The Grapevine October 15 - November 12, 2020

ARTS | CULTURE | COMMUNITY October 15 – November 12, 2020 | Issue No. 17.10

SEASONAL SAMPLER: VALLEY HARVEST ACTIVITIES, p.11

DEVOUR!’S HYBRID FESTIVAL SCHEDULE FOR 2020, p.4

MIKE UNCORKED: HARVEST FOR HEALTH, p.11

VISUALLY SPEAKING: SUSAN CORBIN, p.7

DEBORAH HEMMING’S DEBUT NOVEL, p.12

ROBIN PACIFIC’S GINGER COOKIES, p.12

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The Wolfville Farmers’ Market Cooperative (WFM) is adapting to COVID-19 and the accompanying requirement for social distancing by offering three unique ways to access local products from its farmers, chefs, and artisans.

On Saturdays, starting October 24, from 9am-1pm, the Market will move indoors, offering a safe socially distanced market featuring 35 vendors selling directly to customers. The safety plan includes unidirectional walkways, plexiglass barriers, hand sanitizers, mask wearing, limits on occupancy, and open doors for improved ventilation. Outdoor seating and local music will be provided while weather allows.

Starting on Wednesday, October 21, the Market will trial a Farm and Art Market Store in the market’s community room in order to provide greater access to its vendor’s producers given space constrictions for both vendors and customers during the Saturday Market.

The Farm and Art Market Store will house six main areas, including a row of refrigerated and frozen products, a produce section, an artisan area, a pantry, and a health and beauty corner.

“Our cooperative has needed to adapt day after day this year and I am extremely proud of our vendors and our community for doing what needs to be done for all the right reasons: care for the land, care for the health of our neighbours, care for our farmers, care for the beauty of what is created when experienced hands create nimbly,” says Market Manager, Kelly Marie Redcliffe. “Care takes time, problem solving, and love. And this year, our cooperative has come together to offer three ways that our community can be nourished by all the care that has been given to this season’s hard-wrought harvest.”

To keep up with the ongoing adaptations of our vendors and our market, community members can sign up for the weekly e-newsletters and see updated maps of where to find vendors on the Market’s website, wolfvillefarmersmarket.ca.

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“We are so lucky to have this vast landscape that we are on for our programs, and we are keeping our class sizes even smaller than normal to make sure everyone feels confident here.” O’Neill says that the fall programs are designed to give people a chance to renew themselves creatively, whether they are a beginner in the arts, or have experience. “Our instructors are very supportive and always help our students, whether adults or kids, reach the next level from where they began the program. It’s exciting to see their growth and to also see the stress of our normal lives melt away for a bit while the group focuses on making something new.”

There are a variety of programs all fall for all ages, including autumn arts days for youth and adult arts intensives. The weekend intensives are designed for people to come during the day or for a limited number to come overnight in the Centre’s glamping cabins, each with their own wood stove. All meals are provided by the in-house chef, with produce sourced from the Centre’s own gardens and from local farms.

Jewelry with Sarah Sears October 24-25 Spend a rejuvenating weekend discovering, creating, and working with your hands at Ross Creek. Sarah Sears is a jewelry designer/ metalsmith based in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Her jewelry and objects are inspired by architectural elements and the earth’s elements. Patina on copper, bronze and brass is one of her most recent explorations. Each piece is built to last and weather better with the passing of time.

In all cases, the Centre is using all the health protocols from the provincial government as their baseline, and only accepting those who have been in the Atlantic bubble for at least 14 days. Spaces are still available for all programs this fall, and information and registration can be found at artscentre.ca/events.

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In Memory: Gail Archibald Arthur Bardell George Butt Colleen Bouchot Emma Jean Carey William A. Davis Cora Elizabeth Dalrymple Bill Davis Virgil Dearman Wilma Haworth Ruby Hiltz-Tedford Don Laurie Melanson Susan MacDonnell Audrey Ann MacDougall

Joy Manning Irene Parks Jim Price Beverley Dawn Richardson James Arthur Smith April Somerville Richard Tibert Marge Weber Kathy Worton Marjorie Pauline Welton Dorothy Zehr In Honour: Caring Staff of Med. B VRH

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ArtCan Catering provides a wide range of options. Both soups and curries are frozen to preserve freshness. She has a knack for canning seasonal fruits right at the peak of their ripeness to make mouthwatering jams, chutneys, and specialty sauces. On a daily basis she offers freshly baked goods, like her signature energy cookies, chock full of

We are grateful to those who have made donations to Valley Hospice Foundation in July, August and September 2020, to honour these individuals:

Sonic experiments with Brian Borcherdt November 7-8 Register for a thrilling weekend of music and creativity at Ross Creek to dive into the world of sound. Brian Borcherdt is a Canadian musician who has been both a solo artist and a member of Burnt Black, Trephines, Hot Carl,

By Divine Right, Holy Fuck, Lids, and Dusted.

As a teenager growing up in Yarmouth Nova Scotia, he founded independent music collective and record label, Dependent Music. He continues to make innovative and exciting music as part of numerous bands from his home in Nova Scotia, where he has returned with his young family.

ARTCAN OFFERS CATERING ArtCan Catering is all about producing quality food products for our community. Our chef, Michaela Hayes, believes in using local produce as the main ingredient to create tasty, nutritious, and beautiful food offerings. She takes inspiration from seasonal vegetables and fruits grown by local farmers. She makes small batches of everything from scratch and with care. Michaela’s food is infused with a variety of international herbs and spices which makes her dishes unique and flavourful.

Gooseberries topped and tailed for jam.

Thirdly, the Market will continue to operate WFM2Go, its online ordering and weekly pickup service at wfm2go.ca, with over 600 products from over 55 vendors with quick and convenient hub locations in HRM, West Hants, and Kings County on both Wednesdays and Saturdays.

SAFE AND CREATIVE WEEKEND WORKSHOPS AT ROSS CREEK CENTRE FOR THE ARTS The Ross Creek Centre is raring to go with new programs for people from within the Atlantic bubble to come and relax, try something new and be taken care of for a couple of days. Executive Director Chris O’Neill says she is happy that the Centre’s staff had the experience of running safe and exciting camps for kids all summer, and she says they are ready to take the knowledge they gained over the summer to bring adults into small creative groups all through the fall.

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across Nova Scotia and Canada everything nutritive, as well as loaves, scones, and biscotti. She has recently added freshly baked bread to the take out menu which you can pre-order and she will have it available to pickup in a couple of days.

Michaela would like to express gratitude to all those patrons who have supported her through this challenging time of COVID-19. A big thank you goes out to all of those regular customers who have believed in her efforts to enrich the community by making great food. Receiving this support has reinforced her belief in the goodness of people, in the bounty of the land and the beauty of all that surrounds us.

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Meet at Clock Park in Wolfville Snacks & fun!

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2020 DEVOUR! EVENTS

The Food Film Fest reimagines its delicious festival with hybrid in-person and digital programming Submitted

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Wolfville Famers’ Market / ArtCan ....................... p.3 Ross Creek Centre ................................................. p.3 Devour! 2020 / Wolfville Theatre Collective .......... p.4 Classifieds / Valley Credit Union ........................... p.5 Star Drop / Free Will Astrology ............................ p.6 Visually Speaking: Susan Corbin ........................... p.7 What’s Happening in Kentville .............................. p.8 Who’s Who / Art Spot........................................... p.9 Wolfville Page .....................................................p.10 Mike Uncorked / Seasonal Sampler .....................p.11 Deborah Hemming / Ginger Cookies ...................p.12 What’s Happening / Tides .............................. p.13-14 Acadia Page / Music in Communities ...................p.15

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Devour! The Food Film Fest is proving that hybrid is just as mouthwatering as the original with an in-person and digital festival combo.

This year marks the tenth installment of the festival, coined Devour! 9.5 to reflect travel restrictions and smaller in-person gatherings.

Organizers promise to deliver all of the festival’s baked-in goodness during the five-day event, October 21-25. “We’re reimagining and presenting the best possible version of Devour! in a new, exciting and safe way,” says Michael Howell, executive director of Devour!

“Our goal is to deliver a meaningful and engaging event in a time when people need to connect more than ever.”

Devour! 9.5 will serve up 44 films through a combination of in-person and digital screenings including 19 feature-length films and 25 shorts. This includes the Opening Gala film and Disney classic, Ratatouille, taking place in-person at the Valley Drive In Theatre, and curated by the 2020 festival headliner, Phil Rosenthal who will be joining virtually for a post-film Q&A and interview with long-time friend of the festival and host, Bob Blumer.

“This reimagined festival makes it possible for us to bring Devour! to an even wider audience than before,” says Lia Rinaldo, managing director of Devour! “We hope that this year’s hybrid format helps us welcome a new, expanded fanbase to Atlantic Canada in the future.”

Film highlights throughout the festival include: Bread in the Bones: Stories of work and play, of love and loss...and bread. Bread has been at the center of human life and creativity for at least ten thousand years—it is in our bones and a witness to history. This documentary uses bread to explore politics, poetry, and pleasure.

Free Way: This film delves deep into the mind, heart, and creativity of chef Raül Balam.

Achieving excellence in the competitive culinary world is a task, especially under the nose of your own mother, Carme Ruscalleda, a threestar Michelin Chef in her own right. Raül has battled his own demons to be the culinary icon and family man he is today.

Games People Play: Jenni Toivoniemi makes her feature film debut with Games People Play.

An old group of friends gather to celebrate Mitzi’s surprise birthday party over a nostalgic booze and food-fuelled weekend at an idyllic seaside villa—just like they used to do as

teenagers—except this time the birthday girl is not pleased about the surprise.

Feast of the Seven Fishes: Christmas Eve 1983, a working-class boy brings an affluent Ivy League girl to his family’s raucous traditional Italian seafood feast, setting off a chain reaction of romantic, comedic, and cultural conflicts. Starring Devour! alumni Joe Pantoliano.

The Forum: For the first time in the 50-year history of the World Economic Forum, an independent film team was able to shoot behind closed doors. The Forum documents the most powerful people on the planet making decisions that affect us all.

Chefs & Shorts Gala at the Valley Drive-In: Six gourmet “snacks” will be matched to six different short films, made by our participating chefs and distributed upon arrival. Explore each taste sensation inspired by a movie in the comfort of your vehicle. Three of the six films are from Canada — Brothers; Gustav the Snow Chef; Toto; The Beauty; Egg; Joseba Cruz.

The Truffle Hunters: Directed by Michael Dweck & Gregory Kershaw, closes the festival and is about the prized white Alba truffle – a pungent but rarified mystery desired by the wealthiest patrons in the world. A combination of live and pre-recorded culinary, beverage, film and TV workshops will be hosted inperson and digitally by returning celebrity headliners.

Workshop highlights include: Flavorbombs with Bob Blumer and Jason Priestley: Bob will give us a sneak preview of his new cookbook and share some hacks from his culinary travels while he teaches 90210 and Private Eyes star and Devour! Advisory Board member Jason Priestley how to make two recipes from the book. Spoiler alert: Jason is an accomplished cook and may surprise Bob with a trick or two of his own.

From Pitch to Panavision: Getting Your Idea Made No Matter How Unique with Dave Erickson: What does it take to develop a pitch into a script, get it financed and filmed?

Veteran Hollywood writer and showrunner Dave Erickson (Fear The Walking Dead, Sons of Anarchy, Marco Polo) joins us in person for an intimate conversation with host Jan Miller about pitching films and television and getting it made.

East Coast Pantry Party with Chef Jennifer Crawford: Masterchef Canada winner Jennifer

Crawford helps elevate your Instagram foodie game or for dinner party prowess, make it all look as sumptuous as it is delicious.

