The Grapevine, February 25 - March 10, 2016

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BENJAMIN BRIDGE VINES BY PHOTOGRAPHER CHRISTIE JESS Q&A WITH CHRISTIE What gets you out of bed in the morning?

The sun; I look forward to the peaceful beauty during sunrise.

How does the Valley scenery inspire you?

Being in a province that is mostly surrounded by water allows for easy ocean access. The Valley has several beaches, with few visitors in winter so that's where I end up spending my spare time.

What mode do you go into when you are looking for a good capture?

It depends on if I'm alone. When alone, I'm very focused on getting shots that I will enjoy later but when I'm with people I tend to conscientious of the other person and what captivates them.

Where else have you photographed in the world?

Where is your photography dream location?

I've been to London, Paris, Ireland, Dominican Republic, Eastern US & Alaska, & all over British Columbia & parts of New Brunswick and PEI. Newfoundland tops my list of dream locations, as does Vancouver Island.

ABOUT THE PHOTOGRAPHER: Christie Jess has had a passion for photography for over a decade. Having lived most of her life in the Valley, she appreciates the surrounding scenery and is particularly drawn to the water's edge for sunrise photography. You can see more of her photos at facebook.com/one.happy.dragonfly

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ICEWINE FESTIVAL 2016 | FEBRUARY 27–MARCH 6 PRESENTED BY: Luckett Vineyards, Blomidon Estate Winery, L’Acadie Vineyards, Sainte-Famille Wines, Planters Ridge, Gaspereau Vineyards, and Domaine de Grand Pré.

TICKETS: $30 (HST included) WHERE: All tasting events hosted at Domaine de Grand Pré Each winery will be presenting a selection of their wines along with a food pairing from a local chef or restaurant. In addition to the wine tasting events, we are excited to offer snowshoe hikes, Valley Winter Ghost Walks, Friday night dinners at Le Caveau Restaurant, raclette, hot cider from Bulwark, and the annual traditional pig roast, among other things! We are also excited to announce LIVE icewine cocktail demos with Lot Six Bar & Restaurant on both Saturdays of the Icewine Festival.

Acadian Maple will be joining us on the first weekend with a variety of their delicious Maple products.

For $30 (HST included), each visitor is given 12 tokens, each token is valid for a wine or food sample, or Icewine cocktail sample along with a custom Icewine Festival tasting glass to take home after the event!

turing Mickey's spooky oration of some of the most intriguing stores in the Annapolis Valley. Local wine pairings are available with the tour! Select the ‘Ghostwalk’ option on our online store to add this to your tickets!

SCHEDULE:

Sundays, 12pm-4pm

Saturdays, 12pm–4pm

Seven wineries will be sampling their products with local food pairings, available for tokens that each guest receives at the door. Lot Six will be hosting live Icewine cocktail demos at 1pm and 3pm, also available for tokens. Besides food pairings, guests can also find an assortment of local foods and beverages available on site including Bulwark hot cider.

Each Saturday at 4pm, Valley Ghostwalks will be hosting a Ghostwalk around the Domaine de Grand Pré Vineyards area.

Gravekeeper Mikey will take guests on a chilling outdoor and indoor adventure exploring the local history of the area fea-

Seven wineries will be sampling their products with local food pairings, available for tokens that each guest receives at the door. Besides food pairings, guests can also find an assortment of local foods and beverages available on site including Bulwark hot cider.

Sundays also have free snowshoe hikes departing from the winery at 1pm and 2:30pm, with available snowshoe rentals on-site for $5.

Grapevine wreath making will be available at 1pm and 3pm. shop.nsicewinefest.com

WHO'S WHO: CONNIE ROBICHAUD: LET'S MAKE A HEAL! Mike Butler

Her website has an excerpt and details about how to purchase it. Connie enjoys writing about work-related things but also writes stories and poems, a hobby she’s had since she was ten years old. Her other hobbies include cooking, singing, exercise, continuous learning, meditation, reading, relaxing, and playing with her adorable grandson who definitely brings out her Inner Child!

She appeared to me like a vision. Well, actually she appeared to me while I was pounding through 30 minutes on the stair climber at the Abs-o-lute Health Club in New Minas and I looked up and saw her advertisement on the wall. Still, her picture was smiling at me and, in some way, seemed to be motivating me to not swear but keep plugging away at my cardio. I was intrigued and felt that I needed to get in touch. So now I get to tell you all about Connie Robichaud and her incredibly interesting job.

When asked about why she chose the Valley, Connie answered, “I love the lush greenery and flowers, the climate, the abundance of fresh, local produce, the laid-back folks, lifestyle, and culture. Now I realize why our Acadian ancestors loved this area! It’s a place that’s also open to change and new ideas and the people who live here are very appreciative and supportive of local businesses and business owners.”

The basic facts are as such: Connie Robichaud (née LeBlanc) is French Acadian and Acadian Métis (Mi’kmaw) from the French Shore along the Bay of Fundy. Connie and her husband relocated from Meteghan to Kentville in 2005.

They have two beautiful daughters and one adorable grandson. Connie has made it a point in her life to be able to communicate in both English and French as this broadens her range of clientele and also expands her people skills.

And now, let’s move on to the business side…

In Connie’s words, “I’m a spiritual psychotherapist, hypnotherapist, and Neurolinguistic Programmer, assisting change in individuals who need a positive shift in the ways they think and act. The hypnosis and NLP definitely simplifies this process, and enables this change with greater ease, more rapidly than other behaviour modification techniques I’ve used in the past. The issues include, and are not limited to, low self-esteem, weight release, grief release, forgiveness, phobias and fear, non-organic male impotence, and stress.

Currently, I am a member of the Canadian Examining Board of Health Care Practitioners, the National Guild of Hypnotists, and The National Federation of Neurolinguistic Programming.” See, I told you her career was interesting and intriguing!

Although the description of what Connie does seems simple enough, her career has evolved gradually into the healing practice she currently performs. Connie worked within the health care system and eventually felt compelled to assist people in a more hands-on manner of dealing with their emotional issues. Her combined training in psychotherapy, hypnosis, and neurolinguistic programming

Photo Credit: Connie Robichaud produces great results in shifting an individual’s perspective on an issue and creating amazing transformation in their life.

Have you been seeking help but have come up with no solution? Do you think Connie could assist you with your issues? Well, Connie finds clients mostly through word of mouth, posters, presentations, speaking engagements, and from her website, therapy3.org. Connie is also on LinkedIn and her email is connie@ therapy3.org. Connie can provide private sessions in Kentville or offer her unique services through Skype and telephone sessions. Connie loves to connect with people and her greatest reward is guiding her clients through the healing process and observing their growth and increased wellness, fuelled by her sessions. She says, “I take great pleasure in doing presentations on self-esteem, stress management, weight loss, self-hypnosis, self-love and compassion, spirituality, chakras, and sound healing, etc.”

Connie's book Keep It Simple, Spirit, published

by Balboa Press, was released in May 2014.

Connie’s future goals and ambitions are to continue evolving her skills and expanding her healing practices into a variety of business sectors. She’s visualizing the release of her second book in 2016 (keep an eye on the website for details), writing wellness articles, and publishing fictional books for children on issues such as self-esteem, building confidence, and anti-bullying. And with so many incidences of bullying and reports of teenagers suffering from depression (often leading to suicidal tendencies), Connie is the perfect person to connect with if you feel these are issues plaguing your teenager. Connie also wants to present more seminars and workshops about creating positive shifts in people’s lives, and connecting or collaborating with businesses, groups, or individuals who share this same interest. The possibilities are endless for Connie in the world of helping those in need, as she’s also a certified fitness and nutrition coach!

Of all the things I feel when processing these articles for the Grapevine, the one feeling that stands out is gratitude. I am grateful for those people out there who make it their career to help others. I am very grateful for people like Connie who venture into this type of health care that I believe is very important. I applaud her efforts and wish her all the best in the future.

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Crowdsourcer................................p.7 Horoscopes / Trivia / Tides.............. p.8 Crossword /Eat to the Beat ...........p.9 Weekly Events/Theatre................p.10 Featurepreneur...................... p.11 Way Back When...........................p.11 In Review............................... p.12 Seedlings/Young Readers...... p.13

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WHERE TO FIND US WOLFVILLE: Just Us! Café, Farmers' Market, T.A.N. Cafe, EOS, Public Library, Carl's Independent, Muddy's Convenience Street Mailbox, The Box Of Delights Bookstore, Pita House, Il Dolce Far Niente Espresso Bar GASPEREAU: XTR Station, Gaspereau Valley Fibres Reids's Meats GRAND PRÉ: Convenience Store, Just Us! Roastery

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NEW MINAS: Pita Pit, Irving Big Stop, Milne Court KENTVILLE: Designer Café, T.A.N. Café, Café Central, Hospital, Save Easy COLDBROOK: T.A.N. Café, Callister's Restaurant BERWICK: North Mountain Coffee, Union Street Café KINGSTON: Library, Pharmasave GREENWOOD: Country Store

Experienced a random act of kindness recently?

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I am a senior living in Medford and, like many last year, I had to dig very deep to find my beatup and useless mail box. I rigged up a rather odd looking contraption to take its place which I hope made a few people smile for the past year. I live about 150 feet from my mailbox and on Boxing Day, when I looked out from my front porch, I noticed something red flapping in the wind. I walked out thinking someone had left something in my contraption and was absolutely stunned to find a brand new mailbox installed with my name and address painted on it and the box itself wrapped in a big red bow. It took some tracking down to discover that the mailbox Santas were Jack and Brenda Parker, neighbours and friends of mine in Kingsport. I was even more flabbergasted when I learned Brenda talked her husband Jack into coming with her to install it after church (about 8:30pm) on Christmas Eve! I come from away and after 15 years, I continue to be in awe of the kindness and generosity Maritimers surprise me with. Thank you Brenda and Jack Parker.

Donna

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ACTIVE AND HEALTHY LIVING: AFTER TRAGEDY

Lee-Ann Cudmore, Registered Acupuncturist | Call/text: 902-300-5109 | valleyacu.ca

MIKE UNCORKED: OSCAR GOLD FEVER 2016 Mike Butler

Is it Academy Awards time already? It seems like just yesterday that I was making my 2015 Oscar Fever Uncorked Predictions, many of which were incorrect, but I’ve gotten over it. It’s not my fault the Academy honoured the wrong people! I’m kidding, but last year was a wake up call for me. Maybe the Oscars are not as predictable as they once were. But here I am, dusted off and ready to try again!

Want to do something fun on Oscar night?

Well, you can have a comfy seat and watch the Oscars on the big screen at the Al Whittle Theatre in Wolfville. The Academy Awards will be broadcast at 9:30pm on Sunday, February 28, immediately following the screening of Spotlight (nominated for seven Oscars!). Put on your Oscar finery to be eligible for a prize! Admission is free but please bring a donation towards screening costs.

Hope to see you there!

HERE ARE MY PREDICTIONS FOR THIS YEAR’S OSCARS: BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: The supporting categories tend to be the ones where the curve ball is thrown. Kate Winslet was the front runner for a while, but this category now seems dominated with The Danish Girl’s Alicia Vikander. She was very impressive in this risky role, and to hold her own against Redmayne was a feat in itself.

She’s my pick!

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Personally, since Benecio Del Toro (Sicario) and Idris Elba (Beasts of No Nation) weren’t nominated, I feel that the category should have been deleted. My pick would have easily been Del Toro, but since he was overlooked, let’s look at the actors they chose. It would be wonderful to have Tom Hardy (The Revenant) win because he’s an incredible actor with many great performances this year, or Mark Rylance, a Tony award-winning actor who was mesmerizing in Bridge of Spies, but alas, the Oscar is going to go to Sylvester Stallone for his reprisal of Rocky Balboa in Creed. This will be more of a Lifetime Achievement Oscar, than for best performance (insert standing ovation too!).

Expect one of the most tearful, joyous pieces of the show. Grab a hanky for Sly because Oscar is coming his way!

BEST ACTRESS: What was once a shoe-in for Cate Blanchett to pick up her third Oscar for Carol, now has all arrows pointing to Room star Brie Larson! The Academy loves an up and coming ingénue and Brie is just that, having given one of the most incredible performances of the year. Brie and Room very much deserve this honour!

BEST ACTOR: Early on in the race, it looked like Eddie Redmayne might pick up his second Best Actor award (back to back)

for the The Danish Girl, but then Leonardo DiCaprio started cleaning up every award in the business for his dynamic performance in the Revenant. After five nominations and no wins, Leo is due his Oscar and he will step to the podium this year!

BEST DIRECTOR: I always pick a WOOHOO moment at the Academy Awards when the person I want to win and feel truly deserves it actually picks up the award. This year it’s George Miller as Best Director for his flawless work with Mad Max: Fury Road!

BEST PICTURE: What a great race this year! There was a wonderful crop of films and I think the Academy honoured a terrific variety (action, drama, adventure), which makes it very difficult to pick one. I always say, “the best film of the year should win the Best Picture Oscar.” It’s boiling down to a race between The Revenant, Mad Max, and Spotlight.

I would be ecstatic if “Spotlight” won, but I truly believe The Revenant will take the trophy in the end. It was an incredible film filled with unforgettable visuals, performances, and epic action (reminiscent of Dances with Wolves, Lawrence of Arabia, and Braveheart) and all these elements add up to Oscar!

OTHER CATEGORIES: ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: The Big Short ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: Spotlight FILM EDITING: Mad Max: Fury Road CINEMATOGRAPHY: Mad Max: Fury Road PRODUCTION DESIGN: Mad Max: Fury Road ANIMATED FEATURE: Inside Out COSTUME DESIGN: The Danish Girl MAKEUP AND HAIR: Mad Max: Fury Road VISUAL EFFECTS: Mad Max: Fury Road SOUND MIXING: The Revenant SOUND EDITING: Mad Max: Fury Road SONG: Till It Happens To You

I am late on this deadline. I was just going to skip this issue of The Grapevine and not submit an article. That was the easiest solution.

I was pondering the next really important topic to write about. I had nothing.

when it was really needed. I have learned a lot from their ease with people and the love and kindness that seems to pour from their large family. It is nice to see people that are doing it right. Thank you.

Perfect is the enemy of good.

To the colleague who was honest and hugged me and said “Sometimes bad things happen and no matter how hard you try, you may never be able to understand why.” So let go.

Then it hit me. I was living the moment that I was searching to write about. I will be honest with you, I have been in a funk. It is many things and one thing all at once. My trust in humanity has been shaken. I am not the same person that I was a few months ago. I was a naively trusting, benefit-of-thedoubt kind of person. But when something unthinkable happens to a friend or a loved one or yourself, it changes you. How can it not? At the time, as I talked with my two little boys, I felt dishonest in saying “Please don’t worry, you are safe. This will never happen to us." because it isn’t the truth, some times terrible things happen.

There are all kinds of things I would like to hide myself and my children from. I want to hide from the news stories about people and places that I don’t know, and I want to be strong enough to deal with the news and trials for someone that I did know.

Someone just like you, someone that pushed their children on the swings next to you at the playground, someone that was loved and needed and good. Someone that was a friend.

So it has been a rough few months. But there have been some great moments. Great small moments. Moments that need to be recognized because if we don’t look for and recognize these moments we just might get eaten up by negativity and cynicism.

So thank you.

Thank you to the mom who gave me a pep talk as I sat in my car after a particularly painful drop off at Preschool. I was feeling like a crummy parent leaving my crying child. There is no level of guilt like parental guilt. Any kindness you can provide another parent on a tough day, whether it is just a smile or something more profound can really help.

To the friend who ploughed my driveway for the third time this winter. I was embarrassed that I was still in my PJ’s on a Sunday drinking coffee and playing Lego by the fire when you showed up around noon to dig us out. How very kind. Unnecessary but much appreciated. So thank you.

To the people that reach out on social media.

I have a love-hate relationship with the Facebooks of the Internet. But I have had people contact me and say really kind things or simple things like 'Happy Birthday', who probably wouldn’t do so in person. So thanks to those who reach out to others in whatever way that they can. A hug, a smile, a message, a moment of kindness.

We need more of this. We all need more of this.

So as this weight slowly lifts, I know that I may never be that same Lee-Ann again.

I am OK with that. From this experience I have learned to be tougher, but I have also learned about empathy. For every news story there are real people trying to figure out how they are going to get through this moment, this day, this change. So I will try to be aware of this in my day-to-day activities and know that maybe you are having a really tough time. I will remember to smile, I will hug the friend that looks like she needs a hug, and I will love my family deeper. Because I have learned that time is fleeting but love is not. I will focus on the love.

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To the family, who at the last minute hosted four other families (that they didn’t even really know all that well). They had lunch and a play date and opened their home despite their busy schedules of hockey and basketball (and life), and brought people together

SCORE: The Hateful Eight FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM: Son of Saul Tune in to the Oscars and see how I did with my picks. Come to the Al Whittle and point and laugh at me if I made a mistake! Create your own ballot, invite friends over, have loads of fun snacks, and admire the best dressed, or poke fun at the worst dressed, as Hollywood celebrates the best in film for 2015.

