The Buzz - October 2022

October

2022

Chelsey Harris

NEW FALL EXHIBITIONS

EXPLORE THE GALLERY

DREAMING MACHINES

SEPTEMBER 17 -

An exhibition of dreamlike imagery drawn from the collection including works from artists Carol Fraser, Joshim Kakegamic, Patrick Landsley, Stephen B. MacInnis, Dodi Morris, Norval Morrisseau, Herbert Siebner, Norman Takeuchi, Esther Warkov.

SURABHI GHOSH: WHAT’S MINE IS YOURS

OCTOBER 8, 2022 - JANUARY 29, 2023

An overview of the last decade of the Montreal-based artist’s sculptural work, including several collaborations and new works.

WHILE BLACK: A FORUM FOR SPECULATION ON WHAT THE GALLERY CAN’T HOLD.

OCTOBER 29, 2022 - FEBRUARY 26, 2023

Documenting their relationship to the art gallery and its systems of representation, Black artists working in Canada consider ‘what the gallery can’t hold’.

OCTOBER PROGRAMMING AT THE GALLERY:

Saturday, October 8 at 7 p.m. ArtTalk with Surabhi Ghosh

Saturday, October 29 at 8 p.m.

While Black opens with an event in partnership with the Black Cultural Society. The evening will feature music, DJ, food, and a cash bar.

Norval Morrisseau, Mother Earth undated, Tempera on paper. Gift of Mira Godard, 1982.

Stephen B. MacInnis, The Gate Keeper, 2005, sand and oil on canvas. Gift of the artist, 2006.

Surabhi Ghosh, Squaring Circles, 2017, upholstery vinyl, steel pins.

Iyunade Ogunmodede, Bond, 2021, digital print.

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A world of music

“I remember being a kid and turning the dial on the little radio in bed and hearing things like Led Zeppelin and my mom loved opera.”

This interest in music encouraged him to become a self-taught guitar player. Along with his self-taught musical skills, Mark has also studied classical and flamenco guitar, Balkan rhythms on the darbuka drum, and has taken many African drumming workshops. With this musical training, he also has an academic background in Anthropology.

Now, he is bringing those various parts of himself together for his graduate studies as he explores music and multiculturalism.

“Rhythm is a language and Islands are discrete bodies. There are some common threads of colonial influence that have occurred on Islands here and in other parts of the world.”

Mark is doing this academic work now and it comes after many decades of his own musical and life experiences. In high school he played the bass in a strings class and even dabbled a bit in a rock band.

“I was in a few crappy bands in high school,” he laughed, “but I rarely played publicly as an adult until I moved to PEI.”

As we were chatting, we realized that we both worked at UPEI at the same time in the early 2000s, but we didn’t know each other then, nor do we remember crossing paths during that time. Who knew it was possible to be in such proximity and not know each other here on PEI?

way around. We just need to be open to receive it.”

After several years of working in conferences and meetings with the University, Mark branched out and worked with other consultants before eventually starting his own consulting business.

“I’ve been a freelance professional for several years now and my focus includes working in equity, diversity, and inclusion for companies and organizations, as well as planning festivals and events.”

Notably, Mark works with Immigrant and Refugee Services Association (IRSA) on PEI to deliver the robust programming for DiverseCity, an Island-wide event celebrating multi-culturalism, diversity, and inclusion.

“Multiculturalism is important to me, and this festival is a way for diverse communities on PEI to celebrate and share their cultures.”

Sport is also an important part of Mark’s life, and he can be found throughout the year playing soccer on a variety of teams and leagues.

“We are seeing this beautiful thing where more and more newcomers are joining sports teams which is really helping us connect with one another around these mutual interests.”

In his life and in his work, Mark endeavors to “build and amplify voice.”

A man of many talents, Mark CarrRollitt is taking the seasonal shift from summer to fall as an opportunity to nish writing his thesis for a Master’s in Island Studies from UPEI. During the summer, Mark was busy planning festivals and events, and performing as a percussionist.

“I’m the percussionist in The Count and the Cuban Cocktail. We were nominated for an ECMA a few years ago.”

Mark grew up in a multicultural home with Argentinian and Italian parents. He recalls listening to many kinds of music while he was growing up.

Even before his time at UPEI, Mark had been making magic happen behind the scenes in events for many years. He became interested in event planning when he was working at a textile museum in Toronto.

“I think things find us, not the other

“When you’re from a lot of places, you’re from everywhere and you’re from nowhere. There’s this feeling of being the outsider. Music helps us feel like we belong.”

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Friday, Oct 14

Pro le: Mark Carr-Rollitt by Julie Bull

Confederation Centre Art Gallery

Fall exhibitions

Three shows on view and related events

A new slate of exhibitions will be featured at the Confederation Centre Art Gallery (CCAG) this fall.

Now open in the Frederic and Ogden Martin Concourse Gallery is Dreaming Machines, an exhibition of dreamlike imagery drawn from the CCAG collection. It features work from artists Carol Fraser, Joshim Kakegamic, Patrick Landsley, Stephen B. MacInnis, Dodi Morris, Norval Morrisseau, Herbert Siebner, Norman Takeuchi and Esther Warkov.

Opening October 8, the exhibition

Surabhi Ghosh: What’s Mine is Yours is an overview of the last decade of the Montreal-based artist’s sculptural work, including several collaborations and new works. Ghosh’s practice frequently employs patterning, modularity and repetition to create installations that are flexible and responsive to different architectural contexts. The

exhibition is curated by Pan Wendt. A free ArtTalk with Surabhi Ghosh will take place on October 8 at 7 pm.

Another new exhibition on view this fall is While Black: a forum for speculation on what the gallery can’t hold. Documenting their relationship to the art gallery and its systems of representation, Black artists working in Canada consider “what the gallery can’t hold.” Through multimodal and multimedia responses, these artists offer questions, imperatives, proposals and insight into their own experiences within contemporary art institutions and the cultural life beyond them. This is the second event in a series of planned forums and public presentations organised by curators based across this country, in conversation with artists, to consider both the limits and possibilities of the relationship between contemporary art spaces and Black art, arts workers, and audiences. The exhibition is a co-production with the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria and is organized by Charles Campbell, Michelle Jacques and Denise Ryner.

This exhibition will be celebrated at the While Black Bash, an opening event in partnership with the Black Cultural Society on October 28 at 8 pm. The party will feature one of PEI’s top DJs, food and a cash bar.

For information on all CCAG events, visit confederationcentre.com or call 628-6111.

Iyunade Ogunmodede, Bond, 2021, Digital Print

Spatial Esk, Afro Space, 2021, Digital Print

Surabhi Ghosh, Squaring Circle s, 2017, upholstery vinyl, steel pins

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Hilda Woolnough Gallery

Celestial Bodies

Paintings, photos, digital collage, mixed media, spoken word

Celestial Bodies, a group exhibition featuring the work of PEI-based professional artists Renee Laprise, Patricia Bourque, Julie Bull, Monica Lacey and Mille ore Clarkes, will be on view October 1–31 at the Hilda Woolnough Gallery at The Guild in Charlottetown. An opening reception will be held October 4 from 5:30–7 pm.

The five artists each created work around the theme of “Celestial Bodies.” The exhibition includes paintings, photographs, digital collage, mixed media work and a live spoken word performance by exhibiting artist, Julie Bull.

“Connecting with our ancestors, examining our collective and individual patterns, and engaging in the practice of listening to the more-than-human realms are threads that weave this exhibition together,” shared the artists.

Currently based in PEI, Renee Laprise’s latest work, The Cosmic Portal, is 78 individual 9”x12” paintings each with their own theme but all painted on a starfield. “I started this as an affordable art project for people who would like to collect my work,” shares Laprise, “but as I got deeper into the process, I came to understand that these individual pieces as a whole have an energy and they need to be exhibited as whole piece at least one time.”

Mi’kmaw photographer Patricia Bourque created large scale prints of photos of the Aurora Borealis. “There is something magical about standing beneath the stars, all your senses awaken, you feel so connected to the earth, to the spiritual world,” shares Bourque, ”It is an honor to be in the presences of the Aurora Borealis. You are connecting with your ancestors. You are one with the Universe. This is where I connect to Mother, Father, Grandmother and the Grandfather.”

Multi-disciplinary visual artist Monica Lacey created Skydreaming, a series of digital composites from original photographs and original watercolours that target the mystery of the skies above us and all the energy that moves there, surrounds us and affects our everyday lives. “Countless myths and legends exist across cultures to describe the beings and energies who control and shape the wind, sky and stars, and

stories abound about the subsequent consequences for human beings,” shares Lacey. “These works highlight the liminal space that is the sky above us, and its capacity to be a portal to other realms.”

PEI filmmaker and editor Millefiore Clarkes’ contribution incorporates a series of photographs that play with the concept of our orbital existences as humans living on the orbiting celestial body of the earth. “Most patterns in life, from the micro to the macro, seem to express some form of cycle. Human daily life over time is a great example of that. The patterns of place, emotion, experience that draw us in circles despite our best efforts to create linear narratives. When I think of a celestial body I think of its essential orbital nature,” shares Clarkes. “These photographs speak to these patterns, observing what is slightly altered and what remains the same within our cyclical journey through time and space.”

Queer, non-binary Inuk artist Julie Bull’s contribution includes poetry, visual art, and a spoken-word performance at the opening reception. “My participation in this group exhibition includes a retrospective of my connection to celestial bodies since the start of the pandemic in March 2020. I am curating a series of haikus and other short poems that I composed during the past two years and will interlink them with existing and new visual art pieces.” The result is a series of mixed media installations that chronical one person’s connection to and embodiment of the lunar cycle as both a means of healing and connection through a global pandemic.

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Translations

New series of paintings and digital prints by Damien Worth

Presented by this town is small, Translations by PEI artist Damien Worth will be on view from October 13 to December 13 at Receiver Coffee on Victoria Row in Charlottetown.

This new series of paintings and digital prints explores the divide between reality and virtually constructed spaces. Worth uses artificial intelligence and virtual reality to augment his paintings into mutated ‘deep fakes.’ He then paints these ‘translations’ as to root them back in the physical world.

“I’ve become interested in creating work that depicts optical distortions— worlds viewed through a distorted lens or filter. The history of landscape painting is essentially a history of space, how we perceive it, and where things are against a horizon,” shares Worth. “At a moment in history when social systems are collapsing, the natural world is upending itself, and people are constantly checking out of a reality that is often too surreal to comprehend, I’m becoming invested in creating work that explores the spaces between truth and fiction.”

Worth is a multi-disciplinary artist living and working in Belfast, PEI. A 2011 graduate from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, his interest in experimental approaches to art production are focused in the media of painting, new media, video and installation. He has participated in solo and group exhibitions in national and international venues, and has been the recipient of numerous grants and awards. Worth has his work held in private and public collections including the Confederation Centre Art Gallery permanent collection, University of New Brunswick Art

Rug hooking exhibition

Every Child Matters: Moving Forward on view for two days

10 by 10

Group exhibit continues at Receiver Co ee—to Oct 11

Presented by Peake Street Collective and this town is small, the group exhibition 10 by 10 continues at Receiver Coffee on Victoria Row in Charlottetown until October 11.

The non-juried group exhibition brings together artworks by existing that are 10 inches by 10 inches in dimension. 10 by 10 features close to 40 new works by existing members and 16 artists new to Peake Street, who are exhibiting with the collective for the first time.

Peake Street Collective is an artist initiative that focuses on mentorship, experimentation and artistic collaboration—under the umbrella of this town is small, PEI’s artist-run centre.

The public is invited to the PEI Farm Centre in Charlottetown October 28 and 29 to view Every Child Matters: Moving Forward, a touring exhibition of hooked mats honouring children of residential schools. The mats are based on the designs of five Indigenous artists from the Maritimes, including Noella Moore of Epekwitk/PEI.

In response to the tragic news of the unmarked graves of children who attended residential schools, the Rug Hooking Guild of Nova Scotia (RHGNS) launched the Every Child Matters project to help their members and other rug hookers express their grief and join in solidarity with the Indigenous community of Canada. Over the course of several months, volunteer committee members worked with five Indigenous artists to bring together 11 designs to share on the Guild website. Rug hookers were invited to create small mats and donate them for exhibition. The mats will eventually be given to Indigenous communities in the region and beyond to be displayed in community centres

and similar venues.

A total of 66 small mats/hangings were hooked from the eleven designs. The artists were Noella Moore (PEI), Lorne Julien (NS), Gerald Gloade (NS), Tara Francis (NB), and Phyllis Grant (NB). All of their designs will be represented in the exhibitions and PEI is lucky enough to have the full complement of mats for display.

The public is invited to view the mats of Every Child Matters at the PEI Farm Centre, 420 University Avenue, Charlottetown October 28 from 1–9 pm and October 29 from 9 am–1 pm. For additional information, contact Paula at 629-0340.

Centre permanent collection, The Rooms provincial art bank (NL), the PEI art bank, and Global Affairs Art collection for embassies and consulate offices.

Room by Damien Worth

Ann Marie Harley, co-director of RHGNS’s project (left) and Noella Moore of Summerside, one of the ve contributing Indigenous artists.

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Reduced Space

Exhibition by Joan Cullen and Dominique Cruchet

Reduced Space, an exhibition by visual artist Joan Cullen and photographer Dominique Cruchet, is currently on view at 10 Haviland Street in Charlottetown as part of Culture Days. The exhibition continues October 1, 2 and 6–9, from 11 am–6 pm.

Cullen’s paintings are inspired by “an overgrown garden in front of an abandoned house, a hedge gone wild, menacing the street passage, lawns taken over [with] thyme, dandelions, wild carrot, an urban corner, momentarily spared [by] the developer’s bulldozer, becomes a haven for birch, ash, spruce, maple, lilac, yarrow, golden rod… these ‘fields of liberty’” says the artist, “are the impetus for the paintings.”

Landscape permeates documentary photography. Land-use policy transforms the land. Cruchet’s photos pursue these transfomations of preserved spaces: ornithological, coastal reserves,

John Rombough exhibit

Chipewyan Dene artist at Carr’s Oyster Bar—Oct 18 to 23

Chipewyan Dene artist John Rombough is showing an exhibition of his visual art at the Gallery at Carr’s Oyster Bar in Stanley Bridge this month. The exhibition opens October 18 with a reception at 2:30 pm. Everyone is welcome.

where animal and plant species flourish, sanctuaries protected by natural deities. There are also the industrial wastelands, buildings abandoned for a time, and finally, this community garden in an urban environment, several times dislpaced, where gardeners persevere and work their plot of land. The portraits presented here are like portraits of itinerant craftsmen.

Reduced Space is a reflection on occupied space. “We can consider this work as a plea for these ever reduced spaces,” say the artists.

Info: 620-8350

Rombough was born in the remote community of Sioux Lookout in Northern Ontario and was adopted at the age of three by PEI couple Carol and Lyall Rombough. He grew up on the Dixon Road in Breadalbane, PEI and attributes his early interest in art to the environment in which he was raised. As a young adult, Rombough found his birth father and spent time rediscovering his cultural identity in the tiny community of Lutselk’e on the shores of Great Slave Lake in the Northwest Territories.

Rombough is a self-taught contemporary woodland painter. He studied at Holland College and completed an Aboriginal artistic training program at the En’owkin Centre in Pentiction, BC. His paintings are inspired by his great ancestoral land, “I am inspired by the Dene culture itself–the aspects of animals, clans and honouring ancestors,” he says.

John is recognized as a role model throughout the NWT, where he lives, and he takes his role very seriously. His paintings are instrumental in conveying a message to the youth, a message of encouragement, leadership, strength, will power and determination.

The exhibition will be on view until October 23. The gallery is located at 32 Campbellton Road in Stanley Bridge.

New Heights by John Rombough. SUBMITTED

Joan Cullen, Copse and Rabbits, 2021, Ink Crayon on paper 47x76c

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Fix Your Plate by Tara Reeves

It takes a village

Summerside Community Fridge Project is underway

For the last few months, I’ve been following the Summerside Community Fridge Project on Facebook. This is something that is very much of interest to me, as I believe everyone deserves access to food and water at all times, regardless of their circumstances. After a few tries, I was able to reach the very busy Johlene Clow, founder of the Summerside Community Fridge Project and the admin of the PEI’s Helping Hands Facebook group, to talk to her about the project.

Clow says she was inspired by the group who opened the PEI Community Fridge, located in Charlottetown. When asked how the Summerside project came about she said, “I took some food down to the fridge last winter and shortly after putting the items in, a lady came across the parking lot and took some of the things I had put in. She was probably 75 years old and my heart was broken. It got my wheels spinning to initiate the same resource in the Summerside area.”

I was curious to get her take on the increase of food insecurity in PEI, especially given the work she does with the PEI Helping Hands group.

“Food security has definitely gotten worse over the past two years with the pandemic. I know this because I’m a single mom myself and it’s been very tough. Even with a provincial government job, I have a lot of hard days. There are many people in the same situation. At PEI’S Helping Hands group, we try to help others by passing things on, offering a drive, or any random act of kindness, really. I’ve had a lot of people posting for food assistance and it’s not only low income families who need help, the middle class are also now living paycheck to paycheck with the inflation costs,” Clow says.

After following the project on Facebook for some time, I was curious to know more about what was involved in pulling the project together and the resources required to get the project off the ground.

Clow says, “I started by first contacting the City of Summerside to see if they would support me on the project. Once I had their approval, I went ahead and reached out to local businesses and created the Facebook page, which got the buzz going. I put some feelers out to get some volunteers and donations and the support was overwhelming. I started in May pulling things together slowly and things really took a jump over the summer. Some resources I used were the local media, and of course social media. I contacted Callbecks and they generously donated two fridges to the project, Arsenault Family Lumber donated all of the lumber, Renewable Lifestyles donated their labour to equip the building with electricity, PEI Cupcakes Facebook group raised money through a 50/50 draw, and most importantly Robert Poirier and his crew from Island Portable Buildings took care of the build to house the fridges and getting the structure to its location in the Summerside Fire Hall parking lot.”

With the opening date set for September 23, I asked how the community could pitch in to make this project a continued success. Clow says that “the community can get involved by helping us keep the fridges and pantry stocked with donations, as often as they can. We are reaching out to the business community as well, to get them on board to donate on a consistent basis, such as ADL delivering milk products, for example. We can’t make this a success if we don’t all work together.”

EXHIBITS

Acadian Museum of PEI

View the permanent exhibition and video

The Island Acadians: The Story of a People Acadian genealogy resources are available to researchers. The Sister Antoinette DesRoches Historical Committee is hosting Bernard Day Oct 23 from 1–5 pm. A PEI Museum and Heritage site. 23 Main Dr. E, Miscouche. museeacadien.org

The Breadalbane Gallery

On view this month are works by local artists Zoe Novaczek, Becka Viau, Vian Emery, Laura Baine, Marianne Janowicz, William Baker, Adrianna Chandler, Joan Sutton and Nancy Hunt. Opening reception is Oct 14 from 6–8 pm. 4023 Dixon Rd, Breadalbane. breadalbanegallery.com

Confederation Centre Art Gallery

On view is Dreaming Machines, featuring work by Carol Fraser, Joshim Kakegamic, Patrick Landsley, Stephen B. MacInnis, Dodi Morris, Norval Morrisseau, Herbert Siebner, Norman Takeuchi, and Esther Warkov. Surabhi Ghosh: What’s Mine is Yours opens Oct 8 with a free ArtTalk with Surabhi Ghosh at 7 pm. The Summer Trade curated by Ed MacDonald and Alan MacEachern is on view to Oct 9. While Black: a forum for speculation on what the gallery can’t hold will open at the While Black Bash, an opening event in partnership with the Black Cultural Society on Oct 28 at 8 pm. RE: visiting is on view to Feb 4, 2023. 145 Richmond St, Charlottetown. confederationcentre.com

Cornwall Library Art Gallery

Feeling The Paint: abstract responses to real life by Sharon Gillis is on view to Oct 28. A new group exhibit featuring one work from each local participating artist will be on view from Nov 1–Dec 2. Meet the Artists on Nov 1 at 7 pm. Contact the library for info on displaying in the gallery. 15 Mercedes Dr, Town Hall, Cornwall. 629-8415, library.pe.ca

Every Child Matters

Every Child Matters: Moving Forward hooked mat touring exhibition, presented by the Rug Hooking Guild of Nova Scotia, will be on view for two days only at the PEI Farm Centre in Charlottetown. Rugs were created from designs by five Indigenous artists, including Noella

galleries and museums

Moore of Epekwitk/PEI. Open Oct 28 from 1 pm–9 pm and Oct 29 from 9 am–1 pm. Entrance and parking at rear of building. 629-0304, 420 University Ave, Charlottetown

Eptek Art & Culture Centre

Visit the permanent exhibition at Eptek on the history and architecture of Summerside. Admission is by donation. 130 Heather Moyse Dr, Summerside. 8888373, peimuseum.com

Hilda Woolnough Gallery

Celestial Bodies, a group exhibition featuring works by Renee Laprise, Patricia Bourque, Julie Bull, Monica Lacey and Millefiore Clarkes, will be on view from Oct 1–31 with an opening reception on Oct 4 from 5:30–7 pm. 111 Queen St, Charlottetown. theguildpei.com

Joan Cullen and Dominique Cruchet exhibition

Reduced Space, an exhibition by visual artist Joan Cullen and photographer Dominique Cruchet continues Oct 1, 2 and 6–9, from 11 am–6 pm at10 Haviland St, Charlottetown.

John Rombough exhibition

Chipewyan Dene artist John Rombough is showing an exhibition of his art at the Gallery at Carr’s Oyster Bar from Oct 18–23 with an opening reception Oct 18 at 2:30 pm. Everyone is welcome.

32 Campbellton Rd, Stanley Bridge

Kensington Art Co-op Gallery

Featuring work by local artists Debbie Bryanton, Elaine Campanaro, Sharon Craig, June Ellis, Shirley Ferguson, Sheila Forsyth, Sandy Gallant, Lise Genova, Juanita Glenn, Shirley McLeod, Cheryl MacLin, Susan Maxfield, Ron Somers, Karen Fullerton, Esther Mosher, Dawn Riley and more. Open daily to Oct 2 with a sale of selected items on the last three open days. 27 Commercial St, behind the old train station, Kensington. 432-0335

Sculpture Forest

O cial opening at Glenaladale —Oct 8

Glenaladale Heritage Trust will host the official opening of the Glenaladale Sculpture Forest at Glenaladale Estate in Tracadie Cross on October 8 at 2 pm.

this phase of the Sculpture Forest.

The artists are Sarah Saunders, Jody Racicot, Terry Dunton Stevenson, Gerald Beaulieu, Kelly Caseley and Pat Brunet, Olivier Bodart and Ahmon Katz, Kirstie McCallum, and Alexis Bulman.