Virtual Culinary Workshop with Chef Jacques Pépin: Devour! alumni and master chef Jacques Pépin joins virtually this year from his home in Connecticut with three exclusive culinary demonstration videos from his upcoming cookbook Quick and Simple.

Simple Thai from Pai with Chef Nuit Regular and CBC’s Ali Hassan: Pai Toronto owner, Food Network Judge and Devour! favorite Chef Nuit Regular demonstrates two delicious, yet surprisingly simple Thai recipes directly from her new cookbook Kiin: Recipes and Stories from Northern Thailand. CBC host and festival friend Ali Hassan (Laugh Out Loud) joins Chef Nuit to cook along and spice up the dialogue. Chefs Craig Flinn, and Renée Lavallée also host live in-person workshops while Chef Ned Bell joins virtually.

• Returning this year is a favourite festival event, Beyond Terroir. In search of the deepest roots of the Gaspereau Valley, the award-winning Benjamin Bridge winery invites guests to its vineyards to learn about terroir beyond the contemporary definition of soil and climate. In partnership with Glooscap First Nation, this unique walking workshop includes Mi’kmaq leadership, cultural representatives and allies speaking on an array of themes, at outdoor fire pit stations where culinary collaborations between the Mi’kmaq community, chefs Jason Lynch & Stéphane Levac, are paired with wine and other drinks.

Devour! 9.5 will also deliver a number of established community give-back events like the Great Devour! Community Dinner and the Mayors’ Bike Ride for Devour!, in addition to the modified Devour! Chowder Smackdown To-Go – all while maintaining physical distance and proper safety protocols. Youth and student programming is also a staple at Devour! and this year is no different, with virtual school programming, the Nourish Nova Scotia & CBC Youth Food & Film Challenge, and virtual Cooking Master Classes for Youth run by culinary instructors and students from coast-to-coast. The full program and ticket information is available on devourfest.com.

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WOLFVILLE THEATRE COLLECTIVE CELEBRATES 5 YEAR ANNIVERSARY Revue show set for November 7 at Al Whittle Theatre, Wolfville Mike Butler

Has it really been five years since the Wolfville Theatre Collective started? Time flies, I understand that, and when you’re immersed in theatre for so long, like so many of us here in the Valley, you just lose track of time (and plays). I only started doing theatre productions 11 years ago (2020 was a write-off), but 75 productions in ten years is a lot (but what a ride!). With the five year anniversary upon us and a dire need to be back on stage after quite the hiatus (still going on), The Wolfville Theatre Collective has decided to bubble up and perform a revue show to celebrate their five year milestone and we’re all very excited!

A five year revue is a way to not only reflect on the journey of The Wolfville Theatre Collective but to also take an opportunity to thank our supporters, reunite with collective members, and add some surprises for the audience, like the launch of our website and possible future show announcements. Theatre has changed so much this year and it’ll be nice

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to be back in the spotlight and showcase our accomplishments. I still have conversations with Wolfville residents and family about our productions and it’s quite wonderful to know of our impact!

Five years ago a group of theatre enthusiasts got together and decided to put on a show.

There was a demand for challenging productions and parts and the WTC began their journey with Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, which was performed twice in a year (in Studio Z and then downstairs at the Al Whittle). I was so proud to direct those productions and took it upon myself to fund the first production, which started this wonderful little theatre company! The actors involved had their dream shows and we decided to then produce Death of a Salesman, The Glass Menagerie, Tuesdays With Morrie, August: Osage County, and we even dabbled in musicals with Sweeney Todd! Audiences responded in droves and the WTC has become a company of top quality The heat so peaked tonight the moon can’t cool a scum-mucked swimming pool, or breeze emerge to lift the frowsy ruff of owls too hot to hoot, the mouse and brown barn rat astute (Excerpt from enough to know to drop “Fever” by and dash.

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shows with heavy, thought-provoking subject matter that is challenging to the audience and the production team.

As a collective we decided to choose great plays, to allow flexibility within the collective to all feel included in the production process, and to always perform at the Al Whittle Theatre to keep that Wolfville feel and vibe to our shows. We’ve worked with the town and university to score a nice range of audience members from teen to senior and our shows are known for quality and lasting thought.

We, as a collective, are very proud of what’s been done and what’s to come!

Our five year anniversary revue will feature scenes from these past shows as well as some new material. We have slideshows, intros from the core members, and a bunch of surprises!

Shows are being performed Saturday November 7 at 2pm and 7pm at the Al Whittle Theatre, Wolfville.

Both shows are Pay What You Can (suggested $10 donation). We will be following all theatre COVID-19 guidelines to make sure everyone feels safe and sound, and these two shows are RESERVATION ONLY. No tickets will be sold at the door. So get your bubbles together and reserve your spots by emailling Thea at theakoenigburton@gmail.com. The show must go on! See you there and thank you for your continued support of local theatre!

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CLASSES & WORKSHOPS: Introduction to Oil Painting Workshop with Ron Hayes: Saturday, Nov 7, 9am–3:30pm @ ArtCan Gallery and Café, 9850 Main Street, Canning. Ron will provide you with all the art materials and lead you through his painting process. This workshop is suitable for anyone just beginning or wishing to get back into oil painting.

Lunch and refreshment included. FEE: $175 +HST (email to register with a $100 deposit.) INFO: ron@artcan.com / 902-582-7071 Learn to Play the Cello!: Lessons for children and adults, in-person in Hantsport or via Zoom, with Elizabeth Sircom, NSRMTA. INFO: libsirc@laposte.net The Wolfville Curling Club: Season starts the week of October 26, with free learn-to-curl clinics Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday evenings at 7pm. You will be learning proper stone delivery & sweeping and the general rules of the game, including basic strategy.

Please wear comfortable clothing and clean footwear.

Experienced curlers are always welcome. INFO: Dean Smith, deansmith241@gmail.com / Audrey Dorey, audreydorey2@gmail.com You Can Do That Here – Try Speed Skating: The Annapolis Valley Speed Skating Club offers Learn to Speed Skate, Skills Development, Recreational and Competitive programs. New programs starting October 19th. INFO: valleyspeedskating@gmail.com In-Person Piano & Voice Lessons: Susan Dworkin is a resident of Wolfville and for the past 30 years has offered professional, qualified music education to children and adults of all ages. Susan is a professional classical singer and pianist and instructs voice and piano technique. (special Covid-19 protocol in place for everyone’s safety and protection). Limited space.

Call for details. INFO: susanlisadworkin@gmail.com / 902-300-1001 / armonicomusicstudio.com

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VALLEY CREDIT UNION EXTENDS AGREEMENT WITH CREDIT UNION CENTRE TO SUPPORT PURCHASE OF A NEW ZAMBONI Submitted

Valley Credit Union recently provided $75,000 to Credit Union Centre in Kingston, NS to support their purchase of a new Zamboni in exchange for a five-year extension on their naming rights agreement, which will now continue through to August 2028.

“The arena has been an important part of the Kingston and Greenwood communities for many years,” said Len Ells, President and CEO of Valley Credit Union. “In 2013 the Credit Union Centre wanted to make improvements to the facility and sought a partner who shared their values and priorities of supporting communities, families, youth, and sport.

These values perfectly align with our own and we gladly accepted the offer to work together.

We have really enjoyed watching the arena thrive these last 7 years so when they advised us of their need for a new Zamboni, it was an easy decision to offer our assistance and extend our partnership,” said Ells. “Valley Credit Union has been a great supporter of the Credit Union Centre,” said Wayne Fowler, President of the Credit Union Centre. “They truly care about giving back to the Annapolis

Valley communities and have been a great partner of ours.”

❧ Valley Credit Union is a non-profit, full-service financial institution with seven branches between Hantsport and Bridgetown, a wealth management office, over 11,000 members, 1,500 of which are business owners, and approximately $220 million in assets. It is a cooperative which means it is owned by its members and is governed by a board of directors voted in by its members. It offers a full range of personal and business banking products and services and is committed to helping its members achieve their financial goals by offering solutions customized to their needs. Valley Credit Union brings value to those it serves through ownership, personal service, convenient and flexible banking options, skilled and knowledgeable staff, and a commitment to the communities in which it operates.

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© 2020 Rob Brezsny • freewillastrology.com • Horoscopes for the week of October 15th

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Would you be willing to meditate on how you might become more skilled in the arts of intimacy? Would you consider reading books and websites that offer guidance about strategies for being the best partner and ally you can be? Are you receptive to becoming more devoted to practicing empathy and deep listening?

I’m not saying you’re deficient in these matters, nor am I implying that you need to improve your mastery of them any more than the rest of us. I simply want you to know that now is an especially favorable time for you to make progress.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Entre chien et loup is a French idiom that literally means “between dog and wolf.” It’s used to describe twilight or dusk, when the light is faint and it’s tough to distinguish between a dog and a wolf. But it may also suggest a situation that is a blend of the familiar and the unknown, or even a moment when what’s ordinary and routine is becoming unruly or wild. Entre chien et loup suggests an intermediary state that’s unpredictable or beyond our ability to define. In accordance with astrological omens, I propose you regard it as one of your main themes for now. Don’t fight it; enjoy it! Thrive on it!

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): For 34 years, the beloved American TV personality Mr. Rogers did a show for children. He’s now widely acknowledged as having been a powerful teacher of goodness and morality. Here’s a fun fact: His actual middle name was “McFeely.” I propose that you use that as a nickname for yourself. If McFeely doesn’t quite appeal to you, maybe try “Feel Maestro” or “Emotion Adept” or “Sensitivity Genius.”

Doing so might help inspire you to fulfill your astrological assignment in the coming weeks, which is to allow yourself to experience more deep feelings than usual—and thereby enhance your heart intelligence. That’s crucial! In the coming weeks, your head intelligence needs your heart intelligence to be working at peak capacity.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): A blogger named Dr.LoveLlama writes, “You may think I am walking around the house with a blanket around my shoulders because I am cold, but in fact the ‘blanket’ is my cloak and I am on a fantasy adventure.” I approve of such behavior during our ongoing struggles with COVID-19, and I especially recommend it to you in the coming days. You’ll be wise to supercharge your imagination, giving it permission to dream up heroic adventures and epic exploits that you may or may not actually undertake someday. It’s time to become braver and more playful in the inner realms.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): According to author Rev. Dr. Marilyn Sewell, “The body has its own way of knowing, a knowing that has little to do with logic, and much to do with truth.” I recommend that you meditate on that perspective. Make it your keynote.

Your physical organism always has wisdom to impart, and you can always benefit from tuning in to it—and that’s especially important for you right now. So let me ask you: How much skill do you have in listening to what your body tells you? How receptive are you to its unique and sometimes subtle forms of expression? I hope you’ll enhance your ability to commune with it during the next four weeks.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): In his fictional memoir Running in the Family, Virgo author Michael Ondaatje returns to Sri Lanka, the land where he spent his childhood, after many years away. At one point he enthuses that he would sometimes wake up in the morning and “just smell things for the whole day.” I’d love for you to try a similar experiment, Virgo: Treat yourself to a festival of aromas. Give yourself freely to consorting with the sensual joy of the world’s many scents. Does that sound frivolous? I don’t think it is. I believe it would have a deeply calming and grounding effect on you. It would anchor you more thoroughly in the here and now of your actual life, and inspire you to shed any fantasies that you should be different from who you are.

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): “The hardest thing you will ever do is trust yourself,” says Libran journalist Barbara Walters. Really? I don’t think so. In my experience, the hardest thing to do is to consistently treat ourselves with the loving care we need to be mentally and physically healthy. But I do acknowledge that trusting ourselves is also an iffy task for many of us. And yet that’s often because we don’t habitually give ourselves the loving care we need to be healthy. How can we trust ourselves if we don’t put in the work necessary to ensure our vitality? But here’s the good news, Libra: In the coming weeks, you’re likely to be extra motivated and intuitively astute whenever you improve the way you nurture yourself.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): “You can’t learn anything when you’re trying to look like the smartest person in the room,” writes author Barbara Kingsolver. That’s a useful message for you right now. Why? Because you will soon be exposed to teachings that could change your life for the better.

