The Buzz - July 2021

July 2021

JoDee Samuelson

Standing proud

been a contributor to The Buzz, Arts Decades, and Studio CX, among many others. Two of is cartoons for The Buzz were also adapted for the CBC-TV show ZeD. He’s a copy editor with Graphcom but it was clear in our conversation that Dave is an idea-person who is at the ready for interesting conversations and potential collaborations with other creatives.

Dave comes by his creativity and curiosity honestly. He recalls growing up with a house full of books, art, and music. His dad was a visual artist and his mom was a businessperson so he was getting lots of valuable life lessons without even knowing it at the time.

“It wasn’t until I got older that I realized how great of an influence that was on me.”

It was through Dave’s curiosity and creativity that has curated and produced so many incredible pieces of work. It always just starts with an idea.

“Put the idea out there and you never know who or what may grab onto it.”

And that’s just what happened with Dave’s idea to document some of PEI’s history in the gay community. Dave was the creative mind behind the web series, Before Grindr, which is a conversational series with queer Islanders.

“It’s not a film; it’s people having conversations.”

Supported by Pride PEI and PEERS Alliance, the videos can be seen on PEERS Alliance Rainbow Hub website.

Given his diverse artistic background, I was curious what drew him to writing in particular.

I met Dave Stewart for a midday coffee and as soon as he walked in the room, he was greeted by old friends and others who wanted to talk to him about the upcoming Pride events in July.

The day we met was the same day that many Islanders in the 2SLGBTQ+ community rallied outside a school in Cornwall to show support for students who were experiencing homophobic actions from their peers. Though it’s a hard subject for those of us in the queer community to talk about, it is essential that we keep talking and making appropriate actions.

As a Director with Pride PEI and a member of the gay community, Dave also attended to show his support.

He says, “I am visible in the gay community now because I couldn’t be when I was younger.”

We talked about how these current events in schools can bring us

individually back decades to the feelings we’ve had when experiencing those same kinds of behaviors when we were that age. Dave articulates an experience that many of us in the queer community can relate to, “I tried to disappear while I was in high school and I was in the creative and sexuality closet.”

Despite this, Dave was always a curious thinker and learner. We quickly bonded over the fact that we both approached learning above and beyond our ‘level’ when we were kids. We agreed that this is where there is profound growth and learning. It turns out Dave is still this way, decades after high school.

He went to Toronto to attend the Film and TV program at Humber College and he has dabbled in so many creative pursuits over the years that there isn’t space in this article to get into them. He calls himself a DIY filmmaker and musician and has

“Writing found me,” he says nonchalantly. “It’s about noticing the things you find yourself doing over and over again and doing more of that.”

Dave is a self-published author with two books to his credit: Fear from a Small Place: Writers from Canada’s Smallest Province Unleash Their Greatest Fears and Monster Man: Tales of the Uncanny. The former is a curated collection of 20 writers with connections to PEI and the latter is a personal collection whose title is derived from a nickname that an adult in Dave’s life gave him when he was a child. This act of reclamation inspired me to think about the ways we can all make these shifts in our consciousness by embracing our full selves.

Rather than feeling we have to hide ourselves in a creative, sexuality, or any other kind of closet, Dave enthusiastically and affirmingly says, “Imagine if we had the confidence to want to be noticed.”

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Profile: Dave Stewart by Julie Bull

Victoria Playhouse

Monday night concerts

Emerging and established artists in Victoria-by-the-Sea

The Monday Night Concert Series is back at Victoria Playhouse in Victoria-bythe-Sea this summer with an eclectic mix of emerging and established artists. Almost all performers are from PEI.

The long-running series kicks off July 12 with perennial favourites Gordie MacKeeman and his Rhythm Boys. This roots quartet features all-star pickers and singers, with everything from down-home country to reckless rockabilly to intricate bluegrass, played with high energy and a bit of infectious humour.

On July 19, Brandon Howard Roy will captivate his audience with a big voice and electric stage presence cultivated from a life in theatre.

Don Ross and Brooke Miller are back at the Playhouse on July 26. This husband and wife team pairs Don’s internationally renowned guitar skills with Brooke’s ineffably beautiful voice, and she’s no stranger to the fretboard.

Lovely Nelly will bring traditional music for modern times to the stage August 2 with their lively interpretations of Celtic music from Scotland, Ireland, and lesser known regions.

On August 9, Americana singer-songwriter Alicia Toner will charm her audience with her heartfelt songs and moving, emotive voice.

August 16 will feature Canadian folk music singer-songwriter Catherine MacLellan. Her seventh album Coyote,

Xclusiv Crew

Hip hop dance and music at Kings Playhouse—July 24

is a travelogue through heartbreak, loss and the joy of life.

Justyn Thyme will take the stage August 23. This rising singer-songwriter has a mellow acoustic pop sound, reminiscent of Jack Johnson. His songs are inspired by extensive world travel.

Closing out the season on August 30, The Lumber Jills make the trip from New Brunswick to the Playhouse stage. The young musicians will take their audience on a guided tour of traditional Old time fiddle music from their home province.

For info and tickets call 1-800-925-2025 or visit victoriaplayhouse.com. Victoria Playhouse is located at 20 Howard Street, Victoria-by-the-Sea.

On July 24, Bahamian choreographer Joe Dames will bring his Xclusiv Crew to the stage at Kings Plahouse in Georgetown for a first-class hip hop dance performance.

The evening promises to be exciting and fast paced, featuring contemporary dance styles like krumping, b-boy, and tutting. The show will open with a performance by PEI hip-hop artist and rapper Vince the Messenger.

Info: kingsplayhouse.com 1-888346-5666. Kings Playhouse is located at 65 Grafton Street, Georgetown.

Don Ross and Brook Miller

Joe Dames

Confederation Centre of the Arts

Refugee love story

Ben Caplan stars in Hannah Moscovitch’s witty, dark folk tale

Making its Island premiere this summer is the internationally-acclaimed, OLD STOCK: A Refugee Love , presented by Nova Scotia’s 2b Theatre Company. Opening August 12 at Confederation Centre of the Arts in Charlottetown, this life-affirming musical tells the true story of two Romanian refugees meeting at Halifax’s Pier 21, as they await entry into Canada.

OLD STOCK is a humorously dark folk tale woven together with a high-energy concert. Wild, witty and inventive, this fusion of concert and drama tells the true tale of two Jewish refugees from Romania. They meet in 1908, while awaiting medical inspection at Halifax’s Pier 21 immigration centre; the story moves forward to their lives as a couple in Montreal and backward to the horrors of the Continent.

Starring Ben Caplan, the music-theatre hybrid explores how to love and find a

shared humanity after facing the horrors of war. It’s about refugees who get out before it’s too late, and those who get out after it’s too late. OLD STOCK’s rousing music blends Yiddish Klezmer with modern folk stylings, creating a wistful and energetic tone.

OLD STOCK is written by Hannah Moscovitch and directed by Christian Barry with songs by Ben Caplan and Christian Barry.

On August 26, a special relaxed performance will be offered. A relaxed performance is a specific performance night where the show is adapted to better suit people who might require a more relaxed sensory experience and environment when attending the theatre.

OLD STOCK plays seven times weekly on the Mainstage until September 6. confederationcentre.com

STOO METZ PHOTOGRAPHY

Kirk recitals return

Weekly lunchtime chamber music recitals—July 22 to Aug 19

The summer tradition of chamber music concerts at the Kirk of St. James in Charlottetown returns. Lunchtime performances will take place at 12:10 pm on Thursdays from July 22 to August 19. The concerts are organized by Frances McBurnie, Music Director at the Kirk, who will provide accompaniment for the first four concerts.

Baritone Nicholas Murphy will present a varied program for voice and piano on July 22. Nicholas is a recent graduate of UPEI’s Department of Music. He is representing PEI in the National Music Festival Finals and in September he will begin his studies with the McGill Opera Program. This concert will include oratorio, art song, opera arias, and music theatre.

Islander Olivia Barnes and her husband Sébastien Comtois are back on PEI after spending the year studying in the studio of Ariane Girard. They will premiere some of their new operatic repertoire on July 29. The concert will include both duets and solos from Puccini to Wagner with popular favourites in between.

On August 5, Jeffrey Bazett-Jones and Sean Kemp will collaborate with Frances McBurnie in an interpretation of the Bach Double Violin Concerto. Jeffrey and Sean are colleagues in the Atlantic String Machine. Sean will perform additional romantic repertoire for violin and piano.

Alexandra Sorensen, soprano, and Shaw Nicholson, trumpet, will perform August 12. Lyric soprano Sorensen is currently studying vocal performance at UPEI. She has performed in PEI and Ontario, singing as a soloist, in vocal ensembles, and in musical theatre productions. She was chosen to compete at the FCMF National

Indian

River

Concerts at St. Mary’s

Performances continue in July

Music Festival this year. Islander Shaw Nicholson is currently studying trumpet at the University of Ottawa. He has performed in the Nova Scotia Youth Orchestra and the Confederation Brass. This recital will feature a mix of Classical, Baroque and modern repertoire for solo trumpet, solo voice, and duets for soprano and trumpet.

On August 19, James Mark, clarinetist, and Penelope Mark, pianist, will perform two compositions of the French woodwind literature: the Première Rhapsodie by Claude Debussy, and the Sonata by Francis Poulenc. Also on the programme are the Fantasy Pieces Op. 43 by Danish composer Niels Gade. For many years, James was Principal Clarinet of both the PEI Symphony and the Charlottetown Festival Orchestra.

All concerts will be about 45 minutes in length. There is no admission fee but donations to the Kirk’s Choral Scholarships are appreciated. The Kirk of St. James is located at 35 Fitzroy Street in Charlottettown.

Music continues at Indian River Festival in July. Celebrating its 25th anniversary this year, the Festival showcases folk, jazz, blues, roots, classical, choral, traditional and contemporary music.

The lineup in July includes: Liam Corcoran with surprise guests (9); members of the PEI Symphony Orchestra (11); singer-songwriter circle with Meaghan Blanchard, Logan Richard and Emmet MacLellan (23); and Christina Bouey and Magdalena von Eccher (25).

All concerts take place at Historic St. Mary’s, 1374 Hamilton Road in Indian River. indianriverfestival.com

Christina Bouey will play a 1728 Stradavari violin—on loan from The Julliard School

Olivia Barnes and Sébastien Comtois

Flavoursyou won’tfind anywhereelse.

THURSDAYS&FRIDAYS

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Songs for a Small Planet

Concert at Watermark presented by Island women

Harmony House

Concerts in Hunter River

Mark Haines, Scott Parsons and Alicia Toner to perform

Harmony House in Hunter River will present three feature concerts this summer. Performers are Mark Haines on July 17, Scott Parsons on August 7, and Alicia Toner on August 28.

Mark Haines

July 17, 7:30 pm

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Jul16 Mexican

FRI DIEGOMONTERO

Jul22 Mexican

THU DIEGOMONTERO

Jul23 Mexican

Songs for a Small Planet will be staged August 8 at 7:30 pm at Watermark Theatre in North Rustico.

Themes of environment, social justice, self-care, tolerance, love and more will be presented by a group of PEI women. Project creator and musician Teresa Doyle will be joined by singer-songwriter Meaghan Blanchard, poet and songsmith Tanya Davis, and international touring artist Emmanuelle LeBlanc of Vishtèn.

Mark Haines’ musical career spans 45 years and counting. He has performed in bands, theatre productions and as a solo artist, playing concerts, festivals, conventions, pubs and churches across North America, his touring taking him to Britain, Sweden and Taiwan. He is a multi-instrumentalist and enjoys a roots approach to his music. A skilled musician, entertainer and educator, Haines has released seven recordings and has been a guest on many more. He has performed with friend and colleague Tom Leighton (haines-leighton.com) for 30+ years, and with Patrick Ledwell since 2013 for The Island Summer Review, consistently selling out shows at Harmony House. markhainesmusic.ca

Scott Parsons

August 7, 8 pm

Alicia Toner

August 28, 8 pm

Jul29 Caribbean

THU CHEFCHEVRON

Jul30 Mexican

FRI DIANAGOMEZ

FRI LIZZETPINZON www.tenchef.com

Special guest Julie Pellissier-Lush, PEI poet laureate, actress, best-selling author, recipient of the Queens jubilee medal, the Meritorious Service Medal recipient, and the Senators 150 medal, will join to offer Mi’kmaq greetings and read a selection of her poems.

Tickets for the August 8 concert are on sale at ticketwizard.ca or call the box office at 963-3963.

Watermark Theatre is located at 57 Church Hill Avenue, North Rustic. watermarktheatre.com

Singer, songwriter and guitarist Scott Parsons is a versatile and multi-dimensional talent whose musicianship and performance capabilities have taken him to countries around the world. His perseverance as an independent artist is a testament to the Maritime spirit. Parsons is an emotionally expressive vocalist with a powerful set of pipes that can take a song anywhere he wants that song to go. Parsons released his last album Darkie’s Hollow in 2019, continuing his musical storytelling of Black Island history, and delivering folk, blues, reggae and country styles. Parsons received the Music PEI Lifetime Achievement Award earlier this year. scottparsons.net

A child of the East Coast, Alicia Toner writes songs that tell the truth. Her Americana blend of folk, pop and country-rock offers a sound built around her emotive voice. Her debut album I Learned the Hard Way earned her Music PEI’s SOCAN Songwriter of the Year Award. Growing up, Toner was classically trained on the violin and played Carnegie Hall with the New Brunswick Youth Orchestra. She released her sophomore album Joan in June. aliciatoner.ca

Attendees can visit the lounge before the show or during intermission, Hans Sell of Thirsty Chef Eatery will be serving local Island food. Bar service is also available.

For info and tickets call 964-2255 or visit harmonyhousepei.com

Scott Parsons

PEI poet laureate Julie Pellissier-Lush will offer Mi’kmaq greeting and a reading.

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Confederation Centre Art Gallery

Two Thumbs Up

New exhibition is the finale for artist collective BGL

Alicia Toner

The Guild—July 3

After 25 years of working together, the artist collective BGL, comprised of Jasmin Bilodeau, Sébastien Giguère and Nicolas Laverdière, is breaking up. The Quebec-based trio has represented Canada at the Venice Biennale and has won acclaim around the world. A new exhibition at the Confederation Centre Art Gallery (CCAG), entitled BGL: Two Thumbs Up Arts and Crafts), will be the collective’s final show of new work.

“We are really honoured to host the final exhibition by some of Canada’s most imaginative, brilliant, and playful sculptors,” states CCAG Director Kevin Rice.

“This is going to be our last show together, so even if there are some [featured] works that seem to reflect on our end—like the replica of a 19th century hearse or the ‘crashed’ motorcycle—we want them to be joyful, fun, and humorous,” Laverdière explains. “The pleasure and freedom in making art for a living was the reason we got together in the first place. Art was always an adventure into fun for us.”

BGL is known for their amusing and critical look at our relationship with nature and disposable consumer culture. They are intent on recycling and recontextualizing their work within a gallery space and their pieces draw attention to social and political concerns. Their work is found in collections throughout Canada and has been exhibited around the world.

In Two Thumbs Up, they reprise elements of their Canadassimo project

originally presented at the Venice Biennale in 2015, along with a major new body of work. Curated by Pan Wendt, the CCAG exhibition features two galleries of work. One will include the studio installation from Canadassimo, and the other will show BGL’s latest work, including a series of pieces made with birch twigs.

“Arts and Crafts is a title that makes a lot of sense for the new body of work, which really comes out of the poetry of different kinds of manual labour— things you can only say intuitively in the roughness of manual work,” expresses Laverdière. “Theres something about the handmade aesthetic that’s true for us.”

BGL: Two Thumbs Up Arts and Crafts opens July 17 and will be on display until December 2021.

Alicia Toner will perform in concert on July 3 at The Guild in Charlottetown as part of their Summer Festival’s Celebration Series.

Toner is an Americana singer and songwriter. Charlottetown audiences may have seen her on stage in theatre productions at the Confederation Centre of the Arts. In recent years, her earnest and heartfelt songwriting has taken centre stage.

Toner’s sophomore album Joan was released on June 25. theguildpei.com

IDRA LABRIE

Installation view of Canadassimo, a project presented at the Venice Biennale in 2015 and a feature in BGL: Two Thumbs Up Arts and Crafts

Summer in Georgetown

Kings Playhouse festival offers a bevy of activities

The Kings Playhouse Summer Festival brings Georgetown to life with a variety of live music, theatre, dance, children’s programming and community engagement projects.

The season kicks off July 9–10 with The Island Shine Festival featuring comedy by Shawn Hogan and Patrick Ledwell, music by Shane Pendergast, complemented with a meal from The Wheelhouse in Georgetown.

Garden Party at the Playhouse will take place on Sunday afternoons all summer and will feature live music, fancy hats, locally inspired afternoon tea and croquet, overlooking the A.A. Macdonald Memorial Gardens.

Take a haunted walk through the historic town with Haunted Georgetown on Thursday evenings. Hear ghostly stories of shipwrecks, eerie happenings, and the ghosts that still appear to this day.

Fascinating Fridays will showcase live music and feature singer-songwriter Ben Caplan on July 16, The Burning Hell’s Ariel Sharratt and Mathias Kom on July 23, and Janet McGarry & Wildwood on July 30.

Unalarming Events will take place at 12:05 pm on Saturdays in response to the siren that rings every day at noon. The events will offer a repose that will include yoga sessions, solo musicians and more.

On July 24, a hip hop dance performance with Bahamian choreographer Joe Dames’ Xclusiv Crew will be on the Playhouse stage. Exciting and fast paced, the show features contemporary dance styles like krumping, b-boy,

and tutting. Hip hop artist and rapper Vince the Messenger opens the show.

Aspiring performers can nurture their passion at the Kings Playhouse Performing Arts Camps this summer. Three week-long camps will offer 6–13 year olds the chance to sing, act, dance and create with professional instructors in theatre, dance and music.

On view until August 7 at the Gallery at the Playhouse is Rahma & Friends: Art Will See Us Through, highlighting the artwork of 11 year old Syrian refugee, Rahma, and Lauren Graham, a 13 year old from Charlottetown. The exhibit sends a beacon of hope to refugee children anywhere in the world, letting them know that they are not forgotten, that their voices are heard, and that the world cares about them. It also has a message to all children and youth in PEI and around the globe that there are ways to cope with difficult emotions.

Join organizers and staff as they bring the creative arts outside all summer long in their Growing Garden Gallery for Community Grows. The series of community-based art and agriculture workshops celebrate the earth, the gardens, food that nurtures and the surrounding beauty. Daily events will engage participants to seek out and create art with projects such as the creation of an ethical zoo, a children’s scavenger hunt, and workshops by local growers and creators.

Info: kingsplayhouse.com, follow on FB, 1-888-346-5666. Kings Playhouse is located at 65 Grafton Street, Georgetown.

Theatre by the sea

Two stage shows at Victoria Playhouse this summer

Victoria Playhouse will present Off The Grid by John Spurway July 1–September 5 and The Good Time Radio Variety Show July 9–August 28.

Off The Grid features Marty, an architect anxious to learn more about self-sufficient houses so she can write a magazine article about living “off the grid,” and her husband Leonard, who has reluctantly agreed to spend a week without his comforts. While Leonard adjusts, Marty receives guidance from Lowell, their reclusive neighbour. Leonard is wary of this recluse, it seems like he might be hiding something… but Lowell’s not the only one keeping secrets. Directed

by Mark Fraser, Off The Grid stars Melissa Kramer, Lee J. Campbell and Jim Fowler.

Farmgate Theatre’s The Good Time Radio Variety Show will see Victoria Playhouse transformed into the sound stage of Island Radio Station CRPO. A modern take on the classic radio variety show with music, mystery, comedy, adventure and thrilling sound effects all performed live in front of a studio audience. Directed by Charlotte Gowdy, the cast includes Island actors Julain Molnar and Cameron MacDuffee, and PEI musicians Karen Graves and Adam Hill.

victoriaplayhouse.ticketpro.ca

Cloggeroo line-up

The Island Folk Festival returns to Georgetown in August

Cloggeroo—the Island Folk Festival (CIFF) is back in Three Rivers August 12–15 with live music performances on the main stage all weekend. This year’s festival will feature the addition of a Thursday night Blues Night, the Cloggeroo Craft Brew Picnic, and a new Festival Bus making round trips from Charlottetown and Montague. Local food vendors will be on site and camping will be available.

New to Cloggeroo this year, on August 12, the first-ever Thursday night Blues Night will feature Theresa Malenfant and the Instigators, Shirley Jackson and her Good Rockin’ Daddies, and Steve Marriner with special guest Paul Reddick.

The Friday night main stage will have The Sadies, Stephen Lewis and the Big Band of Fun, and Island favourites Andrew Waite and the Firm.

