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A FREE PAPER FOR THE PEOPLE WHO FIND THEMSELVES IN THE ANNAPOLIS VALLEY July 23 – Aug 6, 2015 | Issue No. 12.15 ARTS CULTURE COMMUNITY You're holding one of 5100 copies

TESSA JANES – P.6 MUD CREEK DAYS – P.12

MIKE’S PRIDE GUIDE – P.7 TOO SOON FOR DAISIES – P.13 Pride Issue BERWICK'S CORNUCOPIA – P.11 SWIFT NIGHT OUT – P.16 PAGE 2 REG

2 July 23 – August 6, 2015 ON THE COVER

As you can probably recognize, the cover though future painting decisions are currently photo is of the recently painted crosswalk in undecided, David did mention that the initial downtown Wolfville. Curious to learn more, we feedback from locals, visitors, and online has spoke with Wolfville Councillor David Man- been incredibly positive. So much so that addi- gle who stated, “The idea initially came from tional sidewalks may be painted in the future the Equity Office at Acadia around the same in addition to other NS communities mostly time we were raising the pride flag in May for likely following suite. the International Day Against Homophobia A big thank you to T.A.N. Coffee’s Lucas White and Transphobia. We’re planning on having for sending us the photo after initially posting additional pride celebrations in October, so it on Instagram. There’s no more fitting cover painting the sidewalk in July at the start of image than our crosswalk for the Grapevine summer was seen as an overall good idea.” Al- Pride Issue. ~ Jeremy Novak

Hon. Scott Brison M.P. Kings - Hants

542-4010 101A - 24 Harbourside Drive, ʻRailtownʼ Wolfville, Nova Scotia

[email protected] | www.brison.ca FEATURES

3 July 23 – August 6, 2015 Enhancing the experience of health care for the LGBTQ community Lee-Ann Cudmore, R.Ac, Registered Acupuncturist

This summer #LOVEWINS, #PRIDE, and So what can we do on a local level to enhance Directory, you can be listed for free by clicking See thereddoor.ca. #MarriageEquality blew up twitter, and social the health care experience for the LGBTQ “Request Listing” on the above site. media was draped in rainbows of support for community? Here are some options for health - Get individual or group training from pride- the LGBTQ community. These are positive professionals and the public: - Attend a conference. The Canadian Asso- Health. Training sessions for people who work strides, but there is still work to be done. Re- ciation for Transgender Health (CPATH) with the LGBTQ+ community look at the cent articles in the Chronicle Herald and Metro - Complete the "LGBTQ Pathways to Health Conference, “Transforming the Landscape of impacts of language and providing a safe and News stated that improvements are needed in in Nova Scotia Survey" (surveys.dal.ca/opin- Transgender Health and Wellness” is being inclusive environment. For more information, health care services for LGBTQ Nova Scotians. io/s?s=28775) and use your voice to influence held in in Halifax, October 1-4, 2015. For visit: cdha.nshealth.ca/pridehealth/educa- Health professionals and the public are calling future health care decisions. The purpose of more information visit: cpath.ca/conferences/ tion-training. for more information and education on the the survey is to “better understand the health cpath-2015-halifax health care needs of LGBTQ patients, so that needs and experiences of LGBTQ populations - Make inclusive changes to workplaces and quality care can be delivered in a way that is from across the province. The findings of this sensitive to the specific needs of individuals. - Support local non-profits such as The Red health care environments. Assess your space survey will be used to inform the develop- Door, the Valley Youth Project, and the with new eyes. Are the images that you use ment of a Nova Scotia-specific LGBTQ health Halifax Sexual Health Centre. Valley Youth in the office/website inclusive to all people? Dr. Chris Toplack, a physician who has been assessment tool.” Project (valleyyouthproject.wordpress.com) Washrooms and washroom signage, health associated with prideHealth, the Red Door, focuses on creating a safer, comfortable history forms, or other documents can be and Halifax Sexual Health Centre, works in Note: If you are 16 years or older and self-identi- social space for all youth, 25 and under, who places for improvements. A simple rainbow Wolfville and Halifax. She states: “To appre- fy as LGBTQ+ and have lived in Nova Scotia for identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual, sticker in your office will indicate that this is a ciate the health challenges faced by LGBTQ at least one year OR are a health care provider transgender, intersex, two-spirit, queer, or safe space for all people. people, we need to recognize that homopho- in Nova Scotia, you are eligible to complete the questioning, as well as to straight allies. From bia, transphobia, racism, poverty, ableism, survey. September to June, the VYP hosts a Drop-In I will close this article with a beautiful pearl of social isolation, past trauma, and other forms on the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of each month of discrimination experienced within the wisdom by the Health Minister of Ireland, Leo - Register and use the prideHealth Directory at the Louis Millet Community Complex in Varadka. He said, “People from the (gay) com- home, school, workplace, and community; are New Minas. The VYP volunteers also facilitate all bad for physical and emotional health. Mi- of Health and Wellness Providers. This is a munity in Ireland are a minority, but with our comprehensive list of health care providers workshops to community organizations inter- parents, our families, or friends and co-work- nority stress (the interplay between minority ested in learning how to create environments status and bias), discrimination/rejection, and that self-identify as providing “competent, ers and colleagues, we’re a majority…” knowledgeable, respectful, and welcoming that are inclusive of all gender identities and violence, contributes to a disproportionate sexualities. health burden among LGBTQ people. Com- care for gay, lesbian, bisexual, trans, intersex, munity connectedness and pride, and working and queer people in Nova Scotia”. See www. cdha.nshealth.ca/phsafeproviders/ Note: The Red Door is a “Youth Health and with knowledgeable and sensitive health care Wolfville Integrated Health Care workers in environments that are diversi- Support Centre, with an expert team of doctors ty-welcoming, can help foster resilience” Note: If you are a health care provider in Nova and nurses to help with sexual health issues … Scotia and you would like to be in the prideHealth including sexual orientation and gender identity.” 902-542-2000 | www.wihc.ca SHOW ME YOUR INK Donna Holmes

Tattoo Artist: Cory Ferguson, Good Point Tattoos (Oakville, ON) Tattooee: Angela Forbes, Acadia University student

When Angie realized, after completing her first year of university, that she was now fully capable of making her own choices and taking responsibility for them, she decided to get a tattoo. The artwork on Angie’s elbow was designed and inked by Cory Ferguson, an artist whose work she had been admiring for several years at the Maritime Tattoo Festival (which happens every May in Halifax). For Angie, her mandala represents calm, centering, and grounding. She loves her tattoo and plans to have the other elbow done upon graduating to commemorate all the changes that have taken place and the new life she has created for herself during the time between. Someone once grabbed her elbow and commented on the tattoo asking, “What about when you’re old?” Angie’s reply: “When I’m old and my tattoo is wrinkled, ALL of me will be old and wrinkled…I will look good as I am.”

Photo Credit: Hillary Jones

Have your voice heard and speak to Keith at a satellite office in your area! Blue Mountain Hall on Rte. 12 on Mon. July 27 Coldbrook Heritage Hall on Tues. August 4 Canaan Community Hall on Fri. August 14 INDEX

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In Review...... p.3 Mike Uncorked ...... p.7 Crossword & Eat to the Beat ...... p.15 About Us...... p.4 Bookshop/Stardrop...... p.8 What’s Happening...... p.16 – 18 INDEX Furry Feature...... p.4 Horoscopes / Trivia / Tides...... p.9 Museums, Exhibits, Theatre ...... p.18 Random Act of Kindness...... p.4 Recipe/Restaurants...... p.10 Weekly Events...... p.19 The Free Tweets...... p.5 Town of Berwick ...... p.11 Acadia Page...... p.20 Who’s Who...... p.6 Town of Wolfville ...... p.12 Free Classifieds...... p.22

