permitting). A annual Spring Fabric and Yarn Sale at you have wondered how DNA testing can at 6:30 pm, and the presentation, at 7:00 limited number of snowshoes will be avail - Spring Park United Church gym April 27 aid you in your genealogical research, pm. Everyone is welcome. Check ECO- able. Meet at the Ball Field Clubhouse, off from 9 am –12 noon. Contact Sharon at 892- Louise will share her experience in solving PEI’s facebook page for more information. Brighton Road. Free family skates will be 2837. All proceeds go to help grandmothers several challenging cases. All are welcome. The BUZZ February 2019 Page 33 Page 34 The BUZZ February 2019 The Nature of PEI by Gary Schneider A closer look E I B

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Winter on Prince Edward Island can pre - the woods with a property owner who sent some challenges if you don’t enjoy was pushing over small dead trees, cold temperatures, dislike shovelling, or thinking he was doing something good need to drive on snow-clogged roads. for the forest. He did not know that Sometimes you just feel like huddling even small standing dead trees can be indoors and staying warm. But not always. important habitat for birds such as chickadees and nuthatches. Recently, Nature PEI sponsored a bird walk in Charlottetown on a blustery day Most of us have lots to learn about liv - that featured plenty of cold feet and red ing together with wildlife. We let our cheeks. But with help of trip leader own associations of cleanliness being Brendan Kelly, participants got to see a next to godliness frame our view of kingfisher, wigeons, and many other landscapes. One landowner I worked common and rare bird species. Brendan for was very excited about having so even made sure that the feeders he many chickadees and nuthatches maintains along the trail near around. In almost he next breath he was Charlottetown Rural High School were wanting me to remove the dead trees full. Now that’s dedication. where these birds were feeding and nesting in. Again, once he learned how The highlight of the tour for me was a important they were, he started valuing very common bird in a somewhat the dead trees as well as the birds. They uncommon situation. It was a male so often go hand in hand. downy woodpecker, our smallest mem - ber of this family. On this frigid day, it When you see a pileated woodpecker was in a nesting cavity in a small, dead feeding on ants in a tree, or a common white birch. These holes are mainly used goldeneye flying out of a cavity, or a during the breeding season, providing a flying squirrel sticking its head out of safe space to lay eggs and hatch young. a hole, then you begin to understand But at this time of year, many birds use the connectivity between animals and the cavities for both warmth and protec - habitat. Death in a forest is a natural tion. It must be a bit like finding a cave condition. Those dead trees provide during a storm. Once out of the wind, essential habitat for feeding, nesting the body heat in a relatively enclosed and perching birds, and go on to area helps ward off the winter. Black become nutrients, water-absorbing capped chickadees even go a step fur - sponges, and stored carbon. We don’t ther, grouping together to provide an want to see too many trees dying, or even greater heat source. cut for that matter, but a certain num - ber of dead trees is vitally important The downy woodpecker was just stick - in a healthy forest. And even in an ing enough of its head out of the hole to urban landscape. keep an eye on the group of birders. And it also was another example of why Thanks again to Brendan for providing a wildlife trees are so important in both great excuse to get outside and learn our forested and urban landscapes. about nature. On February 10th, he’ll lead a Winter Waterfowl Identification trip, The prevailing attitudes towards nature meeting up at 8 am at the corner of the tend to favour neatness. Extensive lawns Grand Pere Point Road near the Lobster are just one example. I once walked in Shack in Cymbria. Enjoy your winter. The BUZZ February 2019 Page 35 Page 36 The BUZZ February 2019 Irish Heritage Short Courses Photography. As professional photogra - income got to do with it?” Feb 5 at The Benevolent Irish Society is sponsoring phers, they achieved success in the fields of Murphy’s Community Centre, its series of Irish Heritage related short wildlife, nature, landscape, tourism and Charlottetown. Join a discussion on the cur - ETC courses on Mon in Feb. Beginning on Feb 4 environmental photography. They will rent health and well-being of children on those interested in Irish history and heritage offer a visual presentation of their land - PEI, its relationship with income, and to TALKS will have an opportunity to delve a little scape photography and talk about how liv - explore potential options about where we Island Studies Lecture deeper into their area of interest. No tests ing in this area has influenced their creativ - should go from here to improve their quali - are involved and no previous knowledge of ity. Wayne has earned awards from the ty of life. Together for Equality will take the subject is required. This is learning for Atlantic Canada ICE AWARDS. In 2017 place Feb 6, 9 am –4 pm at UPEI. Hear pre - the love of learning in an informal and fun Canada Post selected Wayne’s image of sentations from PEI Status of Women, atmosphere. Cian O Morain will present an Mistaken Point UNESCO World Heritage Women’s Network PEI, Association of Overview of Traditional Irish Music. Cian Site in Newfoundland to be a Canadian Newcomers, Dr. Judy Clark and others has a Masters Degree in Traditional Music World Heritage collector’s stamp. In 2018 talking about the work on gender equality Performance from the University of Canada Post selected Anne’s image of in PEI. Free appetizers will be served. Join Limerick in Ireland. Tony Dolan will pre - Covehead lighthouse in the PEI National various NGOs at Timothy’s Cafe Feb 8, 4 –6 sent his popular course on Irish Family Park for the Far and Wide (O Canada) pm to hear about their work in PEI and Names. This short course explores the ori - series for Permanent Domestic Stamp internationally. Free snacks will be served. gins, history, and meaning of Irish family Collections. They have published 34 books Contact [email protected] to RSVP and for names. The final course offering will be An with: Oxford University Press, Nimbus more info. 431-2311 Overview of Irish History (1500- Present) Publishers, Key Porter, National led by George O’Connor. Each course will Geographic, Random House and Lunch and Learn for Family be offered on Mon from 7-9 pm for four Greystone-Firefly Books. Violence Prevention Week February 23 at 2 pm Arnold Smith will dis - consecutive weeks. (Please note Cian O On Feb 10, from 11:30 am –1:00 pm, St. Paul’s cuss “What our Ancestors Wore.” Arnold Morain’s course on Traditional Music will Anglican Church will kick off Family Smith will share his knowledge and start on Feb 11 a week later than the others). Violence Prevention Week by hosting a research on what our ancestors wore and All courses will take place at the Hon. screening and facilitated discussion of the feature a display of vintage and reproduc - Edward Whelan Irish Cultural Centre at 582 local video series Make It Your Business . The tion clothing to give you a glimpse into North River Rd, Charlottetown. Everyone is screening will take place in the parish hall at their wardrobes. Bring along any clothing welcome. To register or for info contact the corner of Prince St and Richmond St, from your collections if you want to learn Island Studies Lecture Series speaker course leaders or George at 566-3273 or Charlottetown. The entrance is on Richmond more about its history. Arnold Smith lives Emerald Naylor [email protected]. St. The Make It Your Business videos were cre - on the family farm on Smith Road in ated by PEI Family Violence Prevention Land grabbing on PEI Pleasant Valley where his family have lived The Island Lecture Series lecture Feb 19, at Services to provide tips for recognizing signs for more than 5 generations. He enjoys 7 pm, in the SDU Main Building Faculty The Coalition for the Protection of PEI Land of family violence and safe and effective researching and restoring heritage build - Lounge on the UPEI campus, will feature will host a forum, “Land grabbing on PEI- examples of actions you can take when you ings; collecting and restoring antiques; her - Island Studies master’s student Emerald How the Lands Protection Act is being vio - see violence in your workplace or in public itage cooking; and he sits on a variety of Naylor speaking about her research in lated and why Islanders should be con - settings. All are welcome. Free admission. community and heritage boards. He has Hawai’i. “More than sun and pineapples: A cerned,” on Feb, 23 from 1:30-4pm at the Light refreshments will be served. look into the culture of astronomical sci - Charlottetown Farm Centre. Senator Diane amassed a large library of reference books ences in Hawai'i” is a research project that Griffin, chair of the Senate Committee on and patterns along with a substantial col - Children’s Health Forum lection of vintage and reproduction cloth - focuses on the importance and popularity Agriculture and Forestry, will lead a panel On Feb 5 Dr. Heather Morrison, Chief ing. The Lecture Series takes place at the of astronomy on the Big Island of Hawai’i. of presenters with a summary of her Health Officer for PEI will be the keynote Riverview Community Centre at 718 Clyde Join Emerald as she reflects on her recent research on land grabbing and speculation speaker at a community forum, “Children’s River Road. Presentations will be followed trip to the Big Island, sharing her observa - in Canada and beyond. Other panelists Health: What does income have to do with by refreshments. The museum will be open tions of astronomy culture and the impor - include Douglas Campbell, District it?” hosted by the Public Health to view a collection of over 200 artifacts and tance of showcasing both Western and Director for the National Farmers Union on Association of New Brunswick and Prince heritage photos. Info: Vivian Beer, Hawaiian perspectives. This project focuses PEI and Island writer, Ian Petrie, who is Edward Island and the PEI Working Group [email protected], www.clyderiverpei.com on the impact of the 13 telescopes on well-known for his thoughtful analyses on for a Livable Income. Dr. Morrison will dis - Maunakea and how relationships between PEI farming issues. The Coalition for the Discussion of parables cuss the PEI