The music keeps going on Saturday night with Hawksley Workman and two of PEI’s own—Brandon Howard Roy and The Haunted Hearts.

Sunday afternoon rounds out the festival with Morgan Toney, Michelle Mock and the Moccasins, and Gordie MacKeeman and His Rhythm Boys.

The first annual Cloggeroo Craft Brew Picnic on Saturday afternoon will have select Island beer and cider breweries will be set up for tastings in the open air on the Brudenell River, along with food vendors and live music. The Picnic is free for kids 12 and under.

The CIFF Campground will be open on Friday and Saturday nights. Visit cloggeroo.com for full schedule, tickets, camping info and more.

The Sadies play this year’s Cloggeroo Festival

Cet été à la salle de Mont-Carmel!

Des soupers-théâtres, en veux-tu en v’là !

DU 14 JUILLET AU 28 AOÛT

À l’affiche à 19 h du mercredi au samedi

Les Filles de la factrie

Pour les plus jeunes les samedis midi à partir du 17 juillet

LeetPaysan le Roi

ART GALLERIES

Confed Centre Art Gallery

BGL: Two Thumbs Up (Arts and Crafts) July 17–December 5; Art in the Open at 10 Years: An Incomplete Archive to September 19; A Life’s Work: Canadian Artist Robert Harris (1849-1919) to January 16, 2022. 145 Richmond St, Charlottetown. confederationcentre.com

Cornwall Library Art Gallery

À l’affiche à 19 h les mardis à partir du 20 juillet

La Cuisine à Mémé rebooté

Une production de Paul Daniel Gallant, créateur des premières Cuisines à Mémé à Le Village en 1985. Pour plus d’information et pour acheter vos billets, visitez: productionsmeme.ca ou encore, appelez au 902-303-6766

A series of landscapes and portraits by Peter Ross is on view to July 30. Drawn to Water, watercolours by Kathy Stuart will be on view August 3–September 10. Contact the library for information on displaying in the gallery. 15 Mercedes Dr, Town Hall, Cornwall. library.pe.ca, cornwall@gov.pe.ca, 629-8415

Details Fine Art Gallery

On view: works by Rosamond Bechtel, P. John Burden, Gale Colpitts, Gabriella Collier, Kevin Cook, Grace Curtis, Christina del Sol, Katharine Dagg,Daniel Gautier, Jamie Germaine, Doretta Groenendyk, Beverley Hawksley, Paul Healey, Larry Horowitz, Mary Jane Lundy, Carole Malcolm,Tim Menees, Natasha Miller, Shelley Mitchell, Connie O’Brien, Jean Claude Roy, Bill Rogers, Gail Rhyno, Arlene Rice, Helen Rowlands,Dianna Shyne, Rene Tardif, Richard Vickerson, and Damien Worth. Along with blown glass, art pottery and designer jewellery, the gallery features Inuit Sculptures from Cape Dorset. Open Thursday to Saturday afternoons and by appointment. Extended hours beginning soon. 166 Richmond St, Charlottetown. 892-2233, detailsgallery@ eastlink.ca, detailsfineart.com

Dunes Island Art Gallery

On view: works by Wayne Barrett, Maurice Bernard, Julea Boswell, Debbie Brady, Mary Carr-Chaisson, Susan Christensen, Ashley Anne Clark, Joan Creamer, Katharine Dagg, Tony Diodati, June Ellis, Nan Ferrier, Sheila Forsyth, Lise Genova, Jaime Germaine, Mel Giddings, Heather Hannon, Kim Jabbour, Betty Jenkins, Lynda Kelly, Sandi Komst, Eric Labor, Helene LaRouche, Haley Lewis, Eve Llyndorah, Marie Lyon, Monica Macdonald, Anne MacKay, Wendy Manning, Ellen Martin, Robert Milner, Louise Mould, Deb Murphy, Connie O’Brien, Linda Shaw Packard, Julia Purcell, Warren Christopher Reeson, Heather Reid, Cheryl Richards, Sylvia Ridgway, Dagny Rossignol, Helen Rowlands, Joan Savage, Jessica Sheppard, Terry Dunton Stevenson, Glen Strickey, Adam Sultan, Gail Sutherland, Lorraine Vatcher, Richard Vickerson, Lindsay Walker, Donna White, and Damien Worth. Gallery open daily. 3622 Brackley Point Road, Rte #15. 672-2586, dunesgallery.com

Ellen’s Creek Gallery

On view: works by Ben Stahl, Louis Mould, Scott O’Neil, Rosemary Terris,

Geraldine Ysselstein, Damien Worth, Emily Howard, Ken Spearing, Margaret Muzika, Marianne Janowicz, Debra Wellner, Henry Purdy C.M., RCA, Sylvia Ridgway, Maurice Bernard, Pam Ling, Marie McMahon-Young, P. John Burden, David Garcia Jimenez, Jim Steadman, Julia Purcell, Betty Jenkins, and Linda Shaw Packard. Mon–Fri 9 am–5 pm, Sat 10 am–3 pm year round. framingpei@gmail.com. 525 North River Rd, Charlottetown. 368-3494

Eptek Art & Culture Centre

On view to July 6, Reggio Art, an exhibit of artwork by early learning students using the Reggio Emilia approach. William Stuart: Portrait of an Island Artist will be on view beginning July 6 and offers a glimpse Prince County rural life in the late 19th century and beyond, highlighting the historical contributions made by Reverend William Stuart through his art. Visit the permanent exhibit on the history and architecture of Summerside. Admission is by donation. Eptek is a PEI Museum and Heritage site. Open Tuesday to Saturday 9 am–5 pm and Sunday 12–5 pm. 130 Heather Moyse Dr, Summerside. peimuseum.com

Gallery @ The Guild

JOYRUS, Joy in PEI by Qinjuan (Susan) Gu is on view to July 4. 115 Richmond St, Charlottetown. theguildpei.com

Kensington Art Co-operative

The Gallery features local artwork displayed in an historic freight shed, often with an artist working on site. Members showing this year: Debbie Bryanton, June Ellis, Shirley Ferguson, Sheila Forsyth, Sandy Gallant, Susan Maxfield, Ron Somers, Lise Genova, Donna Sutton, Dawna Bowles and Sharon Craig. Open daily 10 am–4 pm. 27 Commercial St, Kensington. 432-0335

Kings Playhouse Gallery

Rahma & Friends—Seeking Refuge by Rahma is on view to July 31. 65 Grafton Street, Georgetown. kingsplayhouse.com, 1-866-346-5666

Lefurgey Cultural Centre

Sandra Ellis: A Retrospective is on view in the Lefurgey Room to the end of August. Free admission. Open weekdays, 9 am to 4:30 pm. The exhibit can also be viewed on Saturdays when guides are onsite. 205 Prince St, Summerside. culturesummerside.com

this town is small

this town is small presents two exhibits at Receiver Coffee Co. Becka Viau’s Obedient Compliance to July 16; Beauty like a sunflower by Robin Gessy Gislain Shumbusho July 18–August 30. 128 Richmond St, Charlottetown.

To our English-speaking friends: Please note that while music, food, drink and friendly smiles are universal, the majority of our theatrical performances are presented in French, but you are always welcome to join the party!

Interview with a ham pair

Charlottetown. Breaking news: a man grows a huge beet. There’s a conversational meal to be made of that.

MH: Patrick’s ability to look at the day to day, find the funny side of it and turn it into words never ceases to amaze me. And it gives me great opportunity to bring every musical skill I have developed over the years.

AT: So what’s new and exciting?

MH: This summer I’m really looking forward to the continuing travelogue of PEI Rocks. We’re making stops in Borden, Souris, and Three Rivers. Another piece I can’t wait to get in to the air is a song about my wife Maggie’s uncle Billy who buried his life savings somewhere on the property. We’re still looking.

It has been a tough year for everyone. Where do you find the humour —and the joy—in a pandemic? Well, you turn

PL: I appreciate how there’s a thread through the show about home, away, and how those two worlds

The Guild—July 16

Ann Thurlow sits down with Patrick Ledwell and Mark Haines

PIXBYLORNE / LORNE MILLER

ARTISTS & ARTISANS

Art ‘n’ Words Studio & Gallery

Cindy Lapeña, contemporary visual art. Open by appointment. artnwords.ca. 892-1426, 628-5867

Artisans Waterfront

Previously: Artisans on Main. 40 plus artists and artisans in a makers gallery. Mon–Sat 10 am–5 pm. Sun 1–5 pm, 1 Station Street, Montague. artisanswaterfront.ca, 838-4387

Birdmouse

Quirkshop with eco-friendly, reclaimed wood furniture and artwork. Open by appointment only. 63 Melrose Rd, St. Georges. birdmoude.ca, info@birdmouse. ca, 583-2581

Comfort House Studio & Gallery

Ellen Martin; oil paintings, prints. 245 Lefurgey Ave, Summerside. 436-3187

Ebb and Flow PEI

B.B. Gunn, custom framed felt wool art and fine art. Opening July 5 by appointment. 84 MacEwan’s Creek Rd, Morell. ebbandflowpei.ca. 218-5278

Eel Creek Custom Creations

Original concrete, live edge wood with iron accents furniture, industrial style decor. 1315 Burlington Rd, Rte 234, Burlington. 888-9746

Fire & Water Creations

Teri Hall; sea glass jewellery. Open by appointment only. 690 Rte 310, Bay Fortune. 687-3367

Galerie La Palette

Collective works from local artists; paintings, prints, photography and sculptures. Located in the yellow building at the Village musical acadien. 1745 Rte 124, Abram-Village. jeannetteblaquiere@ gmail.com, 854-3256

Gaudreau Fine Crafts Gallery

Featuring crafts of the Maritimes—pottery, weaving, jewelry, and fine woodworking. Open daily 10–5 pm. 11 Grand Pere Point Rd, Route 242, South Rustico. woodmagic.ca. 963-2223, 963-2273

Happy Glass

BJ Sandiford; artisan jewellery, beads using molten glass, silver. 21 Grafton St, Charlottetown.

Hutchinson Pottery

Pottery by Jessica Hutchinson. Open by chance or appointment. 33 Camp Road, Oyster Bed Bridge. 621-5456, hutchinsonpottery.com

Island Made Gift Shop

Cindy Cousineau; Scrap’N Wrap; scrap-booking PEI & Maritimes memoribilia, wire-wrapped seaglass jewellery. 545 Malpeque Rd, Rte 2. 367-4121

Island Winds

Musically tuned, Island-made windchimes. 3827 Millvale Rd, South Granville. islandwindcraft.com

June Ellis’s Studio

June Ellis; limited edition prints. Rte 12, East Bideford. 831-2962

Knit Pickers PEI Studio

New MacEachern tartan, knitwear and tartans made in studio. Photos, jewellery and more. Open Tue–Sat 10 am–5 pm and Tue evenings 7–9 pm. 566 Line Rd, Rte 13, Mayfield. knitpickerspei.com, 626-8284

Koleszar Pottery

Pottery by Hedwig Koleszar; bowls, mugs, vases, yarn bowls, salt cellars and more. Tue–Sun 1–5 pm. 1929 Gairloch Rd, Eldon. 659-2570

Kro In The Sky Art Studio

Cathy Murchison/Krolikowski ; stained glass, mosaics, fine art, jewellery. Open Tue–Sun 9 am–5 pm. 1800 Point Prim Rd, Belfast. krointhesky.com, 659-2524

Kuko Creations

Ashley and Shirley Perry; jewellery, accessories, handbags. kuko-creations. square.site

Malpeque Fine Iron Products

Eric Schurman; pot racks, chandeliers, fireplace accessories, weathervanes, garden creatures. Mon–Fri 8:30 am–4:30 pm, Sat 8:30 am–1 pm. Rte 180, Barbara Waite Rd, Lower New Annan. 436-5006

The Master’s Pieces

Quilt shop and artisan studio; Nancy Hunt’s batik, quilting cottons, hats, precut yarn goods, kits, handcrafted product. By appointment only. 3664 Dixon Rd, Breadalbane. mpieces@gmail. com, 621-0569

McAskill’s Studio

Furniture and crafts by Joseph McAskill. Pottery, fine art, metal work, glass, giftware, by PEI and Atlantic artisans. 26 Beasley Ave, Charlottetown. 566-3416/ 866-303-3416

Messy Crow

Lisa Freeman; seaglass, jewellery, felted wool art. Commissions welcome. Souris. messycrowpei@gmail.com

Michael Stanley Pottery

An artist run gallery, with pottery inspired by the vibrant colours and gentle landscape of PEI. Works by father and son Malcolm and Michael Stanley, and other maritime potters. Open daily June–Sept. 22 Howard St, Victoria-by-the-Sea. michaelstanleypottery.com, 393-2339

Nan Ferrier Home Studio

Nan Ferrier; original paintings. #5 - 8 Clyde Mynard Way (off Port Hill Station Rd), Tyne Valley. By chance or phone 831-3048

Northern Watters Knitwear

Handcrafted sweaters, shawls, stoles, ponchos. PEI arts and crafts items. 150 Richmond St, Charlottetown. 566-5850

P. John Burden’s Studio

P. John Burden; acrylic paintings, watercolour paintings. Hunter River. 964-2853

PEI Crafts Council Gallery

Gallery of the PEI Crafts Council. Juried art and craft from Island artists and artisans. Daily 10 am–6 pm, Sun 12–6 pm. 98 Water St, Charlottetown. 892-5152

PEI Fox Den

Showcasing work of over 40 local artists and artisans that includes fibre art, photography, visual art, apparel, soap, woodwork, knitted goods, embroidery, candles, teas, chocolate, pottery, music and more. Open Tue–Sun, 10 am–5 pm. 2852 1A, North Bedeque. peifoxden.ca, 303-8327

PEI Seachange Studio

Julia Rita Theriault, acrylic paintings. 8863 Rte 19, Desable. juliarita.com, 675-4516

PettyQuilt Junction

Robin Petty quilt sales and machine quilting services. Open by appointment only. 1006 Long River Rd, Kensington. robinquilts@gmail.com, pettyquiltjunction.etsy.com. 598-8322

The Purcell Parlour Gallery

Julia Purcell; original art, prints, cards. 48 Herlihy Dr, Clyde River. 368-7526

Ranchboy Leather

Handcrafted leather benches, stools, hall tables and more by Kevin Halloway. Open by appointment. Union Corner, 15 minutes from Summerside. 854-3482

Red Cliff Gallery

Lorraine Vatcher; acrylic, oil, watercolour. Open by appointment. 68 Little Sands Wharf Rd, Little Sands. lorrainevatcher.com, 962-2327

Robert McMillan Pottery

Robert McMillan’s handcrafted porcelain pottery, ready for everyday use. robertmcmillanpottery.com. 598-8217

Sandi Komst Studio-Gallery

Sandi Komst; oil, watercolour paintings. Open by appointment or by chance. 2060 Cape Bear Rd, Rte 18, Beach Point. outofourmindsgallery.com. 962-3612

Silkwalker Originals Studio and Fine Crafts

Heather Walker’s hand-painted silk art, scarves, accessories and custom designs. Jewellery, artwork and other quality hand-crafted products by Island Artisans. Wed–Sun 12–6 pm. Seawalk Park and Boutiques, North Rustico. silkwalker. com, heather@silkwalker.com. 330-8188

Stanley Bridge Studios

Island rafts, jewellery, pottery, art, woodwork, ironwork, home and garden decor, clothing, accessories. Daily 10 am–5 pm. Stanley Bridge. 886-2800

Susan Christensen Art Gallery

Susan Christensen; paintings, photo-etchings, prints, cards. Susan paints on site Sats and Suns. Upper level, Gaudreau Fine Crafts Gallery. 11 Grand Pere Point Rd, Route 242, South Rustico. susanchristensenart.com, 963-2223

Susan F Harrison Fine Arts

Susan F. Harrison; jewellery, sculpture, paintings. 25 Wild Rose Ln, St. Peters Harbour. 961-2195

Thompson’s Woodcraft

Wood-turning by Wilfred Thompson. 2979 Rte 1A, North Bedeque. 887-3459

The Toad Pond Studio

Linda Shaw Packard; watercolours, acrylics, ink. 3285 Brackley Pt. Rd, Brackley Beach. 672-1910

Twisted Knickers Studio

Arlene MacAusland; folk art, textiles and tin. 303 Penderosa Rd, Darnley. 836-5517

Vermillion Art Works

Susan Christensen, Debbie Misener, Outi Lloyd, others; paintings, prints, cards, knits, pottery. 87 Water St, Charlottetown. 370-3215

Village Pottery

Pottery, jewellery, and artwork. 10567 Rte 6, New London. villagepottery.ca, hello@ villagepottery.ca, 886-2473

Walker Studios

Custom jewellery and fine art of Jeanette and Lindsay Walker. By appointment. jeanettewalkerjewellery.com, 393-6376

Well Frog Art Studio Gallery

Lucie Bernadette Bellemare; silk painting, metal sculpture, acrylic and watercolours, prints, originals. 371 Elm St, Summerside. luciebbellemare.com 303-1960

West Coast IPA

If you were looking for one particular style of beer that propelled the current awareness of craft beer into our collective consciousness, it would be West Coast IPA.

From early on, California was the epicentre for growth in the craft beer industry. In the late 1960s, brewers in California expressed their love for hops and the noble bitterness they can lend to a refreshing beer. This approach of brewing hop forward beers grew over the subsequent decades and evolved into the West Coast IPA. Bracingly bitter with an alcohol content ranging from 7–8%, West Coast IPAs have been the platform for countless brewers to really express their brewing chops.

One of the first Island breweries to embrace the style of West Coast IPA was Borden’s Lone Oak Brewing. When Lone Oak sought to select a core range of beers that they would be offering, West Coast IPA was at the forefront, and this led to the creation of their Hollywood IPA. Citrus forward with subtle sprucey notes, Hollywood serves up a pleasantly subtle malty body with a firm inviting bitterness. Definitely worthwhile to try in cans from PEILCC or on tap at your favourite spot that pours Lone Oak.

Walker West Coast IPA, a new addition from PEI’s longest running brewery, PEI Brewing Company, was launched in early June. Named after the brewery’s original location at the corner of Walker Drive and Kensington Road in Charlottetown, Walker West Coast IPA embraces the origins of the craft beer movement. A beer that pours a beautiful deep gold colour, with a pleasantly pungent hoppy aroma. At first taste, a

sweet malt profile rolls over the palate, then followed by a soothing bitter wave of American hop. Walker West Coast IPA is available at all Gahan locations and on shelves at PEILCC.

Farther east on PEI, Montague’s Bogside Brewing Company launched their own spin on this classic hoppy ale. Shucker’s Select West Coast IPA pays tribute to both hop forward brews and the many talented people working in PEI’s oyster industry. With a more restrained bitterness than the previously mentioned beers, this IPA would certainly pair well with a few freshly shucked oysters from one of our many oyster growers.

If you are looking for a hoppy and refreshingly bitter beer to drink over the warmer months, one that can magically transport you to sunny California, be sure to try out these three locally produced West Coast IPAs. All are cur rently available at PEI Liquor Stores.

The Brew by Bryan Carver

BRYAN CARVER

Confederation Centre of the Arts

THE RISING!

Young Company’s energetic, optimistic look at protest music

After a hiatus in 2020, the Young Company will return to the Confederation Centre of the Arts outdoor amphitheatre in Charlottetown from July 9 through August 21, debuting an all new show, THE RISING!

Created by Herbie Barnes, Adam Brazier, Bob Foster and Germaine Konji, this free outdoor production is an explosive and optimistic experience exploring protest music and moments in time where society stood up for civil and judicial rights.

“A universal language, music transcends geographic and cultural barriers and has played an essential role at the heart of protests for generations,” shares Brazier, artistic director of performing arts. “Our aim for THE RISING! is to offer an inspiring, high-energy journey about striving for a better and more equitable humanity.”

Weaving provocative songs from such artists as Tracey Chapman, Lady Gaga, the Chicks, Macklemore, Beyoncé, Sarah Bareilles, Neil Young, Bob Dylan, and The Temptations, THE RISING! is a 45-minute musical production, offered by donation.

The music and narration explore global movements and themes—from apartheid, the Vietnam War, and the Oka Crisis; right up to 2SLGBTQIA+ rights, Black Lives Matter, Colin Kaepernick’s plight in the NFL, and The Chicks drawing ire from the Republican Party.

This year’s Young Company ensemble includes Zachary Colangelo, Nadia Haddad (PEI), Nestor Lozano Jr., Jude Lvey, Zoe O’Connor, Hillery Pham, Aaron Ryder (PEI), Jocelyn Tsui, Jessica Wilson, and Michelle Yu.