CORRECTION: Mike Uncorked: Tiszta Viz: A Spa-Tacular Experience!

Tiszta Viz Clients receive 50% off one service during the week of their birthday.

Unfortunately the article says “one free service during the week of the birthday.”

Tiszta Viz Organic Skin Care & Spa 18 Elm Ave, Wolfville, NS 902-542-PURE (7873) tisztaviz.ca

Thanks Everyone!

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THE GRAPEVINE QUESTIONNAIRE Susan Wedlock

Richard Bennett is well-known in the valley, having just retired from Middleton Regional High School, where he was a much-loved and respected Band teacher for many years. He and his wife Phyllis live in Middleton, where they raised their family. Richard is a great musician, playing a mean trumpet and piano. He has led the Annapolis Valley Big Band for years with their best known gig being the Paradise Moonlight Concert, which attracts a huge audience every year. He is the father to three sons, one who is following in his musical footsteps as a band member in the acclaimed Soul/R&B/Funk group, Roxy and the Underground Soul Sound.

What are you most proud of?

My three sons. They are finding their way in the world with dedication and kind hearts.

nothing is in order. I'd like to visit some great museums and see nature's beauty. I'm working on it!

What would you tell you seventeen-year old self?

Take the time to enjoy the simple things in life. They provide the greatest rewards.

What was the best thing you had to eat recently?

Chocolate and fine steak. Hey, it's dark chocolate which means lots of antioxidants!

What do you look for in a friend?

Trust. Honesty. Kindness.

What are you reading currently?

I recently purchased Naomi Klein's This Changes Everything. It's in a pile of books to tackle over the next few months.

If you could change one thing about yourself what would that be?

Dispel the desire to change anything about myself.

What music are you listening to this week?

Everything I hear, everything I play. I lean toward jazz and "vintage" popular music (especially the 70’s).

What makes you happy?

Creating stuff...photography, sketching, playing/writing music. Connecting deeply with others.

What makes you miserable?

Whatever I'm foolish enough to allow me to be miserable. If I don't have a great day, it's my own damn fault!

Do you have a motto?

Not really, but I've always respected the "KISS" principle: "Keep it simple, stupid!"

What do you dread?

Being "put on the spot." But, I'm learning to enjoy spontaneity!

What makes you excited?

Every day...I'm recently retired.

What is the first item on your bucket list?

I don't have a formal bucket list (yet) so

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SNAPSHOT

Sculpture at Luckett's Vineyard by local artist Nistal Prem de Boer.

Photo by this issue's cover photographer, Christie Jess.

Which movie would you recommend?

I'm not big into movies but I always enjoy Blazing Saddles and recently enjoyed The Grand Budapest Hotel. I'm into irreverence and quirky.

If you could be anything you wanted to be what would that be?

As a boy I always admired Arctic Terns. They are incredible. I think being just about any bird, that flies, would be cool!

Snowfall over Kentville. Photo by Kristan Kenney.

What is your favourite material possession?

My music machines (trumpet, flugelhorn and piano). Camera would be a close second.

Where would you like to be on your last day on earth?

Near water and trees.

What are you really good at?

My inner negative dialogue makes this a tough question to answer. I hope I'm good at compassion, music, and visual arts.

What do you regret?

Not always being true to myself. It's a good regret because it helps with my current "moral compass."

Acadia Snowman. Photo by James Skinner.

THE CROWDSOURCER Watch our community change the world one dollar at a time.

KARIN'S CANCER CARE WEBSITE:gofundme.com/ts9z3mvb DESCRIPTION: Karin Robertson (of

Naturally Nerida Farm & Kennel) has been a vendor at the Wolfville Farmers’ Market for several years. She has been diagnosed with Stage 3 C Serous Ovarian Cancer and is currently undergoing chemotherapy treatments after having a radical hysterectomy.

Karin will be receiving chemo for the next six months. Karin is a self-employed farmer with dogs, donkeys, and sheep. Karin will be unable to work while in treatment and while recovering over the next 8 to 12 months. She doesn't have insurance or a second income in the household. We are hoping her friends and community

can help support Karin with some of these expenses including: medical expenses, travel to Halifax four times every three weeks, care for her dogs while she is having treatment, and monthly bills (mortgage, oil, power, phone, gas, food).

FUNDRAISING GOAL: $20,000

AMOUNT RAISED AS OF FEB10: $4,395

The Crowdsourcer column will feature one local crowdsourcing effort each Grapevine issue. To garner support for your project, contact editor@ grapevinepublishing.ca

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Copyright 2016 Rob Brezsny freewillastrology.com

Horoscopes for the week of February 25th ARIES (March 21-April 19): Just one species has a big enough throat to swallow a person whole: the sperm whale. If you happen to be sailing the high seas any time soon, I hope you will studiously avoid getting thrown overboard in the vicinity of one of these beasts. The odds are higher than usual that you’d end up in its belly, much like the Biblical character Jonah. (Although, like him, I bet you’d ultimately escape.)

Furthermore, Aries, I hope you will be cautious not to get swallowed up by anything else. It’s true that the coming weeks will be a good time to go on a retreat, to flee from the grind and take a break from the usual frenzy. But the best way to do that is to consciously choose the right circumstances rather than leave it to chance.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): You have cosmic clearance to fantasize about participating in orgies where you’re loose and free and exuberant.

It’s probably not a good idea to attend a literal orgy, however. For the foreseeable future, all the cleansing revelry and cathartic rapture you need can be obtained through the wild stories and outrageous scenes that unfold in your imagination. Giving yourself the gift of pretend immersions in fertile chaos could recharge your spiritual batteries in just the right ways.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): “Hell is the suffering of being unable to love,” wrote novelist J. D. Salinger. If that’s true, I’m pleased to announce that you can now ensure you’ll be free of hell for a very long time. The cosmic omens suggest that you have enormous power to expand your capacity for love. So get busy! Make it your intention to dissolve any unconscious blocks you might have about sharing your gifts and bestowing your blessings. Get rid of attitudes and behaviors that limit your generosity and compassion. Now is an excellent time to launch your “Perpetual Freedom from Hell” campaign!

CANCER (June 21-July 22): “A vacation is what you take when you can no longer take what you’ve been taking,” said journalist Earl Wilson. Do you fit that description, Cancerian? Probably.

I suspect it’s high time to find a polite way to flee your responsibilities, avoid your duties, and hide from your burdens. For the foreseeable future, you have a mandate to ignore what

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fills you with boredom. You have the right to avoid any involvement that makes life too damn complicated. And you have a holy obligation to rethink your relationship with any influence that weighs you down with menial obligations.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): “Your illusions are a part of you like your bones and flesh and memory,” writes William Faulkner in his novel Absalom, Absalom!

If that’s true, Leo, you now have a chance to be a miracle worker. In the coming weeks, you can summon the uncanny power to rip at least two of your illusions out by the roots — without causing any permanent damage! You may temporarily feel a stinging sensation, but that will be a sign that healing is underway.

Congratulations in advance for getting rid of the dead weight.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): “We are defined by the lines we choose to cross or to be confined by,” says Virgo writer A. S. Byatt. That’s a key meditation for you as you enter a phase in which boundaries will be a major theme.

During the next eight weeks, you will be continuously challenged to decide which people and things and ideas you want to be part of your world, and which you don’t. In some cases you’ll be wise to put up barriers and limit connection.

In other cases, you’ll thrive by erasing borders and transcending divisions. The hard part — and the fun part — will be knowing which is which. Trust your gut.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): When life gives you lemon juice from concentrate, citric acid, high-fructose corn syrup, modified cornstarch, potassium citrate, yellow food dye, and gum acacia, what should you do? Make lemonade, of course! You might wish that all the raw ingredients life sends your way would be pure and authentic, but sometimes the mix includes artificial stuff. No worries, Libra! I am confident that you have the imaginative chutzpah and resilient willpower necessary to turn the mishmash into passable nourishment. Or here’s another alternative: You could procrastinate for two weeks, when more of the available resources will be natural.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Your Mythic Metaphor for the coming weeks is dew.

Many cultures have regarded it as a

symbol of life-giving grace. In Kabbalah, divine dew seeps from the Tree of Life.

In Chinese folklore, the lunar dew purifies vision and nurtures longevity. In the lore of ancient Greece, dew confers fertility. The Iroquois speak of the Great Dew Eagle, who drops healing moisture on land ravaged by evil spirits. The creator god of the Ashanti people created dew soon after making the sun, moon, and stars. Lao-Tse said it’s an emblem of the harmonious marriage between Earth and Heaven. So what will you do with the magic dew you’ll be blessed with?

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): It’s prime time for you to love your memory, make vivid use of your memory, and enhance your memory.

Here are some hints about how: 1.

Feel appreciation for the way the old stories of your life form the core of your identity and self-image. 2. Draw on your recollections of the past to guide you in making decisions about the imminent future. 3. Notice everything you see with an intensified focus, because then you will remember it better, and that will come in handy quite soon. 4. Make up new memories that you wish had happened. Have fun creating scenes from an imagined past.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Most of us know about Albert Einstein’s greatest idea: the general theory of relativity. It was one of the reasons he won a Nobel Prize in Physics. But what was his second-best discovery? Here’s what he said it was: adding an egg to the pot while he cooked his soup. That way, he could produce a soft-boiled egg without having to dirty a second pot.

What are the first- and second-most fabulous ideas you’ve ever come up with, Capricorn? I suspect you are on the verge of producing new candidates to compete with them. If it’s OK with you, I will, at least temporarily, refer to you as a genius.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): You may be familiar with the iconic children’s book Where the Wild Things Are. It’s about a boy named Max who takes a dream-like journey from his bedroom to an exotic island, where he becomes king of the weird beasts who live there.

Author Maurice Sendak’s original title for the tale was “Where the Wild Horses Are.” But when his editor realized how inept Sendak was at drawing horses, she instructed him to come up with a

title to match the kinds of creatures he could draw skillfully. That was a good idea. The book has sold over 19 million copies. I think you may need to deal with a comparable issue, Aquarius.

It’s wise to acknowledge one of your limitations, and then capitalize on the adjustments you’ve got to make.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): “People don’t want their lives fixed,” proclaims Chuck Palahniuk in his novel Survivor.

“Nobody wants their problems solved.

Their dramas. Their distractions. Their stories resolved. Their messes cleaned up. Because what would they have left?

Just the big scary unknown.” Your challenge in the coming weeks, Pisces, is to prove Palahniuk wrong, at least in regards to you. From what I can tell, you will have unprecedented opportunities to solve dilemmas and clean up messy situations. And if you take even partial advantage of this gift, you will not be plunged into the big scary unknown, but rather into a new phase of shaping your identity with crispness and clarity.

Homework: What book do you suspect would change your life if you actually read it? Testify at Truthrooster@gmail.com.

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Union Street Café (Berwick): Open Mic (26th, 4th) 8pm

Oaken Barrel Pub (Greenwood): SWIG (5th) 8pm

Edible Art Cafe (New Minas): Paul Marshall (25th, 3rd) 12pm

Spitfire Arms Alehouse (Windsor): The Mark Riley Project (26th), Jesus Murphy (4th) 8pm

Troy Restaurant (Wolfville): Ron Edmunds Duo (25th, 3rd, 10th) 6pm

Farmers Market (Wolfville): ORO! Orkestra Dance Party (26th) 8pm

King’s Arms Pub by Lew Murphy’s (Kentville): Matt Millett & Rob Hunt (27th), Shawn Hebb Trio (5th) 8:30pm 0

Tommy Gun’s (Windsor): Music Videos (27th, 5th) 10pm

Spitfire Arms Alehouse (Windsor): Open Jam Session (25th, 3rd, 10th) 7pm

Doolys (Greenwood): Open mic w/ Kings of Delusion (26th) 8:30pm

Oaken Barrel Pub (Greenwood): Trivia Night (25th, 3rd) 7pm

The Port Pub (Port Williams): Mac & Hawes (26th) 9pm

Anvil (Wolfville): DJ Hamilton Smith (27th), DJ Vanz (5th) 10pm Paddy’s Pub (Wolfville): Music by Jack MacDonald (5th) 9pm

West Side Charlie’s (New Minas): DJ Billy T (26th) 10pm

SUNDAYS: 28, 6

Dooly’s (New Minas): Karaoke w/Denny Miles (26th) 9pm

Designer Cafe (Kentville): Bob and Roe Connon (28th) 12pm–3pm

SATURDAYS: 27, 5

Designer Cafe (Kentville): Sarah Pound (6th) 12pm–3pm

(Schedule subject to change)

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THURSDAYS: 25, 3, 10

Kings Arms Pub by Lew Murphy’s (Kentville): The Tony & Lenny Show (25th, 3rd, 10th) 7:30pm Paddy’s Pub (Kentville): The Hupman Brothers (25th, 3rd, 10th) 9pm Paddy’s Pub (Wolfville): Trivia Night (25th, 3rd, 10th) 9pm Anvil (Wolfville): Onesie Party w/DJ Sean & Jack (25th), Acadia Women’s Soccer Fundraiser w/DJ FRD (3rd), DJ Dekz (10th) 10pm The Library Pub (Wolfville): Tony Wood (3rd) 8-11pm

FRIDAYS: 26, 4 Edible Art Cafe (New Minas): Paul Marshall (26th, 4th) 12pm Kings Arms Pub by Lew Murphy’s (Kentville): GuyPaul Thibault (26th), Paul Brushett (4th) 5:30pm Blomidon Inn (Wolfville): Jazz Mannequins (26th) 6:30pm Oaken Barrel Pub (Greenwood): Broke with Money (26th) 8pm

NAME: CONTACT:

Oaken Barrel Pub (Greenwood): Guy Paul Thibault (4th) 8pm Joe’s Food Emporium (Wolfville): Test Of Time (26th) 8pm

Designer Cafe (Kentville): Live jazz with Steve lee and Kory Bayer (27th, 5th) 11am–2pm Edible Art Café (New Minas): Lee Gilbert (27th) 12pm Farmers’ Market(Wolfville): Andy Flinn (27th) 9:30am, Shelder The Electric Clamfish (5th) 10am The Library Pub (Wolfville): Packing The Pub for Peace (27th) 9am-12pm, Bob and Ro (5th) 2pm

Paddy's Pub (Wolfville): Paddy’s Irish Session (28th, 6th) 8pm MONDAYS: 29, 7 Edible Art Cafe (New Minas): Ron Edmunds Band (29th) 12pm Paddy’s Pub (Wolfville):Open Mic w/Woodscott (29th), Open Mic w/Varsity Grooves (7th) 8pm

TUESDAYS: 1, 8

The Noodle Guy (Port Williams): Alex Hastie’s Wham Bam Spaghetti Jam (27th, 5th) 1:30pm

Edible Art Cafe (New Minas): Ron Edmunds Band (1st) 12pm

West Side Charlie’s (New Minas): Millett & Hunt (27th) 3pm, DJ Lethal Noize (27th) 10pm, JF Cookin Band (5th) 9pm

T.A.N. Coffee (Wolfville): Open Mike & Donna (1st) 8pm

Spitfire Arms Alehouse (Windsor): Paul Wilfred (27th) 8pm Oaken Barrel Pub (Greenwood): Misty Mountain (27th) 8pm

Paddy’s Pub (Kentville): Irish Jam Session (1st, 8th) 8pm

WEDNESDAYS: 2, 9 Edible Art Cafe (New Minas): David Filyer (2nd) 12pm West Side Charlie’s (New Minas): Billy T’s Karaoke (2nd, 9th) 9pm

OPINIONS The opinions found within these pages do not necessarily reflect the views and opinions of the Grapevine staff, our advertisers, or our other contributors.

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PLEASE NOTE: Event information may change without notice.

Thursdays Gab and Grub Social — CMHA Kings County Branch, Kentville 1–3pm. Social time for adults who independently live with mental illness, including anxiety and depression. FEE: no charge INFO: 902-670-4103 / club@cmhakings.ns.ca In the Round Knitting Group — Gaspereau Valley Fibres 1–4:30pm. Also Tuesdays 6–9pm. Bring your knitting, rug hooking, spinning, or felting.

INFO: 902-542-2656 / gaspereauvalleyfibres.ca Meditation — Healer’s Emporium, 49 Water St., Windsor 6pm. All levels welcome. FEE: donation INFO: Mary, 902-306-0385 Boardgame Night — C@P Lab, Wolfville Public Library, 7pm. Bring your games! Ages 12+ FEE: no charge INFO: 902-790-4536 / turpin56@gmail.com NonDuality Meetup — Manning Memorial Chapel, Wolfville 7pm–9pm. Every other Thursday (Next: March 3). A non-denominational group of people, who get together to discuss life and our place in the scheme of things. 19+ FEE: no charge INFO: 902-365-5235 / johnotvos@hotmail.com Tremont Board Game Café ­— Tremont Hall, 738 Tremont Mountain Rd., 7–9:30pm, every 1st and 3rd Thursday (Next: March 3, 17). Many of the newest and coolest games in a friendly and relaxed environment. FEE: no charge INFO: 902-765-4326 Music Jam — Community Center, Cambridge 7–10pm. 50/50 tickets. Refreshment donations appreciated. Proceeds for hall upkeep. TIX: donation INFO: 902-538-9957 / gands@xcountry.tv

Fridays Fibre Ops Fridays — Library, Windsor 10am-12pm • For knitters, crocheters, hookers, spinners, and weavers. Bring your own project. Everyone welcome.