government-commissioned Hawaiians and Western astronomers are Protection of PEI Land was formed last Children’s Report 2017: Investing in our navigated. She will also discuss what the spring by a group of concerned Islanders St Peter’s Anglican Cathedral is offering a series of 4 lecture/discussion sessions on Future, which explores the relationship current tensions may mean for the future of from a diverse range of backgrounds. The between social determinants of health— astronomy on Maunakea. Emerald Naylor purpose of the Coalition is to promote some of the parables of Jesus. The sessions will be led by Dr Philip Davis, retired such as income—and the health and well - is a second-year student in the Master of steadfast stewardship, respecting the spirit being of children. Following the presenta - Arts in Island Studies program at UPEI. She of the PEI Lands Protection Act, for the pro - Professor of Religious Studies at UPEI, and will be held at 7 pm on Tue in Feb. Each tion, forum participants will have a chance graduated from the University of Waterloo tection of PEI’s fragile ecology, environ - to talk about what could happen in PEI to on the Dean’s Honours List, with a ment, watersheds and lands. This forum is week Dr Davis will give a detailed intro - duction to the selected parables, and then put an end to child and family poverty. The Bachelor’s degree in English Literature and relevant for all Prince Edward Islanders dialogue will be facilitated by members of History. An avid participant in the arts who care about our land, now and in after a refreshment break, participants will be invited to share their own insights into the PEI Working Group for a Livable from a very young age, she is now a writer future. Following presentations by the pan - Income which for many years has promot - and freelance choreographer and dancer. elists, there will be a short Q&A and then the lessons of the parables for today. Topics will include: “Planting and Harvesting— ed Basic Income Guarantee as a solution to Emerald was previously a member of the participants will be asked to help con - poverty. The forum will be held Feb 5 at Waterloo Region Record's Youth Editorial tribute to possible solutions. Stormdate is The Sower, and the Weeds in the Field” (Feb 5); “Losing and Finding—The Lost 6:30 pm at Murphy’s Community Centre, Board, St. Jerome's Student Activities March 16. Info: Marie Burge, 894-4573 200 Richmond Street, Charlottetown (stor - Committee, and the Canadian Association Sheep, the Lost Coin, and the Prodigal Son” 2019 Clyde River Lectures (Feb 12); “Accepting and Rejecting— mdate February 6). Everyone is welcome. for Commonwealth Literature and Info: Ann Wheatley, 894-4573 Language Studies. She is a member of the The theme for the 7th Annual Clyde River Parables of the Great Feast” (Feb 19); International Small Island Studies Lectures Series is “Cars, Photography and “Talking and Doing—The Two Sons, and Victoria By The Sea Fashion. the Sheep and the Goats” (Feb 26). Association, and the Vice-President of A lecture on “Victoria By The Sea: A Feb 9 at 1:30 pm Wayne Barrett & Anne All are welcome. UPEI’s Graduate Student Association. Historic Gem” will be presented on Feb 4 MacKay will present “How the Local Emerald is the recipient of the Joseph International Dev Week at 7 pm at Beaconsfield Carriage House. Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Landscape Influenced our Photography.” Islanders have the chance to celebrate Brenda Boudreau has volunteered to be Scholarship, Kitchener’s Youth Council In 1977 Anne and Wayne were married and International Development Week Feb 3 –9 at the lead speaker. She has a vast photo col - Award in Arts and Culture. Admission is moved to St. Catherine’s, to a place that various events. See a calendar at lection to chose from and much knowl - free and everyone is welcome to attend. overlooked the West River with the view bit.ly/IDWAtlantic. The Cooper Institute edge of the important buildings in the vil - The next lecture is scheduled for March 19. towards Dunedin. That same year they also presents “Children’s Health: What has lage of Victoria. Info: Laurie, [email protected], 894-2881 set up their business, Barrett & MacKay The BUZZ February 2019 Page 37 A gift of Island poetry The Guest Book by Alix MacLean The Photographer of Snowflakes Reading Anne As a boy, he tried to sketch them, but his pencil couldn’t scurry fast enough Here’s something no one knows about me: I’ve never actually read the book I’ve been avoiding the before the designs melted or sublimed in air. Anne of Green Gables . I was born and He wanted to hold them in his mind raised on PEI, and found myself as a source material, the place but they were already losing resolution. teenager and young adult working in the where it all began. Anne business. I’m a huge fan of the Later, he would stand for hours musical. And yet somehow, I’ve never read it; what’s more, I can’t even figure in the cold with a bellows camera out how I managed to avoid reading it. After pushing away Anne-the-book for mated to a microscope, waiting at least twenty-five years of my life, for the first snowflakes to commence As Islanders, we all inevitably grow up what is finally drawing me back to it? Is their twitchy, wind-tossed descent. with an awareness of Anne, but I grew it a longing for home? Is it the walloping up more immersed in the Anne world unexpected newness of motherhood? His subjects didn’t like to pose; than most. I grew up on Ingleside Drive I’m gradually feeling a stronger connec - (cross street Avonlea Drive), and attend - tion to Montgomery, and find myself with the feathers of a severed turkey wing, ed L.M. Montgomery elementary school. asking her the question: how will we be he’d coax them gently, gently under the lens. My father has been on the stage crew at Islanders in Ontario? She’s showing me Conditions had to be just right: too warm the Confederation Centre for 45(!) years, it isn’t always going to be easy, being and their uniqueness would dissolve and I’ve seen the musical at least 200 writers here, being mothers here, away before his eyes, too cold and they’d shatter. times (this is not at all an exaggeration: from the ocean that’s always trying to some summers between the ages of 10- draw us back. 15 I went at least 20 times). I know it so Some winters, he’d capture only a handful. well that I have a reoccurring dream Come back next month and follow along Other years, they’d come all in a flurry. where someone is sick and can’t perform as I finally read (and review) this tower - His life’s work, five thousand intimate portraits, and I just go on stage and play Josie Pye ing classic of Canadian literature. the glass plates rejected by the Smithsonian, or a random lady of Avonlea. I know all the lines and songs backwards and for - Alix MacLean is an Islander now living in sold for five cents apiece. He died – I swear wards. Even after hundreds of viewings, Hamilton, Ontario. She's a writer, I still find the show incredibly moving. researcher, and mom of a busy toddler. I couldn’t make this up – of pneumonia after walking home six miles through a blizzard. Since I was young I’ve had a reputation If you’re going to die, why not in a storm for devouring books. I’ve read almost everything else Lucy Maud of devotion, after looking long and hard, Montgomery ever wrote, and adored that the bits of pure beauty might be seen. the Emily books especially. So why not the most famous one of all? Even if it’s a myth that there are no two alike, I choose to believe it. This is a story that has been a running You have to believe in something. thread through my life, and the whole time I’ve been avoiding the source mater - ial, the place where it all began. So is this Have you ever watched a dog an act of conscious avoidance in the face playing in fresh snow? It’s of this of relentless Anne-ness? Was it because it particular happiness I speak. was everywhere and I assumed I knew it The sky gives it away for a song. all? Why did I avoid taking Lucy Maud Montgomery seriously as a writer before now? The answer to all of this is compli - Steve McOrmond, Reckon (Brick Books), 2018. cated, and involves some internalized Deirdre Kessler selects a poem a month by an Island poet for The Buzz. misogyny, a general dislike of Victorian- era literature, a distrust of sentimentality, all of it overlaid with good old-fashioned Blooming House women’s shelter Island stubbornness. That resistance ends now. I’m finally The provincial government is partnering women in Charlottetown. We aspire to going to read the book. I bought it with community organization, Blooming create a warm environment, free of recently: I almost checked it out of the House, to open a women’s shelter in the judgement. This funding will help us pay library, but since I lived a nice middle- Charlottetown as a winter pilot project. our staff who will be responsible for the class childhood directly correlated to the Blooming Housing will receive $60,000 safety and care of our guests. Our pilot success of Anne of Green Gables , I owed from the Province to hire the staff needed project for the next few months will help Maud at least this much. and get this project up and running to us learn more about the needs of women help Island women in urgent need of this in Charlottetown so we can plan for the Why now? Last winter I was between service. A Housing Action Plan task force future of Blooming House.” jobs, I was a little sad, a little homesick, is collaborating with community partners Blooming House will have eight beds and I was finding my way back to some across the province to help Islanders and complement existing shelter services semblance of a literary life after a year of tackle the variety of challenges some are offered through the PEI Family Violence raising an adorable but demanding baby experiencing in securing shelter. Coalition’s Anderson House and Chief and ignoring books and writing. I picked Says Liz Corney, Blooming House Co- Mary Bernard Memorial Women’s Shelter up a biography of L.M. Montgomery founder, “Blooming House aims to be a in Prince County. Bedford MacDonald and sunk into it, and I was surprised safe place, and fill a gap as one of the House is an emergency shelter option for how far away it was from the sanitized only overnight options for homeless men operated by the Salvation Army. tourism brochures of my youth. Page 38 The BUZZ February 2019 Friday Night Live Talking Bands by Evan James Ceretti Liam Corcoran at the Haviland Brad Milligan Band Friday Night Live at the Haviland contin - ues Friday, February 15, 7 to 10 pm (stor - mdate March 1).