Direction is from Dawn Ward with choreography from Ward and Joe Dames. Musical direction and arrangements are by Bob Foster, and set and costume design by Cory Sincennes.

The Confederation Centre Young Company, in partnership with the TD Ready Commitment, is one of Canada’s leading performance-based training programs. With a strong focus on all three performance disciplines, 12 young artists between 18–30 years of age from across the nation gather each summer to share their lived experiences and present stories that define us as Canadians.

Tickets for THE RISING! should be reserved in advance to guarantee a seat upon arrival. There will be a section reserved for daily walk-ups, on a firstcome, first-served basis. In the event of inclement or excessively hot weather, the show will not be offered indoors this year.

Nadia Haddad performs in a past summer’s Young Company production. Haddad will be joined by nine other members to form the 2021 Young Company.

Glenaladale concert series

Evening performances on Tracadie Bay this summer

“Fiddle Fest”

The Rollo Bay Fiddle Festival, as it is known, will not take place as usual this year, but fiddle fans can enjoy a new musical event, the Tri-County Reunion, on the Festival’s traditional third weekend of July.

The Rollo Bay Fiddle Festival’s Tri-County Reunion will celebrate the musical legacy, families and traditions of the three Prince Edward Island counties, with three seperate concerts over three nights, July 16, 17 and 18, at the Rollo Bay Fiddle Grounds.

Hosted by JJ Chaisson, the Kings County Feature on July 16 will have music by The MacDonalds, The Doyles, Lone Cry Singers, The Cheveries, and The Chaissons.

The Glenaladale Trust will be hosting a series of Sunday summer evening concerts at the historical property on Tracadie Bay. Concert-goers will have an opportunity to not only tour the property, but also enjoy live music in the grandeur of the house itself. Shows will be presented every second Sunday through July and August.

The series will begin July 4 with Jessica Gallant, best known for her classic musical theatre roles including Anne of Green Gables at The Charlottetown Festival.

On July 18, entertainer Michael

Pendergast will present an evening of Island folk songs and stories. Mark Haines will bring his energetic music and personality to Glenaladale on August 1. Powerhouse singer Kelley Mooney will perform August 15 in the intimate setting of the house. Shane Pendergast will perform his original songs on the last night of the series, August 29.

Showtime is 7:30 pm. Tickets can be pre-booked at glenaladalepei@gmail. com or 394-6131.

The Glenaladale Estate is located at 257 Blooming Point Road, Route 118.

The Prince County Feature, hosted by Nathalie Arsenault on July 17, will showcase The LeBlancs, Hey Cuzzins, The Pendergasts, and The Arsenaults (featuring Gadelle).

Patrick Ledwell will host the Queens County Feature on July 18 with music by Richard Wood, Inn Echo, Mi’kmaq Legends, and The Gallants.

Doors will open each day at 4 pm with shows running from 5–8 pm. Food and drink will be available for sale and parking is free. Tickets and more details at rollobayfiddlefest.ca/ reunion.

Michael Pendergast

Jessica Gallant

ON STAGE

until Aug 6, select dates

Dear Rita

Confederation Centre, Charlottetown

July 1–Sep 5, select dates

Off The Grid

Victoria Playhouse, Victoria-By-The-Sea

July 6, 7, 13, 14 , 21, 23

Pleasureville

The Guild, Charlottetown

July 6, 13, 19, 27

Sea, Sand and Fire

Roma at Three Rivers, Three Rivers

July 4–Aug 29, Sundays

Sunday Night Improv

Haviland Club, Charlottetown

July 6–Sep 1, Tue–Wed

The Island Summer Review

Harmony House, Hunter River

July 7–Aug 27, Wed & Fri

Allegra’s Magic Flute

Harmony House, Hunter River

July 7–Aug 31, Tue–Thu

La Veillée au Village Dinner Theatre

Village Musical acadien, Abram-Village

July 8–Aug 12, Thu

Highland Storm

Celtic Performing Arts Centre, Summerside

July 8–Aug 28, Thu & Sat, Aug 6

Luka’s Fiddle

Harmony House, Hunter River

July 9–Aug 28

The Good Time Radio

Variety Show

Victoria Playhouse, Victoria-By-The-Sea

July 9, 10

The Island Shine Festival

Kings Playhouse, Georgetown

July 9, 10, 16, 17

Jessica Gallant: Dolly Parton

Courthouse Theatre, St. Peters Bay

July 9–Aug 21

THE RISING!

The Young Company. Confederation Centre amphitheatre, Charlottetown

July 10

Mi’kmaq Legends

Watermark Theatre, North Rustico

July 10, 15, 17, 20, 22, Aug 2, 9, 10

Singalong Jubilee

The Guild, Charlottetown

July 12, 17, 26, Aug 2, 9, 16, 23

Aladdin Jr.

The Guild, Charlottetown

July 12, 7:30 pm

Oshun Dance

The Guild, Charlottetown

July 13–31, select dates

The Gin Game

Watermark Theatre, North Rustico

July 14–Aug 28, Wed–Sat

Les Filles de la factrie Dinner Theatre

Mont-Carmel Parish Hall, Mont-Carmel

July 15, 22, 29, Aug 5, 7, 12, 19, 23, 26

Beauty & the Beast Jr.

The Guild, Charlottetown

July 15–Aug 27, Thu & Fri

Inside American Pie

Harmony House, Hunter River

July 17–Aug 28

Le Paysan et le Roi

Mont-Carmel Parish Hall, Mont-Carmel

July 18–19,

Pride Drag Show

The Guild, Charlottetown

July 19–Aug 16, Mon

Ebb & Flow

Haviland Club, Charlottetown

July 20–Aug 24, Tue

La Cuisine à Mémé rebootée

Dinner Theatre

Mont-Carmel Parish Hall, Mont-Carmel

July 23–25, July 30–Aug 1

The River Clyde Pageant New Glasgow

July 24

Xclusive Crew hip hop dance with Vince the Messenger Kings Playhouse, Georgetown

July 24, Aug 21

Popalopalots Improv

The Guild, Charlottetown

July 24

Dan Hendricken & Friends

Comedy Show

Shaw’s Hotel, Brackley Beach

July 28–Aug 1

Island Fringe Festival

See page 27. Various locations, Charlottetown

July 29–31, 3–6, 11–14

Tapestry: A Tribue to Carole King

The Guild, Charlottetown

Aug 6

Dan Hendricken & Friends

Comedy Show

Shaw’s Hotel, Brackley Beach

Aug 12–Sept 4

Old Stock: A Refugee Love Story

Confederation Centre, Charlottetown

Aug 10–28, Mon–Sat

Cottagers and Indians

Watermark Theatre, North Rustico

CONCERTS

June 30, 8 pm

Lady Soul

Trailside Music Hall, Charlottetown

July 2, 8 pm

Nick Doneff

Shaw’s Hotel, Brackley Beach

July 2–Sept 3, Fri at 8 pm

Jon Rehder & Friends

Jon Rehder and house band (Reg Ballagh, Chris Gauthier, Carlie Howell) with special guests. Nick Gauthier (July 2); Amanda Jackson (9); Nathan Wiley (16); Nikkie Gallant (23); Dennis Ellsworth (30); Amanda Jackson (Aug 6). No tickets at the gate (see FB page). The Dunk, 3864 Dixon Rd, Breadalbane

July 3, 7:30 pm

Alicia Toner

The Guild, Charlottetown

July 3, 7:30 pm

Vishtèn: Connexions

Special guest Tim Chaisson. Copper Bottom Brewing, Montague

July 4, 8 pm

Adam MacGregor & the Foes

Trailside Music Hall, Charlottetown

July 4,18, Aug 15, 29, 7:30 pm

Glenaladale Summer

Concert Series

Jessica Gallant (July 4); Michael Pendergast (18); Mark Haines (Aug 1); Kelley Mooney (15); and Shane Pendergast (29). glenaladalepei@gmail. com. 257 Blooming Point Rd, Route 118, Tracadie Bay.

July 5, 8 pm

Noah Malcolm

Trailside Music Hall, Charlottetown

July 6, 13, 20, 23, Aug 3, 8 pm

Vishtèn: Connexions

Special guests: Don Ross (July 6), Rowen Gallant & Jesse Periard (13), Teresa Doyle (20), Louise Arsenault & Helene Bergeron (23), Tim Chaisson (Aug 3). Trailside Music Hall, Charlottetown

July 6–Sept 4, Tue & Thu at 7:30 pm

Pendy’s Pub

Michael Pendergast and The Keggers. Saturday guests singers: Kendall Docherty (July 10), Lawrence Maxwell (17), Eddy Quinn (24), Peggy Clinton (31), Dino Dunsford (August 7), Keelin Wedge (14), Kirk Bernard (21), Blair Gaudet (28), and Chad Matthews (September 4). Tuesday guest fiddlers: Gordie MacKeeman (July 6), Johnny Ross (13),

Courtney Hogan (20), Stephen Perry (27), Victor Doucette (August 3), Cynthia Keliher (MacLeod) (10), Luka Hall (17), and Richard Wood (24). The College of Piping - Celtic Performing Arts Centre. 619 Water St. East, Summerside.

July 7–8, 8 pm

Gordie Sampson

Trailside Music Hall, Charlottetown

July 7–Aug 25, 7:30 pm

Richard Wood: Through the Years

Trailside Music Hall, Charlottetown

July 9, 7:30 pm

Liam Corcoran

Historic St. Mary’s, Indian River

July 9, 8 pm

J.P. Cormier

Shaw’s Hotel, Brackley Beach

July 9–10, 7:30 pm

Dee Austin

The Pourhouse, Charlottetown

July 9, 8 pm

Meaghan Blanchard

Trailside Music Hall, Charlottetown

July 9–Aug 27, Fri at 8 pm

Summer Cabaret Series

Kurk Bernard (July 9), Larry Campbell & Marcella Richard (16), Eddy Quinn (23), Dave Doyle (30), Jordan LeClair (Aug 6), Jonny Ray Arsenault (13), Sandra Jones (20), Cory Gallant (27). Village musical acadien, Abram-Village

July 10, 7:30 pm

J.P. Cormier

Copper Bottom Brewing, Montague

July 10–12, 8 pm

Myles Goodwyn

Trailside Music Hall, Charlottetown

July 11, 3 pm

PEISO Presents: The Orchestra Deconstructed

Historic St. Mary’s, Indian River

July 12, 7:30 pm

Gordie MacKeeman & His Rhythm Boys

Victoria Playhouse, Victoria-by-the-Sea

July 14, 8 pm

Red Dirt Song Series

Shaw’s Hotel, Brackley Beach

July 14, 8 pm

Ben Caplan

Trailside Music Hall, Charlottetown

July 16, 7:30 pm

Noah Malcolm

The Guild, Charlottetown

July 16, 8 pm

Rachel Beck

Shaw’s Hotel, Brackley Beach

July 16

Ben Caplan

Kings Playhouse, Georgetown

July 16–18, 5 pm

Rollo Bay Fiddle Fest: Tri–County Reunion

King’s County: The MacDonalds, The Doyles, Lone Cry Singers, The Cheveries, The Chaissons, host JJ Chaisson (July 16). Prince County: The Leblancs, Hey Cuzzins, The Pendergasts, The Arsenaults featuring Gadelle, host Nathalie Arsenault (17). Queens County: Richard Wood, Inn Echo, Mi’kmaq Legends, The Gallants, host Patrick Ledwell (18). Rollo Bay Fiddle Festival Gounds, Rollo Bay.

July 17, 7:30 pm

Mark Haines

Harmony House, Hunter River

July 17, 8 pm

Ben Caplan

Shaw’s Hotel, Brackley Beach

July 17–18, 7:30 pm

Irish Mythen

Copper Bottom Brewing, Montague

July 19, 7:30 pm

Brandon Howard Roy

Victoria Playhouse, Victoria-by-the-Sea

July 21–22, 8 pm

Dave Gunning

Trailside Music Hall, Charlottetown

July 22–Aug 19, Thu at 12:10 pm

Chamber Music Concerts

Nicholas Murphy (22), Olivia Barnes & Sébastien Comtois (29), Jeffrey BazettJones & Sean Kemp (Aug 5). Kirk of St. James, Charlottetown

July 22, 8 pm

The Good Ol’ Boys

Shaw’s Hotel, Brackley Beach

July 23

Ariel Sharrat & Mathias Kom

Kings Playhouse, Georgetown

July 23, 7:30 pm

Singer Songwriter Circle

Meaghan Blanchard, Logan Richard and Emmet MacLellan. Historic St. Mary’s, Indian River

July 23, 7:30 pm

Janet McGarry & Wildwood

Milton Community Hall, Milton

July 23, 8 pm

Dave Gunning

Shaw’s Hotel, Brackley Beach

July 24, 8 pm

Morgan Davis

Trailside Music Hall, Charlottetown

July 25, 3 pm

Christina Bouey and Magdalena von Eccher

Historic St. Mary’s, Indian River

July 26, 7:30 pm

Don Ross & Brooke Miller

Victoria Playhouse, Victoria-by-the-Sea

July 28–Aug 1

Festival Route 11

See festivalroute11.com. Featuring performances by Kinley, Irish Mythen, Catherine MacLellan, Lennie Gallant, Vishtèn, and more. Venues on Route 11.

July 30

Janet McGarry & Wildwood

Kings Playhouse, Georgetown

July 30, 8 pm

Mo Kenney w/ Lucy Farrell

Trailside Music Hall, Charlottetown

July 31

Gadelle and The Good Ol’ Boys

Roma at Three Rivers, Brudenell

July 31, 7:30 pm

Mo Kenney

Copper Bottom Brewing, Montague

July 31, 8 pm

Slowcoaster

Trailside Music Hall, Charlottetown

Aug 1, 7:30 pm

Rachel Beck & Kim Harris

Copper Bottom Brewing, Montague

Aug 1, 8 pm

Hauler

Trailside Music Hall, Charlottetown

Aug 2, 7:30 pm

Lovely Nelly

Victoria Playhouse, Victoria-by-the-Sea

The College of Piping & Celtic Performing Arts Centre For your summer entertainment!

July and August

Tuesday & Saturday evenings

Tickets $25 all in Michael Pendergast with his house band, “The Keggers”. Each show will include some of the Island’s favourite entertainers.

Tues, July 6 - Gordie MacKeeman

Sat, July 10 - Kendall Docherty

Tues, July 13 - Johnny Ross

Sat July 17 - Laurence Maxwell

Tues, July 20 - Courtney Hogan

Sat, July 24 - Eddy Quinn

Tues, July 27 - Stephen Perry

Sat, July 31 - Peggy Clinton

Tues, Aug 3 - Victor Doucette

Sat, Aug 7 - Dino Dunsford

Tues, Aug 10 - Cynthia Keliher (MacLeod)

Sat, Aug 14 - Keelin Wedge

Tues, Aug 17 - Luka Hall

Sat, Aug 21 - Kirk Bernard

Tues, Aug 24 - Richard Wood

Sat, Aug 28 - Blair Gaudet

Sat, Sept 4 - Chad Matthews

Thursday evenings

Tickets $35 plus taxes & fees

An exhilarating evening of Celtic music and dancing. There’s a Storm coming!

Highland Storm Presented by Confederation Bridge

Wednesday evenings

Tickets $30 all in Voyage through 3 decades of music and memories that will take you around the

La Veillée au Village

Dinner theatre with a side of comedy and music

Inspired by funny stories and local characters, Albert Arsenault and his sister Hélène Bergeron set to work this spring to create a series of comedy sketches interwoven with music and song. The result is the lively dinner theatre, La Veillée au Village, the flagship summer production at Village musical acadien (VMA) in Abram-Village. Performances will take place Tuesday–Thursday at 6:30 pm, July 7 through August 31. Doors open at 6 pm.

In addition to being the playwrights, Arsenault and Bergeron serve as the production’s artistic directors. The cast features five well-known Island Acadian artists—Louise Arsenault, Jonathan Arsenault, Keelin Wedge, Dawson Arsenault and Shane Arsenault—all of whom have extensive

Les Filles de la Factrie

Audiences who take in Les Filles de la Factrie, the French language dinner theatre at Mont-Carmel Parish Hall in Wellington this summer, can expect a whole lot of laughs and entertaining old-time music. Presented by Les Productions Cuisine à Mémé, the flagship show of the season will be presented weekly at 7 pm, Wednesday through Saturday, July 14–August 28.

The story takes place in the old

La Cuisine à Méme

Tracy Arsenault has been cast as puppet grandmother Mémé, the title role in this summer’s resurrected French-language show, La Cuisine à Mémé rebootée. The show plays every Tuesday at 7 pm from July 20–August 24 at Mont-Carmel Parish Hall in Wellington.

Arsenault’s acting will be showcased in her role as the beloved grandmother Mémé, presented in puppet form this year as it was in early productions of the show in 1985-1986.

“Our Mémé character acts as the

experience in music and theatre. There will be surprises, costumes, scenery and more. The dinner theatre format has changed for this show, with the three-course meal being served first, followed by two 45-minute music-and-sketch sets.

Tickets must be purchased in advance at villagemusical.ca.

days at a fish plant where the employees are not allowed to talk while they work. One day, one of the workers pours a potion in the supervisor’s tea, which makes her sleep all day while they chat, tell jokes, dance and sing.

Seasoned performers Debbie Rousselle-Montgomery and Chuck Arsenault lead the cast, which includes actors Yolande Williams and Isabelle Fisk, and fiddlers Gilbert Arsenault and Samantha Arsenault.

Paul D. Gallant is the play’s author and artistic director.

Mont-Carmel Paris Hall is located on Route 11 in Wellington. Tickets: 3036766 or productionsmeme.ca.

host or emcee for the evening. She’ll be the thread that connects the scenes together. And she’ll be sure to keep everyone in line,” explains playwright and artistic director Paul D. Gallant.

The full cast includes Wayne Robichaud, Chuck Arsenault and Albert Arsenault, all veterans of music and theatre, as well as fiddler Samantha Arsenault and stepdancer and singer Keera Gallant. There will be one or two special guest musicians or comedians each week.

This production is part of a threeshow series being presented by Les Productions Cuisine à Mémé Inc this summer in Mont-Carmel.

For tickets call 303-6766 or visit productionsmeme.ca.

The cast of La Veillée au Village dinner theatre. (l-r): Jonathan Arsenault, Shane Arsenault, Keelin Wedge, Dawson Arsenault and Louise Arsenault.

Roma at Three Rivers

Travel back in time this summer and experience 1732 on PEI

Roma at Three Rivers transports visitors back to 1732 when French merchant Jean Pierre Roma established a settlement and trading post at Three Rivers. Each day, guides in character as Roma’s settlers will provide tours and lead a variety of activities ranging from fishing demonstrations to quill pen writing, and more. The fully licensed restaurant serves lunches that were popular in Roma’s time, as well as some modern favourites.

Roma will be bustling with events this summer. July kicks off with Canada Day festivities offering activities for both the young and the young at heart. Try out some toys from Roma’s time, take a guided nature walk, and top it all off with some cake.

On Tuesdays in July, Roma will present Sea, Sand and Fire. This is a new ticketed experience that features food, live music, and storytelling from both Roma re-enactors and local seafarers around the campfire with a view of the Montague River.

July will wrap up with the Three Rivers Arts and Culture Festival on

Half a Star

Local entertainers are back with podcast’s second season

July 31. Throughout the day there will be a local market, music, and many activities. To finish off the evening there will be a ticketed 19+ concert with Gadelle and The Good Ol’ Boys.

Roma is open daily from 10 am–5 pm. For information on daily activities or events, visit roma3rivers.com or follow on FB.

Half a Star podcast, hosted by Island entertainers Justin Shaw and Benton Hartley, will return July 9 for its second season. It will be available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and wherever you listen to podcasts.

Season one featured guests from across the globe sharing stories about hilarious misadventures. This season, listeners can expect a lineup of all new guests with all new stories, as well as new segments that will highlight the best of the worst. Bad ideas make great stories, and on Half a Star... bad ideas never felt so good.

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Justin Shaw (left) and Ben Hartley

Improv Night

The Haviland Club—Sundays

HA Club Artistic Director Laurie Murphy is bringing a new improv show to Charlottetown this summer. Sunday Night Improv will be held weekly on Sundays through July and August at The Haviland Club. Doors open at 7:30 pm and the shows will run from 8–10 pm with intermission.

Each week will feature a different collection of players from the Sunday Night Improv Troupe (SNIT). The SNIT members are all performers in their fields of expertise—musical improv, music, dance and acting. They include Adam Brazier, Greg Ellard, Noah Nazim, Amanda Mark, Laurie Murphy, Julia Sauve and Lauren Thomson, with music accompaniment by Margie Carmichael. There will also be weekly special guests.