TIX: no charge INFO: valleylibrary.ca Bookworms Preschool Storytime — Port Williams Library, 10:30am. Stories, games, songs and fun for kids aged 3-5. TIX: no charge INFO: 902-542-3005 / valleylibrary.ca Art for Wellness — Canadian Mental Health Association, New Minas 1–4pm. An arts and crafts program for adults who live independently with mental illness, including depression and anxiety. All materials provided. TIX: no charge, but please pre-register.

INFO: 902-670-4103 / club@cmhakings.ns.ca Chase the Ace — Royal Canadian Legion, Berwick 5pm. Chase the Ace drawn at 7:15pm, light supper served 5–7pm TIX: $5 Chase the Ace, $7 supper INFO: 902-375-2021 / rubyl@eastlink.ca

Fun Night — Legion (downstairs), Kentville, 7pm.

Variety of music. 50/50 tickets available. FEE: $2 INFO: kentvillelegion@eastlink.ca Friday Night Jam — Royal Canadian Legion, Wolfville, 7–10pm. INFO: 902-542-5869 / wolfvillelegion@gmail.com

Saturdays Wolfville Farmers’ Market — DeWolfe Building, Elm Ave., Wolfville 8:30am–1pm February 27 Music: Andy Flinn March 5 Music: Shelder the Electric Clamfish INFO: wolfvillefarmersmarket.ca Peace Vigil — Post Office, Wolfville 12–1pm Drop in and Drum! — Baptist Church, Wolfville 1–2:30pm. W/Bruno Allard. Drop in for a hands-on workshop & jam. Learn to play the djembe with rhythms & songs from West Africa. Everyone welcome, drums provided. FEE: $5–10 INFO: brunoallard7@gmail.com / facebook: Djembes and Duns Wolfville Chase the Ace — Legion, Kingston 1–3pm. Tickets are 3 for $5. Draw will take place by 3:30pm.

Must be 19+ to play. License # AGD 107472-15 INFO: 902-765-4428 / legion98sect@eastlink.ca Valley Game Night — Gametronics, New Minas 6pm. Board game/card game group. Yu Gi Oh – Thursdays, 6pm. Friday Night Magic (Magic: The Gathering) – Fridays, 6pm FEE: no charge INFO: facebook.com/GameTronics

Sundays Port Williams Flea Market — Square Professional Centre, 8am–1pm. Lots of vendors and bargains!

We accept donations for the local food bank.

INFO: donlilaporter@yahoo.ca Children’s Interactive Yoga — Healer’s Emporium, 49 Water St., Windsor, 11am. All ages are welcome!

FEE: donation INFO: Kelly, 902-306-0224 / healersemporium@gmail.com Social Ballroom Dancing — Community Centre, Port Williams 3–5pm. Practice your existing dance skills and learn new group dances. FEE: $30 per couple per semester, or $5 per session dropin fee per couple. INFO: 902-698-2806 / DanceTime_PortWilliams@hotmail.com

Mondays Free Community Walking/Running ­— Acadia Athletic Complex, Wolfville 6-9am & 6-9pm (Mon.–Fri.).

On the indoor & outdoor track. FEE: no charge INFO: 902-542-3486 / sread@wolfville.ca Painting Morning — Recreation Centre, Wolfville 9:30am–12pm. W/Evangeline Artist Cooperative. Bring your own projects to work on & be inspired by likeminded artists. FEE: $2 INFO: Susan, 902-542-4448

Harmonica Jams — Sobey’s Community Room, New Minas 10–11:30am. Light music: country, waltzes, jigs & reels. All levels welcome, bring your harmonicas.

FEE: no charge INFO: Lloyd, 902-681-3711 / Ed, 902-678-4591.

LEGOMANIA — Port William’s Library, 3:30–4:30pm.

Ages 6–9. No registration necessary. INFO: 902-542-3005 / valleylibrary.ca Windsor Game Night — Library, Windsor 6pm. Board game group. New players welcome! FEE: no charge INFO: meetup.com/valleygames / turpin56@gmail.com Toastmasters — 2nd Floor, Irving Centre, Acadia 6:30–8pm. Communicative skills to enhance peaceful and effective dialogue. INFO: Chris, 902-691-3550 / vppr.wolfville.tm@gmail.com Musical Jam Night — Community Hall, 659 Victoria Rd., Millville 7pm. Bring your instrument or just relax & listen to the sounds. INFO: cadavis@nspes.ca Insight (Vipassana) Meditation — Manning Memorial Chapel, Acadia, 7:30–8:30pm. Weekly meditation sitting group. Drop ins welcome. 45 minute meditation followed by a short discussion. FEE: free-will offering.

INFO: 902-365-2409

Tuesdays Book in the Nook — Wolfville Memorial Library 10–10:30am. Suggested age range: 3–5.

INFO: 902-542-5760 / valleylibrary.ca Friends in Bereavement — Western Kings Mem. Health Centre, Berwick 10am–12pm. 1st & 3rd Tues. each month (Next: March 1, 15). VON Adult Day Program Room (main floor). INFO: 902-681-8239 / friendsinbereavement@gmail.com Rug Hooking — 57 Eden Row, Greenwich 1–3:30pm.

Drop-in rug hooking. FEE: donation INFO: Kay, 902-697-2850 Friends in Bereavement — Kentville Baptist Church 2–4pm. 1st & 3rd Tues. each month (Next: March 1, 15). Left parking lot entrance, sponsored by Careforce. INFO: 902-681-8239 / friendsinbereavement@gmail.com Toastmasters Club — Birchall Training Centre, Greenwood 6:30pm. Develop leadership skills using a variety of tools including speaking off the cuff and speaking in public. Guests always welcome!

TIX: no charge INFO: Christine, 902-825-1061 / CFernie.CA@gmail.com Learn Irish Music — Paddy’s Pub (upstairs), Kentville 7–8pm. Bring your instrument & learn to play traditional music in a relaxed, convivial setting. FEE: no charge INFO: 902-697-2148 / slowsession@outlook.com Sign Language Classes — Community Hall, Millville 7–9pm. Learn sign language or build on what you already know. Cost is to cover hall rental. FEE: $3 INFO: Shirley, 902-847-1736 (call or text)

Village Dancing — Curling Rink (upstairs), Wolfville, until end of May. Traditional Balkan and Middle Eastern no-partner-style dances. Easy-to-learn, good exercise, great music from Greece, Bulgaria, Turkey, Israel and more. Expert instruction. Introductory level 7:30– 8:30pm. Advanced and request session till 10pm. FEE: $7 per session INFO: 902-690-7897 Valley Scottish Country Dancers — 125 Webster St., Kentville, 7:30–9:30pm. All levels, no partners needed. Feb. 2–May 3. FEE: $6/class, $60/term.

INFO: 542-5320 / vscd.info Board Game Night — Paddy’s Pub, Wolfville 8pm–12am TIX: no charge INFO: 902-542-0059 / judy@paddys.ca

Wednesdays Talk Sing Read! Storytime — Library, Berwick 9:45–10:15am. Ongoing. Enjoy rhymes, songs, and books with your child. Geared towards ages 2–6, but all welcome! TIX: no charge INFO: valleylibrary.ca Wolfville Breastfeeding Support Group — Library (upstairs), Wolfville 10am–12pm. INFO: facebook.com/ AnnapolisValleyBreastfeedingSupportGroups Kentville Farmers’ Market — Lion’s Club, 78 River St., Kentville 10am–2pm. Open yearround. INFO: marketmanager@kentville.ca / kentvillefarmersmarket.ca Insight (Vipassana) Meditation — Vaughan Memorial Library (Quiet Reading Room), Acadia 12:15–12:45pm.

Door opens 12pm. Weekly meditation sitting group.

Drop-ins and beginners welcome. Free will offering.

INFO: 902-365-2409 / laurabourassa@msn.com Fibre Ops Wednesdays — Isabel & Roy Jodrey Memorial Library, Hantsport 2–4pm. For knitters, hookers, crocheters, weavers and spinners, anyone who enjoys the fibre craft arts. Bring your own project.

TIX: no charge INFO: valleylibrary.ca Wolfville Community Chorus — St. Francis of Assisi Parish Centre, Wolfville 5:30–7pm. New members welcome! FEE: $180 per year ($90 per term) INFO: 902-300-1001 / susan_dworkin@hotmail.com The Berwick Makery — Berwick District School “Hive” (former Family Studies Room) 6–8pm. Hang out, work on projects, learn new skills, and teach each other!

INFO: theberwickmakery.wordpress.com/classes Valley Youth Project — Louis Millett Community Complex, Rm 128, New Minas, 6:30–8:30pm. First and third Wed. of each month, September to June (Next: March 2, 16). All LGBTQ+ and MOGI individuals 25 years and under are welcome. You can bring your friends too.

FEE: no charge INFO: valleyyouthproject@gmail.com / valleyyouthproject.wordpress.com New Horizons Band — Festival Theatre, Wolfville 7pm. Fun, informal community band under the direction of Brian Johnston. New members welcome!

FEE: $100 INFO: Donna, 902-542-7557 / macdonaldwilson@accesswave.ca

CD REVIEW: LATER THAT SAME LIFE BY RON HYNES Thomas Clahane

The recent release of Later That Same Life by Ron Hynes was almost concurrent with the sad news of his passing too early, at 64, after a difficult battle with cancer. That struggle scarred his voice and slurred his pronunciation, and the voice that we hear on these recordings is not the force that drove us from “Sonny’s Dream” to “Atlantic Blue” and “Dry”. What is the same is the poignancy, the empathy, and the keen understanding of the human condition shown by one of the greatest songwriters with which Canada has ever been blessed.

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There are ten new originals on this CD (his first in five years), and one Dylan cover. The music is sparse, almost exclusively just Ron on guitar and Dennis Pendrith supporting on acoustic base.

The CD opens with "Ship of Dreams", which Ron was commissioned to write to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic. It’s a complex odyssey, haunting and charged with reality: “That’s the North Atlantic boy, don’t you turn your back is all, God, thy sea is so great, and my boat, my boat is, oh, so small.”

Certain songs immediately resonated with me. A month from now others will no doubt push themselves into prominence, but on first blush the standouts are the sepia-toned "Take A Picture of This", where we are in a life remembered through the camera lens; "After Leaving Home", standing in the lonely poverty of an almost empty apartment; and "The Working Girl", a homage to acceptance of where we are in the world. There’s also the wistful and dreamy "Marie", the stage success who wishes in her heart to be in far away Twillingate, where she can be just plain Georgina Stirling, not the marquee star, Marie.

In all, this is a wonderful collection of new works from a master songwriter and stands comfortably with Ron’s finest works. The vocals, sometimes stumbling a little, sometimes breaking, actually enhance these recordings and set them apart from his earlier work.

Later That Same Life has been independently released and is not readily available locally.

It can be ordered for $30 plus a $5 shipping charge by contacting Charles MacPhail at perth@live.ca.

LET'S GO ADVENTURING! Adrien, Dave and Osa Greene

FEATUREPRENEUR: INNOVATIVE ICEWINE Genevieve Allen Hearn

What word comes to mind when you think about icewine? Sweet? Refreshing? Local?

How about versatile? Having a bottle of icewine in the house is handy in many different ways – whether it is enjoyed on its own, paired with something complimentary, or used as an ingredient in a delectable dish. The Grapevine contacted 2016 Icewine Festival participants to ask them how they enjoy the special treat that has captured the imagination of epicures across the globe.

JURG STUTZ, DOMAINE DE GRAND PRÉ: I enjoy my icewines either on their own or with some biscotti and I even dunk the biscotti in the icewine if they are too hard and dry. I like the combination of the nuts and almonds with the sweetness and candied fruit flavours of the icewine!

GEENA LUCKETT, LUCKETT VINEYARDS: I love to sauté a Valley Cortland apple in it and then serve over vanilla ice-cream (while catching up on the latest episode of Shameless)!

JANINE RADUL, PLANTERS RIDGE: We will be featuring our Valley Nectar (100% NS honey) mead at the Icewine festival. We would pair it with spicy food, blue cheese, or white chocolate. We also enjoy icewine spritzers! You pour a bit of icewine at the bottom of your glass, and top it with a dry sparkling wine. It's phenomenal!

Greetings everyone! We at Greener Adventures are delighted to announce our latest human-powered expedition: 350km of snowshoeing along the Lower North Shore of Québec! We begin February 17 and will spend 28 days exploring the coast and visiting the fourteen small communities of the region along the way. It is truly a unique area of Atlantic Canada with no roads connecting the communities and much of the lifestyle and traditions of the region remaining largely unchanged for the past 300 years. The cornerstone of this expedition is education and we have teamed up with Dartmouth-based organization *A for Adventure* to share our love of adventure with students in our community and those on the Lower North Shore. Over the past several months, we have developed lesson plans and curriculum-specific projects to support student understanding of the nature of our trip and the region we will travel through.

We have been having a blast visiting schools in the Valley for presentations of our trip, reading the book *A is for Adventure* and inspiring students to get outside, play, and explore! We will be giving presentations in

the schools of the Lower North Shore as well and sharing images and stories of life in the beautiful Annapolis Valley.

The most exciting part is that you can come with us! With the help of some pretty nifty technology, we will be updating our blog every single day of the trip - sharing observations, distance travelled, a weather report, and our daily Haiku. We are delighted to have teachers and their classrooms following along, sending us messages of encouragement and posting questions for us to answer. So come along, visit our website for more information, and share with anyone you think who may want to live a bit more adventurously! See you at the end of March! greeneradventures@gmail.com greeneradventures.ca Photo Credit: Stephen Ferguson Photo Caption: Dave, Adrien, and Osa in their Anoraks

WAY BACK WHEN Emily Leeson

All photos courtesy of Randall House Museum 259 Main Street, Wolfville, NS 902-542-9775, wolfvillehs.ednet.ns.ca Now closed for the 2015 season, but please check the website for Fall and Winter Programming!

This might be a sailors box, the type sailors made and decorated on long sea voyages for their sweethearts. It was likely made around 1880.

The side of the box is covered with a pictorial panel depicting scenes - picking tea, flying kites, folding fans, drinking tea, and loading ship's cargo. The top of the box and extended edge at bottom are covered with sea shells. Shells have been embedded in plaster-like substance; lid is fastened with gauze hinges.

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IN REVIEW: RECENT NEWS, HAPPENINGS, AND EVENTS Emily Leeson

ON JANUARY 21, GASPEREAU RESIDENT RACHEL BEDINGFIELD was named one of the

Canadian Association for the Advancement of Women and Sport and Physical Activity (CAAWS)'s Most Influential Women of 2015.

Bedingfield is a co-chair of WomenActive-NS, a new provincial organization launched in November 2015. It is aimed at advocating for gender equity and providing education, support, and opportunities for girls and women in sport, physical activity, and recreation. She is also Director of Parks and Recreation for the Town of Kentville.

SO, IT’S ONLY FEBRUARY, and yes, we

likely still have March to contend with, but is it too soon to say that this winter has been awesome? On January 30, it was a winter wonderland at the Noggins Farm trails for the sixty people who turned out for the annual snowshoe trek on the Noggins Historic Walking Trail. Snow, much better to walk over, than be under. Actual fact. /2 The Annual Snowshoe trek along the Noggins Historic Walking Trail.

THE 24TH ANNUAL SHEFFIELD MILLS EAGLE WATCH took place two weekends in

THE CASH MOBS IN KENTVILLE continue

to swarm local businesses with community support and well, cash. Similar to flash mobs, but instead of singing and dancing, cash mob participants spend money as a group in support of the store they "attack". On January 23, the 2nd Cash Mob in Kentville occurred at the Kings County Home Hardware. Over 70 people attended and this time the Town of Kentville even provided coffee and tea.

STOP THE PRESSES! This just in:

Deep Hollow Print, the Letterpress Printshop owned and operated by Laura MacDonald has been nominated for an East Coast Music Award in the category of Graphic/Media Artist of the Year. The nominations were announced on January 26 and the awards will be announced on April 14. So actually, maybe just keep the presses going. Just keep doing what you’re doing. You’re doing it great.

Congratulations.

a row on January 30 & 31, and February 6 & 7. During the Eagle Watch the eagles are fed between 8am and 10am at the corner of Middle Dyke and Bains Roads. While there is no guarantee that the eagles will choose to feed at that time, January and February do tend to be the best months for viewing and the eagles rarely disappoint.

JANUARY 30 WAS GAME DAY for the Long Pond Hockey Heritage Classic in Windsor.