Hosted by singer-songwriters Mike Mooney and Laurie Brinklow, the evening features an introductory set by Mike and Laurie, followed by an invited guest or guests, and finishing up with an Open Stage. All you have to do is Liam Corcoran sign up at the door. Doors open at 6:30 pm, with the music The February event features Liam starting at 7 pm. A bar is available for Corcoran, the co-founder of the indie- 19+. The Haviland Club is located at 2 pop group Two Hours Traffic. Since the Haviland Street, Charlottetown. group disbanded, Liam has embarked Everyone is welcome. on a solo career, releasing the full-length

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PEI Awards. Liam also works as the gmail.com, Haviland Club President Tim A V Program Manager for the School of Rose at pipdickens2012@ hotmail.co.uk, E Performing Arts at Holland College. or the Haviland Club at 894-4421. Nathan Waite, Matt Roch, Ceili Galante, Brad Milligan, Andy Adams

The Brad Milligan Band is all about being generally tries to end things on a lighter true to themselves and keeping it real note. “There’s a light at the end of the at your service while they make music that both they, as tunnel—there’s happy side to the songs well as any audience they perform in in some way, shape, or form. That’s the front of, can connect with. way I try to write.”

“Musically, as a band, what we want to Like many bands today, it can be diffi - achieve is just connecting with people, cult squeezing Brad Milligan Band into and connecting with ourselves,” said any one genre. The band says they fuse drummer, Andy Adams. Based out of sounds from the ‘60s, ‘70s and ‘90s, Charlottetown, the other members of including influences of blues, Motown, Brad Milligan Band are frontman Brad pop, and the British Invasion, which Milligan (vocals, rhythm guitar), Nathan results in their own sound. Waite (lead guitar), Ceili Galante (vocals), and Matt Roch (bass). “It’s super different from what people would normally see, because we can Adams, Roch, and Milligan played kind of fit on both ends of the spec - together in 11th Hour for a few years in trum,” says Galante. It’s poppy enough Charlottetown. After that, Milligan and to be accessible to everybody, while not Waite played together in Lost Haven. straying too far from straight up rock Galante, who is here attending Holland and roll. College’s music program on exchange from Berklee, met up one day with the “We’re a rock band, first and foremost” other band members and decided to says Milligan. “We’re there to entertain, stay on PEI for at least another year after that’s our main thing. We want people her program had ended in order to sing to come to our shows and let loose, have in the band. a good time, and forget about their day- to-day lives and get into the music. It’s a They’ve been playing together for super high energy show.” eleven months and won Q93’s Battle of the Bands back in early 2018. They The band believes the rock scene on PEI played at Victoria Park on Canada Day, is definitely growing. The scene on and in August, the band was one of the Island has often been filled with many local acts to open for Kim Mitchell and heavy metal bands, as well as bands on The Glorious Sons at Rock the Boat the opposite end of the spectrum, but Music Festival. The band’s diverse not always much in between, said Waite. sound may be behind its quick growth. “There’s definitely a revival in the music scene, there’s a lot of bands right now. Milligan writes all the band’s music and It’s great to see,” says Milligan. lyrics, often as basic forms of the songs, which are brought to the band to be The band’s aspirations are to release a expanded on and worked through as a full-length album this year, and to line group. Most songs are about everyday up a small tour around the Maritimes life events surrounding Milligan and his this spring. Their new single “When friends. “We’re just about writing real Will I Learn” is available for streaming music. Music from the heart. There’s no on Spotify. Catch them open for faking it,” says Milligan. While some Wintersleep’s Jon Samuel February 9 at songs touch on dark themes, Milligan Hunter’s Ale House. The BUZZ February 2019 Page 39 VampSite Lounge With The G.L.A.M. Bats, Mitchell Wiebe and Graeme Patterson

These are G. L. A. M. Bats

The G.L.A.M. Bats and friends invite you Confederation Centre Art Gallery until to join them in the VampSite Lounge April 21, 2019. February 9 at 8:30 pm at the Confederation Centre Art Gallery, Charlottetown.

A cast of lounge acts from Halifax and Night Music for piano Sackville, NB, including featured artist Mitchell Wiebe and Graeme Patterson (the G.L.A.M. Bats), DJs Kate Walchuk and Andrew Neville, with rumoured appearances by Michael Fernandes and Craig Leonard, will grace the VampSite, Mitchell Wiebe’s installation at the gallery. Wiebe calls it a “space activa - tion,” a “variety show where characters and paintings and symbols chime, with intermittent dance opportunities and Pianist Sarah Hagen presents another questionable comedy.” instalment of “Night Music” at St. Paul’s Church in on February 15 at 8 pm—an “Really, don’t miss this,” says VampSites hour of carefully curated music by curator Pan Wendt. “I really can’t Schumann, Chopin, Satie, and others. describe, let alone predict, what will be The audience will be encouraged to going on at the gallery, but we’ll try to enter quietly. Not your ordinary classi - sort it all out the next day.” Wendt is cal music event, the performance will referring to a dialogue between curator have music flowing from one piece to and artist the following day, February 10 the next without pause or applause. at 2 pm, in which the public is invited to Music will begin at 8 pm and admission join the discussion. Both events are free. is pay-what-you-will at the door. St. The VampSite Lounge features refresh - Paul’s Church is located at the corner of ments as well as entertainment. Prince and Grafton streets in VampSites, on display at the Charlottetown. sarahhagen.com Page 40 The BUZZ February 2019 CDS PEI Darkie’s Hollow Giant Steps New album by Scott Parsons tells stories of Black Islanders

Grahame Rhodes In February, Island singer-songwriter- guitarist Scott Parsons will be releasing his new album, Darkie’s Hollow.

Vocals weave between soft falsettos and full This album continues on power vocals. Soul Filter’s style has been Scott’s musical story - influenced by artists such as Alanis telling of Black Island Morissette, Sheryl Crow, The Cranberries, history which began Holly McNarland and Sass Jordan. with his debut album T L Jupiter Wise and contin - U This 10 song collection takes you on a A I

R ued through his recent E journey through love, loss and heartbreak H T release, The Old Stock. L from summery pop sounds of “Like L E R

R Water,” through the soul-baring “Armor,” A D to the revengefully-angst ridden rock The album title refers to the location of the Grahame Rhodes is launching his fourth anthem “On My Own.” Shepard family home - album Giant Steps with a CD Launch Party A Minor Conspiracy is available on CD, stead and local gathering at The Pourhouse in February. Digitally Spotify, iTunes, Apple Music, etc. The place on the Seven Mile released this past October, Giant Steps is launch event starts at 9 pm and tickets can Road. While visiting Grahame’s fourth album and features top be purchased at the Silver Fox. Follow with Stella Shepard, them on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. Canadian jazz players Don Thompson on Scott collected stories www.soul-filter.com. piano, Neil Swainson on acoustic bass and and sayings ended up as song lyrics. For To make the album Scott brought his Terry Clarke on drums. The album was pro - example, “He has the colour washed out friend Dennis Green to the Island duced by Dan Rowswell and Bruce Cassidy Dangerous Home of him, but the history lives inside of him from Vancouver to spend a month of Blood Sweat & Tears with final tracking, still,” in reference to one family uncle. laying down guitar parts. Scott and mixing and mastering at The Sound Mill in Alicia Toner Dennis played as a duo in Calgary but PEI with engineer Jon Matthews. Stella’s own story is told in “Stella’s had been out of touch for 20 years. Grahame is nominated this year for a Dream,” where the abduction of her Dennis has a remarkable musical Music PEI Award for Jazz Achievement Of baby by nuns to be sold into the US was resumé which includes playing as a The Year. His first album Almost Live in thwarted by a conscientious Island doc - sideman on tour with Ike and Tina 1988 was followed by The Grahame Rhodes tor. Scott consulted Stella’s book Ashes of Turner, Al Wilson, Mary Wells and Jazz Experience in 1995 and Rhodes Less My Dreams for this account. other Motown artists. In all, he spent Travelled in 2002. about 25 years on the road, including “Any discipline must evolve or die and In another true story, Scott sings time spent in Dallas, Texas where he such is the case for jazz trombone. I believe “Hattie’s Prayer” based on Hattie worked with bassist Chuck Rainey. the only limits are those of the imagina - Hughes telling of when her father told Dennis brings r ‘n’ b, and funky jazz Y

H the children to hide in the cornfield to licks to the tracks. tion,” says Grahame. P A R

The CD Launch Party will be at 8 pm G escape “adopting out” by family ser - O T

February 17 at The Pourhouse above The O vices. Hattie died recently at the age of When contacted for his comment on the H P

Old Triangle on Great George Street, Z 88 but not before Scott played her his recording Dennis said, “I play what I T E