And if you hope to be fully available for those teachings, you must be extra receptive and curious and open-minded—which means you shouldn’t try to seem like you already know everything you need to know.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): I’ve decided not to use quotes by famous writers who’ve endorsed bigoted ideas. In the future, my horoscopes won’t mention the work of T. S. Eliot, Roald Dahl, V. S. Naipaul, Edith Wharton, Kingsley Amis, H. P. Lovecraft, Flannery O’Connor, Rudyard Kipling, and Louis-Ferdinand Celine. I’m sorry to see them go, because I’ve learned a lot from some of them. And I understand that many were reflecting attitudes that were widespread in their era and milieu. But as I’ve deepened my commitment to fighting prejudice, I’ve come to the conclusion that I personally don’t want to engage with past perpetrators. Now, in accordance with current astrological omens, I invite you to take an inventory of your own relationship with bigoted influences—and consider making some shifts in your behavior. (More info: tinyurl.com/BigotedAuthors1 and tinyurl.com/ BigotedAuthors2) CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Capricorn chemist Tu YouYou doesn’t have a medical degree or PhD. Yet she discovered a treatment for malaria that has saved millions of lives. The drug was derived from an ancient herbal medicine that she spent years tracking down. In part because of her lack of credentials, she remained virtually unsung from the time she helped come up with the cure in 1977 until she won a Nobel Prize in 2015. What’s most unsung about your accomplishments, Capricorn?

There’s a much better chance than usual that it will finally be appreciated in the coming months.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): “Luck is what happens to you when fate gets tired of waiting,” says author Gregory David Roberts. If that’s true, I expect that a surge of luck will flow your way soon. According to my astrological analysis, fate has grown impatient waiting for you to take the actions that would launch your life story’s next chapter. Hopefully, a series of propitious flukes will precipitate the postponed but necessary transformations. My advice? Don’t question the unexpected perks. Don’t get in their way. Allow them to work their magic.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Have you formulated wily plans and crafty maneuvers to help you navigate through the labyrinthine tests and trials up ahead? I hope so. If you hope to solve the dicey riddles and elude the deceptive temptations, you’ll need to use one of your best old tricks—and come up with a new trick, as well. But please keep this important caveat in mind: To succeed, you won’t necessarily have to break the rules. It may be sufficient merely to make the rules more supple and flexible.

Homework: What belief would you be willing to change your mind about if offered convincing counter-evidence?

FreeWillAstrology.com.

VISUALLY SPEAKING: SUSAN CORBIN DESIGNS Anna Horsnell

Before paper or canvas, there was painting on silk. Different from other paints which adhere to the surface, silk allows dye to flow into the fibre and bond with the proteins, becoming a part of the silk thread itself. Dye also does different things on silk than on other fibres such as cotton. All of this is intoxicating stuff for someone like textile artist Susan Corbin, who loves to play with colour.

Corbin designs and creates clothing with hand-painted and printed silk. “I dye silk with various shibori methods (ways of resisting dye by folding, tying, etc). I paint with silk paints, and lately I also block print on the silk, which has a similar look to screen printing. Sometimes I use more than one method on a piece.

For example, the piece may be dyed first, then painted or printed.”

A Halifax native, Corbin’s interest in art naturally drew her to the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design. “I enrolled in three evening classes: pottery, batik, and backstrap weaving.

I was pretty keen on pottery and the other two I thought would be interesting. Well, it turned out I was no good at pottery at all. I enjoyed batik, but I was smitten by weaving.

Four years later I finished my degree with a major in weaving and textiles, and thus began a 30+ year creative life. Since then I’ve been through many creative phases, creating woven silk jewellery, painted paper jewellery, painted paper collage art, and now finally back to dyeing and painting fabric, mostly silk.”

After time spent living in England and on Canada’s West Coast, Corbin returned to Halifax where she sold her creations at the Seaport Market and to cruise ship passengers for many years. Most recently she has moved to Millville, outside of Aylesford, and has happily become part of the local creative community which she describes as very welcoming.

Just as the word seems to slide off the tongue, silk brings to mind luxury: a light, smooth and delicate elegance. In fact, silk is the strongest natural fibre available, with good insulation properties (warm in winter, cool in summer), silk is highly breathable, and highly absorbent. Chemically similar to our own skin, silk is a natural protein fibre produced by moth caterpillars to form their cocoons, meaning it makes naturally light and comfortable clothing. The shimmering appearance of silk is also a natural trait created by the triangular prism-like structure of the silk fibre which allows the cloth to refract light at different angles. All qualities that wear well as clothing for everyday in addition to special occasions.

Design images by Susan Corbin

Corbin’s scarves and lovely loose-fitting tops are stand-outs in rich and vibrant colours.

“Colour makes me feel good,” she smiles, “I have a long history of creating things. I’m very practical-minded and I like to make things. I especially love to design. I love colour and pattern and I love to see people get pleasure from enjoying and wearing [my creations].”

What’s next? “I love to experiment and innovate,” Corbin answers, ”It’s like being a cook, but changing the recipe.” Certainly, she will continue designing and making clothing, but she also has plans for wall and window hangings, silk for interiors. She’d also like to design the perfect summer dress. Stay tuned.

❧ Corbin’s Designs may be found at Jon Wayne’s Big Red Barn located at 908 Highway 360 (North of Berwick, Exit 15 on 101 Highway) where she’s preparing for the large Christmas Market on Saturday, November 14, and online at susancorbindesign.com or by email at susan.artcollage@outlook.com.

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WHAT’S HAPPENING in

Kentville Business Community is launching the first annual monthlong culinary celebration of all things pumpkin! While you are in town for the Pumpkin People Festival during the month of October, be sure to stop at one (or a few!) of our wonderful food establishments in town to try their delectable pumpkin menu items!

Participating restaurants and cafes include: • Maritime Express Cider Co.: Pumpkin Chai Cider and Homemade Spicy Pumpkin Soup • Sable Shortbread Company Ltd.: Pumpkin Spice Shortbread Cookies and Giant Pumpkin Cookie Cakes

THE GREAT PUMPKIN PALATE PLEASER

• T.A.N. Coffee: Pumpkin Spice Latte and Mini Pumpkin Cheesecakes • Half Acre Café: Pumpkin Pecan Cinnamon Roll • Kings Arms Pub: Schoolhouse Brewery’s Pumpkin Ale and Homemade Pumpkin Cheesecake • Paddy’s Brewpub & Rosie’s Restaurant: Pumpkin & Pancetta Fettuccine and Pumpkin Ale Watch for the participating logo in windows and on the Pumpkin People Festival map. Use the hashtag #greatpumpkinpalatepleaser to share your tasty dishes!

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WHO’S WHO (SPECIAL EDITION)

KYLO THE HAUNT DOG! Mike Butler

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Those eyes. That wagging tail. That fun, playful, rascal-like attitude towards life. That love for any human who comes close. No, I am not talking about myself, I am talking about a puppy: Kylo the Phantom Effects Super Haunt Dog!

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They call it puppy love, and anyone who meets, greets, and eventually plays with Kylo is instantly in love with this cute little guy! Kylo is a 3-year-old Jack Russell terrier who was born in the Wolfville area. In a short period Kylo has become the furry-faced mascot of one of the coolest businesses in the Valley, and he has some special news to share with everyone.

“I am the fur son to the owners of Phantom Effects Special Effects Makeup, Aaron and Jaimie Peerless of Kentville,” Kylo explains.

“They adopted me when I was 8 weeks old and the connection was instant; after two short days I had merged my habits and clock to theirs. When I was a puppy, I was very smart.

My mom read that it’s not a good idea to train a puppy under 6 months, so she took the time when I was supposed to be playing and being a puppy to teach me all the fun tricks in the book. We made games and created obstacle courses around the house. When I turned 6 months old, she instilled my good manners and recall. I am a registered emotional therapy dog and my sensitive nature makes me very much in tune with the emotional state of my parents as well as others around me. I am always good for a little love and a cuddle. Prior to COVID-19 I was a regular visitor at the local hospitals; I made people cry happy tears.”

Don’t you just love him even more now? Wait, there’s more!

Kylo’s main job is to calm his parents and their clients with his dark brown eyes and endless puppy love. He usually attends all of their internal appointments as well as all of their theatre productions, festivals, special events, and their signature event, the Phantom’s FreakShow Haunted House. Since Kylo has been involved in lots of different social scenarios, he is well socialized and knows how to read the energy in the room, and he can separate play time from work time. A dog with time management skills? No way!

In his parents’ field of work, there is no off time for Kylo, it’s dog-eat-dog (but not literally!). Kylo has been spending the past few months in the basement of the Main Street Station (formerly the Cornwallis Inn) in Kentville. This is the NEW location the Phantom’s FreakShow Haunted House. “They’ve spent a lot of time building the halls into a perfect nightmare,” he barks. “Each room is movie set quality and their attention to detail is second to no other haunted house in Nova Scotia. The Main Street Station is my home away from home; my parents not only have their haunted house in this building, they also have their studio in this space so pop by and pet me!”

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902-599-1852 Kylo also never fails to make a grand appearance at each of his mom’s famous living art portraits, which are completed in their studio space. He woofs, “I love hanging out with her and learning more about her clients as I get random cuddles and lap time. I am a very good boy while my mom is working on the makeup, but as soon as the lights come on for the photo session, I know it’s my time to shine. I like to get in on every portrait and pose like a proper show dog; I love getting my close up. I have cut into so many of the portraits that my mommy started my own Instagram account to share my many adventures and beautiful friends (@kylopuppy13). Follow me, even though I’d rather follow you around!”

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As you can see from my living art portrait as Vincent Van Gogh, Kylo even outshines me! Contact Jaimie Peerless (jaimiecorbin@ hotmail.com) for your own living art portrait with surprise guest Kylo the haunt dog! It’s a super fun thing to do!

The Valley has become a puppy Mecca with so many dog lovers, walking trails, and outdoor areas for dogs and their owners. Kylo’s days are filled with adventure, new faces, and new experiences. He loves sniffing around a place that’s filled with open spaces, expansive beaches, and so many wonderful people. The Valley supports creativity and encourages people to think outside the box, and Kylo’s parents get invited to lots of new and exciting things that make his life so enriched. He’s always finding new friends along the way. Life in the Valley is pretty good for this adorable Haunt Dog! Kylo’s future is bound to be fun, spooky, and filled with love. He loves seeing all the faces at this year’s Phantom’s FreakShow Haunted House in Kentville, currently running throughout the month of October. Once this season gets wrapped up he will be excited to rest and get lots of cuddles. But until then, be sure to go visit him at the FreakShow this season and support the masterpiece that his parents created this year. More details can be found at phantomsfreakshow.com.

From this dog lover to all fur baby lovers , embrace your pets and enjoy your time together.

With a great pet, anything is PAW-sible!

Happy Haunting Season everyone!

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MIKE BUTLER

for Wolfville Town Council

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CHANCE TO WIN 2 TICKETS TO:

Harvest for Health – Virtual Cooking Class VRH, Kentville. Thursday, November 5, 7–9pm Draw date: Oct. 30. Enter all draws: valleyevents.ca/win

Fall Clothing for GUYS and GALS! 2 Central Ave., Wolfville www.retrorunway.com 692-9271

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WENDY ELLIOTT

TOWN COUNCILLOR

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ART SPOT: BETSEY HARWOOD Betsey Harwood completed degrees in fine arts from both Kent State University and NSCAD before being sidetracked by a career in the inn and restaurant business for thirty-seven years, including twenty as the original owner of Wolfville’s Tattingstone Inn. Following the sale of the inn, wanting desperately to return to art, Betsey joined a course in oil painting with Ron Hayes at ArtCan in Canning. Having focussed on pottery and glassblowing at art school, and not having used oils since her teens, the class offered the opportunity to build painting skills and to join a community of artists working in the area.