Despite the snow the day before, the event went forward and the pucks dropped as planned. During the festivities, the Province of Nova Scotia and the Long Pond Arena Society announced $3 million in funding for a new rink. And just in case there was any further question as to the birthplace of hockey, Premier Stephen McNeil put that to rest, “The only time that the ice on long pond has ever cracked was a few years ago when Don Cherry stepped on it. That’s the sign that hockey began here at Long Pond.”

FACEBOOK. Seems like everyone’s into

selfies now. Why, even Grand Pre Wines’ Tidal Bay seems to be getting in on the action. In a January 28 Facebook post, Tidal Bay was caught hanging out with Scott Brison and Justin Trudeau at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland. /1 Scott Brison, Justin Trudeau, and Grand Pre Wines Tidal Bay

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THE ACADIA STUDENTS UNION held their ASU General Election for the 2017 Executive on February 8, with voting extended until February 10 due to weather cancellations. Samantha Sproule was elected as ASU President.

During the same election, the Accessibility and Bar Renovation was passed. This means that the students supported the creation of a

Renovation and Accessibility Fee that would fund a renovation to the Axe Lounge and subsequently enhance accessibility projects within the ASU Students’ Centre. The $30 per year fee will be a mandatory fee, applying to all full-time registered students. 73% of students voted in favour of the new fee.

THE HORTON RIDGE MALT AND GRAIN COMPANY hosted an open house at their

new malting facility on February 12. From Jim Murphy, "The future malting floor was packed with craft beer enthusiasts who had a chance to taste malt products and see how the process will work. The Horton Ridge team was also on hand to explain how community members could participate as investors through the Community Economic Development Investment Funds (CEDIF) program.

The second CEDIF offering closes on February 28." /3 The Horton Ridge Malt and Grain Co. new malting facility.

ONE OF WOLFVILLE'S TWO LITTLE FREE LIBRARIES was launched on February 13.

The wintry event, hosted by Avery Peters, featured Balsam Fir Cream Soda and a reading. The new Little Free Library on Beckwith Street should be now brimming with new titles for the community to enjoy. /4 Sam adds to the newest Little Free Library in Wolfville THE GARDEN ROOM at the K.C. Irving Environmental Sciences Centre was packed on February 14 for the Sunday Music concert.

Maxim Bernard on violin joined Stanislav Pronin on piano. These Sunday afternoon concerts are free to the general public. /5 Maxim Bernard on violin and Stanislav Pronin on piano in Acadia's Garden Room.

THE FEELIN' GROOVY SHOW SET for three

performances at the Al Whittle Theatre on March 11 and 12 have all sold out, even before organizers were able to put up the

promotional posters! The upbeat show is about aging, with all of its challenges and joys. Organizer Jill Davies reports that, "Apparently the secret of success is having a large cast of enthusiastic long-time Valley residents whose family and friends want to see them strut their stuff." The show is a fundraiser for the Valley Hospice Foundation and although the main shows have sold out, the public is still welcome to attend the pay-what-you-can dress rehearsal at 7pm on Thursday, March 10.

IT WAS KIDS NATURE NIGHT at the Kentville Recreation Centre on February 15. The room was filled with activities for families and free giveaways to help get kids outdoors.

Animal tracks were investigated using plaster molds; potato stamps and bird feeders were made; twigs were identified; presentations by kids for kids about kids delving into nature were given; and faces were painted. The evening was a success. The event was sponsored by the Blomidon Naturalist Society, the Young Naturalist Clubs, Valley Family Fun, and the Town of Kentville. /6 Beatrix Gadon gets busy making a bird feeder at the Kentville Kids Nature Night ON FEBRUARY 17, it was announced that Shoppers Drug Mart Pharmacist/Owners Rami Saaloukeh (Wolfville) and Bronwen McGuire (Greenwood) of Shoppers Drug Mart donated $4,378 from their Growing Women’s Health Campaign to Maternal Child at Valley Regional Hospital. Their donation will purchase tube tops for mom and baby skin-toskin contact. Last year, their donation was used to purchase a sleeper chair to allow the father or a family member to stay with mom and baby. /7 Shoppers Drug Mart: Pictured (left to right): Jane Thompson, Manager of Maternal Child; VRH Staff members Lindsey Smith and MacKenzie Ellsworth; Bronwen McGuire, Pharmacist/ Owner of Shoppers Drug Mart Greenwood; Rami Saaloukeh, Pharmacist/Owner of Shoppers Drug Mart Wolfville

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KIDS ART SPOT Sadie and her little brother Sam by Sadie, age 6 If you have a drawing that you'd like to see in the Grapevine, contact editor@grapevinpublishing.ca

AND NOW, IT’S TIME FOR… SADIE: KID REPORTER! Hello my name is Sadie. I called my friends Sadie and Liliana to ask them why they like having a little brother and why they don’t like having a little brother. This is what they said: SADIE P: I like having someone to play with when my mom and dad are cleaning up. I like it when he is silly. I don’t like it when he is noisy when I am trying to have a quieter time. I don’t like it when he is bratty.

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LILIANA: I like to play with him. I like to give him hugs. I don’t like it when he is annoying. He tries to play with me when I don’t want to.

ME: My brother is good to play with. I don’t like it when he bites me when he wants a toy I have.

Well, you heard it here first - it’s great to play with your little brother, except when it isn’t.

Watch this space for more Sadie: Kid Reporter!

KAELYN'S BOOK CLUB Regan Alford Wee Ones Selection - Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown & Clement Hurd (HarperCollins Publishers) In a great green room, tucked away in bed, is a little bunny.

"Goodnight room, goodnight moon." And to all the familiar things in the softly lit room -- to the picture of the three little bears sitting in chairs, to the clocks and his socks, to the mittens and the kittens, to everything one by one -- he says goodnight. This is a lovely classic children's bedtime book that all will love. (ages 0-3) Little Ones Selection - Max at Night by Ed Vere (Puffin) "This is Max. Max is very sleepy. It's way past Max's bedtime.

Max has brushed his teeth. Max has cleaned behind his ears.

Now Max just needs to say goodnight." Max is tired and all ready for bed, but when he can't find the moon to say goodnight to, he sets out to find it. But that's not as easy as Max had hoped. Witty and heart-warming, this stylish and beautifully illustrated book is the perfect bedtime read. (ages 3-5) Both books are available at The Box of Delights Bookshop, Wolfville. Kaelyn's Book Club members will receive 10% off these titles in-store kaelynsbookclub.wordpress.com

AMUSE-BOUCHE FRENCH FOR KIDS Sarah Anderson

C'est la vie- (say-lah-vee) "C'est la vie" is a phrase we often hear in both French and English. Translated it means "that's how things happen" or "that's life".

We use "c'est la vie" for situations that are out of our control. For example, say your friends invite you to the movies but you have swim practice. You're disappointed you have to miss out, but it's not the end of the world - c'est la vie.

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GRANOLA BARS Lindsay Reid, The Rolled Oat Cafe in Wolfville

Chef Nelson Penner: Obsessed Forager of Wild Edibles (Especially Fungi) Avery Peters If you go hiking with Nelson Penner, you’re likely to find that he has disappeared and is no longer with you on the trail. I was lucky to be hiking with him during peak mushroom season this past year because he doesn’t give away his foraging spots. You and I can all enjoy the bounty of the mushrooms he collects at the Blomidon Inn Restaurant during the Icewine Festival. Thanks to his preparedness in preserving last year’s spring, summer, and fall harvest of wild edibles, he is creating a foraged dinner at the Blomidon Inn. Part of the excitement of foraging is the uniqueness of ingredients. Nelson tells me that if he had his way, he would never cook the same thing twice. This process of discovery and learning is also part of the excitement of foraging. Sometimes you go out and find a bounty of chanterelles, and other times you come back with nothing (except the feeling a beautiful day spent outdoors gives you).

Nelson’s work is rooted in the province first, in what he can find right here. It evolves each year depending on the wild harvest and the harvest from his family farm. He takes the best of what’s available and showcases it.

Nelson filled me in on his plans for his 6-course foraging dinner, which will begin with Chickweed Salad (early greens grown

in his father’s greenhouse). It will be garnished with heart nuts from their collection of nut trees on the family farm. Cream of Wild Mushroom Soup will follow. The Seared Duck Breast is going to take you right back to spring as it’s paired with spruce tip jelly that was harvested and prepared from the early shoots of the trees last year.

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As a self proclaimed “obsessed forager of wild edibles, especially fungi” (see @nelson_penner on Twitter), Nelson scoured the province to make this dinner possible. This past summer was a bit too dry for chanterelles in the Valley, but it was bursting with porcinis. On his weekends off he adventured throughout the province to find the various mushrooms for the soup and risotto. Other foraged ingredients are in the Pan Seared Halibut and Black Walnut Madeleine, which contain gooseberries, chokecherries, and rose hips collected from around his farm property.

Nelson plans to have these sorts of pop-up dinners at the Blomidon Inn Restaurant regularly. They give him the chance to showcase his unique dishes. While the Blomidon has been known for many of its standards, food lovers will be delighted by the fresh and unique flavours of the foraging dinner.

Foraging Dinner at The Blomidon Inn Restaurant Saturday, March 5, 2016 Call the restaurant to make your reservation

at 902-542-2291 Follow Nelson @nelson_penner for details on (ice) wine pairings and preparations.

For more wild recipes and adventures visit Avery at her blog: wildeats.ca.

The Icewine Festival began in 2007 as a celebration and tribute of Nova Scotia’s internationally acclaimed icewines. Recently it has evolved to encompass all of the local wines being produced. Nine years later, the Icewine Festival is back, with the new format adopted two years ago, to ever increasing popularity.

This year the festival will happen at Domaine de Grand Pré over two weekends – Febru-

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On the stove over med/low heat, combine: butter, brown sugar, peanut butter, nutmeg, cinnamon, vanilla & salt. Take off heat, continue to stir and then wisk in beaten egg (that way the egg whites won't cook).

Add the wet mixture to your dry and stir until cooled.

Spread on to lined, greased baking sheet.

(This recipe will make half of a large cookie sheet, to make a full cookie sheet of granola bars, double the recipe).

The Icewine Festival at Domaine de Grand Pré and Restaurant Le Caveau Well folks, we’re in the thick of it – dark dreary skies, bone chilling temperatures, shoveling snow off slippery driveways. In a word – winter. So why, with all this dismal cold around me, can I not wipe the grin off my face? Because this is the time of year for the Icewine Festival and anyone in the know (as you will be momentarily) is brimming with the anticipation that comes with this annual frozen frolic in the Valley. And yours truly is most excited… you guessed it… about the food.

4 cups oats 2 cups peanuts 1 cup raisins 1 cup coconut 1/2 cup sunflower seeds 1/2 cup sunflower seeds 2/3 cup butter 2 cups brown sugar 2 cups peanut butter 1 teaspoon nutmeg 2 teaspoon cinnamon 2 teaspoon vanilla 1 teaspoon salt 2 eggs

Mix together: oats, peanuts, raisins, coconut, and seeds.

DINNER OUT: Scott Campbell

Winter is in full effect, both in Nova Scotia and Ontario where I am currently vacationing. These frigid temperatures don't hamper the desire to be in the kitchen trying new recipes. With the lack of fresh fruit and veggies during the winter season, it's the perfect time to look in your pantry and put use to your jars of dry goods. This granola bar recipe, brought to us by Niagara pastry Chef Alyssa Wink, is perfect as is, chewy and peanuty, but feel free to adapt it to your liking.

ary 27/28 and March 5/6. Also, on Friday, February 26 and Friday, March 4, Restaurant LeCaveau will be taking a break from their winter hiatus (which seems to defeat the purpose of a hiatus but I’m not going to tell them that) and be open for service. Reservations are going fast so don’t wait too long to book a table if you want to start off your Icewine weekend with a lovely dinner at Restaurant LeCaveau.

Domaine de Grand Pre will also be presenting many other culinary treats throughout the festival. Every Saturday and Sunday between noon and 4pm there will be a roaring bonfire on the grounds for everyone to gather around and sip hot cider. If you are in the mood for something more icy, Bulwark Ciders will be on hand with free samples of their new Ice Cider.

But, back to the warm stuff. This year’s festivities will include (just like last year) a delicious pig roasted to perfection outdoors in a roasting box. The mouth-watering smell of roasting pork will have everyone lining up for the delicate, succulent meat which will

then be transformed into tasty pulled pork sandwiches. A bright winter afternoon sitting around a bonfire and enjoying a pulled pork sandwich and a hot cider - awesome. And if you have a sweet tooth, Brian Allaway, from Acadian Maple, will be onsite on select days offering up Maple Candy (made by pouring hot Maple Syrup into the snow). It doesn’t get much better than that.

Bake at 350 for 15-20 minutes.

Kerina Dykstra (of “Let’s Eat!” Personal Chef Services) will be there presenting her food offerings with Blomidon Estate Winery and Gaspereau Vineyard wines. You will also be able to enjoy special themed cocktails by Jeff and Shane of Halifax’s popular Lot Six Bar & Restaurant.

Besides the afternoon pork and cider treats guests will also have a chance to enjoy all kinds of culinary treats inside. Of course Restaurant LeCaveau Chef, Jason Lynch, will be on hand to provide amazing food pairings for both Domain de Grand Pré and Sainte-Famille Wines. Chef Richard Harmes of Luckett Vineyards will be on hand pairing his culinary creations with Luckett Vineyard wines. And Sober Island will be supplying oysters to be served alongside L’Acadie Vineyard wines.

I’ll be on hand for at least a day or two of the festival tweeting about the fun and food to be had. Stop by and say hi and I’ll tweet a picture of us enjoying this fantastic event. You never know – you might end up in an issue of the Grapevine.

Gourmandises Avenue Chocolaterie (who you may recognize from the Wolfville Farmers' Market) will be pairing their amazing chocolate delights with Planters Ridge wines.

Cheers.

For more information on the events (and food) to be found at the Nova Scotia Icewine Festival 2016, check out their website at www. nsicewinefest.com.

Follow Scott on Instagram & Twitter @ scottsgrapevine

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OPERA AT THE CINEPLEX Margot Bishop

If you love opera and are not planning a trip to New York city to see a production at the Metropolitan Opera, experience The Met: Live in HD at the Cineplex theatre in New Minas. Opera lovers in Nova Scotia have been able to see live stream shows from the Metropolitan Opera in New York city since 2006. There were three shows in Halifax the first year. In 2008, this very cool way of seeing (and hearing) opera, arrived in the Annapolis Valley. There have been at least eight shows a year ever since. Some favourites have been repeated, including Tosca, Aida, and Turandot. There have also been new productions, Berg's Lulu and Bizet's Les Pecheurs de Perles. Opera is being enjoyed by millions thorough this HD technology due in large part to Peter Gelb, the managing director of the Met. What is fascinating about these shows is the interviews and footage from behind the scenes which the audience, sitting in the actual opera house, would never see. Recently, at Bizet’s The Pearl Fishers, which had not been performed at the Met for a hundred years, the HD audience was treated to an interview with the tenor and the baritone. Also

shown were the stage props including the new space-age machine that allowed the pearl fishers to 'swim' down to the bottom of the sea, complete with air bubbles.

Every HD stream has new and exciting items to tickle the audiences' taste, including interviews with members of the 'pit', conductors, designers, and costumers. Some of the costumes are over a hundred years old, and the history of each piece and which actor has worn what is fascinating.

Coming up in this season, are Puccini's, Manon Lescaut (March 5) and Madama Butterfly (April 2), along with Donizetti's Roberto Devereux (a Met premiere), and a new production of Strauss' Elektra. If you love opera and are not planning a trip to the Met in the near future, these live stream HD shows are a truly remarkable option.

For more info on the Met, visit operaMet.org.

For more info on The Met: Live in HD at Cineplex, visit cineplex.com/Events/MetOpera

REVIEW: JOEL PLASKETT AT THE UNION STREET CAFE Joshua Fraser

Joel Plaskett was a name that I heard on the radio. I recognized him as a local talent and an encouragement to Nova Scotian musicians that they can make it to the airwaves alongside music’s mega-stars. When I heard he was playing at the Union Street Cafe in Berwick I jumped at the chance to see Plaskett live, and I must say he made it worth the trip and then some.

Honestly, I didn’t know what to expect, but I certainly expected more people on stage, especially given Plaskett’s more pop-style repertoire. Nope, it was just Joel and a few guitars. The first thing that impressed me was how Plaskett’s energy filled the stage.

Not that he was compensating, there was almost no room for anyone else. The music came pouring from him, emanating a feeling that was more than sound waves. Despite his relative youth, Plaskett has the confidence of a veteran performer.

Charm. That is what held the audience suspended on his every note. When he played the acoustic, he bobbed back and forth keeping his voice amped with singsong vibes. Tall and lanky in his checked shirt and plain black vest, it looked like Scarecrow had learned to play guitar. His smile was so wide, his tone so disarming, the room developed a giddy feel that made me think more of a playground than a music hall. Plaskett joked at one point that since his son was born his songs were “getting sillier”, at least the lyrics were.

The heart shows through the eyes, that is my claim, but not mine alone. I dare anyone else in that room to say that Joel did anything with his eyes but dance. He made friends with us all with his anecdotes about growing up in Nova Scotia. And he coached the au-

dience into becoming his backup singers for the Dartmouth-inspired tune ‘Park Avenue Sobriety Test’.