A song and received her blessing on it. hear in the song and Scott has written

Charlottetown. Grahame’s band will G some great songs. He needs more than include Dan Rowswell on sax, Ian Toms on PEI musician Alicia Toner has released a Scott says that it is important to tell just Canada to hear him.” Sadly, guitar, Chris Martell on bass and Alan new single, “Dangerous Home,” co-written Black Island history based on the people Dennis Green passed away in January Dowling on drums. Admission at the door. with Sean Panting and produced by Tim and lives lived as opposed to relying at his Vancouver home. His most recent Chaisson and Stuart Cameron. only on court records which give a dis - recorded guitar playing is now pre - On the release you can hear Alicia A Minor Conspiracy torted view of what life was actually like served on Darkie’s Hollow. Toner (vocals, acoustic guitar, violin, for black residents of PEI over the years. Soul Filter Organ), Stuart Cameron (electric guitar, lap Darkie’s Hollow was recorded at Barking Soul Filter will host a release party for their steel), Tim Chaisson (vocals, guitar), Peter “Old Chocolate” is a musical portrait of Dog Studio in Blooming Point by Laura debut album, A Minor Conspiracy, on Fusco (bass) and Trevor Grant (drums). PEI’s Black boxer George Godfrey who Powell and Peter Morrison. Mixing was February 2 at The Silver Fox Entertainment Alicia Toner writes songs that tell the fought bare knuckle in Boston and was by James Carrier. Debbie Misener paint - Complex in Summerside. truth. Her Americana blend of folk, pop reportedly poised to defeat John L. ed the cover illustration. Other musi - The alt rock-pop band consists of Karen and country-rock offers a melody-driven Sullivan in a bout when authorities shut cians were Mike Peters (guitar), Jason and Mike Penton from Summerside. The sound built around her emotive voice. down the fight because racial laws Furness (bass), Peter Richards (bass), husband and wife duo has been perform - Alicia’s debut album I Learned the Hard Way wouldn’t allow it. Leona Carmichael (vocals), Elise Moher ing together in cover bands (Junkmale, earned her Music PEI’s SOCAN Songwriter (vocals), Colin Campbell (harmonica) Pretty Tragic, and Karen & Mike Acoustic of the Year Award. The album also mixes in songs of other and Jonny King (drums). duo) for the past 16 years. In July 2018, This single release is part of Music PEI’s subjects, delivered in folk, blues, reggae Soul Filter released their debut single and Golden Ticket program. The Golden Ticket and country styles. Songs such The album launch will take place on video “Armor” and in August released a Program was developed by Music PEI to as,”Bright Sun” after a trip to Jamaica February 23 at 7 pm at the Haviland follow up single and video “Like Water.” assist emerging artists to record and release “Little One” for a young girl Scott cared Club in Charlottetown. The evening will Recorded and produced at BigDogz a single. for in a treatment centre in Calgary and include remarks from Stella Shepard and Recording Studio and Penton Productions Complementing the song release is a “Right From The Start” written for Linda Wigmore and a screening of The in Summerside, A Minor Conspirac y infuses series of photos. Alicia worked with Scott’s nephew. There is also a recording King Versus Jupiter Wise by Ryan Gallant. a rock roots sound with pop, blues and folk. Toronto photographer Sam Gaetz to shoot of “Fish Bar,” a song by Scott’s long- Acoustic rhythm is the backbone for most the images for the project, which is about time friend Peter Morrison. It’s the first Darkie’s Hollow is available at Back Alley of the album; mixed in are melodic electric expectation versus reality. time Scott has recorded another writer’s Music in Charlottetown and from guitar riffs and funky smooth bass lines. aliciatoner.ca song on one of his albums. scottparsons.net The BUZZ February 2019 Page 41 Beaton-Plasse, Beaton-Plasse ; Rosemary Media Person of the Year ECMA Award nominees unveiled Lawton, Painted Glass ; Rum Ragged, The Alex Cook; Bill Roach; Doug Gallant ; Hard Times ; Vishtèn , Horizons Greg Smith; Richard Lann 2019 East Coast Music Award nominees Gaelic Artist of the Year Solo Recording of the Year Producer of the Year have been announced in 41 categories. Ben Miller & Anita MacDonald; Dara Ben Caplan, Old Stock ; Classified, Chris Kirby; Corey LeRue; Daniel There are 32 nominations from Prince Smith-MacDonald & Adam Young; Kyle Tomorrow Could Be The Day Things Ledwell ; Jon Matthews; Luke Boyd (aka Edward Island. MacDonald; NicNeil Change ; Gabrielle Papillon, Keep the Fire ; Classified) Group Recording of the Year Heather Rankin, Imagine ; Jeremy Album of the Year Studio Engineer of the Year ChessClub, These Flowers Are For You ; Dutcher, Wolastoqiyik Lintuwakonawa Classified, Tomorrow Could Be The Day Dale Murray; Darren van Niekirk; Fortunate Ones, Hold Fast ; Hillsburn, The Things Change (producer Luke Boyd); Song of the Year Michael “Sheppy” Shepherd; Scott Wilder Beyond ; Les Hôtesses d’Hilaire, Dylan Menzie , As The Clock Rewinds (pro - Ben Caplan, “Lullaby” (producer Ferguson; Scott Hammond Viens avec moi ; Paper Lions , At Long Creek Graham Scott); Gabrielle Papillon, ducer Adam Gallant ); Fortunate Ones, Studio of the Year II ; The Town Heroes, Everything (Will Be “When The Heart Attacks” (producer Hold Fast (producer Daniel Ledwell ); Codapop Studios; FMP Matrix; Halflife Fine When We Get To Where We Think Corey LeRue, Daniel Ledwell ); Postdata, Paper Lions , At Long Creek II (producer Records; New Scotland Yard; The Sound We're Going) ; Vishtèn , Horizons “Black Cloud” (producer Tony Doogan); Colin Buchanan ); Postdata, Let’s Be Mill Wilderness (producer Tony Doogan) Indigenous Artist of the Year Quake Matthews, “Confessions” feat. Alan Syliboy and The Thundermakers; Neon Dreams (producer Street Runner); Venue of the Year Blues Recording of the Year Brandon Arnold; Jeremy Dutcher; Old The East Pointers, “Two Weeks” (pro - The Capital Complex; The Carleton; “The Dan Doiron, Livin’ Centre Stage ; Earle & Self & Kam Speech ducer Gordie Sampson) Mack” (at Confederation Centre of the Coffin, A Day In July ; Elise Besler, Truth ; Arts); The Ship Pub; Trailside Music SHiFT FROM THA 902 Songwriter of the Year Logan Richard , The Split 2.0 ; Myles Café & Inn Goodwyn and Friends of the Blues, Myles Inspirational Recording of the Year Ben Caplan, Classified, Fortunate Ones, Goodwyn And Friends Of The Blues Infinitely More, The Beauty Of The One ; Gabrielle Papillon, Port Cities, The Town Video of the Year Matt Linton, Call His Name Jesus , Paul Heroes ChessClub, “Amelia Earhart” (director Bucky Adams Memorial Award Matt Power); Christina Martin, “Always Brace, Liars & Actors ; Rootsdeepdown, Fans’ Choice Entertainer of the Year Jody Upshaw, Keonté Beals, Owen Lee, Reminding” (director Ryan Thompson); Live At Selah ; We The Rescued, Barra MacNeils, Ben Caplan, David Reeny Smith, Tachichi Classified, “Powerless” (director Andrew Heartstrings Myles, Fortunate Ones, Heather Rankin, Hines); Hillsburn, “Strange Clouds” Classical Composition of the Year Instrumental Recording of the Year Hillsburn, Lennie Gallant , Mo Kenney, (director Paul Aarntzen); KINLEY , Andrew Staniland, “Earthquakes and Neon Dreams, Paper Lions , Port Cities, Beaton-Plasse, Beaton-Plasse ; Ben Miller & “Golden Days” (director Jenna