Now a prolific as well as gifted oil painter, Betsey has spent three or four days a week for the past three years painting in ArtCan’s downstairs studio.

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A selection of Betsey’s paintings is on display at the Wolfville Memorial Library, 21 Elm Avenue, throughout the month of October.

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#WolfvilleVotes2020 Elections are your chance to have a say in who represents you and your interests in the Town!

For the first time, Wolfville residents will have the option to use Internet or Telephone voting as well as the traditional paper ballots.

Residents on the Electoral List will receive a Voter Information Letter in the mail that explains how to vote using the internet and telephone.

Only those on the Electoral List will receive a letter and we are encouraging anyone who thinks they may not be on the list to email: election@wolfville.ca.

You can Vote by: Using

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access, from October 8th – 8.30 am, through to October 16th – 8pm.

Attending one of the 2 Advance Polls – October 8th and October 13th, 8.30 am – 8 pm at the Lions Hall, Elm Avenue.

Electors will be able to come in either of

those days and vote using the computers and telephone provided and staff will be there to assist anyone that needs help or needs to be added to the electoral list.

Masks and physical distancing will apply.

Voting with a paper ballot on Saturday October 17th, 2020, 8 am –

7 pm,

at the

Lions Hall, Elm Avenue. Masks and physical distancing will apply.

In order to be eligible to vote:

You must be 18 years or older on the first advance polling day (October 8) You must be a Canadian citizen on the first advance polling day (October 8) You must have been ordinarily resident in Nova Scotia for at least six months immediately preceding the first advance polling day (from April 7) you must be a resident of the Town of Wolfville since immediately before the first advance polling day (from October 7)

For more information or to check if you are on the list contact election@wolfville.ca

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MIKE UNCORKED: HARVEST FOR HEALTH

The Valley Regional Hospital Foundation has a tasty new fundraiser Mike Butler

Hillary Webb says “Jump” and I say “How High?”! For years, any project that Hillary has been involved in has been a huge success and I am always so honoured when she asks me to come aboard for her next adventure.

Hillary, of ‘Hill’s Grills’ fame, is the new fund development coordinator for events and community giving with the Valley Regional Hospital Foundation; she is responsible for coordinating and creating events that support whichever fundraising efforts are being conducted at that point in time, and to build on pre-existing relationships and develop new ones with members, organizations, and businesses within our community. 2020 has been tough to say the least but Hillary has come up with a fantastic new fundraiser for the VRHF and I am so thrilled to tell you about it.

A little background: in 1985, the Valley Regional Hospital Foundation was formed to raise $8 million from the community to build Valley Regional Hospital; the provincial government provided the remaining 75% of the cost. Since that time, the VRH Foundation has continued to put together initiatives to increase the access and quality of healthcare to the communities they serve. With an average of over 200,000 annual patient visits and the increasing demand for care from an aging population, connections to primary health care and specialty services are essential.

Through the generosity of thousands of donors, the VRH Foundation has provided over $16 million to improve healthcare for residents of Kings and Annapolis Counties. Over the past few years, the Foundation provided funding for new and updated equipment, chaplaincy services, and the Family Practice Residency Program. It’s a win-win for all of us whenever this foundation has a fundraiser.

“My passions are building and cultivating relationships and supporting causes that build a long-lasting and sustainable community,” Hillary says. “I’m on a number of boards of directors in our community and have had the incredible opportunity of owning my own business in the Kentville area. The fact that I get to do this now as a full-time career is a dream come true! While we ourselves don’t save lives (we leave that to the doctors, nurses, and paramedics), our fundraising efforts provide equipment for the people who do save lives, and we take that job very seriously. I work with a fantastic team: Angela Mansfield is the best office manager I’ve ever seen, Ellen Crowley, our executive director, is an energetic leader who steers our ship in the right direction, and Gary Caven brings all of our ideas to life (while being quite creative himself). I love our team!”

The VRH’s latest fundraiser is one Hillary is incredibly excited about and you will be as well. November is typically one of the dreariest months of the year. It’s dark, it’s cold, it’s wet: blah! It’s also coming to the end of harvest season, where fresh, locally-grown produce is in abundance, and COVID-19 has taken away many of the fun harvest celebrations that we’d typically have at this time

of year. Our region is gaining its economic strength back and we’ve also developed a strong tourism culture here in the Annapolis Valley, based on a thriving food and beverage industry. We like to eat well, and we know how to eat well! That philosophy birthed the foundation’s latest initiative: Harvest for Health.

Hillary explained, “Harvest for Health is launching every Thursday night for the month of November. It’s a series of virtual cooking classes taught by renowned and local celebrity chefs. This year’s featured chefs are Chef Jason Lynch of Le Caveau, Chef Chris Pyne of Founders House, Chef Daniel Frank of Troy, and Chef Peter Dewar, head of the culinary program at NSCC. Each chef will be featuring a key ingredient sourced from the Annapolis Valley in their dishes of the evening, to showcase fun and innovative ways to use our fantastic produce. We are featuring squash, peaches, carrots, apples, and the ever versatile onion on this year’s menu!” Sound yummy?

Wanna be a part of the action? Here’s how!

Classes are $50/each and participants can purchase any or all classes! If purchasing all four classes, a bonus episode will be released just in time for Christmas! The cooking classes will be available by sign-up only through the VRH Foundation’s website, starting on October 16.

After the live launch of an episode, participants will get a copy of the video for their personal use, or, if they aren’t able to tune in on Thursdays, can host their own cooking evening that weekend on their own time. WinWin-WIN! Follow the Valley Regional Hospital Foundation on Facebook, go to the website at vrhfoundation.ca, or email Hillary at hillary@ vrhfoundation.ca.

This whole initiative is raising funds for a C-Arm. The C-Arm allows for live-time imaging during orthopedic surgeries, pacemaker insertions and some vascular exams. By providing surgeons with image guidance and immediate information on the placement of surgical implants, the entire surgical process is improved and patient safety is enhanced. Who wouldn’t want that for themselves and loved ones?

And if the Harvest For Health doesn’t seem like your thing to contribute to, there’s always other fundraisers to look for in the coming weeks. The VRHF 50/50 Monthly Lottery is available on their website: purchase your tickets today to win 50% of the pot, every month!

The remaining proceeds go towards VRHF initiatives. They will also be putting on their Festival of Lights, the traditional fall/winter donor fundraiser starting in November, and they’ll be hosting another Christmas-themed virtual campaign called the 12 Days of Christmas throughout December. Check their website, vrhfoundation.ca, for more details!

It’s harvest time and there’s lots to do in the Annapolis Valley. Here are some of our top picks of the 2020 season: Howard Dill Farms howarddill.com Open Daily in October including Thanksgiving and Hallowe’en Located at 400 College Road, Windsor, NS No charge for admission, donations welcome Dogs are welcome! Must be on leash!

“Products available: pumpkins (all shapes and sizes), squash, gourds, apples, seeds, souvenirs, pickles, jam and many other items! Sorry, we do not offer a pumpkin or apple U-Pick at this time.”

• Valley Ghost Walks valleyghostwalks.com Atlantic Bubble Walks available on demand starting at $150+hst. Contact jerome@valleyghostwalks.com • Noggins Corn Maze & Family Fun Area nogginsfarm.ca/fun-on-the-farm/corn-maze 969 Highway #1, Greenwich Open until November 1 Saturday, Sunday, Monday: 9:00am to 6:00pm Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday: 11:00am to 4:00pm “Corn Maze and our Mini Maze with 4 different Maze Quests! Also includes access to our Family Fun Area with activities like the Rubber Duck Races, Rope Climb, and much more!

Dogs are allowed, but must be kept on leash and you must clean up after them. This year you need tickets for the HAUNTED HOUSE. BEWARE and BE SURE you get them. Ask at the cash when you come as they might have some walk-ins as well.”

Stirlings Pumpkin U-Pick & Corn Maze stirlingfruitfarms.ca Open Saturday and Sunday: 11:00am to 5:00pm • Kentville Pumpkin People kentville.ca/signature-events/ kentvilles-pumpkin-people-festival October 3 - 30 “This year’s theme is “Fables, Folklore & Fantasy” and the Pumpkin People will be showcasing their very favourite stories from childhood! We have it on “gourd authority” that Goldilocks, the Pied Piper, and Robin Hood himself are all stopping by!”

• The Great Pumpkin Palate Pleaser kentvillebusiness.ca/ the-great-pumpkin-palate-pleaser Oct 3- 30 “Kentville Business Community is launching the first annual month-long culinary celebration of all things pumpkin! While you are in town for the Pumpkin People Festival during the month of October, be sure to stop at one (or a few!) of our wonderful food establishments in town to try their delectable pumpkin menu items!”

• Gates U-Pick gatesupick.com 1263 Starr’s Point Road, Port Williams “Come out to Gates U-Pick this fall to enjoy some valley apple, pear, pumpkin, and sunflower picking as well as free wagon rides and more!”

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And my connection to Harvest for Health?

Well, every cooking show needs a celebrity host, right? Tune in and help out! Thank you!

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• Dempsey Corner Orchard and U-Pick Farm Market dempseycorner.com 2717 Highway 221, Aylesford “Family fun for everyone. Plenty of fruits and vegetables to u-pick in season, petting zoo, sound garden, restaurant, and bakery!”

• Phantom Freakshow Haunted House phantomsfreakshow.com See website for showtimes and ticket prices Main Street Station, 325 Main St, Kentville Not recommended for small children or the weak of heart.

“For the past five years we built a massive fan base out of Stirling Fruit Farms in Greenwich, but this year (2020), we have moved to our brand new location in the Main Street Station (formerly the Cornwallis Inn) in Kentville, NS. “

Movie Night at Mermaid: Dracula mermaidtheatre.ca/tickets Oct 30, 7:30pm $12 per ticket (includes a bag of popcorn and bottle of water) 132 Gerrish St, Windsor “We will be screening Bram Stoker’s Dracula starring Gary Oldman, Winona Ryder, Anthony Hopkins, and Keanu Reeves. This 1992 version of Dracula won several Academy Awards and is quite fitting for the season. We anticipate selling out very quickly and hope to see you for Mermaid’s first film screening of the season.”

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WOLFVILLE AUTHOR’S DEBUT FEATURES LOCAL SETTING Omar Bhimji

Deborah Hemming’s novel, Throw Down Your Shadows, tells the story of sixteen-year-old Winnie, “a creature of habit, a lover of ritual and stability. If she had her way, not much would change. But when a new family moves to town, Winnie and her three best friends—all boys— find themselves changing quickly and dramatically to impress Caleb, their strange and charismatic new companion.” Set in the Valley, and centred around a mysterious fire at a winery, the book explores how Winnie and her friends test boundaries and “illuminate darkness within each other and themselves.” Recently, Hemming was kind enough to answer some questions for Grapevine readers about Throw Down Your Shadows and how it came to be: Omar Bhimji (OB):Your book is dedicated to “little Deborah” – is that who I think it is?

Deborah Hemming (DH): So “little Deborah” is me when I was quite young. I wanted to publish a book even before I could write. I used to dictate stories to my dad, who would type them out for me, and I would create cover art for them. I’ve always been obsessed not just with writing, but with books themselves; with creating something real, something tangible that could connect with people. I think

generally a dedication is about the content, the story, but for me it had more to do with the physical book. So when my publisher asked whether I had a dedication, there was really only one person who came to mind: not me, now, but little Deborah. I feel like she would have been pretty excited.