Several participating artists will be on site at the opening and all are welcome to attend. If the weather isn’t cooperating, the event will move inside at the Glenaladale School. Glenaladale Estate is located at 257 Blooming Point Rd, Tracadie Cross. For more information, visit glenaladalepei.com or email glenaladalesculptureforest@gmail.com.

Breadalbane Gallery

Lefurgey Cultural Centre

Canadian Cities and Viking Pottery will be on view Oct 3–Nov 25. A Meet the Artists event will take place Oct 6 from 7–8:30 pm. All are welcome. Admission to the exhibition is free. Open Monday–Friday, 9 am– 4:30 pm. 205 Prince Street, Summerside.

this town is small

Friday, Oct 14

On view: 10 by 10, a non-juried group exhibition presented by Peake Street Collective and this town is small, to Oct 11. Translations by Damien Worth will be on view Oct 13–Dec 13. Receiver Coffee, 128 Richmond St, Charlottetown.

A project to mark the 250th anniversary of the arrival of the Glenaladale settlers, the Sculpture Forest an initiative of the Trust in collaboration with Creative PEI and Confederation Centre of the Arts.

“Under the leadership of John MacDonald, Laird of Glenaladale and Glenfinnan in Scotland, these early immigrants to St John’s Island, as PEI was then called, came in search of a ‘new home for the old ways’” says Aggi-Rose Reddin, vice-chair of Glenaladale Heritage Trust. “Their traditions, culture and religion were increasingly under pressure, much as it is for many immigrants today.”

This is reflected in the themes of the artworks: Home and Who We Were, Are, and Will Be. Ten Island artists developed eight artworks for

The Breadalbane Gallery will present a new show featuring local artists on October 14 with an opening reception from 6 to 8 pm.

The Gallery is a casual community space hosting artists from the Breadalbane area and around PEI.

New exhibition in October EARLY

The October exhibition includes paintings and drawings by Zoe Novaczek, Becka Viau, Vian Emery, Laura Baine, Marianne Janowicz, William Baker and Adrianna Chandler, photographs by Joan Sutton and Will Baker, and textile work by Nancy Hunt.

The Gallery is open Tuesday (11 am–2:30 pm), Wednesday (9 am–1 pm), Thursday (4–8 pm), and by appointment by calling 621-0575 or emailing breadalbane.gallery @com. 4023 Dixon Rd, Breadalbane. breadalbanegallery.com

Sculpture Forest projects, Forest Place by Alexis Bulman (above) and Forest Beacon by Jody Racicot

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The Brewer by Bryan Carver

One mug to another

Talking with beer crafters on PEI: Kate Shoreman

New arts org

Annandale Artist Residency opened in June

the Black Cultural Society of PEI and Holland College.

The residence has also hosted three open houses where the community, artists and the public were invited to meet each cohort of artists, see what they’ve been creating, and participate in cultural exchange and storytelling.

The ultimate goal of this new arts organization is to champion the practices of pioneering mid-career Canadian artists by providing the time, resources and space necessary to cultivate new art and ideas in an idyllic setting. AAR recognizes that excellence in arts, whether it be visual, writing, and/or curation, comes from experimentation—trial and error are welcomed and seen as platforms that foster ingenuity. In this, AAR aims to make the country’s art scene more vibrant and impactful.

It was through an interest in co ee that Kate Shoreman discovered her love of beer. Running a co ee shop in her hometown of Hamilton, Ontario Kate had spent a great deal of time exploring the world of co ee. Learning about the various growing regions around the world, the methods of processing and roasting beans aiming to make the perfect cup. During her time at the co ee shop, Kate noticed a burgeoning brewing industry in Hamilton and became intrigued in this new world of beer unfolding in front of her eyes.

For many decades, the Ontario beer scene was dominated by the larger multinational brewers who used slick marketing campaigns to push generic lager through The Beer Store and LCBO. Over the last couple of decades a growing community of craft brewers began making expressive flavourful beers that were creating an impact and developing a new community of beer lovers. This was a community that Kate could see herself being involved in. Breweries like Collective Arts, Fairweather Brewing and Merit Brewing were opening in Hamilton and creating a serious appreciation of beer. After learning more about beer and the ones brewing in the community, Kate had the opportunity to take her hospitality experience and use it in the taproom of Merit Brewing, talking to patrons about the wide array of beers they brewed.

As much as Kate enjoyed working the bar at Merit, she became increasingly curious about the brewing process and what was involved in the day-to-day

operation of a brewery. Seeing her interest, Merit’s brewer/owner gave Kate the opportunity to work as a brewery assistant. With this new position, Kate also applied to Niagara College for their Brewery Operations program. While working at Merit and attending Niagara College in early 2020 were fulfilling, the breakout of the COVID-19 pandemic brought that to a sudden halt. Her and her partner saw this event as an opportunity to move from Ontario and reestablish themselves on PEI. Having visited the Island in the past, they knew what kind of life they could build here.

In a short time, Kate landed a job at Upstreet Craft Brewing where she works as a brewer. With the considerable growth in the brewing community of PEI, brewers are in short supply. At Upstreet she enjoys the rigorous brewing schedule, working in the cellar of the brewery and working with the team of brewers on developing new products.

Give Back Tuesday

Give Back Tuesday is a new initiative by Upstreet Craft Brewing in Charlottetown. From 5 pm–close on Tuesdays, a portion from every pint of Rewind from the tap will go towards a local charity or organization. October proceeds will be going towards the UPEI/Holland College Food Bank.

Upstreet Craft Brewing is located at 41 Allen St, Charlottetown.

PEI has a new arts organization to add to the province’s thriving cultural community. Annandale Artist Residency (AAR) opened its doors in June 2022, just down the road from the functioning Annandale Wharf in Eastern PEI. The residency is housed in a restored and renovated historic home and can facilitate up to three visiting artists at a time. In 2022, its inaugural year, the residency hosted 10 artists from around Canada, some in partnership with Charlottetown’s Confederation Centre of the Arts,

Pan Wendt, curator at the Confederation Centre Art Gallery, said the residency is agreat opportunity to link artists from across the country, and even internationally, to a rural community and landscape.

“We were very happy this summer to collaborate with AAR and bring Halifax-based William Robinson here, as he develops a new body of work for the gallery,” says Wendt.

Residency will operate by invitation-only for 2023, with a call for submissions for residencies for 2024.

annandaleartistresidency.com

BRYAN CARVER

COURTESY ANNANDALE ARTIST RESIDENCY

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Cities and Vikings

Joint exhibition at Lefurgy Cultural Centre

The Sixty Days of Fame series at the Lefurgey Cultural Centre in Summerside returns this fall with a joint exhibition. Opening October 3, Canadian Cities and Viking Pottery by artists Karin H. Melzer and Andrew A. Melzer will be on view to November 25.

Karin H. Melzer’s art discipline is Viking pottery, though she also works in textiles, painting and writing. Karin loves folk art and is inspired by her surroundings in nature. Her work is strongly influenced by her deep love for the magical as well as her Scandinavian (Swedish/Norwegian) heritage. Karin was educated in art in Switzerland and at Cornish School for the Allied Arts in Seattle. She has taught art in California and PEI, and has exhibited in Los Angeles at the

Craft and Folk Art Museum and at Barnsdall Art Center. She had a solo show at The Guild in Charlottetown, as well as gallery showings with Parks Canada, MacNaught History Centre, and Eptek Art & Culture Centre.

Composer, record producer, writer and painter Andrew A. Melzer has created the collection Canadian Cities for this show. The collection features thirteen 16 by 24 acrylic paintings on canvas, each a map of one city from each Canadian province and territory, in oppositional geometric style. The cities are Charlottetown, Edmonton, Fredericton, Halifax, Montreal, Saskatoon, St John’s, Toronto, Vancouver, Winnipeg, Iqaluit, Whitehorse and Yellowknife. This will be Andrew’s second art exhibit, the first being at The Guild in 2021. A Meet the Artists event will take place October 6 from 7–8:30 pm. All are welcome. Admission to the exhibition is free. The Lefurgey Cultural Centre is located at 205 Prince Street, Summerside.

In the Café, lunch daily until Oct 16

Dinner service Oct 1, 7 & 8, 14 & 15

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The Dunes will cover the HST on Eve’s Jewellery and Island Art Gallery Artwork

Galleries and gardens open daily through October

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Viking pottery by Karin H. Melzer

Rooted in Art

The City of Charlottetown presents Rooted in Art, trees through artists’ eyes from Oct 1–15 to celebrate the city’s urban forest. Four local artists will create installations in trees around the city. Visit each of them to see trees through the eyes of artists, observing and interacting with the essential assets in new ways. Info: charlottetown.ca/roots

ArtTalk: Surabhi Ghosh

An ArtTalk with Surabhi Ghosh discussing the exhibition, Surabhi Ghosh: What’s Mine is Yours, will take place Oct 8 at 7 pm at the Confederation Centre Art Gallery (CCAG). The event is free to attend. confederationcentre.com

Call for submissions: Inspire

The Creative and Innovative Association of PEI Teachers is calling for submissions of artworks in any medium by current and former educators who have worked in the public school system on Epekwitk/PEI. Inspire: The Works of Visual Arts Educators, will be held Nov 2–15 at the Hilda Woolnough Gallery at The Guild in Charlottetown. Celebrate the artistic expertise and talent within PEI public schools and the importance of Arts Education. Seeking works in any medium. If you would like to show an artwork, respond by Oct 15 to nependergast@edu.pe.ca with a jpeg of the work, including dimensions and medium and they will follow up with further information.

Exploring Visual Arts

A fall session of Exploring Visual Arts begins this month at the Confederation Centre Art Gallery in Charlottetown. This eight-week class for young students explores the elements of art through a series of diverse drawing, painting and sculpting activities. Students will create artworks that focus specifically on each of the elements of art: line, shape, value, colour, form and texture. Through fun exercises and lessons, students will learn skills that develop their visual literacy and technical ability. At the end of the course, students will create an artwork in the medium of their choosing using the skills they have learned throughout the class to inform their final work. Activities will be supplemented by gallery visits. Exploring Visual Arts I (ages 6–8) and Exploring Visual Arts II (ages 9–12) take place on Saturdays from Oct 22– Dec 10. Contact Callista Gilks at 628-6134 orartseducation@confederationcentre.com, or visit confederationcentre.com for more information.

Refresh Art Project

Summerside Arts Festival is calling for submissions from artists for the Refresh Art Project. Artists are invited to submit a proposal for the creation of a sculptural piece for display during the 2023

Summerside Arts Festival, Jul 17–19, 2023. Submissions will be accepted until Mar 31, 2023 at 4:30 pm by email to wyatt.programs@city.summerside.pe.ca or in person at Lefurgey Cultural Centre, 205 Prince St, Summerside.

While Black Bash

The exhibition While Black: a forum for speculation on what the gallery can’t hold at the Confederation Centre Art Gallery in Charlottetown will open with the While Black Bash on Oct 28 at 8 pm. The event is presented in partnership with the Black Cultural Society of PEI. Join the party featuring one of PEI’s top DJs, food and a cash bar. confederationcentre.com

PEICC Christmas Craft Fair

The PEI Crafts Council Annual Christmas Craft Fair will take place Nov 18 (12-7 pm), 19 (10 am-5 pm), and 20 (11 am-4 pm) at the Delta Prince Edward Convention Centre in Charlottetown. Info: peicraftscouncil. com/christmas-craft-fair

Festive Wreath Competition

A project of the Friends of Confederation Centre, the annual Festive Wreath Contest and Exhibition will be held this holiday season at Confederation Centre of the Arts in Charlottetown. All are welcome to participate—adults, youth, businesses and groups. Categories include Traditional, ”Off The Wall,” or recycled materials. Create a wreath and

drop it off at the Centre boardroom, Richmond St entrance, between 1–3 pm, Nov 19–20. Wreaths will be displayed through Dec. There are prizes to be won. Info: friends@confederationcentre.com, 628-6141

Kindred Spirits Quilt Guild

The Kindred Spirits Quilt Guild meets from 7–9 pm on the third Wednesday of the month— except for Jul, Aug and Dec—at the Irish Cultural Centre, 582 North River Rd, Charlottetown. Masks are optional, refreshments will not be served at this time. New members and visitors are welcome. Contact Roberta at 393-3222 or follow @Kindred Spirits Quilt Guild of PEI on FB for updates.

Life Drawing sessions

Life Drawing sessions are held on Sundays at the Gertrude Cotton Art Centre from 2–4 pm (unless otherwise posted on their FB page). Drop-in drawing sessions with nude model. All skill levels welcome. Must be 18+ or have parent/guardian written permission. Easels are provided but participants must bring their own drawing material. Follow on FB @Life Drawing PEI or email lifedrawingpei2022@gmail.com. 57 Bunbury Rd, Stratford.

TTIS Travel Support Fund

this town is small (TTIS), with the support of Innovation PEI through the PEI Culture Action Plan, is offering

microgrants for professional PEI artists for travel costs associated with opportunities to support their artistic practice, including residency programs, presenting their work off-Island in a gallery/festival, mentorship, accessing resources not available on PEI, and other opportunities on a case-by-case basis. Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis for this program. Read more and apply at thistownissmall.com/ travel-support-for-pei-artists

Radiant Rural Halls

PEI’s artist-run centre, this town is small (TTIS), is seeking submissions for the second edition of their Radiant Rural Halls project. The project invites contemporary visual artists to present at rural community halls in PEI. The presentations will take place between Feb and Apr 2023, with exact dates and venues to be confirmed. Radiance refers to emanating light, warmth and joy. TTIS sees community halls themselves as having a radiant quality and they are seeking works that engage with this idea, as well as with the liveliness and histories of community halls. Artistic mediums such as installation, media arts and performance are highly encouraged. Proposals for participatory projects and events such as workshops, demonstrations and storytelling are also highly encouraged. View the full call for submissions at thistownissmall.com/rrh-submissions or email small.town.exhibitions@gmail.com with questions.

Welcome to City Cinema from The Charlottetown Film Society

City Cinema is owned and operated by our non-profit Society. We will continue to present a diverse mix of films and welcome your suggestions and support. Become a member, bring friends, and share feedback!

Advance Tickets

Please visit our website at citycinema.ca, we accept all major credit cards online and both debit and credit at the cinema. Seating may be limited, advance tickets are strongly recommended.

Subject to Change

Film availability and showtimes are subject to change. Please check our website and book tickets in advance.

Rent City Cinema

City Cinema is available for rent for private film viewings! We provide the projectionist and will have the the canteen and bar open for your group. Please fill out the form under Venue Rental on our website and we’ll respond with information and rates.

Admission

Regular $11.00

Member $8.00

65 and over $8.00

14 and under $8.00

We now accept credit cards online and both debit and credit at the cinema

Annual membership - $25.00

Three Thousand Years of Longing

September 30–October 3

PG, violence, coarse language, nudity, sexual content. Dir: George Miller, Australia/US, 2022, 108 min. Idris Elba, Tilda Swinton.

God’s Creatures

October 8 & 10–13

Rating TBA. Dir: Saela Davis, Anna Rose Holmer, UK/Ireland/US, 2022, 94 min. Emily Watson, Paul Mescal, Aisling Franciosi.

“Inventively fanciful and broadly enjoyable…

‘Narratologist’ Alithea is attending a conference in Istanbul. Discovering a curious bottle at the bottom of a bazaar basket, she releases a benevolent genie from its imprisonment, and is promised three wishes in return. To put her Monkey’s Paw concerns at ease, the Djinn tells the story of how he ended up in a glass-blown cell, a tale which spans dynasties, continents and millennia... From the court of the Queen Of Sheba—a world of magic and myth made real—to the Ottoman Empire, each fable is an enchanting flight of fancy.  This is the kind of playful adult fairytale that’s all but extinct… the Djinn’s stories serve as cautionary tales about desire, whether it be the unrequited love of another, the pursuit of knowledge or the simple longing for a better life.” —Jordan Farley, GamesRadar+ “A visual dazzler that wears its fantasy elements lightly and with playful humour.” —The Financial Times

Moonage Daydream

October 4–9

PG, nudity, coarse language. Dir: Brett Morgen, Germany/US, 2022, 140 min.

“When Brian returns home unannounced to a small fishing village in Ireland a er living in Australia… everything seems to be wonderful. His mother, Aileen, is delighted to be reunited with her son, meanwhile he gets a job harvesting oysters... However, when Brian is accused of sexually assaulting local woman Sarah his mother is forced to choose between protecting her child and her own morals—as well as her reputation within the small community. While the rugged, windswept coastline and cosy pub give this film a distinctive Irish flavour, this town could be anywhere in the world: the community acts as a microcosm of traditional society… Underpinning this insightful exploration is a tour de force of a family drama, driven by astounding performances, at the centre of which is Watson as the conflicted mother. “ —Andrew Murray, The Upcoming

Charlottetown Film Festival

October 14–16

“There’s an old Maltese tradition that when a man enters the priesthood there, his sister comes with him to work as an (unpaid) servant... Such is the lot of Carmen (Natascha McElhone) in this story set in Malta in the 1980s. Trouble is, when her brother drops dead one day, Carmen is cut loose, unemployed and homeless. The new priest is due to arrive soon, with his own sister to look a er him. Director Valerie Buhagiar was born in Malta... her film is said to be inspired by true events... Hiding in the confessional booth one day, she inadvertently hears the sins of one female parishioner, and lowers her voice to provide a unique penance. You wish your husband ill because he mistreats you? Cook him the same meal three times a day until he decides to leave... Carmen’s unorthodox absolution results in some he y collection-box o erings, which she then uses to buy food. She also takes the church’s chalice and candlesticks to a local pawnshop, where the owner gives her a good deal, and a little romance on the side... The performances are warm and wonderful, and the scenery is postcard-perfect. The setting is believably old-fashioned, a long-lost paradise where an ancient custom gets an updated retelling.” —Chris Knight, The National Post

The Good House October 22 & 24–29

Rating TBA. Dir: Maya Forbes, Wallace Wolodarsky, US, 2022, 114 min. Sigourney Weaver, Kevin Kline, Morena Baccarin, Beverly D’Angelo.

“Brett Morgen brings the gi of sound and vision to Moonage Daydream, an electric audiovisual tour around the restless mind of renaissance man David Bowie, as cracked open by unfettered access to the late artist’s estate. It quickly becomes clear that one film won’t be enough to capture this chameleon, so Morgen instead opts for a dazzling multi-media experience, loosely threaded with disembodied narrative as provided by conversations with Bowie during his lifetime. It’s a pristine sensory voyage, with astonishing sound which calls for big-screen, event treatment... It’s a film he almost certainly would have liked, infused with his spirit... Morgen draws on film clips along with archival news and concert footage as well as personal recordings and documents. Much of this film has never been seen before, and it is a true treasure trove... This is a skilled and satisfyingly unconventional presentation.” —Fionnuala Halligan, Screen Daily

Welcome to ChFF22! The Charlottetown Film Society proudly presents the 8th Annual Charlottetown Film Festival from October 14–16 at City Cinema. The festival is dedicated to showcasing and celebrating films from and about Atlantic Canada. We warmly welcome filmmakers and film fans to screenings, receptions and industry events. www.charlottetownfilmfest.com for full schedule and ticket info. See the ad in the centre of the B section of this month’s The Buzz

Carmen

October 17–23

PG. Dir: Valerie Buhagiar, Malta/Canada, 2022, 87 min. Natascha McElhone, Steven Love, Michaela Farrugia. Canadian Film Festival Winner, Best Feature.

“Weaver plays Hildy, a longtime real estate agent living and working in an a uent New England town... She’s coming o a short stint in rehab a er a painful intervention... Hoping to get a fresh start, she needs to sell the home of a young couple but can’t do it without the help of former crush and contractor Frank (Kline)... The joy of The Good House is the ensemble cast... The supporting characters push and pull her, putting stress on her ability to maintain a sober post-rehab life. Her two daughters, Emily and Tess, have trust issues with their mother’s drunk past. Hildy’s ex-husband Scott le her for another man. Her friend Rebecca is an outsider in the town, and then there’s Peter, who runs a therapy practice on the second floor of Hildy’s home... The script engagingly tells the story of a recovering alcoholic’s journey to her true rock bottom... Weaver absolutely shines as Hildy... Thankfully The Good House is a light drama with sparks of comedy... Plus, it’s a story about an older woman... it shows that good stories come from all stages of life.” - Alan Ng, Film Threat. Filmed in Chester, N.S.

Faust w/ Live Score

October 30, 7 pm

Dir: F.W. Murnau, Germany, 1926, 106 min. Gösta Ekman, Emil Jannings, Camilla Horn.

$18 for general admission, $15 for member/ senior/youth.

Sponsored by suddenlyLISTEN

Saint-Maud

October 7

Dir: Rose Glass, UK, 2019. Morfydd Clark, Jennifer Ehle.

Maud becomes obsessed with a former dancer believing she must save her soul by any means necessary.

Beetlejuice

October 8

Dir: Tim Burton, US, 1988. Alec Baldwin, Geena Davis & Micheal Keaton.

The spirits of a deceased couple are harassed by an unbearable family that has moved into their home, and hire a malicious spirit to drive them out.

The Curse of Frankenstein

October 20

The 3rd annual tour of New Hermitage’s Halloween Silent Horror film screening. New Hermitage is an award-winning, Halifax-based improvised music ensemble of woodwinds, cello, guitar, and harp.

Classics at City Cinema

Presented by Laurent Gariépy

city cinema schedule

The Witches of Eastwick

October 1

Dir: George Miller, US, 1987. Cher, Susan Sarandon, Michelle Pfei er, Jack Nicholson. Sponsored by The Hollywood Suite. The story of three women who may have the power to bring their wishes to life.

Summer Stock

October 2

Dir: Charles Walters, US, 1950. Judy Garland, Gene Kelly.

Part of Farm Day in the City.

Presented by Discover Charlottetown in collaboration with Classics at City Cinema.

A small-town farmer, down on her luck, finds her homestead invaded by a theatrical troupe invited to stay by her ne’er-do-well sister.

The Ruins

October 6

Dir: Carter Smith, US, 2008, Jonathan Tucker, Jena Malone.

A group of friends embark on an archaeological dig in the jungle, where something evil lives among the ruins.

Dir: Terence Fisher, UK, 1957, Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee.

Baron Victor Frankenstein tells the story of a creature he built and brought to life.

The Wizard of Oz

October 22

Dir: Victor Fleming, US, 1939, Judy Garland, Frank Morgan.

Dorothy finds herself in a magical world where she befriends a lion, a scarecrow and a tin man as they follow the yellow brick road to talk to a wizard.