Islands”; Charke,“Cormier Duo: Ex The East Pointers Anita MacDonald, South Haven ; Gillian MacMillan ); Neon Dreams, “Shape Of Tempore”; Jeremy Dutcher, “Mehcinut”; Head, Tidal ; Joyful Noise, Cocoloco ; Paul Halley, “God’s Grandeur” Fans’ Choice Video of the Year My Mind” (director Zack Facts) Richard Wood , Unbroken Ben Caplan, “Minimum Intervals” (direc - Classical Recording of the Year Jazz Recording of the Year tor FPS—Filet Production Services, Charke –Cormier Duo, Ex Tempore ; Duo Bill Elliott, Canadian Certified Guitar Catherine Brown); BRDGS, “All My The Do Good Residency Concertante, Perfect Light ; Jennifer King, Player ; Grahame Rhodes , Giant Steps ; Friends” (director Loggo Lionel); O Mistress Moon ; New Brunswick Youth Ouroboros, Kitchuses ; Tin Pan Darlings, Christina Martin, “Always Reminding” Upstreet Craft Brewing and this town is Orchestra, Sea to Sea ; Paul Halley, In The Inside a Melody ; Tom Easley, The Starting (director Ryan Thompson); Classified, small inc. partner for the second year of Wide Awe And Wisdom—Choral Works by Point vs The Steep Decline “Powerless” (director Andrew Hines); The Do Good Residency. Launched in Paul Halley Hillsburn, “Strange Clouds” (director Summer 2018, The Do Good Residency is Loud Recording of the Year Paul Aarntzen); Jimmy Rankin, “Been an artist-in-residence program located at Contemporary Roots Recording of the Death Valley Driver , Wolf Crown ; Year Away” (director Jeth Weinrich); KIN - Upstreet Craft Brewing’s warehouse in Hitman, The Offering: Side 1 ; Kilmore, Call LEY , “Golden Days” (director Jenna Jeremy Dutcher, Wolastoqiyik Charlottetown. The program is supported of the Void ; Orchid’s Curse, Graveyard of MacMillan ); LeRiche, “River Runs” Lintuwakonawa ; Jimmy Rankin, Moving by Upstreet Craft Brewing’s Do Good the Gulf ; The Combine, Void and Vessel (director Charlotte Rabate); Makayla East ; Lennie Gallant , Time Travel ; Fund for Arts Initiatives and coordinated Pop Recording of the Year Lynn, “Joyride” (director Scott Simpson); Museum Pieces, Plain Sight ; Meaghan by this town is small inc., PEI’s Artist- Neon Dreams, “Shape Of My Mind” Blanchard , The Great Escape Adyn Townes, After The Fall ; Neon Run Centre. Deadline to apply for the Dreams, Shape Of My Mind ; Paper Lions , (director Zack Facts) 2019 program is February 18 at midnight Country Recording of the Year At Long Creek II ; Rachel Bec k, Rachel Beck ; Company of the Year Atlantic Time. Cameron Nickerson, Detours ; Carolina Simon Daniel, Nightcrawler Upstreet has created the Do Good Malkin Music Management; Spincount; East, Crossroads ; Mallory Johnson, Fund to support artists and art initiatives R&B / Soul Recording of the Year Sonic Concerts; Sound of Pop; The Syrup Mallory Johnson ; Ryan Cook, Having a throughout the year on Prince Edward Amanda Jackson Band , Fire in the Blue ; Factory Great Time ; Thomas Stajcer, Will I Learn Island. With every sale of their Do Cyndi Cain, Stand Up ; Elijah Wohlmuth To Love Again? Event of the Year Gooder APA, a portion of the proceeds (Will), 3am ; Jody Upshaw, Straight Cavendish Beach Music Festival ; Celtic goes into this fund. Dance Recording of the Year Shooter ; Reeny Smith, WWIII: Strength. Colours International Festival; Halifax this town is small’s mission is to foster Balco, “Real You” (feat. Malia Rogers); Courage. Love. Jazz Festival; Halifax Pop Explosion; sustainability for contemporary arts prac - Dion Todd, “Rocketship State of Mind”; Rap/Hip-Hop Recording of the Year Island Jazz tice on PEI. Lonely Kid & Dylan Menzie , “You Brandon Arnold, A Leo’s Dream ; Local, regional, national, or interna - Could Be My Queen”; PINEO & LOEB, Graphic/Media Artist of the Year Classified, Tomorrow Could Be The Day tional professional contemporary artists “Bump In The Road” Abracazebra Productions; Brendan Things Change ; Kayo, Winter in St Lucia ; with a strong interest in community Henry; James Bennett; Krista Power; Electronic Recording of the Year Mitchell Bailey, Season One ; Quake engagement and collaboration are invited Richard Lann Alex Byrne, Come Back ; Denique, Shape 1 ; Matthews, Drinking Games to apply. There are three 3-week slots Live Sound Engineer of the Year available this year: one in May reserved grej, Chasing the Path ; Rozalind MacPhail, Rising Star Recording of the Year LOVE AND LET BE ; Sparkee, Technically Devin Farrell; Stephen “Snickers” Smith; for an artist based in Atlantic Canada; FM Berlin, At Least You’re Having Fun ; Impossible EP Wayne O’Connor; Zach Lacey one in June and one in September, both Jenni & The Hummingbird , Your open to all artists. Folk Recording of the Year Masterpiece ; Jeremy Dutcher, Wolastoqiyik Management/Manager of the Year Selected artists receive studio space, Lintuwakonawa ; LeRiche, X-Dreamers ; Ben Caplan, Old Stock ; Gunning & Carol Doucet (Le Grenier Musique); lodging, administrative support, commu - Rachel Beck, Rachel Beck Cormier, Two ; Heather Rankin, Imagine ; Jones & Co.; Lynn Colepaugh (Malkin nity engagement and networking sup - Ian Sherwood, Bring The Light ; The Ennis Rock Recording of the Year Music Management); Nigel Jenkins port, and a stipend. Travel costs and Sisters, Keeping Time ; The Once, Time (Laughing Heart Music); Sonic FM Berlin, At Least You’re Having Fun ; materials are not provided. Enough Entertainment Group Les Hôtesses d’Hilaire, Viens avec moi ; Full application details can be found Francophone Recording of the Year Postdata, Let’s Be Wilderness ; Tampa, Media Outlet of the Year at thistownissmall.com/the-do-good-resi - Chloé Breault, Love ; Joannie Benoît, Feux Belated Love ; The Stanfields, Limbolan d Canadian Beats; Halifax Is Burning; dency/ or email Monica Lacey at de bengale ; Les Hôtesses d’Hilaire, Viens Tantramar Community Radio CFTA [email protected] with Do avec moi ; Raphaël Butler, Raphaël Butler ; Roots/Traditional Recording of the Year 107.9 FM; The Barbershop Sessions ; The Good Residency in the subject line for Simon Daniel, Nightcrawler Barra MacNeils, On the Bright Side ; East more information. Page 42 The BUZZ February 2019 Sing-along movies at news ARTS The College of Piping All that jazz With the new Celtic Performing Arts SSWA 2019 Photo Contest Centre at The College of Piping in South Shore Watershed Association Summerside being available all year 2019 Photo Contest for amateur photog - round, The College invites everyone to raphers is now open. For contest rules, join them for a series of Sing-along how to enter, and maps, visit nights movie nights throughout the year. www.sswa.ca. Cash prizes will be For the first Sing-along of the year, on awarded Results will be revealed at the March 29, you will want to look deep April AGM in Crapaud. Entry deadline into your closets and attics and dig out is March 15. For information, email your poodle skirts, leather jackets and [email protected] or call 730-2052 get ready to go back to High School— Rydell High School to be exact. Get your Cute as a… singing voices ready and practice your hand jive. There will be a prize for the Take note button makers, the submis - best costume and remember— Grease is sion deadline for this year’s “Cute as the word. a…” is Feb 1. The trading event happens On April 26 the Sing-along will be March 1 at 7 pm in the Schurman Mamma Mia ; on May 31 the animated Family Studio at Confederation Centre version of Beauty and the Beast . Summer I U