OB: There seems to be a lot of “you” in this book, but it’s also clearly a work of fiction.

What pieces of your own story that were woven into Winnie’s?

DH: I’ve found that writing often affords me an opportunity to learn about myself. Even when I try to write a character very different from me, I often learn something about myself while inhabiting that skin. We all think back now and then to the choices we make when we’re young. As an author you have an opportunity to revisit those choices later, in your writing, which can help you understand them. I don’t identify with Winnie, the narrator; but I did grow up around a lot of boys, like her, and I think sometimes I sat back and watched things happen that, maybe today, I wouldn’t have let pass – I would have said something. So I think in revisiting uncomfortable situations from my past in writing, it helps me understand when I said something and when I didn’t, and why.

OB: What about the setting? The story is set here, nominally, but it isn’t about the Valley in a literal sense.

DH: I wanted to write a story set in the Annapolis Valley. I grew up here: it’s idyllic in a lot of ways, challenging in others; I wanted to capture this place. Working with a setting I knew so well, I was able to play with it creatively without sacrificing the richness or texture afforded by that familiarity. I chose the wineries because I thought they would make a fantastic setting for a story, so lush and dynamic. The book is set in 2005, and the wineries in the story are much more developed than our wineries were then, but I wanted to set the story at a time when technology hadn’t been fully adopted, at least not here. Back then it was reasonable that, even as a teenager, you could not have a cell phone, or even a computer in your house. But other

people might, which helped to establish a kind of tension between the main character, who is a bit of a Luddite, and others around her who are earlier adopters.

Throw Down Your Shadows is published by Nimbus.

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GINGER COOKIES Robin Pacific

I take a bite, frown. My friend Joss has made ginger cookies, and complains that there were about twenty steps, and six separate spices.

A sophisticated recipe for ginger cookies is surely an oxymoron. They taste too complicated to be good. I get out my old friend Nancy’s cookbook, a scribbler in which she wrote out by hand all her favourite recipes—cakes, cookies and “squares”. She gave it to me for Christmas in 1968. ¾ c. short.

1 c. white sugar (There are no instructions; Nancy assumed, rightly, that I knew the basics of making cookie dough).

I had been married two years, and was still only 19, when my father offered my husband the chance to run a business for him in Aylesford, Nova Scotia. This was a moribund peat moss bog operation. Henry had been learning the ropes from my father, the peat moss magnate of British Columbia, during summers between our years at UBC. In April of 1965 Henry and I drove across Canada, from Vancouver to Nova Scotia, following the spring as we travelled. The last leg of the trip was from New Brunswick to the Annapolis Valley. Approaching it from the south, we crested the hill (known, hilariously to us British Columbians, as the South Mountain), stopped and looked out at that peaceful landscape, just coming into the first pale green of spring.

When I was a child, I had four favourite jigsaw puzzles, one for each season (which I’ve never been able to find again), based on paintings by Grandma Moses or someone like her. The Annapolis Valley, as I gazed over it, reminded me of the Spring puzzle from that series – a fairy tale landscape, lost in time. It felt strangely familiar, scaled to fit me, not like the high drama of the BC coastline, with its ever-changing mountains, clouds, and seascapes. This was a vista to comfort. I felt like I’d come home.

Before long we found an apartment in Berwick, and I settled in, at 19 and half way to a university degree, to become a housewife. There was a knock at the door, and the woman from across the street presented me with a homemade cake to welcome us to the neighbourhood. Frances and I became instant friends. The first time I crossed the street to visit her and her three daughters (six-yearold Heather, the youngest, was the giggliest child I ever met), there was a hardcover book prominently displayed on a side table in her

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parlour. It was called The Cruelest Month.

That’s April, I said. “Now, how did you know that” asked Frances, astounded. Well, it’s a line from a poem by T.S. Eliot, I said. She opened the frontispiece to show me the attribution.

It was the second book by her cousin, Ernest Buckler, who had written the iconic Canadian novel, The Mountain and the Valley. “Well, aren’t you just the most clever person,” she exclaimed, delighted to know someone who knew about April. Her genuine pleasure was a little thrill, a little shock. Being smart was never a social cachet where I came from, in the era in which I had come of age. ¼ c. molasses 1 egg Frances and her cohort, namely the six other wives and mothers who lived on our street in Berwick (population c. 1,000 at that time), met every morning at ten for coffee at one or another of their houses. They would already have long been up, making hearty breakfasts, sending husbands to work and children to school, peeling the potatoes and carrots for “dinner”, the main meal of the day, eaten at noon. They knew every tiny detail of the lives around them, and gossiped and laughed with a gusto that I felt drawn into with a gleefulness to match theirs. How I loved those women!

And how they loved me, this awkward, childless young egghead, learning how to bake and cook from them. I only longed for one thing, which was to be invited to join the Wednesday evening sewing circle. This was reserved for Berwick’s elite, and I had to wait several weeks before being asked to join. Perhaps because it was held in the evening, the gossip, as we embroidered pillow cases, aprons, and tea towels, knitted bonnets for newborns, and scarves for husbands, was a little racier, the laughter a little louder and more robust.

In the fall, I reluctantly left the morning kaffeeklatsch, and the Wednesday evening sewing circle, to renew my studies, this time at Dalhousie University. Frances told me that her sister, Nancy, lived in Halifax, and that she would arrange for us to stay with her until we found a place to live. We discovered, fortuitously, there was an apartment right across the street from Nancy, her husband, and her two children. And Nancy and I, like Frances and I the previous spring, also became instant friends. The symmetry of living across the street from each of these two sisters seemed fated.

2 c. flour ¼ t. salt 2 t. soda A shy, awkward, and painfully self-conscious young woman, I came into my own at

Dalhousie. I started writing for the Dalhousie Gazette, and quickly got promoted to news editor. I acted in all the campus productions, and became notorious for my role as Mrs. Barker in Edward Albee’s absurdist play, The American Dream. “Are you sure you’re comfortable?” asked my friend Linda (features editor for the Gazette), in her role as Mommy. “Would you like to take off your dress?” “Thank you, I don’t mind if I do”, says Mrs. Barker, and off comes the dress, to reveal a very short red slip with lace around the bust and hem. This caused quite a stir in Halifax (where it was rumoured a student had been suspended the year before for playing tennis on a Sunday), and my scandalous act was the subject of an hour long call-in radio program. Outraged citizens voiced their disgust. Other citizens lined up for tickets.

Through it all was Nancy, having us over for supper (remember, dinner was at noon), laughing at my exploits, cheering me on.

Every Wednesday she cleaned the house from top to bottom. Baked every Saturday. Sunday nights she polished her husband’s and her children’s shoes. Every night, after she made all three of their lunches, she and Ern had coffee and some of her baked treats. The very goodies she had written out the recipes for, when I came back to visit for Christmas the year after I graduated.

I didn’t see much of Frances and Nancy over the years. We sent Christmas cards and letters, they continued to follow my path through life with enormous affection and amusement. When my daughter Ivana was fourteen, I wanted her to experience the Maritimes, so we flew to Moncton from Toronto, and drove from there to Berwick. I wanted her to see the Valley as I had first seen it. Of course Frances made a cake, and told Ivana endless funny stories about her mother. Stories polished in the retellings to a smooth patina. The time I persuaded Frances and Nancy to go to a lecture with me at Acadia University. I sat and knitted, they sat and were bored.

I asked a question. “She didn’t drop a stitch, and the lecturer had to admit he didn’t know the answer. And she just kept on knitting!”

The most notorious of all stories was about the time Henry and I invited the whole neighbourhood to a pig roast in our backyard.

Everyone showed up at 6. “Henry, where’s the pig?” Frances asked. The pig was still walking.

Henry, who had apprenticed as a butcher in Germany, went and slaughtered the pig, cut it up and roasted it, and we ate at around 10pm.

We never did live that one down.

1 t. cinnamon 1 t. cloves 1 t. ginger

I took Ivana to Halifax and we had lunch with Nancy and Ern, so proud to show us the newly revitalized waterfront. More hilarious stories – the time Nancy had a little gathering after the opening night of The American Dream, and I invited my English professor (on whom I had a torrid, undeclared crush). Ern asked if he could hang up his coat, and the professor handed him a cape. Ern didn’t know what to do with it. “A cape! For a man! Who ever heard of such a thing?”

I told Nancy then how much she and Frances had meant to me, how I thrived and blossomed in the light of their acceptance of me, in their housewifery and motherhood. A few days later, driving to the airport, Ivana said, quite out of the blue, “You know, in the Jewish religion, the highest good you can do is to give someone something without them knowing it, and that’s what Frances and Nancy did for you.” “Yes, I said, “I know. It’s called a mitzvah.”

Nova Scotia, in the person of these kind, generous and funny women, shaped my sense of who I am, gave me unconditional love and acceptance I’d never known before, and rarely have known since.

Roll in balls and dip in white sugar.

Bake 375 The scribbler is torn and tattered and stained with the residue of eggs, sugar and butter.

I made Nancy’s ginger cookies during last spring’s lockdown, and shared them among friends and neighbours. This is le vrai ginger cookie recipe – the taste of everything comforting, home-y, familiar. Everyone loved them.

Robin Pacific October, 2020

❧ Dedicated to Frances Beattie, and to the memory of Nancy Yeadon.

Send your events to listings@grapevinepublishing.ca THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15

Sight Loss & Your Organization — Virtual Annapolis Valley, Anywhere in The Annapolis Valley 6–7:30pm • A Virtual Workshop on making your services and programs easier to access. TIX: no charge INFO: 902-456-5982 / jeff.deviller@cnib.ca NonProfit Survival Strategies in COVID — Kings Volunteer Resource Centre, Kentville 7–8:30pm • Join us for a VIRTUAL workshop to look at how we adapt to these new COVID circumstances, continue our work of community transformation, survive and even maybe thrive in the ‘new normal’. TIX: no charge INFO: 902-678-1398 / coordinator@kingsvolunteerresourcecentre.ca

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16

Working from Home — PeopleWorx, Coldbrook NS 11am–12pm. ALSO Mon, Oct 26 & Fri, Oct 30 • This workshop provides a guide on how to succeed as a remote worker, common tips when working from home. TIX: no charge INFO: Ronda Spears, rspears@peopleworx.ca

Line Dancing for the 50+ Crew — CORAH – Community Hub, Middleton 3:30–5pm • Join the crew and brush up on your dancin’ skills. Be prepared to laugh and have fun! TIX: $2 per class INFO: 902-825-4870 / justine_reiner@hotmail.com

Inigo Cuartero — Crystany’s Brasserie, Canning 6–8pm • Inigo has performed in California, Hong Kong, Manila, and Singapore. Now residing in the Annapolis Valley, he is still busy performing solo. His repertoire of classic to modern songs shows his unique approach and passion for music! TIX: No charge. Reservations recommended.

INFO: 902-582-3663 / crystanysbrasserie@gmail.com John Tetrault brings That Friday Feeling — Winegrunt Wine Bar, Windsor 7–9pm • John Tetrault brings That Friday Feeling to Winegrunt. TIX: no charge INFO: 902-472-2863 / info@winegrunt.com

Tampopo — Kings Theatre, Annapolis Royal 7:30pm • The tale of an eccentric band of culinary ronin who guide the widow of a noodle-shop owner on her quest for the perfect recipe, this rapturous “ramen western”

by Japanese director Juzo Itami is an entertaining, genre-bending adventure underpinned by a deft satire of the way social conventions distort the most natural of human urges—our appetites. TIX: $11 Adult, $8 Youth.