Limited tickets are available for purchase at marram.ca/shop. The Haviland Club is licensed, air-condition and accessible. 2 Haviland Street, Charlottetown.

@TheHaClub, @ClubofHa

Singalong Jubilee

The Guild—July 10 to Aug 10

Singalong Jubilee: A Musical Tribute, starring Julien Kitson, Brieonna Locche, Charlotte Moore, Geordie Brown and Andrew Murray, will be on stage at The Guild in Charlottetown select dates, July 10–August 10.

Conceived and directed by Geordie Brown, this is a theatrical celebration of the music, people and stories of Singalong Jubilee. Journey to CBC studios where the likes of Anne Murray and Catherine McKinnon were broadcast to living rooms across Canada.

There will be a Preview Pay-whatyou-can performance July 9 at 7:30 pm.

Ebb & Flow

Five shows at historic Haviland Club this summer

Ebb & Flow: Tides of Settlement on PEI, a live stage show with performances that present songs, music, text, archives, photographs and video to tell stories about PEI and the ebb and flow of its people, is back for its 2021 season.

Show creators and producers Amanda Mark (Music Director) and Laurie Murphy (Artistic Director) invite people of all ages to experience this year’s performances. Winner of the PEI Museum & Heritage 2019 Heritage Recognition award, the multimedia show will be held weekly on Monday evenings from 8–10 pm, with intermission, July 19 to August 16.

Murphy and Mark are working with an ensemble of performance artists, animators, and musicians

Pleasureville

The Guild—until July 23

Pleasureville by Ellen Denny continues at The Guild in Charlottetown with select performances until July 23.

Every small town needs a sex shop, right? Come to Pleasureville to find out. Featuring one of the first non-binary roles in professional Canadian theatre, this modern comedy is bursting with heart as its characters learn to claim their power and their pleasure.

Pleasureville stars Brieonna Locche, Charlotte Moore and Stephane Hood, with direction by Geordie Brown.

The Guild partnered with Pride PEI for this production.

to entertain audiences this summer. Confirmed performers include Julie Pellissier-Lush, Victor Cal Y Mayor, Nadia Haddad, Tim Hamming, Amanda Mark and Laurie Murphy. The show includes a recording of Tamara Steele reciting a poem by Yvette Doucette and video animations by Teresa Kuo. Each show will also feature a special guest artist, with Shane Pendergast slated for July 19.

Chef Robert Pendergast will provide a culinary snack inspired by his Acadian heritage for an additional fee. He is a musician and storyteller and will also lead a music jam session postshow in the Haviland Club Tap Room, licensed for those 19+ years of age. Get tickets at marram.ca/shop.

Calypso Secrets

The Guild—July 12

Dancer and choreographer Reequal Smith (Oshun Dance) will present her showcase Calypso Secrets on July 12 at The Guild in Charlottetown.

Performed by an ensemble of four dancers, a vocalist and a drummer, Calypso Secrets highlights the talents of its ensemble, incorporating a twist of Caribbean culture and diversity.

Smith’s choreography fuses modern, jazz, African and funk styles, paired with live and recorded music including Afro-Caribbean, Latin, funk, reggae and jazz selections. theguildpei.com

Island Fringe Festival

Unconventional theatre and performances—July 28 to Aug 1

Entering its 10th year, Island Fringe Festival has become an Island staple, bringing innovative, accessible, unconventional shows to PEI every summer. Celebrating independent and alternative theatre, the 2021 Island Fringe Festival has something for everyone.

On July 28, Fringe will host a Preview Night and audiences will get to see a snippet of each of the performances. Shows will take place nightly from July 29–August 1 at various locations in Charlottetown. Additional programming includes Fringe After Dark events and the return of a late-night Scavenger Hunt, Trivia Night, and the Closing Party/Awards Night.

Apple Bones

A drama set in near-future Greenera, where having children is seen as destructive to the planet and is heavily controlled. Mother Nature weaves the tale as Lily’s round belly stirs up high emotions and mayhem ensues.

Castor Oil

Head War

A found text performance that pieces together the story of creator Sadie McCarney’s 2013 hospitalization for acute psychosis. Scavenging and rearranging words from the official records of her two-month hospital stay, McCarney has crafted an experience that reclaims sentences written about her as sentences not of illness, but of transformative power.

Inner Urban Ecosystem

A contemporary dance piece set in a local park in which the performers will evaluate the parks microcosm, allowing their personal experience and emotion to be portrayed through their movement and music. Exploring themselves through this performance will give the audience a moment to take a breath out of overwhelming city life and enjoy the beauty of the local park.

Kings and Queens

Xclusiv Crew is a diverse Urban Dance Company that was founded in 2010 by Bahamian hip hop choreographer Joe Dames. In 2012, he met Dawn Ward, who brought her Contemporary and African Jazz feel and vibe. They have been creating together ever since and will finally tell their love story, through the beauty of dance. The show will also bring awareness to the different genres of dance and how African movement and hip hop are the definite roots of all styles we learn about and see today.

Highland Storm at College of Piping

Instructors and students perform—July 8 to Aug 6

Highland Storm performances at the College of Piping’s Celtic Performing Arts Centre in Summerside take place weekly on Thursdays, July 8–August 6, with an additional performance August 5. Showtime is 7:30 pm.

The show will transport the audience into Hillsborough Bay, PEI around 250 years ago, as the Annabella, the Edinburgh and the Falmouth arrive having carried families from their homeland to a new land with little more than the clothes on their backs. Imagine arriving on these shores in the bleak autumn, having to clear land, cut wood and build a home in order to survive the unforgiving winters of PEI.

The story of the Scots arriving on PEI is performed by The College of Piping’s instructors and students, and includes Highland and step dancers, the fiddle, pipes and drums, and haunting melodies of traditional songs.

Directed by Peter Gallant, Highland Storm has been revamped for the 2021 season and promises an exhilerating evening of Celtic music and dance. collegeofpiping.com

What do a hammer, a tube of lipstick, a dildo, and a half-baked casserole all have in common? Queer femininity. This show is a series of vignettes that explore the complexities, stereotypes and hypocrisy of sapphic sexuality.

Cowardice

What do vampires have in common with mannequins? They’re both among the many things Benton Hartley is afraid of. When he is tasked by his therapist to list everything that scares him, he quickly realizes that the problem might be much deeper than he thought. Darkly hilarious and unblinkingly vulnerable, Cowardice tells the story of one man’s history with hospitals, panic attacks and the great American sitcom.

Deenie’s Exit

At 95, Deenie is fed up with the decrepitude, loneliness, and most of all, loss of control that comes with old age. She convinces her friend Max to write a play about her and her determination to end it all, but Deenie’s son Peter assumes Max is after his mother’s money. Mayhem ensues! Caretaker Ruby offers perspective.

Playground

“I’ll tell you a story…about how all the world is a playground, but all the people have forgotten how to play.” Lucy goes to the playground expecting to… well… play, but instead finds folx engaged in anything but. Is play an end in itself, or must one track progress toward a goal for an activity to be meaningful? Or is it best to just sit on a bench and not engage at all?

snacks

A home is like a shrine. It is a space we fill with items that represent what we believe. Moving house is a time when you are poised to evaluate everything you believe in. This performance explores the subtle belief systems that creep into our lives when we’re not looking, and how we enshrine them in the things—and the people—we surround ourselves with.

Island Fringe Festival performances may contain adult themes, viewer discretion is advised. Schedules will be released throughout July. For a schedule of performances and to purchase tickets, visit islandfringe.com.

@IslandFringe, #IslandFringe

Gunda

June 28–30 & July 2–3

G. Dir: Viktor Kosakovskiy, Norway/ US, 2020, 93 min.

debut feature, Black Conflux. It’s laced with subtle suspense and slow-building dread, and elevated by its strong visual aesthetic... The setting is Newfoundland... The year is 1987, and high-schooler Jackie (a luminous Ella Ballentine) is struggling to find the right balance between her chaste, studious, choir-loving side and the more rebellious adolescent thrills of hanging with the cool crowd, smoking weed and drinking beer and fumbling sexual exploration. With a boozy, party-loving aunt as her distracted guardian, Jackie appears ominously vulnerable to the darker forces that prey on teenage girls. As Jackie wrestles with growing pains, Dorsey finds neat parallels and visual echoes in the struggles of a mentally unstable brewery worker in the same town... Black Conflux is a constant visual delight... Dorsey and cinematographer Marie Davignon punctuate the drama with gorgeous imagery, from luxuriant aerial shots of Newfoundland’s wild, watery landscape to mesmerizing close-ups... The work of a skilled filmmaker.” - Stephen Dalton, The Hollywood Reporter

Still The Water

July 9–14

14A. Dir: Susan Rodgers, Canada, 2021, 100 min. Ry Barrett, Colin Price, Christina McInulty, Spencer Graham.

free-spirited bohemian struggled as a painter, fighting to come out of the shadow of her father, a well-known sculptor, and pushing against bourgeois convention. Tove takes a lover, married progressive journalist Atos Wirtanen... Meanwhile, she falls even harder for the theater director Vivica Bandler, also married... Tove mostly concerns these relationships and their formative influence on Tove’s art... Tove is not a kids’ movie. There’s just enough Moomin content to keep adult fans happy - Jansson went on to become a global publishing phenomenon, spawning Moomin merchandise and TV shows - but it’s really the story of someone growing into her own as an artist and a woman... Whether you’re a die-hard Moomin fan or never heard of them, Tove tells a beautiful tale - not of being, but becoming, yourself.” -

Michael O’Sullivan, The Washington Post

First Date

July 21–27

14A, violence, mature themes, coarse language. Dir: Manuel Crosby, Darren Knapp. US, 2021, 103 min. Tyson Brown, Shelby Duclos, Jesse Janzen.

outfit Sparks, their due in the sixth decade of their career as eccentric, authentic musical artists. The Sparks Brothers makes a giddy claim for the band as outsider pop musicians of the highest order. It’s both a joyous fanboy love letter and a warm-hearted collaboration, as the Maels are clearly closely involved in pulling it all together. It’s also the first time British director Edgar Wright (Shaun of the Dead) has made a documentary. Wright is endearingly open about his love for the band... Talking heads include Beck, Flea, Duran Duran, Tony Visconti, Jonathan Ross and Mike Myers. The brothers themselves appear throughout, in a cascade of archive footage, but also in new interviews and quirky sketch moments... The Maels are both now in their seventies and have 26 albums under their belt... Wright’s sheer enthusiasm means that a running length of almost two-and-ahalf hours doesn’t feel excessive at all: he powers chronologically through a pop survival story that has you wanting to punch the air when you see the brothers still working and creating in their hometown of Los Angeles right into the recent pandemic... It’s a great underdog tale, told with infectious, childlike

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, share feedback!

“A sow and her litter of adorable piglets are the subject of this memorable documentary from Russian director Viktor Kosakovskiy. Kosakovskiy doesn’t attempt to assume the point of view of the pigs, but for 90 minutes he lives among them, his camera taking up residence inside their barn and roaming their pasture at eye level. He also visits and observes their neighbours, including a tentative flock of chickens and a herd of stoic dairy cows. There is no narration, no subtitles and no musical score but, instead, an immersive soundscape of farmyard grunts and squelches. To call the film meditative would be to undersell Kosakovskiy’s instinct for drama and tension... It’s an encouragement to acknowledge the beauty, texture and aliveness of the animals.” - Simran Hans, The Guardian

Black Conflux

July 3–8

14A, language, mature themes.

Dir: Nicole Dorsey, Canada, 2020, 100 min. Luke Bilyk, Kate Corbett, Ella Ballentine.

All eyes are on Jordie MacAulay when he returns to his small hometown on Prince Edward Island after playing semi-pro hockey in Alberta. He’s been kicked off his team after injuring a player. With no friends, no job, and no respect, he turns to his family for help, as they all struggle with a painful past. Still the Water is a film about second chances. “A thoughtful, emotional and earnest family drama.” - Ricky Church, Flickering Myth

Tove

July 15–20

14A, nudity, mature themes. Dir: Zaida Bergroth, Finland, 2020, 100 min. Alma Pöysti, Krista Kosonen, Shanti Roney. In Swedish and Finnish with English Subtitles.

“An action comedy that follows in the footsteps of movies like Date Night, and Game Night and comes out being something uniquely its own. The film follows a first date that teens Mike and Kelsey will never forget. It begins when the shy boy bumbles into promising to pick the cool girl up for a Friday night out. There’s just one problem: he doesn’t have a car. In a frenzy to not mess this up, Mike buys a battered ‘65 Chrysler from a shady character. So begins a comedy of errors that will collide into car chases, crooked cops, dangerous drug dealers, and the world’s most violent book club... a jolting thrill ride, packed with barbed jokes, hilarious characters, and threaded with a sweet and simple romance... First Date is a diamond in the rough, but a diamond nonetheless.” - Kristy Puchko, RogerEbert.com

The Sparks Brothers

July 28–31

PG, violence, nudity, coarse language. Dir: Edgar Wright, US, 2021, 140 min. Ron Mael, Russell Mael, Beck.

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Limited Seating

We’re selling a reduced amount of our 70 seats per show, with checkerboard seat arrangement for distancing.

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Masks

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“The lives of two emotionally damaged smalltown misfits slowly converge in Canadian writer-director Nicole Dorsey’s accomplished

“Finland’s official Oscar submission, Tove tells the story of the early years in the career and love life of Tove Jansson, artist and writer of beloved children’s books about creatures called Moomins. We first meet Tove (an elfin, appealing Alma Pöysti) in 1944 Helsinki, when the first doodles of the characters that would come to define her appear in her notebook while she’s in a fallout shelter. The movie then jumps to the postwar years, during which the

”This lively, fun music doc aims to give Ron and Russell Mael, the two siblings at the heart of the shape-shifting American pop

Film availability and provincial COVID-19 guidelines are subject to change. Check our website on the day of the show.

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. Info/rates: chtownfilm@gmail.com.

glee.” - Dave Calhoun, Time Out

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Film PEI artist in residence

Film PEI will welcome Teresa Kuo as artist in residence this summer.

Teresa will be creating an experimental animation for the Film PEI Experimental Shorts Showcase to be presented as part of Film PEI’s signature project at Art in the Open 2021 this August.

Teresa was born in Taipei, Taiwan and grew up on PEI. Inspired by her family of professional animators, Teresa has earned a BFA in Animation (Concordia 2018) and a MEd. (UPEI 2020). Although Teresa’s versatile practice is based in animation, she has a passion for a variety of work in the arts. When not working on her next animated film, she teaches watercolour painting, illustration and design.

Much of Teresa’s filmmaking reflects on her duality as a Taiwanese Canadian and her unique experience growing up in PEI. Sometimes her work follows a linear storyline, other times her focus is the mundane of a lived experience or feeling. Themes of details and aestheticism often appear in her work. Teresa has produced animations for Vince the Messenger’s music video, “Black Sheep,” and animated stage designs for Ebb and Flow: Tides of PEI Settlement, a show which she also produced.

Teresa will be working with Film PEI and curator Norah Pendergast to produce an original animation for the Film PEI Experimental Shorts showcase within a theme of examining chronology. She will join a dynamic lineup of established and emerging Eastern Canadian experimental filmmakers including Deborah Caitlin, Andrea Dorfman, General Khan, Tori Fleming, Ruth Marsh and Steven Woloshen.

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Film PEI artist in residence Teresa Kuo

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Mini residency at Rock Barra

Rock Barra Artist Retreat co-op is offering six artists a Waters and The Wild mini residency. Selected artists will be invited to spend two or three days at Rock Barra letting the natural landscape inspire new work. The co-op will provide a 31-foot Airstream trailer for the duration. Artists will also have access to the camp kitchen in the main building, washroom, outdoor shower, and more. Artists coming in late fall will be provided with a small insulated cabin. There is an honorarium for each participating artist. Artists must have their own transportation, be comfortable being alone in a remote rural setting, be competent with a wood stove, and be willing to engage with this wild natural environment. The retreat is strictly a drug and alcohol free space. BIPOC and 2SLGBTQIA+ warmly welcomed. Contact katlindoyle@gmail. com to start the application process.

PEI Quilt Hang Out Day 2021

Inspired by the Community Quilt Hang Out Day at Fogo Island Inn, Fogo Island, NL, PEI will celebrate their love for quilts August 7 by hanging them for display. Raindate is August 8. All are invited to share their love for the quilting craft that has provided centuries of comfort, warmth and love. Just grab those beloved quilts and hang them out on the clothesline, deck railing or even in a window. Take photos of the quilts hanging out and post them on the PEI Quilt Hang Out Day social media pages or email them to peiquilthangoutday@gmail.com. Join the fun and honour this great craft.

Eptek gallery games

Looking for something fun and educational to do with the kids? Eptek Art & Culture Centre is offering exhibit related scavenger hunts. Drop-ins are welcome but visitors are encouraged to call ahead. Eptek Art & Culture Centre is a site of the PEI Museum and Heritage Foundation. Admission is by donation. Open Tuesday–Saturday from 9 am–5 pm and Sunday 12–5 pm. 130 Heather Moyse Dr, Summerside. peimuseum.com

Sandra Ellis retrospective

Summer exhibit at Lefurgey Cultural Centre

Sandra Ellis: A Retrospective, is on view at Lefurgey Cultural Centre in Summerside throughout July and August. The summer exhibit features a collection of work created by Summerside artist Sandra Ellis over the span of her career.

Ellis believes there is an artist in everyone that can be inspired to create. She vividly remembers discovering her artistic self on her very first day of school, where she began to draw, and she has never stopped.

As she grew older, Ellis moved into using oils, watercolour, and pastels to give life to her artistic creations. Much of her work captures animals and birds in their natural habitat, and people at work in their various environments. She believes this is what makes her images interesting and captivating to the viewer. Ellis has also found inspiration in working with other artists throughout her career, “I learn from them and draw motivation from the collective energy.”

Ellis exhibits at least several times

Summerside Arts Festival

Summerside celebrates the arts each year at the Summerside Arts Festival. Last year’s event was presented differently and since it proved to be a success, the 2021 edition will take a similar format. From July 19–21, creativity will be out in full force at the Arts Festival, showcasing the rich arts scene in the community from 10 am–8 pm daily.

The Drive-Thru Art Show, artist and artisan demonstrations, music, workshops, and the REFRESH Project

a year. Her work has been shown at Confederation Centre of the Arts, Holland College, Eptek Art and Culture Centre, and many other galleries.

Sandra Ellis: A Retrospective will be on view in the Lefurgey Room of the Lefurgey Cultural Centre, 205 Prince Street, Summerside. Admission is free Monday–Friday, 9 am–4:30 pm. On Saturdays, guides may be away from the Centre for short periods of time, however, the exhibit can be viewed when they are onsite.

are all returning this year and will take place at the historic Wyatt Heritage Properties on the corner of Granville and Prince Streets. The Drive-Thru Art Show will line Prince Street for people to enjoy as they drive through. Artists, artisans and musicians will be set up on the Wyatt lawn and workshops will take place inside the Lefurgey Cultural Centre.

Presented by Wyatt Heritage Properties Inc in partnership with Culture Summerside, the Summerside Arts Festival has something for all ages and interests.

wyattheritagepropertiesinc.com culturesummerside.com

Beauty like a sunflower

New exhibit by Robin Gessy Gislain Shumbusho

PEI’s artist run centre, this town is small, will present Beauty like a sunflower, a new exhibit by Robin Gessy Gislain Shumbusho, at Receiver Coffee in Charlottetown in July.

Shumbusho is fascinated by the beauty of people who look like him, and seeks to create a platform and space to tell stories through stills and motion direction.

“Beauty like a sunflower is an exhibition that showcases the beauty and strength in dark and brown skin, showing us in a positive and beautiful light,” Shumbusho explains. “It

represents our skin in an unscripted way that we have yet to see in our [local] art shows, as an under-represented community that is just starting to see BIPOC artists represented on the art exhibition scene.”

Shumbusho is a photographer, aspiring filmmaker, and currently the art director at ZeroResistance Studios, a multi-disciplinary creative studio. Beauty like a sunflower, will be on view from July 18 to August 30 at Receiver Coffee, 128 Richmond Street, Charlottetown. thistownissmall.com

Photo by Robin Gessy Gislain Shumbusho

David Brosha photo exhibit

The Gallery Coffee House— opening July 7

Till We Meet Again, a photo exhibit by David Brosha and team, will open July 7 at The Gallery Coffee House in Charlottetown.

The feeling of having met someone before, possibly in another life, is what spurred the editorial photo series, Till We Meet Again, which follows one couple through over 250 years of togetherness, from the 1700s until present day.