Blade

October 27

Dir: Stephen Norrington, US, 1998, Wesley Snipes, Kris Kristo erson.

Presented in collaboration with Comic Hunter. A half-vampire, half-mortal man becomes a protector of the mortal race, while slaying evil vampires.

Knife+Heart

October 28

Dir: Yann Gonzalez, France, 2018, Vanessa Paradis.

Presented in collaboration with Lacuna Events. Paris, summer 1979. Anne is a producer of cheap gay porn. When Lois, her editor and companion, leaves her, she attempts to get her back by making a more ambitious film with the flamboyant Archibald.

Scooby-Doo!

Frankencreepy

October 29

Dir: Paul McEvoy, US, 2014

Velma discovers she’s inherited her greatgreat-uncles’ cursed castle in Transylvania, Pennsylvania.

Halloween

October 31

Dir: John Carpenter, US, 1978. Donald Pleasence, Jamie Lee Curtis.

Michael Myers escapes from a mental hospital and returns to the small town of Haddonfield, Illinois to kill again.

And many more!

Please check the following showtime list for additional films and follow Classics at City Cinema on Facebook or Instagram to learn more.

READERS / WRITERS

PEIWG AGM

The PEI Writers’ Guild (PEIWG) is hosting their Annual Gathering Meeting the Charlottetown Library Learning Centre’s auditorium October 1 from 3–4:30 pm. PEIWG will discuss all of the changes the organization has experienced over the last year. The AGM is open to everyone, and PEIWG memberships can be purchased on the spot. Go alone or with friends and help PEIWG plan their next year. peiwritersguild.com

Charlottetown Library Learning Centre

October programming at the Charlottetown Library Learning Centre includes D & D Club on Mondays, 5–8 pm; Epilepsy Association of the Maritimes presentation, Oct 3 at 6:30 pm; Mid-Morning Book Club Oct 12, 10 am; Telescope & Stargazing presentation Oct, 7 pm; Writing Bootcamp with Douglas Malcolm, Thur at 7 pm starting Oct 6 (pre-register); 1 on 1 Tech Help, Oct 13, 2–4 pm; Mi’kmaq Heritage Celebration, Oct 15, 1–4 pm; VR in the Library, Oct 17, 6 pm (pre-register); Crafternoon, Oct 19, 1 pm (pre-register); Board Game Café, Oct 19, 6–8 pm; Seniors Café, Oct 20, 2 pm; Local Author Showcase, Oct 20, 6:30 pm; Zine making Workshop, Oct 22, 10 am–1 pm; The Journey Out of Debt, Oct 26, 7 pm; Nature PEI presentation, Oct 27, 6:30 pm; Book’in It: Walking

October 13 at 1 PM 2022

SYMONS MEDAL LECTURE

50 years for Bookmark

Book Club, Oct 29, 9:30 am. Daily children’s programming is available in the Children’s Library. Info: 368-4644, cha_youth@gov.pe.ca. 97 Queen St

Charlottetown

Summerside Rotary library

The Summerside Rotary Library in the Inspire Learning Centre offers programming for all ages. Adult programming: Paper Mache, Mon in Oct, 6 pm; Jam Oct 3, 6:30 pm; Epilepsy Association Information Session, Oct 3, 12 pm; Needle Craft Club, Oct 13 and 27, 2 pm; Seniors Cafe, Oct 14, 11 am; Brief Overview of Crystals with Kara Katmouz, (pre-register) Oct 18, 7 pm; Crokinole, Oct 20, 2 pm; Ghost Stories with Wayne Wright, Oct 24, 7 pm; Haunted Library for ages 10 and up (book a time slot), Oct 28, 5:30 pm; Book Club, Oct 29, 2 pm. Children’s programming: Wiggle Giggle Read(babies 0–36 months), Wed, 9:30 am and Oct 29, 9:30 am; Family Storytime (ages 3–5), Thur, 10:30 am; Puppet Play Oct 1, 11 am; Thanksgiving Scramble (ages 5–12), Oct 8, 11 am; Gross Science on Science Saturday (ages 6–12), Oct 15, 11 am; Happy Halloween, Oct 28, 5:30 pm. Teen programming: Board at Lunch, Mon–Fri, 12–1 pm; That’s What She Said trivia, Oct 4, 4 pm; Speak Your Mind, Oct 11, 4 pm; Blacklight Fun, Oct 18, 4 pm; Haunted House Construction, Oct 25, 4 pm. 57 Central St, Summerside. 436-7323

Celebrating half a century of authors and readers

Bookmark, Charlottetown’s locally owned, independent bookstore will celebrate its 50th anniversary in late 2022 and early 2023. Bookmark opened in Charlottetown in December 1972 and over 50 years has established itself as a local institution noted for its curation of PEI books, its friendly and knowledgeable staff, its author events and its commitment to the Island literary community.

This is a celebration of not just a local institution but, more especially, the community of readers that have supported and sustained it over those 50 years through thick and thin; good times, dark times, slow times, successful times; through location changes, staff changes, ownership changes, industry changes and more. It takes a community who know the value of books and reading, and whose loyalty is sustained by values over convenience, or indifference or the flashiness on offer in other places to support an independent bookstore. Over the years when many communities lost their bookstore, the Island community has supported Bookmark

Some Hellish book launch

DELIVERED BY SHELAGH ROGERS

SHUT UP AND LISTEN: CHANGING OUR STORY

Rogers will share lessons she has learned from others, and from her own experience as an honorary witness for the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, as she explores the importance of listening, the power of narrative, and its impact on the relationship between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people.

Nicholas Herring at Gallery Co ee House—Oct 13

The UPEI Faculty of Arts and Department of English will host a book launch for Some Hellish, Island writer Nicholas Herring’s debut novel, at 7 pm on October 13 at The Gallery Coffee House and Bistro in Charlottetown. The launch will feature short readings by Herring and a conversation with Atlantic Canadian literature professor and author Richard Lemm.

In Some Hellish, during the spring lobster season, the pseudonymous protagonist, Herring, and his best friend, Gerry, are caught in a storm front. Herring, forlorn in middle-age and without purpose apart from his boat and toil, falls overboard and is presumed dead. Miraculously surviving, he must confront his fears, failures and losses. Through the five senses and minds of Herring and Gerry, the lives and work of fishers, the coastal villages

and seen it survive and thrive.

Celebrations will include an Anniversary Author Reading Series featuring local, national and international authors; a gala evening featuring a silent auction of author memorabilia with proceeds going to local charities; the 2022 Readerity Talk with Deirdre Kessler and more; and a 50th anniversary commemorative chapbook with contributions from many authors who Bookmark has hosted readings for over the years.

Follow the events page at bookmarkreads.ca for full details.

and wharves with their rituals and lingo, and a memorable cast of Island characters come vibrantly to life.

Herring is a Murray Harbour native, and has worked since high school as a carpenter and as a fisherman the last few years. He holds a B.A. in English from St. Jerome’s University in Waterloo and a Master’s in Creative Writing from the University of Toronto.

The Gallery Coffee House is located at 82 Great George St, Charlottetown.

A gift of Island Poetry

TOMCAT

How do I not see it slink along the back porch, rub itself against my legs, where I sit thinking how lucky I am. Scratch-scratch, grief’s back. Old tom who steals o for the better part of the month then returns to mark the house with his sharp scent. No domesticating this cat, he comes and goes, yowls outside the window at 5 a.m. for scraps. Just when you think he’s left for good, found someone new, his striped tail swishes through the grass, a periscope with you in its sights.

Bren Simmers Night Gears. Wolsak & Wynn, 2010. Each month Deirdre Kessler selects a poem by an Island poet for The Buzz

Do you believe in ghosts?

Historic Ghost Walk

Wayne Johnston reading

Bookmark’s 50th anniversary reading series event

humour and love of family.”

For six months between 1966–1967, Johnston and his family lived in a wreck of a house across from his grandparents in Goulds, Newfoundland. At seven, he was sickly and skinny, unable to keep food down, plagued with insomnia and a relentless cough that no doctor could diagnose, though they had already removed his tonsils, adenoids and appendix. To the neighbours, he was known as “Jennie’s boy,” a backhanded salute to his tiny, ferocious mother, who felt judged for Wayne’s condition at the same time as worried he might never grow up.

Charlottetown’s locally owned, independent bookstore Bookmark is celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2022-23 with a Reading Series featuring local, national and international authors. As part of the series, Bookmark will present an evening with Wayne Johnston October 5 from 7–9 pm in Studio 1 at Confederation Centre of the Arts in Charlottetown. This is a free event and everyone is invited.

New stories are created each year for the walk. For 2022, most of the stories will be drawn from the darker side of Island life in 1922.

Tours will leave the MacNaught History Centre and Archives at 75 Spring Street every 10 minutes from 6:30 pm through 8 pm. Tickets must be pre-purchased to confirm tour time. The walk is free for children under the age of six. Due to demand and limited tour spaces, there are no refunds. Tickets can be purchased by calling 432-1332 or in person at 75 Spring St, Summerside.

A consummate storyteller and bestselling novelist, Johnston in his newest book, Jennie’s Boy: A Newfoundland Childhood reaches back into his past to bring a sad, tender and at times extremely funny memoir of his Newfoundland boyhood.

Lori Cheverie, book buyer and manager at Bookmark read an advance copy of Jennie’s Boy and said, “I’ve been a huge fan of Wayne Johnston’s writing since reading The Story of Bobby O’Malley back in 1987 and have read everything written by him since. In Jennie’s Boy, we see the sadness and shocking conditions of his childhood but also, and more importantly, the

Unable to go to school, Wayne spent his days with his witty, religious, deeply eccentric maternal grandmother, Lucy. During these six months of Wayne’s childhood, he and Lucy faced two life-or-death crises, and only one of them lived to tell the tale.

Jennie’s Boy is Wayne’s tribute to a family and a community that were simultaneously fiercely protective of him and fed up with having to make allowances for him.

Johnston was born and raised in Goulds, Newfoundland. He is widely acclaimed for his weaving of fact and fiction, his masterful plotting and his gift for both description and character and has multiple #1 nationally bestselling novels. Baltimore’s Mansion, a memoir about his father and grandfather, won the inaugural Charles Taylor Prize for literary non-fiction. The Colony of Unrequited Dreams (1998), was nominated for 16 national and international awards including the Scotiabank Giller Prize and the Governor General’s Literary Award for Fiction, and was a Canada Reads finalist defended by Justin Trudeau. A theatrical adaptation of the novel recently toured Canada.

Info: 566-4888, charlottetown@ bookmarkreads.ca

Ready to Go Steady?

Culture Summerside’s Historic Ghostwalk presented by Wyatt Heritage Properties Inc is set for October 20. The walk component is back for 2022—it had to be cancelled in favour of stage shows where people could be safely distanced during the pandemic.

The Historic Ghostwalk consists of true vignettes of the history of Halloween and the darker side of Island history as told by spirits during a guided walk through the historic district of Summerside. The spirits are volunteer actors from the community who bring the stories alive.

Ghost Tour

Heritage Players Historic Walking Tours at Confederation Centre of the Arts presents “Ghost Tour” on select dates at 7 pm until November 1 in Charlottetown.

Led by a mysterious gravedigger, this spooky stroll is full of tales about Charlottetown’s historic downtown and its dark, mysterious, and sometimes haunted past.

A family-friendly experience is available upon request. All tours are approximately 75 minutes. Reserve at 566-1267 or confederationcentre.com.

BOOKS PEI

Canada’s Food Island Farmers and Fishers of Prince Edward Island

The Province has partnered with Canada’s Food Island to release a new, 336-page, hard cover cookbook named Canada’s Food Island: A Collection of Stories and Recipes from Prince Edward Island by the Farmers and Fishers of Prince Edward Island.

Canada’s Food Island combines nearly 100 inspired seasonal recipes with homegrown stories and photographs to capture the essence of the Island’s unique food culture—a blend of people, place and locally sourced fresh, natural ingredients. Learn how mussels, oysters and lobster are sustainably raised and harvested, why Island beef is so flavourful and what makes wild blueberries so special.

Photography by Stephen Harris. Stories and captions by Stuart Hickox.

The cookbook is available to purchase at local retail locations in PEI and online at canadasfoodisland.ca/cookbook. Royalties from sales of the book will go to PEI Food Banks.

The 9/11 Connection

James W. Macnutt

PEI author James W. Macnutt Q.C has released The 9/11 Collection, the conclusion in his trilogy featuring The Mendelssohn Connection and The Odessa Connection. A book launch will take place October 23 at 3:30 pm at Beaconsfield’s Carriage House in Charlottetown.

In the years since the events of The Odessa Connection, Isaac Menshive and Will MacIntosh have settled into new and contrasting roles. Isaac, with his priorities firmly centred on his family in London, has taken a back seat in running the Menshive

trust and it is Will who oversees the day-to-day administration, alongside Isaac’s daughter, Ruth. As part of their research, Will and Ruth discover that Isaac’s father, who died under mysterious circumstances, had been working on a project based in the North Tower of the World Trade Center before the attacks of September 11, 2001. At the same time, Isaac’s ex-wife and her daughters come back into his life. Is this more than coincidence? Could they be in league with the sinister figures who have been harassing Isaac?

Macnutt has been writing both non-fiction and fiction works for over 10 years while maintaining a busy law practice. Married and living in Charlottetown, Macnutt enjoys his roles as parent and grandfather. Copies of his books can be purchased at Bookmark in Charlottetown.

Bound

Theresa Redmond

Theresa Redmond recently released her debut novel, Bound

Think PEI was always this peaceful, bucolic Island where everyone got along? Think again. In late 1700s, Suzanna Torriano arrives on St John’s Island as an amateur botanist and the new governor’s mistress. Soon caught between two worlds, the colonial pressures from Britain at odds with the freedom and progress of the Island’s many inhabitants, Suzanna is called to social action and the stakes are high. When a pregnant enslaved woman is charged with theft and sentenced to death, Suzanna rallies support from unexpected places. From an Acadian healer, the local Quaker community and Scottish laird Ian MacDonald, the growing community attempts to explore the governor’s failures, challenge land rights’ disputes, and

advocate for the emancipation of all those enslaved. Through the lives of the characters, Bound navigates the challenges and triumphs of settler life as they attempt to set the groundwork for a fair new world.

Redmond has a Master’s in history and worked on Indigenous rights issues for governments and Indigenous organizations. She has published numerous articles, and was awarded the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee medal for her volunteer work with women prisoners.

Bound is available online, at local bookstores and other shops on PEI and elsewhere, and at tresredmond.com.

Beautiful Sadness

Linda Stewart

Experiencing their love and kindness, Jon begins to see spirituality in a new light. When tragedy strikes the family, Jon is thrust into the life of a farmer and rises to the challenge. Love grows but with small town gossip and judgment, decisions need to be made.

The novel is an uplifting story that gives a sense that there is still love and hope and goodness in the world. The fictional story captures idiosyncrasies and historical aspects of PEI.

Stewart grew up with a strong sense of faith, family and community. These elements and the beauty of the PEI landscape show up in her writing. Her poetry, stories and essays have appeared in Canadian and US journals, magazines and anthologies. She enjoys knitting, playing the fiddle and acting in community theatre productions.

As a knitter, Stewart was featured in Threading the Needle, a PEI documentary by Louise Lalonde, with cinematographer Milleflores Clarkes. Stewart lives in Wood Islands with her husband Brian and their cat Barney.

Safe Harbour

Adrian McNally Smith

PEI author Adrian McNally Smith will launch his new book Safe Harbours October 15 at 6 pm at the Pourhouse in Charlottetown. All are welcome.

Island author Linda Stewart will host a book launch for her new book, Beautiful Sadness, October 16 at 2 pm at the Charlottetown Library and Learning Centre. All are welcome.

It is the 1960s and Professor Jon Andrews is haunted by memories of growing up in an abusive, ultra-religious home. He leaves his teaching job in Montreal to go to a cabin in Iris, PEI to write a novel based on his childhood. There, he is taken under the wing of a local farm family.

The pandemic was an unprecedented time of stress for Islanders. PEI was locked down at the border and Islanders were cut off from family and friends everywhere. Worlds were turned upside down. Smith was not immune to the effects of these lockdowns and so he started to write about his own experiences and what he was learning about himself in thoughtful social media posts. These posts became a lifeline for many of his followers and he realized that the things he was feeling were universal. This collection of mediations comes out of his work to save his own mental health with the hope that he can help others through difficult times.

Smith retired after 30 years of work in education, 25 of those years devoted to counseling and student services. He currently offers a private counseling practice with mindbody approach. He has two written two books, Finding Forgiveness and A Reluctant Search for Spiritual Truths, both published by Acorn Press.

Shut Up and Listen

2022 Symons Medal Lecture with Shelagh Rogers

One of Canada’s most esteemed broadcast-journalists will give her take on the state of Canadian Confederation on October 13 as the recipient of the 2022 Symons Medal.

Earlier this year, Confederation Centre of the Arts announced that Shelagh Rogers, OC will be the 22nd recipient of the prestigious honour. Rogers is a veteran broadcast-journalist at CBC, most recently as the host and a producer of The Next Chapter, an award-winning program devoted to writing in Canada. Rogers is a vocal advocate for mental healthcare, adult literacy, and for reckoning with the truth of Canada’s relationship with Indigenous peoples.

The Symons Medal recognizes an individual who has made an exceptional contribution to Canadian life. Held annually, the medal ceremony and its associated lecture offer a national platform for an eminentCanadian to discuss the nation’s current state, shared histories, and prospects using themes related to their professional pursuits.

The title of this year’s lecture is “Shut Up and Listen: Changing Our Story.” Rogers will share lessons she has learned from others, and from her own experience as an honorary witness for the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, as she explores the importance of listening, the power of narrative, and its impact on the relationship between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people. The lecture will feel like one of the broadcaster’s famous radio programs, featuring

Zine Fest

Charlottetown Library and Learning Centre—Nov 5

The first edition of the Charlottetown Zine Fest will take place in the auditorium at the Charlottetown Library and Learning Centre on November 5 from 10 am–4 pm.

Charlottetown Zine Fest is a tabling fair for small presses, zine makers, artists, and all types of independent authors. Stop by throughout the day to browse and buy unique publications from dozens of participants.

This event is public and free to attend thanks to a Community MicroGrant from the City of Charlottetown. Email chtownzinefest@gmail.com for more information or to register for a table free of charge.

soundbites from discussions with guests like authors Richard Wagamese and Chelsea Vowel; Mike Degagné, President and CEO of Indspire; and the Honourable Murray Sinclair, a fellow Symons Medallist.

The 2022 Symons Medal Lecture will take place at Confederation Centre of the Arts in the Sobey Family Theatre on October 13 at 1 pm and will also be livestreamed on the Centre’s Facebook and YouTube channels.

Tickets can be booked at confederationcentre.com or 1-800-565-0278. There is no cost to attend but donations can be made to the Symons Trust Endowment Fund of the Confederation Centre of the Arts Foundation. Patrons must have a ticket to enter and quantities are limited.

Jordan Beaulieu and Evan Furness are presenting a free zine-making workshop in preparation for the Charlottetown Zine Fest. Participants will learn about the history of zines, different approaches to making them, and walk away with their own to keep, sell or trade with friends. Preregistration is required by email to chtownzinefest@gmail.com. The workshop is open to all ages, but an adult participant must accompany children under 12. Snacks and materials will be provided.

Hosted by the Charlottetown Zine Fest and presented in partnership with the City of Charlottetown, Charlottetown Library Learning Centre and this town is small, the free workshop will take place October 22 from 10 am–1 pm at the Charlottetown Library Learning Centre’s makerspace. Learn more about the Charlottetown Zine Fest @chtownzinefest on Instagram.

Bernard Day at Acadian Museum

The Sister Antoinette DesRoches Historical Committee is organizing a Bernard Day at the Acadian Museum of PEI October 23 from 1–5 pm. There will be presentations in French and English on the history and genealogy of the Island’s Acadian Bernards, whose ancestors, Joseph Bernard and Nathalie Arsenault, married around 1755. Participants will receive help tracing their Bernard genealogy, and a collection of old portraits of Bernard individuals and families preserved at the Musée acadien will also be on display.

The museum is located at 23 Main Dr. E, Miscouche. museeacadien.org

Shelagh Rogers, OC—named the 2022 Symons Medallist at Confederation Centre of the Arts.

Théophile Bernard and Marie Poirier of Nail Pond. They were married in 1850. Irene Doucette MacIsaac Collection

Mi’kmaw language course

All members of the Indigenous community on PEI will have the opportunity to learn the Mi’kmaw language at no cost. The UPEI Faculty of Indigenous Knowledge, Education, Research, and Applied Studies (IKERAS) will offer a section of the Introduction to Mi’kmaw Language course to Indigenous community members on and off reserve. The same course is offered as an elective to UPEI students as part of a minor in Indigenous Studies. The course will be taught online by lecturer Doris Googoo on Mondays and Wednesdays, from 6–7:15 pm during UPEI’s fall and winter semesters. Indigenous community members who register will receive a bursary that is equivalent to the registration cost. Interested Indigenous community members can get more information about registering for the course by emailing ikears@upei.ca. As outlined in the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada: Calls to Action, post-secondary institutions are called to create courses and programs in Indigenous languages. UPEI is offering this course section to help Indigenous community members re-establish a link to the Mi’kmaw language.

Seniors events at BIS

With support from the Seniors Secretariat of PEI, free Seniors programs have been developed for the entertainment and edification of seniors at the Benevolent Irish Society (BIS) in Charlottetown. Programs continuing this month include The BIS Book Club, Beginner Bridge Group and Ancestry Research. The BIS Book Club meets on the second Tuesday of each month (next meeting is Oct 11) from 9:30–11 am. Browse more than 2000 volumes in the library, borrow books, share recommendations and discuss the latest selections. The Beginners Bridge group, led by instructor Ray Malone, continues weekly on Tuesdays (Oct 4, 11 and 18) at 6:30 pm. Beginners or those who have been away from the game for many years are welcome. The Ancestry Research program continues on Sundays (Oct 2, 16 and 30) from 1–4 pm. The BIS has a full international Ancestry license to assist in tracing roots and the BIS library has extensive resources. With the guidance of volunteer Shaun Patterson, participants will become familiar with interesting and informative research sources and websites. Bring a laptop or device to actively participate in the sessions or take notes to follow up at a home computer. All activities include social time with complimentary refreshments. No registration is required. The contact coordinator is David Murphy (394-1252).