Masks are required. Seating is socially distanced. INFO: 902-532-7704

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17

Community Breakfast — Lions Club, Berwick 8–10am • TAKE OUT ONLY. Mask is required to enter public facility. TIX: $7 per plate INFO: 902-844-1440 / tbhenley60@gmail.com Outdoor Crafters and Yard Sale — 1575 Grand Pre Road, Wallbrook 9am–4pm • Knitting, crocheting, sewing, pottery and more great gift ideas. Rain date: Oct 18. INFO: mariegallant12@hotmail.ca

Lions BBQ — Rafuse Home Hardware Building Centre (parking lot), Wolfville 10am–2pm • Hosted by The Wolfville & District Lions Club. Sausages and hot dogs will be served. All proceeds will be donated to the new Ronald MacDonald House Building Fund. INFO: 902-542-4508

Halloween & Harry Potter Crafts — 7 Arts, Greenwood 1–3pm • Knitting, Harry Potter inspired scarf. TIX: $10 INFO: 902-765-8254 / robinbradshaw15@gmail.com David Filyer — Winegrunt Wine Bar, Windsor 7–9pm • David Filyer plays Winegrunt. TIX: no charge INFO: 902-472-2863 / info@winegrunt.com

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 18

ALL MY SONS – National Theatre — Kings Theatre, Annapolis Royal 2pm • Captured live in 2019 from The Old Vic in London. Sally Field and Bill Pullman star in Arthur Miller’s blistering drama. America, 1947.

Despite hard choices and even harder knocks, Joe and Kate Keller have built a home, raised two sons and established a thriving business. But nothing lasts forever and their contented lives, already shadowed by the loss of their eldest boy to war, are about to shatter. With the return of a figure from the past, long buried truths are forced to the surface and the price of their American dream is laid bare. Seats are socially distanced. Face masks are required. TIX: $20 Adult, $16 Member, $8 Youth. Tickets at the door. INFO: 902-532-7704

MONDAY, OCTOBER 19

Devour! Generation Greta — Al Whittle Theatre, Wolfville 10am • Generation Greta kicks off the Scotiabank Big Picture Program at Devour The Food Film Fest. Limited seating due to Covid 19 restrictions.

Also available to stream online. TIX: $10 online INFO: devourfest.com

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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20

Devour! Fish and Men — Al Whittle Theatre, Wolfville 10am • The Scotiabank Big Picture Program at Devour The Food Film Fest continues with Fish and Men. Limited seating due to Covid 19 restrictions. Also available to stream online. TIX: $10 online INFO: devourfest.com

Interview Skills — PeopleWorx, Coldbrook NS 11am– 12pm. ALSO Friday, Oct 23 • A virtual workshop to help you prepare for your job interviews. Contact Ronda to register or for more info. TIX: no charge INFO: Ronda Spears, rspears@peopleworx.ca Celebrate Recovery — New Hope Wesleyan Church, Kentville 7–9:30pm. EVERY TUESDAY! • A faith based 12-Step program for all who need help with hurts, habits & hangups. Are you struggling with broken relationships, stress, anger, fears, addictions? All welcome. Please wear a mask & maintain social distancing. TIX: no charge INFO: 902-678-2222

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21

Coyote Classroom Nature Program — Community Center, Black Rock 9:30am–1:30pm • A weekly, outdoor nature program for ages 7–11. TIX: $245 per child (includes 6 sessions) INFO: valleyflyingsquirrels@gmail.com Coffee & Tea Social — Community Hall, White Rock 9:30–11:30am. ALSO Oct 28 • Wolfville Legion is closed for renovations so please join us for Coffee/ Tea/Sweets at the White Rock Community Hall.

Everyone welcome. TIX: $2 INFO: 902-542-5869 / wolfvillelegion@gmail.com

Devour! Meat the Future — Al Whittle Theatre, Wolfville 10am • The Scotiabank Big Picture Program at Devour The Food Film Fest continues with Meat the Future.

Limited seating due to Covid 19 restrictions. Also available to stream online. TIX: $10 + hst, online or box office (360 Main St, Wolfville) INFO: devourfest.com Resume Tips — PeopleWorx, Coldbrook NS 11am–12pm. ALSO Oct 27 • A virtual workshop to help you update or create a great resume. To register or for more information contact Ronda Spears at rspears@peopleworx.ca TIX: no charge INFO: rspears@peopleworx.ca

Memory Cafe — CORAH – Community Hub, Middleton 1:30–2:30pm • Memory Cafes provide a vibrant social outing for those dealing with dementia and their caregivers. Come and enjoy live music and lively conversation! TIX: no charge INFO: 902-526-0220 / heather.mccormick@nscc.ca

In/Visible Tea and Tour — Ross Creek Centre for the Arts, Canning 2pm • Come for a guided tour of the exhibit with our program staff, have freshly baked inhouse scones and tea (or coffee), and then explore the landscape at Ross Creek, with an activity inspired by In/Visible’s Charlotte Wilson-Hammond. TIX: Each Tea and Tour is limited to 10 people. $15+HST each. INFO: artscentre.ca

Senior’s Social and Bingo — Lions Hall, Coldbrook 2–4pm • Hosted by The County of Kings, in partnership with Community Links. TIX: no charge INFO: 902-690-6101 / sfevens@countyofkings.ca Lions Dinner — Lions Club, Wolfville 4:30–6pm • Wolfville & District Lions Club hosting a takeout/local delivery ham, baked beans, and potato scallop dinner.

Choice of lemon meringue, or apple pie for dessert.

TIX: Tickets are being pre-sold through Oct 18. $15 adults, $8 children under 8 INFO: 902-542-4508 / wolfvillelionsclub@hotmail.com Jam Session / Chase the Ace — Lions Club, Kentville 6:30–9pm. EVERY WEDNESDAY! • Jam Session and Chase the Ace TIX: Donation INFO: 902-680-2740 / vintagemusic1@hotmail.com

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22

Sight Loss & You Days — Anywhere in The Annapolis Valley 8am–4:30pm • A Virtual Conference hosted by the CNIB Foundation TIX: no charge INFO: 902-456-5982 / jeff.deviller@cnib.ca

Storytime Zoom — AVRL Virtual Program Space, Berwick 9:30–10am. Also Oct 29, Nov 5 & 12 • AVRL’s Virtual storytime is for kids and families. Each week, we will sing songs, share books, and more! Join from your own home for 30 minutes of library storytime fun with your friends from AVRL. Registration is required. You will require a computer, tablet, or smartphone with audio and video capabilities. TIX: no charge INFO: valleylibrary.ca / 902-538-8060

Devour! Toxic Puzzle — Al Whittle Theatre, Wolfville 10am • The Scotiabank Big Picture Program at Devour The Food Film Fest continues with Toxic Puzzle. Limited seating due to Covid 19 restrictions. Also available to stream online. TIX: $10 +hst online or Box Office (360 Main St, Wolfville) INFO: devourfest.com

Job Search — PeopleWorx, Coldbrook NS 11am–12pm.

ALSO Oct 29 • A virtual workshop to help you with your job search efforts. Contact Ronda to register or for more info. TIX: no charge INFO: Ronda Spears, rspears@peopleworx.ca

What Supports Are Out There? — CORAH – Community Hub, Middleton 1:30–2:30pm • Join Continuing Care Lead, Tracy Bezanson of NS Health, to learn about the resources available to help you & your loved ones live at home and stay independent. TIX: no charge INFO: 902-526-0220 / heather.mccormick@nscc.ca

Devour! My Octopus Teacher w/ Lucien’s Happiness — Al Whittle Theatre, Wolfville 2pm • Freediver Craig Foster explores the rare wildlife off the coast of South Africa. His daily observations of a wild octopus develops into a close bond. Screening with the short film Lucien’s Happiness. In-person only. TIX: $10 + hst online, or box office (360 Main St, Wolfville) INFO: devourfest.com Drive through Turkey supper — Three Rivers Community Centre, Torbrook 4–6pm • Takeout only. Turkey, stuffing, potatoes, gravy, peas, carrots, coleslaw, cranberries, roll and gingerbread with lemon sauce for dessert. TIX: $10 INFO: 902-760-2471 / wjpittman@eastlink.ca

Devour! Free Way w/ Soup — Al Whittle Theatre, Wolfville 5pm • Free Way delves deep into the mind, heart, and creativity of chef Raül Balam. Screening with the short film Soup. In-person only. TIX: $10 + hst online, or box office (360 Main St, Wolfville) INFO: devourfest.com

Devour! Games People Play w/ A Piece of Cake — Al Whittle Theatre, Wolfville 8pm • An old group of friends gather to celebrate Mitzi’s surprise birthday party over a nostalgic booze and food-fuelled weekend at an idyllic seaside villa. Screening with the short film A Piece of Cake. TIX: $10 + hst online, or box office (360 Main St, Wolfville) INFO: devourfest.com

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23

Devour! The Forum w/ The Silence of the Dying Fish — Al Whittle Theatre, Wolfville 11am • For the first time in the 50-year history of the World Economic Forum, an independent film team was able to shoot behind closed doors. Screening with the short film The Silence of the Dying Fish. TIX: $10 + hst online, or box office (360 Main St, Wolfville) INFO: devourfest.com Devour! Wine Reflections w/ Crystal Frog — Al Whittle Theatre, Wolfville 2pm • A French policeman, a winemaker from Georgia, two young actors in London, and an Italian priest: four stories as seen through the prism of a drink. Screening with the short film Crystal Frog. TIX: $10 + hst online, or box office (360 Main St, Wolfville) INFO: devourfest.com

Devour! Bread in the Bones w/ Alchemy — Al Whittle Theatre, Wolfville 5pm • Stories of work and play, of love and loss…and bread. This documentary uses bread to explore politics, poetry, and pleasure. Screening with the short film Alchemy. TIX: $10 + hst online, or box office (360 Main St, Wolfville) INFO: devourfest.com Jon Duggan — Crystany’s Brasserie, Canning 6–8pm • Jon Duggan is one of Atlantic Canada’s most beloved solo performers. He performs a variety of musical styles from Rock to Folk and his song collection is vast.

His connection to his audience and sense of humor makes for a memorable evening. TIX: no charge INFO: 902-582-3663 / crystanysbrasserie@gmail.com

J.P. Cormier – Songs by the Sea — Sea-Esta, Canning (Delhaven) 7–10pm • A purely astounding spectrum of talent and musical vision. TIX: Advance tickets recommended. INFO: 902-692-1662 / soundconnectionstherapy@gmail.com

STEVIE NICKS – 24 Karat Gold Concert — Kings Theatre, Annapolis Royal 7:30pm • Rock & Roll Hall of Fame icon Stevie Nicks brings her legendary music to the big screen. Recorded during her sold-out 24 Karat Gold Tour, the film features a set-list of fan favorites and rare gems from Stevie’s multi-platinum selling catalog.

General admission seating, tickets at the door. Face masks are required. TIX: $20 Adult, $16 Member, $8 Youth. INFO: 902-532-7704 Devour! Master Cheng w/ The Happiness Project — Al Whittle Theatre, Wolfville 8pm • Professional chef and recent widower Cheng travels from China with his young son to a remote village in Finland. He helps a diner owner and becomes a celebrated member of the community. Screening with the short film The Happiness Project. TIX: $10 + hst online, or box office (360 Main St, Wolfville) INFO: devourfest.com

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24

Community Work Day Leaf Raking — Cemetery, 749 Tremont Mountain Rd., Tremont 9–11am • Leaf Raking at the Old Tremont Cemetery. Family Friendly.