What started out as a simple idea turned into a full historical love story that included eight looks, sixteen full period costumes, nine wigs, one moustache, ten makeup looks, five venues and a team of seven—Dave Brosha (photography), Cory Sincennes (wardrobe), Sharon Keller (hair), Jessica Gallant (makeup), Emmy Rudy (actor),

Patricia Moore art exhibit

The Guild—July 8 to Aug 5

Artist Patricia Moore will present a solo exhibition of her paintings at the Gallery @ The Guild in Charlottetown. The Windhover and Waters Collection will open July 8 and run through August 5.

Moore’s paintings hover between reality and abstraction, featuring movement, overviews, colour, light and space.

For her newer works in this collection, she was inspired by the Gerard Manley Hopkins poem, “The Windhover,” as well as by the flights of eagles over the land in PEI. These works led to a new series, and the starting point for The Windhover and Waters Collection. It was the centre for a grouping of paintings which relate one to the other.

Moore has exhibited widely in

Victoria Artist Fest

Victoria’s Glass Studio is hosting an Artist Festival in Victoria-by-the-Sea this summer. During the month of July, artists will be demonstrating their art and craft in the picturesque village. Everyone is invited to meet the artists, watch a demonstration, pull up an easel or participate in a workshop.

Artist Haley Lewis will offer workshops for children ages nine years and

Aaron Hastelow (actor), and Colton Curtis (photo assist).

The whole team will be in attendence at the opening on July 7 from 8:30–10 pm for a cocktail evening and gallery launch. Top images from the series will be hanging at The Gallery Coffee House at 82 Great George Street until the end of September.

The Windhover and Waters Collection #3 (detail), acrylic on canvas, 40”x30”

Canada and the US but spends several months every year at her studio on PEI. She presented her first solo exhibition in 1980 at the Great George Street Gallery in Charlottetown.

Visit The Windhover and Waters Collection at The Guild, 111 Queen Street, Charlottetown. patriciamooreart.com

older on Friday, July 2 and then weekly on Tuesdays from July 6 to 27. Be sure to register—there is a limit per class.

For scheduled artists, workshops and rain dates, visit Victoria’s Glass Studio and Collectibles on Facebook or @victoriasglass on Instagram.

The final outdoor event will be July 31. Mingle with the artists and view their village-inspired creations at Victoria’s Glass Studio, 24 Bardin Street, Victoria-by-the-Sea.

Info: 658-2038

READERS / WRITERS

Wild Threads Literary Festival

Save the date for Wild Threads Literary Festival, August 26–29, and join publishers, agents and authors for four days of workshops and events in Charlottetown. Join in person or virtually. Registration will open in the upcoming weeks. Visit wildthreadsliteraryfestival.com for the complete list of presenters, more information and to register.

Sterling Stratton book launch

A book launch for Historic Houses and Buildings of Victoria by the Sea by Sterling Stratton will take place July 15 from 2–3 pm at Victoria Playhouse, 20 Howard Street, Victoria. Hosted by Victoria Playhouse and the Victoria Historical Association. Copies of the book will be available for sale. All are welcome. Admission is free. Info: 658-2025

Anne fans

Write by the Sea retreat

Writers will gather once again this August for an annual summer writing retreat in Victoria, PEI. Hosted by Island writer Trevor Corkum, Write by the Sea offers both new and experienced writers the chance to dive deeper into a writing project in a supportive and collaborative environment. The retreat includes writing workshops, one on one instructor time, group meals and options like yoga and theatre. Space is limited. Corkum is author of the forthcoming novel The Electric Boy (Doubleday Canada) and has written for a range of Canadian publications. He facilitates workshops, retreats, and writing seminars across Canada and around the world through One Life Writing. Info/register: trevorcorkum.com

Library book sale

Thursday, July 15th

Donations are needed for The Friends of Summerside Library’s outdoor book sale, slated to be held August 11 from 10 am–4 pm on the Central Street side of the Summerside Rotary Library. Rain date is August 13. Donations of gently-used books can be dropped off during library hours. Call ahead at 436-7325 to confirm that library staff are available to accept donations. Proceeds wll go to equipment purchases and family programs.

Anne’s Cradle: The Life and Works of Hanako Muraoka, Japanese Translator of Anne of Green Gables

Eri Muraoka

Translated by Cathy Hirano

Two new books for enthusiasts of the LM Montgomery classic AUGUST

The name Hanako Muraoka is revered in Japan. Her Japanese translation of L. M. Montgomery’s Anne of Green Gables, Akage no An (Redhaired Anne), was the catalyst for the book’s massive and enduring popularity in Japan. Now, the bestselling biography of Hanako Muraoka written by her granddaughter, Eri Muraoka, and translated by Cathy Hirano, is available in English.

Born into an impoverished family of tea merchants in rural Japan, Muraoka’s fortunes change dramatically when she is offered a place at a girls’ school in Tokyo founded by the Methodist Church of Canada. Nurtured by the Canadian missionaries who teach her, she falls in love with English poetry and literature.

In 1941, after Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, the peace-loving missionaries who nurtured Hanako are forced to

leave the country. Hanako finds solace in a gift received from a Canadian friend: a copy of L. M. Montgomery’s Anne of Green Gables. The story of Anne Shirley gives Hanako courage and hope. Amidst the wail of air-raid sirens, she translates her copy into Japanese in 1943, fully aware that she risks imprisonment or death if caught.

It is only much later that a publisher decides to take a chance on a Canadian author previously unknown in Japan, unwittingly launching a cross-cultural literary legacy.

Anne’s Cradle is available at booksellers everywhere.

Marilla Before Anne Louise

Michalos

Marilla Cuthbert was fifty-two years old when the plucky red-headed Anne Shirley came to live with her and her brother Matthew at Green Gables farm on PEI. A seemingly cold and dour spinster, her heart eventually softens to the loveable orphan girl. But for over a century readers have wondered, who was Marilla before Anne?

In Louise Michalos’s debut novel Marilla Before Anne, readers are introduced to a spirited 18 year old Marilla—a girl not unlike Anne herself—who is desperately in love, and whose whole life is spread before her. But when a moment of defiance brings life-changing consequences, a new Marilla begins to take shape, one who would learn to bear tragedy like a birthright, and loss as an inevitability, and who would hold steadfast to the secrets that could shatter the lives of everyone around her.

Weaving its way from Marilla’s early life in Avonlea to her coming-ofage in Halifax and back, Marilla Before Anne takes readers on a journey back in time.

Born and raised in Nova Scotia, Michalos brings an authentic voice to Marilla Cuthbert’s story.

Marilla Before Anne is available at booksellers everywhere.

A gift of Island Poetry

PICNIC ROCK

An old album, a thumb-scuffed photograph, black and white, circa 1964: centred, hair tied back by a windblown scarf, my mother in slacks and blouse. “The South Shore.”

Behind her, pinned down by stones, a blanket unfolded across a table-flat, blocksquare boulder; and centred there, a basket holding the Sunday supper. “Picnic Rock.”

The trusty Kodak, its accordion case . . . My father, trouser cuffs rolled kneecap high –just picure this – halfway up the cliff’s face to snap that shot with such a focused eye.

How the shutter’s blink stops the lapping tongue of tide and time, the bite of sea on land. Can a poem’s lie keep my parents young? Words erode into brine-washed grains of sand.

Thomas O’Grady. Delivering the News. McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2019. Each month Deirdre Kessler selects a poem by an Island poet for The Buzz

Book launch at Beaconsfield

A book launch for The Rosary and the Rifle: the Murder of Mary Ann MacKinnon by Ernie MacAulay will be held at Beaconsfield Carriage House in Charlottetown, July 8 at 7 pm.

Mary Ann MacKinnon (MacAulay) of Souris, PEI was a mother of 12 and a farmer’s wife who wrote a weekly column, “Mrs. Wiggs and Her Garden Patch,” in The Charlottetown Patriot

In 1951, Mary Ann’s 19 year old daughter Estelle was assaulted by her ex-boyfriend, Joey MacDonald. Before Joey’s trial for attempted rape, Mary Ann and family sat down to say the Rosary. Halfway through, they heard glass breaking, and immediately Mary Ann swayed and fell backward. She had been shot.

The non-fiction title explores the MacAulay/MacKinnon family history and grapples with the deeply troubling trial of Joey MacDonald, the impact of which continues to reverberate through their descendents alive today.

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The island’s new yoga & wellness festival. A celebration that blends health, movement and a dash of whimsy in Charlottetown.

Ernie MacAulay was born and raised in St. Catherine’s, PEI and is the nephew of Mary Ann MacKinnon.

The Rosary and the Rifle is published by Acorn Press and copies are for sale at Bookmark in Charlottetown.

Admission is free, but seating is limited. Reserve tickets via Acorn Press’ Facebook page.

The bestselling biography of Hanako Muraoka, renowned Japanese translator of Anne of Green Gables, is available in English for the first time. Through the gift of her translations, generations of Japanese readers have fallen in love with the plucky redhead from Prince Edward Island.

2021 Symons Medal

Confederation Centre of the Arts (CCOA) recently announced that the 2021 Symons Medal will be awarded to the Honourable Louise Arbour, CC, GOQ on October 29 in Charlottetown.

The Symons Medal recognizes an individual who has made an exceptional contribution to Canadian life. The award and its associated lecture are presented annually at CCOA.

A high-profile Canadian lawyer, prosecutor, and jurist, Madame Arbour was appointed to the Supreme Court of Ontario in 1987 and the Court of Appeal for Ontario in 1990.

In 1996, the Security Council of the United Nations appointed Madame Arbour Chief Prosecutor for the International Criminal Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda. In this role, she secured the first conviction for genocide (Rwanda) since the 1948 Genocide Convention and the first indictment for war crimes by a sitting European head of state (Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic).

Madame Arbour was appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada in 1999. In 2004 she was appointed High Commissioner for Human Rights at the United Nations, and later the

Anne’s Cradle

By Eri Muraoka

Marilla Before Anne

By Louise Michalos $22.95

Special Representative of the SecretaryGeneral on International Migration.

As Senior Counsel at Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, she was recently appointed to lead an independent review into sexual misconduct in the Canadian Armed Forces.

Madame Arbour has received numerous honorary doctorates and awards. She is a Companion of the Order of Canada and a Grand Officer of the Ordre national du Québec. The medal and events are named for Professor Thomas H.B. Symons, CC, O.Ont—the founder of Trent University and a long-time board member and supporter of CCOA. Professor Symons passed away in January at the age of 91.

In this remarkable debut novel, readers are introduced to a spirited eighteen-year-old Marilla Cuthbert—a girl not unlike Anne herself. Weaving its way from Marilla’s early life in Avonlea to her coming of age in Halifax, Nova Scotia, this work of historical fiction takes readers on a heart-rending journey.

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Translated by Cathy Hirano $24.95

Honourable Louise Arbour, CC, GOQ

On the River Clyde

Annual pageant in New Glasgow—July 23–25 & 30–31

The fifth edition of The River Clyde Pageant returns to the fields and shorelines of New Glasgow this July, with six performances running July 23–25, 30–31 and August 1. The outdoor performance is created and performed by local community members and artists from PEI, across Canada, and the US. Each show concludes with a shared meal for audiences and performers, prepared by Chef Emily Wells of The Mill Restaurant, overlooking the River Clyde.

The 2021 season marks the beginning of a new performance cycle for The Pageant, with a reimagined show structure and story. It will return to a processional performance format, with audiences travelling along a route to witness a series of scenes, but with a twist. The route is circular, taking audiences to new areas on The Pageant site at Robin and Debi Stevenson’s property in New Glasgow. Two cohorts will travel the circuit in different directions, experiencing the scenes in opposite order. At three points, both audience groups will meet and witness the same scene. Thematically, this year’s show is exploring themes of arrival and encounter, reflecting upon what emerges from our encounters with the land, people and other beings—asking how we might approach such encounters with greater humility and grace.

Actors, musicians, stiltwalkers, puppeteers and dancers of all ages will be working together through July to bring this magical performance to life.

The month of July offers many opportunities for the public to get involved in the behind-the-scenes effort of creating The Pageant. People interested in costume making, outdoor scenography and design are invited to join community sewing bees and building sessions in New Glasgow. There are also volunteer roles within the performances, assisting with box office, ushering, the post-show meal, or even performing with a lantern or a puppet. These roles require a minimal time commitment but are a fun way to participate in the shows—one, two, or all six. Volunteers who are interested in taking part should sign up via riverclydepageant.com/contact.

Tickets will go on sale July 2. Tickets are admission by donation and must be booked in advance at riverclydepageant.com.

Island Tides Always Yours

Yoga & Wellness Festival

Discover Charlottetown has launched a brand new health and wellness festival in collaboration with various yoga studios, wellness professionals, and other community partners. Taking place in Charlottetown July 16–18, the festival is one of the first of its kind in the Maritimes and draws on the expertise of yoga and fitness experts, healthy living enthusiasts, and the therapeutic atmosphere that attracts those in search of a peaceful place to unwind.

A combination of wellness events, scenic runs, on-the-water activities, meditation classes, inspiring workshops, healthy feasts, picnics, and other feel-good activities that organizers believe will have people craving the Island Tides Yoga & Wellness Festival year after year.

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Always Yours, the month long event featuring romance-themed activities, continues until July 11 along The Green Gables Shore and Cavendish Beach.

Featuring small exclusive events, such as the Shorely Yours Date Nights and the Shorely Yours Picnic Series, an exclusive fine dining event at Cavendish Main Beach, Cavendish Cabaret on the Cavendish Beach Event Grounds (CBEG) stage with Tara Maclean, Sea Shanty Sounds featuring the Grass Mountain Hobos at Fisherman’s Wharf, Pondside Picnic at Cavendish Grove, live art days at Avonlea Village and The Cavendish Boardwalk, UFIT on the North Shore weekly on Tuesdays (8:30 pm) under the lights at the CBEG with Gord and special guests, along with many other fun programming and events.

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Artwork (detail) by Krista Wells

BOOKS PEI

Aggretsuko: Little Rei of Sunshine Brenda Hickey

Netflix original series Aggretsuko debuts in her first ever original graphic novel, Aggretsuko: Little Rei of Sunshine, written and illustrated by PEI comic creator Brenda Hickey.

The office queen of karaoke meets her match when Retsuko’s favourite band reunites for a special concert. The Brides of Resonance return, but why do they want to take over the karaoke bar? Retsuko and friends have to fight for their right to party in a METAL vs METAL vocal battle that pits Retsuko against a shadowy enemy. Will Gori survive a night of metal and moshing? Is Haida truly in love? Find out in Aggretsuko: Little Rei of Sunshine

Published by OniPress, Aggretsuko: Little Rei of Sunshine was released on June 22 and is available in downtown Charlottetown at Bookmark, Comic Hunter or Lightning Bolt Comics.

My Year as a Space Cadet Hope Dalvay

PEI author Hope Dalvay’s My Year as a Space Cadet will be available in July.

Page Stuart’s perfectly organized life is flipped upside down… again. She is in unfamiliar territory as the new kid at school. To make matters worse, Shale Pit Academy of Creativity and Excellence (SPACE) students have the dubious distinction of being nicknamed “SPACE cadets.” When a bitter prank war erupts with a rival school, Page and her classmates must ask themselves a difficult question: Are they more than just SPACE cadets?

Published by Acorn Press, My Year

as a Space Cadet explores the importance of standing up for oneself and for others, and shows how anybody can become an everyday hero.

Dalvay began writing her debut novel Welcome to Camp Fill-in-the-Blank as a way to escape the notoriously harsh winter of 2015 in PEI. As a child, she could often be found with her nose buried in a book, blissfully lost in another world. Her love of words continued into adulthood when she fell into a career as a copyeditor. Dalvay rediscovered the joy of children’s literature while reading bedtime stories to her two boys.

Psychopaths Rule the World Mima

Psychopaths Rule the World

A former Mexican narco transitions into Canadian life with family, politics, and business while holding tight to his ruthless, criminal ways. Meet Jorge Hernandez.

When rumors of a tell-all book about the former cartel leader and his ruthless, blood-thirsty ways start to surface, Hernandez is in a race against time to make sure the biography never goes to press.

In the tenth book in the Hernandez series, Jorge fears he could drown under the potential media glare. Could a shark like him ever sink, especially when psychopaths rule the world?

Mima novels are available at all online retailers.

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Island Girl: From Orphan to Military Wife

Jackie Muise

roles of a military wife and mother. During postings in Germany and New Brunswick, she copes with and finally confronts her husband’s alcoholism, while nurturing her children.

Muise is a freelance journalist and writer who lives and works in New Brunswick. She has written for health, feature and marketing magazines, and worked in editing and print for Brunswick News. She was nominated for the Best A&E Atlantic Journalism Award in 2014.

A Sense of Wonder Bob Jensen

The PEI author known as Mima recently published her 15th book,

Jackie Muise’s Island Girl: From Orphan to Military Wife, a biography of Mary Elizabeth Whitty who was orphaned at an early age on PEI, will be available in July.

Island Girl tells the story Mary as she makes her way from orphan to farmer’s daughter, army wife to family matriarch. Despite living a life plagued with hardship and illness, Mary perseveres in a way that is familiar to many women of her generation.

Orphaned, Mary lives first with lightkeepers at Souris East Lighthouse, then with a St. Georges farming couple, Dolph and Jeannette Gallant, who become her beloved lifelong parents. With wartime, Mary is transplanted to Nova Scotia, where her father Dolph works in the Pictou shipyards and where she marries Pictou native Fred Leblanc, who becomes a soldier. Afflicted and critically ill with tuberculosis, Mary dwells at length and gives birth in the Kentville sanitorium. Prevailing, she devotes herself to the

In July, PEI-based poet and songwriter Bob Jensen will release A Sense of Wonder, a collection of 50 poems written between 2014 and the present.

Jensen had previously released three albums of spoken word poetry, and says it was time to put a book out.

In his foreword, twice Pulitzernominated American Poet John Guzlowski says, “Reading his poems, I feel I’m listening to an old friend talking to me in new ways, ways that make me want to lean in closer to make sure I don’t miss a single word.”

The collection focuses mostly on nature, loss and spirituality with many reflections on growing up in Northern New Brunswick in the 1960s and 70s. The cover features an award-winning photograph (Editors Choice award, CameraPixo) by New Brunswick photographer Michael Levesque, whom Jensen has known since grade school.

While A Sense of Wonder will be released worldwide in July and available at book retailers, it will first be available exclusively from Jensen’s website at firsttimesinceaugust.com.

A companion spoken word version of the book will be recorded this summer. Jensen hopes to tour Canada, Europe and Australia in 2022.

RED: The

Island Storybook #26

Gather round REDheads, it’s story time. Volume 26 of RED: The Island Storybook is here and it is filled to the brim with fresh Island yarns—food

for the soul. As usual there’s a fine assortment of new storytellers and RED veterans.

New to RED is Bob Acorn, pitching in with his self-explanatory story, “Eric Clapton’s Island Connection.” Who knew there was a line between the Island and rock n’ roll royalty?

Deborah Hutchings, another RED newcomer, has spun a remarkable story of synchronicity centered around the game of cribbage in her piece, “Fifteen-Two We Love You.”

Editors are pleased as punch to have Justin Shaw back in the pages of RED with “The Secret Language,” a story about his father’s deep and profound connection to horses.

All of this plus cameo appearances by Stompin’ Tom Connors, legendary Island boxer George Godfrey, the ol’ Abby ferry boat and much more. Happy summer reading REDheads.

Look for RED Volume 26 in stores across PEI.

A Tale of Two Fiddlers: The Early Days of Sports and Life in Charlottetown

Fred MacDonald

A Tale of Two Fiddlers: The Early Days of Sports and Life in Charlottetown, a sports memoir by Fred MacDonald is now available where books are sold.

Baseball and harness racing run in the MacDonald blood, with all three generations having stand-out athletes in one or both of those two sports.

A Tale of Two Fiddlers is the story of the Charlottetown family as seen through the eyes of the oldest boy, Fred “Fiddler” MacDonald. The memoir shares his journeys in the city, starting with his days as a newspaper and shoe-shine boy while attending Queen Square School.

Fred MacDonald is the son of James L. Fiddler MacDonald who was a university athlete and baseball pitcher. He married Patricia Bradley before joining the Canadian Army and serving at the Battle of Blenheim, 1945. After the war, Fiddler Senior worked at various jobs before finding full-time employment with Canada Post until his retirement. He and Pat had 14 children; a crib death resulted in raising 13 children, seven boys and six girls. This is their story as well as the story of a post-war East Coast city and the burgeoning sports teams of the area.

Author Fred MacDonald worked as a writer for several Island publications. He lives in Charlottetown with his wife Gail, where he still writes for The Guardian on occasion.

Stay tuned for an in person book launch with MacDonald, hosted by publisher Acorn Press, in August.