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The Smoking Blues Fest was held in Windsor While the damages are being repaired, the they could ever read. The doors to the new on July 10 and 11. By all accounts it was a suc- pub will re-open at a temporary location: 88 accessible Isabel and Roy Jodrey Memorial cessful weekend. The Super 8 in Windsor was Gerrish Street. Library opened on June 27. Located at 10 sold out, as well as over one hundred serviced Main Street, the new location will need more lots at the festival itself. work before its official opening on September The sunrise over the Windsor Salt Marsh on 23. In the meantime though, the library is July 16 was spectacular. The Town of Wind- doing what libraries do best - bringing the Finally something to alternate your East Coast sor’s Facebook page has got screen shots from community together. “I can’t imagine a single Lifestyles gear with! The Town of Wolfville is the Salt Marsh Webcam. You can check it out day without reading a book,” says Lorraine now selling swag at the Visitor Information anytime at novascotiawebcams.com/en/web- Davison, a Hantsport Library patron. “Though Centre. Check out the town’s Facebook post cams/windsor-salt-marsh it is my first visit, I like this place. Definitely, on July 10 for photos of the coolest hats in it is a big step in the overall improvement of town. the Hantsport community.” Well, it’s summer and while the students The new Isabel and Roy Jodrey may be rejoicing in “No more pencils, no Memorial Library in Hantsport. Windsor residents had some terrible news more books, no more teacher’s dirty looks,” On July 21, the Rolled Oat Cafe in Wolfville to wake up to on July 14. The Spitfire Arms the citizens of Hantsport are celebrating turned five. Happy Birthday! Photo Credit: Annapolis Valley Regional Library pub was devastated by an early morning fire. their continued access to all the free books 6 July 23 – August 6, 2015 VALLEY FAMILY FUN The WHO’S WHO: Gay Pride Books for Kids Tessa Janes: He Said, She Said Mike Butler Laura Churchill Duke “I followed the trail out of lection of natural treasures It’s never too early to start introducing kids Or try Morris Micklewhite and the Tangerine the room, invigorated by the near to us but my favourite to the idea that we need to love everyone, no Dress by Christine Baldacchino about having possibility of reinventing my by far, is our proximity to own body. The meaning was the Atlantic Ocean. I get matter what. Many children are not growing the courage and creativity it takes to be mine, as long as I was with so unpleasant when I’m up in a traditional two-parent home. There different. those who had the vision and anywhere landlocked. The are so many variations and definitions of the vocabulary to understand my air that comes off the Bay of word “family.” A great way to start to intro- If you stop into your local library branch, they creation.” Fundy or the South Shore duce the subject to kids is through reading. will be able to give you lots of suggestions of I was born Mike Butler. I was is something I can never There are many great books that feature all books to explore that feature a variety of fam- imagine living without.” different sorts of families and characters who ilies and stories to let kids know that it is OK a blue blanket, bouncing baby are gay or transgendered. to feel different. Or, check out the lgbtqpn. boy who grew up to be a very What a year it’s been for ca website for their recommended reading list bouncy man! I knew at the age Tessa! Remember that Our favourite book is And Tango Makes Three for children. of 13 that I was Gay, not that bumpy road I mentioned? by Justin Richardson. It’s a beautiful true I was different or odd; it had Well this year (after many story about 2 male penguins who find an egg Happy reading! a name and it was Gay! So the years of questioning and and raise the chick as their own. straight road that lay before struggling) Tessa came out Valley Family Fun me took a sharp detour and as transgender. Wolfville 10,000 Dresses by Marcus Ewert is about a valleyfamilyfun.ca | [email protected] there were a few bumps, but it all worked out has always been a haven of open-mindedness transgendered child who dreams about dress- Photo Credit: Laura Churchill Duke splendidly. I was lucky to have a huge support and acceptance, and with the love and support es. It is a modern fairy tale about becoming group of family and friends in the LGBT com- of the people here she has avoided the social the person you feel you are inside. munity and beyond, as well as an ever-chang- stigma that unfortunately plagues so many ing world to help me evolve. It has been a great other trans-folk around the world. I’ve known journey and I’m so proud to be me! Tessa for many years and now have the plea- For Tessa Janes, this journey had bigger bumps sure of working with her at TAN (we Weird Al and the road was quite rocky. But what an Yankovic fans always find each other) and even outcome! I am incredibly honored to introduce my very open eyes and mind have been opened my readers and the world to Tessa Janes. even wider by Tessa’s incredible courage. Seeing it on TV, reading about it in a magazine, Tessa is a long time valley local. She grew up and watching a movie about it doesn’t mean in Port Williams with her loving family. Tessa, it’s fully understood and accepted so having who was raised by her mother and grandpar- Tessa within the community, making changes ents, thinks having had this strong support for herself and being polite and understand- system helped shape her unique personality. ing of the questions people have and helping She made the short move to Acadia Universi- them through the process has made it an easier ty, originally studying mathematics but then transition for everyone. switching into biology. After that, she plans to continue into the education program and Tessa says, “It’s important for people to un- become a teacher! The past few months have derstand that trans men and women are not been a terrific journey for Tessa and I thinks changing who they are. They are not creating a she’s already taught many people some very new identity, but rather revealing what’s been valuable life lessons, so teaching as a profes- hidden. Sometimes it takes people a long time sion should be a piece of cake! to discover it about themselves perhaps due to shyness, shame, or just not knowing the name Tessa has worked in the Wolfville community to put to the feelings. It’s a hard and confusing even before moving here. She was a vendor for process and society is only now just able to TAN Coffee at the Wolfville Farmer’s Market acknowledge trans people and their struggle. for almost five years, most of that happening The most important thing people can do if they before the construction of the now existing want to help support trans-folk is to validate Market Building. She has since worked as that identity for them by using their preferred a waitress at the Naked Crepe Bistro and name and pronouns.” currently works as a barista at TAN Coffee in Wolfville. Tessa has seen many faces from the And what a busy month it’s been for Tessa. LOCAL BLOG ROLL community at their most vulnerable; before On July 4, she and her long time partner Max were married in a lovely outdoor ceremony in Do you live in the Annapolis Valley & write a blog? Send us your website & their morning coffee and when offered the the gardens at Prescott House in Port Wil- we’ll try to include it in the Local Blog Roll. [email protected] dessert menu. liams. Max is also an Acadia Student and that’s fynesdesigns.com theroamingcurator.com Tessa states, “In my down time I like to garden where they met and joined forces! This in one July 17: Master Bedroom Makeover Moodboard July 15: Life, Chaos & Ruins on a Nile River Cruise and tend plants. My main hobby however is dynamic duo folks, with their strong love and My master bedroom makeover is finally on the A few years ago I spent some time travelling cards. I play Magic: the Gathering, a strategy cute togetherness, it’s hard not to have a smile card game that my Mother taught me when I chopping block! I feel like I’ve been talking how in Egypt and Jordan. On my travels I keep a on your face or in your heart when you see was young. I’ve travelled all over the province bad it needs to get done for years now (6 years notebook as a place to jot down notes, capture these two walk down the street. Once they’ve and even the country for tournaments and to to be exact) and the time has finally come! I’ve a few sketches, or keep paper mementos from both finished school, they plan to build a mi- explore new card shops. I’ve made so many been a busy beaver cutting, hammering, and the journey. As I reflect on these, three memo- cro-home and try their hand at off-grid living. of my friends through that medium over the Congratulations! painting so I thought I better shine some light ries of the Nile cruising experience come back years and it’s a really neat community. For a on what is happening around here. to me: the diversity of landscape, the frenzy of long time I was also a part of the local theatre What a journey! What a person! Thank you the market boats, and the visual impact of the scene, doing audio engineering for many of the Tessa for opening eyes and minds and being valleyfamilyfun.ca/index.php/blog temples on the riverbank. Valley’s local companies and events including one of the many faces in our community who July 15: Falling Apart the Annapolis Valley Music Festival, Stage might not realize how much they're doing but Help! I’m Getting Old and Falling Apart. coastersandcoastlines.com Prophets, the Atlantic Theatre Festival, and are doing it just the same. Thank you for finally Have you ever looked down at your hands July 19: Summer Capsule Wardrobe Deep Roots.” acknowledging your feelings but still consid- and thought, those can’t be my hands. Those Out of all of the capsule wardrobes, I found ering the feelings of the friends, family, and Tessa feels a deep connection to the geography hands are too old to be my hands. It’s starting the Summer wardrobe the most challenging. customers who share your world. Thank you and the culture of the Annapolis Valley. She to happen to me. Mostly because summers in Nova Scotia can for being YOU! says, “We are so privileged to have such a col- Photo Credit: Tessa Janes be pretty unpredictable... so the closet needs churchofbanjoy.blogspot.ca to be stocked with items for hot weather, July 18: Chainsawin'! Day 1 warm weather, mild weather, and the occa- End of Day 1 of my two day chainsaw course sional cool night. After much deliberation and Julie Skaling at the Harrison Lewis Centre in East Port lots of trips to the consignment shop, I finally PHYSIOTHERAPY CLINIC reduced my summer clothes to a capsule Expect more l'Hébert. 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Mike Uncorked: MIKE’S PRIDE GUIDE Mike Butler HERE AND AWAY: Hey everyone! By the time this article comes out, we’ll be half way through the official Pride Week but alas, you don’t have to be proud of yourself for just this week; Pride is an ongoing thing that should be done every day, every week, and always! Hopefully you’ve snapped a few photos of the Same-Sex Couples beautiful Rainbow crosswalk on Main Street, Wolfville, or stopped by the Pride Market to see the booths, rainbow food, and rainbow fun put on by the community. And you still have the Halifax Pride Parade, Queer Acts Theatre Festival, and many more events to partake in. Pamela Swanigan Pride week, and its events over the years, has made a slight shift to be more family oriented and family friendly which is a wonderful concept as the family unit in the gay community is so valued. The rights for marriage, adoption, same-sex benefits, etc. have improved over the years, and it’s All figures refer to the number of couples nice to have events and activities for all members of the LGBT community and beyond. So take part and show your acceptance, support, and Pride. identified as same-sex. Thus, it is important to keep in mind that the data below reflect Now brace yourself readers… here’s a big spoiler alert: I’m Gay! Phew, I’m glad we cleared that up! Over the years, the abundance of movies, the percentage of same-sex couples within the books, seminars, magazines, TV Shows, blogs, etc., all pertaining to the LGBT community has skyrocketed. You can find so many educational and total number of couples of all types, not what genuine representations of all walks of gay life in these media and it’s refreshing. I would like to offer up my PRIDE GUIDE to each of you so you percentage of the general population belongs can get familiar with what’s OUT there! These are pieces of literature and film, and television that helped me find myself! Here are Mike’s Best! to a same-sex couple. 10 Best Gay Films: CANADA OVERALL: ONTARIO: Take the time to view these poignant and very significant pieces 10 Best Gay TV Shows/ Characters 0.8% (of all couples) 0.77% (Toronto: 1%) of Gay Cinema. 1. Transparent (breathtaking and brilliant!) 1. Brokeback Mountain 2. Six Feet Under (Gay and Interracial Representations) NOVA SCOTIA: ALBERTA: 2. Boys Don’t Cry 3. Will & Grace 0.8% (Halifax: 1.3% 0.74% 3. La Cage Aux Folles and The Birdcage (remake) 4. Queer as Folk (American or British) of all couples are 4. Common Threads (The AIDS Quilt Documentary) 5. Modern Family same-sex; this is NORTHWEST 5. The Celluloid Closet (History of Gay Cinema Documentary) 6. Orange is the New Black the highest of any TERRITORIES: 0.9% 6. Milk 7. The L Word metropolitan area in 7. Philadelphia 8. Glee Canada.) 8. Paris is Burning 9. Ellen WYOMING: 9. The Boys in the Band 10. House of Cards 0.29% 10. A Beautiful Thing NEW BRUNSWICK: So, there you have it! This is a very bare bones guide to LGBT film and 0.6% Honourable mentions: The Normal Heart, Far From Heaven, If These literature. Use the Internet and find more sources and I encourage you WASHINGTON, D.C.: Walls Could Talk 2, Cabaret, Bound, Desert Hearts, Gods and Monsters, to check out your local library and bookstores for materials that will 4.01% Love! Valour! Compassion! Better Than Chocolate, Blue is the Warmest help educate you and others. NEWFOUNDLAND Color, Rent, Beginners, Pariah, Monster, The Kids are All Right, De-Lovely, AND LABRADOR: What’s fantastic about living in a town like Wolfville, is that you get Southern Comfort (doc), The Crying Game, Beginners. 0.3% ENGLAND: to meet people from all walks of life who take the time to better their 1.4% community. You don’t have to rely on characters in a film to give you a 10 Best Gay Novels: clear representation of LGBT life, just look around you and ask ques- BRITISH COLUMBIA: Rich Gay Literature with beautiful real characters! tions and show support. 0.95% (Vancouver: AUSTRALIA: 1. Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin. 1.2%) 1% 2. Our Lady of the Flowers by Jean Genet Pride Week is upon us, but stay tuned in 3. Orlando by Virginia Woolf the autumn for more events as students’ 4. Rubyfruit Jungle by Rita Mae Brown return and the LGBT community gets them QUEBEC: NETHERLANDS: 5. Other Voices, Other Rooms by Truman Capote involved. For now, let’s splash a bit of color 1% (Montreal: 1.2%) 1.3% 6. A Single Man by Christopher Isherwood into our wardrobe, plant a rainbow flag in 7. Father of Frankenstein by Christopher Bram, your garden, or show your pride in another Sources: Chronicle Herald; Statistics Canada 8. Other Women by Lisa Alther way! Thank you Wolfville for being such a 2011 Census; United States Census Bureau; 9. The Naked Civil Servant by Quentin Crisp terrific town to live in! I pride myself on Office for National Statistics (U.K.); Telegraph; 10. The Hours by Michael Cunningham being one of your residents! Australia Bureau of Statistics; EuroNews. Photo Credit: Mike Butler THE GRAPEVINE USES: A FABULOUS HINT: A fast and effective way to clean a grill: Pour leftover brewed coffee on a hot or 9241 Commercial St., New Minas | 902-679-4919 cold grill, and wipe off. You will be [email protected] | enterprise.ca amazed at the results! Find More Where Nature, Research & Absolutely Technology come together Helpful hints at Open to students, visitors, www.absolutelyfab.ca community, and faculty 8927 Commercial St, Kings Centre Plaza 8am - 10pm every day New Minas | (902) 681-2284 EXTRA

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|| BOOKS NEW & USED || LITERATURE · SOCIAL SCIENCES · HUMANITIES · ART · CHILDREN'S BOOKS || LETTERPRESS · PRINTS · CARDS · STATIONERY · CALENDARS · JOURNALS || FROM The Box of Delights Bookshop CENTRE FOR PRINT CULTURE & THE LITERARY ARTS · WOLFVILLE, NOVA SCOTIA We are very excited to announce that this autumn we will be curating a brand-new gender/sexuality section, incorporating both fiction and non-fiction pertinent to the LGBTQ community. Our selection will be based on recommendations from our friend Kaleigh Trace, bookseller and sexual educator at Venus Envy in Halifax (and the award-winning author of Hot, Wet, and Shaking: How I Learned To Talk About Sex). If you have any suggestions for titles you’d like to see on the shelves, please let us know! Suggested reading for Pride week (available in-store now): Stella Brings the Family Love Undetectable: Miriam B. Schiffer. Notes on Friendship, Sex, and Survival Illustrations by Holly Clif- Andrew Sullivan ton-Brown Intensely personal and passionately political, Stella's class is having a Mother's Sullivan’s essays are a powerful testament to human Day celebration, but what's a girl resilience, faith, hope, and love. He revisits Freud to with two daddies to do? It's not seek the origins of homosexuality and reviews the that she doesn't have someone works of Aristotle, St. Augustine, and W. H. Auden who helps her with her home- for a contemporary world. Sullivan’s last essay work, or tucks her in at night. extols the virtues of friendship, elevating platonic Stella has her Papa and Daddy love over the romantic, as he memorializes his best who take care of her, she just friend who died of AIDS. doesn't have a mom to invite to the party. Fortunately, Stella Event notice: On Thursday, July 30 from 6pm finds a unique solution to her to 7pm don’t miss Halifax-based author Carol party problem in this sweet sto- Bruneau, who will be at the bookshop promoting ry about love, acceptance, and her new novel. Set in Vichy in the 1940s, These the true meaning of family. Good Hands is the richly textured story of a French sculptor and the nurse who cares for her at the end of her life.

Margaret Drummond's WORD OF THE ISSUE: Tintinnabulous Adjective

Of or relating to bells; the ringing of bells.

"On the day they tied the knot, the air was tintinnabulous." FREE WILL

9 July 23 – August 6, 2015

Horoscopes for the week Copyright 2015 Rob Brezsny of July 23rd freewillastrology.com

ARIES (March 21-April 19): The Latin LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): A researcher at SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): I’m motto “Carpe diem” shouldn’t be translated the University of Amsterdam developed a big fan of the attitude summed up by as “Seize the day!”, says author Nicholson software to read the emotions on faces. the command “Be here now!” The world Baker. It’s not a battle cry exhorting you He used it to analyze the expression of would be more like a sanctuary and less to “freaking grab the day in your fist the woman in Leonardo da Vinci’s famous like a battleground if people focused more like a burger at a fairground and take a painting, the Mona Lisa. The results on the present moment rather than on Toys.com big chomping bite out of it.” The proper suggest that she is 83 percent happy, 9 memories of the past and fantasies of e translation, according to Baker, is “Pluck percent disgusted, 6 percent fearful, and the future. But in accordance with the the day.” In other words, “you should 2 percent angry. Whether or not this astrological omens, you are hereby granted InquisitiveToys.com gently pull on the day’s stem, as if it were a assessment is accurate, I appreciate its a temporary exemption from the “Be here TRIVIA Inquisitiv wildflower, holding it with all the practiced implication that we humans are rarely filled how!” approach. You have a poetic license care of your thumb and the side of your with a single pure emotion. We often feel to dream and scheme profusely about what 360 Main St.,Wolfville | 697.3009 finger, which knows how to not crush easily a variety of states simultaneously. In this you want your life to be like in the future. crushed things -- so that the day’s stem spirit, I have calculated your probably mix Your word of power is tomorrow. undergoes increasing tension and draws to for the coming days: 16 percent relieved, a tightness, and then snaps softly away at 18 percent innocent, 12 percent confused, By Jake Rideout | Inquisitive Toy Company (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): A its weakest point, and the flower is released 22 percent liberated, 23 percent ambitious, CAPRICORN facebook.com/inquisitivetoys philanthropist offered $100,000 to in your hand.” Keep that in mind, Aries. I and 9 percent impatient. the Girls Scouts chapter of Western On which date did Canada legalize understand you are often tempted to seize Washington. But there were strings 1 same-sex marriage? rather than pluck, but these days plucking is (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): “What makes attached. The donor specified that the the preferable approach. VIRGO you heroic?” asked philosopher Friedrich money couldn’t be used to support Which Canadian province was the first to Nietzsche. Here’s how he answered transgender girls. The Girl Scouts rejected 2 recognize same-sex marriage? (April 20-May 20): When I talk himself: “simultaneously going out to meet the gift, declaring their intention to TAURUS In which European country did the first about “The Greatest Story Never Told,” I’m your highest suffering and your highest empower every girl “regardless of her 3 recognized same-sex marriage take place in not referring to the documentary film about hope.” This is an excellent way to sum up gender identity, socioeconomic status, race, April 2001? singer Lana Del Rey or the debut album of the test that would inspire you most in the ethnicity, or sexual orientation.” Do you the rap artist Saigon or any other cultural coming weeks, Virgo. Are you up for the have that much spunk, Capricorn? Would Which other major federal act needed artifact. I am, instead, referring to a part of challenge? If so, grapple with your deepest you turn down aid that would infringe on 4 amendment of the definition of “spouse”? your past that you have never owned and pain. Make a fierce effort to both heal it your integrity? You may be tested soon. understood . . . a phase from the old days and be motivated by it. At the same time, Here’s what I suspect: If you are faithful to When did the rainbow flag become the

that you have partially suppressed . . . an identify your brightest hope and take a your deepest values, even if that has a cost, 5 symbol of the LGBTQ community?