The last thing I want the reader to think is that Plaskett’s material was mostly fluff.

Don’t get me wrong, the fun attitude dominated the night, but you could see the depth of Plaskett’s thought and feeling when he talked about his travels. He liked to give the crowd some background before launching into a song, and as a deep listener I appreciated that he gave us a few hints to help us follow the inspiration through the whole piece. Plaskett spoke passionately about his trek through Iqaluit and Igluik, giving a very balanced account, and once again demonstrating his ability to straddle serious and silly to deliver meaning through his music.

As mentioned, I was not a hardcore Plaskett fan going in, but there were plenty in attendance. Far from needing prompts from the stage, those in the crowd who knew his music felt compelled to sing along. Just by scanning the audience, I could tell if he was playing one of his more well-known numbers by how many lips were moving along with the lyrics, and even felt mine do the same when he played his hit single "Nowhere With You". And when he played "I Belong to You", all the lovers in the room cuddled together and the place positively glowed with good vibes.

The Union Street Cafe is well suited to solo acoustic performances, and once again they drew a powerful performer to their stage.

Joel Plaskett gave a performance that made me want to return for the next three nights of his valley sojourn, if only to forget my worries and laugh along with him. Keep an eye out for his return, and please don’t miss it!

WEST SIDE STORY AT WEST KINGS Hannah MacMillan

This March, the West King's District High School Drama program, under the direction of Hal Jessome and David O'Leary presents Stephen Sondheim and Leonard Bernstein's classic West Side Story.

Opening night for this show is Wednesday, March 2 at 7:30pm in the Theatre at West Kings. The show will run from March 2-5 with a matinee on March 6 at 2pm. Admission is $13 for adults and $10 for students. Tickets can be purchased at the West King's office or by calling 902-847-4440.

The cast is comprised entirely of West Kings students who have been working hard since September to produce an entertaining and well put together show for the public. West

Side Story is a musical adaptation of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. The classic story focuses on main characters Maria and Tony who are deeply in love. However, their feuding families keep them from being together which eventually leads to a tragic ending. The show is filled with timeless music and scenes that will make you laugh or maybe even shed a few tears. You won’t want to miss it!

The main cast includes: Hannah Dempsey as Maria Sandon Gagnon as Tony Norah Bernasky as Anita Glenn Rowe as Riff Joshua Law as Bernardo

DEBUT ATLANTIC CONCERT Thomas Clahane

It may have been 12 below outside, but the sunshine poured through the arched windows of Garden Room at the K.C. Irving Centre on Valentine’s Day. The Garden Room, with its beautiful classical design including five large arched windows on either side, has beautiful acoustics and open space. It is the perfect setting for a winter Sunday afternoon of classical music. The capacity audience was gathered to hear the piano of Maxim Bernard and the violin of Stanislav Pronin as part of the debut Atlantic concert season.

Maxim Bernard opened the afternoon with two short Rachmaninov preludes, the G major and the G –sharp minor, Op.32 numbers 5 and 12. The first is upbeat and bright in the major key, the second darker and in the words of Bernard, almost macabre. These were followed by two etudes by Scriabin, the first Op.2, No. 1 is primarily a lonely, rather melancholy piece and was followed by Op.8 No.12, a much brighter and impetuous composition.

After these four short pieces Stanislav Protin was introduced and played an original composition that he wrote and recorded for the CBC. From the larger work, In Solitude-7 Impressions he chose to share the first of the cycle, Nocturne, which he explained had echoes of Scandinavia, which was “much like here, only grayer.” It did catch the mood of the bare trees and snow, although not so much the bright sunshine and blue sky.

This was followed by the first major work of the afternoon, the Brahms Sonata for violin and piano No. 3 in D minor. This is a powerful and dramatic piece in four movements, at times mysterious, resolving in a powerful, breathtaking finale. Both the audience and the musicians exhaled deeply at the final note and were in need of the intermission.

The second half of the concert began with a piece of modern classical music, the Impromptu for violin and piano by the Montreal composer, Julien Bilodeau. This piece is full of 21st century angst, and feels choppy and violent, with the piano and violin appearing often to be at war with each other. However, it does resolve and was well received by the audience.

The final major piece of the afternoon was Cesar Franck’s Sonata for violin and piano in A Major and, it was explained, was written as a wedding gift for a friend and therefore is a “most suitable” selection for Valentine’s Day. This is a powerful composition that surges and ebbs and moves from feeling like being washed by ocean waves in a heavy surf to a peaceful and tranquil, even sorrowful, middle section, only to build again into a crashing finale tying together the underlying themes from the earlier movements.

After a well-deserved standing ovation for the players, the audience slowly moved out into a bright winter afternoon, grateful for the advantages of living where cultural events of this nature are part of our community fabric.

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T HE W R IT TE N WO RD FROM THE BOX OF DELIGHTS BOOKSHOP

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Contributed by Jon DeCoste What better way to spend the dark and blustery February days (and nights) than curled up in your most comfortable chair with a glass of wine and a great book? Here are some pairings suggested by the staff and frequent visitors of the Box of Delights Bookshop: Fifteen Dogs by André Alexis The 2015 Scotiabank Giller Prize winner is one that lovers of dogs, mythology, and philosophical discussions on the nature of love and happiness will enjoy! Chronicling the lives of fifteen dogs who have been given "human” consciousness, this book will leave you asking plenty of questions about how you perceive the world you live in. What better to sip on as you ponder whether you are in love or happy (or want a dog?) than the sweet and crisp Riesling.

Smoke Proofs by Andrew Steeves Local writer, typographer, and literary publisher Andrew Steeves has compiled this series of essays about the art of book making. Looking at the history and philosophy of printing, Steeves “points the reader back to his or her own responsibility for the preservation” of the book.

What better to pair with the man The Globe & Mail calls the “inkstained wizard of Kentville” than the most popular local variety of wine: Tidal Bay. Enjoy his essays about reading local while sipping local flavours! Grab a Tidal Bay at any of the neighbourhood wineries and get your copy of Smoke Proofs right here at the bookshop.

Welcome to Night Vale by Joseph Fink & Jeffrey Cranor Podcast fans and those with overactive imaginations will love this, a novel from the creators of one of the most popular podcasts to date. Chronicling the small, Southwestern town of Night Vale, where the normal and paranormal coexist, Welcome to Night Vale brings the lives of two women and two mysteries together.

Best paired with that darkest and most mysterious of wines, the Merlot.

Hark! A Vagrant by Kate Beaton Born and raised in Cape Breton, Kate Beaton has been uploading her comics to the internet since 2007. In this side-splittingly funny collection, she uses her her “funny and writerly look at history” (Toronto Star) to leave your mind enlightened and your soul happier. This is best paired with, well, any wine; the higher the quantity of wine, the more belly laughs you’ll have to counteract the calories.

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WORD OF THE ISSUE Margaret Drummond

Bumptious Adjective

Self-assertive in an obnoxious way.

"Sadly, due to the bumptious nature of his character, acquaintances were unlikely to become friends."

What is a personal history?

It’s your story.

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THE DOME CHRONICLES: HOME Garry Leeson

In 1972, a boxcar from Toronto containing a menagerie of farm animals and an eager young couple pulled into the station platform in Kingston, Nova Scotia. They were bound for a deserted hundred-acre farm on the South Mountain, determined to preserve the foundations of farmsteads past while constructing a geodesic dome. They were pioneers of the future, armed with respect for tradition and an irrepressible sense of humour. They didn’t call themselves farmers. They were back-to-the-landers. Farming was industry and their calling was sustainability. Over the next forty years, through flood and fire, triumph and catastrophe, they persevered, unwittingly sowing the seeds for the modern small-farm movement.

We made our way through the crowd that was still gathered around the railway siding then saddled our horses and mounted up. With me riding one of the chestnut geldings and leading another and Andrea aboard our third dark bay quarter horse with our pony Spring in tow, we headed out of town and toward the South Mountain to where our new home was going to be.

Crossing the bridge that spanned the Annapolis River and passing through the village of Greenwood we steered clear of the entrance to the airbase and the new shopping mall. The horses, after their long confinement in the boxcar, were full of piss and vinegar, eager to be on the move and barely in hand. Some individuals from the crowds of onlookers and newspaper reporters who had greeted us on our arrival had taken to their vehicles to escort us.

Whenever their cars would buzz past us

honking their horns and waving, the horses would start bucking, shying, and cavorting sending the road gravel flying. If we hadn’t been desperately clamped onto our saddles we might well have ended our long journey from Ontario prematurely lying on our backs in the ditch. But when we were clear of the built up area and entered farm country we were finally shed of the welcomers and the horses started to settle down.

It was a temporary calm. While rounding a bend in the road, heading for the little bridge that crosses the Fales River, the horses perked up again. They were responding to the sound of neighing in the distance. Answering the call they started prancing nervously then broke into a trot. Shortly the source of the equine greeting came into view. A mismatched team of horses pulling a mowing machine was standing in the centre of a small hay meadow.

The old grey gelding and his roan mate had just startled their dozing driver awake with their quivering calls. As we passed the man took off his straw hat, doffed it in our direction then mopped his brow with an old dirty hankie and clucked his team back to work.

That image of Lloyd Morse in his field that day has stayed with me. It was surreal, as if in the few short miles since we left the train we had been transported into a distant, simpler past.

It was why we had come there.

Over the course of the next few days we settled in on our land, bought and put up our tent, built a corral for the horses, and fenced our field. We were a bit distracted by the clouds of mosquitoes and black flies that greeted us shortly after our arrival but that situation was alleviated when we took advantage of the offer of a borrowed chicken coop.

SPINE LABELS

Angela J. Reynolds, Community Engagement Coordinator Are you on the search for great wines? Just learning about wine? Your local library can help.

No, we don’t serve wine at the library, at least, not by the glass... What we do serve are books about wine. Our labels are not on the wine, they are on the spine. You may need to learn about grapes first, so try Grapes & Wines : A Comprehensive Guide to Varieties and Flavours by Oz Clarke and Margaret Rand. This book offers descriptions of more than 300 varieties, plus more than 550 photos, maps, artworks, wine labels, and maturity charts.

Take a virtual tour of Canada’s wineries in Canadian Wineries

by Tony Aspler, with photography

by Jean-François Bergeron. This book is a is a gorgeous and compelling journey through British Columbia, Ontario, Quebec, and Nova Scotia, where we meet some of the men and women who have dedicated their lives to the art of winemaking.

Perhaps your tastes tend more toward fiction. In Laura Childs’ mystery, Steeped in Evil, a sweet wine-tasting event takes on a bitter aftertaste when a dead body is discovered in one of the wine barrels. If you have a yen for humour and can’t resist wine and food pairings, settle in with J. Ryan Stradal’s quirky debut novel, Kitchens of the Great Midwest. Each chapter tells the story of a single dish and character, at once capturing the zeitgeist of the Midwest, the rise of foodie culture, and delving into the ways food creates community and a sense of identity.

And if magazines are more your style, grab a few issues on your tablet with our new service, Zinio. Download and keep them as long as you want. There’s bound to be some wine and food advice in Martha Stewart’s Living, the Food Network Magazine, or Cook’s Illustrated, all of which you can borrow for free.

So, next time you think wine, head to your library. Our cellars are full of fine items, waiting for you to sample. valleylibrary.ca

It was quite a job moving it from our neighbour’s yard onto our property but we revelled in the relative luxury it eventually provided.

The former home for poultry was not the sort of accommodation that Andrea had become accustomed to in her family’s home in Montreal’s exclusive Westmount district but, strangely, all things considered, she seemed totally happy.

Thus comfortably housed, we turned our attention to planning what would become our permanent dwelling. Don’t ask me why I had decided it was going to be a geodesic dome. I guess I got the idea when I saw pictures of the American Pavillion at Expo in 1967. It was all the hype about the innovative structure being extremely strong for its weight, and enclosing the greatest volume for the least surface area that appealed to me. In truth, now that we were actually going to attempt to build our futuristic dream home, I was falling out of love with the idea. We had scads of old growth pine and spruce on the property and a log cabin would have been the sensible option. Andrea would have none of it. I had dragged her off to the wilds of Nova Scotia promising a geodesic dome and by God, she was going to have one.

So there we were, tucked in our cozy coop, working by the light of an oil lamp perched on an old steamer trunk in front of our future home’s oak dining table as we set about planning our new home. I had very little information to work with, just some stuff I gleaned from an old hippie publication called Mother Earth News. It had a set of tables that indicated strut lengths and the various angles required. The article recommended making a small model before attempting the full size item.

I didn’t think that the table top item made with tooth picks that they suggested would give me a feel for the huge forty foot diameter ferro-concrete dome we were going to build so instead I decided to build a ten foot diameter version that we could use as an out building before we attempted the full size structure.

Working with 2x3 inch pieces of wood and hand tools we cut and drilled until we had a pile of struts with varied lengths and different tricky angles on each end. We sawed off some short lengths of plastic drainpipe to serve as hubs and then began assembling the framework. It was a real leap of faith and while strapping the struts to the hubs we weren’t sure, until the final piece was in place and the building magically assumed its promised strength, that it was going to work.

But against all odds, it did. We were elated and in my enthusiasm my reaction to our success might even have been a little over the top.

THE JOY BEAR BLANKET: $400 DONATED TO CHILDRENS' CAUSES Donna Nicholson It began last Valentine's Day, my granddaughter's birthday. I decided it was time to share with her a special song that I'd written for my sons years ago - "The Teddy Bear's Lullabye".

My 70 year-old croaky voice was sure not going to sell any CDs but when I remembered the lyrics, "Teddy bears and cuddly toys, soft furry blankets you cling to...", the idea of a children's blanket came to mind - a blanket all in polar fleece, with a hand sewn pocket in the centre and a hand sewn teddy bear in the centre of the pocket and the CD in the pocket.

Thanks to our long and miserable winter last year I had a lot of time on my hands to figure this out because you see, the joke was on me - I don't sew. Somehow though, old childhood sewing lessons did re-surface and after a lot of trial and error, and great advice from dear friends, I finally had a prototype on March 7.

A special thank you goes to Susan Ueffing who donated her time and lovely voice to sing the vocals of the "Teddy Bear's Lullabye". I named it the Joy Bear Blanket for two reasons - one, in memory of my younger sister, Lynda Joy Kay, who passed away in Vancouver the day before, and two, the most important reason, the joy every child brings into this world.

As long as my fingers can do the sewing, I am committed to making these blankets that I hope bring much happiness to little children and profits that help children's causes. The Joy Bear Blanket and CD sells for $20 and $10 from each, from now until June, will be donated to the IWK Children's Hospital.

I would like to give a big thank you to everyone who purchased a Joy Bear Blanket and Lullabye. Thanks to you, the $400 profits for 40 blankets sold between July and November was donated to Christmas Daddies in December.

If anyone is interested in seeing the blanket and listening to the CD, please give me a call, or drop by for coffee and a chat. I'm listed in the Canning directory. May 2016 be a year of happy memories for you all.

Donna Nicholson 320 Jackson Barkhouse Road 902-582-1775

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LOCAVORE MARKETS

IN SEASON Annapolis Royal Winter Farmers Market

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NO HIBERNATION NEEDED FOR VALLEY LOCAVORES Emily Leeson

October 17, 2015 - May 14, 2016, 9am-12noon Main Courtyard and Gift Shop at the Annapolis Royal Historic Gardens. 441 St. George Street Annnapolis Royal historicgardens.com/experience_ calendar.php WINTER MARKET: • Late October to May, Sat. 9-12 Historic Gardens

Greenwood Farmer's Market Thursdays Year Round 12 - 4 pm Located in the Greenwood Mall , 963 Central Avenue, Kingston

Kentville Farmer's Market

Mid October to May: Wednesdays, 10am – 2pm Kentville Lion’s Club, 78 River St., Kentville kentvillefarmersmarket.ca

Wolfville Farmer's Market Wednesdays May - Dec. 4 - 7 pm Saturdays 8:30 - 1:00 Year Round 24 Elm Ave, Wolfville, NS B4P 2S3 wolfvillefarmersmarket.ca

EVENTS MAPLICIOUS – Wolfville Farmers' Market Saturday March 19, 8:30am - 1pm All sorts of things come to mind when you think of Canada, but Maple Syrup tops the list! We've tapped into our roots and are pleased to celebrate the sweet liquid gold at Maplicious on March 19th at the Wolfville Farmers’ Market. Join us for a Maple feast of delicious treats and visuals, as well as a kid’s spring craft activity.

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Whether you’re braving the winter winds on foot to one of the several Farmers’ Markets that remain open through the snowy months, nipping into a farm stand still brimming with local goods, or parking as close as you can to a roadside Farm Market, there are still plenty of options to eat and shop locally this winter.

Kentville’s Farmers’ Market may have moved indoors to the bright and spacious Kentville Lions Club at 78 River Street for the winter months, but the vendors are still on hand every Wednesday 10am until 2pm with hot lunches, vegetables, breads, baking and other local fare.