Alzheimer Society of PEI seeking volunteers

The Alzheimer Society of PEI’s (ASPEI) Wellness Connect and Care program features rich opportunities for seniors to volunteer and give back to their community. Volunteers are essential to the program and the experience is rewarding. Openings for walking group leaders and social activity leaders are available all across PEI. Walking group leaders assist in leading or co-leading

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an ongoing walking group for seniors in their community. Training and support is provided. Social activities leaders share their skill, talent or passion with others in the community. ASPEI are looking for seniors to help them lead interesting social activities like arts and crafts nights, music concerts and sing-alongs, hobbies-based outings, games nights, storytelling and talking circles. Register to become a volunteer. Call 628-2257 or email society@alzpei.ca for more info. This program funded in part by the New Horizons for Seniors Program. alzpei.ca

Try-a-Trade®

In celebration of National Skilled Trades & Technolody Week, Skills Canada PEI invites girls ages 11–15 to the interactive career exploration event, Try-a-Trade® on Nov 4 from 1–4 pm at the Charlottetown Learning Centre, 97 Queen St. Participants will have the chance to learn about various skilled trade careers in a fun, engaging and interactive way. Small, hands-on workshops will be led by female industry professionals. Seating is limited. Register by Oct 28 at ejesler@hollandcollege.com.

Women’s Network PEI: Propelle 2022

Women’s Network PEI’s Propelle 2022 is a no-cost life skills and employment readiness program for women and gender-diverse people interested in buildingemployability skills and community connections. The program can support individuals with limited work experience/education who may have experienced barriers such as isolation, poverty, family violence and mentalhealth challenges. Participants also connect with guest speakers, employers and mentors, and will tour with Holland College andAdult Education programming to explore programs, upgrading options and work opportunities. Learn more at wnpei.org/propelle or on social media @ Women’s Network PEI.

PEIBWA Virtual Symposium

The PEI Business Women’s Association (PEIBWA) will be engaging audiences on how women are redefining the future of entrepreneurship at its annual Symposium on Oct 4. More than a dozen inspirational women business leaders from across Canada will present during the day-long event, including a keynote address by Canadian physician and spoken word artist, Dr. Chika Stacy Oriuwa. This year’s event will be held virtually, with two in-person watch parties available for registrants to network with other participants and enjoy lunch and nutrition breaks. Watch parties will be held at the Rural Women’s Business Centre in Central Bedeque and at Kings Playhouse in Georgetown. Space is limited. Panel discussions throughout the day include: “The Future of Our Changing

Workplace” with Sarah Mullins (UpTreeHR), Chastity Smith (Inn at Bay Fortune), and Tracy D’Aviero (Canadian Association of Virtual Assistants); “Equity, diversity and inclusion” with Kiersten Mohr (Terra Firma Transition Consulting); and Sara Roach-Lewis will moderate a panel showcasing PEI entrepreneurs Sarah Bennetto O’Brien (The Handpie Company), Rachael Sonola (SonolaSweets and Mane Experience), and Simmone Cormier (Au Naturel Solutions Inc). Pre-registration for both virtual and in-person attendance is available at peibwa.org/symposium.

Women in leadership bursary

The Hilda Ramsay Bursary is granted annually to a female identifying student at UPEI or Holland College. Hilda Ramsay was the first woman to run for the provincial legislature. In 2019, the NDP PEI Women’s Committee established the bursary to encourage activist women on PEI. The deadline to apply is Nov 1. Applications are available at ndppei.ca.

Breast Cancer Screening and Surveillance

A free presentation, Breast Cancer Screening and Surveillance with Dr. Paula Gordon, hosted by Dense Breasts Canada and Charlottetown Breast Cancer Support Group, will be held via Zoom on Nov 8 at 7 pm. Register in advance at ubc.zoom.us/meeting/register/u5cldumuqjkpH9JtAqfsSGSjNd-DRVt3f1mK. After registering, participants will receive a confirmation email containing the meeting ID and other information to join. The meeting will be recorded and all registered participants will receive a link to the recording after the event. Info: Judy, 569-3496

Breast Cancer support group

A Breast Cancer Support Group meets on the first Monday of each month at 2 pm in a safe and confidential environment. In the case of the first Monday falling on a holiday, the group will meet on the first Monday following the holiday. For more info, or if you or someone you know has or has had breast cancer and would like to attend, call Judy at 569-3496 or email charlottetownbreastcancersg@gmail.com.

Kinesiology students seek participants for program

Students from UPEI’s Kinesiology 3430 class are seeking participants to take part in a four-week exercise training program, plus pre and post assessment sessions (six-weeks total). Students will create personalized exercise training programs for each participant, based on their fitness, skill level and personal interests. The program will take place in the UPEI Fitness Centre, and costs a small

fee. Participants must be between 30–70 years of age. This program is directed towards individuals who are looking to become more physically active in their day to day lives. Participants will meet in-person with their student trainers once a week, with additional training sessions occurring independently. No previous experience is necessary. Info/register: trsaunders@upei.ca, 566-0641

The Navy League of Canada

The Navy League of Canada has re-opened the corps in Charlottetown after being closed for almost three years due to the pandemic. The non-profit youth organization provides naval themed programming for 9–12 year olds, as well as free training to cadets and parent volunteers. The NLCC #58 Hyndman naval-themed program takes place on Thursdays from 6–8:30 pm at HMCS Queen Charlotte, 210 Water St, Charlottetown. All uniforms and equipment are free. If interested in developing PEI’s youth, NLCC # 58 Hyndman is also looking for instructors and parent volunteers. Training is provided and hours are flexible. All volunteers are carefully screened by The Navy League of Canada, including personal background checks. For more info, contact the admin officer by email at hyndman.admin@peicadets. ca or call/text 218-8480. navyleague.ca

Southern Kings Air Cadets

Members of the public are invited to learn more about the Southern Kings Air Cadet program for youth ages 12–18. Cadets participate in exciting and challenging activities. Interested adults, cadet parents, community leaders, and local organizations and businesses are encouraged to attend. Two sessions will be held at the Legion home, 15 Douses Rd, in Montague on Oct 18, 3 –4 pm and 7–8 pm. Contact Guy Albert at gca5678@ gmail.com for more info. The 327 Squadron Sponsoring Committee looks forward to meeting attendees. Cadets meet weekly on Wednesdays from 6:16–9:15 pm at Montague Regional High School. Office accommodations are provided by St Andrew’s Lodge (Masons) at Main St South. Individuals interested in more info on joining can email 327air@ cadets.gc.ca. Info: cadets.ca

Ignition Fund

Applications are now open for Innovation PEI’s 2022 fall Ignition Fund competition, which offers up to $25,000 to launch or expand a business in PEI. The competitive based fund is for entrepreneurs who are seeking start-up capital for a new innovative business venture or to develop and launch a new innovative product. Applicants must be committed to establishing and operating a new business in this province. Projects will be judged on their innovation and potential economic impact for PEI. Applicants are encouraged to discuss their projects with an Innovation PEI Business Development Officer or attend one of the info sessions. Visit princeedwardisland.ca/ignitionfund for info on the sessions and how to apply. The deadline for applications is Oct 24 at 1 pm.

Island Youth on the runway in Montréal

Thirteen Island youth were invited to walk the runway at Centre CDP Capital in downtown Montreal this month with Toronto Kids Fashion Week (TKFW).

The aspiring models are students at 24strong dance studio in Charlottetown and range in age from five to 14. They auditioned live via Zoom for the TKFW team in August and received their invitations soon after. The students participated in four training sessions at 24strong, where they rehearsed their runway walks and poses, and increased their confidence before heading to Montreal.

Maleeya McNally, age 11, walked in TKFW’s Toronto show in June and her experience sparked an interest amongst her peers at 24strong. “The best part of my experience walking the runway with TKFW was probably the opportunity to learn more about what it takes to be a model,” Maleeya explains. “I also got to be the first model to walk in the show, which was really cool!”

Barry climbs Kilimanjaro

Raising funds for Farmers Helping Farmers

Participants students are Maleeya McNally, Kamryn Hodson, Lukin Collette, Ellie MacDonald, Fiona Brown, Annika Macdonald, Nicolas Riley, Eva Makarov, Willow Morison, Zoe Matters, William Keefe, Emmie Francis and Nia Marshall.

The TKFW runway show takes place October 1 at Centre CDP Capital in downtown Montreal.

Helping Farmers (FHF), Barry Cudmore will trek Mount Kilimanjaro this month to raise funds for FHF.

FHF partners with farmers, dairies, womens’ groups and schools to build sustainable agricultural communities. Cudmore and his wife Ellen were part of the first delegation of Islanders who travelled to Kenya and Tanzania more than 40 years ago, resulting in the formation of FHF. The Cudmores are still deeply involved four decades later.

Climbing Mount Kilimanjaro has been on Cudmore’s bucket list for years, and was in the plans before the pandemic. Since the pandemic also put a damper on the fundraising efforts of FHF, the trek provides a way to replace some of those lost revenues.

Cudmore’s goal is to raise funds based on the height he will be climbing, starting from sea level at his home in Brackley Beach, PEI. Kilimanjaro is the highest mountain in Africa, at 19,341 feet above sea level. Cudmore has set a lofty goal of raising $19,341— one dollar for every foot he climbs.

Cudmore will start the trek on October 3. He plans to take six days up and two days back down, finishing the climb on October 11. Donations can be made online through Canada Helps, just click the donate button at farmershelpingfarmers.ca.

Follow Barry’s climb on social media @farmershelpingfarmers.

Combining two of his biggest passions—trekking and the Island-based, non-profit organization Farmers

Maleeya McNally walking in the TKFW Toronto show at Daniels Spectrum

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Barry Cudmore part way along the hike to Everest Base Camp (above), and in Kenya in 2016 with Farmers Helping Farmers

Monday Night Bingo

Bingo takes place weekly on Mondays at the Fortune Community Centre from 7–9 pm until November 28. Doors open at 6 pm. There is a building weekly jackpot, loonie game and more. Canteen services are available and everyone is welcome. 220 Fortune Wharf Rd N, Fortune

Medication safety workshop

Age Friendly PEI is offering a free oneday workshop on medication safety and deprescribing on Nov 2 from 10 am–3 pm at Credit Union Place in Summerside. Through presentations by leading experts, interactive activities and peer education opportunities, Age Friendly PEI hopes to brainstorm with participants about how to make wise medication use and deprescribing part of the fabric in PEI communities. A light lunch will be provided. This workshop is made possible with funding from the Province of PEI’s Seniors’ Secretariat, the City of Summerside and the Canadian Deprescribing Network. Registration is now open. Info/register: Marcy at agefriendlypei@gmail.com or 303-6444.

Book lab services online

Islanders who need laboratory services such as bloodwork at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Charlottetown and Prince County Hospital in Summerside now have the option of booking these services online through SkiptheWaitingRoom. com. The service will be expanded to all community sites this Fall. The new service will make it quicker and easier for people to find available appointments and schedule blood collection and specimen collection. Previously, these services could only be booked through a phone call. Patients will need a requisition form from a physician or nurse practitioner in order to schedule an appointment. Appointments may still be made by phone by calling the site where Islanders intend to receive service. This commercialization project is an initiative of Health PEI and the Coordinated Accessible National (CAN) Health Network.

Free Energy E ciency Sessions

The Canadian Home Builders’ Association of PEI (CHBA-PEI) has launched the fall/winter schedule for its Energy Efficiency Sessions for Homeowners Series. The series, launched in the spring, is designed to help homeowners improve the energy efficiency of their homes. The sessions are free, and the series includes both in-person and virtual options to ensure the training is accessible to all Islanders. The sessions are led by CHBA-NB Energy Efficiency Manager Lauren Lipka. Sessions will be hosted in communities across PEI over the next two years. The series is divided into 12 topics, including: National Building Code Section 9.36; All Things Foundation; Building Envelope Barrier System and Insulation; Energy Efficiency of Window and Doors, Sealing, and Condensation; Heating, Ventilation, and House Depressurization; Air Sealing and Reducing Leaks; Renewable Energy

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(PV, Solar, Thermal and Energy Storage); Funding Programs and Grants 101 (information on available Provincial and Federal funding for Efficient Retrofits, upgrades and new builds); Living in an Apartment—10 things you can do to save on your energy bill; Radon Gas— what you should know!; Electronic Vehicles—Preparing for your EV purchase; and Terminology—Understanding Construction Lingo. Each session is about two hours in length and repeated throughout the year. Participants can choose to take part in all 12 sessions or pick and choose which ones they feel are most beneficial. Advanced registration is required. Info/register: chba-pei.ca/wp/ free-energy-efficiency-sessions

PEI Trails Inc AGM

Prince Edward Island Trails Inc will host their Annual General Meeting Oct 21 at 7 pm at the Hunter River Community Centre, 19816 Route 2. The featured speaker, Kate MacQuarrie, will discuss plants along our trails. Preceded by a brief business meeting. Refreshments will be served and everyone is welcome.

Pickard family research

The family of Keith and Jean Pickard is seeking stories and memories of people who knew their parents and worked with them during their careers, community and volunteer involvement. Keith, an architect between 1953–1993, was also involved in Custom Interiors, Delta Surveys and Giftarama. From 1961–1981, Keith and Jean operated the Strathgartney Homestead property and employed hundreds of Islanders to develop and promote the historic property, recreation and tourism. Research gathered may be used for inclusion on this Google site: sites.google.com/view/ g-keith-pickard/home. Contact Ellen at ellencudmore4@gmail.com or 218-6984.

PEI Autistic Adults: Peer Support Group

PEI Autistic Adults is an online and in person peer-support group for autistic adults/seniors on PEI to talk about autism, share experiences of navigating PEI as autistic adults, and support each other. An online public blog where members can share their views, features a members only discussion forum, chat functionality, resources and links to their social media. Weekly meetings recently began in Charlottetown and the hope is to expand to different locations across PEI once the group increases in size. PEI Autistic Adults was started by an autistic adult and currently has 25 members, ranging from students to seniors. PEI Autistic Adults is not affiliated with any organization. For those who would like to participate in the meetings but do not wish to interact online, email peiautisticadults@gmail.com. Info: peiautisticadults.com

Caregiver support groups

Hospice PEI is hosting caregiver support groups. Unpaid caregivers caring for someone who is palliative, has a chronic end-stage illness or is beginning the journey of caring for someone with a life-limiting illness are invited to join one of the free Hospice PEI monthly support groups for caregivers. Space is limited. Groups are offered in Queens County and East and West Prince. For times and locations, visit hospicepei.ca/events/calendar or call 368-4498

ADHD PEI open houses

As part of ADHD Awareness Month, ADHD PEI invites community members to learn more about their organization at one of their two Open House info sessions on offer this fall. An Open House will be held in Charlottetown on Oct 5 from 5–7 pm in the Community Kitchen & Program Room at the Charlottetown Library Learning Centre, (97 Queen St). A second Open House will be held in Summerside on Oct 12 from 7–9 pm in the Key Family Room at the Summerside Rotary Library (57 Central St). The Open Houses offer meet and greet opportunities and are free to attend. All are welcome.

Active Islander Badge

go!PEI recently launched its new Active Islander Badge Program, encouraging Islanders to get more active together. Registration for the next cohort begins Oct 10. Follow @go!PEI on FB for updates and info on how to register.

Canada’s Smartest Kitchen internships

Canada’s Smartest Kitchen (CSK), the research arm of The Culinary Institute of Canada, is looking for students and recent graduates who are interested in internship opportunities. CSK has been committed to supporting student learning since its inception more than a dozen years ago and as an NSERC Technology Access Centre offers innovative applied research opportunities in the regional educational network. As an intern at CSK, students work with staff on client projects, participate in business meetings, facility tours and other off-site events, and participate in product demonstrations in the community. They garner hands-on experience with creative product development in CSK’s industry standard R&D kitchen and laboratory; and develop their communication and professional workplace skills. They also gain experience in the three pillars of CSK: culinary arts, food science, and industry insight. Operations and product development staff provide feedback and mentorship during the students’ internships. Throughout the calendar year, student intern opportunities emerge through various R&D initiatives. These

usually take the form of term positions along with other experiential learning and employment opportunities. The positions are flexible, to ensure that interns can continue their studies. Current students and recent graduates (someone who completed their education within one year) are encouraged to apply for an internship. For more info and details on available placements, email csk@hollandcollege.com or call 566-9674.

In-school mentors needed

Spend an hour a week with a child at their elementary school. This is a chance to take a recess from your busy life and help a child succeed at the same time. Build a child’s self-esteem and provide guidance while having fun playing games, making crafts, or just chatting. Big Brothers Big Sisters of PEI need mentors or all ages from communities all across PEI. To volunteer or to learn more, visit bbbspei.ca, email info@bbbspei.ca or phone 1-877-411-3720.

MEALS , etc

Mcphail fundraising dinner

The annual Thanksgiving Dinner Fundraiser for Sir Andrew Macphail Homestead will be held Oct 9 at 5 pm at the Homestead. Reserve by calling 651-2789, 388-2193, or emailing macphailhomestead@gmail.com. 271 Macphail Park Rd, Orwell.

St Paul’s takeout fundraiser

St. Paul’s Parish Hall is hosting a turkey and ham takeout fundraiser. The complete turkey and ham cold plate includes a biscuit and dessert. Meals must be pre-ordered by contacting Amanda Donovan (892-1691, ststpaulschurch@ pei.aibn.com) on or before Oct 17. Meals can be picked up Oct 20 between 4:30–6 pm at the Hall, located at 101 Prince St, Charlottetown. Payment is available at the door (cash only) or by e-transfer to stpaulschurch@pei.aibn.com ($15 minimum per meal is requested).

Hospice PEI fundraiser

Celebrate “Fryday” on a Monday. The Cavendish Farms Fry Wagon will be on site at the Hospice PEI provincial office selling fries by donation in support of Hospice PEI. On Oct 17, stop by 119 Water St in Charlottetown from 11 am–2 pm to enjoy some fries and support Hospice PEI. 119 Water St, Charlottetown

Annual apple pie sale

The Stratford and Area Lions Club’s annual apple pie sale is underway on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays from 10 am–5 pm. The nine inch deep dish apple pies (available fresh baked or unbaked frozen) and a bagged apple sale is located in Stratford at the Mason Rd and TCH roundabout. 569-3389

Joe Pye or Josie Pye?

Passport to Nature

Reconnect with Island nature with Island Nature Trust’s Passport to Nature, a series of adventure and learning events hosted by conservationists in the Natural Areas or spaces of ecological importance across the Island. The Passport to Nature booklet contains information on a series of events that INT organizes throughout the year to help Islanders and visitors experience and learn more about PEI’s protected places.

Upcoming events include: Mushroom Walk & Talk (Oct 1); and Trivia Night for Nature Nerds (Nov 3). New events are added throughout the year. Info/register: islandnaturetrust. ca/passport-to-nature

One beautiful fall afternoon, I found myself wondering if the “Joe Pye” of Spotted-Joe-Pye-weed had any connection to “Josie Pye” of Anne of Green Gables fame. I do realize that they can’t be related—one was a real person, one is a ctional character. But the names are just too close. I don’t know if Josie Pye was meant to represent the female version of Joe Pye weed, a native wildower found across the province.

The common story about Joe Pye is that he was a New England herbalist, who may or may not have been Indigenous. Legend has it that during the mid-1600s he used the leaves of this plant—which are said to promote sweating—to cure typhoid fever.

In some ways, Josie Pye does reflect the personality of Joe-Pye-weed. A bit bristly, hard to get along with (or to march through), less beloved than some of our other native wildflowers, even somewhat common. It seems that Lucy Maud Montgomery was having fun with Josie Pye’s name and character.

Yet in my mind, this perennial is an exceptional plant, an important component of our native biodiversity. The large pink-purple flowers grow on tall stalks and can completely dominate suitable habitat that has wet soil and full sun. The flowers bloom until we have a severe frost. Where you find these flowers, you’ll find butterflies, bees, wasps, midges, moths, beetles and other pollinators. They are often described as “butterfly magnets” and throughout the late summer and early fall will attract Viceroys, Monarchs, Fritillaries, Skippers, Swallowtails and more. Hummingbirds will also stop by for nectar.

An additional benefit is that once the plants produce seeds, smaller bird species such as the American goldfinch will show up for a feed. This is also

true of the coneflowers that attract large numbers of goldfinches. It is like getting two plants for the price of one.

If you’re driving through the Miscouche area, the wetlands along the sides of the roads are full of this plant. It is a bit of a rough and rugged flower head, but that doesn’t make it any less beautiful. The arboretum at Macphail Woods has a large, prominent patch, and it is one of our fall favourites.

We’ll often grow these plants with the closely related Boneset, as well as Swamp milkweed, Cutleaf coneflower, Blue vervain, and Blue flag Iris. These are just some of the great pollinator mixtures that can be created with native wildflower species. As one of our taller species, these should be planted in large blocks, or as a backdrop for shorter native plants. The clumps can be mixed and matched, but the Swamp milkweed and Joe-Pyeweed have similar colours, as do the Blue vervain and Blue flag Iris. The brilliant yellow of the coneflowers will be the eye-catcher for sure, while the white Boneset flowers provide another lovely aspect to the planting.

The flower heads contain hundreds of seeds. These can be dried (we hang them upside down in a paper bag in a dry place) and planted either in the fall or in the spring. Germination seems to be better when the seeds are gently raked in, not buried under soil. When fall planting, lightly mulch the soil with wood chips, which should then be removed in early spring.

Once established, larger plants can be divided in the spring into four or more sections and replanted. In this way you can get larger plants more quickly.

This is another great native plant to keep on your radar. You won’t be disappointed.

Tracadie Good Neighbourly Club

Those who like to walk along the Confederation Trail are invited to join the Tracadie Good Neighbourly Club for good conversation and a relaxing stroll at their annual Fall Colours Walk on October 2. Meet at the Tracadie Community Centre on Station Rd at 2 pm. All ages are welcome.

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TALKS

Climate Rescue Strategy

The St. Dunstan’s University Board of Governors, in cooperation with UPEI, will present a public lecture by author and historian Gwynne Dyer on Nov 3 at 7 pm at UPEI’s Duffy Science Centre. The lecture is entitled, “Planetary Maintenance Engineers—A Last Ditch Climate Rescue Strategy.” Everyone is welcome to attend. Admission is free and masks are required.

Lobster shing industry

Learn more about lobster fishing and the industry on PEI with representatives from Lobster PEI at a free presentation Oct 6 at 2 pm at the Milton Community Hall. Pre-register at admin@miltonvalepark.com or 368-3090. Funded by the Government of Canada’s New Horizons for Seniors Program. 7B New Glasgow Rd, Rte 224.