intense set of memories you have not fully decisive step toward fulfilling it. you will ultimately attract an equal blessing 1978 5. Act, 4. Divorce

integrated. I say it’s time for you to deal that doesn’t require you to sell out. (P.S. Netherlands, 3. The

with this shadow. You’re finally ready to The Girls Scouts subsequently launched an Ontario, 2. 2005, 20, July 1. (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Actress and answers: acknowledge it and treasure it as a crucial LIBRA Indiegogo campaign that raised more than musician Carrie Brownstein was born with thread in the drama of your hero’s journey. $300,000.) five planets in Libra. Those who aren’t conversant with astrology’s mysteries GEMINI (May 21-June 20): The ancient may conclude that she is a connoisseur of AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Consider Greek philosopher Thales is credited as elegance and harmony. Even professional the possibility of opening your mind, at being one of the earliest mathematicians stargazers who know how tricky it is to least briefly, to provocative influences and scientists. He was a deep thinker whose make generalizations might speculate you have closed yourself off from. You TIDE PREDICTIONS thirst for knowledge was hard to quench. that she is skilled at cultivating balance, may need to refamiliarize yourself with at Cape Blomidon Funny story: Once he went out at night for attuned to the needs of others, excited potential resources you have been resisting a walk. Gazing intently up at the sky, he by beauty, and adaptive to life’s ceaseless or ignoring, even if they are problematic. Source: Canadian Fisheries & Oceans. contemplated the mysteries of the stars. change. So what are we to make of the I’m not saying you should blithely welcome www.waterlevels.gc.ca Oops! He didn’t watch where he was going, fact that Brownstein has said, “I really them in. There still may be good reasons and fell down into a well. He was OK, but don’t know what to do when my life is to keep your distance. But I think it would JULY High Low embarrassed. Let’s make him your anti-role not chaotic”? Here’s what I suspect: In be wise and healthy for you to update your model, Gemini. I would love to encourage her ongoing exertions to thrive on chaos, relationship with them. 23 6:47pm 12:26pm you to unleash your lust to be informed, she is learning how to be a connoisseur of 24 7:35pm 1:13pm educated, and inspired -- but only if you elegance and harmony as she masters the 25 **8:01am 2:05pm (Feb. 19-March 20): Over 10,000 watch where you’re going. intricacies of being balanced, sensitive to PISCES 26 8:56am 2:59pm species of mushrooms grow in North others, thrilled by beauty, and adaptive to 27 9:51am 3:56pm America. About 125 of those, or 1.25 change. This is important for you to hear 28 10:45am 4:50pm (June 21-July 22): Charles percent, are tasty and safe to eat. All the CANCER about right now. 29 11:37am 5:42pm Darwin is best known for his book The others are unappetizing or poisonous, or 30 12:27pm 6:33pm Origin of Species, which contains his else their edibility is in question. By my 31 1:16pm 7:21pm seminal ideas about evolutionary biology. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): You’re reckoning, a similar statistical breakdown But while he was still alive, his best- entering a volatile phase of your cycle. In should apply to the influences that are AUG High Low seller was The Formation of Vegetable the coming weeks, you could become a floating your way. I advise you to focus Mould Through the Action of Worms. The beguiling monster who leaves a confusing intently on those very few that you know 1 2:03pm 7:48am painstaking result of over forty years’ mess in your wake. On the other hand, for a fact are pleasurable and vitalizing. 2 2:51pm 8:36am worth of research, it is a tribute to the you could activate the full potential of Make yourself unavailable for the rest. 3 *3:39pm 9:23am noble earthworm and that creature’s your animal intelligence as you make 4 4:29pm 10:12am crucial role in the health of soil and everything you touch more interesting and 5 5:21pm 11:02am Homework: Write a fairy tale or parable plants. It provides a different angle on soulful. I am, of course, rooting for the 6 6:15pm 11:56am that captures what your life has been one of Darwin’s central concerns: how latter outcome. Here’s a secret about how like so far in 2015. Share with me at small, incremental transformations that to ensure it: Be as ambitious to gain power there are normally two high and low tides a day FreeWillAstrology.com. take place over extended periods of time over your own darkness as you are to gain * Highest High: 44.6 feet ** Lowest High: 34.1 feet can have monumental effects. This also power over what happens on your turf. happens to be one of your key themes in the coming months. FOODIES

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Garlic Scape Grilled Chicken Salad RECIPE Jenny Osburn, Union Street Cafe

Just when last year's garlic crop withers to dust, bunches of garlic scapes appear at the market. Snatch them up! They can be used just as you would regular garlic, but can also be chopped into lengths and added to stir-fries, hodgepodge, pasta dishes, and salads. They stay fresh and green 183 Commercial St. Berwick 183 Commercial St. unionstreetcafe.ca | 538-7787 unionstreetcafe.ca for weeks in the fridge and their fanciful curly elf-cap shapes make them fun to cook with. Mindy Hupman of Hupman Garlic dropped off an enormous bag of scapes at the kitchen door last week and we've been using them with wild abandon. Summer Concerts In this recipe I've made a scrummy garlic scape dressing that doubles as a marinade for chicken (or pork). At Union Street Cafe we use Longspell 2015 Point Farms free range chicken. It's delicious and no more expensive than grocery store chicken. Buy it at the Wolfville Farmer's Market! Aug 1 Garlic Scape Grilled Chicken Salad Port Cities Aug 8 Gordie Sampson • 1 big Lemon (or 2 little ones) Juice the lemon and combine the juice with • 2 or more Garlic Scapes, minced the garlic scapes, salt, olive oil and pepper. Aug 29 Ennis • 1 1/2 tsp Salt Pour half over the chicken and refrigerate for Sept 5 • 1/4 C Olive Oil at least an hour. Reserve the other half of the Ryan Cook and the Valley Singers • a few grinds of Black Pepper marinade at room temperature. Grill or pan- • 1 lb. Longspell Point Boneless Skinless fry the chicken until it's no longer pink inside. Sept 12 Ariana Nasr Chicken Thighs or Breast, thawed Remove to a plate and sprinkle with the fresh
ings Edith Piaf • A large handful of roughly chopped fresh herbs. herbs - Parsley, Dill, Basil, whatever looks Sept 19 John Pine Tibute fresh! Combine the tomato, cucumber, red onion, w/ Matthew Hornell • 2 ripe Tomatoes, cut into 1" chunks and red pepper in a large bowl or on a pretty & friends • 1 Cucumber, cut in half lengthwise, then platter. Drizzle with the reserved marinade. sliced 1/2" thick Cut the chicken into bite-size pieces, arrange • 1/2 Red Onion, sliced thinly on the salad and serve. • 1 Red Pepper, cut into 1/2" chunks CALL 538-7787 FOR TICKETS Gift Shop Open!

The Crush Pad Bistro at Luckett Vineyards Scott Campbell

Luckett Vineyards, Bistro are knowledgeable both of the menu rest of lunch. in the Gaspereau and of the local area. During my lunch here Valley, is one of I overheard several engaging conversations We tried two of the main course offerings. the premier win- between diners and servers – all of which left The first was the delicious Warm Mango eries in the area. the diners commenting on the exceptional Caesar salad. This fantastic salad is given a Visitors to the hospitality. unique characteristic with the Romaine heart winery can browse being grilled. The charred outer leaves create through the As warm and pleasant as the servers were a flavour profile that really works well with Cellar Door where (Chloe was ours), I need to tell you about the the house-made mango and garlic dressing. they can sample food. It has often been a bone of contention Topped off with crostini, lardons, and shaved wines or purchase for me that – for a place as known for its rosemary Asiago, this is a great luncheon wine or specialty seafood as this area is - good oysters are some- choice. Another great option is the Pan Seared food items. But times hard to find. I’m happy to say that I was Red Snapper. This tasty fish is rolled in rice definitely one of able to eat my words this day. We enjoyed a flour and served with a lemon caper butter the highlights of a half dozen Sober Island oysters with Mango and a side of your choice. We had the Kale visit to this great winery is their open air patio Mignonette, hot sauce, and horse radish. We salad with sultanas, pickled onion, quinoa, restaurant – The Crush Pad Bistro. decided to pair our lunch with a bottle of the toasted almonds, and a wine vinaigrette. You breezy and fresh Luckett Vineyard’s Phone will not be disappointed with either of these As you walk out onto the sprawling patio you Box White. This wine is a great summery lunch time choices. are immediately greeted by a view that is quite blend of Osceola Muscat, Traminette, and simply breathtaking. I’ve lived in this Valley L’Acadie grapes and I think is a perfect patio If you have friends or family visiting, or if you all my life and I still find myself staring at the luncheon wine. The oysters were the perfect just want to take yourself out for a great sum- spectacle of Blomidon as it looms up through size (in my humble opinion) and the sauces mer treat, you can’t go wrong with the open Sober Island Oysters with Mango Mignonette, the fog in the Minas Basin. This awesome were fresh and bright and tasty. And although air dining experience at the Crush Pad Bistro hot sauce, or horse radish. sight is a perfect backdrop to the dining I could have easily had a couple more plates of at Luckett Vineyards. experience that is offered. The servers at the those oysters, I needed to save room for the Photo Credit: Scott Campbell

WE ARE HOSTING A CONCERT! And… They’re Off! B is for Bargain Browsing Saturday, August 1, 2015 The Noodle Guy, Port Williams Youth Running Club a Hit Berwick Town Wide Yard Sale brings out the treasures July 25, 8am - 5pm, Legendary bluesman Morgan Davis will be ith support from Active Kids Healthy Kids and leadership from rain or shine, with over 50 residents and playing at the shop in Port Williams. W Schools Plus, the Town of Berwick launched its first free Youth Run businesses registered to participate this Dinner & show, $40 per person, prepaid. Club. This program brings children and youth together to learn from year. Fill your belly first with Breakfast We're capping this one at 40 people. Arrive local competitive and recreational runners. The group of children and at the Berwick Lions Hall from 7:30am for dinner between 6pm – 6:45pm. Music youth, aged 8-14, work together to achieve a goal of training for a 3k or to 10:30am, hit the sidewalks for bar- starts at 8pm. You can drop by the shop 5k race and will complete a race by the end of the summer. The group is gain hunting, and then head over for to book your spot, or contact working on a running team name, and a design for t-shirts. New runners Barbeques at the Berwick Foodland and [email protected]. still accepted! For more info contact Katie Verrette, Active Living Coor- Apple Capital Museum. dinator at Town of Berwick [email protected] or 902-538-4019. what's happ BERWICK

11 July 23 – August 6, 2015

B is for BOUNTY in BERWICK: The Apple Capital’s Cornucopia Making-Out at the Makery Things Are Funny In Berwick he Makery is like n May 2014, CBC came to Berwick to film T a bakery, but it’s I an episode for a new series, Of All Places, all about making about the the culture and industry of rural things. Makery communities across Canada. Comedian Jonny sessions run out of Harris of Murdoch Mysteries delves into what the sunny Berwick makes rural communities tick, getting into District Elemen- the thick of it with first hand experiences. tary School Life Comedy of course is central to the theme, and Studies Room and Johnny had ample material with his visits to other community Berwick and the surrounding rural business- spaces wherever es. The Berwick air date is Tuesday, August 4 people make cool at 9:30pm on CBC Television but if you want things. The organiz- to get in on some live action, a community ers want people to screening at the Town Hall Gym (236 Com- learn life-skills that mercial St.) will take place Tuesday, August are important to 4 at 7pm with short films by Nova Scotian you, whether sewing filmmakers to kick things off. It's a family a button on a pair event, free, and super fun! As tweeted around of jeans you were going to throw out, learning how to use a spreadsheet and make a budget, the world about his visit to The Alpaca House building an elaborate Hallowe’en costume, cooking baked beans like your Granny used to make, just outside Berwick ‘Once you go alpaca, you or knitting your own mittens. The Makery has a huge learning kitchen, 12 sewing machines, never go back-a.’ and enough room to make a dozen costumes, 100 cards, and four cakes all while doing a load of cbc.ca/ofallplaces laundry (approximately). Twitter @JollyHarris @StillStandingTV