For local vendor, Dennis Johnson of Den’s Fudge, the winter months are a chance to slow down, focus on new creations, customer care, and allow the cozier flavours of hand-made fudge a moment to shine: “I love to cook, so the winter months, being slower than their warmer counterparts allows me to create further original flavours,” says Dennis, “I do more customer direct sales in the colder months also. I can typically be seen with 15 flavours in warmer days, but that gets scaled back to 10 or so this time of the year which I rotate depending on demand. Hard to pin point a star flavour, but my Sea Salted Caramel has spoken for the limelight this winter!”

For Angie Oriana Jenkins of Sister Lotus (sisterlotus.com), a regular at the Wolfville Farmers’ Market, the foraging for supplies doesn’t stop just because the snow has started to fly, “I love to do my forest foraging on snowshoe,” she says. With the winter season comes a whole host of season-specific ailments, many of which Wolfville’s belly-dancing herbalist can help with, “Because folks tend to not feel as well during the winter, I get busy doing health consultations & creating personal programmes.

The demand for medicinal products goes up

too so I make extra big batches of Cayenne Balm (to warm those hands & feet) & Arnica Cream & Oil (for pain relief). Plus, people tend to be more interested in drinking tea now than in the summer so I make more of my dried plant potions to satisfy that need.” With the winter months making it harder for some to get outside and stay active, our valley is still full of people looking for local options to get fit and have fun. “Belly dancing classes tend to get busier in the winter too because of New Year's resolutions,” Angie reports of the other half of her business endeavours.

While the Wolfville Farmers’ Market is taking every advantage of the winter season to showcase our local fares with events, like the coming Maplicious Market (Saturday, March 19), the Kentville Farmers’ Market is also still open through these months, every Wednesday, rain, shine, snow, or sleet. They are already making plans for the spring season and looking for help in deciding where their Spring and Summer 2016 location should be. To take part in their online survey, visit surveymonkey.com/r/Kentvillefarmersmarketlocation.

With perhaps the most interesting location of all the Farmers' Markets open year-round, the Greenwood Mall Farmer's Market makes it's home at the Greenwood Mall. Every Thursday from 12pm until 4pm, shoppers find a variety of locally crafted, baked, and farmed goods alongside the regular Mall shops. For Marie and Guy of Marie et Guy, French Bakery in neighbouring Kingston, the winter season doesn't slow the valley's appetite for french bakery traditions. Alongside the breads made from organic flour, the croissants, chocolate croissants, and danishes are available all year round, either at their bakery on Main Street in Kingston, or at the various Farmer's Markets throughout the valley that they deliver to.

Hennigar’s Farm Market in Wolfville closes up for the winter months, but the nearby Stirling Fruit Farms in is still open, and across the valley Avery’s Farm Markets are still open.

Elderkin’s Farm Market and Bakery in Wolfville also braves the winter months. While the winter weather may occasionally hinder them from attending the Halifax Forum Farmer's Market, valley locavores are lucky enough to live close to the source. Opened as a Farm Market and Bakery in 1996, Elderkin's Farm has been a family owned farm since 1760. At Greenwich’s

THE LOCAVORE LINGO LOCAVORE: A person whose diet consists only or principally of locally grown or produced food.

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der to qualify as a 'Product of Canada,' all or nearly all of the food processing and labour used to make the food must be Canadian. This means that the foods were grown or raised by Canadian farmers, andprepared and packaged by Canadian food companies. A food can still be labelled "Product of Canada" if it contains small amounts of imported food, such as spices, food additives, vitamins, and flavourings.

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Noggin’s Farm Market there is big work underway. They are in the process of taking down several old buildings and building a new one.

Over at TapRoots Farm, they are using the winter season for lots of research and outreach regarding their flax operation. According to Rhea Hamllin, “Denise has been researching different seed trials carried out in Belgium and France for varieties that will grow well in our Maritime climate. Because of our shorter growing season, we are looking at seed varieties with good youth growth. We are planning to grow five acres of flax this year, with the majority of the fields being planted with the Melina variety. We have planted Melina before with good success.

We will also plant some small test plots with a range of newer varieties.” The Taproots blog (taprootfarms.ca/blog) offers regular updates on their activities and offerings.

The Groundhog may have predicted that spring is just around the corner, but in these parts, we don’t need to wait until the sun shines to shop locally. The locavores of this valley are out snowshoeing, indoors bellydancing, around town shopping for handmade crafts and homemade bread at the mall, meeting friends for chilli at the Lion’s Hall, grabbing some apples on their way up the valley, or tucking in to some raspberry jam on french bread alongside the perfect cup of tea.

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WINTER SAFETY TIP

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hildren should be warned of the dangers of playing near roads during falling snow of icy conditions. It becomes much harder for cars to steer or break in the snow – making it much more difficult to avoid potential accidents – and snowplows clearing the road are often a big (and dangerous) draw for younger children.

HISTORIC EVENTS IN WOLFVILLE: 1830

Children need to understand that plows are very large and that they take time to slow down and stop. However, it may be difficult for children to hear a snowplow approaching, and children should move well back from the road if they see or hear one.

Don’t build snow forts or make tunnels – especially along the roadway and at the end of the driveway. Snow forts can collapse and trap or injure a child, be hit by an out of control car, or be destroyed by a snowplow clearing snow or cleaning up an area.

Please remember that while winter is a great season for outdoor activities, snow can bring both fun and danger for children.

Town of Mud Creek switched its name to Wolfville

Mid-19th Century Wolfville was renowned as the world’s smallest port

1867

The Town welcomed Confederation

1868

The Windsor and Annapolis Railway arrived making Wolfville a seaport devoted principally to the export of apples

March 20, 1893

2016/17 BUDGET PROCESS UPDATE

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s noted in an earlier article in the Grapevine, the Town of Wolfville is in the process of developing its 2016/17 Operations Plan, which includes the operating and capital budgets. To date there have been four presentations to the Committee of the Whole, which is open to the public. This year’s draft budgets started with significant shortfalls, with the operating budget having a deficit of over $300,000 in Draft Version 1.

Council has been reviewing options, providing direction to senior management, and a balanced budget is within sight. The current draft, Version 3, would, on average, include a 1% increase in residential property taxes which compares to just under 2% a year ago. The draft Operations Plan, and related budgets, will be reviewed at the March 1st Committee of the Whole Meeting, with a goal of having Council approve the budgets at the March 22, 2015 Council Meeting.

For more information please refer to the Town’s website (www. wolfville.ca) where more detailed information will be available.

MARCH BREAK ADVENTURE CAMP All Camps: March 14-18 All Camps: Provided with an Acadia Camp T-shirt NEW! Adventure Camp Ages: 8-14

Come and explore with Acadia over March Break, with instructors who will show you how to design a town and a skate park as they explore Wolfville on a scavenger hunt.

Experience snowshoeing, tennis, fencing and other arts and crafts adventures.

Contact: michelle.wood@acadiau.ca for more information.

Time: 9:00am – 4:00pm Location: Acadia University

Register here: www.acadiaathletics.ca/community/ camps

Cost: $150

The Town was incorporated with Dr E. Perry Bowles as its first mayor

1985

The Town was declared a nuclear free zone

GRANT APPLICATIONS

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he Town of Wolfville is not yet receiving applications for grants as the Town Council is currently revising it’s policy on this matter. We anticipate that the application period for grants will be opened in late March so please continue to stay tuned to the Town’s website, www.wolfville.ca for updates!

April 17, 2007

Wolfville was Canada’s first fair trade town

UPCOMING MEETINGS

Committee of the Whole Date: Tuesday, March 1, 2016

RCMP Advisory Board Date: Tuesday, March 22, 2016

Time: 9:00am

Time: 10:00am

Location: Town Hall

Location: Town Hall

Town & Gown Committee Meeting Date: Tuesday, March 22, 2016 Time: 12:00pm Location: Town Hall

Town Council Meeting Date: Tuesday, March 22, 2016 Time: 6:30pm Location: Town Hall February 25 – March 10, 2016 | 19

WHAT'S HAPPENING FROM FEBRUARY 25 – MARCH 10, 2016 SEND YOUR EVENTS TO LISTINGS@GRAPEVINEPUBLISHING.CA Please note: Events are subject to change.

THURSDAY, 25

Roast Beef Dinner Fundraiser — Lions Club, Auburn 4:30–6:30pm • Come enjoy a fabulous roast beef dinner and support the West Kings Football team. There will also be a 50/50 and other door prizes. Scotiabank will match the donations received at the door. TIX: Donation

U.S. Expert on Smart Valley — Lions Club, Berwick 6:30–8:30pm • David Sandel, founder of the Gigabit City Summit, will explain how economic growth and social transformation from Smart Communities could work for the Annapolis Valley. TIX: no charge INFO: 902-670-2287 / krmells@nsvalleyren.ca

Jam Dance — Louis Millet Community Complex, New Minas 7–8pm • One hour of guided physical, musical play for everyone. Supported with live music

by Kory Bayer and Friends. This is a great way to meet all kinds of people and make new friends. TIX: $0.50 INFO: 902-582-3888 / kp@alexandersociety.org Talk: “My Ink is Made of White Snow” — Beveridge Arts Centre, Wolfville 7–9pm • W/Dr. Peter O’Brien, Assistant Professor, Department of Classics, Dalhousie University: ‘My ink is made of white snow; Communication and Emotional Reciprocity in Le Brun’s Nova Gallia.’ This little-known (and never translated) piece of 17th century NeoLatin Canadiana embodies an early modern attempt to envision First Nations’ life in New France through the lens of Graeco-Roman poetry. TIX: no charge INFO: 902-585-1289 / gillian.poulter@acadiau.ca

FRIDAY, 26

Playful Pals Playgroup — Recreation Centre, Wolfville; Fire Hall, Waterville; New Beginnings Centre, Greenwood 9:30–11:30am • An opportunity for parent-child interaction and a chance to meet other families. Sing songs, have finger plays, play in the gym, and more. Playgroups integrate all age groups. TIX: no charge INFO: 902-678-5760 / family.centre@ns.sympatico.ca Coffee & Conversation — Library, Berwick 10–11:30am • ‘Home and Internet Safety’ presented by Michelle Parker, Community Safety Coordinator. Coffee, tea and conversation.

TIX: no charge INFO: 902-538-4030

BusyBabies — Murdoch C. Smith Memorial Library, Port Williams 11:30am–12:30pm

• Books, songs and rhymes for ages 0–2 and caregivers. No registration required. TIX: no charge INFO: 902-542-3005.

Preschool Storytime — Rosa M. Harvey Middleton & Area Library, Middleton 2:30–3:30pm • Stories, songs, rhymes and snacks for ages 0–4 with caregivers. TIX: no charge INFO: valleylibrary.ca

LEGO Stop Motion Flick — Library, Kingston 3:30–5pm • As a group we will design the set and characters with LEGO, along with a story-line. Take some pictures and transform them into a stop motion flick. For ages 7 to 12. Pre-registration is required.

TIX: no charge INFO: 902-765-3631

Winter Adventure Weekend — Ross Creek Centre for the Arts, Canning 6pm • W/ Eric

Kershaw. Come outdoors into the woods and fields of Ross Creek and learn basic winter survival skills focusing on fire-making, shelter-building and winter navigation. Build confidence and skills in the outdoors. TIX: $150 + HST INFO: 902-582-3842 / education@artscentre.ca

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Girl Power — Rosa M. Harvey Middleton & Area Library, Middleton 6:30–8:30pm • Hang out, play games, make a craft, have a snack, write in your GP journals and so much more! Electronic devices not permitted. For girls ages 10–15. TIX: no charge INFO/Reg: 902-825-4835

Chase the Ace — Curling Club, Middleton 6:30– 8pm • Fundraiser for the Middleton Curling Club

youth programs - Little Rock and Junior. Winning ticket draw at 8pm. Enjoy watching curling, playing cribbage, Crokinole, Yahtzee in the dining hall. Food and bar beverages available. TIX: 3 tickets for $5.

INFO: 902-825-2695 / bemorine@hotmail.com

Open Mic Hosted By Caleb Miles — Royal Canadian Legion (back door, downstairs), Berwick 7pm • Come early for Chase the Ace, supper from 5–7pm. Cash bar. 19+ event. We Pass the hat for the Host ! TIX: donation INFO: 902-538-7397 / mom8sk@hotmail.com

Symphony Nova Scotia — Convocation Hall, Wolfville 7:30pm • Symphony Nova Scotia’s former Concertmaster Robert Uchida, currently with the Edmonton Symphony, leads the orchestra on a musical journey through Vivaldi’s glorious Spring, tempestuous Summer, meandering Autumn, and stormy, sparkling Winter. Plus: hear Baroque powerhouses from Purcell, Bach, and Pachelbel. TIX: $34, $22 students @ Acadia Box Office, 1-800-542-8425 INFO: 902-585-1282 / pas@acadiau.ca

ORO! Orkestra Dance Party — Farmers Market, Wolfville 8pm • ORO! Orkestra dance party! TIX: $10, $5 students, at the door INFO: oro.orkestra@gmail.com

SATURDAY, 27

Breakfast — Royal Canadian Legion, Wolfville 7:30–10am • Bacon, sausage, eggs, hash browns, beans, toast, jam, marmalade, juice, tea and coffee.

TIX: $6 INFO: 902-542-5896

Pancake Breakfast & Yard Sale — Central Kings High School, Cambridge 8am–12pm • Delicious breakfast (until 10:30am) and great yard sale deals! Proceeds for the Central Kings School Band Program. Storm Date: March 5. TIX: free will offering for breakfast. INFO: 902-678-1171 / kstarratt@ns.sympatico.ca

Parish Breakfast — St. James Anglican Church, Kentville 8–10am • Eggs, bacon, toast, muffins, fruit salad, yogurt, baked beans, fish cakes, juice, coffee, tea. TIX: $7 minimum per person INFO: 902-678-3123 / stjames@ns.sympatico.ca

Darts — Legion, Kentville 10am • Mixed doubles.

TIX: $20 per team INFO: 902-678-8935

Nova Scotia Icewine Festival — Grand Pré Winery, Grand Pré 12–4pm • Wines from 7 wineries

across Nova Scotia, paired with thoughtful edibles from local chefs. Each winery will not only have dessert wines, but still wines and sparkling wines will be prominently featured as well. TIX: $30 INFO: 902-582-3661 / gordon@blomidonwine.ca

“PRESS” — Harvest Gallery, Wolfville. Until March 11 • Our annual Printmaker’s Show! TIX: no charge INFO: harvestgallery.ca

Just for Hue Painting — Sobeys, Greenwood 1–4pm • Painting class for adult members of the community who live independently with mental illness, including depression, ptsd and anxiety. All abilities are welcome. All materials provided. Small group. Calm environment. Snacks too! TIX: no charge INFO: 902-670-4103 / club@cmhakings.ns.ca

Icewine Ghost Walk — Grand Pré Winery, Grand Pré 4pm • Family friendly. TIX: $20 with wine, $15 without. For tickets: nsicewinefest.com (limited quantity) INFO: 902-542-1753 Pork Supper — Baptist Church, Kingston 4:30–6pm • Stuffed Pork Loin Roast Supper with potatoes, vegetables and all the trimmings.

Gingerbread for dessert. All welcome! TIX: $12 INFO: Brenda@kingstonunitedbaptistchurch.ca

Scotian Hiker: Gypsum Cliffs by Moonlight — Rocks Rd, Ellershouse 6–8pm • In partnership with

West Hants Recreation Dept and Hike Nova Scotia, there will be a snowshoe hike along the dykelands at the base of the gypsum cliffs in St Croix (this hike will NOT be ascending the cliffs). Bring winter attire, snowshoes if you got ‘em (limited number of sets provided through West Hants Rec Dept), water bottle, headlamp. Meetup will be at the carpool parking lot on Hwy 1 in St Croix, just beside the Hwy 101 Exit 4 overpass. Check website on day of hike in case of cancellation. TIX: no charge INFO: scotianhiker.com / Bekah, 902-790-9647 / activeliving@westhants.ca

Country Music Show — Baptist Church, North Alton 7–9pm • Featuring Harold Hunt and Friends (Make Mine Country). Refreshments available. TIX: donation INFO: 902-678-1739 / jrzwicker@yahoo.ca

Movie Night — Bethany Memorial Baptist Church, Aldershot 7pm • Popcorn and drinks available.

Invite a friend and enjoy the adventurous and heartstirring film, Do You Believe?. All welcome. TIX: free will offering INFO: bmbcoffice@ns.aliantzinc.ca

Radioland Dance to Support Refugees — Louis Millet Community Complex, New Minas 8pm–12am • Dance and fellowship with Radioland (formerly Men Will Be Boys). Sponsored by The Rotary Club of Wolfville this dance will raise funds to support Friends of the Refugee Support Network- Wolfville area. TIX: $25 @ Box of Delights Bookshop (Wolfville), Keith Irving MLA Office.

