Arts& cultu re
Mermaid heads to Japan
Mermaid Theatre of Nova Scotia’s signature production will return to Japan in August for a ninth tour.
Regarded internationally as a beloved family show, the Japanese-language version of The Very Hungry Caterpillar & Other Eric Carle Favourites will appear in five Tokyo-area theatres.
The hour-long triple-bill includes three Eric Carle stories. On the road continuously since 1999, Mermaid’s compilations of Carle stories have generated remarkable statistics and earned considerable praise from audiences on several continents. To date, over 3,900 performances in seven different languages have been seen by nearly 2.5 million spectators in 16 countries.
In celebration of the company’s return to Japan after close to a decade, Mermaid Theatre has received permission to tour with the narration originally recorded by the late Kyoko Kishida.
Art at the Wolfville library
Wolfville artist Maud Arthur Herbert has her work on display currently at the Wolfville Memorial Library. She creates abstract works in acrylic.
At the Concrete House Museum
Concrete House in Centreville has a new exhibit in the Legge Gallery, featuring the work of Stéphane Richard.
Richard grew up in eastern Canada and studied art at university before going into education. He currently teaches art at the high school level. His
works, which are on all summer, represent nature in realistic paintings, linocut prints and mixed media paintings.
Art in Annapolis Royal
Jennifer Angus’ intriguing exhibit Lookabout is still up at Artsplace in Annapolis Royal and at satellite sites around town - keep your eyes open at King’s Theatre, the O’dell House, the Historic Gardens, and the Sissiboo Café.
Displaced by Carrie Allisongoodfellow, Worlds Apart by Pene Domries and Beginning by Alannah Journeay are all showing. Journeay was last year’s ARCAC Scholarship award recipient.
Listen to artist tales
The Uncommon Common Art program is holding a series of talks on art practices and the creative process. They will be held at 7:30 p.m. every Wednesday evening in July at the Irving Centre, Wolfville.
The next talk is July 26, featuring Kate Ward, followed by Andrew Milne on Aug. 30. Milne’s talk will take place at the Kings Museum in Kentville.
The series is free to the public and no registration is required.
Printmaking fun at Prescott House
On July 26, an art workshop will be held from 10 a.m.-noon for ages five and up at Prescott House. Cost is $8.
Printmaker and Prescott staff member Diana Baldwin will introduce all sorts of creative and fun ways to make prints.
Please register in advance by contacting the museum at 902-542-3984 or by emailing diana.baldwin@novascotia.ca
Authors read in Wolfville
Writer Melanie Fishbane is giving a reading at the Box of Delights Bookshop in Wolfville on July 25.
Then, on July 27, Gwen Davies is also giving a reading. Both readings will take place at 6:30 p.m.
At the Union St. Cafe
On July 28, Matthew Hornell and Grand Pré native Andrew Sneddon will entertain at the Union Street Café in Berwick. They will explore timeless music, including traditional ballads, old-time tunes and evocative original songs.
Well-loved Old Man Luedecke is lined up for Aug. 11.
Blues festival happening in Windsor
The Smokin’ Blues Fest is lined up for the Hants County Exhibition grounds on July 28-29.
See I Do, I Do! in Wolfville
Valley Summer Theatre has opened its season on a nostalgic note with I Do! I Do!, which is a musical about marriage. It is based on the Tony Award-winning play The Fourposter by Jan de Hartog. The leading roles the talents of Amy Stewart Reitsma, and Ian Gilmore.
Valley Summer Theatre productions take place at the Al Whittle Theatre in Wolfville. Tickets for all performances are available toll-free by calling 1-877-845-1341, through Ticketpro toll-free at 1-888-311-9090, online at www.ticketpro.ca and at all Atlantic Ticketpro locations.
Go online: Visit www.valleysummertheatre.com for information.
Plays at Ross Creek are running
Two top flight summer productions by Two Planks and a Passion Theatre at the Ross Creek Centre for the Arts are up and running.
Set during the spring of 1918, Nothing Less is a moving tale of an intrepid band of small town suffragists - and the men who loved them.
Join the award-winning Two Planks and a Passion Theatre at Ross Creek Centre for the Arts in Canning for the brand new production of Nothing Less. Cowritten by best-selling novelist Ami Mckay and Two Planks artistic director Ken Schwartz, the performance is a celebration of the Canadian suffragists as they fight for women’s rights in 1918.
This year’s fireside production is Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
For tickets, email boxoffice@ twoplanks.ca or call (902) 5823073