The Makery volunteers bring independence, creativity, and laughter to the table, and combined And to keep the good times rolling, comedian experiences of homesteaders, maker labs, discovery centres, arts and crafts, teaching and more. Jimmy Flynn is coming to Berwick Gala Days To kick off, the Berwick Makery taught knitting to students during lunch hours, and in the eve- for a show at the Berwick Lions Hall on Fri- nings ran a gluten-free cooking class, and introduced weaving and knitting for grown-ups. This day, September 4. Doors open at 7pm, show year look for gatherings where you bring your own projects to work on with others (appropriate- starts at 8pm. Advance tickets are $20 at The ly called ‘Make Out Sessions’), go on field trips to learn how to make beer, bread, blankets - and Clothingline and Town Hall. This is big kid other things that don’t start with B. The Berwick Makery is a place for kids from ages 3-93 to entertainment, so you must be 19+ to go. learn together and have fun. Look for them at the Berwick Gala Days celebration on Labour Day jimmyflynn.com Weekend, and visit theberwickmakery.wordpress.com, their awesome blog, for more information. Train Talk Tuesdays Beautiful Edibles verybody’s got a story about trains. And nitially part of the Park Master Plan for E now Berwick has both an ode to the train I Rainforth/Centennial Parks in Berwick, in the form of Jessica Winton’s Stop #14 the Community Gardens couldn’t wait to get Uncommon Common Art installation at the growing. In addition to the Harley Lawrence Apple Capital Heritage Trail entitled The Memorial Garden planted last year on Com- Dominion of Then and Now: Lunch on the mercial Street with healing herbs, five addi- Line and an opportunity to sit, enjoy a pre- tional gardens have sprouted up around Town made lunch left at the art installation and to include herbs and veggies for Soup, Salad, reminisce with us about what was once part Salsa, Herbs, and a Lion’s Purple & Yellow of the Dominion Atlantic Runway. Along with themed veggie garden under the Big Apple storytelling, activities are planned by one of at Town Hall. The Community Garden Club, the Apple Capital Museum staff for all ages. who’s mantra is "Help the Garden, Help Your- Train Talk Tuesday upcoming: self," welcomes anyone interested in getting their hands dirty to join the volunteer com- Tuesday July 28th: Enjoy a talk about the munity gardening team to grow, harvest, and Dominion Atlantic Runway by renowned produce nutritious, yummy food. Not only is historian and author, Gary Ness. this group of gardeners passionate about local Tuesday August 4th: Come for a walk along food production, learning, food security, and the tracks to reminisce and experience what health, they are also super fun! No boring committee meetings for this lot. More info: contact those on the train would have seen as they Katie Verrette, Active Living Coordinator at Town of Berwick, at [email protected] or 902- traveled. 538-4019 and Facebook @Berwick Community Gardens. Tuesday August 11th: Enjoy participating in making your own train whistle. WANT TO GET IN TOUCH WITH BERWICK? More info: Berwick Visitor Info Centre and Apple Capital Heritage Museum Hours: Mon - Sunday 9:00 am - 5:00 pm Phone 902-538-9229 Julie Glaser, Director of Community Development Instagram @berwickvicandmuseum [email protected] Facebook @Berwick Visitor Information Centre and Museum Twitter @Town_Berwick Twitter @berwickmuseum Instagram @Town Of Berwick And http://www.uncommoncommonart.com to check out Stop #14 and all the other groovy art Facebook @Town Of Berwick and Berwick Area Merchants popping up in unexpected places. CENTRE

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mud creek days July 24 –26 We are delighted to invite visitors and residents to night at Railtown in downtown Wolfville and spend celebrate what looks to be another amazing Mud your Sunday afternoon wandering the beautiful Creek Days in Wolfville this weekend, July 24-26. botanical gardens at Acadia University in our guided The community of Mud Creek changed its name to tour! There is really something for everyone in this Wolfville in 1830 but the Mud Creek name lives on weekend of activities. through our favorite civic celebration, Mud Creek Days! Whether you come to Wolfville this weekend to shop, Bring the family to Rotary Park on Friday for the wine and dine, bike or meet with friends, we hope you outdoor screening of ‘Big Hero 6’, call all your friends enjoy your Mud Creek Days weekend! to come to the rock concert and fireworks on Saturday For more information on Mud Creek Days visit mudcreekdays.ca

Friday, July 24 Movie in the Park 8:45 PM – 10:45 PM • Rotary Park Come see Rotary Park transformed into a bustling theatre! Pack a blanket to lie out on the grass for the pre-show at 8:45 PM and our feature film Big Hero 6 at sun down! Movie is FREE and concessions will Mud Creek concert! be on sale. FRee! all ageS! FeatURing: gloRYhoUnD Rain oveR St. aMbRoSe elePhantS in tRoUble

SatURDaY JUlY 25 | 7 -10 PM | Railtown (Downtown wolFville) Check out the Molson Coors Beverage Tent for 19+ concert goers! Cash only. Please drink responsibly.

Saturday, July 25 Mudley’s Birthday Party 4:00 PM – 7:00 PM • Waterfront Park Inflatable games, bike races, games, face painters, FREE birthday cake, music and more! Fun for the whole family! Food options available for purchase.

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THE SMOKIN' BLUES FEST. Photos by James Skinner mud creek days July 24 –26 We are delighted to invite visitors and residents to night at Railtown in downtown Wolfville and spend celebrate what looks to be another amazing Mud your Sunday afternoon wandering the beautiful Creek Days in Wolfville this weekend, July 24-26. botanical gardens at Acadia University in our guided The community of Mud Creek changed its name to tour! There is really something for everyone in this Wolfville in 1830 but the Mud Creek name lives on weekend of activities. through our favorite civic celebration, Mud Creek Days! Whether you come to Wolfville this weekend to shop, Bring the family to Rotary Park on Friday for the wine and dine, bike or meet with friends, we hope you outdoor screening of ‘Big Hero 6’, call all your friends enjoy your Mud Creek Days weekend! to come to the rock concert and fireworks on Saturday For more information on Mud Creek Days visit mudcreekdays.ca

Friday, July 24 Movie in the Park Too Soon for Daisies 8:45 PM – 10:45 PM • Rotary Park Nancy Henry Come see Rotary Park transformed into Three elderly ladies rebel against a 1960s Too Soon for Daisies is written by William a bustling theatre! Pack a blanket to lie world that has them locked up in an old Dinner and William Morum and directed by out on the grass for the pre-show at 8:45 folks' home for the destitute. After escaping Alan Tupper and features, in order of appear- PM and our feature film Big Hero 6 at sun in a rowboat, they are washed ashore in the ance: Diana Bishop, Chérie Zinck, Sharon down! Movie is FREE and concessions will village of Trotley, England where they take MacDonald, LeRoy Heffernan, Ray Baltzer, Mud Creek concert! over an abandoned cottage. Suddenly, a Sarah Perrault, and Ernest Zinck. be on sale. FeatURing: mysterious stranger shows up claiming to be FRee! all ageS! the cottage's real owner. Before you can say Shows: July 31, August 1, 7, 8, 9m, 14,15, 21, "Bob's your Uncle", he drops dead of a heart 22, 23m, 28, 29, September 4, 5 gloRYhoUnD attack and the ladies hatch a convoluted Showtime: 8pm (except for 2pm Matinees on From top to bottom, left to right: plan to hide the body. A nosy neighbour, a August 9 and 23) Rain oveR St. aMbRoSe Valley Tye Dye tent; Dog in frisbee heaven; Plain Dirty Blues Band; George Carter Junior Band. too-helpful handyman, and the arrival of the Tickets $15/$12 dead man's niece all contribute to high-spirit- Call 902-678-8040 to reserve your seat. elePhantS in tRoUble ed fun. Can these determined women conceal Too Soon for Daises will appeal to all audi- a dark secret that, if revealed, will upset all ences. their plans to grow old...ungracefully? SatURDaY JUlY 25 | 7 -10 PM | Railtown (Downtown wolFville) Gift certificates and season passes are There will be a Chicken and Chicks picnic available at: R.D. Chisholm's in Kentville and Check out the Molson Coors Beverage Tent for 19+ concert goers! Cash only. Please drink responsibly. after the matinee on Aug 23! Menu includes Rick’s Frame and Art in New Minas. Cen- baked chicken and potato, salad, roll, tea, treStage Theatre is located at 61 River Street, coffee, and dessert. The cost is $15. Call 902- Kentville. centrestagetheatre.ca Saturday, July 25 678-8040 for reservations. Mudley’s Birthday Party 4:00 PM – 7:00 PM • Waterfront Park Inflatable games, bike races, games, face painters, FREE birthday cake, music and Greg Sampson, Lawyer more! Fun for the whole family! 92 Webster Street, Kentville Food options available for purchase. PMS 485 PMS 286 PMS 110 (902) 679-0110 | [email protected] 100Y/100M 100C/50M/10K 12M/100Y/7K www.mudcreekdays.ca Wolfville, Gaspereau, Windsor, Port Williams, Hantsport, Canning, Centreville, Kentville, Coldbrook, Berwick, Greenwood, Avonport, Grand Pré, Falmouth, Greenwich, New Minas

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THURSDAYS: Joe’s Food Emporium SUNDAYS: (Wolfville): SWIG (24th), Paul 402 Main St. Wolfville | 902.542.0653 | thenakedcrepebistro.ca Marshall (31st) 8pm Stem’s Cafe (Greenwich): Stems Cafe (Greenwich): Ron Union Street Cafe (Berwick): Johanne McInnis Trio w/Kory WIN! Complete this crossword, then submit it to Naked Crêpe for your chance to win a dessert crêpe! Just Edmunds & Ian Brownstein Bayer & Alex Porter (26th) leave your contact information below this puzzle & submit the puzzle. Open Mic w/Sean Peori & Jeff (23rd) 11:30am Cross (24th), Open Mic w/Har- 11-2pm Last winner was Emma van de Wetenng vey Marcotte (31st) 8pm Paddy's Pub (Wolfville): Edible Art Cafe (New Minas): Paddy’s Irish Session (26th, 2nd) Paul Marshall (23rd, 30th, 6th) Dooly’s (New Minas): Karaoke 8pm 12pm w/Denny Myles (24th, 31st) RAINBOW CONNECTIONS by Donna Holmes 8pm MONDAYS: Le Caveau (Grand Pre): Speak- easy (23rd), George Carter Trio West Side Charlie’s (New (30th), The Hupmans & Scott Minas): DJ Billy T (24th), DJ Prudence (6th) 7pm Edible Art Cafe (New Minas): Lethal Noize (31st) 10pm Ron Edmunds Band (27th, 3rd) Paddy’s Pub (Kentville): The 12pm-2pm Hupman Brothers (23rd, 30th, SATURDAYS: 6th) 9pm Paddy's Pub (Wolfville): Open Mic w/Mike Aube (27th), TBA (3rd) 8pm Paddy’s Pub (Wolfville): Trivia Farmers Market (Wolfville): Night (23rd, 30th, 6th) 9pm The Chimney Swifts (25th) 10am TUESDAYS: Library Pub (Wolfville): Tevon Edible Art Cafe (New Minas): Pynes (23rd, 30th, 6th) 9pm John Tetrault (25th, 1st) 12pm- 2pm Anvil (Wolfville): Top 40 DJ Edible Art Cafe (New Minas): C-Bomb (23rd, 30th, 6th) 10pm Ron Edmunds Band (28th, 4th) Gaspereau Winery (Gas- 12pm-3pm pereau): Music On The Patio FRIDAYS: (25th, 1st) 7pm Paddy’s Pub (Kentville): Irish Jam Session (28th, 4th) 8pm Union Street Cafe (Berwick): Swingology (25th), Port Cities T.A.N. Coffee (Wolfville): Open Stems Cafe (Greenwich): Ron (1st) 8pm Mic w/Donna Holmes (28th, Edmunds & Ian Brownstein 4th) 8-10pm (24th) 11:30am King’s Arms Pub by Lew Murphy’s (Kentville): Acous- Edible Art Cafe (New Minas): tiKats (25th), Lost Vegas (1st) WEDNESDAYS: Paul Marshall (24th, 31st) 12pm 8:30pm (New King’s Arms Pub by Lew West Side Charlie’s Edible Art Cafe (New Minas): Murphy’s (Kentville): Caleb Minas): DJ Lethal Noize (25th) David Filyer (29th, 5th) 12pm- Miles (24th) 4-7:30pm, The Tony 10pm, Poison Cherry Band (1st) 3pm & Lenny Show (24th) 8pm- 9pm 11:30pm, The Hupman Brothers Farmers Market (Wolfville): (31st) 4-7:30pm, Park Street Paddy’s Pub (Wolfville): Music Sam Wilson (29th), Caleb Miles (31st) 8pm-11:30pm by Al King (25th) 9pm (5th) 5pm (Wolfville): Irish Blomidon Inn (Wolfville): Jazz Library Pub Troy Restaurant (Wolfville): Mannequins (24th, 31st) 6:30- Saturday w/Bob & Ro (25th, 1st) Ian Brownstein & Friends (29th, 9:30pm 1pm, Adam Heinz (25th, 1st) 5th) 7pm 9pm The Port Pub (Port Williams): West Side Charlie’s (New Freddy (24th) 7pm Tommy Gun’s (Windsor): Minas): Billy T’s Karaoke (29th, Music Video Dance Party (25th, 5th) 9pm Name: 1st) 9:30pm-1:30am