INFO: info@refugees.waicc.org

Dance: Route 12 — Royal Canadian Legion, Kingston 9pm–12:30am • TIX: $5 INFO:

902-678-8013 / kimberly.lunn@ns.sympatico.ca

SUNDAY, 28

Annapolis Valley Bridal Fair — Fire Hall, Kentville 9:30am–4pm • Talk to our team of wedding professionals to help plan the wedding of your dreams. Photographers, caterers, decorators, florists, cake designers, planners, nail techs, make-up artists, jewellery designers and more! Every bride will receive a free gift bag filled with, discounts, certificates, deals and samples!! TIX: no charge INFO: 902-804-0057 / heather@committedtoyouevents.com

Musical Benefit Show & Auction — Lions Club, Canning 1:30–4:30pm • Dave Arenburg & Basil Davidson, Connie Munroe & BJ MacKay, Gary Benedict & John Broome, Albert Barkhouse.

50/50 tickets, canteen available. Proceeds for Ruth & Allan Ettinger to assist with medical expenses.

TIX: free will offering INFO: 902-678-4803

Fundy Cinema screens SPOTLIGHT — Al Whittle Theatre, 4 & 7pm • Mark Ruffalo, Rachel McAdams and Michael Keaton star in this story of how The Boston Globe uncovered the massive scandal of child molestation and cover-up within the local Catholic Archdiocese, touching off a wave of revelations around the world. TIX: $9 INFO: 902-542-1050

Contemplative Concert — Manning Memorial Chapel, Wolfville 9–10pm • A one-hour late-night meditative improvisation. Derek Charke on bass flute, Naoko Tsujita on percussion, Ken Shorley

on hand drums and percussion. The musicians will be intentionally hidden from view, in order to create a more immersive listening experience.

Close your eyes, listen and enjoy! TIX: donation INFO: events@worldinwolville.com

MONDAY, 29

First Aid Courses — Royal Canadian Legion, Windsor 8:30am–4:30pm. Also March 1 •

Emergency First Aid / CPR C on Feb. 29. Standard First Aid / CPR C on Feb. 29 and March 1. TIX: Emergency First Aid (1 Day) $90, Standard First Aid (2 Days) $120 (online registration: http:// goo.gl/forms/G0JSy4S0KR) INFO: 902-798-1138 / jrm.simard@gmail.com

Toddler Tonics — Kings County Family Resource Centre, Kentville 9:30–10:30am • A morning of physical activity and fun, and a chance for you to meet new families. A parent–child interactive program, most suitable for children 18m–3 years. TIX: no charge INFO: 902-678-5760 / family.centre@ns.sympatico.ca Tumble Bugs — Louis Millet Community Complex, New Minas 9:30–10:30am • A 10-week program for children ages 3–5 years old and their caregiver.

Teaches basic movement activities and modified gymnastics that are fun, safe, and developmentally appropriate. TIX: no charge INFO: 902-678-5760 / family.centre@ns.symatico.ca Open Drop In — Kings County Family Resource Centre, Kentville 9:30–10:30am • A great opportunity for you to relax, grab a coffee and have adult conversation. An adult program with free childcare provided. TIX: no charge INFO: 902-678-5760 / family.centre@ns.sympatico.ca

Fun with Food — Louis Millet Community Complex, New Minas 9:30–11am • Looking to prepare nutritious snacks and meals on a budget and things that your children will eat? Explore new recipes and cook with your child. For ages 3+ with caregiver.

Parent–child interactive. TIX: no charge INFO: 902-678-5760 / family.centre@ns.sympatico.ca

Popovers — Library, Kingston 10–11am. Also March 7 • Preschooler fun time with stories, crafts, and songs for ages 2–5 and their caregiver. Please register. TIX: no charge INFO: 902-765-3631 / valleylibrary.ca

Online Marketing That Will Change Your Business — Al Whittle Theatre, Wolfville 11am–1pm • I want to share with business owners how they can bring in more business by utilizing the simple online techniques I’m going to share.

25 seats available. Book now! TIX: no charge INFO: 902-300-3030 / shaun@bluecowcreative.ca

Preschool Program — Kings County Family Resource Centre, Kentville 12:30–2:30pm • The objectives of our preschool program are to help foster skills that will make transition to school easier, such as early literacy and numeracy skills, develop self-help skills, improve fine motor and gross motor skills, and cultivate emotional skills. If your child is starting school in the fall we would love to have them join our group. TIX: no charge INFO: 902-678-5760 / family.centre@ns.sympatico.ca

Prenatal — Louis Millet Community Complex, New Minas 6–8pm • A prenatal program to help

prepare you for the weeks and months ahead.

Learn what to expect during each trimester, what you need to help keep you and your baby healthy, and what to anticipate during delivery.

Comfortable atmosphere, and many opportunities to connect with other expectant mothers. Childcare

VALLEY EVENTS TICKET GIVEAWAY– CHANCE TO WIN 2 TICKETS TO: Life Off Grid, Monday, March 14, 7:00pm, Al Whittle Theatre, Wolfville Draw date: Wednesday, March 9 Enter all draws: valleyevents.ca/win provided. TIX: no charge INFO: 902-678-5760 / family.centre@ns.sympatico.ca

Vibrant, Healthy, Safe & Sustainable Showcase & Panel — Sheldon L. Fountain Learning Commons, Acadia, Wolfville 6:30pm • How can we transform our communities to become places where sustainable food, active living, economic prosperity, personal security and wellness are the norm? Learn from the dialogue of national experts, and from a community showcase of a wide range of exhibitors who are facilitating change in our region. W/ Dr. Robert Strang, Chef Joshna Maharaj, Dr. Jonathon Fowles, and Dr. Brian VanBlarcom.

TIX: no charge INFO: 902-542-9138 / glyn.bissix@acadiau.ca

TUESDAY, 1

Committee of the Whole — Town Hall, Wolfville 9am • TIX: no charge INFO: wolfville.ca

Open Studio — The Bread Gallery, Brooklyn 10am– 2pm. Also March 8 • Weekly drop-in session in the upper studio. Open to artists and crafters working in all mediums. All you need to take part is to show up with a project! TIX: no charge INFO: 902-757-3377 / managerbreadgallery@gmail.com

OVUC Soup & Dessert Luncheon — Orchard Valley United Church, New Minas 11:45am–1pm • Beef Barley Soup or Split Pea Soup, homemade rolls, dessert, tea/coffee, biscuits & buns. Take-outs are available – please order by 12pm, Feb. 29. TIX: $8 INFO: 902-681-0366 / OfficeOVU@bellaliant.com

Hantsport Seniors & Elders Club — St. Andrews Church Hall, Hantsport 12pm • Regular monthly meeting. Potluck at noon, followed by business meeting. Potential and new members are most welcome! TIX: no charge INFO: 902-352-2085 / davidold@eastlink.ca Library Lab — Isabel & Roy Jodrey Memorial Library, Hantsport 3–4:30pm • Kids, ages 10–14, will be exploring a variety of different crafting techniques, art materials and science related activities. Snacks included! TIX: no charge, but registration is required. INFO: 902-684-0103 / valleylibrary.ca.

Public Hearing & Municipal Council — County of Kings Municipal Complex, Kentville 6pm •

TIX: no charge INFO: 888-337-2999

Teen Buddies — Library, Kentville 6:30–7:30pm • Members of Kentville Library’s Teen Council will be on hand to read, colour, draw, build and play with kids aged 3–8, parents/caregivers must remain in the library. TIX: no charge INFO: 902-679-2544 / valleylibrary.ca

Valley Voices Chorus — United Baptist Church, Kentville 7–9:30pm. Also March 8 • Valley Voices

is both a competing and a performing show chorus with music including contemporary, rock & roll, sacred and gospel. Our chorus sings unaccompanied, four-part a cappella harmony. Women & girls of any age with a love of singing are welcome to join us any evening. Formal music training is not required.

TIX: Full chorus membership and membership benefits will require payment of membership fees.

INFO: 902-448-2414 / president@valleyvoices.org

Kings County Wildlife — NSCC Kingstec Campus, Room 109, Kentville 7–9pm • Andrew Williams will be speaking on fish. The public is invited to attend.

You do not have to be a member. TIX: no charge INFO: facebook.com/kingscountywildlife Brewers Dinner — Paddy’s Pub, Wolfville 7–9pm • Menu: Spring Salad with a Blueberry

Beer Vinaigrette, Acorn Squash stuffed with

Quinoa, Beef Wellington, Sticky Toffee Pudding.

Vegetarian option available. One of our signature ales will be paired with each dish TIX: $30 plus tax INFO: 902-542-0059 / judy@paddys.ca

Wolfville & Area Newcomers’ Club — Farmers Market, Wolfville 7:30pm • W/Wendi Stewart, author of “Meadow Lark,” and David Mossman, author of “Going Over, A Nova Scotia Soldier in WW1.” We expect a lively question and answer session after each presentation. Everyone welcome!

Bring your favourite small coffee cup and enjoy fresh perked coffee and a sweet treat. TIX: no charge INFO: wolfvillenewcomers@hotmail.com / wolfvillenewcomers.org Cardio Kickboxing — Baptist Church, North Alton 8:30–9:30pm • Benefits: coordination, strength

building, cardiovascular improvements, self defence, stress reduction, and weight reduction. Instructor is a 3rd degree black belt in Taekwondo, Four time Nationals medalist for team Nova Scotia. (Classes are open to adults only). TIX: no charge for first week INFO: 902-365-5660 / devin@ennissecurity.ca

WEDNESDAY, 2

Talk Sing Read! Storytime — Library, Berwick 9:45–10:15am. Also March 9 • Enjoy rhymes, songs, and books with other children and caretakers.

Geared towards ages 0–5, but all ages welcome!

TIX: no charge INFO: 902-538-4030

Cozy Corner Storytime — Isabel & Roy Jodrey Memorial Library, Hantsport 10:30–11:30am. Also March 9 • A fun-filled hour of stories, rhymes, games

and crafts. For ages 2–6 and their caregivers. TIX: no charge INFO: valleylibrary.ca

Babies & Books — Library, Windsor 10:30–11am • One-on-one time for babies (0–24 months) & their caregivers with stories, songs, rhymes & social time. No registration required. TIX: no charge INFO: 902-798-5424 / valleylibrary.ca Fundy Cinema screens HEART OF A DOG — Al Whittle Theatre, 7pm • Multidisciplinary artist Laurie Anderson reflects on love, death and her beloved rat terrier Lolabelle in this intensely emotional personal cinematic essay. TIX: $9 INFO: 902-542-1050 Jam Session — Lions Club, Kentville 7–10pm.

Also March 9 • Come play, sing or just sit back and listen. All styles and abilities welcome. TIX: $2 INFO: 902-679-4899

Booker Open House — The Booker School, Port Williams 7–8pm • Anyone interested in meeting our staff and learning more about our school and the International Baccalaureate early years program is welcome. Refreshments will be served. TIX: no charge INFO: 902-585-5000 / admin@bookerschool.com

THURSDAY, 3

Open Studio — The Bread Gallery, Brooklyn 10am– 2pm. Also March 10 • Weekly drop-in session in the upper studio. Open to artists and crafters working in all mediums. All you need to take part is to show up with a project! TIX: no charge INFO: 902-757-3377 / managerbreadgallery@gmail.com

Fun & Fables — Library, Windsor 10:30–11:30am • Join us for a special hour of stories, songs, rhymes and craft time for preschoolers (ages 2–5) and their caregivers. TIX: no charge, but please register.

INFO: 902-798-5424

Wagner’s Taekwondo — Baptist Church, North Alton 6:30–7:30pm (kids) and 7:30–8:30 (adults)

• Tuesdays and Thursdays. Taekwondo offers great physical exercise, self defense, respect, listening skills, focus, self discipline and tremendous confidence. The instructor is a 4th degree black belt and has been in Taekwondo for over 20 years.

He is also a four time Nationals medalist for team Nova Scotia. Come try a free class. TIX: no charge INFO: 902-670-8714 / devin@ennissecurity.ca

Icewine Ghost Walk — Grand Pré Winery, Grand Pré 4pm • Family friendly. TIX: $20 with wine, $15 without. For tickets: nsicewinefest.com (limited quantity) INFO: 902-542-1753

FRIDAY, 4

”Care for Karin Benefit Concert and Silent Auction” — Louis Millett Community Complex, New Minas 7–9pm • Proceeds to assist Karin Robertson with living expenses during her recovery from chemotherapy treatments. Fantastic line up of local musicians (Mark Reily, Cuckoo Moon, and Heather Kelday), finger food, silent auction, door prizes and a 50/50 draw. TIX: $10 each INFO: 902-300-5482 / hollyhopgood@hotmail.com

Jam Session — Community Hall, North Alton 7–10pm • Come play, sing or enjoy listening to the music. Join us for a great lunch, tea and coffee. Door prize and 50/50 draw. TIX: donation INFO: 902-678-3050 / jnanaw62@gmail.com

World Day of Prayer — St. John’s Anglican Church, Main St., Wolfville 2pm • Speaker: Jordan Waterbury. Snow date: March 11 TIX: no charge INFO: ajd_browne@ns.sympatico.ca

LIT (Laugh, Inspire, Talk) — Just Us! Coffeehouse, Wolfville 5:30–7pm • Music/Poetry Show! All of the performers are students from Acadia University from all different backgrounds, areas of study, and cultures that will bringing light and love to the town of Wolfville. This promises to be an event that you won’t forget. TIX: no charge INFO: 902-542-5830 / 125660h@acadiau.ca

Port Williams Has Talent — United Baptist Church, Port Williams 6:30pm • An all-ages evening of fun and great performances. jAlso a “Time Talents and Treasures Silent Auction”. If you’d like to take part, call Laura, 902-678-1562. TIX: donation INFO: 902-542-3495 / office@pwubc.org World Day of Prayer Service — United Church, Kingston 7–8pm • Storm Date: March 6, 2 pm. All Welcome! TIX: no charge INFO: njarmstrong@eastlink.ca

SATURDAY, 5

Lions Food Bank Breakfast — St Andrew’s Anglican Church Hall, Hantsport 7–10am • Pancakes, eggs, bacon, hash browns, toast, juice, tea or coffee. We will also be accepting Food Bank donations. TIX: $6 adult, $3 children 6–12, no charge under 5 INFO: hantsportlionsclub.com Traditional Breakfast — United Baptist Church, Canning 7:30–10:30am • Pancakes, sausage,

bacon, hash browns, beans, scrambled eggs, toast (Gluten free pancakes and toast). TIX: donation INFO: 902-582-3827 / tapgap@xcountry.tv

Indoor Flea market — War Memorial Community Centre, Windsor 8am–9pm • Canteen available.

We are also collecting donations for a table where the proceeds will go to a local family in need. TIX: $1 entry, $20 to rent a table INFO: 902-306-3315 / hellokittycomeau18@gmail.com Crib Tournament — Forties Community Centre, New Ross 1pm (Register 12:30pm) • Doors open at noon. Canteen available. TIX: $20 per team INFO: 902-689-2147 Grow With Art Children’s Workshop — NSCC, Belcher St. Kentville 1–3pm • Art workshop with Elizabeth Sircom. Ages 6–14. Art works may be returned/rented at this time. TIX: $2 per child INFO: irenehazell@hotmail.com The Vortex — Murdoch C. Smith Memorial Library, Port Williams 2–4pm • Step into The Vortex – a

swirling mass of friends and games and ideas and snackage. For humans aged 10–17. TIX: no charge INFO: 902-542-3005

Gala Dinner & Show with Irish Mythen — Evergreen Theatre, Margaretsville 6–10:30pm

• Included as part of your admission is a Gala Annual Pass, giving you admission to our special Gala Dinner (theme to be announced) at the Margaretsville Fire Hall (6pm) and to Irish Mythen concert following at the Evergreen. This pass also entitles you to invitations to at least two 2016 free shows (our choice). TIX: $100 INFO: 902-825-6834 / evergreentheatre@gmail.com

AVHC Cuba Tour Send-off Concert — Horton High School, Greenwich 7–9pm • Come hear the musical talents of the AVHC senior choir as they prepare for their Cuba cultural exchange tour. This trip offers local singers an exceptional chance to experience a culture steeped in music and develop their leadership skills as Nova Scotian ambassadors. All proceeds go to the trip fund. TIX: donation INFO: 902-542-6060

Adult Dance with Joker’s Right — Royal Canadian Legion, Kingston 9pm–1am • Proceeds support the West Kings Class of 2016. TIX: $10 per ticket @ West Kings District High School INFO: wkdhs@avrsb.ca

SUNDAY, 6

Windsor & District Lions — Lions Club Windsor, Windsor 1pm • Free information session of the

Lions Foundation of Canada Dog Guide program.

Ali MacDonald, along with Autism Assistance Dog guide Argo, will be there to explain how to enter the program and how it helped her son. TIX: no charge INFO: 902-684-0058 / mcdonasu@eastlink.ca

Sunday Music in the Garden Room — K.C. Irving Environmental Centre, Acadia 2:30pm • The Elysian Trio, Jennifer Jones (violin), Hilary Brown (cello) and Susan Archibald (piano). Works of Brahms, Beach, Ireland, and Foote. TIX: no charge.