Church on the Street

The St. Dunstan’s University Board of Governors invites the public to a lecture by Deacon Robert Kinghorn speaking about his ministry, ”The Church on the Street,” at 7 pm on Oct 20 at Holy Redeemer Parish, Pond St, Charlottetown. Deacon Kinghorn is an award-winning columnist with the Catholic Register. Since 2005, he has been providing street ministry to the poor, ill and addicted in one of the roughest parts of Toronto. His lecture will chronicle what he calls “the unholy trinity of addiction, mental illness and homelessness.” Everyone is welcome to attend. Admission is free and masks are recommended.

PEI Well-Being Project

Social science researcher Connolly Aziz will give a public talk about the results from the PEI Well-Being Project at Beaconsfield Carriage House in Charlottetown, Oct 24 from 5–6 pm. The province-wide study, which was recently published in the International Journal of Community Well-Being, measured the

subjective well-being of PEI residents and uncovered inequities in well-being among marginalized populations. The study provides a deeper understanding around how Islanders view psychological health and a healthy environment as important aspects of the quality-of-life influencing well-being. The study is an indicator of how society is performing and adds momentum towards the adoption of sustainable development goals. Following the talk, attendees can participate in a facilitated conversation about how to support well-being and a path forward to collaborate in the continuous measurement of well-being related factors on PEI. Coffee and light snacks will be served. No registration or admission fee. All are welcome to attend. peiwellbeingproject.ca

Anticosti: Metropolitan Finisterre

The latest installment of the Institute of Island Studies’ Island Lecture Series will feature Matthew Hatvany, professor of Geography at Université Laval in Quebec City. Hatvany will share research on his current project, “Anticosti: Metropolitan Finisterre.” The lecture will take place Oct 25 at 7 pm in the Faculty Lounge, Main Building, UPEI. Two large islands lie at the heart of the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Despite their relative proximity and comparable sobriquets, one “Garden of the Gulf,” the other “Paradise Found,” the similarities end there. It is the smaller of the two, Prince Edward Island, that realised provincial autonomy through the development and control of its human, agricultural, forest and fish resources. The larger, Anticosti, experienced little internal development despite abundant resources, being purposely constructed by external decision makers as a Finisterre Insulaire or Land’s End controlled and dependent upon metropolitan decision makers and investors to assure the well-being of its small population. While Anticosti is little known in Quebec or by its nearest neighbours in Atlantic Canada, the island is celebrated by the upper classes of distant North American and European metropoles as a natural paradise as well as an aspiring UNESCO heritage site for its unique fossil and sedimentary strata.

The Cove Journal by JoDee Samuelson

Our gannet

Festival Meat Pie

Festival Meat Pie, presented by the Farmers’ Bank of Rustico and Doucet House Museums, continues in October.

The Festival is for those who believe they can make the best meat pie in their local area; it is for those who have a secret recipe of their own; and it is for those who have a long-standing family recipe that’s been passed down from generation to generation which they believe will leave Festival judges salivating for more.

A person can get a general idea of where a place is by looking at a map, but you never really know anything about it until you go there and smell and feel it for yourself.

In the same way I’ve read about gannets and admired them plummeting into the sea in Les Îles de la Madeleine, but I never expected to touch one or hold it in my arms.

One hot afternoon in early September the tide was out and the Cove was hopping. We chatted with a neighbour girl now grown up and bringing her own children to the shore, admired two hermit crabs clasped in a small sandy hand, waded through shallow tidal pools, skirted around a flock of terns chirping and bobbing, and finally arrived at deep water. Perfection! Azure sky, billowing clouds, sparkling waves, good company… but hello, what was that floating white object? Probably a buoy. I like a good buoy as well as anyone so decided to swim over and check it out.

Nope, it’s a dead bird… with a yellow head and neck. Could it be… a gannet? This isn’t gannet territory. Still, here it is. What should we do about it? Let it wash up on shore with all these people around? What if it died of Avian flu and another bird eats it? We’d better take it home and call the Vet College.

Clasping the bird in my arms (it was the size of a small baby but much lighter) I carried it tenderly to shore. Such a beauty! Feathers whiter than white, long complicated beak, dark oval eyes wide open, big black webbed feet, black wingtips—everything seemingly in perfect condition. On land a helpful bystander verified with her phone that it was indeed a gannet and gave me a plastic bag to carry it.

Back at the house I washed my hands and swimming suit, took a shower, and called the Vet College: “No, we don’t need any gannets. And you shouldn’t touch it since it probably died of Avian Flu.” Too late. I called Fish and Wildlife: “Bury it.” Accordingly it was interred with a minimum of pomp under the apple tree. I would have liked to study it more but what with Avian Flu and all… At least I thought to take a photo so that I could paint its portrait.

So what else is happening. Last month I mentioned we were planning to hold a Berry Social here in the Cove. Yes it happened and it was wonderful. People were so thrilled to see one another that the ice cream and berries were almost an afterthought. Having tables outside on a calm evening with no mosquitoes (!) worked perfectly. We’ll do it again next summer.

Now autumn beckons. A spectacular harvest moon has come and gone. Firewood is being stacked, squirrels are stashing chestnuts in secret places and plump well-fed Canada geese are honking their farewells.

Meanwhile, under the apple tree our gannet rests peacefully, dreaming of soaring through wide-open skies and plunging into fish-filled seas.

Upstreet Pumpkin Carve-o

Upstreet Craft Brewing in Charlottetown will host the Great Pumpkin Carve-off on October 15 at 7 pm. This is a free family event. 41 Allen St, Charlottetown.

Regional competitions took place in Deblois, Rustico, Rollo Bay and Charlottetown in September, and continue October 2 in Summerside and October 7 in Évangéline. Each regional competition features two different categories—Traditional Acadian Meat Pie and Non-Traditional Meat Pie. Acadian chef Robert Pendergast is the celebrity judge for this year’s event.

The first place regional winners in both categories will gather for the grand finale in Rustico on October 15. farmersbank.ca

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Cover: Hoodoo dolls. Yarn scultpers by Chelsey Harris.

Chelsey Harris, owner of Tales from the Stitch creates custom, fully posable, crocheted Hoodoo dolls. Each doll is uniquely handcrafted using a selftaught form of yarn sculpting—and a dash of her soul is added to give her final creation full Hoodoo doll status. Harris lives in Pownal, PEI. You can find her work and follow her on social media—links can be found at TalesFromTheStitch.com.

Gilbert Buote award

Roma at Three Rivers receives recognition

The Roma at Three Rivers National Historic Site was recently awarded the Gilbert Buote Award, specifically for its 2021 summer program, but also in recognition of its important contributions in bringing to life a page of Island history from the time of the French Regime, when they called it Île Saint-Jean.

As in previous years, the 2021 program of the historic site was rich in activities with guides in period costumes interpreting the French heritage garden, cod fishing, toys and games for children, and interpreting artifacts that were found on site during archaeological digs. There were also lectures, musical entertainment and the serving of traditional foods.

Last summer’s activities also included two historical re-enactments depicting the last days of Jean-Pierre Roma’s colony in Trois-Rivières and Roma’s escape with his children and employees when the settlement was attacked and burned by New England troops in 1745. The program also included the premiere of a video by Adam-Michael James entitled Jean-Pierre Roma, a visionary pioneer, 1732-1745 based on Leo Marchildon’s 23-minute orchestral dramatic piece, “Roma’s Journey.” Finally, there was the unveiling of a metal sculpture by artist Ahmon Katz commemorating the

SALES

Mom2Mom Sale

The Mom2Mom Sale is back on Oct 1 from 10 am–1 pm at Eastlink Centre in Charlottetown. Browse over 100 tables packed with used items for children and babies, including clothing, toys, books, sporting equipment and more. Admission is at the door with all proceeds benefiting Anderson House. 46 Kensington Rd, Charlottetown

Kirk Ceilidh Fall Fair

The Kirk Ceilidh Fall Fair will be held Oct 29 from 10 am–1 pm at St James Presbyterian. Harvest the flavours of fall and find unique gifts such as quality baked goods, handcrafts, Island preserves and Christmas decor. Cash and contactless payment accepted. Follow on FB @fundraiser.support/Kirk2022 for info about the Ceilidh and online auction. at 35 Fitzroy St, Charlottetown

achievements and legacy of Jean-Pierre Roma in Trois-Rivières.

According to Georges Arsenault, president of the Sister Antoinette DesRoches Historical Committee, “the work and dedication of the volunteers of the National Historic Site Roma at Three Rivers is truly remarkable and praiseworthy. These volunteers have made an outstanding contribution in the field of French and Acadian history and heritage on Prince Edward Island and rightfully deserve to be recognized with the Gilbert Buote Award.”

The Award is presented annually by the Sister Antoinette DesRoches Historical Committee, a committee of the Association of the Acadian Museum of PEI. It recognizes projects of merit in the fields of Acadian history and heritage in the province.

Gifts from the Heart

Gratefully supported by caring donors, Betty Begg-Brooks and her volunteers at Gifts From The Heart offer free food, clothing, furniture and housewares to qualified low income families and those experiencing temporary hardship from their new location at 10 Maple Hills Ave, next to the airport just off Brackley Pt Rd in Charlottetown. Betty’s popular End of Month Sale is held from 10 am–3 pm on the last Saturday of each month (Oct 29) and offers a chance for the public to thrift shop her inventory. These monthly sale proceeds defray operating costs. Betty also manages three new Community Fridges that will be up and running this fall—one at her new office location, one in West Royalty and another in Stratford. Donations of food, new and gently-used clothing, furniture and household items can be dropped off at 10 Maple Hills Ave on Mondays and Wednesdays from 10 am–4 pm. Monetary donations accepted. Call 628-6871 (office) or 393-0171 (Betty) for more info or to register as a client. Open Monday–Thursday, 10 am–4 pm, and Friday 10 am–3 pm

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Helen Lockerby, board member of the Roma at Three Rivers National Historic Site accepted the Gilbert Buote Award from Georges Arsenault, president of the Sister Antoinette DesRoches Historical Committee.

Winterjazz, Chris Kirby CD release show (photo: Glen Strickey)

Shaun Majumder

Improv at The Guild—Oct 15

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The all-women PEI improv comedy company Side Hustle will be on stage at The Guild in Charlottetown on October 15 at 7:30 pm.

They’re brave. They’re brilliant. And they’re ready to do whatever it takes to make their audience laugh so hard they forget to breathe.

Join the collective comedic team of Kirstin Lund, Patti Larsen, Caron Prins, Nancy McLure, Monica Rafuse, Sarah Brown, Jill Chandler and Doris Jenkins as they bulldoze their musical, manic and maniacal way through audience suggestions, their hopes and dreams for a better future and all things happy and hopeful.

Tickets at theguildpei.com.

From Burlington, Newfoundland and Labrador, Majumder has starred in shows like Cedric The Entertainer Presents on Fox, The Farrelly Brother’s comedy Unhitched, NBC’s The Firm, and ABC’s critically acclaimed Detroit 187. He was a cast member of This Hour Has 22 Minutes for nearly a decade, and most recently, he hosted CBC’s Race Against the Tide and the new sci-fi horror series From, airing now on EPIX.

Derek Edwards

In Praise of the Ostrich tour

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Led by a mysterious gravedigger, this spooky stroll is full of tales about Charlottetown’s historic downtown and its dark, mysterious, sometimes haunted past. A family-friendly experience is available on request. (All tours approx. 75 minutes)

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Derek Edwards is bringing his In Praise of the Ostrich comedy tour to Harbourfront Theatre in Summerside on November 3 and Confederation Centre of the Arts in Charlottetown on November 4.

With In Praise of the Ostrich, Edwards moseys back into town on horse-drawn comedy wagon; a searing meander down life’s twisting trails, steered effortfully by this 30-year veteran. He returns with a payload of

funny personal stories. With an easy conversational style, Edwards reluctantly pulls his head out of the sand and launches into commentary on the influx of pot stores, self-driving cars, gambling tips and more.

Edwards is four-time nominee and winner of the Best Standup Comic Canadian Comedy Award and a multiple Gemini nominee for Best Performance in a Comedy.

Showtime is 7:30 pm.

Tickets are available at harbourfronttheatre.com and confederationcentre.com.

Tracadie Players dinner theatre

Tracadie

Oct 1 & 2

Community Centre—

The Tracadie Players will present their popular dinner theatre October 1 and 2 at Tracadie Community Centre, 148 Station Road, Tracadie Cross. The event is a fundraiser for the community.

The volunteer Players will perform three original skits each evening. Besides making audience members laugh, a hot home cooked chicken dinner, coffee, tea and dessert will be served.

Doors open at 5:30 pm with dinner at 6:30 pm. Call Barry at 388-0240 or visit tracadiecc.com for tickets.

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Confederation Centre of the Arts

LIVE @ the Centre

Lineup features music, dancing, comedy and more

The 2022-2023 lineup for LIVE @ the Centre features award-winning musicians, street-dancing, comedy and more on stage at Confederation Centre of the Arts in Charlottetown this fall and winter.

The season kicks off with internationally acclaimed musician Ron Sexsmith on October 5. The JUNO award-winning songwriter has a talent for catchy but graceful melodies that’s matched by his skills as a lyricist. He composes compact sketches of love and the trials of everyday life that are heartfelt and compassionate even as he’s being witty and warm. Islanders can join Canada’s foremost well-heeled troubadour for an intimate concert featuring songs from his entire catalogue.

The PEI Symphony Orchestra begins its season on October 16 with a performance of Johannes Brahms’s Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, Missy Mazzoli’s Sinfonia (for Orbiting Spheres) and, after much anticipation, soloist Justin Amador will at last be featured in Franz Strauss’s Horn Concerto in C Minor.

On October 27, Islanders can catch three of Atlantic Canada’s most celebrated folk acts in one show as they bring their songs and stories across the country. The ‘Anchor’s Up Tour’ comes to the Centre and will feature individual sets of music from Fortunate Ones, Old Man Luedecke, and The Once.

Closing the month of performances is Jah’Mila, who hits the stage on October 29. The Halifax-based artist is reggae royalty—she’s the daughter of legendary roots reggae guitarist Earl “Chinna” Smith, a key player in Kingston, Jamaica’s reggae scene. A beacon for positive messages of hope

and Jamaican music and culture, she has shared international stages with reggae icons like The Wailers, Groundation, Black Uhuru, and Sly and Robbie. Jah’Mila’sperformance at the Centre will celebrate the release of her debut album, Roots Girl. Featuring Nyabinghi infused hip-hop, reggae, and lover’s rock, the album is lush with the soul of Jamaica. Jah’Mila will beburnin’ it up with her incredibly talented eight-piece band of reggae all-stars.

Tickets for all performances can be purchased online at confederationcentre.com, via phone at 1-800-565-0278, or in person at the Centre’s box office.

Feast Dinner Theatre

The bu et opens soon in Summerside and Charlottetown

Feast Dinner Theatres returns with Jingle & Mingle on select dates from November 17 to December 21 in Summerside and Charlottetown.

Patrons can expect a great show with rocking music along with an old fashioned Christmas buffet complete with roast turkey and ham, all the trimmings, salads and desserts. Ask about group discounts.

More details to be announced soon. Visit feastdinnertheatres.com for information and tickets.

Ron Sexsmith (left) kicks o the season October 6, and Jah’Mia performs October 28

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Ed Hill

Two stand-up comedy shows in October

Stand-up comedian Ed Hill is coming to PEI in October as part of his first Atlantic Canadian tour. He will be at Lone Oak Brewery in Borden-Carleton on October 16 and Upstreet Brewing in Charlottetown on October 17. Shows will begin at 8 pm.

The Atlantic tour features a brand new show for Hill, a follow up to his critically acclaimed Amazon Prime comedy special, Candy & Smiley, titled after his parents’ names.

In 2021, Hill became the first comedian of Taiwanese Canadian descent to release a full one-hour comedy special with Comedy Dynamics. Candy & Smiley was named Top 15 Comedy Specials of 2021 by Paste Magazine and Best of 2021 by NPR Radio. It is currently streaming worldwide on Amazon Prime and Apple TV.

The new show is intimate and

The Hidden Island

The PEI Museum and Heritage Foundation recently launched season three of the hidden island—a podcast that explores PEI’s hidden history and uncovers why that history is still relevant today.

In season three, the hidden island podcast explores how the 1970s brought massive changes for the Island in “PEI’s 1970s: the decade that changed everything—Part 1 and 2.” In part one, listeners learn about PEI’s Comprehensive Development Plan, which resulted in fewer family farms, zero one-room schoolhouses and today’s tourism-focused economy. The episode also covers Junction ‘71, the rock festival that PEI’s then government squashed. In part two, listeners learn about The Kitten Club, which opened in Brudenell in 1970 and was something like a Playboy Bunny Club. The Ark, an experimental bio-shelter built at Spry Point is also covered, and the founding of the PEI Museum and Heritage Foundation is celebrated. Co-hosted by Evelyn Bradley, the episode, “emails and dances: 2SLGBTQ+ history in the late 1900s,” is about 2SLGBTQIA+ history on PEI, how and where members of the

insightful. Comprised of introspections about Hill’s relationships with the female figures in his life, the show explores the values that a first-generation Taiwanese Canadian immigrant has learned from his motherland, Canada. Hill explains,“This show is an honest observation of what connects all of us: Love.”

Tickets are available at eventbrite. com and upstreet.ca.

queer community gathered from the 1970s through the 1990s, and what PEI history might look like if it wasn’t heteronormative.

The story behind one of Canada’s most visited National Parks is covered in the episode “painting the gables’ green,” and it’s a surprising one. Anne of Green Gables isn’t exactly hidden history, but what about the real Green Gables? The episode covers the unwilling expropriation of land, Maud Montgomery’s mixed feelings about the park, and a two-week eviction notice to the original owners of the Green Gables home.

There’s something about the flickering light of a campfire that brings out the storyteller in everyone. In the episode, “the folklore campfire sessions,” different folklore found on Epekwitk/ PEI is discussed, including supernatural creatures and spooky forerunners. Listeners will also hear about some old home remedies and traditional Acadian wedding customs.

In the episode, “BIPOC USHR: journeys to joy,” hosts Sobia Ali-Faisal, King Kxndi, Amirah Oyesegun and Stephanie Arnold talk about their experiences living on PEI—beginning in the 1980s up until today. They discuss the many barriers and discriminating experiences BIPOC folks living on PEI often face, and what the road to joy has looked like through it all.

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Harbourfront Theatre

Fall Season

A series of music, comedy and theatre

Harbourfront Theatre’s upcoming season is packed with musical talent and touring acts to help keep residents of Summerside and PEI entertained this fall.

The Harbourfront Presents series of handpicked selections continues, bringing some of the biggest names in Canadian musical talent and beyond to Summerside. The series features acclaimed Indigenous singer-songwriter William Prince, Blues musicians Bruce Molsky and Ray Bonneville, as well as shows for the festive season, including Carroll Baker with her Songs of Inspiration and Seasonal Favourites, Zimbabwe’s Black Umfolosi showcasing their infectious blend of song and dance, and Lennie Gallant with The Innkeeper’s Christmas, an evening of music, laughter and storytelling.

In addition, the fall season will also feature the usual line-up of popular touring acts, playing tribute to some of the biggest names in popular music. These include, Perfect Sacrifice: A Tribute to Elton John & Ed Sheeran, Hotel California: The Original Eagles Tribute, Dreamer: The Supertramp Experience, Stompin’ Tom Tribute featuring Chad Matthews and The Australian Bee Gees direct from Las

Beneath Springhill

Beau Dixon’s one-man show continues at Watermark

Beau Dixon’s Beneath Springhill: The Maurice Ruddick Story continues at Watermark Theatre in North Rustico until October 8.

Beneath Springhill is the story of Maurice Ruddick, “the singing miner,” an African-Canadian who survived nine days underground during the historic Springhill, Nova Scotia mining disaster of 1958. This one-man show performed by Beau Dixon recalls the

ReWired

Hypnotist Jason Cyrus at Red Shores Charlottetown

Coronation St Family Values

Coronation Street Family Values with Kelly Neelan and Gary Windass will take place October 18 at Florence Simmons Performance Hall in Charlotteown.

Vegas. Legendary rock group The Stampeders will also bring their popular show, celebrating over 50 years in the business.

The season culminates with some of Canada’s top comedy names, including Derek Edwards and Shaun Majumder, as well as the ever-popular Dufflebag Theatre with their interpretation of Robin Hood.

For tickets, visit harbourfronttheatre.com, call 888-2500, or visit the box office at 124 Heather Moyse Drive, Summerside.

Red Shores Park After Dark presents professional hypnotist Jason Cyrus with Rewired, a mystical and magical journey into the unconscious mind on November 5 at Red Shores Racetrack & Casino in Charlottetown.

Guests can participate in a wide variety of demonstrations. As Jason develops a strong connection with his volunteers, they surrender to the power of suggestion to become talented musicians, hilarious ballet dancers and rock ‘n’ roll legends.

Cocktail hour begins at 6:30 pm with show at 7:30 pm. Tickets at eastlinkcentrepei.com

Produced by Stroll Promotions Ltd, Family Values stars Millie Gibson and Mikey North from Britain’s longest-running television drama. The show is a revealing stage interview hosted by veteran Canadian Corrie stage host, Neville MacKay (Halifax). Along with anecdotes and inside information, Millie and Mikey offer a unique look at the Corrie gossip, strife, addictions, challenges, fires, murder and theft that have had viewers on the edge of their seats.

Tickets for regular show seats and VIP exclusive packages are available at strollpro.ca.

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events during the disaster, the effect it had on Ruddick’s family, and the racial tensions in the town of Springhill. Directed by Linda Kash, with music by Susan Newman and lyrics by Rob Fortin, Beneath Springhill is a celebration of hope, courage and community.