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Swift Night Out III: Sunday, July 26 KINGSTON LIBRARY MINI Laura Churchill Duke Night Out III at the Robie Tufts At 8:10pm we will begin the official Imagine: a sky full of chimney swifts Nature Centre on Front Street in count of our provincially-Endangered TATTOO: An event for all ages circling the evening sky. Then, just Wolfville to learn about Nova Scotia’s Chimney Swifts as they circle the skies Thursday, August 6, 2:30pm-3:30pm before the sun sets, in one magical Endangered Chimney Swifts. and spectacularly plummet into the moment, they start down the chim- chimney for their nightly roost. Come and listen to the Greenwood Cadet Training Centre Band ney, one after the other to roost for Unlike previous years, this year all under the direction of Capt. April Phinney at the Kingston the night. It's over in a moment but so events will take place outside the This is a joint event between the Branch Library, 671 Main St., Kingston (Rain location: Kingston miraculous to see! This natural scenic Robie Tufts Nature Centre in down- Maritimes Swiftwatch program of Bird Royal Canadian Legion). wonder happens almost every night in town Wolfville. We will hold outdoor Studies Canada, the Nova Scotia Bird Learn about the instruments. Ask any questions about the band the summer. presentations and some interactive Society, and the Blomidon Natural- or the music and sing along with the tunes. events for kids (which might include ists Society. For further information On Sunday, July 26 from 6:45pm to an endangered species obstacle course contact James Churchill at jameslchur- Information: 902-765-3631 9:15pm, you are invited to a Swift and face painting). [email protected] Website: valleylibrary.ca

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16 July 23 – August 6, 2015 WHAT'S HAPPENING FROM JULY 23–AUGUST 6, 2015 SEND YOUR EVENTS TO [email protected]

Please note: Events are subject to change. Mothing in the Valley — Kings County Ticket Auction — Fundy View Community Centre, Concert: Swingology — Union Street Cafe, Academy, Kentville 8pm • National Moth Week Halls Harbour 10am–2pm • Canteen on site Berwick 8pm • Classics of the swing era and THURSDAY, 23 (nationalmothweek.org) is a global citizen 11:30am–1:30pm. Draws take place at 2pm – Django originals, to popular tunes and movie/ science effort to learn about, observe, and you must be there to win! TIX: 20 tickets for $1 TV themes of today, all done in the irresistible Outdoor Concert — Centennial Park, Kingston document moths in backyards, parks, and INFO: hallsharbour.org gypsy jazz style. See page 10. TIX: $22 INFO: 7pm • Son of Leod, Vance Mcleod: Classic Rock neighborhoods. This event, led by Jim Edsall, 902-538-7787 / [email protected] TIX: no charge INFO: 902-765-2800 Dream Team Car Wash — Irving, Greenwood and hosted by The Blomidon Naturalist Society, 10am–4pm • TIX: donation INFO: Fundraiser for Ashley — Community Hall, Music under the Vines — Domaine de Grand will involve a combination of techniques for [email protected] Harbourville 8pm • Auction, BBQ, Strawberry Pré, Grand Pré 7pm • “Speakeasy” Join drawing moths and other nocturnal insects in Sea to Shore Sea Glass Festival — Centre Square, Shortcake. Money raised for wheelchair us on the patio, weather permitting! See close for observation and photography. TIX: no TIX: TIX: INFO: Kentville 10am–4pm. Also July 26 • Featuring accessible house renovations. no charge page 2. no charge 902-542-7177 / charge INFO: [email protected] INFO: sea glass creations, ocean inspired artisans, 902-538-0570 [email protected] — Rotary Park, Movie in the Park: Big Hero 6 musicians, coastal artists, driftwood furniture, Dance: Appaloosa — Royal Canadian Wolfville 8:45–10:45pm • Come see Rotary seafood tastings, guest speakers, sea glass Legion, Kentville 9pm–12am • 19 & over, FRIDAY, 24 Park transformed into a bustling theatre! Pack shard contests with top prize of $200. Brought bar & kitchen available. TIX: $7 per person a blanket to lie out on the grass for the pre- INFO: One-on-One Tech Help — Library, Windsor to you by Ocean Zn Giftshop & Home Décor. 902-678-8935 show at 8:45pm and our feature film Big Hero TIX: no charge INFO: Michelle, 902-790-6901 / 10–11am, 2:30–3:30pm. Also July 25. • Bring TIX: 6 at sun down! Concessions available. no [email protected] your own or use our equipment. One-hour slots charge INFO: mudcreekdays.ca SUNDAY, 26 for personalized assistance with downloading Mud Challenge — Willow Park, Wolfville 11am– — Quiet Park, eBooks, audiobooks, setting up your tablet, Candlelight Labyrinth Walk 1pm • The muddiest festival in the Valley! Buffet Brunch — Churchill House, Hantsport Wolfville 9am–8pm TIX: email account, or other basic computing • no charge Teams of 4 compete to race through challenges; 10:30am–1:30pm • A beautiful full menu buffet INFO: tasks. Pre-registration required. TIX: no charge [email protected] as fun to watch as it is to compete! Come cheer to be experienced in our historic Churchill INFO: 902-798-5424 / [email protected] on your favorite team (Valley Ghost Walks is the House. All monies raised go the revitalization of the Hantsport Memorial Community MakerLab — Library, Windsor 12–1:30pm. Also 3-time defending champions), or register your SATURDAY, 25 Center. TIX: $14.50 general, $9.50 ages 6–11, July 25, 10:30-11:30am • Build with things own online. Proceeds go to support the Mudley Lions Homecoming Breakfast — St Andrew’s no charge under 5 INFO: 902-684-3255 / like an Ardruino kit, play with Squishy Circuits, Fund. TIX: no charge INFO: mudcreekdays.ca Anglican Church Hall, Hantsport 7–10am • [email protected] or give a SpinBot a whirl. Discover the world of — Weymouth, Pancakes, eggs, bacon, hash browns, toast, juice, Scotian Hiker: Electric City circuits and electronics. Ages 9+, pre-registration 11am–5:30pm • Hike to view one of the first Pool’s 60th Celebration — Public Pool, TIX: INFO: tea or coffee. Proceeds for Lions Community Hantsport 11am–1:30pm • Calling all past staff required. no charge 902-798-5424 / TIX: places in NS to have electricity, in the late Service Programs. $6 adult, $3 age 6–12, no and swim team members of the Hantsport [email protected] INFO: 1800s. Relatively easy hiking terrain. Bring charge under 5 902-684-9529 Pool! Open since 1955 in one capacity Art For Wellness — CMHA Kings County Branch, lunch, 1-2 L water, bug repellent, sunscreen/ Mud Creek Days Pancake Breakfast — Lions or another. This is a great ‘reunion’ event Coldbrook 1–4pm • A simplified arts experience hat, windbreaker, comfortable hiking footwear. Club, Wolfville 7:30–10:30am • Pancakes, juice, to see old friends, students, the pool and in a stress-free environment for those who live 12km round-trip. See details online, and tea & coffee served by the men and women of the HMCC grounds. Dignitaries on hand, free independently but struggle with mental health check for changes on hike day. TIX: no charge Wolfville Lions Club. A great way to energize your swim. TIX: donation INFO: 902-684-3255 / issues including stress and anxiety. All materials INFO: scotianhiker.com team before the Mud Challenge. TIX: no charge, [email protected] provided, please pre-register. TIX: no charge Mud Creek Festival/Acadia University Garden donations welcome INFO: 902-542-4508 — Taproot Farms, Port INFO: 902-670-4103 / [email protected] Tour — K.C. Irving Centre, Acadia 12–1pm. Also Jamaican Jerk Pig Roast Parish Breakfast — St. James Anglican Church, Williams 12–3pm • SOLD OUT! Games Galore — Waterfront Park, Wolfville 2:30– July 26 • Learn about the flora and fauna native Kentville 8–10am • Eggs, bacon, toast, muffins, 4pm • Explore large group games, silly games, to the Acadian Forest Region while participating Ice Cream and Strawberry Social — Randall fruit salad, yogurt, baked beans, fish cakes, and educational games. For children of all ages. in a guided tour through the Botanical Gardens. House Museum, Wolfville 1–5pm • Hang around juice, coffee, tea. TIX: $7 minimum INFO: Pre-registration not required but appreciated. TIX: no charge INFO: mudcreekdays.ca the second oldest home in Wolfville with friends 902-678-3123 / [email protected] (summerkidsinthepark.eventbrite.ca) TIX: no Hantsport Homecoming Music Festival — and family and eat some cold ice cream and — Lions Club, Auburn TIX: INFO: charge; donations to the Mudley Fund Jar Bazaar & Yard Sale! Foundry Road Sports Field, Hantsport 1–8pm • strawberry shortcake. Delicious! $7 8am–2pm accepted. INFO: [email protected] • A large variety of beautifully Featuring The Parson Brothers and Friends, 902-542-9775 / [email protected] decorated jars filled with all kinds of items for Theme Night: Pirates — Public Pool, Hantsport No Name Blues Band, Highway 125, Hupman Picnic Supper & Campfire!— Canard Community men, women, children and even pets. Lots of yard 5:30–8pm • BBQ 1/2 hour before pool opens. Ice Brothers, and Matt Minglewood. Proceeds for Church, Upper Canard 6–9pm • Bring your picnic, sale items & BBQ. TIX: $1 admission, $5 table Breaker game and many more with prizes. Best local community volunteer groups. Concessions lawn chairs and musical instruments! Roasted INFO: 902-300-5398 / [email protected] Pirate costume to win a prize! TIX: $3, no charge on site, folding chairs encouraged. TIX: Cash marshmallows around the fire, plus enjoy the under 5 or with a pool pass INFO: 902-684-3255 / Town Wide Yard Sale — Town Hall, Berwick only event, $20 advance, $25 at the gate @ special music of invited performer Francis [email protected] 8am–5pm • Map of all registered yard sales will be Scotiabank (Hantsport), Moe’s Place Music Sales Hawley & Family! Indoors if raining. Enjoy a available at the Berwick Town Hall. TIX: no charge (Windsor) INFO: [email protected] tour of the historic “church in the orchard”, Concert: Ted Wallace — Waterfront Gazebo, INFO: 902-538-8616 / [email protected] built in 1858 with the “Crown of Thorns” style Windsor 7–8:30pm • Country singer/songwriter. Author Signing: Mike Parker — Coles, New steeple. TIX: no charge INFO: 902-582-7298 / Bring the family (furry family members Mud Creek Tennis Tournament — Wolfville Minas 2:30–4pm • Mike Parker signs copies of [email protected] also welcome) and listen to some live local Tennis Club, 8am–all day. Also July 26 • Men’s his newest book, Frontier Town. TIX: no charge music. TIX: no charge INFO: 902-690-7822 / singles and doubles, ladies’ singles and INFO: 902-681-0880 Swift Night Out III — Robie Tufts Nature Centre, TIX: Wolfville 6:45–9:15pm [email protected] doubles, mixed doubles. varies per event Mudley’s Birthday Party — Waterfront Park, • Imagine: a sky full of INFO: [email protected] chimney swifts circling the evening sky. Then, Mayor’s Bike Ride — Rotary Park, Wolfville Wolfville 4–7pm • Help us celebrate Mud just before the sun sets, they plummet into the 7:45–8pm • Join the Mayor, members of Town Tastes of the Valley — Farmers Market, Wolfville Creek Days! Bouncers, bike races, games, face chimney for their nightly roost one after the Council, and members of the local RCMP on a 8:30am–1pm • $3 taste concoctions to tantalize painters, birthday cake, music, and more, fun other. It’s over in a moment but so miraculous casual ride through the beautiful community your taste buds. TIX: $3 INFO: 902-697-3344 / for the whole family. Bring own bike/helmet. to see! Learn about Nova Scotia’s Endangered of Wolfville. Some bikes/helmets available, [email protected] TIX: no charge INFO: mudcreekdays.ca Chimney Swifts. Outdoor presentations and bring your own if possible. TIX: no charge — Railtown, Art Festival Wolfville — Curling Club, Mud Creek Concert: GloryHound some interactive events for kids. At 8:10pm we INFO: mudcreekdays.ca Wolfville 7–10pm Wolfville 8:30am–3pm • Local Art-Food- • Headliner Gloryhound, and will begin the official count of our provincially- Concert: Trichy Sankaran, Master of Indian Music TIX: no charge INFO: 902-542-4448 / featuring Rain Over St. Ambrose and Elephants endangered birds. TIX: no charge INFO: Rhythm — Harvey Denton Hall, Wolfville 8pm • [email protected] In Trouble, sponsored by 89.3 K-Rock. Food 902-681-2374 / [email protected] vendors and the Molson Coors 19+ beverage Professor Trichy Sankaran, visiting professor, Children’s Craft Day — Hantsport Pop Up tent. End a full day of events with a BANG! Our Benefit Concert: “Ariana Nasr Chante Piaf” will be performing a concert of traditional Market, Visitor Information Centre, Hantsport — St. John’s Church, Port Williams, 7pm • The and original music, with special guests Ken 10–11am • Pre-registration required. Email low-level fireworks finale will allow you to be closer than ever. See page 12. TIX: no charge quiet atmosphere and natural acoustics of St. Shorley, Naoko Tsujita, Sahara Jane, and Jeff [email protected] to register. John’s will make this a show to remember. All TIX: INFO: mudcreekdays.ca Hennessy. $15 general, $10 students TIX: no charge INFO: 902-690-7836 / proceeds go to Chrysalis House. See page 23. INFO: [email protected] [email protected] TIX: donation INFO: [email protected] WHAT'S HAPP