Art Gallery (CCAG), Charlottetown. C will be busy in the theatre with Highland G N The Gallery will sell button packs for $5 I Storm , so Sing-a-longs will pick up with J and offer an interactive experience for a The Wizard of Oz on September 27, the Island jazzers Ians, Dan and Chris on Island Jazz night at Baba’s chance to win a full collection pack. Rocky Horror Picture Show on October 25 “Cute as a…” is open to all ages. For and The Phantom of the Opera on details visit confederationcentre.com. November 22. Also coming are The Island Jazz Sound of Music and Frozen (dates TBA). Baba’s Lounge—Thursdays, 8 pm TTIS Critique Sessions Tickets through the box office or Island Jazz producer Dan Rowswell and Practicing artists in any medium are Ticketpro.ca. 436-5377. Baba’s Lounge owner Ryan Abdallah welcome to attend TTIS Critique For more information email have announced that Island Jazz will Sessions. Organizers ask that you [email protected] or see their continue to run weekly on Thursdays at website and Facebook pages. 8 pm at Baba’s Lounge all year in 2019. become a member of TTIS in order to Island Jazz features a a special guest participate—you can do this in cash or artist or group, followed by an open jam cheque at the event itself. The next ses - session where local musicians and stu - sion is on Feb 21 at 7pm at 171 Great dents are welcome to join in. George St, Charlottetown. There are This year Island Jazz was nominated spots open for presenting artists for the DKayAleeN HaCll PIigN anG d Whistles for three Music PEI Awards—for Jazz Joey Kitson March session. Take part and receive Achievement of the Year and Event of feedback from your peers, as well as a Sat night Pig and Whistles are held at the year, and curator Dan Rowswell was free TTIS membership and an honorari - Kaylee Hall with local musicians, cabaret nominated for Live Music Programmer um. Email [email protected] seating and laid back atmosphere, canteen of the Year. to sign up or for information. this town service, 50/50 draw and bar service. Music Upcoming Island Jazz shows are: is small’s programming is supported by starts at 8 pm. 19+. Pooles Corner. January 31 Alan Dowling and the Innovation PEI through the PEI Culture Funkmeisters; Feb 7 Teresa Doyle; Feb Action Plan. Square Dance Classes 14 Valentine’s Day Romance Jazz Weekly Old Tyme Square Dance lessons Special; Feb 21 Disney Jazz with Gabriel Call for Arts Proposals are held Wed at 7 pm at Murphy’s Vizcaino and Annie MacDonald; Feb 28 Community Centre, Rm. 303, Richmond The South Shore Arts Council is accept - Catherine O’Brien. St, Charlottetown. Beginners are welcome. ing applications for funding of projects Baba’s Lounge is at 181 Great George A partner is not necessary. Dress is casual. in the visual, performing, and creative Street, Charlottetown. Donations at the Info: Maggie, 566-5276 arts from individuals and groups in the door for the Island Jazz program are welcome. Admission is 19+. FB Todd MacLean South Shore region. Grants are for com - Trad Irish Social Dance Class IslandJazz, 388-6042 munity based projects with emphasis on Try Traditional Irish Set Dancing on Wed and teacher. Todd was named Music education and the development or at 7:30 pm to May 29 at Irish Cultural Educator of the Year at the 2010 Music preservation of the culture of this area. Winterjazz Centre (BIS Hall). Attend as many as you PEI Awards. and Musician of the Year at The max value of the grants is $750. can. All ages, singles, couples welcome. The Pourhouse—Feb 9, 7 pm the 2010 Music PEI Awards. He is a Funding is provided by the Department Basic steps are taught, reviewed, repeated, This month two Island musicians, Joey member of the Amanda Jackson Band of Education, Early Learning and then danced. These are social dances Kitson and Todd MacLean, will share and will return to Atlantic Blue with Culture. Applications must be received danced in groups of 8 (4 couples) to ener - the bill at Winterjazz . Tara MacLean this summer, now part of by March 29, 2019. For application getic traditional Irish reels, polkas, horn - Joey Kitson is equally at home The Charlottetown Festival. forms contact Pat Smith (658-2670), pipes, and jigs. It takes place at the Irish singing Celtic ballads, soulful rhythm Long John June , MacLean’s debut full [email protected], or Jamie Cultural Centre, 582 North River Road, and blues, big band jazz or mannered length album released in 2018, was Germaine, [email protected]. Charlottetown. Info: 675-4791, fred - musical theatre. As the frontman for nominated for Roots Contemporary [email protected] Rawlins Cross, Kitson has toured Album of the Year at the 2019 Music Heritage Awards through North America, Chile and PEI Awards. The PEI Museum & Heritage Barndance Europe, collected numerous music Joining Joey and Todd for this Foundation Annual Heritage Awards The next Here We Go Barn Dance will be industry awards and helped sell truck - show will be the house band of Alan will be presented Feb 19 Beaconsfield’s on Feb 16 at a venue TBA. Dancing begins loads of albums. Dowling, Ian Toms, Glen Strickey, Carriage House, 2 Kent Street, at 8 pm with music by Cape Breton piper Over the past decade, Kitson has also and Deryl Gallant. Charlottetown. Everyone is welcome to Kevin Dugas, accompanied by Thomas maintained another career, performing The Show will take place at The attend and celebrate Islanders who have Harrington & Darla Chaisson-MacPhee. musical theatre at the Confederation Pourhouse, 189 Great George Street, Centre of the Arts in Charlottetown. Charlottetown February 9 at 7 pm. made contributions to the preservation Callers are Ward MacDonald and Marion Todd MacLean is a PEI singer-song - Profits go to a scholarship for Island jazz of PEI’s heritage. Call 368-6600 for infor - Copleston. Admission is at the door. Call writer, saxophonist, guitarist and pianist students. Reserve at 892-5200. mation. peimuseum.com 213-7950 for location info. The BUZZ February 2019 Page 43 Bonshaw Ceilidh Stratford Town Hall Gym Thur at 10:45 The monthly Ceilidh Concert at the am Oct 4 –May. Michael is marking his Trailside at Bonshaw Hall will be Sun, Feb 24 from 2 –4 25th year playing for PEI children and pm (stormdate March 3). Performers families. Shows include movement, song and dance suited to a pre-school audi - The Pourhouse MUSIC include David MacKay with Peter Holden, and others TBA, plus locals Tony the ence. Family fee is $5/ session. ongoing The Trailside will present two shows at Troubador, Herb MacDonald, and/or Phil QEH Fundraising Concerts Music at Summerside Legion The Pourhouse in Charlottetown in Pineau. Also enjoy open mic, 50/50 draw, Mon enjoy bluegrass 7:30 –9 pm with dif - February. Tickets and more information and homemade cookies and tea. All ages ferent entertainers each week at are available at www.trailside.ca and are welcome; accessible for small wheel - Summerside Legion. Open mic runs Back Alley Music. Doors open at 6:30 pm chairs. Admission is by donation, with before the concert at 7 pm. Bring an instru - with music beginning at 8 pm. The proceeds going to ISCA (International ment for a jam after the concert. Sat Pourhouse is located at 189 Great George Sustainable Community Assistance, isca- Kitchen Party from 2 –5 pm has a Kitchen Street above the Old Triangle. aidc.ca). If a storm causes postponement, Party Band with guests. 340 Notre Dame notice will go on FB event page by 11 am. St, Summerside. 436-2091 Info; 675-4093 or check FB page.