Tickets: 963-3963, ticketwizard.ca

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Singer-songwriter William Prince performs in November

ON STAGE Theatre, Dance, Comedy…

to Oct 8

Beneath Springhill: The Maurice Ruddick Story

Watermark Theatre, Rustico

to Oct 9 (select dates)

Anne & Gilbert, The Musical

Florence Simmons Performance Hall, Charlottetown

Oct 1–2

A Gorgon’s Tale and Catching Fish

Sharing the Field, The River Clyde Pageant. The Mill, New Glasgow

Oct 3, 10, 17, 24, 31

Jokes On Us Comedy Open

Mic

Baba’s Lounge, Charlottetown

Oct 7, 22,

Nov 4–5

Kitbag Theatre presents The Songs of Johnny & June

Oct 7: Kings Playhouse, Georgetown

Oct 22: Celtic Performing Arts Centre, Summerside

Nov 4–5: The Mack, Charlottetown

Oct 14

Victorian-era Séance reenactments

Beaconsfield Historic House, Charlottetown

Oct 15

Side Hustle Improv

The Guild, Charlottetown

Oct 16, 17

Comedian Ed Hill

Oct 16: Lone Oak Brewing Co., Borden-Carleton

Oct 17: Upstreet Craft Brewing, Charlottetown

Oct 18

Coronation Street Family

Values

Florence Simmons Performance Hall, Charlottetown

Oct 21, 22

Shaun Majumder: The Love Tour

Oct 21: Harbourfront Theatre, Summerside

Oct 22: Confederation Centre, Charlottetown

Oct 22

Dancing with the Stars

Delta Prince Edward, Charlottetown

Oct 22

HalloQueen Dinner, Murder & Drag

Kings Playhouse, Georgetown

Oct 22

Luba Mangus Comedy Show

Baba’s Lounge, Charlottetown

Oct 29

Haus of Zhoosh: Little Haus of Horrors

Trailside Music Hall, Charlottetown

Nov 3

UNITE! A Live Queer Cabaret & Fundraiser

Brady Cudmore, Chastity Smith, Matt Pachmann, Jeffrey Bazette-Jones, Craig Fair, Tanya Nicolle, Vhikthor Vholkhem, and Demona DeVille. Trailside Music Hall, Charlottetown

Nov 3–4

Jake’s Gift

Celtic Performing Arts Centre, Summerside

Nov 3, 4

Derek Edwards: In Praise of the Ostrich

Nov 3: Harbourfront Theatre, Summerside

Nov 4: Confederation Centre, Charlottetown

Nov 5

Jason Cyrus: Rewired Red Shores Racetrack & Casino, Charlottetown

Nov 26

Ledwell and Haines

Christmas Special

Celtic Performing Arts Centre, Summerside

Dec 20–21

A Christmas Carol

Celtic Performing Arts Centre, Summerside

Dec 29

Du ebag Theatre: Robin Hood

Harbourfront Theatre, Summerside

DANCING

Beginner Lindy Hop and Charleston dance class

can drop in on the first class in the series to try their hand (and their feet) at this fun and boisterous dance for ten dollars. Comfortable, clean indoor shoes are preferred (sneakers or light running shoes). Sign up ahead of time. Online payment is optional; payment is available at the door with cash, cards or e-transfer. To register and for the full list of classes offered at DownStreet, visit downstreetdancestudio.setmore.com/class. The studio is located at 101 Grafton St, Charlottetown.

Inclusive Dance class

DownStreet Dance studio, a non-profit dedicated to dance and movement for adults, is kicking off the fall season with a few classes and workshops including a beginner Lindy Hop and Charleston class hosted by Jordi Segers. New to swing dance (or any other dance), but want to learn? This class is intended as an introduction to the world of social swing dancing for novices and newcomers. Jordi is starting from the absolute basics, including musical style, basic steps and how to move. This class has one-hour of formal teaching and an additional 30 minutes of practice after the lesson. Referred to as the “original” swing dance, Lindy Hop has been enjoyed by many generations of dancers. It is characterized by fast rotations, swing outs and high-energy footwork. The Lindy Hop is the most iconic style of swing dancing and some consider it to be as popular today as it was in the 1930s. No partner, experience or previous courses are necessary to participate. Classes will be held weekly on Tuesdays, 7:30–9 pm, from Oct 18 to Dec 6. Anyone curious

Greens

Speakeasy

The Green Party of PEI is hosting an evening of music and dance October 6 from 7:30–10:30 pm at the historic Highlands Dance Hall in Georgetown. With a 1920s Speakeasy theme, guests are encouraged to dress in keeping with the era. There will be Speakeasy finger food, music and dance of the 1920s and 30s, prohibition beverages and an oyster bar. Music will be provided by Catherine O’Brien and Groove Company.

Info: peigreens.ca/speakeasy

Confederation Centre’s dance umbrella program has launched a new arts education program, Inclusive Dance. This creative movement class is for students with physical, cognitive or affective disabilities who may require additional accommodations in class. It is a safe and welcoming space for dancers of all abilities. Inspired by Boston Ballet’s Adaptive Dance Program, Inclusive Dance is breaking down barriers to make dance accessible to students with disabilities.This program enables students to explore dance and movement patterns while allowing their creativity to soar. The class is taught by Kayla Shaw, the Centre’s associate director of arts education. Kayla was a dance umbrella student in her youth, and she continued her dance training with George Brown College, Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance, Boston Ballet’s Adaptive Dance Training, and completed her BFA in Dance Education at York University. The Centre thanks the PEI Alliance for Mental Well-Being for their support on this initiative. Classes run through May. Info/register: confederationcentre.com, dance@confederationcentre.com, 628-6134

RCAFA Dance & Social

Join members of RCAFA 201 (Confederation) Wing on October 28 at 7 pm for a Dance and Social at Malcolm Darrach Community Centre, 1 Avonlea Dr, Charlottetown. Music and a light lunch will be provided. The bar will be open. This event is open to the public. Info: debbie.reid1234@outlook.com

Bonshaw Young Players Drama Group

Due to the unexpected closure of the Bonshaw Community Centre for renovations, the Bonshaw Young Players Drama Group will relocate to Beaconsfield Carriage House at 2 Kent St in Charlottetown.

Classes for children and youth ages six to 16 will be held on Saturday mornings from 10:30 am–12:30 pm starting Jan 21. Emphasis will be on the triple threats of dance, singing and improv drama.

Pre-registration is necessary as space is limited. Contact Ruth Lacey at rlacey688@gmail.com or 675-4282.

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Playwriting competition

Watermark Theatre develops the next generation

Watermark Theatre in association with PARC (Playwrights Atlantic Resource Centre) will host their first PEI Playwriting Competition.

Dedicated to the development of the next generation of theatre artists, playwrights of all experience levels are encouraged to submit their original scripts. The winning playwright will be awarded $1500 and receive a public reading of their play.

Watermark encourages submissions from all Island playwrights, prioritizing those who self-identify as BIPOC, 2SLGBTQIA+, and/or living with disabilities. The competition is open to all current PEI residents and those who call PEI home. Scripts can be full-length or one-act, and must have a

Fresh from the Island

2nd annual new works festival at Kings Playhouse

Kings Playhouse, Young at Heart Theatre, and Desert Island Theatre Company present Fresh From the Island—a New Works Festival this fall.

After a successful inaugural year in 2021, this one-of-a-kind theatre festival for PEI brings creators and audiences together to experience new and innovative plays with a local flavour.

This year’s festival will take place October 13–16. Three Island playwrights will have an opportunity to work with professional directors, dramaturgs and actors with a final staged public reading on the Kings Playhouse stage in Georgetown.

Special playwriting and storytelling workshops will also be offered to the public throughout the four days.

Last year’s festival saw the live reading of two new plays, including Melissa Mullen’s Continuing Care and Jay Gallant’s What’s Eating You?

running time of 50 minutes at minimum. Scripts must original and written in English. Adaptations of other works will not be accepted except for works that are in the public domain. Scripts may have had workshops, readings and/or other development, but cannot have been produced professionally. Plays produced at Fringe Festivals are eligible. Co-written scripts are accepted as long as both playwrights are Island residents or call PEI home.Each playwright can submit one play.

The submission deadline is November 1. Scripts can be emailed to info@watermarktheatre.com using the subject heading: Playwriting Competition Submission. watermarktheatre.com

A full list of workshops and details about the final live readings can be found at kingsplayhouse.com.

The Fresh from the Island crew

Public Reading of a play at Watermark in 2018

HalloQueens

Murder mystery and drag show at Kings Playhouse

Kings Playhouse and Em Cards and Collectables present HalloQueens: A Murder Mystery and Drag Show in Georgetown this month.

A murder could be the best way to celebrate Hallowe’en in a haunted theatre. Eight haunting drag performers will slay their way to Kings Playhouse on October 22. Figure out who the killer is, enjoy a festive and hearty meal, spine-chilling drag performances and a chance to win a prize for Best Dressed in the Hallowe’en Costume Contest.

Little Haus of Horrors

Halloween at Trailside

Haus of Zhoosh Presents: Little Haus of Horrors Halloween Show at Trailside Music Hall in Charlottetown.

The Halloween-themed drag show featuring all drag Kings and Queens will take place October 29 from 7-9 pm with official Halloween Dance After Party from 10 pm–1 am.

Trailside Music Hall is located at

Séance reenactments

At Beacons eld in October

For tickets or more information, visit kingsplayhouse.com, call 1-888346-5666 or visit Kings Playhouse at 65 Grafton Street in Georgetown.

Victorian-era séance reenactments will take place at Beaconsfield Historic House in Charlottetown in October.

At this participatory and immersive

155 Kent Street in Charlottetown. Tickets available at trailside.ca.

theatrical experience, guests of Beaconsfield Historic House will step back into the 19th century to join their mysterious (and fictitious) spirit-medium, Miss Evangeline Gray, as she hosts a séance in the elegant double drawing room. There, Evangeline will summon the spirits using the trickery and illusions that enchanted audiences of the past.

This experience is followed by a talk-back where visitors will learn about the impact these ghostly events had on the Victorians, ask questions, and peer beyond the veil to discover how some of these tricks were accomplished.

This event is unique as it is one of the rare occasions where the PEI Museum and Heritage Foundation pulls back the exhibition ropes and invites guests to take a seat around their table.

Séance reenactments will take place October 14–15, 20–22 and 27–29, from 6:30–7:30 pm at Beaconsfield Historic House, 2 Kent St, Charlottetown.

Sharing the Field

The River Clyde Pageant is keeping things lively in New Glasgow with the second edition of its fall harvest celebration, Sharing the Field. The two-day festival of food, art and community takes place at The Mill in New Glasgow from October 1–2 and features a lively all ages program of outdoor performances, music, indoor events and food.

Heading the weekend’s festivities is North Barn Theatre Collective’s new puppet spectacle, A Gorgon’s Tale, which plays each night at 6 pm in an outdoor venue steps away from The Mill. Performed by puppeteers Ian McFarlane and Laura Stinson, with a live score by jazz pianist Behrooz Mihankhah, the show tells the story of a mythical being who brings growth and change to a world in ruin. Advance tickets are required for A Gorgon’s Tale. Organizers are offering a general admission and a pay-whatyou-can price, both can be booked online.

Prior to each night’s performance, Chef Nigel Thompson will host a Sneaky Cheats food pop-up in the parking lot of The Mill, with Southern BBQ food boxes available for audiences to enjoy before or during the show. Sneaky Cheats food boxes must also be ordered online in advance of the event. Vegetable soup made with produce from the Pageant Community Garden and prepared over an outdoor

cooking fire will also be available free of charge.

October 2 is the main day of the festival, with activities taking place inside and outside of The Mill from 1–7 pm. A by-donation Farm Stand with vegetables and preserves from the Pageant Garden will be available with proceeds going to the North Rustico Food Bank. Inside The Mill, Monelli Rahmatian will lead a Persian cooking workshop from 1–3 pm, and a panel discussion on local food systems will take place from 3–4:30 pm. Local music group Seaglass will be playing tunes from The Mill’s verandah starting at 4:30 pm, and puppeteer Becca Griffin will present her puppet play for all ages, Catching Fish, on the lawn from 5–5:30 pm. These activities are free of charge but online pre-registration is encouraged.

For tickets, food boxes, schedule, registration and more, visit riverclydepageant.com/field

Dancing with the Stars

Charity fundraiser for Hospice PEI—Oct 22

The 10th annual Hospice PEI Dancing with the Stars (DWTS) charity fundraiser will take place October 22 at the Delta Prince Edward Ballroom in Charlottetown.

Nine local Stars are paired with local Pros from seven different dance studios to train and learn a dance routine and then compete to win the Judges Choice Trophy.

Each Star has been given a goal of raising $5000. Every dollar they raise counts as a vote for the coveted Peoples Choice Award. The winners will be announced at the end of the evening. To support the Stars, donate directly to their fundraising campaign anytime before the event and during the night of their performance.

This year’s Stars include a former PEI Senator, an MLA, a Tik Tok

sensation, a silly performer, drag queen royalty, a happy goat farmer, a realtor extraordinaire and a towing titan.

DWTS is Hospice PEI’s signature fundraising event, helping to raise revenue that supports their important work of supporting those with life-limiting illness, their caregivers and anyone who is grieving the loss of a loved one. Last year Hospice PEI supported over 500 Islanders.

Tickets can be purchased online at hospicepei.ca/events/dwts, by phone at 368-4498 or by email to hpca@hospicepei.ca. A tax receipt is available. To support a specific Star, donate to their fundraising campaign at hospicepei. ca/events/dwts. Each dollar donated counts as a vote for that Star for the Peoples Choice Award.

Info: hospicepei.ca, @hospicepei

Sharing the Field 2021 - photos by Faraaz Hussain FARAAZ HUSSAIN

CONCERTS

Sept 30

Scott Parsons

Harmony House, Hunter River

Sept 30

Marla & David Celia with Out from Under

Trailside Music Hall, Charlottetown

Sept 30

Aaron MacDonald Album Release

Red Dirt Girl Music Room, Middleton

Oct 1

UPEI Music Dept Faculty

Recital: Autumn Colours

Dr. Steel Recital Hall, Charlottetown

Oct 1

Marla & David Celia

Harmony House Lounge, Hunter River

Oct 1, 2

Hotel California: The Original Eagles Tribute Show

Oct 1: Confederation Centre, Charlottetown

Oct 2: Harbourfront Theatre, Summerside

Oct 1, 8

Chad Matthews: Stompin Tom Tribute

Oct 1: Stompin’ Tom Centre, Skinners Pond

Oct 8: Harbourfront Theatre, Summerside

Oct 2

Séan McCann

Celtic Performing Arts Centre, Summerside

Oct 2

Janet McGarry; The Sti Family

Cornerstone Baptist, Stratford

Oct 4, 5

Dreamer—The Supertramp

Experience

Oct 4: Trailside Music Hall, Charlottetown

Oct 5: Harbourfront Theatre, Summerside

Oct 5

Ron Sexsmith

Confederation Centre, Charlottetown

Oct 5

Hospice PEI fundraiser with Lawrence Maxwell

Trailside Music Hall, Charlottetown

Oct 6

Dave Gunning Album Release

Trailside Music Hall, Charlottetown

Oct 6

Island Jazz plays Wayne Shorter

Baba’s Lounge, Charlottetown

Oct 7

Hired Guns

Red Dirt Girl Music Room, Middleton

Oct 7–9

Nick Done ’s Tribute to John Prine

Trailside Music Hall, Charlottetown

Oct 8

Fiddlers’ Sons

Souris Show Hall, Souris

Oct 13

Garrett Mason

Trailside Music Hall, Charlottetown

Oct 13

Island Jazz feat. Harmony

Wagner with Rob Drew

Baba’s Lounge, Charlottetown

Oct 14

Daniel Champagne

The Guild, Charlottetown

Oct 14

Craig Fair Mixtape Nights: Hits of the 80s

Trailside Music Hall, Charlottetown

Oct 14, 15

The Australian Bee Gees: Direct from Las Vegas

Oct 14: Confederation Centre, Charlottetown

Oct 15: Harbourfront Theatre, Summerside

Oct 15

Supernaught—A Tribute to Black Sabbath

Celtic Performing Arts Centre, Summerside

Oct 16

PEI Symphony Orchestra

Season Opener: Redemption Confederation Centre, Charlottetown

Oct 20

Island Jazz feat. Nikki Waite

Baba’s Lounge, Charlottetown

Oct 21

Sarah Hagen

St. Paul’s, Charlottetown

Oct 21

UPEI Music Dept Faculty

Recital: Romance and Re ectons

Dr. Steel Recital Hall, Charlottetown

Oct 21

Legends Show: A Tribute to Roy, Connie, Jerry and Elvis Confederation Centre, Charlottetown

Oct 7, 22, Nov 4–5

The Songs of Johnny & June

Oct 7: Kings Playhouse, Georgetown

Oct 22: Celtic Performing Arts Centre, Summerside

Nov 4–5: The Mack, Charlottetown

Oct 22

Allen Snow & The Quorum

Trailside Music Hall, Charlottetown

Oct 22, 23

The Stampeders: Celebrating 50 Years

Oct 22: Harbourfront Theatre, Summerside

Oct 23: Confederation Centre, Charlottetown

Oct 23

Steve Poltz

Trailside Music Hall, Charlottetown

Oct 25

Dirty Dancing in Concert

Confederation Centre, Charlottetown

Oct 25, 26

Bruce Molsky & Ray

Bonneville

Oct 25: Trailside Music Hall, Charlottetown

Oct 26: Harbourfront Theatre, Summerside

Oct

Rawlins Cross: Sunrise Tour

Confederation Centre, Charlottetown

Oct 27

Island Jazz feat. Trio From Mars +1 John Carpenter

Baba’s Lounge, Charlottetown

Oct 27

Christine Campbell & Blake

Johnston

Trailside Music Hall, Charlottetown

Oct 27

Anchor’s Up Tour

Fortunate Ones, Old Man Luedecke and The Once. Confederation Centre, Charlottetown

Oct 29

Jah’Mila

Confederation Centre, Charlottetown

Oct 29

Winterjazz

Guest Chris Kirby. The Pourhouse, Charlottetown

Oct 29

Shane Pendergast

Harmony House, Hunter River

Oct 29

Junk

With D-Rec, CSABA, JustReid, Ray the Nihilist, Diztrikt Apolo, Cavy, Pr02type, Lizleo, K3voh, Skilly P, K-Flow and X-Plycit. The Fox & Crow, Charlottetown

Oct 29

Bruce Guthro’s Songwriters Circle

Myles Goodwyn, Kim Dunn and Matt Minglewood. Eastlink Centre, Charlottetown

Oct 30

Spook Organa

The Royal Canadian College of Organists. St. Peter’s Cathedral, Charlottetown

Nov 3

Island Jazz plays Gordon Lightfood

Baba’s Lounge, Charlottetown

Nov 5

The Ellis Family Band

Celtic Performing Arts Centre, Summerside

Nov 5

Spivey Album Release

With DJ Allycat, BraedenV, Kay Em, K3voh, Fats, K-Flow, Adjust The Facts and The Pr02Type. Baba’s Lounge, Charlottetown

Nov 5

Paquette Productions presents: Motown Soul

Confederation Centre, Charlottetown

Nov 5

Luminos Ensemble: Last Letter Home

Location TBA

Nov 10

Island Jazz feat. Rob Oakie

Baba’s Lounge, Charlottetown

Nov 10

Josee Boudreau

Confederation Centre, Charlottetown

Nov 10,12

William Prince: Until We Meet Again Tour

Nov 10: Harbourfront Theatre, Summerside

Nov 12: Confederation Centre, Charlottetown

Nov 11

Choral Music: In Remembrance

Confederation Singers and Confederation Youth Chorus. Trinity United, Charlottetown

Nov 12

Scott MacKay

Celtic Performing Arts Centre, Summerside

Nov 17

Island Jazz feat. Alan White Group

Baba’s Lounge, Charlottetown

Nov 18

Ian Sherwood

The Mack, Charlottetown

Nov 18

Carroll Baker: Songs of Inspiration & Seasonal Favourites

Harbourfront Theatre, Summerside

Nov 27

Choral Music: Handel’s Messiah

Trinity United, Charlottetown

Nov 27

Christmas with The Ennis Sisters

Confederation Centre, Charlottetown

Dec 2–22

Harmony House Holiday Kitchen Party

Mike Ross & Guests. Harmony House, Hunter River

Dec 10

Black Umfolosi

Harbourfront Theatre, Summerside

Dec 16

Boney M: Holiday Favourites and Classic Hits

Eastlink Centre, Charlottetown

Dec 17

Luminos Ensemble: Mysterium

Location TBA

Dec 20

Barra MacNeils: East Coast Christmas

Confederation Centre, Charlottetown

…more at buzzpei.com

Best Atlantic Short Doc

Filmmaker Mille ore Clarkes wins award for Grandmothers

Charlottetown Film Society

Grace Kimpinski takes job as new Executive Director

ScripFest PEI

Directed by Millefiore Clarkes and produced by Mark Sandiford, Grandmothers is a lyrical, art-based, short documentary that lends deep listening to, and seeks universal wisdom from, three formidable older women from diverse communities.

A champion of Atlantic Canadian filmmakers, FIN Atlantic International Film Festival (AIFF) is an eight-day celebration of film and media from around the world. The winners were selected by a jury of Atlantic Canadian film professionals. onethousandflowers.tv finfestival.ca

The first annual ScriptFest PEI screenwriters’ conference will take place October 13–15, just prior to the Charlottetown Film Festival (October 14–16). FilmPEI will host screenwriters, film industry representatives and producers during the three-day event, providing a forum for screenwriters to share their experiences and learn more about writing for the screen-based entertainment industry.

ScriptFest PEI is an extension of the PEI Screenwriters’ Bootcamp and is for anyone interested in writing for film, television or the web. A series of activities will be on offer, both virtually and in-person, at no cost to participants. In-person activities will take place at the Haviland Club in Charlottetown. Participants are asked to register with Eventbrite, whether attending in person or virtually.

Special presentations include short talks on a variety of topics—the role of a manager, finding a distributor, preparing a writer’s package, the director of photography’s role—as well as a screenwriters’ circle and social networking activities. Also on the agenda are a table read for Justin O’Hanley’s script, The Secret of Ridgemoor Resort; and the Pitch For Your Life competition, sponsored by Innovation PEI.

The Pitch For Your Life competition

The Charlottetown Film Society (CFS) board of directors recently welcomed Grace Kimpinski as their new executive director. Kimpinski started work with CFS in mid-August.

“The board is very excited to welcome Grace to our team,” said JoAnn Pineau, CFS board chair. “Grace is distinguished by a significant history in the PEI non-profit sector, and the wealth of experience she brings from organizations she has worked for in the past will be of benefit to the Society.

Kimpinski’s extensive experience in project management, event coordination, promotion and communications make her an exceptional fit for this role. She has served on and worked for several local non profit boards and committees.

“I have an affinity for films and that I can be part of the growing film culture here on PEI is something that is so very appealing to me,” said Kimpinski. “I am really looking forward to the personal growth that will come from this new role, and bringing my skills and experience to CFS.”

features a group of writers competing for funding to create a proof of concept to help move their projects forward. Last year’s Pitch For Your Life winner was Susan Rodgers, author of the series Drifters and director of Still the Water, her debut feature film. Her prize money was used to create a music video depicting part of the story for her next feature in development, Like a Song. This year’s competitors are Al MacDonald, Rick Gibbs, Shani Gillespie, Katie Mac, Linda Wigmore and Robin Sutherland.

A complete schedule and registration links are available at peiscreenwritersbootcamp.net/scriptfest-pei For more information, contact Louise Lalonde at louise@peiscreenwritersbootcamp.net or 213-7684.