17 July 23 – August 6, 2015

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Lecture: Solar Possibilities — United Church, Weebly Web Design — C@P Lab, Wolfville 902-588-2016 / bridgetowntriathlon.com / 3201 Long Point Rd., Harbourville 7pm • Can Solar 5–7pm • Join us for a hands-on tutorial to FRIDAY, 31 facebook.com/BridgetownTriathlonSociety Energy help you reduce your carbon footprint? learn the basics of web-design with Weebly’s — Highlander Strength & Art Attack — Waterfront Park, Wolfville 2:30–4pm Fat Loss Seminar Join Jesse Kemp (Country Stoves & Sunrooms) & simple visual-interface. Walk-in’s accepted, Fitness, Kentville 10–11:30am & 2–3:30pm • TIX: • Join us for our outdoor art in the park Michael Sommerfeld (off grid homeowner) for a but sign-ups are appreciated. no charge Learn from our expert fitness coach Iain Smith talk and question period about advancements in INFO: 902-542-5760 event. Children will explore, learn, and create art inspired by nature. Although pre- about the best ways to approach diet and exercise domestic Solar Energy technology and more. See Concert: Best of Boxwood — St. John the Baptist to burn fat. Take part in a Q&A with our expert TIX: INFO: registration is not required, it is appreciated! page 14. no charge Pat, 902-538-3387 / Anglican Church, Poplar Grove 7–9pm • Musique coach. 25% discount for attendees interested in [email protected] (summerkidsinthepark.eventbrite.ca) TIX: Royale brings performances of early, traditional no charge, donations for the Mudley Fund training at the gym. Spaces are limited, email — Baptist Church, Forest Hill 7–8:30pm TIX: INFO: Hymn Sing and world music to settings of historic and cultural accepted. INFO: [email protected] to RSVP. no charge 902–300-9305 / • Special music: Blake, Nancy Bowman and significance throughout the province. See page [email protected] Concert: Sweet Alibi — Evergreen Theatre, friends. Fellowship and lunch, everyone 23. TIX: $20, $10 students @ Musique Royale Box — Avon River Heritage Museum, Margaretsville 8–10:30pm • Vocal harmonies Artisans in Action welcome TIX: donation INFO: 902-542 2601 / Office (902-634-9994), by email, and at the door Newport Landing 12–4pm that will stop you in your tracks! TIX: $20 • See museums section [email protected] INFO: [email protected] TIX: INFO: general, $10 students INFO: 902-825-6834 / page 18. no charge 902-757-1718 / [email protected] [email protected] MONDAY, 27 THURSDAY, 30 An Evening of Great Hymn Composers — Canard Community Church, Upper Canard 7–8pm Sip.Chat.Connect. — TAN Coffee, Water St., Windsor SATURDAY, 1 TUESDAY, 28 8:30am • Social meetup for business networking. • Learn about the history of the composers TIX: no charge INFO: sipchatconnect.com Breakfast — United Baptist Church, Canning 7:30– and circumstances of the era when some of Open Studio — The Bread Gallery, Brooklyn 10am– 10:30am • Pancakes (regular & gluten free) our most loved and greatest hymns of all time — Canadian Red 2pm. Also July 30 • Weekly drop-in session, open Red Cross Babysitters Course with blueberry sauce, bacon, sausages, beans, were written and first sung. Join us in singing Cross, Kentville 9am–4pm to artists and crafters working in all mediums. • Course covers the eggs, hash browns toast and tea or coffee. these magnificent selections. W/organist Steven All you need to take part is to show up with a responsibilities of a babysitter, safety tips for TIX: free will offering INFO: 902-582-3227 Weaton and special solo performances by Susan TIX: INFO: children of all ages, basic childcare skills and Ueffing.TIX: no charge INFO: 902-582-7298 / project! no charge 902-757-3377 / Book Exchange — Visitor Information Centre, [email protected] what to do in case of emergency. Ages 11+ [email protected] TIX: $60, includes book and certificateINFO: Hantsport 8:30am –1pm • Bring your gently Pollination Celebration Storytime — Memorial 902-670-1386 / [email protected] loved books to the Pop Up Farmer’s Market and Library, Wolfville 10–11am • Join us in our get some summer reads! All proceeds from the — Isabel & Roy Jodrey MONDAY, 3 Pollinator Garden for a storytime all about Little Ray’s Reptile Zoo book sale go to Friends of the Hantsport Library Memorial Library, Hantsport 10–11am butterflies, bees and birds. We’ll picnic with the • Snakes, Fund. TIX: .25 cents INFO: 902-690-7836 / pollinators! TIX: no charge INFO: 902-542-5760 spiders, frogs, turtles, and more await you. Learn [email protected] TUESDAY, 4 about these often feared and misunderstood LEGO WeDo Robotics — Memorial Library, creatures. All ages welcome, accompanied under St. Famille Wine Tasting — Visitor Information Open Arms: Annual Blomidon Picnic — Wolfville 10am–12pm. Also July 30 • Work in age 8. TIX: no charge INFO: 902-684-0103 / Centre, Hantsport 10am–1pm • Sample some of Blomidon Park, 10am–3pm • For drop-in groups to build models with mechanically [email protected] our delicious local wine at the Hantsport Pop-up guests & participants. TIX: no charge INFO: moving parts you program with a computer. Market. TIX: no charge INFO: 902-690-7836 / [email protected] / facebook.com/OpenArms.ca — Library, Berwick 10:30am– Ages 6–12, pre-registration required TIX: no Test Drive a Tablet [email protected] 12:30pm Musical Zoo in Kentville — Library, Kentville charge INFO: 902-542-5760 • Come test out a number of brand name tablets such as Samsung, iPad, kindle, The Intuitive Nature Cafe — Valley Massage 11am–12pm • Join local musician Caleb Bitstrips Comics — Library, Kingston 2–3:30pm Windows, Asus and many more, pre-registration Clinic, Kentville (Centre Square), 1–3pm • Miles and friends for an interactive hour of • Create your very own comic strips online. required. TIX: no charge INFO: 902-538-4030 / Connect with like-minded individuals to stories and play. Kids will get to hear how Print off your creation with some great [email protected] discuss intuition, gut feelings, synchronicity, different instruments sound then try them snipping tools. For ages 7+, pre-registration personal blueprints, as well as healing out for themselves. We’ll have ukuleles, small — Library, Berwick 1-2:30pm required. TIX: no charge INFO: 902-765-3631 / Musical Tablets and holistic experiences. Receive a mini keyboards, and a whole pile of kid-sized [email protected] • Play instruments on our tablets and see intuitive reading, please register. TIX: $13 percussion instruments on hand! For ages what great tunes we can play. For ages 6–12, INFO: [email protected] 3+ TIX: no charge INFO: 902-679-2544 / Toastmasters Club — Birchall Training Centre, TIX: pre-registration required. no charge [email protected] Greenwood 6:30-8pm. Also Aug. 4 • Develop INFO: 902-538-4030 / [email protected] Art Market — Community Centre, Gaspereau leadership skills using a variety of tools 1–4pm • Come take a look or buy a piece of — Library, Berwick including speaking off the cuff and speaking One-on-One Tech Help art from the following artists: Misty Cogswell, 2:30–3:30pm. Also July 31, 10–11am WEDNESDAY, 5 in public. TIX: no charge INFO: 902-825-1061 / • Bring in hand-crafted wooden and metal jewelry; Shasta [email protected] your own laptop, eReader, tablet, smartphone Grant, acrylic paintings; Tracy Horsman, ceramics; Art: Prescott Picassos — Prescott House Museum, or use our equipment. Book your one hour Ryan Hupman, acrylic paintings & wooden Port Williams 10am–12pm • See Museum TIX: slot for personalized assistance. no charge spoons; Scott Hupman, bird carvings; John section page 18. TIX: $8 INFO: 902-542-3984 / INFO: WEDNESDAY, 29 902-538-4030 / [email protected] Lynch, wood working crafts; Laura MacDonald, [email protected] Test Drive a Tablet — Library, Kingston Little Ray’s Reptile Zoo — Library, Windsor letterpress prints; Shireen Stacey, artisan soaps; Forties Garden Club Flower Show — 1787 10–12am • Come test out a number of brand 3:30–4:30pm • Join us for a ‘hands-on’ show Howie & Odette Van Tassel, leatherwork. Buy Forties Rd., New Ross 2:30–4pm • Many beautiful name tablets such as Samsung, iPad, kindle, of reptiles! Open to children of all ages. Please refreshments from The Rolled Oat Cafe while you arrangements and exhibits. TIX: $5 adult, $1 Windows, Asus and many more, pre-registration register. TIX: no charge INFO: 902-798-5424 / shop. TIX: by donation, proceeds to The Wolfville children, no charge for preschoolers. Admission required. TIX: no charge INFO: 902-765-3631 / [email protected] Children’s Centre for new art supplies for the kids! included lunch. INFO: 902-689-2737 INFO: [email protected] [email protected] Public Information Meeting: Lot T-1 Cherry What's Happening Events brought to you by Musical Tablets — Library, Kingston 3–4pm Lane — Town Hall (Council Chambers), Wolfville Concert: Port Cities — Union Street Cafe, • Come join our band. Play instruments on 7pm • Regarding a development agreement Berwick 8pm • Stellar songs, dynamic our tablets and see what great tunes we can proposal to establish a duplex unit at Lot T-1, vocals, and superior musicianship. See play. Ages 6–12, pre-registration required. Cherry Lane, PID 55280341, pursuant to MPS page 10. TIX: $27 INFO: 902-538-7787 / TIX: no charge INFO: 902-765-3631 / Policy 12.1.6. TIX: no charge INFO: wolfville.ca / [email protected] [email protected] Devin Lake, Town Planner, 542-3232 / email at [email protected] Vintage Bazaar — Farmers Market, Wolfville SUNDAY, 2 4–7pm • Try on some experienced fashion, Music under the Vines — Domaine de Grand Pré, — Jubilee Park, and take home history you can wear. Grand Pré 7pm • George Carter Trio. Join us on Bridgetown Lions Triathlon Mixed martial arts training for all ages Bridgetown, all day. TIX: no charge INFO: 902-697-3344 / the patio, weather permitting! No reservations, • Also, Kids Triathlon: Aug. 1, (902) 542-1666 [email protected] see page 2. TIX: no charge INFO: 902-542-7177 / 2–5pm @ Centennial Pool, Bridgetown. Please TIX: [email protected] register online. $30–$70, depending What’s Happening continued on the on event, $15 kids’ triathlon INFO: Horace, following page. 18 July 23 – August 6, 2015 WHAT’S HAPPENING FROM JULY 23–AUGUST 6, 2015 (cont’d) SEND YOUR EVENTS TO [email protected]