All hands welcome. Bring your own rake or use one of ours. TIX: no charge INFO: 902-765-2642 / 1stladymuise@gmail.com

Jewelry Sale — Lions Club, Wolfville 9am–2pm • The Kings Kikima Grannies are holding an early Christmas Sale! This sale includes once loved but still lovely jewelry. There will be yarn, fabric, knitted goods, collector plates, jewelry art, Christmas tree angels, and a silent auction of special treasures. *All public health guidelines will be followed. Cash only please. Proceeds from the sale support and educate orphans raised by their Grannies in Kikima, Kenya. INFO: 902-542-9848 / 902-692-9011 Sashiko Embroidery with Kate Ward — ARTsPLACE Gallery, Annapolis Royal 10:30am–4:30pm • Learn the art of mindful mending TIX: $200 +HST INFO: 902-532-7069 / arcac@ns.aliantzinc.ca

Devour! The Art of Cooking With Fire w/ David Toutain, de la terre a l’assiette — Al Whittle Theatre, Wolfville 11am • Self-taught chef Bittor Arginzoniz has achieved world fame as a grill genius with his restaurant Asador Etxebarri. Screening with the short film David Toutain, de la terre a l’assiette. TIX: $10 + hst online, or box office (360 Main St, Wolfville) INFO: devourfest.com Costume Making — 7 Arts, Greenwood 1–3pm • Costume making. TIX: $10 or book three Saturdays for the price of 2. INFO: 902-765-8254 / robinbradshaw15@gmail.com

Devour! Shorts Program: The Dark Side — Al Whittle Theatre, Wolfville 2pm • Short Program: The Dark Side. Includes films Fine Dying, Pinky Promise, Haute Cuisine, CRU-Raw, and The Chef. TIX: $10 + hst online, or box office (360 Main St, Wolfville) INFO: devourfest.com

Devour! Feast of the Seven Fishes w/ Crab Special — Al Whittle Theatre, Wolfville 5pm • Christmas Eve 1983, a working-class boy brings an affluent Ivy League girl to his family’s raucous traditional Italian seafood feast,.

Screening with the short film Crab Special TIX: $10 + hst online, or box office (360 Main St, Wolfville) INFO: devourfest.com Walk of the Water Crab — Clock Park, Wolfville 6pm • Join us for the “Walk of the Water Crab”. Show your support for “Awareness Parks” – Across Nova Scotia & Canada. Snacks & Fun! Everyone Welcome! Bring your own walking stick. Water Crab T-shirts available for sale upon request ($15/each). Take a selfie with Fred, the artist designer of the Water Crab! TIX: no charge INFO: vkneen.teed@gmail.com

J.P. Cormier – Songs by the Sea — Sea-Esta, Canning (Delhaven) 7–10pm • Back for a second night! TIX: Advance tickets recommended. INFO: 902-692-1662 / soundconnectionstherapy@gmail.com

Devour! Forgotten Flowers w/ Purple Fog ‘arte du cocktail — Al Whittle Theatre, Wolfville 8pm • In this eco fable, Brother Marie-Victorin, founder of Montreal’s Botanical Garden, is bored with heaven and decides to return to Earth to help beekeeper and meadmaker Albert Payette Screening with the short film Purple Fog, l’art du cocktail. TIX: $10 + hst online, or box office (360 Main St, Wolfville) INFO: devourfest.com SpeakEasy — Community Hall, West Brooklyn 8–11pm • Join us for an evening of live music with the Voodoo Charmers rock/blues band! Come and enjoy our infamous SpeakEasy atmosphere, oh-so-danceable live music, and feature cocktails and snacks! COVID-19 rules apply. Remember to wear your mask! TIX: $5 INFO: 902-680-2772

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 25

Devour! Breaking Bread w/ Tradition — Al Whittle Theatre, Wolfville 11am • Dr. Nof Atamna-Ismaeel, the first Muslim Arab to win Israel’s MasterChef, founded the A-Sham Food Festival-Arab and Jewish chefs overcome a world of political and religious differences to cook together. Screening with the short film Tradition.

TIX: $10 + hst online, or box office (360 Main St, Wolfville) INFO: devourfest.com

Devour! Weed and Wine w/ The Biodynamical Way — Al Whittle Theatre, Wolfville 2pm • This film interweaves stories of two farming families aiming to reinvent themselves on their land. Screening with the short film The Biodynamical Way. TIX: $10 + hst online, or box office (360 Main St, Wolfville) INFO: devourfest.com Devour! Love Sarah w/ The Coin — Al Whittle Theatre, Wolfville 5pm • Following the passing of their beloved Sarah, Love Sarah follows three generations of women brought together In an attempt to open the bakery Sarah always dreamed of. Screening with the short film The Coin. TIX: $10 + hst online, or box office (360 Main St, Wolfville) INFO: devourfest.com

Devour! The Truffle Hunters w/ En Route — Al Whittle Theatre, Wolfville 8pm • Devour Closing Gala film The Truffle Hunters: Deep in the forests of Northern Italy resides the prized white Alba truffle. Screening with the short film En Route. TIX: $25 + hst online, or box office (360 Main St, Wolfville) INFO: devourfest.com What’s Happening cont’d on page 14...

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Glazed Ham takeout dinner — Lions Club, Auburn 4–6:30pm • Dinner to raise funds for Guide dogs, and Aylesford Lions Club TIX: $15 per dinner INFO: Joy, 902-765-3323 / rjappraisalsltd@gmail.com

Lunn’s Mill Beer Sample Night — CORAH – Community Hub, Middleton 7–8:30pm • Lunn’s Mill has grown into a thriving business. Here is a chance to sample their beer and enjoy a night out. Refreshments served. TIX: $2 per sample glass INFO: 902-526-0220 / heather.mccormick@nscc.ca

Kuessipan — Kings Theatre, Annapolis Royal 7:30pm • Adapted from Naomi Fontaine’s acclaimed novel. In a Quebec Innu community, Mikuan (Sharon FontaineIshpatao) and Shaniss (Yamie Grégoire) struggle to maintain their close friendship when they clash over their diverging ambitions. When Mikuan falls in love with a white boy and starts to consider a life beyond their tiny reserve, her bond with Shaniss and her family is put to the test. TIX: $11 Adult, $8 Youth.

General admission seating, tickets at the door. Seats are socially distanced. Face masks are required. INFO: 902-532-7704

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28

Our First Take-Out Hamburger Soup/Corn Chowder Luncheon! — United Baptist Church, Port Williams 11:30am–1pm • Presented by The Loyal Workers of Port Williams United Baptist Church. The luncheon will include a bowl of your chosen soup, bread/butter and your choice of dessert (cheesecake or apple crisp).

We miss you all – hope you will “join” us for lunch!

TIX: $10. Call by Oct 26 to reserve your order. INFO: Carol Ann Burden, 902-542-3681 / Myrtle Merrett, 902-542-2623

Protect Your Independence — CORAH - Community Hub, Middleton 1:30–2:30pm • Protecting one’s independence is paramount. Be pre-active, get informed and find out how to stay healthy and live well.

Register now. TIX: no charge INFO: 902-526-0220 / heather.mccormick@nscc.ca Online The Casino Reviews 2020 — Applewoods Restaurant, New Minas 6–9pm • Online The Casino Reviews 2020 TIX: no charge INFO: 574-268-5604 / martinezstout1@gmail.com

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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29 Wool Felting Basics — 7 Arts, Greenwood 6–9pm TIX: $30 INFO: 902-765-8254 / robinbradshaw15@gmail.com

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30

Pen & Ink Art Workshop — CORAH – Community Hub, Middleton 9:30am–12pm • Join well-known artist and illustrator Twila Robar-DeCoste of Aylesford and she will help you discover your Inner Artist. TIX: $50 Includes all supplies INFO: 902-526-0220 / heather.mccormick@nscc.ca

Take-Out Fall Harvest Supper — St. Monica’s Church, Middleton 4–6pm • Roast turkey or roast beef with all the trimmings, including dessert! Local delivery; $5 within the Nictaux, Middleton, Wilmot, & Kingston/ Greenwood areas. Supporting the charitable work of the Knights of Columbus Greenwood/Middleton. TIX: $15.

Please order before Oct 27. INFO: 902-840-3093 Jason Dodwell — Crystany’s Brasserie, Canning 6–8pm • Jason Dodwell is excited to be playing back in his hometown. He brings a mixture of covered and original material along with tales of growing up a Valley boy.

He keeps it simple with voice and guitar making for an intimate easy listen experience. TIX: no charge INFO: 902-582-3663 / crystanysbrasserie@gmail.com

Bram Stoker’s Dracula — Mermaid Imperial Performing Arts Centre, Windsor 7:30–9:30pm • Join us if you dare: Bram Stoker’s Dracula Film Screening. TIX: $12 admission (includes popcorn and bottle of water).

Pre-purchased tickets only INFO: 902-798-5841 / puppets@mermaidtheatre.ca

Tim Burton’s CORPSE BRIDE — Kings Theatre, Annapolis Royal 7:30pm • Come in costume for a Spooky Photo Shoot and Treats! A hair-raising legend based on a 19th-century Russian folktale, in which a young man mistakenly weds a corpse while on a twoday trek to the village of his real bride-to-be. TIX: $11 Adult, $8 Youth. Seating is socially distanced. Tickets at the door. Face masks are required. INFO: 902-532-7704

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 31

Yard Sale — Lions Club, Kingston 8am–1pm • Lots of Treasures! You never know what you may find. Tea, coffee, pop, hamburgers, hot dogs are available. Start your Christmas shopping early! TIX: no charge INFO: 902-765-2128 Hallowe’en Party — 7 Arts, Greenwood 12–4pm • Spooky Hallowe’en Party. Bring on your spooky!! TIX: donation INFO: 902-765-8254 / robinbradshaw15@gmail.com

Always check this source for accurate tides: Canadian Fisheries & Oceans. www.waterlevels.gc.ca OCT 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 NOV 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12

HIGH 12:02pm 12:51pm 1:38pm •2:25pm 3:13pm 4:02pm 4:53pm 5:48pm 6:48pm 7:50pm ••8:27am 9:29am 10:25am 11:16am 12:02pm 12:43pm 1:21pm

LOW 6:12pm 7:01pm 7:23am 8:10am 8:57am 9:45am 10:36am 11:30am 12:28pm 1:30pm 2:36pm 3:38pm 4:36pm 5:26pm 6:11pm 6:52pm 7:29pm

12:57pm 1:32pm 2:09pm 2:48pm 3:32pm 4:20pm 5:15pm 6:15pm 7:17pm 7:51am 8:50am 9:45am

7:05pm 7:19am 7:55am 8:33am 9:15am 10:02am 10:56am 11:55am 12:57pm 2:00pm 3:00pm 3:56pm

THERE ARE NORMALLY TWO HIGH AND TWO LOW TIDES EACH DAY.

•Highest High: 45.6 feet ••Lowest High: 36.7 feet *DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME ENDS NOV. 1*

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New Hermitage Halloween Show — Al Whittle Theatre, Wolfville 8pm • Music In Communities Co-op presents New Hermitage playing a special Halloween show of improvised music for silent horror films! TIX: $15 or pwyw INFO: musicincommunitiesns@hotmail.com

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5

Harvest for Health — Valley Regional Hospital Foundation, Kentville 7–9pm • Join us on Thursday evenings in November for virtual cooking classes to fundraise for a C-Arm! Nov 5 – Chef Jason Lynch. Nov 12 – Chef Peter Dewar. Nov 19 – Chef Daniel Franck.