PEI filmmaker Millefiore Clarkes’ Grandmothers is the winner of Best Atlantic Short Documentary at the 2022 FIN Atlantic International Film Festival held in Halifax in September.

clockwise from top-left: Aghdas Missaghian, Betty Jean Moore, Reequal Smith, and Patri Liebsch

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(l–r): Shani Gillespie, Rick Gibbs, Shannon Buckingham, Al MacDonald, and Elodie Venice— a few of the competitors for this year’s Pitch For Your Life competition

First annual screenwriters’ conference

Charlottetown Film Fest DiverseCity broadcast

Summer events to be shown on Eastlink Community TV

DiverseCity Festival, PEI’s celebration of Canadian multiculturalism and inclusion, follows up a successful return to live events in five Island communities this summer with a fourpart series to be broadcast on Eastlink Community TV this month.

The event returned to its full, free outdoor festival format this year and has since been preparing for the fall broadcast which will feature the Festival in four-parts, broadcast on four consecutive Saturdays—October 8, 15, 22 and 29. The series will also be streamed online at diversecityfest.com.

“We are very pleased to partner with Eastlink community TV again this year to feature the amazing performances, and showcase the five Island communities that took part in the DiverseCity Festival: the City of Charlottetown, the Town of Three Rivers, the Town Alberton, Région Évangéline in the Town of AbramVillage, and the City of Summerside in partnership with Culture Summerside” says Festival manager Mark Carr-Rollitt.

“These broadcasts help to reach a much broader audience as we spread our mission to support immigrants and refugees in their efforts to settle across Prince Edward Island, while also celebrating Canadian Multiculturalism,” says Immigration & Refugee Services Association PEI (IRSA PEI) Executive Director, Bernadette Reynolds.

DiverseCity Festival is a project of IRSA PEI, managed by Transform Events & Consulting Inc. The Festival is made possible thanks to the engagement of newcomers and Islanders.

The little lm festival of big dreams

The 8th Annual Charlottetown Film Festival (ChFF’22)—the little film festival of big dreams—will once again take place at City Cinema, PEI’s only independent cinema, October 14–16.

Opening night of ChFF’22 will celebrate works by Island filmmakers. The evening will begin with highlighting shorts including Millefiore Clarkes’ Grandmothers, which just won Best Atlantic Short Documentary at the 2022 FIN Atlantic International Film Festival in September, Jacob Puiras’ Finale, and Shane Pendergast’s The Strange Universe of Shannon Charles Clow, to name a few. The night will conclude with a viewing of Eliza Knockwood’s telling documentary The Ice Walk, about the treacherous travels Mi’kmaq people living on Lennox Island had to take to access basic necessities and services.

Following opening night, the remainder of the weekend will feature filmmakers from all parts of Atlantic Canada and will include a mixture of short, medium and full-length films and documentaries.

Taking place just after ScriptFest PEI (October 13–15), ChFF’22 hopes

to further foster the culture of film on PEI by complementing screenings with several lively panels featuring industry pros sharing their experiences and answering questions.

ChFF’22 will be a combination of in-person screenings at City Cinema and digital access to all the selected films via the Full Festival pass. Tickets are on sale October 1 at charlottetownfilmfest.com. See the ad in the centre of

The Ice Walk by Eliza Knockwood will be shown on opening night.

Rawlins Cross

Celtic-rock group tours 11th studio recording

Celtic-rock group Rawlins Cross is touring Atlantic Canada this fall to celebrate the recent release of their 11th studio recording, Sunrise. The multiple JUNO nominated and nine-time East Coast Music Award winners will be on stage at Confederation Centre of the Arts in Charlottetown October 26.

Sunrise was released world-wide in June and features seven new tracks, including the lead single, “Love is Alright.”

“The music on Sunrise is a collection of great new tunes. The result of our first real in-house effort,” says band member, Dave Panting. “Geoff and I produced, Geoff engineered, and everybody was pitching in on everything, including transportation, logistics and gear setup. I think we are all very excited about how this project turned out.”

Marking their 33rd anniversary as a band this year, Rawlins Cross was formed in St. John’s, Newfoundland by song writing brothers Dave Panting (guitar, mandolin, banjo, vocals), Geoff Panting (keyboards, accordion) and Ian McKinnon (highland pipes, tin whistle, bodhran). Soon after, the band burst onto the East Coast music scene with their first indie recording, A Turn of the Wheel. After a few line-up changes

in the early 90s, the band eventually solidified with the addition of bandmates, Brian Bourne (bass, Chapman stick, vocals), Howie Southwood (drums, percussion), and Joey Kitson (lead vocals, harmonica).

Info/tickets: rawlinscross.com, confederationcentre.com

Séan McCann

Celtic Performing Arts Centre— Oct 2

Séan McCann will be on stage at the Celtic Performing Arts Centre at the College of Piping in Summerside on October 2 at 7:30 pm.

Co-founder of Great Big Sea in 1993, McCann has released six solo albums in the almost ten years since leaving the band. His latest album, Shantyman, honours both the recent and the ancient musical past by blending two of his favourite genres. In McCann’s musical world, the old and the new have always thrived together.

Tickets: showpass.com/ sean-mccann-from-great-big-sea

Rawlins Cross performing at ECMAs in 2009

Winterjazz is back

Chris Kirby is special guest for season opener

Winterjazz returns after two years with special guest Chris Kirby for a special Halloween season opener October 29 at The Pourhouse in Charlottetown.

Back for its 15th season, the popular winter concert series has brought jazz and blues acts to PEI and raised thousands of dollars to give away in scholarships to PEI students heading off to study jazz.

Past Winterjazz performers include Kim Dunn, Don Ross, Erin Costelo, Paul Tynan, Coco Love Alcorn, Ian Sherwood and Island performers Joey Kitson, Tara MacLean and Amanda Jackson, to name a few.

Soulful Newfoundland singer, songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist

Chris Kirby returns with his first album in seven years, What Goes Around. Too busy to get his own music out, Kirby has been on the road with Matt Andersen playing keyboards (and co-writing two songs with him), songwriting for The East Pointers, Stephen Fearing and The Once, to name a few, and producing albums for Charlie A’Court, Beauwater, Quote The Raven, Chris Ryan and more. What Goes Around is a rich soul album with thick grooves and passionate vocals, funky keys, huge hooks and sly, sexy lyrics—tunes that reflect Kirby’s love of all things Aretha, Stevie Wonder and Al Green. It’s the album he’s been dying to make.

Anchoring the Winterjazz concert series for the past 15 seasons is the house band—Alan Dowling, Ian Toms Glen Strickey and Deryl Gallant. The group has multiple Music PEI awards and nominations under their belt, as

well as two ECMA nominations. They have hosted the Jazz and Blues stage at the ECMA’s and were selected to perform as part of the Galaxie Rising Star competition at the Halifax Jazz Festival. They are currently writing and recording a CD featuring new material and several special guests.

The Winterjazz series offers a supper jazz opportunity with the early showtime: 7–9:30 pm. The Pourhouse is the perfect fit for the series with its atmosphere, food service and more. Reservations are strongly recommended, as tables fill early. Call 8925200 to reserve. Profits from admission go to a scholarship for Island students entering a jazz program. Tickets can be purchased through Eventbrite (Winterjazz with Chris Kirby @ The Pourhouse).

The Pourhouse is located at 189 Great George Street in Charlottetown.

Chris Kirby

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Bluegrass Music Show & Jam

First event in series at Cornerstone Baptist—Oct 2

The PEI Bluegrass and Old Time Music Society presents a Bluegrass Music Show & Jam series beginning in October.

The concerts will be followed by a jam circle where all levels can join in to play along and learn together. Attendees are invited to bring their favourite Bluegrass music instrument and songs.

The first event in this series will be held at Cornerstone Baptist on October 2 from 2–4:30 pm. The concert will feature Janet McGarry, as well as the Stiff Family, followed by a Bluegrass jam hosted by the performers.

Bring the magic and fun of impromptu late-nite jams that typically happen under the stars at the Bluegrass festivals to the concert floor this winter.

Daniel Champagne

The Guild—Oct 14

Daniel Champagne is bringing his tour back to Canada for the first time in three years. The young virtuoso will be on stage at The Guild in Charlottetown October 14 at 7:30 pm.

Champagne exudes a natural ease on stage, as he sings poignant lyrics and beautifully crafted melodies that invariably whisk the heart up with grand romanticism, coupled with guitar playing that can replicate a whole

Fiddlers’ Sons

Souris Show Hall—Oct 8

Fiddlers’ Sons will perform at the Souris Show Hall on October 8 at 8 pm.

The PEI group features singer-songwriter Eddy Quinn, guitar player and songwriter John B. Webster, and for this concert, special guest fiddler, Allison Giggey.

A classical violinist-turned-fiddler, Giggey’s first summer job was busking at Peake’s Quay Wharf in Charlottetown. Now, with one CD and countless ceilidhs under her belt, Giggey still spends her summers performing for tourists and locals alike.

There will be a 50/50 draw, and refreshments, CDs and books available

Admission is at the door. Cornerstone Baptist is located at 295 Shakespeare Drive in Stratford.

The Stampeders

Celebrating 50 years at Harbourfront and Confed Centre

band. Champagne is regarded as a leader in acoustic music, with a firm reputation for making crowds buzz and breaking guitars wherever he goes. Visit theguildpei.com for tickets.

The Stampeders will bring their Celebrating 50 Years tour to Harbourfront Theatre in Summerside on October 22 and Confederation Centre of the Arts in Charlottetown on October 23.

The Canadian rock ‘n’ roll band will take the audience back in time with classic hits, including “Wild Eyes,” “Carry Me,” “Oh My Lady,” “Devil You,” “Monday Morning Choo Choo,” “Minstrel Gypsy,” “Hit the Road Jack” and “Sweet City Woman.”

The 1970s group toured extensively in Canada and overseas. In 1977, the

trio of Rich Dodson (lead guitar), Kim Berly (drums) and Ronnie King (bass) parted company but reunited, fittingly at the Calgary Stampede, 15 years later in 1992. Since then they’ve been recognized by SOCAN for their Lifetime Achievement, been inducted into the SOCAN Songwriters Hall of Fame on five occasions and the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame for their 1971 seminal hit “Sweet City Woman.” Showtime is 7:30 pm. Tickets are available at harbourfronttheatre.com and confederationcentre.com.

Bruce Molsky & Ray Bonneville

Performing at Harbourfront Theatre and Trailside Music Hall

for sale. Tickets can be purchased at the door or reserved by calling Thelma at 687-2652. All are welcome.

The Hall is located at 5 Church Ave in Souris. sourisshowhall.com

Grammy-nominated Bruce Molsky and JUNO award-winning Ray Bonneville join forces to bring an evening of live music to Charlottetown and Summerside this month with shows at Trailside Music Hall on October 25 and Harbourfront Theatre on October 26. Acclaimed raconteur Ray Bonneville strips his bluesy Americana down to its essentials and steeps it in the humid grooves of the South,

creating a compelling poetry of hard living and deep feeling.

Bruce Molsky transports audiences to another time and place, with his authentic and personal interpretations of rarities from the Southern Appalachian songbook and other musical traditions from around the globe.

Tickets are available at trailside.ca and harbourfronttheatre.com.

Ray Bonneville (left) and Bruce Molsky

(l-r): John B. Webster, Allison Giggey and Eddy Quinn

Janet McGarry SUBMITTED

Guthro’s Songwriters Circle

With Myles Goodwin, Matt Minglewood and Kim Dunn

Songs of Johnny & June

Shows in Georgetown, Charlottetown and Summerside

Islanders can catch Kitbag Theatre’s original production, The Songs of Johnny & June, at venues across PEI this fall. The show will be on stage at Kings Playhouse in Georgetown October 7, the Celtic Performing Arts Centre in Summerside October 22, and the Confederation Centre of the Arts in Charlottetown November 4 and 5.

Bruce Guthro’s Songwriters Circle

returns to PEI with special guests

Myles Goodwyn, Matt Minglewood and Kim Dunn on October 29 at the Delta in Charlottetown.

With more than one million records sold world-wide, including a gold album, Guthro combines his musical talents with his quick wit and knack for taking the best out of his guests as they tell the stories behind their songs. He began hosting the Circles after he modified a concept he saw at the Bluebird Café in Nashville, Tennessee in the mid-90s. Initially, he hosted exclusively for the ECMAs and on CBC television, winning a Gemini award. Since the early 2000s, he expanded his brand, selling out Circles in most places he brings them.

Goodwyn led April Wine with over 20 albums, including five

multi-platinum or platinum records. He is a member of four different Music Hall of Fames and an ECMA Lifetime Achievement award recipient.

Matt Minglewood has 14 albums, including three gold records, multiple ECMA and Maple Blues awards, and two JUNO award nominations. He is a member of the Nova Scotia Music Hall of Fame and has ECMA and Maple Blues Lifetime Achievement status.

The bulk of Kim Dunn’s performances are in a supporting role with the who’s who of the East Coast music scene.He also has a successful solo career, winning multiple ECMA and Music Nova Scotia awards.

Doors open at 7 pm with the artists taking the stage at 8 pm. Tickets are available online at eastlinkcentrepei. com, by phone at 629-6625 or in person at the Eastlink Centre Box Office.

Stompin’ Tom tribute

Shows in Skinner’s Pond and Summerside

The Stompin’ Tom Tribute featuring Chad Matthews will be on stage at the Stompin’ Tom Centre in Skinner’s Pond October 1 and at Harbourfront Theatre in Summerside October 8. This tribute to Canadian icon, the late Stompin’ Tom Connors, pays homage to one of Canada’s most beloved folk heroes.

Headlining the show is Island singer and actor Chad Matthews, who has been playing at sold-out gospel shows across PEI and taking it to other parts of the Maritimes. Matthews will be

The stories and songs of country music’s classic romance between June Carter and Johnny Cash is celebrated in The Songs of Johnny & June. Starring Jacob Hemphill as Johnny Cash and Melissa MacKenzie as June Carter, show-goers will hear the country songs they know and love, intertwined with stories they may have never heard. The Songs of Johnny & June takes the audience on a journey of the complicated relationship between these two legends of country music.

Created by Jacob Hemphill with music direction by Melissa MacKenzie, this biographical concert features the

powerhouse PEI duo accompanied by their very own “Tennessee Three” featuring PEI musicians Logan Richard (lead guitar), Josh Langille (drums), and Sam Langille (bass).

Tickets are available online and in person at each venue’s box office.

Programmation d’octobre October

Myles Goodwin performs for Bruce Guthro’s Songwriters Circle

Melissa MacKenzie and Jacob Hemphill

supported by local singer songwriter Sandra Jones at the Summerside show.

NEW RELEASES ALBUMS

The Gates of No Return Scott Parsons

A Single Juniper Post Atlantic String Machine

PEI chamber ensemble Atlantic String Machine (ASM) will release their third album, A Single Juniper Post, on October 3. The music is inspired by the life and work of renowned PEI architect William Critchlow Harris, and accordingly, the release date coincides with World Architecture Day. The new album is notable for being ASM’s first to consist of all original compositions by members of the ensemble.

Violinist Sean Kemp composed “Arches.” Rooted in Harris’ church architecture, the piece is a musical tour of urban and rural locales of PEI.

Violinist Karen Graves’ “The Sounds Does Not Return” is a three-movement journey through the history of the now-ghost-town of Broughton, NS, whose construction Harris was deeply involved in. Cellist Natalie Williams

Calhoun delivers “The Isabel,” which harks back to the Harris family’s immigration to Canada from Ireland, and “Rochford Square,” which invokes a Charlottetown tree planting party.

“Desperately Blue” by bassist Adam Hill uses jazzy harmonies and grooves to express the feeling of a young homesick Harris. And the title track, also composed by Hill, is a meditative exploration of resonance that draws inspiration from Harris’ attention to acoustical design in his buildings.

The title, A Single Juniper Post, refers to St. Paul’s in Charlottetown, a church built by Harris. As a lifelong amateur musician, the architect paid special attention to how sound resonated in the buildings he designed. Underneath the floor of the altar at St. Paul’s is an empty room whose ceiling and floor is joined by a post of juniper wood. The post acts in the same way that a violin’s soundpost does, amplifying the sound from above to the space around. atlanticstringmachine.com.

PEI singer-songwriter Scott Parsons released his new album The Gates of No Return in September.

“We think we captured something special. There is a cultural relevance in the songs and the history they speak to,“ shares Parsons, who wrote the songs for the new album last winter. “It was a labor of love. I have been writing songs of PEI Black history for about 30 years, starting with ‘Jupiter Wise’ after reading the book, Black Islanders by Jim Hornby. I was living on Brighton Road [Charlottetown] at the time and looked out the window and realized I was living in ‘the Bog’ as the area was referred to at that time.”

The new, “very acoustic,” album was recorded by Rik Barron. “Barron insisted that we play all the songs all the way thru,” explains Parsons. “The day before we started recording, we set up the studio. Found the right mic for my voice and got the instruments ready. It was like someone hit a switch when we went in the next day and we recorded eight songs all first takes. The other two songs, I changed the keys to suit my voice so we did them twice. There is almost no editing or cut and pasting on this recording.”

The multi-disciplined Island musician is the recipient of a 2022 Stompin’ Tom Award from the East Coast Music Association. Parsons is a multi-disciplined Island musician with a body of work spanning nearly five decades.

The Gates of No Return is available via download at scottparsons.net or at Back Alley Music in Charlottetown.

Cool Band Tracks & Instrumentals

Andrew A. Melzer

PEI-based record producer Andrew A. Melzer will release Cool Band Tracks & Instrumentals on October 7.

The album features 21 songs ranging in genre from pop and classical to jazz and rock. The collection features recordings that were intended as instrumentals and recordings that were intended to be with vocals.

The tracks were recorded by studio musicians between 1977 and 2017 in Toronto, Los Angeles and Charlottetown. The string overdubs were recorded by the string sections of symphony orchestras. pandadigital.com

Fever Dreams Spivey

will be available at the release as well as through Fortune Favors ADM. The album will also be available on all streaming platforms.

X-It The Premises X-Plycit

PEI hip hop artist Spivey will release his new album Fever Dreams on October 27.

“The nature of dissonance and duality have always intrigued me,” says Spivey. “This album paints a sharp portrait of who I am as an artist—bold, but at the same time, insecure of what’s to come.”

Featuring a total of ten tracks, Fever Dreams includes five new songs and five previously released singles that were recorded between 2021-2022 at DNR Records in Charlottetown. The songs display Spivey’s dark but vibrant style—his signature sound, and string together a narrative of inner turmoil while provoking a large array of emotions from the listener.

“Finishing this album has been a dream come true,” shares Spivey. “This album is the next plateau in my career, as an artist and an audio engineer.”

An album release party is set for November 7 at Baba’s Lounge in Charlottetown. Copies of Fever Dream

PEI-based underground hip hop artist X-Plycit released her new EP X-It The Premises on September 16.

The recording artists’ much anticipated third album was originally intended to be released in 2021 but the global pandemic delayed the project.

X-It The Premises was worth the wait. With a mixture of hard and soft tones, X-Plycit is showing a more diverse side on the EP but still brings masculine lyrics with a feminine flow to the forefront. The title track, “X-It The Premises,” sets the tone, proving she is still a force to be reckoned with, and “Fast Lane,” shows X-Plycit picking up more speed and clarity with her delivery. As always, the EP includes a track geared towards mental health awareness with “Trapped In My Head (Remix)” featuring PEI artist BraedenV. X-It The Premises was recorded by Mackie’s Mobile Studio and mixed and mastered by Harbour Drive Studios. Produced by Nookie Beats, the EP features five tracks and is available on all streaming platforms.

@xplycitmusic

SINGLES

“Sweet Oblivion” KINLEY

PEI Indie pop powerhouse and former Hey Rosetta! member KINLEY released the upbeat single “Sweet Oblivion” in August.

Produced by Maia Davies and Colin Buchanan, “Sweet Oblivion” will appear on KINLEY’s forthcoming studio album Daylight, due out November 4. Featuring harmonious violin and viola, an infectious sing-along chorus and back-up vocals from Davies and

Saskatchewan’s Janaya McCallum, “Sweet Oblivion” is available on all streaming platforms.

“‘Sweet Oblivion’ is all about summer vibes and feeling free in nature,” shares KINLEY. “It’s about self-acceptance and being happy where you are and having no worries in the world when you’re in paradise (aka Prince Edward Island beaches).” kinleymusic.com

“Which Side are you on” Artists for Action

PEI-based poet and songwriter Bob Jensen has announced the release of “Which Side Are You On?” by international folk supergroup, Artists For Action. The protest song was released

in late September to some 5000 radio stations in 30 countries. All proceeds from the song will be donated to a registered charity in aid of Ukraine, the details of which are TBA.

“Which Side are you on” is an updated version of Florence Reece’s 1931 union anthem of the same name and features 16 artists including Ani DiFranco, Bruce Cockburn, James Keelaghan, Heather Rankin, Guy Davis and Oysterband to name a few.

“The goal of the song was to address the rise of fascism, the proliferation of hate groups and the erosion of democracy and of women’s rights,” says Jensen. “I re-wrote four of the verses to reflect that, and co-wrote one with Ani DiFranco.”

Supernaught

A tribute to Black Sabbath— Oct 15

Steve Poltz

Trailside Music Hall—Oct 23

Supernaut: A Tribute to Black Sabbath and special guest Rocket will be on stage in Summerside at the Celtic Performing Arts Centre on October 15.

Supernaut is a Black Sabbath tribute band from Summerside featuring Scott Cleary (vocals), Aron Scott (guitar), Stéphane Bouchard (bass) and Yves Arsenault (drums). Cleary is an Ozzy Osbourne impersonator who has been performing Black Sabbath and Ozzy solo material since the 1990s. Scott, Bouchard and Arsenault are instrumentalists with decades of experience, having played in a number of bands over the years. The band is committed to an exact recreation of the music of Black Sabbath while Cleary performs as Ozzy. The resulting energetic live show is an entertaining trip back to the 1970s.

Special guest Rocket will open the show, performing rock classics from AC/DC, Van Halen, Cheap Trick and KISS. The classic rock power trio is also from Summerside and features Kevin Hume (guitar/vocals), Scott Cleary (bass/vocals) and Dennis Gallant (drums/vocals).

Doors open at 7 pm. Showtime is 7:30 pm. Tickets at collegeofpiping.com

THE STAMPEDERS

Steve Poltz will be on stage at Trailside Music Hall in Charlottetown on October 23. Doors at 6 pm. Showtime is 8 pm. Throughout over three decades in music, Steve Poltz did it all and more—often shared by way of his rockin’ countrified folk slices of sardonic Americana (hatched in Halifax). Of course, he co-wrote Jewel’s multi-platinum megahit “You Were Meant For Me,” but he also went on a whale watch with her and a few federales that turned into a drug bust. The two still share the story at every festival they play together.