material, including: books, records, and artifacts. A special display dedicated to the WHAT’S extraordinary musician Wilf Carter who grew THEATRE (CONT’D) MUSEUMS (CONT’D) up in the area around Canning. A restored HAPPENING (CONT'D) lighthouse on site. Operated by the Fieldwood Home Hardware INFO: 1-877-845-1341 / famed Atlantic Theatre Festival. From inception Heritage Society. INFO: 902-582-7699 WEDNESDAY, 5 (cont’d) [email protected] in 1993 to its grand opening in June 1995. Also, Ross Farm Museum — 4568 Hwy 12, New Ross • — Library, Kingston 3–5pm Tea for Two, Saturdays, 2–5pm TIX: No charge, Ozobots • Using a Too Soon for Daisies — CentreStage Theatre, Open weekends only, 9:30am–5:30pm. Milking donations welcomed. INFO: 902-542-9775 simple colour-based coding language you can Kentville, July 31, Aug. 1, 7, 8, 14, 15, 21, 22, a cow, spinning wool or tasting a delicious / [email protected] / program Ozobot to move, play and dance. Come 28, 29, Sept. 4, 5, 8pm, Aug. 9, 23, 2pm • Three treat in the cottage are just three things that wolfvillehs.ednet.ns.ca see just how easy and amazing it is. For ages elderly ladies escape a 1960s “old folk’s home” happen regularly here at Ross Farm. Every visit TIX: 10+, pre-registration required. no charge in a rowboat, and are washed ashore in the The Old Kings Courthouse Museum (Kings is unique as the work changes with the seasons. INFO: 902-765-3631 / [email protected] village of Trotley, England where they take over County Museum) — 37 Cornwallis St., Kentville TIX: $6 adult, $5 senior, $2 child (6-17), no Word at the Market — Farmers Market, Wolfville an abandoned cottage. The cottage’s real owner • Open Mon.–Fri., 9am–4pm. Learn the history charge age 5 & under. INFO: 902-689-2210 / 4–7pm • A celebration of literacy and written shows up, but he dies of a heart attack and the of Kings County with special focus on the rossfarm.novascotia.ca word with local authors, bookstores and ladies hatch a convoluted plan to hide the body. Acadians and New England Planters. The Kings Blue Beach Fossil Museum — 127 Blue Beach TIX: INFO: A nosy neighbour, a too-helpful handyman and publishers. no charge 902-697-3344 Historical Society and their Genealogy Center is Road, Hantsport • Open daily 9:30am–5pm, the arrival of the dead man’s niece all contribute TIX: / [email protected] also located in this building. no admission, until Oct. 31. The official birthplace of vertebrate to high-spirited fun. Can these determined women INFO: donations welcomed. 902-678-6237 / paleontology in Canada. Come for one of our tours conceal a dark secret that, if revealed, will upset all [email protected] / okcm.ca to explore 350-million year old footprint-beds, THURSDAY, 6 their plans to grow old...ungracefully? See poster Apple Capital Museum — 173 Commercial St., fossils of fish, plants, and so much more.INFO: page 13. TIX: $15 general, $12 students/seniors Musical Zoo in Windsor — Library, Windsor Berwick • Train Talk Tuesdays, 12:30–1:15pm 902-684-9541 / bluebeachfossilmuseum.com @ R.D. Chisholm’s (Kentville), Rick’s Art and Frame 11am–12pm • Join local musician Caleb Miles and through Aug. 25 @ the Uncommon Common (New Minas), at the door. INFO: 902-678-8040 / friends for an interactive hour of stories and play. Art Installation created by Jessica Winton (stop [email protected] Kids will get to hear how different instruments #14). Reflect on memories of the old Dominion sound then try them out for themselves. We’ll The Tempest — Ross Creek Centre for the Arts, Atlantic Railway. Train-related activities suitable for have ukuleles, small keyboards, and a whole pile Canning, July 23, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, Aug. 1, 2, 4, both children and adults. INFO: 902-538-9229 / EXHIBITS of kid-sized percussion instruments on hand! For 5, 6, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 6pm • Full of magic, facebook.com/BerwickVICMuseum Will Cooper — Jack’s Gallery 450 Main St Wolfville. ages 3+. TIX: no charge INFO: 902-798-5424 / mystery and music, Shakespeare’s comedy of — 1633 Starr’s Point Rd. Until July 26 • Will Cooper’s fun, brightly [email protected] a shipwrecked magician, and the romance and Prescott House Museum • Archeology Exhibit: until Sept. 30, artifacts tell coloured and unique works capture the joy of mayhem that follows a giant storm will be a feast INFO: Luncheon — Christ Anglican Church, Berwick us about the life of Charles Prescott and his family the Nova Scotia landscape and lifestyle. for the eyes and heart. Directed by Ken Schwartz, 11:30am–1pm • Home cooked casseroles, from 1812 to 1859. Prescott Picassos: Children’s [email protected] and includes some of Canada’s most accomplished meat dishes, baked beans, salads, bread, rolls, Summer Workshops: Wed. 10am–12pm, through — Oriel Fine Art, Wolfville • Fine actors. Suitable for all ages. TIX: $25 general, $23 Judith J. Leidl yummy desserts and tea or coffee. TIX: $10 Aug. 19. Fun, active and educational activities art: floral paintings, scarves, acrylic paintings, senior, $20 student/military, $10 child, $65 family INFO: 902-538-8616 / [email protected] for children age 5-12, please pre-register. Also, prints, ceramics, and Inuit work from Baffin of four INFO: 902-582-3842 / [email protected] Ozobots — Library, Berwick 1–2:30pm • Using a Peek, Peer, and Peruse: July 26, 1–2:30pm. Island. INFO: 902-670-7422 / judithleidlart.com — Ross Creek Centre for simple colour-based coding language you can The Turn of the Screw Join Prescott staff for a behind the scenes tour. — CentreStage Theatre, Kentville the Arts, Canning, July 24, 25, 28, 31, Aug. 1, 4, 7, TIX: Marina Costain program Ozobot to move, play and dance. Come Space limited, please pre-register. Prescott INFO: 8, 11, 14, 15, 9:30pm • In the great tradition of • Hooked rugs and wall hangings. see just how easy and amazing it is. For ages Picassos: $8, Peek, Peer, and Peruse: $7, Regular 902-678-3502 / centrestagetheatre.ca 10+. Pre-registration required. TIX: no charge campfire ghost stories, this theatrical rendition admission: $4 adult, $2.75 child/senior, no charge — Valley Regional Hospital, INFO: 902-538-4030 will take you on an exciting journey into the under 5, $8.50 family. INFO: 902-542-3984 / Apple Bin Art Gallery mind and soul of a family with secrets. Adapted prescotthouse.novascotia.ca / [email protected] Kentville • Approximately 100 pieces of Public Information Meeting: 22 Linden by Ken Schwartz, performed around the fire, and affordable original art created by local Valley — 414 Clifton Ave., Avenue — Town Hall (Council Chambers), Wolfville followed by s’mores under the stars. TIX: $25 Haliburton House Museum artists. Part proceeds go towards hospital Windsor TIX: 7pm • Regarding a development agreement general, $23 senior, $20 student/military, $10 • $4 adult, $2.75 child/youth/ equipment and to help support Annapolis INFO: proposal to establish a three unit dwelling child, $65 family of four INFO: 902-582-3842 / senior, no charge under 5, $8.50 family. Valley health care programs. 902-798-2915 / haliburtonhouse.novascotia.ca located at 22 Linden Avenue, PID 55273080. [email protected] / twoplanks.ca — Acadia TIX: no charge INFO: Devin Lake, Town Planner, — 414 Clifton Atlantic Picture Book Illustration — The Grand Pré Winery, Windsor Hockey Heritage Centre University Art Gallery, Until Aug. 23 • Atlantic 902-542-3232 / [email protected] Valley Ghost Walks Ave., Windsor Friday July 24, 7:30pm; Clock Park, Wolfville • Open 9am–5pm daily in Picture Book Illustration: 1980s & 90s: Molly Music under the Vines — Domaine de Grand Pré, July 30, 8pm; Fundy View Community Hall, Halls summer, Tues.–Sat. in off season. See the Lamb Bobak, Brenda Jones; 2000s: Darka Erdelji, Grand Pré 7pm • The Hupmans and Scott Prudence Harbour, Friday July 31, 7:30pm • Join Jerome equipment with which the game began: Leonard Paul. The works selected demonstrate the Join us on the patio, weather permitting! See the GraveKeeper and his ghostly friends on wooden pucks, hand-made one-piece hockey changes in illustration over 30 years, from hand- page 23. TIX: no charge INFO: 902-542-7177 / these family-friendly historical ghost walks. sticks carved by Mi’kmaq natives, stock skates drawn to digital, from picture book to graphic [email protected] Our 8th season. See page 4. TIX: $15 adults, and world-famous Starr skates, as well as early novel. INFO: 902-585-1485 / gallery.acadiau.ca TIX: $12 students, discounted 4-packs available via forms of protective equipment. no charge, INFO: Uncommon Common Art — Various Kings Country Ticketpro.ca INFO: [email protected] donations welcome 902-798-1800 / [email protected] locations, until mid-October (an outdoor, public / valleyghostwalks.com art scavenger hunt) • TIX: no charge INFO: Terry, LIVE THEATRE Lamplight Historical Cemetery Tours — Charles Macdonald’s Concrete House Museum 902-542-3981 / uncommoncommonart.com / St. Mary’s Anglican Church, Auburn, July 28, — 19 Saxon St., Centreville • Open Tues.-Sat., I’ll Be Back Before Midnight! — Al Whittle [email protected] Aug. 4, 11, 18, 25, 8–9:15pm • Enjoy a tour of 11am–5pm, Sun. 11am–4pm. A unique house Theatre, Wolfville July 23, 24, 25, 28, 29, 30, 31, Artisans in Action — Avon River Heritage Museum, St. Mary’s cemetery, learn about local people, built entirely of concrete and finished smooth with Aug. 1, 8pm, July 26, Aug. 2, 2pm • A remote Newport Landing 12–4pm • First Sunday of the how they lived and shaped our community. paint. The yard contains concrete lawn sculptures farmhouse. An archaeological dig. A troubled wife, month, through October. Live demonstrations Costumed guides and guests. TIX: $10 INFO: of: deer, a mountain lion, giant mushrooms, her distant husband, his manipulative sister ... by local artisans who work in historical trades, 902-847-9847 / [email protected] and other fanciful figures and furniture. Photos and the colourful neighbouring farmer, telling of Havana, Cuba (1898) by Charles William crafts, and art forms. Aug. 2: Fibre, Pottery, & chilling tales of ghastly ghosts and grisly murder. MacDonald exhibited through Aug. 26. Crafty Textiles TIX: no charge INFO: 902-757-1718 / This play has been heralded as the finest stage Wednesdays are back, call for details. TIX: [email protected] thriller Canada has ever produced. See poster page “We’re free, are you?” INFO: 902-678-3177 / — Windsong Studio TIX: Studio Rally Open House 14. $30 regular, $23 student, subscription MUSEUMS concretehouse.ca / [email protected] & Gallery, 1331 Victoria Road, Aylesford. July discounts available. @ all TicketPro locations Randall House — 259 Main St., Wolfville • Open 25–26, 10am–5pm • Our 23rd annual Studio including Cochrane’s Pharmasave (Wolfville), Canning Heritage Centre — 9806 Main St., Tues.-Sat., 10am–5pm, Sun. 1–5pm. Special Rally open house. INFO: 902-847-9847 / Wilsons Pharmasave (Kentville, Berwick), Windsor Canning • Open through Aug. 31. Displays of exhibit, BIRTH OF A FESTIVAL, commemorates artifacts on historic Canning from the early [email protected] the 20th anniversary of the opening of the 1800s to present day. A collection of research 19 July 23 – August 6, 2015

PLEASE NOTE: Event information may change Friends in Bereavement — Western Kings Mem. without notice Health Centre, Berwick 10am–12pm. 1st & 3rd Mondays Tues. each month (next: Aug. 4). VON Adult Day Saturdays Free Community Walking/Running —­ Acadia Program Room (main floor).INFO: 902-681-8239 / Hantsport Pop Up Market — Hantsport Visitor Centre Athletic Complex, Wolfville 6-9am & 6-9pm (Mon. - [email protected] Thursdays Fri.). On the indoor & outdoor track. FEE: no charge (parking lot), 8:30am–12pm. Until end of Sept. Fresh Rug Hooking — 57 Eden Row, Greenwich 1–3:30pm. Babies & Books — Wolfville Memorial Library INFO: 902-542-3486 / [email protected] fruits & veggies, jams, jellies crafts & more. INFO: Drop-in rug hooking. donation Kay, 10–11am. Newborn to 2 years. 902-542-5760 / FEE: INFO: INFO: 902-684-9068 / [email protected]. Painting Morning — Recreation Centre, Wolfville 902-697-2850 valleylibrary.ca Wolfville Farmers’ Market — DeWolfe Building, 9:30am–12pm. W/Evangeline Artist Cooperative. Bring Friends in Bereavement — Kentville Baptist Church Gardens & Grub — Rec Centre, Kentville 1–3pm. Elm Ave., Wolfville 8:30am–1pm your own projects to work on & be inspired by like-minded 2–4pm. 1st & 3rd Tues. each month (next: Aug. 4). Left Offered through the Canadian Mental Health Association, July 25 Music: The Chimney Swifts Theme: Tastes of artists. FEE: $2 INFO: Susan, 902-542-4448 parking lot entrance, sponsored by Careforce. Kings Branch. FEE: no charge INFO: 902-670-4103 / the Valley INFO: Harmonica Jams — Sobey’s Community Room, New 902-681-8239 / [email protected] [email protected] August 1 Music: TBA Minas 10–11:30am. Light music: country, waltzes, jigs & In the Round Knitting Group — Gaspereau Valley INFO: wolfvillefarmersmarket.ca / reels. All levels welcome, bring your harmonicas. FEE: no Woodville Farmers Market — Community Centre, 342 Fibres 1–4:30pm. Also Tuesdays 6–9pm. INFO: North Mountain Market — United Church, Harbourville charge INFO: Lloyd, 902-681-3711 / Ed, 902-678-4591. Bligh Rd., Woodville 4–7pm. Until Oct. 6. Local producers & artisans. INFO: [email protected] 902-542-2656 / gaspereauvalleyfibres.ca 9am–1pm. Until Oct. 10. Celebrate local culture & LEGOMANIA — Port William’s Library, 3:30–4:30pm. Seniors’ Afternoon Out — Wickwire Place, Wolfville heritage through art, music, & a farmers’ market Until August. Ages 6–9. No registration necessary. INFO: Learn Irish Music — Paddy’s Pub (upstairs), Kentville 1:30–4:30pm. Social afternoon with peers. Also Tuesdays that features a diverse range of locally-produced 902-542-3005 / valleylibrary.ca 7–8pm. Bring your instrument & learn to play traditional goods. See ad page 2. INFO: 902-538-7923 / 1:30–4:30pm. FEE: $10 INFO: Robin, 902-698-6309 Windsor Game Night — Library, Windsor 6pm. Board music in a relaxed, convivial setting. FEE: no charge [email protected] INFO: 902-697-2148 / [email protected] Boardgame Night — C@P Lab, Wolfville Public Library, game group. New players welcome! FEE: no charge INFO: Farmers’ Market — Waterfront, Windsor 9am–1pm. 7pm. Bring your games! Ages 12+ FEE: no charge meetup.com/valleygames / [email protected] Board Game Night — Paddy’s Pub, Wolfville TIX: no charge INFO: [email protected] INFO: 902-790-4536 / [email protected] Toastmasters — 2nd Floor, Irving Centre, Acadia 8pm–12am • TIX: no charge INFO: 902-542-0059 / Peace Vigil — Post Office, Wolfville 12–1pm 6:30–8pm. Communicative skills to enhance peaceful [email protected] Drop in and Drum! — Baptist Church, Wolfville and effective dialogue. INFO: Chris, 902-691-3550 / Fridays 1–2:30pm. W/Bruno Allard. Drop in for a hands-on [email protected] Bookworms Storytime — Port Williams Library, 10:30am. workshop & jam. Learn to play the djembe with rhythms & Musical Jam Night — Community Hall, 659 Victoria Rd., Wednesdays Stories, games, songs and fun for kids aged 3–5. no songs from West Africa. Everyone welcome, drums provided. TIX: Millville 7pm. Bring your instrument or just relax & listen Wolfville Breastfeeding Support Group charge INFO: 902-542-3005 / valleylibrary.ca FEE: $5 INFO: facebook: Djembes and Duns Wolfville to the sounds. [email protected] INFO: — Library (upstairs), Wolfville 10am–12pm. AVD Clubhouse: Arts Program — Valley Community Valley Game Night — Gametronics, New Minas 6pm. Insight (Vipassana) Meditation — Manning Memorial Now weekly. INFO: facebook.com/ Learning Association, Kentville 1–4pm. Offered Board game/card game group. Yu Gi Oh – Thursdays, 6pm. Chapel, Acadia, downstairs, 7:30–9pm. W/Laura AnnapolisValleyBreastfeedingSupportGroups through the Canadian Mental Health Association, Friday Night Magic (Magic: The Gathering) – Fridays, 6pm Bourassa. Suitable for beginner and experienced Kings Branch. FEE: no charge, but please pre-register. FEE: no charge INFO: facebook.com/GameTronics meditators. Instructions, short talk, discussion. FEE: Kentville Farmers’ Market — Centre Square, INFO: 902-670-4103 / [email protected] free-will offering. INFO: 902-365-2409 Kentville 10am–2pm. Open year-round. INFO: [email protected] / kentvillefarmersmarket.ca Chase the Ace — Royal Canadian Legion, Berwick 5pm. Chase the Ace drawn at 7:15pm, light supper Sundays Wolfville Farmers’ Market — DeWolfe Building, Elm served 5–7pm TIX: $5 Chase the Ace, $7 supper Black River Community Market & Schoolhouse Tuesdays Ave., Wolfville 4–7pm INFO: 902-375-2021 / [email protected] Cafe — Community Hall, 989 Upper Sunken Lake Rd., Book in the Nook — Wolfville Memorial Library July 29 Music: Sam Wilson Theme: Vintage Bazaar Fun Night — Legion (downstairs), Kentville, 7pm. Black River 11am–2pm, 2nd and 4th Sunday of each 10–10:30am. Suggested age range: 3–5. INFO: August 5 Music: Caleb Miles Theme: Word at the Market month (next: July 26). Vendors, light lunch, live music. Variety of music. 50/50 tickets available. FEE: $2 902-542-5760 / valleylibrary.ca INFO: wolfvillefarmersmarket.ca / INFO: 902-542-0002 / [email protected] INFO: [email protected]