Dunstaffnage Ceilidh Old Triangle Sessions A traditional music session, with host fid - Dunstaffnage Community Centre hosts a dler Roy Johnstone, takes place Sun from ceilidh on the 1st Sun of the month featur - 2–5 pm at the Old Triangle, ing the house band Roadmasters—Ivor Charlottetown. First hour is a slow ses - Keelin and Courtney Price,Wayne Diamond, Theo Wiegers and sion. Players welcome. Schooner Sessions Dave Moore and guest performers. are Thur 7 pm w/ players and dancers Admission is at the door. welcome to join in. 89 University Ave, On February 2 Dennis Ellsworth will Charlottetown. perform with full band. After two Kelly’s Cross Ceilidhs decades of making music in various Ceilidhs take place in the Kelly’s Cross the The Shed incarnations, Dennis Ellsworth chalks up 3rd Sun of the month at 7 pm. Local musi - Shed Players share share the stage every what he’s accomplished on Things cians perform. Lunch is served. It takes Tue from 7 –9 pm. community@slemon - Change , his most recent release, in large place at Kelly’s Cross Community Hall, park.com. Slemon Park Hotel and part to simply being older and wiser. 1475 Rte 13, Kelly’s Cross. 658-2877 Conference Center, 12 Redwood Ave, “For years I wrote dark, smooth, roman - Slemon Park. 888-7192 tic alt-country-ish type songs,” he says. Kill the Chill Concerts at “I don’t know how I ever got there but I Lot 16 Stratford Ceilidh stuck with it for a while. I love those records, but I knew it was time I Let the warm hospitality of the Lot 16 Stratford Ceilidh is one of PEI’s longest switched things up just to keep myself Community Hall warm you up this winter continued ceilidhs. Enjoy an evening of Kim Albert interested. “So, now that it’s happened, I with their Kill the Chill Winter Concert fun and music the 2nd Sun of the month at feel like I’ve entered into this new land The 4th Annual Winter QEH Fundraising series. The Vaudevillian play Feb 9. This 7 pm. Local musicians perform. Proceeds Concert Series, presented by Cardigan of the night are donated to Camp of possibility and I’m gonna ride that young trio —Jitterbug James, Norah wave for a bit. I also think my songwrit - Bearing and Steel and Cardigan Feed Spades, Piedmont Johnson—plays a mix of Gencheff. It takes place at R.L.Cotton cen - Services, will be hosted by Treble with ter, 57 Bunbury Rd, Stratford. 569-2732 ing is getting stronger with every album. jug-band stomps, ragtime and country I feel like I’ve found a way to get a mes - girls. The family friendly concerts run blues which will get your toes tapping. every 2nd Sun at 2 pm to Apr 28. All ages Stratford Lions Ceilidh sage across with the perfect balance. It’s They recently recorded their first album, still poetic but does a much better job of are invited to enjoy some of the best in The Stratford Lions Ceilidh takes place the Gamblin’ Bar Time Blues . Songwriter’s drawing a listener in with clear messages Island music in a fun family friendly set - 3rd Tue of each month at 7 pm at the Circle is Feb 23 with New Brunswick song - and some great combinations of words.” ting. Guests are: Keelin Wedge and writers Join Colin Fowlie, Kylie Fox, Evan Cotton Centre, 57 Bunbury Rd, Stratford. Lunch is served. Info: Irma, 569-3956 Courtney Hogan-Chandler (Feb 10), Kim Leblanc and PEI’s Daniel Drouin. Concerts Albert & Mike Arsenault (Feb 24), Kendall are at 7:30 pm at 38 Ferry Road, Lot 16 Sunday Series: Tunes on Tap Docherty (Mar 10), The Taylor, Nick and with tickets at the door. FB Lot 16 Hall Thomas Trad Trio (Mar 24), the Chaisson Tunes on Tap is held Sun 3 –5 pm at Trio (Apr 14), Peggy Clinton & Johnny Kinkora Ceilidh Copper Bottom Brewing. Join Host Ward Ross (Apr 28). Keelin Wedge and A ceilidh with Emily Craig, Not All There, MacDonald as he and a rotating cast of Courtney Hogan-Chandler are each out - Leo Gallant, Joyce Arsenault, Lou Doiron, fiddles, pipes, whistles, guitars and pianos standing, multi-talented musicians and Norm Leclair, Charles and Jean Reid. Feb deliver a pulse-warming set of traditional tunes and melodies—featuring trad artists entertainers who will present a lively 24 at 1:30 pm at Kinkora Place. afternoon of fiddle tunes, step dancing, from across PEI, Atlantic Canada and beyond. All ages welcome. 567 Main St, songs and whatever other musical magic Music at the Manse February 15 and 16 Matt Minglewood Montague. 361-2337 happens to transpire Feb 10. And on Feb Music at the Manse will take place every takes the stage. Matt Minglewood has 24 Kim Albert, will make the Island audi - Friday throughout the year with doors Winsloe United Church long been known as a musical shape- ence think they’re sitting at the Grand Ol’ open at 6 pm and show starting at 7 pm. shifter and the band are masters of Oprey in Nashville as she performs her Tim Archer is your host with local musi - Ceilidhs improv and genre bending. His constant classic country favourites. Albert will be cians performing. The Manse is located at Winsloe United Church Winter Series touring and high octane live show has accompanied by her Faces bandmate Mike 14155 st Peter’s Road, Marshfield, and Ceilidhs are set for Mon, Feb 11, Mar 11 earned him a well-deserved reputation Arsenault. Concerts take place at concerts will be in the restored theater and April 8 at 7:30 pm with doors open - of “down to earth bearers of good will Assumption Parish Centre, 145 Stratford room originally built in 1830. This is a ing at 6:30 pm. Host Colleen MacPhee and good times.” His diversity and Rd, Stratford. There will be 50/50 draw small intimate space with comfortable will welcome multi-instrumentalist broad audience appeal has made him a and homemade lunch. Admission is at the seating and new lights and sound equip - Keelin Wedge who can keep your toes a- fave on the Canadian touring circuit. A door. FB QEHTrebleconcerts. ment. 213-2861, FB Music at the manse tapped with her fancy guitar picking born storyteller, Matt writes songs that and fiddle playing. With the vocals of are somewhat autobiographical such as Acoustic Jams The MusicMan two shows Keelin Wedge and Colleen MacPhee, “Me and the Boys,” about carefree days Acoustic Jams are held every Wed, 6:30 –9 Michael Pendergast begins another fall- who stars as Rita MacNeil in Lady of his youth or about social issues in pm, at Murphy’s Community Centre, winter season with two music shows for Singers Of Our Century, they will sing songs like “Long Way From Texas.” Richmond St, Charlottetown (except on children. One show takes place in the some of your favourite songs from a Many of Matt’s tunes grapple with the holidays). Everyone is welcome to bring upstairs food court area at variety of artists. There will be a light universal feelings of passion, frustra - tions, hope, loneliness, love, disappoint - an instrument or just listen. A nominal fee Confederation Mall, downtown lunch served. Admission is at the door. ment and regret as well as his deep love goes to the centre to cover expenses. Info: Charlottetown, on Tue at 10:45 am Oct Winsloe United Church is at 121 Winsloe of the Maritimes. Caroline, 940-9565, [email protected]. 2–May. The other show takes place at Rd, Winsloe South. 368-1233 Page 44 The BUZZ February 2019 BUZZIFIEDS Comedy routines SINGING LESSONS for contemporary (non-classical) singers—pop, folk, jazz NUMBER 307 • FEBRUARY 2019 with Teresa Doyle. For the shy beginner Trent McClellan or the touring musician, learn to improve PEI Brewing Company—March 1 Publisher & Managing Editor: breath, resonance and range. 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For Info dian Jeremy Hotz is hitting the road Office: 160 Richmond Street, & to register contact: Frank MacAulay - with his new Dangerously Handsome Charlottetown, PE, C1A 1H9 [email protected]. Tour. He performs March 14 at Phone: 902-628-1958 Confederation Theatre, Charlottetown. E-mail: [email protected] ORGANIC VEGGIE DELIVERY Home delivery of fresh local organic veggies, The newest cast member of the award- Hotz returns with his constant com - Internet: buzzpei.com winning show This Hour Has 22 min - panion Shackleton the Wonderdog, the The opinions expressed in this publication are not neces- foods, and other natural products. $20 / sarily those of the publisher or staff. Compensation for $30 / $40 Veggie Boxes or custom utes is launching his Maritime “Laugh world’s smallest service animal. The errors in advertising copy which are the proven respon- orders. Great for busy families. Aaron Every Day Tour” in 2019. On March 1 Gemini Award winning stand-up come - sibility of the publisher is limited to a maximum of the Koleszar 659-2575, Trent McClellan plays at PEI Brewing dian actor and writer is also shooting cost of the placement of the advertisement. [email protected], Company, Charlottetown. two live shows at The Algonquin Trent McClellan, originally from Commons Theatre for a forthcoming COVER : Bench on a Snowy Day (detail), www.organicveggiedelivery.com Corner Brook, Newfoundland is a DVD release. This will be Hotz’s fifth acrylic painting by David Garcia Jimenez MARCH 2019 DEADLINE 4 pm, Friday stand-up comedian, writer, podcaster DVD release following What ever hap - of Charlottetown, PEI. David’s paintings February 15 . $18 for 30 words tax document the ever-changing cityscape. His and actor known for his approachable, pened to Jeremy Hotz? , Oh Canaduh , What included. Or $80 for 6 months placement candid and observational comedy. Trent A Miserable DVD This Is and Jeremy Hotz: work can be seen at Details Fine Art, tax included. Payment due at time of ad Ellen’s Creek Gallery and garcia001.com may be best known for his role on CBC’s The Masters Limited Edition DVD . placement. No phone calls, please. This Hour has 22 Minutes . He joined the Hotz’s resume includes perfor - cast in 2017 after contributing as a writer mances on The Late Show, and five for several years. He has had numerous appearances on The Tonight Show. He arranger Stewart Smith and PEI’s Barrie filmed television performances from the appeared on Comedy Central where he Sorensen. Admission is at the door. Just for Laughs Montreal, Winnipeg and featured in his own stand-up special, news Underage patrons are welcome with adult Halifax Comedy festivals for CBC and has numerous film and TV credits Phase IIM and FUrienSds IC accompaniment. Television, and has recorded comedy in addition to writing and performing specials for CTV and the Comedy on the critically acclaimed The Jon On Feb 9 at 8 pm North Shore Community Fireside Stories and Singalong Network. Stewart Show. Center presents Phase II and Friends, a 50s Community Fireside Stories and Singalong He’s the winner of a Gemini Award 60s Rockin Roll Night. All proceeds from takes place at Bonshaw Hall at 2 pm on Feb Jeremy Hotz and has been honoured with the CCA’s this 19+ dance night will go to North 10 and March 10 with Cameron MacDuffee Best Male Stand-Up Award, the Dave Shore Youth Programs and Recreational telling fireside stories interspersed with Confederation Centre—March 14 Broadfoot Comic Genius Award, and