Nov 26 – Chef Chris Pyne. TIX: $50/1 virtual cooking class episode, $200/4 virtual cooking class episode plus FREE bonus Christmas episode! INFO: vrhfoundation.ca / 902-830-3580 / hillary@vrhfoundation.ca

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6

AVRL Virtual Book Club — AVRL Virtual Program Space, Berwick 10–11am • This month we’ll be discussing Educated by Tara Westover. You can download a copy online or call the Berwick and District Library to reserve a copy. Registration is required. Zoom info provided the day before meeting. TIX: no charge INFO: 902-538-8060

Farm to Table Fall Dinner Series — Lightfoot & Wolfville, Wolfville 5pm & 7pm • We’re excited to share a new dining offering at the winery this fall season! On Friday evenings throughout November and early December, we will host a Fall Dinner Series featuring themed farm-to-table dinners by Chef Brady Bertrand in The Gallery. Seating is limited. TIX: $55 (+HST & Gratuity) per person INFO: Menus & tickets – 902-542-7774 / lightfootandwolfville.com Unpredictable Dining — Locust & Starr Inn, 14 Locust Ave, Wolfville 5:30pm & 8pm • With Chef Riley Kitchin. Bring your own beverages! TIX: $75 includes gratuity/hst. 10 guests per seating. INFO: unpredictabledining@gmail.com

A Virtual Tour of Nova Scotia — Jack’s Gallery, 450 Main St., Wolfville (in the Just Us! building).

Through Oct 17 • Photography by Bruce Dienes. To purchase, please email Jack’s Gallery. INFO: https:// dienes.photography / jacksgallerywolfville@gmail.com “Newfoundlandscapes” — Round Hill Studio, 280 St. George Street, Annapolis Royal. Oct 15–Nov 12 • Lori Deeley brings us a series of pen and watercolour art inspired by the wild and untouched landscape of Newfoundland and Labrador. INFO: 902-955-0365 / roundhillstudio.com / facebook.com/roundhillstudio

Brad Hall & Drew Klassen — Harvest Gallery, 462 Main St., Wolfville. Through Nov 14 • Brad Hall: New Work & Drew Klassen: Recent Landscapes. Masks are required.

INFO: 902-542-7093 / harvestgallery.ca “While the World was Resting” — ArtCan Gallery and Café, 9850 Main Street, Canning. Oct 24–Nov 28 • Paintings by Michael Greer and Ron Hayes. Opening reception: Saturday, Oct 24, 1–4pm. Everyone is welcome. Please wear a mask. INFO: artcan.com

Kentville Lodge No. 58 Commemorating 150 Years of History: 1870-2020 — Kings County Museum, 37 Cornwallis Street, Kentville. Through Dec 18 • Celebrating 150 years of the Kentville Masonic Lodge. Including items from the Shriners, Eastern Star, and Daughters of the Nile. Guided tours by appointment only. INFO: 902-678-6237 / facebook.com/kingscountymusuem

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7

WRCA Unbaked Apple Pie Sale — Community Hall, 1542 White Rock Rd, White Rock 9am–12pm • Pie pickup Friday Nov 6, from 6–8pm, or Saturday Nov 7, 9am–noon. TIX: $9 each. Prepaid orders only. INFO: S Langille, 902-542-7073

Take Out Turkey Dinner — United Church, Aylesford 4:30–6:30pm • Turkey and trimmings, seasonal vegetables, cranberry sauce, homemade roll and apple pie. This will be a “drive-thru” (take out only) dinner.

TIX: $15 each. Pre-purchase only. Call for tickets. INFO: 902-847-9624 / aylesfordunitedchurch@gmail.com

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12 Tapestry: Women’s Cancer Support Group — We meet the 2nd Thursday of the month. Please call for time/location. INFO: Dorothy, 902-538-3374 / Pat, 902-678-9100 / Margot, 902-542-1466 / margotwithat@hotmail.com

SpeakEasy — Community Hall, West Brooklyn 8–11pm • Join us for an evening of live music with the Eden Row Trio! Open mic and jams are part of the experience.

Come and enjoy our infamous SpeakEasy atmosphere, oh-so-danceable live music, and feature cocktails and snacks! COVID-19 rules apply. Remember to wear your (Halloween) mask! TIX: $5 INFO: 902-680-2772

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 1

Hotel Transylvania — Kings Theatre, Annapolis Royal 2pm • Come in costume for a Spooky Photo Shoot and Treats! Welcome to Hotel Transylvania, Dracula’s lavish five-stake resort, where monsters and their families can live it up and no humans are allowed. It’s his daughter Mavis’s 118th birthday. But the party really starts when one ordinary guy stumbles into the hotel and changes everything! TIX: $11 Adult, $8 Youth. Physically distanced seating. Face masks are required. Tickets at the door. INFO: 902-532-7704

TUESDAY, 3

Building a Community Partnership Network — Kings Volunteer Resource Centre, Kentville 6:30–8pm • This will be an interactive online session. The importance of networking and sharing cannot be measured in usual ways, however it is vital for community development initiatives. This session will provide background on local successful partnership tables including starting principles, and key pieces that keep the tables vibrant and relevant in the community. TIX: no charge INFO: 902-678-1398 / coordinator@kingsvolunteerresourcecentre.ca

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4

Coffee & Tea Social — Community Hall, White Rock 9:30–11:30am • Wolfville Legion is closed for renovations so please join us for Coffee/Tea/Sweets at the White Rock Community Hall. Wednesdays until November 25th (NEW DAY) 9:30 am to 11:30 am.

Everyone welcome. $2.00 TIX: $2 INFO: 902-542-5869 / wolfvillelegion@gmail.com

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A ROOM OF ONE’S OWN

GET YOUR APAS MUSIC PASS ASAP!!

Dr. Jeanette Auger

Join us in the Acadia Performing Arts Series’

Imagine that you have to move into a care facility after you have lived independently in your own home for many years. In your own home you are able to make your favourite meals, buy your own groceries, enjoy quite hours with a book, watch television, listen to music, and have meals and private conversation with friends. Should your health situation deteriorate dramatically, what is in store for you could be surprising.

If you become in need of daily supervision by a nurse you will find yourself placed on a very long list of others waiting for a room.

A room of your own could preserve much of your independence and privacy while giving you the comfort of familiar things around you. In Nova Scotia, about half of the rooms in long-term care facilities offer only shared accommodations. Therefore, here’s what can happen.

You receive a call letting you know that a placement has occurred in a nursing home close to your community, but you will need to share a small room, as well as one bathroom, with three others. For example, at Grand View Manor 124 of 142 residents do not have a room of their own. Rooms are small.

There will not be enough room for some of your most beloved possessions, so you will be selecting only a few things to take with you.

Other than with family, or with dorm-mates during one of your university years, you have always lived alone, strongly preferring to do so. When you move into the ‘home’, which feels prison-like, despite the kindness of staff, you will eat at a time scheduled by others and will have limited menu choices.

If you want to watch television, or listen to the radio or music, you will do so knowing it interferes with your roommate’s privacy. Your roommates are strangers to you. You hear one snoring all night, another uses the bathroom frequently and these activities wake you up, yet another is suffering from the early stages of dementia and she cries a lot and sometimes does so throughout the night. Sleep is elusive.

Imagine on, because for those in need of daily

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nursing care, a long-term care facility will likely be a last home.

At Grand View Manor these types of circumstances are very real. We know firsthand that a single room changes what must be changed.

We have been working with the Government of Nova Scotia to advance a project to give each resident a room of their own. We have the land. We have the plans. We are shovel ready.

Grand View Manor will be fifty years old on October 31. The governance board’s request to end any further delays needs to be heard by that date for construction to begin in 2021.

Our Province can replace the substandard accommodations provided for our elders at Grand View Manor. As Premier McNeil heads towards his own retirement he can tell 142 people that the work they did over many decades for others matters. With an announcement he can prove their worth to all of us.

❧ As a professor emeritus and adjunct professor at Acadia University, Dr. Auger’s research and publications deal with aging, death, and dying. She has worked alongside older adults in many community-based settings in Vancouver, British Columbia and across Nova Scotia. Dr. Auger is an advocate and fierce supporter of older persons, and currently serves on Grand View Manor Continuing Care Community’s governance board.

Until we can safely present live performances again, we’re going online.

Beginning in September, we will present a mix of world-class performances for our members to enjoy and discuss, on an exclusive online platform.

What to expect: •

We will curate concerts by some of the world’s best artists in Classical, Jazz, and International Music.

• We will produce, record and present some exclusive content: concerts, recitals, even seminars on music-related topics.

• We will also present online some of the performances that we were going to present live throughout our (postponed) 2020-21 Series.

Membership •

230 subscribers to our 2019-20 Series are already members of the Club

• You are invited to join them !

You can enroll for a membership fee of $50 (taxes and fees included) • Join the Club by purchasing your membership online through the Acadia Box Office: https://acadiau.universitytickets.com/ Soon after, we will contact you with a direct link admitting you to the Club’s exclusive Facebook group platform. This will be your “Pass to APAS Music Club”.

We can’t wait to share a world of wonderful music with you !

NEWS AND EVENTS FROM THE MUSIC IN COMMUNITIES CO-OP Kim Barlow

I am so very pleased to announce that I received a grant from Canada Council for the Arts | Conseil des arts du Canada to support a run of shows and improvising sessions this winter. Through the Music In Communities Co-op (MIC), we’ll host a small, safe show every two weeks at the Al Whittle Theatre, featuring some fantastic open-spirited and creative musicians from our area and other parts of the Atlantic Bubble. We will also be collaborating with various groups to host music workshops and improvising sessions for kids, youth at risk, differently-abled folks, and other members of our community.

I am so excited to get to work on this! Especially now. The pandemic has made it harder for people to play music together, and more than ever, we need to get better at improvising our way to a workable future. These music events help expand our thinking, put joy back into our days, and bring our community together in small but important ways. We’ll follow or exceed all COVID-19 guidelines and keep things as safe as possible, while we make things happen.

mornings, for anyone who wants to join (limit 10). More details soon!

October 17, Brian Borcherdt and I will be at Ross Creek Centre for the Arts as part of their autumn arts programming, doing songwriting and electronic music jamming for ages 16 and up. Participants are welcome to stay afterwards to hear the first session of the improvising ensemble being created for the series.

October 24, Heather Kelday, Brian Borcherdt, and youth assistant Peter Fisk will host a youth workshop at the Kentville Recreation Centre, 1-5 pm, ages 11-17.

Saturday October 31, MIC presents New Hermitage at the Al Whittle Theatre, special Hallowe’en show, improvised music for silent horror films! 8pm, $15/pwyw. Message to reserve tickets.

There’s lots more coming! All subject to last-minute changes in changing times. Improvising is the name of the game, and we’re honing our skills.

Please contact kimbarlow77@gmail.com for more information or visit @musicincommunitiesns on Facebook and Instagram.

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New Hermitage (photo by Nick Wilkinson)

Our first public events are coming up soon, and more details will be posted here so check back. Message me for more info about any of these, and other events in the works.

Starting October 14, we’re collaborating with the Alexander Society for Inclusive Arts to host Jam Dances on some Wednesday October 15 – November 12, 2020 | 15

FUNDY DENTAL We’re Open: MON to FRI, 8:30AM to 4:30PM Closed on Saturday

UPCOMING EVENTS! November 6/7 – David Myles November 14 – Terra Spencer November 19/20 – Matt Minglewood (sold out)

November 27/28 – Villages Check the website to stay up-to-date with all the live music coming! www.theunionstreet.com/music-events

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CRONUTS. BRUFFINS. FLAGELS. SOMETIMES HYBRID IS AS MOUTH-WATERING AS THE ORIGINAL Presenting a hybrid festival for 2020 with all the baked in goodness we’re famous for.

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Drive-in Opening Gala

Live streamed and in-person films and workshops featuring celebrity chefs and filmmakers •

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Eight signature events

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$2 off regular price, valid with no other offer.

Exipry: Friday, November 13th 2020