In search of the elusive Infant Care Lila Hope-Simpson, Director Home & Heart Family Day Care Agency 3) Unapproved family day care home, which (teething, health, sleeping schedule) and vice The search procedure is a bit of a dance - you Here’s the thing. Maternity leaves last for 12 may also accept a maximum of 6 children by versa. want to start early, well before your date for months and most licensed child care centres law. returning to work, but not too early, as they accept children at the age of 18 months. So Your infant can benefit socially, physically, may not hold your space. I have had calls what are your options if you are a parent of an 4) In-home nanny who provides infant care cognitively, and emotionally in a positive child from expectant mothers looking for child care infant and must return to work or school? in your own home and possibly light house- care setting, so you don’t have to feel guilty or almost two years ahead. No can do. While it keeping. anxious when you find the right match! When is advisable to begin your research early, I rec- In Nova Scotia’s child care sector, infant care you are on the market for child care, ask ques- ommend seeking a placement a few months has been identified as a gap in the services 5) Relative or family member providing care tions. Plenty of questions - at least as many as prior to returning to work. and it is not an easy dilemma to solve. in your home or theirs. you might ask if you were purchasing a new car. Speak with other parents and contact all Remember that licensed centres and approved You basically have five choices for infant care: Leaving your infant in a child care program resources in your community. Check referenc- homes may accept families receiving subsidy, can be stressful for parents. Your baby cannot es. Don’t be shy. This is your baby, after all. which is an enormous help to your child care 1) Licensed centre-based child care in a facility come home and tell you about his day, what budget. If you think you might qualify - apply! that accepts infants under the age of 18 she ate, and how long he napped. A licensed If you are registering with a licensed centre or months. centre or approved home will document your approved day care home, the caregivers will Leaving your baby is never an easy transition. baby’s schedule and send home a log detailing be screened through the Child Abuse Regis- It can be bittersweet to think of someone 2) Approved family day care home affiliated activities, diaper changes, meals, and naps. ter and will have a Vulnerable Sector Check else seeing your baby walk for the first time with a licensed agency, which may accept 2 Good communication between the parent (RCMP). They will be certified in Emergency or saying her first word, but take heart. Once out of 6 children who are under the age of and the child-care provider is an essential First Aid, carry adequate liability insurance you find good quality child care, your baby will 18 months, with 3 of the 6 in total under the component of infant care. Providers need to and have standard professional development be safe and happy while you return to work age of 3 years, or 3 infants in total with no be informed of what’s happening at home hours. with peace of mind. additional children.

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Acadia University 15 University Ave, Wolfville. 542-2201 Staffed Switchboard 8:30am-4:30pm. THE ACADIA PAGE [email protected] – General Inquiries ART IN THE GARDEN WILDLIFE CONSERVATION GRANTS ANNOUNCED SUMMER CAMP Department of Natural Resources to hunt, trap or snare all wildlife species. All Population structure and distribution of July 20 - July 24 Twenty Habitat Conservation Fund grants proceeds from the sale of the stamp go to black bears in Nova Scotia, Acadia University, totalling $205,900 were announced by the the Habitat Conservation Fund. Requests for $12,000 Set your children free and let them play Department of Natural Resources on July 6. project funding are reviewed by a board of outside and be creative. Art in the Garden is Among the recipients were several researchers directors representing hunting, naturalist and Ecological significance of fungal symbionts a fun week of art and outdoor exploration. from Acadia University. academic associations. of the endangered plant Geum peckii in Nova Camp is held at the beautiful Harriet Irving Scotia, Acadia University, $12,000 Botanical Gardens and designed and run by The funding will help to promote sustainable "The Nova Scotia Federation of Anglers and artist and educator Terry Drahos. hunting practices, provide mentoring and con- Hunters congratulates the Habitat Conser- Factors influencing population decline of servation education, and study the pressures vation Fund board of directors for their con- marine birds on Nova Scotia's eastern shore July 20 - 24 and August 10 - 14, 9am to 4pm, affecting wildlife populations. tinued dedication, expertise and experience islands, Acadia University, $9,000 for children 7 to 12. in selecting candidate projects for 2015," said "I want to thank Nova Scotia's hunters and federation president, Ian Avery. "The projects Migration and staging and wintering habitat $215 includes all art supplies. To see what trappers who know that, with the purchase selected offer a diverse approach to ensuring of Northern Saw-whet Owls in the Maritimes, we have done in the past check out the camp of a wildlife habitat stamp, they are making the goals of the Habitat Conservation Fund Université Sainte-Anne, St. Francis Xavier blog irvinggardencamp.tumblr.com. Register a significant contribution to support wildlife are met." University, Acadia University, $7,300 online at terryhavlisdrahos.com and habitats," said Natural Resources Minister Zach Churchill. "These Habitat Conservation Habitat Conservation Fund Grant Recipients Post-breeding dispersal of island-nesting Presented in cooperation with Uncommon Fund projects will help everyone better under- from Acadia University: Blackpoll Warblers, Acadia University $12,000 Common Art and the KC Irving Centre. stand the importance of sustainably manag- ing our wildlife." Consequences of nest habitat selection for More information is available at novascotia. tree swallows, Acadia University, $16,000 ca/natr/wildlife/habfund A five-dollar wildlife habitat stamp is required 27 STUDENTS FROM BEIJING IN WOLFVILLE THIS SUMMER

This summer, 27 students and two chaperones from Beijing Normal University, Beijing and Zhuhai campuses, have travelled to Wolfville for a two-week program of language learning, academic ex- periences, and cultural excursions. One sunny afternoon last week, they had the opportunity to visit the Harbourside Park and express their thoughts and feelings through creative writing. These are a few samples of what the students had to say about their time so far in Wolfville.

“Walking down the streets, I am feeling about the lovely watching the pure blue sky, listening to birds’ songs, my always smile to me, but here I can feel it all the time, Wolfville. I am smelling the green grass, small flowers, heart becomes quiet. I have a special feeling that I have which makes me relaxed and comfortable.” – Jannie the woods and the big trees. Romantic things, I believe gained a kind of pure love and happiness which belongs is happening or happened in every house. Some people to paradise.” – Mingyue “This is a quiet town. encountered, smiled, talked, laughed, getting to know Quiet, and with warm sunshine. each other more and more deeply.” – Debby “The park with a crazy river that I have never seen be- Maybe someone is walking on the zebra, whose colour fore. Sometimes the river is full of water but sometimes like a rainbow. “Sit on the green grass, lay under the bright sunshine it is dry. It’s amazing.” – Candy Maybe someone drives, to somewhere only he knows.” and enjoy the blowing wind. My whole world is quiet – Ke and sweet with the birds singing.” – Claire “Life is a long journey. We are always on the way. Old railway not in service today, some flowers along the “White clouds in broad ocean, the trees, like the longings “The climate here in summer is cool and comfortable. trail, also some bees and insects flying…” – Jeff of the earth, stand antipode to peep at the heaven. You Warm sunshine, vast fields, pure green grass, colourful can see the colourful flowers everywhere on the grass. and fragrant flowers are all my love. Such beautiful “I was so excited every time when I walked around the The little thoughts are the rustle of grass. They have scenery appears in fairy tales. Sitting on the grass, town. In China, I would never think about that people their whisper of joy in my mind.” - Cheer

WHAT’S GROWING AT THE HARRIET IRVING BOTANICAL GARDENS: Diversity Melanie Priesnitz When we think of the forest some- Region and more than 1200 individu- Region. For information visit botani- times we forget to think beyond the al plant species. calgardens.acadiau.ca trees. Healthy forests that are rich in biodiversity are so much more than As the over 17,000 individual native Melanie Priesnitz just trees. Forests support a myriad of plants mature at the Harriet Irving Harriet Irving Botanical Gardens species, from sowbugs living in rotten Botanical Gardens, our planted forest logs to birds singing in the canopy. is starting to support more and more Acadia University, Wolfville, NS life. Cardinals, warblers, woodpeckers, 902-585-1916 The Acadian Forest is the second-rich- frogs, chipmunks, pheasants, dragon- est ecoregion within the temperate flies, and shaggy manes are just some broadleaf and mixed forest and is of the residents now living together Photo: One of the many diverse residents of the among the 20 richest ecoregions on in harmony on the Campus of Acadia Harriet Irving Botanical Gardens. the continent. It supports a huge University at the Botanical Gardens. Photo Credit: Melanie Priesnitz range of life including flora, fauna, fungi, mosses, and lichens. There are Stop by the Gardens to see the rich 32 trees native to the Acadian Forest diversity within the Acadian Forest WEEKLIES

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WAY BACK WHEN Top left: Gaspereau Valley Top right: Middle Falls Black River Bottom left: White Rock Mill Bottom right: Grand Pré Photo Caption: Printed on the Photo Caption: Middle Falls Photo Caption: Handwritten Photo Caption: Grand Pré, cir- All photos courtesy of RANDALL HOUSE MUSEUM negative: 'Gaspereau Valley Black River. A very rocky in ink on the back: Mill at ca 1884. This photo shows the HOURS: Mondays – Closed | Tuesdays-Saturdays, 10am-5pm from "The Stile' N.S. 110929 water course. There are trees the bottom of hill past White Old Post Road down Harris JV'. According to information in the background. Water is Rock opposite present "Made Hill to Grand Pré Road. Sundays, 1pm-5pm | 259 Main Street, Wolfville printed on the negative, this cascading over rocks. There is Lake." Early 1900s. is a view of the Gaspereau a fallen log in the foreground. 902-542-9775 | wolfvillehs.ednet.ns.ca Valley from The Stile on Ridge There is a boy, young man, Road, Wolfville. and young woman on rocks above the falls.

Valley Hospice Foundation receives generous gift SIDESHOW from Wolfville Legion, at BRANCH #74

EVERY SATURDAY Dale Sanford during the Magic Wine Bus Hubert Sullivan; Poppy season from 11am-4pm. Chair; Vera Thomson, Pres- Limited space ident; and Paul Allen 2nd Family-friendly! For our menu, locations & updates: Vice of the Branch #74, Royal Friday, July 24, 7:30pm The Edible Sideshow Food Truck Canadian Legion, recently Friday, Aug. 21, 7pm $20 with wine @ESideshow presented the Valley Hospice $15 without Friday, Sept. 18, 6:30pm @theediblesideshow Foundation with a generous 902.599.1108 | [email protected] gift of $3000 in support of valleyghostwalks.com Tickets: the advancement of Hospice/ Palliative Care in the Annap- olis Valley. CLASSIFIEDS

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