INFO: 902-542-3484

Fundy Cinema screens SUFFRAGETTE — Al Whittle Theatre, 4 & 7pm • A powerful and thrilling portrayal

of the remarkable untold story of the real foot soldiers of the British suffrage movement. TIX: $9 INFO: 902-542-1050

MONDAY, 7

The Alton Funtimers 50+ Group — Baptist Church, 4924 Hwy 12, North Alton 1:30pm • Games, refreshments, speakers, and fun! TIX: no charge INFO: grmisner@bellaliant.net

WEDNESDAY, 9

Fibre Craft — Isabel & Roy Jodrey Memorial Library, Hantsport 2–4pm • For knitters, hookers, crocheters, weavers and spinners ... or anyone who enjoys the fibre craft arts. An opportunity to share stitches & time. Bring your own project. Everyone welcome!

TIX: no charge INFO: valleylibrary.ca

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WHAT’S HAPPENING (CONT'D) Please note: Events are subject to change.

THURSDAY, 10

Art in Public Spaces Committee — Town Hall, Wolfville 3pm • TIX: no charge INFO: wolfville.ca West Hants Trails Assoc. AGM — War Memorial Community Centre, Windsor 7pm • All members

are encouraged to attend! Directors will be elected at this meeting. If you would like to volunteer to serve on the Board of Directors of WHTA, or if you would like to nominate a member to the Board of Directors, you can let us know in advance via email, or you may nominate at the meeting. TIX: no charge INFO: westhantstrails@gmail.com

EXHIBITS Settled Pebbles — CentreStage Theatre, Kentville • Pebble and beach glass art by Tiena Burkley INFO: centrestagetheatre.ca Annual Acadia Art Exhibition — Beveridge Arts Centre, Wolfville. Until Feb. 26 • Celebrating 25 years! This much anticipated community exhibition celebrates the creative work in our community.

INFO: 902-585-1518 / judith.leidl@acadiau.ca Evangeline Artist Co-op — Jack’s Gallery (in Just Us!), Wolfville. Until March 13 • Paintings

by members of the Evangeline Artist Co-op. Jacks Gallery is always looking for submissions; for information go to acadiacinema.coop/jacksgallery.

INFO: jacksgallerywolfville@gmail.com

Delanie Carlson — Designer Cafe, Kentville.

Until March 21 • Exhibit featuring local artist/photographer, Delanie Carlson.

INFO: bettyann@designerkentville.com Apple Bin Art Gallery — Valley Regional Hospital, Kentville • Approximately 100 pieces of affordable

original art created by local Valley artists. Part proceeds go towards hospital equipment and to help support Annapolis Valley health care programs.

Judith J. Leidl — Oriel Fine Art, Wolfville • Fine art: floral paintings, scarves, acrylic paintings, prints, ceramics, and Inuit work from Baffin Island.

INFO: 902-670-7422 / judithleidlart.com

LIVE THEATRE Shakespeare’s As You Like It — Al Whittle Theatre, Wolfville Feb. 26, 7pm • Shakespeare’s comedy comes to the National Theatre. With her father the Duke banished and in exile, Rosalind and her cousin Celia leave their lives in the court behind them and journey into the Forest of Arden. There, released from convention, Rosalind experiences the liberating rush of transformation. Disguising herself as a boy, she embraces a different way of living and falls spectacularly in love. TIX: $20 @ Ticketpro outlets, ticketpro.ca, 1-888-311-9090, Home Hardware (Windsor), Cochrane’s Pharmasave (Wolfville), Wilson’s Pharmasave (Berwick, Kentville), at door before show.

INFO: kathy@justuscoffee.com

Love From a Stranger — CentreStage Theatre, Kentville February 26, 27, March 4, 5, 11, 12, 18, 19, 26, April 1, 2, 7:30pm. March 6, 13, 20, 2pm.

No show March 25, Good Friday. • Sweepstakes winners Cecily and Mavis, are letting their London flat while Mavis travels in Europe and Cecily prepares to marry her fiancé, Nigel, who is returning from

work in the Sudan. Cecily, though, is not sure she wants to settle down yet, but Nigel is furious at the thought of postponing their wedding. Then a personable fellow, Bruce, appears to check out the flat and offers excitement and romance. Cecily breaks off her engagement, and within weeks they marry and move to a secluded cottage in the country where the idyll disintegrates as Bruce begins to undergo a terrifying transformation. TIX: $15 general, $12 student/senior INFO: 902-678-8040 / centrestage@centrestagetheatre.ca

Hyronomous A. Frog — CentreStage Theatre, Kentville Feb. 27, 28, 2pm • Hyronomous, an inept and lonely frog prince, lives in a bog in the kingdom of Spamelot. Hyronomous is bored and unhappy as a frog. He’s larger than the other frogs and hates the taste of flies. But what is he to do? Can life change for him or is he destined to live on a log in a bog? Then he meets Gloria, the Good Witch and his life will never be the same! A family show. TIX: all tickets $7 INFO: 902-678-8040 / centrestage@centrestagetheatre.ca West Side Story Musical — West Kings District High School, Auburn March 2, 3, 4, 5, 7:30pm, March 6, 2pm • Performed by the West Kings student drama club TIX: $13 adult, $10 student @ West Kings District High School. INFO: 902-847-4440

UPCOMING:

Dinner Theatre — CentreStage Theatre, Kentville April 8 & 9, 6:15pm • It’s April ,1925, and the perfect time to take a cruise on the HMS Victoria! You are invited to dine at the Captain’s table for an evening of murder and mayhem. 4-course roast beef dinner, Cash bar, lotto tree, and silent auction. Bon Voyage!

TIX: $50 (tax receipts issued for $25) INFO: Lana, 902-678-8040.

CLASSES & WORKSHOPS Winter Belly Dance Classes — Monday nights, Feb. 29–April 11 (no class March 28) @ Community Room, Wolfville Farmers’ Market. • Beginner: 6:30–7:30pm. Intermediate/Advanced: 6:30–8pm, for those wanting to stay an extra half hour to work on choreography and more challenging moves.

FEE: $60 beginner, $75 intermediate/advanced INFO: oriana@sisterlotus.com Essential Yoga Workshop — Sunday, Feb. 28, 2–3:30pm @ Cadance Academy, New Minas. •

This all levels, flow workshop will introduce doTERRA Essential Oils to deepen and enhance our Yoga practice; the first of 12 monthly workshops. FEE: $15 INFO/Reg: 902-679-3616 / cadanceacademy.ca

Inner Sun Yoga — Classes for every level of student with certified instructors in our inviting studio space.

INFO: 542-YOGA / innersunyoga.ca Community Yoga— Wed. & Fri., 12–1pm @ Dance Studio, Downstairs, Old-SUB, Acadia. • FEE: $5, no charge for Acadia students INFO: Carole, cazaflows@gmail.com

Taoist Tai Chi™— Classes at: Kentville: Lions Hall 78 River Street, Tuesdays 6–9pm; Thursdays 11:30am–2pm. Berwick Legion, Mondays, 6–7:30pm. INFO: Mary Anne, 902-678-4609 / kentville@taoist.org

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House and Pet Sitting: Hi! I’m a house and pet sitter with 5 years of experience. I’ve looked after all manner of pets such as dogs, cats, hens, roosters and ducks, and I can provide new clients with great references. FEE: $15 to $20 per day. INFO: Tracy Casselman, 902-717-5636.

DONATE/VOLUNTEER: Donate Used Clothing: Flowercart creates work and training for people. Donate your used clothing to Flowercart and keep your donation and the resulting money local. Drop off location 9412 Commercial St., New Minas. INFO: 681-0120 / lisahammettvaughan@flowercart.ca Students in Style needs your Professional Clothes: Students in Style provides gently used or new professional clothing for NSCC students who may not have access to, or be able to afford this type of clothing on their own. Besides traditional office wear, scrubs, overalls, steel-toe boots etc. are also needed. Please help our students make an excellent first impression. INFO: Kristy, 902-599-2817 / w0142530@nscc.ca Volunteer Positions w/Wolfville CAP Lab: 2–3 volunteer positions available for April and May (possible continuation during a year), one afternoon per week (12:30–4:30pm). Successful candidates would be opening and closing the lab, supervising Open Hours for community free internet access and computer use, assisting patrons with basic computer questions/tasks. If volunteer is interested and skilled some positions are for basic computer and/or workshops. Minimum supervision. INFO: Nick, 902-542-5760 / wolfvillecap@valleylibrary.ca

FOR HIRE: Travel Planning Professional: Denise MacMillan with The Destination Experts.

Booking early is the best chance to save! Free no obligation quotes. Friendly, professional service. Valley based. INFO: 902-692-9581 / dmacmillan@TheDestinationExperts.com / FB/Denise.TravelPlanning/ Errands by Karen: A personalized service for those who need a helping hand. Bondable and certified Whether you are a busy person, a recovering invalid, or a senior who doesn’t drive, Karen is the person you need. From appointments to deliveries, even at-home/work blood collection, Karen offers caring, professional, reliable service. Operating from Ellershouse to Wolfville. INFO: 902-790-2626 / emailerrandsbykaren@hotmail.com Let Donna Do It!: Do you have a resume, school paper, or other document that needs editing? Do you have paperwork that needs transcribing, or a business that needs promoting, or another administrative job that needs doing?

Let Donna do it for $35 per hour ($18 for ½ hour job). INFO: donnaholmes712@gmail.com / facebook.com/letDonnadoit.

Traditional Chinese Medicine: Combining Acupuncture and Chinese Herbology. 13 years experience, now serving Wolfville! Specializing in Anxiety and Depression, Insomnia, Infertility, Menstrual issues, Digestive problems, Headaches and Smoking Cessation. Student rates available. Jane Marshall D.TCM, D.Ac located at Reclaim Wellness Centre, 360 Main St. Wolfville INFO: 902-404-3374

GENERAL: Ross Farm Museum: 4568 Hwy 12, New Ross • Open Wed–Sun, 9:30am–4:30pm. Milking a cow, spinning wool or tasting a delicious treat in the cottage are just three things that happen regularly here at Ross Farm. Every visit is unique as the work changes with the seasons. TIX: $6 adult, $5 senior, $2 child (6-17), no charge age 5 & under. INFO: 902-689-2210 / rossfarm.novascotia.ca Looking for Woodturners!: I want to start an informal group for woodturners in the Valley. I particularly invite women who turn – even a little, but all are welcome. INFO: dianne.looker@acadiau.ca Call for Grant Applications: The EKM Health Foundation invites grant applications from non-profit groups for funding of health-related projects that will benefit the population of Eastern Kings County.

A charitable tax number is required for all eligible grants. Typed applications are preferred. Eligibility information and application forms may be picked up at the EKM Community Health Centre Front Desk, from the Foundation Office, or by going online to ekmhealthfoundation.ca. Proposals of $15,000 or under are encouraged. INFO: 902-542-2359 Calling All Artists!: Move over Picasso – we need you! Calling all Artists, in all forms (visual, dance, drama, music, literary)! KCA is planning an Art Blitz on Friday, May 13, but we need your support.

We are looking for artists to provide workshops for our students. If you are interested, please contact Celine Hambling by Feb. 29. INFO: Celine, happyinwolfville@yahoo.com Call for Submissions: Uncommon Common Art (UCA) is an annual, public, site responsive art project that brings visual art out of institutions and into rural communities of Kings County from June to October. For the 2016 season, UCA encourages submissions from visual artists to develop cultural responses to the complex situations of the land they are surrounded by. Selected artists will receive a nominal honorarium. Submission deadline is March 1.

INFO: uncommoncommonart.com

At Acadia

Acadia University | 15 University Ave, Wolfville.

902-542-2201 | Staffed Switchboard. 8:30am-4:30pm. agi@acadiau.ca – General Inquiries

WHAT’S GROWING AT THE HARRIET IRVING BOTANICAL GARDENS

TINY GREENS

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Melanie Priesnitz, Harriet Irving Botanical Gardens I know it’s unpopular but this is one of my favourite times of the year. The days are getting longer, the wood stove is still going, the seed catalogues have arrived and the frenzy of spring has not yet begun. It’s a time when gardeners spend long hours dreaming of sweet basil, crown peppers, and blue lake pole beans and deliberating between classic Roma tomatoes or something a little edgier like the new Cuore Di Bue.

Studies have shown that young shoots are often richer in nutrients than mature plants.

Red cabbage microgreens are ready to eat just 10 days after planting and contain 6 times more vitamin C, 40 times more vitamin E and 70 times more vitamin K than a full-grown cabbage. So instead of complaining about the cost of rising vegetables while waiting for the snow to melt, order your seeds and get growing!

If you’re impatient like me, perhaps you can’t wait until spring for the taste of freshly harvested greens. If so why not try growing indoor microgreens. Microgreens are tiny plants in the first stages of growth after germination. They are similar to sprouts only they grow in soil. A wide range of seeds can be used including peas, basil, coriander and mesclun. Microgreens can be grown in small pots or recycled plastic containers using potting soil. Compost is a great addition but not essential. Microgreens are rewarding to grow as they can generally be harvested after 2-4 weeks, depending on the variety and your preference.

Spring has arrived early in the greenhouse at the Harriet Irving Botanical Gardens. Stop in to enjoy the warmth and see what’s germinating! For recent photos of what’s growing in the greenhouse visit our Facebook page at facebook.com/HarrietIrvingBotanicalGardens.

Harriet Irving Botanical Gardens Acadia University botanicalgardens.acadiau.ca Photo Caption: Young seedlings growing in the greenhouse.

Photo Credit: M. Priesnitz

ACADIA’S PERFORMING ARTS SERIES PRESENTS

SYMPHONY NOVA SCOTIA ON FEB. 26 WITH ROBERT UCHIDA Peter Smith Acadia Performing Arts Series is pleased to present Symphony Nova Scotia with guest violinist Robert Uchida in ‘The Four Seasons’ at Acadia’s Convocation Hall in Wolfville on Friday, February 26 at 7:30pm.

The Four Seasons, Vivaldi’s most famous creation, is one of the most beloved works from the entire Baroque period. Symphony Nova Scotia’s former Concertmaster Robert Uchida returns home to Nova Scotia to lead the orchestra on a musical journey through Vivaldi’s glorious Spring, tempestuous Summer, meandering Autumn, and stormy, sparkling Winter.

Other baroque masterworks include J.S. Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto no. 3, Purcell’s Canon on a Ground Bass, and Pachelbel’s Canon in D, one of the most recognizable pieces of music in the world.

One of Canada’s leading violinists, Robert

Uchida has been heard throughout North America and Europe as a soloist, chamber musician, and concertmaster to great critical acclaim. Now concertmaster of the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, Robert previously held the same position with Symphony Nova Scotia and during the 05/06 season performed as Associate Concertmaster of the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. Engagements as a guest leader have included projects with the Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic and the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra and he has worked with many of the world’s top conductors including Valery Gergiev, Kurt Masur, and Pinchas Zukerman.

Tickets are $34 for adults, $22 for students.

For more information, or to buy tickets, visit the Acadia University Box Office in person, by phone at 902-542-5500 or 1-800-542TICK(8425), or online at boxoffice.acadiau.ca.

NOVA SCOTIA'S CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER LEADS COMMUNITY WELLNESS PANEL AT ACADIA Alan Warner

How can we transform our communities into places where sustainable food, active living, economic prosperity, personal security, and wellness are the norm? That’s a big question that will be addressed by a panel of dynamic experts on Monday evening, February 29, at the Fountain Commons at Acadia University.

The Ivany Report and the One Nova Scotia Commission have started to address this question from an economic development perspective, but what are the implications of broadening the conversation? The panel will be led by Dr. Robert Strang, Nova Scotia’s Chief Medical and Public Health Officer, and a strong advocate of breaking down professional and

organizational silos and engaging everyone to build stronger and supportive communities.

The panel will include Chef Joshna Maharaj who led the shift in Toronto-area university and healthcare institutional food systems to a healthy and sustainable focus. Dr. Jonathon Fowles from Acadia will address the active living aspect, having spearheaded education campaigns across the country with health care professionals for the Canadian Diabetes Association. Finally, Dr. Brian VanBlarcom, head of the Acadia Department of Economics, will speak to the importance of local prosperity and community economic development in building a culture of wellness. Community members, students, and professionals are all

invited to play a key role in raising issues and contributing to the rich dialogue.

The evening is free and will be kicked off by a diverse and engaging showcase of organizations and individuals who are working across boundaries to facilitate positive change and wellness in our communities. Come to learn, mingle, enjoy local music, and contemplate how we can all do more to facilitate “complete communities.”

Event Details: Creating Complete Communities: Vibrant, Healthy, Safe & Sustainable Community Showcase and Panel Presentation

February 29, 2016 6:30pm Showcase 7:30pm Panel Fountain Commons, Acadia University Free Admission sustainability.acadiau.ca/complete-communities.html facebook.com/events/1544246182570176/ This event is presented by Acadia University Student Services, the School of Nutrition and Dietetics, the Department of Community Development, and the Acadia Sustainability Office.

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