Poltz made his bones as the frontman for underground legends The

Shane Pendergast

Harmony House—Oct 29

PEI folksinger Shane Pendergast will be on stage at Harmony House in Hunter River on Octboer 29.

Pendergast learned to play by ear at an early age, immersed in a culture of family kitchen parties. His connection to Maritime folk music dates back to the efforts of his great-grandparents, preservers of folklore in PEI. Shane is carrying the torch forward with his own songs, inspired by rural life and Maritime history.

Rugburns, who burned rubber crisscrossing the continent on marathon tours and still pop up once in a while for the rare and quickly sold out reunion gig.

Tickets at trailside.ca.

Known as an old-school troubadour, Pendergast recently released his third album, The House Before the Bridge, in August. The collection of original folk songs was recorded live over three days in Shane’s kitchen in Corran Ban, PEI. His second album, Second Wind (2021) earned the Music PEI Contemporary Roots Album of the Year Award.

Shane will be joined by his band of all-star musicians—Josh and Sam Langille, Isaac King and Connor Nabuurs.

The show starts at 8 pm in the hall. Come early and enjoy dinner and drinks before the concert. The Harmony House Lounge is open for dinner at 5 pm. Call 964-2255 for reservations.

harmonyhousepei.com

MUSIC ONGOING

ceilidhs, dances, sessions…

Blues Jam at Baba’s

Community Centre. The draw takes place at 8:30 pm. Licensed bar. Follow @ Fortune Community Centre on FB for the weekly lineup. 220 Fortune Wharf Rd North, Fortune.

FallBack

The Jack Pine Folk Club

Once per month, Shane Pendergast hosts The Jack Pine Folk Club featuring folk music and poetry from special guest performers. The event follows the traditions of coffeehouses in the 1960s. This month’s edition takes place Oct 26 at 7:30 pm and will feature The Curious Crow and Hayley Ryerson. Doors open at 7 pm. Admission is cash at the door. The Pourhouse, 189 Great George St, Charlottetown.

Lot 7 Ceilidh

Sturgeon Ceilidh

A ceilidh takes place at St Paul’s Parish Hall in Sturgeon every other week on Sundays from 6:30–9 pm. Featuring live music, fiddling, singing, comedy and fun. Everyone is welcome. Doors open at 6 pm. 1133 Cambridge Rd, Route 17a, Sturgeon

Summerside Kitchen Party

Kitchen Party at the Summerside Legion every Saturday from 2–5 pm. Featuring Rheal Arsenault, Andy Paynter and a different special guest each event. 340 Notre Dame St, Summerside. 436-2091

Plain Dirty Blues band plays at Baba’s Lounge on the last Saturday of each month from 5:30–8 pm. Admission is by donation. Upcoming dates: Oct 29; Nov 26; and Dec 31. Follow Plain Dirty Blues on FB for updates. 181 Great George St, Charlottetown.

Ceilidh in the City

Ceilidh in the City takes place weekly on Wednesday evenings at 7:30 pm at the Jack Blanchard Centre. The ceilidh is family-friendly and features local music and special guests. The lineup is: Thanksgiving Gospel Ceilidh with Jacinta MacDonald, and Ed and Linda Doiron (Oct 5); Colleen MacPhee and Larry Campbell (12); Peggy Clinton and Johnny Ross (19); Richard Wood and Jon Matthews (26); and Janet McGarry and Serge Bernard (Nov 2). Canteen and bar service is available. peimusicman@ gmail.com follow on FB. 7 Pond St, Charlottetown.

Ceilidhs at the Irish Hall

Presented by the Benevolent Irish Society, Ceilidhs at the Irish Hall continue in October with performances at 8 pm. Lineup: Fullerton’s Marsh (Sept 30); Guinness (Oct 7); Tip Er Back (14); Direct from Ireland—Brid Harper and Dermot Byrne (15); Fiddlers’ Sons (21);. Tickets available at the Irish Cultural Centre, 582 North River Rd, Charlottetown.

Charlottetown Legion dances

Dance to live bands every Saturday night from 9 pm–1 am at the Charlottetown Legion. The lineup is: Wrecking Crew (Oct 1/15); Roger Jones (8); and Kim Albert (22/29). All are welcome. 99 Pownal St, Charlottetown.

Dunsta nage Ceilidh

The Dunstaffnage Ceilidh is held on the first Sunday of each month at 7 pm at the Dunstaffnage School Centre. Hosted by Road Masters Band and guest entertainers. There is a 50/50 draw. Admission at the door. 13529 St. Peter’s Rd, Dunstaffnage. 626-1698

Fortune Pub Night

Live music is scheduled at the Fish for the Five Draw held weekly from 7–10 pm on Fridays to Dec 30 at Fortune

FallBack hosts their Thursday night dance series until Nov 10 at the Hello Kitchen Restaurant and Bar (the old Kensington Legion). The six-piece group features Scott White (lead vocals/guitar), Dale Gaudet (lead vocals/guitar), Tom DesRoches (vocals/bass guitar), Johnny Ross (keyboards), Wayne Robichaud (vocals/drums), and Steve Guy (saxophone). The band plays hit songs from the golden era by artists like Elvis, Buddy Holly, Beach Boys, Chuck Berry, and more. The 19+ event runs from 8–11 pm. Doors open at 7:30 pm. Grab a meal at the licensed restaurant before the dance. Admission is at the door. There will be a 50/50 draw each night with proceeds going to the Salvation Army Food Bank at the end of the series. 88 Victoria St W, Kensington.

Got Blues Matinee

The final Lot 7 Ceilidh will take place Oct 6 at 7 pm at St. Mark’s Hall. Featuring Nick Arsenault will sing Johnny Cash songs and take his audience back in time. Nick is backed by The Big River Band, featuring Peter Arsenault, Remi Arsenault and Peter Gallant. Lunch is included with the price of admission as well as a chance to win door prizes. Route 14, Burton, West Prince.

Lucky Bean Blues & Open Mic

A Blues Jam at the Bean with Graeme Hunter takes place on Saturdays from 3–6 pm at The Lucky Bean in Montague, 576 Main St. Open Mic with Robert McMillan takes place every Sunday from 2–5 pm at the The Lucky Bean in Stratford, 17 Glen Stewart Dr. All are welcome.

Ross Family Ceilidh

Sunday Sessions

Sunday Sessions, traditional music with host fiddler Roy Johnstone, take place weekly on Sundays from 2–5 pm at The Old Triangle. 189 Great George St, Charlottetown

St. Peters’ Circle Club Ceilidh

The weekly ceilidh continues at the St. Peter’s Circle Club through October on Friday evenings at 7:30 pm. The evening includes a 50/50 draw and light lunch. Admission is at the door. 961-2899. 1917 Cardigan Rd, St Peters Bay.

Tribute to Harry Baglole

Blues matinee with Chris Roumbanis, Reg Ballagh, Mike Robicheau and special guest(s) from 2–4 pm. Lineup: Kenny Pearl and James Phillips (Oct 15); Annual Halloween Matinee with Mark Haines (29). Trailside Music Hall, 155 Kent St, Charlottetown.

Island Jazz

Island Jazz takes place on Thursdays at 8 pm at Baba’s Lounge. Top local musicians performing original music, standards,jazzand pop favourites. Each show features a different group. Lineup: Island Jazz plays Wayne Shorter (Oct 6); Harmony Wagner with Rob Drew (13); Nikki Waite (20); Trio From Mars +1 John Carpenter (27). 181 Great George St, Charlottetown.

Featuring Stephanie Ross, Danielle Ross and Johnny Ross, the PEI brother-sister group explore Celtic and Acadian roots music uncovered from the Island’s red soil. Driving fiddle sets and step dancing choreography will keep the audience entertained between the Maritime song staples and haunting ballads. On stage at The Guild in Charlottetown Oct 4 and 11 at 7:30 pm. rossfamily.ca; theguildpei.ca

Schooner Sessions

Schooner Sessions with Mark Douglas and friends take place weekly on Thursdays at 7 pm at The Old Triangle, 189 Great George St, Charlottetown

Stratford Ceilidh

A ceilidh takes place at Robert L Cotton Centre on the second Sunday of each month from 7–9:30 pm. Featuring local entertainers and a light lunch. The venue is air-conditioned. Admission at the door with all proceeds going to Camp Gencheff. 57 Bunbury Rd, Stratford

Historian, educator and publisher Harry Baglole passed away on May 29, 2018 at age 76. Due to the pandemic, the Bonshaw community was unable to present the celebratory classical concert in his honour. Harry was devoted to his Bonshaw community and to the ongoing renewal of the Bonshaw Hall. Since 2005, when the church, built in 1867, was decommissioned, Harry was passionately involved in saving and repurposing it as a community hall. Harry loved classical music and in his honour, a classical concert will be held Nov 6 at 2 pm and will include the dedication of a refurbished area for the Hall’s ongoing book sale, now called “Harry’s Nook.”

Music PEI Investment Program

The second round of Music PEI’s Investment Program is open and submissions can be made until October 31. The program offers three different funding streams to support emerging artists, export-ready artists and career artists. In addition, the program offers funding to industry professionals who are looking to invest in their careers. Info: musicpei.com

Changes to Music PEI Awards

Planning is underway for the 2023 Music PEI Week organized by PEI’s music industry association. Music Week will take place from March 1–5. Music PEI staff has been keeping an eye on new changes implemented by Music Nova Scotia, the East Coast Music Awards, and the JUNOs this past year and with the approval of the Music PEI’s board of directors, there have been a number of changes made to the 2023 Awards to match the ever-evolving industry standards.

One of the major changes allows artists to submit up to two genre-specific categories for each recording. As well, all general and genre awards will be juried by industry professionals, and there will be no more voting by Music PEI members unless selected as an official member of the Awards Committee Jury. (Juror applications are available at musicpei.com.)

A number of Awards categories were eliminated, changed and combined to create new Awards categories. Last year Music PEI offered 36 Award categories; this year there are 26.

The categories eliminated this year are Event of the Year, Group Recording of the Year, Livestream of the Year, Live Music Programmer of the Year, Producer of the Year, Recording Studio of the Year, Solo Recording of the Year,

Boney M in December

Venue of the Year, Contemporary Roots Recording of the Year, Country Recording of the Year, Electronic Recording of the Year, Blues Recording of the Year, Loud Recording of the Year, and Traditional Recording of the Year.

The new categories and category changes this year are as follows: Group of the Year and Solo Recording of the year now fall under Album of the Year; Digital Achievement of the Year has been renamed Digital Presence of the Year; Event of the Year, Venue of the Year and Live Music Programmer now fall under the new Live Sector Award; Musician of the Year is now a Board Award; Producer of the Year, Recording Studio of the Year and Recording Engineer of the Year now fall under the new Recording Sector Award; Video of the Year has been changed to Music Video of the Year; Song of the Year has been changed to Single of the Year; Contemporary Roots Recording of the Year, Traditional Roots Recording of the Year, Blues Recording of the Year, and Country Recording of the Year now all fall under the Roots Recording of the Year Award; and Loud Recording of the Year now falls under Rock Recording of the Year.

The 2023 Music PEI Award submission period is open until November 12 at awards.musicpei.com.

Follow @MusicPEI, visit musicpei. com or email music@musicpei.com for more information.

Carrie Lundy & Katie McGarry

Poems and songs at The Lucky Bean—Oct 22

Afro-German-Caribbean group coming to Eastlink Centre

Afro-German-Caribbean disco and funk vocal group Boney M. featuring Liz Mitchell will bring their Holiday Favourites and Classic Hits show to Eastlink Centre in Charlottetown on December 16.

Originally founded in Germany by writer and producer Frank Farian, Boney M. was one of the disco-oriented pop acts which dominated the European charts throughout the late 70’s and early 80’s. The band has sold more than 100 million records worldwide and their discography of hits is extensive. The group had eight #1 hits on the European charts, including “Daddy Cool,” “Sunny,” “Ma Baker,” “Belfast,” “Rivers of Babylon,” “Brown Girl in the Ring,” “Rasputin,” and

“Mary’s Boy Child.” In addition to the successes of Boney M’s singles was the success of three #1 albums in the European market.

Boney M’s international success during the past thirty-five years has proven that their hits belong to the collection of timeless classics. In 2022, Boney M. featuring Liz Mitchell is still drawing huge crowds across Europe. The live show is currently making live appearances in concert halls, arenas and festivals around the world.

Boney M. live in Atlantic Canada is presented by VaughCo Entertainment.

Tickets are available at the Eastlink Centre Box Office (46 Kensington Rd, Charlottetown), by calling 629-6625 and online at eastlinkcentrepei.com.

Marla & David Celia

Harmony House Lounge—Oct 1

Enjoy live music at the Harmony House Lounge in Hunter River with Marla & David Celia on October 1 from 8-10 pm.

Marla & David Celia are on tour with their newest sophomore album Indistinct Chatter. With duet vocal harmonies in the foreground, they dive through progressive chord changes, elaborate arrangements and round it all off with well-crafted ballads.

Music brought the duo together when they met at a festival in 2015. Their debut Daydreamers (2018) has taken them from LA to Russia and England’s famous Glastonbury Festival. In the last six years they have

played over 800 shows together.

This is a pay what you can performance. Reservations for dinner in The Harmony House Lounge are recommended. Music starts at 8 pm. Book a table by email to harmonyhousepei@ gmail.com. harmonyhousepei.com

CARLOS EBERT KURZ

Join cousins Carrie Lundy and Katie McGarry on October 22 at 2 pm for an afternoon of sharing from the heart at The Lucky Bean in Stratford. Carrie will read a selection of poems from her recently published collection, So Hum, and Katie will perform musical selections.

17 Glen Stewart Dr, Stratford

Katie Carrie

Junk at The Fox & Crow

BC hip hop artist’s Wake Me Up When It’s Over tour—Oct 29

Charlottetown independent music promoter AMAC is hosting the Wake Me Up When It’s Over tour featuring Vancouver, BC artist Junk on October 29 at The Fox & Crow in Charlottetown.

Presented by Marked Up Events, Dripside and PEI Underground Hip Hop, the show will have tour support from Canadian artists D-Rec (BC), CSABA (AB), JustReid (BC), Ray the Nihilist (SK) and Diztrikt Apolo (ON). Cavy, Pr02type, Lizleo, K3voh, Skilly P, K-Flow and X-Plycit, all from PEI, as well as Mackie (NS), will open.

Junk is a freestyle specialist and former battle rapper who gained a following from the underground hip hop scene across Canada. He won MTV’s End of The Weak national freestyle competition in 2011, which secured him a spot in Paris, France to represent Canada, where he took third place in the international competition. That same year, Junk co-created the Vancouver rap duo Northwest Division with rapper Hungry. Together they released three albums and three mixtapes in five years.

In 2016, Junk signed to Snak the Ripper’s label Stealth Bomb Records. His high-octane performance has been growing steadily and has been in

Fundraiser for Hospice PEI

Trailside Music Hall—Oct 5

To celebrate the release of his new album Fever Dreams, PEI hip hop artist Spivey is hosting an album

heavy demand. He has headlined solo tours, toured Canada and Europe with acts like Snak, Merkules and Onyx, opened for Tech N9ne, MGK, Yelawolf, Wu-Tang and more, and he has three albums and three EP’s under his belt.

Doors open at 9 pm. Show starts at 10 pm. This is a 19+ event. There will be door prizes; sign a ballot at the event for a chance to win. Tickets are available at the door or at a reduced fee in advance through one of the opening artists, at 940-4369, and online at mynameisjunk.com/shows.

Lawrence Maxwell, along with seven of his favourite musicians, will be on stage at Trailside Music Hall in Charlottetown on October 5 in support of Hospice PEI.

One hundred percent of artist proceeds from ticket sales for the acoustic showcase-style variety show and merch will be donated to Hospice PEI.

Doors at 6 pm. Showtime is 8 pm. Tickets at trailside.ca.

Dave Gunning

Album release party—Oct 6

release party at Baba’s Lounge in Charlottetown on November 5.

“It’s going to be a big night for Island Hip-Hop,” says Spivey, “We will have some of the best acts in the province and I’m thankful for the opportunity to bring them all together for a night.”

Supported on the decks by DJ Allycat, performing artists include special guest BraedenV, as well as Kay Em, K3voh, Fats, K-Flow, Adjust The Facts and The Pr02Type.

“Baba’s has always been kind to the Hip-Hop Community, I’m glad to throw this party with them,” said Spivey. “This will be the full experience, Fever Dreams, cover to cover.”

Fever Dreams will be released on DNR Records on October 27. Physical copies of the album, as well as performing artists’ merch, will be available for purchase at the venue. This is a 19+ event. Reduced admission at the door for those wearing the performing artists’ merch.

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Dave Gunning will celebrate the release of his latest album, The Same Storm, at Trailside Music Hall in Charlottetown on October 6.

Gunning Dave is best defined as a master craftsman. Over the course of 23 years and 11 earlier albums, the Nova Scotian folk singer and songwriter has diligently sharpened his skills, developing into a poetic storyteller and emotionally convincing singer with few equals.

Doors at 6 pm. Showtime is 8 pm.

Tickets at trailside.ca.

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MUSIC LIVE bars, lounges,

cafés…

Baba’s Lounge

Open Mic w/KINLEY on Wednesdays at 9 pm. Island Jazz on Thursdays at 8 pm. Live music at 11 pm: Bryce Clifford, Brother Superior, Junestone (Oct 4 @8 pm); Feeling, King Cod (7); TBA (8/14); Ryan Stanley (15); Willow, Fundance (21); Baited, Paratoomb, Helsreach (22); Dexter—Hallowen Show(28); Plain Dirty Blues Jam (29 @5 pm); Busted Skulls, Demonshroom, Death Valley Driver— Halloween Show (29). 181 Great George St, Charlottetown.

Bogside Brewing

Fridays and Saturdays at 6:30 pm: Dan Doiron (Sept 30); Brian Dunn(Oct 1); Keira Loane(7); Carter MacLellan(8); Stephen Szwarc & Marvin Birt(14); Blizzard Goat (15/29 @3 pm); Lisa Birt(21); Dan Doiron (22); Adam McGregor(28); Taylor Johnston(29). 11 Brook St, Montague.

Breakwater at Silver Fox

Fridays and Saturdays at 9:30 pm: Trevor Cameron (Sept 30); Bayview Crossing (Oct 1); TBA (7/8/15/29); Dave & Wayne Duo (14); Eric Rodgerson (21); Logan Maddix (22); Trevor Cameron (28). 110 Water St, Summerside.

Brothers 2

Live music on Thursdays and Fridays at 7 pm: Karen & Mike (Sept 30); Nick Hann (Oct 6); Chris & Eric (7); Mitch O’Blenis (13); Acoustic Brothers (14); Dave Woodside (20); Nick Hann (21); Johnny Rae (27); D’arcy & Moe (28). 618 Water St, Summerside.

Charlottetown Legion

Saturdays at 9 pm: Wrecking Crew (Oct 1/15); Roger Jones (8); Kim Albert (22/29). 99 Pownal St, Charlottetown.

Craft Beer Corner

Live music on Wednesdays at 9 pm and Live DJ on Saturdays at 9 pm: Tanguy

(Oct 1); Ashley Gorman (5); Brett Jones (8); Evan McCosham (12); Alex Montgomery (15); Pascal LeCours (19); DNCETHNG (22); Emily McLellan & Justyn Thyme (26); Costume Dance Party (29). 156 Great George St, Charlottetown.

The Factory

DJ Method on Thursdays. Two DJs and two dance floors on Fridays and Saturdays. Kent St, Charlottetown.

Gahan House

Acoustic music on Wednesdays at 9 pm: Adam MacGregor (Oct 5/27); Dave Woodside (6/19); Lawarnce Maxwell (12/26); Mat Hannah (13); Stephen Swarc (20) 126 Sydney St, Charlottetown.

Hunter’s Ale House

Copy Cat (Oct 1/15/29); Isaac King (3/10/17/24/31); Brad & Griff (4/20); Mat Hannah Duo (11/25); Main Street Bullies (21); Hired Guns, Royal North (22); Lawrence Maxwell (27). Kent & Prince Sts, Charlottetown.

John Brown Grille

Friday Night Dance Party at 10 pm.

Live music on Saturdays at 2 pm: Chris Ahearn (Oct 1/15); Acoustic Matinee (8/29); Richie Bulger (22). 132 Richmond St, Charlottetown.

Lone Oak Brewpub

Fridays & Saturdays at 7 pm and Wednesdays & Sundays at 5 pm: Brandon Gillis (Aug 31); Nathan Carragher (Sept 2); Nolan Compton (3); Brooke MacArthur (4/11/18); Brandon Gillis (7/14); Shane Pendergast (9); Fraser MacCallum (10); Holy Hannah (16); Dave Woodside (17). 15 Milky Way, Charlottetown.

Lone Oak Brewing Co

Fridays at 1 pm: Ivan Daigle (Sept 2); Brandon Gillis (9); Shane Pendergast (16);

Julie & Danny (23); Dave Woodside (30). 103 Abegweit Blvd, Borden-Carleton.

The Lucky Bean—Montague

Blues Jam w/Graeme Hunter every Saturday at 3 pm. 576 Main St, Montague.

The Lucky Bean—Stratford

Open Mic w/Robert McMillan every Sunday at 2 pm. Poems & Songs with Carry Lundy & Katie McGarry (oct 22). 17 Glen Stewart Dr, Stratford.

Marc’s Lounge

Fridays and Saturdays at 9 pm: Mike Stratton (Sept 30); Mat Hannah(Oct 1); Adam McGregor (7/22); Guiza (8/29); Brooke MacArthur(14/21); Mike Stratton(15); Dave Woodside(28). 125 Sydney St, Charlottetown.

The Old Triangle

Live music on Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 pm (artists TBA). 189 Great George St, Charlottetown.

Olde Dublin Pub

Live music every night. 132 Sydney St, Charlottetown.

PEI Brewing Company

Acoustic Fridays in the Taproom at 6 pm (except performance nights). 96 Kensington Rd, Charlottetown.

Piatto Pizzeria + Enoteca

Fridays at 6 pm: Nathan Carragher (Oct 30); Lawrence Maxwell (Oct 7); Ryan Merry (14); Ashley Gorman (21); Rodney Perry (28). 45 Queen St, Charlottetown.

RCAF Wing Summerside

Occasional live music. Check website at wingpei.com for updates. 329 North Market St, Summerside.

Upstreet Craft Brewing

Lady Soul Rewind Dance Party (Oct 22); Umbrella Collective Halloween Party (Oct 29). 41 Allen St, Charlottetown.

Stay tuned to our website calendar at buzzpei.com for new shows and updates throughout the month!