Write! Even If Your Hands Are Dirty: Short Stories and

Poems by Prince

Edward Island Authors

Compiled by Donna Gallant

leave a legacy for your descendants? The Memory Keepers have found the secret. After taking a Seniors College Writing from Life course facilitated by Dianne Hicks Morrow, class members Leona Dalton, Janet Fraser, Margaret Fitzpatrick, Donna Gallant, Kaye Larkin, Ann MacKinley, and Patricia Manning have continued writing together for fifteen years. This is their first anthology.

They meet regularly to write, read, and share memories, like finding buried treasure on PEI or a stormy day supper prepared by a 12 year old. Or why prunes are a reminder of Uncle Bruce. Or what happened at the Canadian border. The anthology includes 24 short stories and poems.

The book also contains a clear, practical guide to organizing a writing group and keeping track of your ideas—even if you are in the garden and your hands are dirty.

Write! Even If Your Hands Are Dirty is available online at Amazon. All book proceeds will go to to a local non-profit organization. The first year donation will go to Blooming House.

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Emerging Scholar

Dr. Marya Ahmed, an assistant professor of chemistry at UPEI, has been named one of 15 Emerging Scholars by the Canadian Cancer Society for her research to develop a dual-targeting strategy for the treatment of breast cancer. The award is valued at $600,000 over five years. Dr. Ahmed is exploring methods to use short strings of amino acids, known as peptides, to treat one of the most aggressive forms of breast cancer: HER2. These peptides have the potential to precisely deliver two types of small nucleic acids to effectively delete the growth proteins and block the growth pathways used for breast cancer cells. The present therapies available for HER2 breast cancer are prone to cardiac toxicity and do not address the issue of drug resistance to prevent recurrent tumours. Dr. Ahmed’s approach will focus on a complete knockdown of HER2 and 3 and is expected to reduce the chances of recurrent tumours. The Emerging Scholar Award was established in 2019 to advance promising early-career scientists and clinical scientists from across Canada with a focused commitment to undertaking cancer research. The highly competitive application process resulted in 15 awards across the country, including just three in Atlantic Canada.

PEI Water Act

PEI’s Water Act came into effect June 16. This comprehensive Act will provide fair access to water for everyone, while ensuring the protection of one of our most important resources. To support the Water Act, regulations under the Act have been approved for well construction, sewage disposal, water supply system and wastewater treatment, and water withdrawal. During the spring sitting of the Legislative Assembly, the Standing Committee on Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability provided seven recommendations to government. Government is responding to each of them, including the development of a sustainable irrigation strategy. When the sustainable irrigation strategy is drafted it will be made public and will be sent to the members of the Standing Committee on Natural Resources for input, as requested. Several of the recommendations from the Standing Committee on Natural Resources have also been incorporated into draft amendments to the water withdrawal regulations. These amendments have been provided to the Committee and are available publicly for comment at princeedwardisland.ca/wateract. For information and facts about water on PEI, visit onthelevelpei.ca.

2023 Canada Games

The Cities of Charlottetown and Summerside have signed on as municipal partners for the 2023 Canada Winter Games. The partnership includes financial contributions of $1.8 million from the City of Charlottetown and $745,000 from the City of Summerside in support of hosting the 2023 Canada Games. Both municipalities will play host to several marquee sporting and cultural events throughout the 18-day, multi-sport

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Georges Arsenault, a PEI map showing the location of attractions and activities, a list of festivals and events, and advertisements from various attractions, events and community partners. Paul D. Gallant produced the guide in collaboration with Triquetra Entertainment in Charlottetown. Cet été à l’Île was inserted in the June 2nd edition of La Voix acadienne. Copies are also available at PEI visitor information centres, various local businesses, or by emailing pauldgallant@ gmail.com

Reconciliation recognition

Parks Canada on PEI

Parks Canada welcomes Islanders back to their favourite Parks Canada administered places on PEI. Being outdoors in nature brings a number of health and wellness benefits and during these times it has been important to have access to places where people can be together, get fresh air and be active while also following the guidance of public health experts. The Parks Canada PEI team is working hard to ensure a safe, clean, healthy and enjoyable experience for all visitors this season.

Interpretive programming such as Sensational Sandcastles, Learn-toCamp, Beach Yoga, The Park Promise and A’Tuken/Tell Stories will be on offer. Special sunset yoga sessions will take place July 3 and 10 at Oceanview look off, and at Green Gables Heritage Place, visitors can reserve exclusive guided Ropes Down or A Cordial Visit experiences. Mi’kmaq Heritage Interpretation also returns this summer to PEI National Park at Greenwich and Skmaqn— Port-la-Joye—Fort Amherst National Historic Site (NHS).

All washrooms will be open, with expanded hours from what was on offer in 2020. Surfguards are on duty at six beaches, mobility mats are in place and beach wheelchairs are available by reservation.

Plan ahead by checking the Parks Canada website for details, updates, summer fun programming, parking, surf conditions, interpretive programming and more. Visitors are also encouraged to download a copy of the 2021 Visitor Guide to their device before they visit. parkscanada.gc.ca (English), parcscanada.gc.ca (français)

and cultural event. Charlottetown and Summerside will both receive increased media exposure, providing a national platform to showcase its local arts, community, and culture designed to drive awareness as well as support long-term tourism and growth strategies. The Games will bring significant economic activity and will support post-pandemic recovery efforts through new and improved sport and community facilities that provide long-term benefits for sport, health, and wellness. The total economic benefit for PEI is expected to surpass $170 million. The 2023 Games will be the largest event hosted in PEI’s history. 2023canadagames.ca

Literacy Fund recipient

Parkside Elementary School in Summerside received a $50,000 Literacy Fund grant from the Indigo Love of Reading Foundation. Over the past year, the Indigo Love of Reading Foundation recognized the difficulties that many children across Canada were faced with,

and took action to support underfunded elementary schools across the country to ensure that students had books in school and at home. Through the Literacy Fund Grant, Parkside hopes to build upon their existing programming by creating a new summer reading program to help ease the summer slide in learning for their students, as well as to help drive overall community engagement in the home around reading. The Indigo Love of Reading Foundation empowers children through education, and strongly believes that books have the impact to change a child’s life, leading to a lifelong pursuit of learning.

Francophone tourist guide

A new provincial Francophone tourism guide, Cet été à l’Île, launched in June. The 20-page publication is primarily intended to provide a calendar of Francophone activities that are taking place this summer but the guide also features a welcome message, a brief history of the Island’s Acadians written by historian

The inaugural Reconciliation Recognition Awards were presented to four Island recipients at a small ceremony which took place in the Assembly Chamber of the new Epekwitk Assembly Building in late May during Aboriginal Awareness Week. The Award is a new initiative by the Epekwitk Assembly of Councils to show their appreciation for the work being done to advance reconciliation by individuals, businesses, and organizations on PEI. The inaugural Award is based on a series of criteria that serves to recognize, respect, and include the Epekwitk Mi’kmaq people, stories, history or land in such a way that it creates a positive and inclusive Island community with lasting impacts for future generations. The four 2021 Award recipients are PEI Brewing Company, Mount Stewart Consolidated School, Parks Canada PEI Field Unit, and Mount Stewart Consolidated School.

Community Outreach Centre

The Community Outreach Centre in Charlottetown has relocated to 241 Euston Street. Open daily from 8 am to 8 pm, the centre offers support to people who are seeking financial assistance, counselling, employment, food and housing. Islanders can also access washrooms, laundry facilities, telephone and computers, and connect to community and government organizations and services. Oversight of the centre is provided by a working group that includes Blooming House, Canadian Mental Health Association, City of Charlottetown Police Services, Community Information Legal Association, Department of Social Development and Housing, Health PEI Mental Health and Addictions, John Howard Society, Mi’kmaq Confederacy of PEI, Native Council of PEI, PEERS Alliance, PEI Council of People with Disabilities, Salvation Army, The Adventure Group, and the Upper Room Food Bank. The centre was previously located in Smith Lodge at 35 Weymouth Street. Smith Lodge will continue to operate as a transitional housing complex for people in need of that service.

Black Culture Bursary

Courtside Sneakers in Charlottetown has started the Courtside Black Culture Bursary, an annual award that will present $1000 each to three Black PEI students to assist with the cost of post secondary education. The awards are based on volunteer, extracurricular and community service experience, as well as financial need. Details at bcspei.ca.

A plovers-eye view of PEI National Park at Cavendish Beach SUBMITTED

Canada Day tree planting

Plant trees on Canada Day with The Cornwall and Area Watershed Group. Cornwall residents, newcomers, and families are invited to join in planting the greenspace next to 41 Lacardy Drive in Cornwall. Celebrate Canada Day locally this year on July 1 from 8 am–2 pm. Bring a water bottle and a shovel if you own one, although the group will have a short supply of shovels on hand. The grass is long in this area and there may be wet areas, dress appropriately. cornwall_ watershed@yahoo.ca

Award nominations open

Nominations are open for the Greater Charlottetown and Area Chamber of Commerce 2022 President’s Excellence Awards. The award recognizes local entrepreneurs and their successes, innovations, community contributions, and overall business achievement in ten award categories. Nominate a deserving business at charlottetownchamber. com/presidents-excellence-awards.

Nominations close August 2.

Community wellness grants

Community groups and organizations can apply online for funding to help support wellness initiatives that promote healthy living. The Wellness Grant program supports community-led wellness initiatives that positively influence healthier lifestyles and community well-being. All projects funded through the program must address at

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least one of the following areas: physical activity, tobacco reduction, healthy eating, responsible alcohol use, or mental wellness. The program provides two funding streams for both small and large wellness initiatives. The Community Catalyst Grant provides Island communities with up to $2500 to support building local capacity for wellness. The Health Promotion Impact Grant provides up to $10,000 to support larger projects that focus on modifying risk factors for chronic disease. Since 2015, the Wellness Grant Program has funded over 80 projects to help Islanders live healthier lives. Visit princeedwardisland.ca to apply.

Rock Barra workshops

Summer workshops at Rock Barra Artist Retreat are available for tourists and locals who are looking for experiential activities beyond the usual fare. They offer: Wild Medicinal Herb Walk with Shallom Tarzan; Creative Writing with Yvette Doucette; Yoga of Sound with Teresa Doyle; Recovery Retreat with Kele Redmond; The Way of Tea with Emily Doyle; Making Pottery using Island Clay with Dylan Tierney; Breathwork with Riley Thomson-Smith; The Nature of Beauty Rituals with Katlin Doyle; Identifying, Harvesting, and Cooking Sea Plants with Irene Novaczek; Listening to

the Flow with Devon Ross and Monica Lacey; and A Women’s Retreat with Abi Totty and Yvette Doucette. Workshop participants can enjoy the beach, labyrinth, medicine wheel, and stone circle. rockbarraretreat.com

Cleaning Our Shoreline

Islanders are invited to share information about shorelines in their communities that need to be cleaned up. The Cleaning

Our Shoreline initiative resumed in June. Student crews have been hired Island-wide and are ready to remove debris and waste from PEI’s coasts. Shoreline clean-up crews will be based in all three counties and will work closely with staff from the Depts of Fisheries and Communities and Transportation and Infrastructure. Crews will be made aware of sensitive natural habitat areas and trained in how to protect these areas and vulnerable wildlife while carrying out their work. This initiative will build on and compliment the efforts of many individual Islanders and organizations who contribute to keeping shoreline areas free of debris. Submit shoreline clean up requests by texting 902-200-2106 and include exact location, beach name, surrounding landmarks and pictures if possible. In 2020, clean-up crews visited 243 shorelines over the course of the summer and gathered 20,300 kilograms of debris for disposal.

Mental health workshops

The Canadian Mental Health Association PEI Division will host two free online workshops via Zoom in July. The Why Am I So Tired Lately workshop will take place July 13 at 7 pm. This webinar will explain the two types of sleep and share strategies to improve sleep and reduce fatigue. Register at register@cmha.pe.ca. The Navigating Relationships workshop will take place July 29 at 7 pm. Join for a discussion about the characteristics of healthy and unhealthy relationships. This webinar will provide suggestions for recovery from unhealthy relationships and with making a plan to develop healthy relationships in the future. Family, friends and romantic relationships will be explored. Email register@ cmha.pe.ca to register.

International student study

Current or former international students on PEI between the ages of 18–35 may be eligible to take part in a doctoral research project exploring the experiences of international students and international student graduates on PEI. Research will involve a series of short Zoom interviews relating to Island communities and culture. Participants should have spent a minimum of three years on PEI and have arrived within the last ten years as an international student. Participants will receive a $25 Superstore gift card for each stage of the project (up to $125 total). Contact Trevor at trevor.corkum@mail. utoronto.ca for more information.

Arts & Culture nominations

The City of Charlottetown Arts & Culture Award nominations are open until August 27 at 12 noon. Award categories are Emerging Artist, Artistic Excellence, Lifetime Achievement, and Champion of the Arts. Those nominated must live, work or make a substantial contribution to the cultural sector in Charlottetown. The award ceremony will be held October 25. Details and nomination forms at charlottetown.ca/artsawards

PEI Sociable Singles

PEI Sociable Singles is a non-profit, non-denominational, social group that began in Charlottetown in 2000. Members are 40+. The group provides the separated, divorced, widowed, and unmarried with an opportunity to participate in healthy group and social activities such as dances, potlucks, movies, walks, hikes, card games, dining, bbqs, games nights and more with other singles. Sociable Singles is not a dating club. Meet compatible people who are unattached and in similar circumstances. The group is not currently holding their regular weekly socials. To be added to their mailing list for updates, email sociable_singles@yahoo.com.

Therapeutic Touch®️

The Foundations of Therapeutic Touch®️ course will be offered via Zoom in July. To learn a self help skill which can also be used with family and friends, contact Cherry Whitaker at sakura.healings@ gmail.com or 301-7791.

History walks with Public Library Service

Join staff from the Montague Rotary Library, Georgetown Genevieve Soloman Memorial Library and the Murray Harbour Public Library for a stroll around the three towns and learn a little about their history. Walks will take place at 6 pm in Georgetown (July 20) and in Montague (August 11). Murray Harbour walk TBA. Space is limited. Info/register: montague@gov.pe.ca, 838-2928

Farewell Ernest Mutch

On July 25 from 2–4 pm there will be a Final Farewell Fair to celebrate the life of Ernest Mutch, who passed away recently. There will be music, storytelling, photo sharing, a live auction and face painting. Proceeds will go to Guatemala through the Cooper Institute. The fair will be held at 1257 Donaldston Rd, Tracadie. Call 330-2248 to confirm attendance.

Hooray for peatlands

Island Nature Trust receives valuable carbon sink donation

Island Nature Trust (INT) recently secured a significant carbon sink peatland in its largest single acquisition to date. Recognized for its high ecological value by the Minister of Environment & Climate Change Canada, the parcel of land will now be protected forever thanks to an Ecological Gift donation from Carl Hansen and Dan MacIsaac.

Forest Hill is an ecological trea-

sure trove, providing benefits to both Islanders and wildlife. The HansenMacIsaac Natural Area is a relatively untouched area of eastern PEI and it is the single largest land parcel secured by the Trust in its 41 year history.

The peatlands that constitute nearly half of the 337 acre property serve the Island community through continued carbon sequestration, groundwater and coldwater springs protection. Although they only occupy three percent of the global land area, peatlands contain about 25 percent of global soil carbon—twice as much as the world’s forests. Acting as a natural carbon sink, they absorb 150–250 million tonnes of CO2 from the atmosphere each year worldwide. In a province that has experienced a loss of almost 1200 acres of peatland due to mining, protecting this vital ecosystem service area in perpetuity will mitigate the effects of climate change and directly benefit Islanders for generations to come.

Forest Hill is notable for its intact and contiguous lowland forest blocks, which are rare for PEI. Recognized as a Priority Place for biodiversity and

species-at-risk in PEI, the forested wetland is home to migratory songbirds, such as the Ruby-throated kinglet and palm warbler. Three species of frog (wood frog, northern leopard frog and spring peeper), beaver lodges, muskrat dens, coyote scat, and ruffed grouse have all been observed at the site.

In addition, Forest Hill has added ecological value because of its connectivity to other protected lands. Near Greenwich, PEI National Park, it is also bounded to the south by the Forest Hill Natural Area and to the north by the River Wetlands Wildlife Management Area, both owned by the Province.

To the south, the provincial Forest Hill Natural Area supports walking and horse-riding trails that help Islanders connect to their environmental heritage in an immersive way. INT will honour the donors’ wishes to see a loop trail addition to this network using the existing woods road that enters and exits onto MacSwain Rd. The woods road follows the highest elevations on the property where Islanders can experience the natural beauty of the forest without impacting the natural spaces.

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These ponds provide habitat for a diverse range of wildlife, like amphibians and small mammals

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Donors Carl Hansen (left) and Dan MacIsaac

hospitality industry

Lobster Carnival Drive-thru

Culture Summerside, the organizers of the Summerside Lobster Carnival, decided to sideline the full festival for 2021 since planning was difficult based on the uncertainty around the pandemic. While organizers decided to err on the side of caution, there will still be a taste of the carnival with the DriveThru Lobster Supper on July 8.

Event chef Robert Pendergast will prepare a traditional Island lobster supper with a few twists on some of the dishes. Ticket-holders will drive up Prince Street in Summerside and stop in front of the Lefurgey Cultural Centre to be handed their packaged meal by a community group of volunteers. As they drive down the street they will hear the sounds of Island musicians. Ticket holders are asked to enter Prince Street from Spring Street and exit onto Granville Street.

Carnival organizers are inviting Islanders from across the province to come to Summerside for the supper, which has been specially priced to promote the role of lobster in Island culture. The community has a number of inviting parks and harbour view locations to enjoy your Drive-Thru Lobster Supper—with good company and excellent scenery.

Through the Years

Music and memories with Richard Wood

Richard Wood: Through the Years will take audience members on a voyage through three decades of music and memories on Wednesday evenings at 7:30 pm, July 7–August 25, at The College of Piping’s Celtic Performing Arts Centre in Summerside.

Featuring Richard Wood (fiddle, piano, djembe, step dancing), Brad Fremlin (piano, marching snare, handsaw), and Jon Matthews (vocals, guitar), the live concert uses archived photos and videos to catalog the illustrious career of a young award-winning dancer turned fiddle phenom. collegeofpiping.com

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Richard Wood performing (and already rockin’ the leather) at the Atlantic Fiddlers’ Jamboree in 1992

The Nature of PEI by Gary Schneider

Rare birds cooperate

It really is a lovely thing when rare birds cooperate with passionate bird lovers. Too often I’ve been notified of sightings of snowy owls, cattle egrets, Northern cardinals or Eastern bluebirds, and by the time I arrived they were nowhere to be seen. Which is fine, not every bird sits waiting for a travelling birder to come by and take its picture.

On a recent trip to Eastern Kings—one of my favourite birding areas in the province—a pair of black-backed woodpeckers showed up. They were in a wet, rather sparse black spruce woodland, and came right out to the roadside. You could hear the tapping from a distance as they searched for ants in the dead trees. These are birds that I rarely see and I’ve never seen a pair before, only single birds. They were extremely cooperative, coming very close and staying for a long viewing period.

Black-backed woodpeckers are perfectly named, as they are the only one of our many species of woodpeckers with a solid black back. And of course they do peck on wood, whether that is to find food, create a nest, scare away competing males, or attract a mate. Black-backs are handsome birds, especially in breeding plumage. They are mostly jet black, with a white front and striped black and white sides, almost as though they are wearing a tuxedo. The males also have yellow feathers on their heads.

People regularly call Macphail Woods and ask about the woodpeckers that are killing their trees. Yellow-bellied sapsuckers are the woodpeckers that make the lines of holes around trees, causing the sap to run, and ants (and hummingbirds) to be attracted to the liquid. This practice occasionally kills trees, although I have seen very large trees riddled with holes that seem to be doing just fine. But in almost all other cases, woodpeckers are eating ants in the trees, which means the trees are dying already. The woodpeckers are just being opportunistic feeders, and probably helping to keep the ants somewhat under control.

Downy and hairy woodpeckers are our most common year-round woodpeckers, and are regularly seen at feeders. Pileated woodpeckers are also

MARKETS

Charlottetown Farmers’ Market

The Charlottetown Farmers’ Market is open weekly on Saturdays from 9 am–2 pm. Local farmers, crafters, artisans and hot food vendors sell local, organic produce, fish, meats, baked goods, preserves, roasted coffee, specialty teas and more. Online ordering is also available through the CFM2GO online marketplace at cfm2go.localfoodmarketplace. com. 100 Belvedere Ave, Charlottetown. charlottetownfarmersmarket.com

Downtown Farmers Market

The Downtown Farmers Market on lower Queen Street in Charlottetown is open weekly on Sundays from 11 am–4 pm until September 26. More than 70 local vendors sell products such as fresh local produce, preserves, ethnic and Canadian food service, baked goods, handmade soap and body products, wood work, knitting, hooked rugs, jewelry, artwork, gift ideas, pottery and more. Queen Street is closed between Grafton and Dorchester Streets during market hours.

year-round residents. These crow-sized birds were once extirpated (they were here but then became extinct) from the province, but they are now regularly seen. The three-toed woodpecker can be mistaken for the black-backed, though the back of this rare species has a white “ladder.” Other woodpeckers, such as Northern flickers and sapsuckers, are more commonly seen in the summer. And lately we’ve been seeing rare species such as red-bellied woodpeckers and even red-headed woodpeckers.