the Equipment. Doors open at 7 pm. Evening singalongs. Admission is free for thisevent Known for his original, confused, astute, Jury Prize—Best International Performer includes a 50/50 draw, cash bar, and draw sponsored by the South Shore Arts observational comedy, stand-up come - at Sydney Comedy Festival, Australia. for a raffle basket. Tickets are available by Council. There will be a 50/50 draw and calling 672-1684, Gerry, 393-3251, Nicole, light lunch. Info: Ruth Lacey, 675-4282 nikicannell@ hotmail.com, or at the door. North Shore Community Centre is at For the Love of Bob HWY-25, Covehead. Join Al Tuck and family and friends on Feb Holland College School of Performing Arts Strawberry re-release 15 at 7 pm “For the Love of Bob” at St. Peter’s Cathedral Hall, Rochford St and All fundraising concert —Feb 22 In celebration of 20 years since its release, Souls’ Lane, Charlottetown. All funds the album by Island band Strawberry has raised from this musical evening will go to Faculty from Holland College’s School Students in the Music Performance been edited and remastered and will be two churches built through the vision of of Performing Arts (SoPA) Music program will entertain guests during a available at bandcamp.com. Canon Robert “Bob” Tuck, Al’s father. The Performance program present Beat the silent auction held in the lounge of the Charlottetown Jazz Ensemble churches are Saint Alban’s Church, Souris, Winter Blues on February 22 at Florence Performance Hall prior to the show. The and Saint George’s Church, Montague. Simmons Performance Hall . silent auction and student pre-show The Charlottetown Jazz Ensemble, PEI’s The concert is an initiative of the entertainment will start at 6:30 pm; the only community big band, will cover over 20th Annual Bluegrass Old Music Performance faculty to raise concert will start at 7:30 pm. A bar and 80 years of jazz history when it performs at Country Jamboree funds for the program. Faculty members concession services will be available. The Pourhouse on Feb 8, with music start - performing include Adam Hill, Alan Tickets may be purchased in The 20th Annual Bluegrass Old Country ing at 7 pm. The band will pay homage to Dowling, Alan White, Chad Deagle, advance at the Florence Simmons Jamboree, featuring Danny Paisley & the heyday of the big bands with hits by Craig Dodge, Deryl Gallant, Gormlaith Performance Hall Box Office, Holland Glenn Miller and Louis Prima. From the The Southern Grass, The Bluegrass Maynes, Hannah O’Donnell, Jacqueline College, 140 Weymouth St, be-bop era there will be tunes by Dizzy Brothers, and PEI’s Joe Casey & Sorensen Young, John Connolly, Kinley Charlottetown, and from the perform - Gillespie and Thelonius Monk. The band Westwind, will take place March 23 at 7 Dowling, Liam Corcoran, Maria ers themselves. will also feature the works of contempo - pm at Harbourfront Theatre in Campbell, Nick Doneff, Nikki Waite, The Holland College School of rary composers Bob Mintzer and Frank Summerside. Tickets: 888-2500 or har - Philippe LeBlanc, Sara Campbell, and Performing Arts is a partnership with Mantooth as well as charts by Canadian bourfronttheatre.com. Sean Ferris. Confederation Centre of the Arts. The BUZZ February 2019 Page 45 Baba’s Lounge Piatto pizzeria & enoteca Open Mic Wed w/ Simon Joseph and Josh Music Fri 6-9 pm w/ local performers. 45 Arran 9 pm ( Jan 30/Feb 6/13/20/27 ). Queen St, Ch’town. 892-0909 Island Jazz Thur w/ host Dan Rowswell 8 pm: Alan Dowlings New Funk Project (Jan RCAF Wing Summerside 31), Teresa Doyle Quintet (7), Valentine’s Regular live music Fri and Sat. Check cal - Day Romance Special (14), Island Jazz MUSIC LIVE endar at wingpei.com/cal-events. 329 Dundee Arms Kaylee Hall Disney Themes (21), Catherine O’Brien Music Fri 6:30 –to close: John MacAllar (Feb Every Fri is open mic ceilidh w/ house North Market St, S’side. 436-2440 (28). Bring Back the 90s w/ Matty M*#rf%r 1), Marvin Birt (8), Adam MacGregor (15), band and guests 8 –11 pm. Sat Pig & Silver Fox Curling & Yacht (Jan 31). Stand Up Comedy Open Mic w/ Brian Dunn (22). 200 Pownal St, Ch’town. Whistle dances 8:30 –11:30 pm: Black Hats Sam Mac Donald 8pm (11/25). Lawrence 892-2496 (Feb 2), Wrecking Crew (9), Rustlers (16), Club Maxwell and the Family Band (Feb 1), Miller Creek (23). Hwy #3, Pooles Corner. Scuttered (Feb 1/2/Mar 1), Soul Filter CD Windigo w/ Dreadfort and Engage The The Eagle Nest 838-4399 Launch 9:30 pm (2), Wheelhouse (8), Pearl Threat (2), Dmayne Event (7), Rise Up with Regular live music. Music events are all and the Oysters (15), Hately Basement (22), Komah (8), Indie Pop Night w/ Bones (15), ages w/ parent/guardian to 10 pm then Main Street Pub Montague Chris and Eric (Mar 2). Check 19+. Call for Feb dates. 7208 Rustico Rd. Stonehouse w/ Dreadfort and Skull Kid Ivan Daigle (Feb 15). Main St, Montague. silverfoxpei.ca/schedule. 110 Water St, and the Giants (16), Excuses Excuses(ON) Rustic. 963-3193 838-3300 S’side. 436-2153 w/ Why Anything? 9 pm (19), Soul Filter Sportsman’s Club w/ Will Allen (22), Skrrt Skrrt (23), John Factory Marc’s Lounge Guliak 9 pm (24). 181 Great George St, Thur, Fri, Sat 10:30 pm Dance Party in the Calm Baretta, Tampa, Logan Richard (Feb Daniel Cambray (Feb 1), Lawrence Ch’town. 892-7377 Cave w/ Method or Hot Dan. 80s video 1), The Hartford Wailers (16). 175 Great Maxwell (2), TBA (8), Ryan Merry (9), Dance Party 9 –12 Fri. 90s throwback video George St, Ch’town. 892-1551 Back Alley Music Dance Party 9 –12 Sat. Country Dance Party Megan Ellands (15), Fraser McCallum (16), Brielle Ansems (22), Nathan Carragher Summerside Legion Back Alley Music Open Mic Hosted by every Fri and Sat on the main floor. SoPA (23). 125 Sydney St, Ch’town. 566-4620 Nick Doneff 1 –3:30 pm (Feb 2/16). night (Feb 27). Sat PEI’s Got Blues Matinee Mon Bluegrass 7:30 –9 pm w/ guests each 2:30 pm hosted by Got Blues (Chris week. Open mic at 7 pm. Bring an instru - Hopyard Vinyl In-Store featuring local Next Door @ Merchantman artists (Feb 9/23). 257 Queen St, Ch’town. Roumbanis, Reg Ballagh, Mike Robicheau) ment for a jam after the show. Sat Kitchen Music Fri –Sat 7 pm: Mat Hannah (Feb 1), 367-3311 w/ guests: Dutch Mason Tribute with Party 2 –5 pm has Kitchen Party Band w/ singer-guitarist John Connolly & key - Nathan Carragher (2), Stephen Szwarc (8), guests. FB Summerside Kitchen Party. 340 bar1911 boardist Sean Ferris (Feb 2), singer-guitarist Brielle Ansems (9), Justyn Young (15), Notre Dame St, Summerside. 436-2091 Mark Haines (9), singer-guitarist Christine Dave Woodside (16), Lawrence Maxwell Logan Richard Live Single Release. Date Nicole Campbell & singer-guitarist Blake (22), Ryan Merry (23). 23 Queen St, Water’s Edge Resto/Bar/Grill info and tickets at bar1911.com. Christina Johnston (16), The Kendra Gale Band with Dave Woodside (Feb 1), Fraser McCallum Martin (Mar 13). Tickets at bar1911.com. Ch’town. 892-9150 singer-guitarist Kendra Gale & drummer (2), Ryan Merry + Emily Coffin (8), Fraser 113 Longworth Ave, Ch’town. 566-9002 Warren Beatteay (23). 2nd set is an electric Olde Dublin Pub McCallum (9), Brandon Gillis (15), Rodney Barnone Brewing blues jam. Kent St, Ch’town. 370-FOOD Regular live music Fri and Sat: TBA (Feb Perry (16), Dave Woodside (22), Dave Woodside (23). www.watersedgepei.ca. Thur Growler Night. 4248 Rte 225, 1/2/22/23), Watertown (8/9), Boys in the Gahan House Delta Prince Edward, 18 Queen St, Breadalbane. 394-6897 Kitchen (15/16). 31 Sydney St, Ch’town. Live music Wed 9 pm: Lawrence Maxwell 892-6992 Ch’town. 894-1208 Black Rafter (Jan 30), Fraser McCallum & Colin Buchanan (Feb 6), Ryan Merry & Emily TRIVIA Nolan Compton (Jan 31), DJ dance (Feb 16). Coffin (13), Mat Hannah Duo (20), The Old Triangle Ch’town Firefighter’s Club Check FB. Black Rafter Lounge. Souris. Lawrence Maxwell Duo (27). 126 Sydney Thurs Schooner Session w/ Cynthia, Ward, Fri 7:30 pm Cathy Flanagan 687-4402 St, Ch’town. 626-BEER Aaron, Thomas & friends 7 pm. Sun Irish Copper Bottom Brewing Trad Music and Set Dancing w/ Roy Wed 7 pm Brodie & Colin Brothers 2 Hot Shots Lounge Johnstone & Friends 2 pm. Adam Hunter’s Ale House Chris & Eric 8 pm (Feb 1), Half Price Apps Thur Open Mic 7 pm (book w/ Kathy MacGregor and The Foes 8 pm (Feb 1/2), Thur 9 pm Darcy Campbell; Fri 9 pm Doc; w/ Logan Maddix 7 pm (7), Dylan 8 pm Tweel), Fri Open Mic 8:30 pm w/ Campfire Saul Good Duo 8 pm (8), JJ Chaisson and Sun 9 pm Rollins (8), Karen & Mike 8 pm (Feb 15), Mike Dave Connolly, Sat 5 –7 pm Jerry Laird. Darla McPhee 7 pm (9), Christine Campbell Local 311 Hannah 8 pm (16), ½ Price Apps w/ Chris Dysfunktional Dads 9 pm (Feb 23). Check and Blake Johnston 8 pm (15/16), Vintage Fri 9 pm Randy Millar A’Hern 7 pm (21), Trevor Cameron 8 pm FB for updates. 101 Longworth Ave, 2.0 8 pm (22/23). 189 Great George St, Olde Dublin Pub Thur (22). Water St, Summerside. 436-9654 Ch’town. 892-0817 Ch’town. 892-5200 The Pourhouse (upstairs) The Old Triangle Sat 2:30 pm Toughest Trivia in Town Dave Charlottetown Beer Garden Hunter’s Ale House Dennis Ellsworth presented by Trailside 2nite Entertainment presents Le Fête Mon Open Mic w/ Scuba Steve. Sun TMZ Connolly Cafe 8 pm (Feb 2, tickets trailside.ca), Big Friday Feb 15. Dance Party w/ Hot Dan or party w/ SJ Method or HSR. Future Funk PEI Brewing Co Band Jazz Night 7:30 pm (8), Winterjazz Method every Sat. 190-2 Kent St, Ch’town. w/ Dekz (Feb 1), Rick Sparkes and the Thur 7 pm w/ Joey Kitson & Todd MacLean doors at 628-6898 Enablers (2), The Dial Ups (7), Maximum Silver Fox 6 pm (9), Matt Minglewood presented by Overdrive (8), Jon Samuel Release Party Sat 3 pm Trailside Cafe 8 pm (15/16, tickets trail - Charlottetown Legion w/ Brad Milligan (9), Alias (15), Copycat side.ca). Upstairs, 189 Great George St, KARAOKE Music Fri at 9:30 pm, Sat at 9 pm. Fall Guys (16), Pineo and Loeb (17), Chris and Eric The Alley Ch’town. 892-5200 (Feb 1), Misty Water (2), Kim Albert (8), (22), Logan and Brad (23). Kent & Prince, Thur 9 pm Heather McIssac 19+ Ch’town. 367-4040 Roger Jones (9), Peggy Clinton (15), Neon PEI Brewing Company Black Rafter Country Valentine Dance (16), Wrecking Fri 10 pm Art Battle (Feb 16), The Shack Wacky Crew (22), Hache (23). Pownal St, Ch’town. Island Jazz Charlottetown Legion Review w/ Patrick Ledwell and Mark 892-6022 Island Jazz Thur w/ host Dan Rowswell 8 Thur 7 pm pm : Alan Dowling and the Funkmeisters Haines 8 pm (Feb 1/2), Super Bowl Party The Factory Copper Bottom Brewing (Jan 31), Teresa Doyle Quintet (7), (Feb 3), Trent McClellan Laugh Every Day Thur 10 pm Scuba Steve Tour (Mar 1), The Tea Party Black River Dylan Menzie 7:30 pm (Feb 9), Calm Valentine’s Day Romance Special (14), Local 311 Baretta + Raccoon Bandit 9 pm (Feb 22), Island Jazz Disney Themes (21), Catherine Tour (Mar 20). Tickets at peibrewingcom - Thur 9 pm Danny Michel 7:30 pm (Mar 9). 567 Main O’Brien (28). Baba’s Lounge, 181 Great pany.com. 96 Kensington Rd, Ch’town. RCAF Wing Summerside St, Montague. 361-2337 George St, Ch’town 629-BREW Sun 7 pm Page 46 The BUZZ February 2019 PIXBYLORNE

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