Woodpeckers are cavity nesters, carving out a home within a living or dead tree. A pileated woodpecker needs a tree both large enough to accommodate the nest hole and also with enough remaining wood to keep standing. Woodpecker nest sites often become homes for secondary cavity nesters. These are birds that nest in cavities but not built to bang their heads against wood. Species such as saw whet owls, barred owls, and kestrels have hooked beaks for ripping their prey apart. They can’t excavate cavities, but they will take over holes that have been abandoned.

Finding the pair of black-backed woodpeckers got me thinking of this interesting family and the various roles they play in a healthy forest. The native Acadian forest would have always had lots of large trees, as well as some dead ones. Otherwise, where would the woodpeckers, chickadees, nuthatches, and flying squirrels live? Just something to think about.

Murray Harbour Farmers Market

The Murray Harbour Farmers Market is open weekly on Saturdays, 9 am–12 noon, from July 3–October 9 at the Murray Harbour Community Centre. The small market features a variety of products ranging from baked goods to professional paintings—all locally created, made and grown. Interact with the local artisans and residents. As an added bonus, each week visitors are encouraged to participate in a variety of activities that showcase the area’s history, culinary delights, culture, people and industries—the best they have to offer. Follow on Facebook for weekly activities and offerings. Main St, Murray Harbour.

Summerside Farmers Market

Find local produce, baked goods, meat, fish, prepared food, cheese, artisans and more at the Summerside Farmers Market. Open weekly on Saturdays from 9 am–1 pm at 250 Water St, Summerside. summersidefarmersmarket.com

Charlottetown Flea Market

The Charlottetown Flea Market is open weekly on Sundays from 9 am–2 pm at the Charlottetown Seaport. Why choose to thrift? Giving a used item new life rescues it from the landfill by keeping it in circulation. Then, donate it again for someone else to find and love. Find baked goods, vintage finds, antiques, plants, collectibles, Avon products, knitting, furniture, clothing, vinyl records, jewelry, Indigenous crafts and collectibles, wood working, fresh pretzels and more. Take a stroll through the Flea Market and enjoy the the Charlottetown waterfront. Follow on Facebook for updates. 1 Weymouth Street, Charlottetown.

A female black-backed woodpecker

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MUSIC

Island Rock Camps

Children get an immersive musical education, becoming part of a rock band for an entire week at Island Rock Camps. A musical mentor workshops with each band on three different musical numbers which are performed in a live show at the end of the week. Instruments include voice, guitar, drums, piano, bass, ukulele, fiddle, wind instruments, and more. Andrew and Nikki Waite have operated Island Rock Camps in Charlottetown since 2013. This year the camp is also offered at Kings Playhouse in Georgetown, in collaboration with Cloggeroo—the Island Folk Festival. Financial assistance specific to this camp is available to those who need it. Full details at islandrockcamps.com.

Unsung Hero Award

The 2022 Canadian Folk Music Awards (CMFAs) is accepting applications for the Slaight Music Unsung Hero Award. The annual award is meant to recognize those not generally recognized as a high profile individual, group, or organization, but who work tirelessly behind the scenes for the love of the music and who have not been recognized for their contributions by national or international music entities. The submission deadline is August 31. There is no fee to apply. Visit folkawards.ca for complete details. The 2022 CFMAs will take place in Charlottetown.

IRF Academy

Learn from some of the best musical talent on PEI at Indian River Festival (IRF). The 2021 IRF Academy will feature three different workshops with PEI-based musicians spread out over three days, August 17–19. Topics include vocals, strings and songwriting. Open to all ages, levels, and genres. Instructors include Sara Campbell, Natalie WilliamsCalhoun and John Connolly. There is space for six performers and two alternates. Register at indianriverfestival.com.

IRF Open Stage and drop-ins

Indian River Festival’s community programming this summer includes Open Stage, a fan favourite, on July 17 from 3–5 pm. Community members are invited to take to the stage and feel the musical magic of Historic St. Mary’s for themselves. Whether you’re a pianist, singer, whistler, storyteller, opera singer or ukulele player, the sound will be amplified by the unique architectural design of the world-famous venue. Sign up to perform at events@indianriverfestival.com. Historic St. Mary’s is open daily from 12–5 pm for drop-ins. Experience the architecture and acoustics of this designated heritage site and learn about the church by taking a short tour given by a staff member. indianriverfestival.com

AUGUST BUZZ DEADLINE

Thursday, July 15th

Connexions

Vishtèn’s new series introduces the crankie box

Acadian trio Vishtèn (Pastelle LeBlanc, Emmanuelle LeBlanc and Pascal Miousse) presents Connexions, a unique, limited-run season, debuting this summer. They’ve invited their friends, both Francophone and Anglophone, to celebrate the existing connections between Island musicians, and to create new relationships around Vishtèn’s music and the unique art form of the crankie box—small moving panoramas that tell a story visually.

Rowen Gallant and Jesse Périard, Teresa Doyle, Don Ross, Louise Arsenault and Hélène Bergeron, Catherine MacLellan and Tim Chaisson will each take a night. They’ll play a few of their own tunes as well as chiming in on Vishtèn’s blend of new and familiar material. Island artists Monica Lacey and Norah Pendergast are each creating one new crankie to illustrate a selected Vishtèn piece. The reimagined and reinterpreted older repertoire lays the foundation for new material which will be featured for the first time in Connexions—original and adapted traditional songs and tunes electrified and modernised with Vishtèn’s line-up of fiddle, guitar, piano, whistle, piano accordion, bodhran, mandolin, banjo and percussive dance.

Concerts by and for all ages

Daily afternoon entertainment at Village musical acadien

Visitors will have plenty of afternoon entertainment options at Village musical acadien (VMA) in AbramVillage this summer. Concerts by and for all ages will take place daily with Gadelle on weekdays, young artists on Saturdays and the 50+ Music Series on Sundays. Admission is free.

Gadelle will play twice daily at 1:30 pm and 3 pm, Tuesday–Friday from July 6–August 27 in La Grange à Ti-Manuel. The traditional Acadian band is from the Evangeline area and features Louise Arsenault, Hélène Bergeron, Caroline Bernard and Rémi Arsenault. The sound is Acadian, the songs are in French, the banter is bilingual. The spirit of Acadia is alive and well in this show. Donations appreciated.

Three new characters will greet

Pastelle LeBlanc fell in love with crankies when she came across the work of Sue Truman of The Crankie Factory but it was Leonard Podolak, artistic director of Home Routes and founding Director of the Winnipeg Crankie Festival, who assisted her in the creation of the crankie she first presented years ago.

A crankie has story scrolls that are cranked across a wooden box, using two pegs attached to vertical scrolls. The scrolls can be painted, illustrated, sewn, collaged or beaded, and range from simple sketches to intricately hand-stitched scenes.

There is a common thread in the inclusion of musician friends dropping in to reinterpret familiar material, and in presentation of the small, intricate, labour-intensive, hand-made crankies: an attention to and appreciation of beauty, time, depth… and connection.

Connexion dates/info: vishten.net.

the crowd at Gadelle shows and chat with visitors on the VMA terrace and at La Grange à Ti-Manuel, as well as entertain with comedic and historical monologue, dialogue and song during the breaks. Actor, musician and singer Jonathan Arsenault will play the fictional character Ti-Manuel, who takes great pleasure in entertaining crowds. Singer and musician Jeannette MacLellan will play real-life local storyteller Léah Maddix, who loved to meet and entertain visitors, and local actress Mia Bernard will play the fictional Mrs. Fiset, a new resident in the area.

Playwright Paul D. Gallant wrote the dialogue between Ti-Manul and Mrs. Fiset, and local historian Georges Arsenault wrote Léah’s monologue.

VMA will offer a selection of musical shows on weekends, showcasing young artists on Saturdays, July 10–August 28, and the 50+ Music Show Series, a project of Les Francophones d’âge d’or de l’Î-P-É, will take place on Sundays from July 4–August 29. All weekend shows take place at 1:30 pm in La Grange à Ti-Manuel. villagemusical.ca

Vishtèn

Festival Route 11

Festival Route 11, PEI’s newest folk festival, is a celebration of music, food, art and joie de vivre. The Festival will be held along Western PEI’s Route 11, July 28–August 1. Musical headliners include Lennie Gallant, Catherine MacLellan, Vishtèn and Irish Mythen.

Born out of the Atlantic Fiddlers’ Jamboree, Festival Route 11 will feature traditional, folk, and contemporary music and dance, art installations, food prepared by Island chefs and a variety of artistic mediums by Island artists, artisans and craftspeople. The Festival will be held primarily at Centre Goéland in Mont-Carmel, but music and activities will also be held at other venues along Route 11, including Evermoore Brewing and Lefurgey Cultural Centre.

Summer cabaret

Village musical acadien (VMA) in Abram-Village will showcase Island performers in the new Summer Cabaret series, running July 9–August 27 on Friday evenings from 8–11 pm. The series will feature country, folk, Acadian, rock, contemporary and traditional music in the Acadian Festival’s barn. The venue will be festively transformed and decorated in a cabaret atmosphere.

Performing in July are: Kurk Bernard (9); Larry Campbell and Marcella Richard (16); Eddy Quinn (23); and Dave Doyle (30). Performing in August are: Jordan LeClair (6); Jonny Ray Arsenault (13); Sandra Jones (20); and Cory Gallant (27). All

ECMA winners

The East Coast Music Association (ECMA) presented their 2021 Awards in June. Islanders awarded include: Catherine MacLellan, Songwriter of the Year; Rose Cousins (Bravado), Contemporary Roots Recording of the Year and Solo Recording of the Year; Ashley Anne Clark, Visual Artist of the Year; Sorrey (In Full Bloom), Pop Recording of the Year; and Tara MacLean, Stompin’ Tom Award.

The 2022 ECMAs will be held in Fredericton, NB. ecma.com

The inaugural year of the Festival will focus on local artists and musicians. Beginning next year and moving forward, Festival organizers hope to bring international artists, musicians, dancers, circus performers, comedians and more to the Acadian shores of PEI. See festivalroute11.com for updates.

UP TO $15,000 IN GRANTS MAKE AN IMPACT

LEGAL IMPACT GRANTS ARE ONE-TIME GRANTS AVAILABLE TO NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS TO HELP ISLANDERS BETTER UNDERSTAND THE LAW AND IMPROVE ACCESS TO JUSTICE.

performances will be accompanied by the house band, featuring Keelin Wedge (fiddle, mandolin, guitar), Rodney Arsenault (drums), Danny MacNevin (electric guitar) and Remi Arsenault (electric bass). The band will also perform some of its own songs. Bar service and snacks wil be available during the performance. villagemusical.ca

OUR GRANTS HAVE AN IMPACT THROUGH:

• Helping Islanders to understand laws on PEI and how access legal services

• Research that leads to the reform of legal processes and services

• The introduction of new approaches for resolving legal disputes

• Tech development enhancing the delivery of legal services and/or public legal education

CURRENT PROJECTS OF PRIORITY INCLUDE:

• The legal needs of:

- Low-income Islanders

- Seniors

- Newcomers

• Public education on legal topics that is practical, relevant and accessible

• Innovative approaches to enhance access to legal services or reform legal processes to improve access

• Technology, speci cally projects that explore or use technology, that enhances the delivery of legal services and/or public legal education

• The legal needs of vulnerable groups that may be marginalized or underserved within the legal system, for example based on their race, culture, disability, religion, sexual orientation, gender expression or identity.

For steps to apply visit www.legalimpactgrants.ca

Information sessions to learn more about our grants and how to best submit your application are available. Micro and multi-year grants are also considered.

Irish Mythen

Cory Gallant

NEW RELEASES ALBUMS

REELS (2016-2021) Golden Cinema

Youth Orchestra at Carnegie Hall to performing in Dora Award winning productions by Soulpepper Theatre and Mirvish Productions in Toronto. She was part of the repertory cast at The Charlottetown Festival for seven seasons before returning to her first love: songwriting.

his music this summer with the latest single “Real Talk” coming out in July.

The minimalist hip hop track is about the importance of open conversation and communication. It was recorded in part at BraedenV’s home studio and at fellow artist Spivey’s studio, where mixing and mastering were also completed. The song has a lyric visualiser video on YouTube and will be available on Spotify and all major streaming platforms July 22.

Justyn Young (classical, electric guitar), Laura Oakie (piano, synth) and Jeff Jones (viola). It was produced by Carter and Colin Buchanon, who also engineered and mixed the song at Hill Sound Studio in Charlottetown. It was mastered by Kristian Montano, with graphic design by Marsha Gallant and Aidan Searle, single artwork by Searle, and photography by Vinod Ramachandra.

“Tied Up” will be available on all digital platforms on July 9.

“The End of the Road”

Kay Em

REELS (2016-2021), Golden Cinema’s debut LP, will be released July 23. Available on vinyl and all digital platforms, it compiles the EPs and singles released during the band’s first half decade. Two new tracks, “Dead Ringer” and “Little Sunscreen,” round out the collection.

Golden Cinema’s songs play out like a hazy summer Saturday filmed in Panavision. Like riding shotgun in a convertible on the run, their music is often about recklessly careening toward some place safe. As their name suggests, the band isn’t shy about the fact that they draw inspiration from the golden age of film noir and hardboiled fiction. What started out as sending film recommendations back and forth, eventually led to sharing home recordings for what would become the first Golden Cinema songs.

The band currently collaborates interprovincially. Andy MacDonald (vocals, bass) and Derek Ellis (drums) are based in Prince Edward Island, while Chris Robison (guitars) and Dan Griffin (keys) call Ontario home. Each member cut their chops during the East Coast pop boom of the early 2000s, playing in bands like the Polaris Prize-nominated Two Hours Traffic, Arkells and North Lakes. goldencinema.bandcamp.com

Joan Alicia Toner

Atlantic Canadian singer-songwriter Alicia Toner released her sophomore album Joan on June 25.

Toner has been immersed in music since she was young. From performing with the New Brunswick

While Toner now calls PEI home, Joan was written from her apartment in Toronto—her home base at the time. Writing the album was a form of catharsis as she moved on from a challenging relationship. The album was produced by Canadian producers Stuart Cameron (Crash Test Dummies, Matthew Good, Amanda Marshall) and Peter Fusco (Madison Violet, Matthew Good, and Kim Stockwood). The project was recorded at Toronto’s Dreamhouse Studios and Peter Fusco’s home studio.

“This whole project was about a specific moment in time. It feels far in the past. The person that exists today is really strong and happy and confident and has a wonderful life and family and I feel very lucky to be in the place I’m in now. The songs have taken place over many years. It’s kind of heartening to see where I am now.”

Toner’s debut album I Learned The Hard Way earned her Music PEI’s SOCAN Songwriter of the Year award in 2018 for her song “Back To Fine.”

Joan is available on all digital platforms. aliciatoner.ca

SINGLES

“Real Talk”

Braeden V

BraedenV (Braeden Van Asperen) is a singer, songwriter, rapper, producer and DJ from Charlottetown. The 2020 Music PEI award nominated artist continues the steady stream of releasing

Upcoming single releases will feature collaborative songs with Spivey, The Pr02Type, Scott Parsons, Dallas and more, all leading up to BraedenV’s studio length album (name TBA), slated to be released August 31.

Info: withkoji.com/@BraedenV

“Tied Up“

Joshua Carter

Emerging PEI rapper Kay Em released his latest single, “The End of the Road,” on all digital streaming platforms June 25. The single is part of the artist’s two-song EP, Ascension, and features Maritime rappers Fiifi Three, Radley, Slime Da Garbage Mane and 2BIAS.

“The song is made to give the listener a feeling of accomplishment and dignity. The beat, made by YouTube producer Nayz, contains saxophones, horns, strings and Rhodes mixed with snappy drums to deliver a hard hitting, emotional sound. Each verse is filled with charisma and confidence, proving their place in the genre,” says Kay Em. Stream “The End of the Road” on SoundCloud. For more information, follow on Spotify and @kayemreal on Instagram.

Joshua Carter will release his debut single “Tied Up” on July 9. The song was written by Carter over the span of two weeks mid-pandemic when things felt pretty hopeless.

“I wanted to write something that resonated with what I expect a lot of people were feeling at the time but also have a happy resolve,” explains Carter, who is the lead vocalist in the PEI bands Coyote and Calm Baretta. This is his first solo release.

Carter describes the music as introspective and quiet but with a big cinematic feel, maintaining a clear narrative arc reminiscent of early Sufjan Stevens, Midlake or Elliot Smith.

The single features Carter (vocals, guitar) with Evan McCosham (bass),

Pizza & Vinyl at Copper Bottom

Presented by Back Alley Music, Pizza & Vinyl is back in the taproom at Copper Bottom. Every Thursday this summer will feature a rotating cast of DJ's and Pizza from The Pizza Box.

Upcoming DJs: Farmer John Quimby (July 1); Vanessa Clarey (8); Logan Richard (15); Logan Roche (22). Copper Bottom Brewing Company, 567 Main Street, Montague.

Cove Journal by JoDee Samuelson

Island pillars

Our Island Talks

Sterling Stratton and Bryson Guptill are guest speakers in July

The Victoria Playhouse and the Victoria Historical Association are collaborating to present Our Island Talks at the Victoria Playhouse this summer season. Sterling Stratton and Bryson Guptill will be the guest speakers at the first two sessions to be held in July.

The sea continues to eat away at our lovely coastline. Wealthy cottagers purchase peace of mind by bringing in Nova Scotia granite boulders dumping them over the waterside edge of their lots. This works for a few years, but can anything hold back the great ocean?

Last winter’s high tides ate through some of our shore’s outcroppings and now we have interesting sandstone pillars and caves where none were before. I myself am reluctant to pose under these tenuous formations. It feels as though a small puff of wind, the tremor of a potato truck rumbling across the bridge, a burp from the volcano in Iceland, or anything at all—the flutter of a butterfly’s wings—might cause a few grains of sand to shift and then—stand back! Down she comes! Others of my acquaintance are not so timid and willingly pose under these shifty structures.

Do such pillars hold up the whole Island? I suppose they must. Perhaps only along the coast do we feel the fragility of sand grains held together simply by habit and pressure. Here a spruce tree teeters on the edge, roots exposed, hanging on for dear life; there a bayberry bush dangles upside down, hoping to live through summer, its waxy blue berries just forming. At the top of the cliff are the remains of stairs that once carried vacationers down to the shore or up to the cottage for drinks and sunscreen.

Society also shows signs of wear and tear. Our elders, community pillars who have always taken care of things, are stepping back. What will happen now?—Oh, what’s this? New pillars have appeared? It certainly looks like it. Here’s an example.

Because of Covid-19 there was no Perennial Sale in the Cove last year; should we try for another one? Some of

us couldn’t decide, until some young women stepped up and said, “Let’s do it.” A committee was formed, weeks of phoning, emailing, and Facebook activity ensued—plus a great digging and potting of plants—and finally the great day arrived. We looked nervously at one another. Would anyone come? Did anyone still need our excellent perennials? Yes and yes!

Heavy fog shrouded the coastline on the morning of the sale. Warmlydressed customers, some waiting patiently in line for an hour, were waved through the gate. Masked and sanitized, they lingered at tables holding hundreds of local plants, thoughtfully picking out this primrose, that iris, some dahlia bulbs, maybe a hosta or two, everyone laughing and chatting like mad. “We needed this!” “It feels like a tonic!” “Life has returned!”

By mid-morning the fog started to lift, revealing the Cove at low tide with its wave-ridged sand bars and childfriendly wading pools. Families made their way to the beach, laden with babies and toys, towels and cell phones. Perennial Sale customers headed home to beautify their gardens. It was a day brimming with potential and all we had to do was live it to its fullest.

Gift Basket Raffle

Help the Victoria Historical Association promote and preserve the history of Victoria and its people. Purchase a raffle ticket for a chance to win a gift basket with hundreds of dollars worth of prizes and gift certificates from local businesses, artists and craftspeople in Victoria-by-the-Sea. Tickets can be purchased at Victoria Glass Studio and other local merchants. Draw date is September 6.

Sterling Stratton will present “Victoria—As I See It” on July 15 at 2 pm, signifying the launch of his latest book, Victoria by the Sea, a collection of drawings of the historic homes of the village. Stratton is a retired Superintendant of Education. As an artist, he has published 11 books of his pen and ink sketches of Island scenes, and was awarded the Irene Rogers Award for his book, 1000 Island Images of Historic Interest His talk will also include thoughts about the future of the community of Victoria-by-the-Sea.

The second session will feature Bryson Guptill presenting “The Island Walk” on July 29 at 2 pm. His presentation will focus on his 700 km journey around the perimeter of PEI in October 2019. He will also speak about what has been accomplished since then— signage at every turn on the route, accommodations along the way, and people who will provide transportation to and from the trail each morning and evening. An avid long-distance walker, Guptill and his partner Sue completed the 800 km Camino de Santiago in 2016 and the 225 km Rota Vicentina in Portugal in 2019. Since then, he has written two books about long-distance walks, including a guidebook for the Island Walk. Guptill is a former President of Island Trails and he continues to be an active volunteer and trail advocate with the non profit organization. He is currently working on a project to map all the trails on PEI.

Stay tuned for two additional sessions in August.

Victoria Playhouse is located at 20 Howard Street in Victoria by the Sea. victoriaplayhouse.com

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A Resource Package that combines the knowledge and experience of our lawyers and a comprehensive workbook, so you can reach a separation agreement that works for your family. www.waterstonelawpei.ca

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Together At Last

Music series at the Delta Prince Edward this summer

The Together At Last Festival, will showcase female icons of the 20th century in three shows premiering July 15 at the Delta Prince Edward by Mariott in Charlottetown. Running for eight weeks this summer, the three shows are

A Closer Walk With Patsy Cline, Wannabe: A Spice Girls Tribute, and Anne Mixtape

A Closer Walk With Patsy Cline

This heartwarming and powerful tribute to country music’s greatest female singer features her most famous songs and a compelling narrative of her life, as told in her own words.

Wannabe: A Spice Girls Tribute

Get ready for the ultimate 90s dance party with North America’s #1 Spice Girls tribute band. Platform heels optional, but highly recommended!

Anne Mixtape

This brand new family-friendly revue features songs inspired by Anne of Green Gables, including beloved music from Anne & Gilbert - The Musical, along with tunes from popular East Coast talents.

Ireland meets Scotland

Ireland Meets Scotland will return this summer at PEI Preserve Company in New Glasgow. On Tuesday evenings from July 13 to August 17, patrons will enjoy a scenic picnic supper featuring fresh, local ingredients, followed by a high-caliber celebration of Celtic heritage, music and dance.

Ireland Meets Scotland tells the compelling story of Irish and Scottish immigrants leaving their homelands in the 1800s and meeting in the New World, many of them here on PEI. The story is told primarily through music and dance, with just enough prose and poetry laced with humour to set the scenes in the mind’s eye of the audience. It celebrates the Scottish and Irish heritage of PEI and new immigrants settling here.

The 2021 season will once again reunite original cast members from the

The festival will premiere July 15 and run until September 4 in the Delta Prince Edward ballroom. A Closer Walk With Patsy Cline and Anne Mixtape will play weekly on Thursdays and Fridays (alternating weekly, matinee and evening shows) with Wannabe: A Spice Girls Tribute playing every Saturday night.

Visit together-at-last.com for dates, times, tickets and more information.

show’s run from 1999–2002. This year’s show will feature Colin Jeffrey (fiddle), Amanda Mark (flute, tin whistle) and Kevin Jeffrey (guitar, vocals), with Celtic dancer Madalyn Murdock.

Supper and drinks begin at 6:30 pm with showtime at 7:30 pm.

Picnic supper and show tickets or show tickets only are available by calling or texting Kevin Jeffrey at 3143078. Follow @irelandmeetsscotland on Facebook for more information.

Together At Last Festival Company (l-r, top-bottom) Claire Byrne, Anika Johnson, Jenna Marie Holmes, Barbara Johnston, Nicholas Whelan, Suzy Wilde, Tuli Porcher, James Ervin, David Cyrus MacDonald

Kevin Amanda

Colin Madalyn

MUSIC ONGOING

Copper Bottom Brewing

Sunset Sessions every Friday at 5 pm. Lawrence Maxwell (July 2); The County Line Romance (9); Fraser MacCallum (16); Erin Turcke (23); Nick Doneff (30); Lawrence Maxwell (Aug 6). Saturday Jams weekly Saturdays at 2 pm. Tunes on Tap weekly on Sundays at 3 pm. Lovely Nelly (July 4); Chaisson Family (11); Sarah Simpson, Sam Ramsay, & Nick Van O (18); and Thomas Harrington & Ward MacDonald (25). Admission is free. 567 Main St, Montague. 361-2337

Irish Cultural Centre Ceili

The longest running Ceili on PEI. Held weekly on Fridays at the Irish Cultural Centre. Breakwater with Taylor Johnson, Hailee MacDonald, Nick Vanouwerkirk (July 2); Fiddler’s Sons with Eddy Quinn, John B. Webster, Keelin Wedge and Courtney Hogan-Chandler (9); Shane Pendergast with Tom McSwiggan and Andy Doucette (16); Chaisson Trio with Kevin Chaisson, Rannie MacLellan and Louise Chaisson MacKinnon (23); and Guinness with Jim, Laura, and Paddy Farrell (30). Irish Cultural Centre, 582 North River Rd, Charlottetown. benevolentirishsocietyofpei.com

Ireland Meets Scotland

Enjoy a scenic picnic supper featuring fresh, local ingredients, followed by a high-caliber celebration of Celtic heritage, music and dance. Tuesdays from July 13 to Aug 17. PEI Preserve Company, New Glasgow

Island Jazz

Island Jazz at Baba’s Lounge every Thursday at 8 pm. 181 Great George St, Charlottetown. 892-7377

La Grange à Ti-Manuel

Old Triangle Sessions

Sunday Sessions, traditional music with host fiddler Roy Johnstone, weekly on Sundays from 2–5 pm. Schooner Sessions with Ward MacDonald & Friends weekly on Thursdays at 7 pm. 189 Great George St, Charlottetown. 892-5200

Summerside Kitchen Party

Kitchen Party weekly on Saturdays from 2–5 pm, featuring Rheal Arsenault, Andy Paynter and a special guest each week. 340 Notre Dame St, Summerside. 436-2091

Family & Friends (July 23, Aug 6); Ward MacDonald and Hailee LeFort with Black Is The Colour (Keith Mullen, Mary Ellen Hurley, Rob Drew) (Aug 27) 582 North River Rd, Charlottetown. benevolentirishsocietyofpei.com

World Class Kitchen Party

Acadian band Gadelle (Louise Arsenault, Hélène Bergeron, Caroline Bernard and Rémi Arsenault) perform twice daily at 1:30 pm and 3 pm, Tuesday–Friday, July 6–August 27. Admission is free but donations are appreciated. Young artists are showcased weekly on Saturdays at 1:30 pm, July 10–August 28. The 50+ Music Show Series takes place weekly on Sundays at 1:30 pm, July 4–August 29. La Grange à Ti-Manuel, 1745, Route 124 Abram-Village. villagemusical.ca

July 18, 25, 29, 7:30 pm

The Long Lane Home Loretta Lynn tribute show. Music at the Manse, Marshfield

The Saxafras Ceilidh takes place weekly on Tuesdays at the Stanley Bridge Hall. Featuring Gordon Belsher and Todd MacLean, the duo’s repertoire includes “Summertime” and “Fly Me to the Moon,” upbeat versions of pop hits like “Baker Street” and Lennie Gallant’s “Open Window.” 4897 St Marys Rd, Stanley Bridge. guernseycove.ca

Summerside Legion

Kitchen Party every Saturday from 2–5 pm, featuring Rheal Arsenault, Andy Paynter and a special guest each week. COVID-19 restrictions apply. 340 Notre Dame St, Summerside. 436-2091

Stompin’ Tom Centre

Festival Series on Saturdays from 7–9 pm until September. Small Town Jokurs (July 3); Dave Doyle Band (10); Ellis Family Band (17); Gordie MacKeeman & His Rhythm Boys (21); Cory Gallant - Red Dirt Possy (24); Billy McInnis & Brian Edwards (Aug 6); Dave Gunning & JP Corimier (7). Cultural Series is Sundays from 3–5 pm in July and August. Mike Pendy (July 11); Vishtèn (18); Richard Wood Trio with dancers (25); Gadelle (Aug 1). Shucked-In with Kurk Bernard is Tuesday & Thursdays from 2:30–3:30 pm beginning July 27. 14024 Route 14, Skinners Pond. 882-3214

Tuesday Night Ceili & Craic

Tuesday Night Ceili & Craic takes place at the Irish Cultural Centre on select Tuesdays at 7:30 pm in July and August. Ward MacDonald and Hailee LeFort with Jesse Périard, Tre Sutherland & Tom Gammons (July 9); Cian Ó Móráin and Mary MacGillivray with Roy Johnstone,

Now in its 11th season, the World Class Kitchen Party will take place weekly on Saturdays at 7:30 pm, July 3–August 28, at Stanley Bridge Hall. Featuring Richard Wood (fiddle, piano, djembe, step dancing), Brad Fremlin (piano, marching snare, handsaw), and Jon Matthews (vocals, guitar), the trio’s cumulative talents bring repeat sold out audiences and standing ovations. Reserve by email at richardwoodlive@hotmail.com. Doors open at 7 pm. 4897 St Marys Rd, Stanley Bridge. rwood.ca

Janet McGarry & Wildwood

Milton Community Hall—July 23

Janet McGarry & Wildwood will perform at the Milton Community Hall on July 23 at 7:30 pm.

The evening will feature a selection of songs from the early days of country and old-time music, set in an acoustic style, including a variety of warmhearted songs. The sounds of gospel, old time country and bluegrass music will ring on the five string banjo, mandolin, flat-top guitar, doghouse bass and fiddle.

Wildwood earned the Eastern Canada Bluegrass Music Gospel Performance of the year Award three years running.

Milton Community Hall is located at 7A New Glasgow Road, Route 224, in Milton. The Hall is wheelchair accessible and a canteen service will be available. Admission at the door

For more info call 566-3154 or email miltoncommunityhall@gmail.com.

Saxafras Ceilidh

(l-r): Gail Mullen, Blake Crockett, Janet McGarry, Serge Bernard, Denise MacLeod

Gadelle

PEI hip hop fest

The Iron Mic Festival & Conference (IMFC) is a new contest-based music event that integrates both online and live performances with an industry conference to showcase and empower emerging and established PEI hip hop and rap artists.

Any hip hop and rap artist residing on PEI is invited to submit their original music for a chance to perform, compete and win a $1000 cash prize and become the Iron Mic Champion. Submissions are open until July 11.

Between July 13–27, visit ironmicfestival.com, create a free fan profile and vote for who you want to see perform live. The twelve artists with the most votes will be invited to perform at the Iron Mic Festival on August 14. Participating Iron Mic Festival artists also receive free access to the Iron Mic Conference. The winner will be selected through three stages of elimination that include public online voting and professional judging.

The IMFC live event schedule includes the Live Contest Performances at Charlottetown Beer Garden, August 14 and both the Iron Mic Conference and the Iron Mic Festival Showcase Performances at the PEI Convention Centre, August 21.

The 2021 Iron Mic Festival & Conference is presented in partnership with Music PEI.

TRI-COUNTYREUNION2021

FRIDAY JULY 16

(Kings County)

The MacDonalds

The Doyles

Lone Cry Singers

The Cheveries

The Chaissons

Host: JJ Chaisson

Canadian Song Conference 2021

Music PEI wrapped another successful Canadian Song Conference (CSC) at the end of May. The 2021 CSC was held online and offered artists from PEI and across Canada the opportunity to engage with music industry professionals and learn more about developing multiple revenue streams from their work. Four panels on topics ranging from royalties, film scoring, publishing, and livestreaming were delivered via Zoom by renowned international and domestic music industry delegates.

A major component of the CSC is the Canadian Songwriter Challenge. This year, nine PEI artists were paired with another songwriter from participating Canadian music industry associations and a Canadian music producer to workshop, co-write and record two songs. All songwriting and recording was done virtually. Artists ranged in genre from emerging to established and were assisted by some of Canada’s top producers. The songs were presented to music industry delegates at CSC listening sessions and they can be heard at musicpei.ca.

“The CSC and the Canadian Songwriter Challenge is one of the highlights of the year for Music PEI”

says Rob Oakie, Executive Director of Music PEI. “The collaborations between PEI artists and artists across Canada continue to produce amazing songs each year. It’s inspiring to see what two talented songwriters who have never met before can create”

Twelve additional PEI artists were selected to present their music to the CSC delegates at listening sessions, including Alicia Toner, Dylan Menzie, Hailey MacIsaac, Justyn Thyme, Kari Lyn Blaquiere, Liam Corcoran, Logan Richard, Loki250, Nadia Haddad, Rachel Beck, Shane Pendergast and Scott MacKay.

Loki250’s music had its CBC Radio premiere on the East Coast Music Hour, following his listening session presentation, thanks to interest from CBC music producer Jeff Reilly.

SATURDAY JULY 17

(Prince County)

The LeBlancs

Hey Cuzzins

The Pendergasts

The Arsenaults (feat. Gadelle)

Host: Nathalie Arsenault

TICKETS + MORE INFO

SUNDAY JULY 18

(Queens County) Richard Wood

Inn Echo

Mi’kmaq Legends

The Gallants

Host: Patrick Ledwell

www.RolloBayFiddlefest.ca

Island artist Loki250, one of twelve artists selected to present to CSC delegates

MUSIC LIVE

Bogside Brewing

Fridays at 7 pm and Saturdays at 2 pm and 7 pm. Tyler Pineau and Allison Blacquiere (July 1), Adam MacGregor (2), William Allen (3), The Darvels (4), Taylor Buote (9), Ryan Merry and Emily Coffin (10), Ashley Gorman (11), Abby Hameline (16), Keira Loane (17), Rodney Perry (18), Stephen Szwarc (23), Billy White (24), Trash Bling Sisters (25), Nathan Carragher (30), Chris Johnson (31). Brook St, Montague. 940-7403

Brothers2

Thursdays and Fridays at 7 pm. Trevor Cameron (July 2), Dylan Jensen (8), Nick Hann (9, 22, 29), Mitch O’Blenis (15), Chris & Eric (16), Dave Woodside (23), Aaron & Kristy (30). 618 Water St. East, Summerside. 436-9654

Charlottetown Beer Garden

Daily at 6 pm. Richie Bulger (July 1, 8, 15, 22, 29), Kim Albert (2, 9, 16, 23, 30), Donivan & Laura (3, 10, 17, 24, 31), Macristo Trio (4, 11, 18, 25), Taylor Buote (5, 12, 19, 26), Brad & Griffen (6, 20), Vintage 2.0 (7, 14, 21, 28), Chris & Eric (13, 27). 190 Kent St, Charlottetown. 367-6070

Gahan House

Acoustic music on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 9 pm. Jesse MacLellan (July 1), Ashley Gorman (7, 28), Stephen Szwarc (8), Ryan Merry (14), Fraser MacCallum (15), Adam MacGregor (21), Lawrence Maxwell (22, 29). 126 Sydney St, Charlottetown. 626-BEER

Hunter’s at the Fox

Saturdays at 9 pm. Nathan Carragher (July 3), Carter MacLellan (10), Taylor Buote (17), Kim Albert Duo (24), Chris & Eric (31). 167 Kinlock Rd, Stratford. 370-5873

John Brown Grille

Saturdays at 2 pm. 132 Richmond St, Charlottetown. 370-4040

Lone Oak Brewing

Roland Beaulieu & Keelin Wedge every

Sunday at 1 pm. Nolan Compton every Thursday at 5 pm. Brad Milligan & Griffen Arsenault every Friday at 6 pm Live music every Saturday at 7 pm. Chris & Eric (July 3) Dave Woodside & Brandon Gillis (10), Jenna-Marie Gallant w, Danny Amos (17), Julie Arsenault & Daniel Drouin (31). 103 Abegweit Blvd, Borden-Carleton. 729-2228

Marc’s Lounge

Fridays and Saturdays at 9 pm. Daniel James McFadyen (July 2), Sarah SegalLazar (3, 23), Brooke MacArthur & Liv Roberts (9), Adam MacGregor (10, 31), Stephen Szwarc (16, 30), Dave Woodside (17), Mike Stratton & Albert Kays (24). 125 Sydney St, Charlottetown. 566-4620

Next Door @ The Merchantman

Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, various times. Adam MacGregor (July 1, 29, 30), Brandon Gillis (2), Matt Hannah (3, 10, 23), Ashley Gorman (3, 16, 30), Nathan Carragher (8, 9, 23), Brooke MacArthur (8), Nolan Compton (10), Stephen Szwarc (15, 22), Mike Stratton (16), Rick Donair (17), Ryan Merry (17), Bridgette Blanchard (24), Dave Woodside (24). 23 Queen St, Charlottetown. 892-9150

Olde Dublin Pub

Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. 132 Sydney St, Charlottetown. 892-6992

PEI Brewing Company

Fridays in the Taproom at 6 pm. 96 Kensington Rd, Charlottetown. 629-2739

Piatto North River

Saturdays at 5 pm. 15 Milky Way, Charlottetown. 626-0909

Ship to Shore

Saturdays at 8 pm. Daniel James McFadyen (July 3), Trinity & Destiny Bradshaw (10), Darcy Ellis (17), Nick Hann (24), Benny Von (31). 2684 PE-20, Darnley. 836-5475

Picnic Supper & Celtic Show

Tuesday evenings, July 13-August 17

6:30pm supper & drinks, 7:30pm showtime

Includes a scenic picnic supper at the PEI Preserve Company, New Glasgow, featuring fresh, local ingredients. Supper is followed by IRELAND MEETS SCOTLAND, a high-caliber celebration of Celtic heritage, music & dance, and prose & poetry laced with humour. A fun island experience!

Supper & show: $39.95 adults, $29.95 child under 12 Show only: $27.50 adults, $20 child under 12

Reservations and info:

tel: (902) 314-3078 kjeffrey@norseboat.com

Facebook: irelandmeetsscotland

BUZZIFIEDS

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VISUAL ARTISTS: Studios for rent daily, weekly or monthly, in BordenCarleton, starting at $25. Facilities nearby include motels, a campground, beaches, food outlets, and pub! Contact moragw@eastlink.ca.

GLORY ZONE CONSIGNMENT

SHOP. There’s a new consignment shop in Charlottetown. Come see our great selection of collectibles, kitchen items, used books and quality used ladies’ fashions at 199 Prince Street.

ORGANIC VEGGIE DELIVERY

Home delivery of fresh local organic veggies, foods, and other natural products. $25 / $40 / $50 Veggie Boxes or custom orders. Aaron Koleszar 902-629-2575, aaron@organicveggiedelivery.com

VEHICLE DETAILING SERVICE

Do you need your vehicle cleaned or waxed? Don’t have time to do it? Call or text Ben at 902-940-0802 for an estimate.

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TRAILER AND DECK FOR SALE

30-foot Mallard Trailer & Deck for sale at Whispering Pines Campground. Call 902368-3015 for more information.

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AUGUST BUZZ DEADLINE

Submissions and advertising booking deadline for the August issue:

Thursday, July 15th

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PROUD TO BE WORKING FOR ISLANDERS

Cover:

Shirley Limbert, acrylic, 18” x 24”

JoDee Samuelson is an artist, film animator, writer and maker of whirligigs, who lives on the Island’s South Shore. She had fun creating this painting of her neighbour Shirley Limbert.

Shirley Limbert (1985-2013) was a role model of courage, dignity and humour for fellow lesbian, gay and social change activists, writers, poets and pursuers of a meaningful life.

She immigrated from London, England to Newmarket, Ontario in 1964 and settled on PEI in 1983.

Limbert was a strong believer in equality and worked for decades to improve women’s lives, in the areas of family violence, rape and sexual assault, gay and lesbian rights and women’s rights.

Working with other activists, she presented briefs to government on behalf of gays and lesbians, lobbying for changes to the PEI Human Rights Act and legislation regarding changes to reproductive rights. She was instrumental in the creation of the first lesbian phone line on PEI, providing information and support (“Women’s phone line” because “lesbian” wasn’t allowed in print).

A lifetime artist, she painted and wrote short stories, novels and poetry. Her first lesbian novel, Melanie: A Love Story, was published in February 2007.

The Official Opposition caucus is honoured to represent you.

We invite you to connect with us this summer. We want to hear your thoughts and ideas on how we can create a more equitable and prosperous PEI that works for everyone.

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