COMMUNITY calendar

TODAY CHRISTMAS ISLAND

8 p.m., Gaelic Concert Series with Trevor Kellock, Shawnee Paul, Vincent Joe, Vincent Joe Junior, Mooney Francis, MacDonald brothers Shawn, Paul and Danny, Leanne Aucoin and Susan MacLean, Christmas Island fire hall.

FRENCHVALE

7:30 p.m., 45s card game, Frenchvale Seniors Club.

NORTH SYDNEY

7 p.m., Cribbage, North Sydney fire hall.

8 p.m., (CD) AA Lifeline Group meeting, St. Joseph’s Church, 34 Archibald Ave.

8 p.m., 45s card game, Armstrong Memorial branch 19, Royal Canadian Legion.

SYDNEY MINES

8 p.m., Bingo, Royal Canadian Legion branch 8. Cash prizes.

WEDNESDAY BIG BRAS D’OR

9-11 a.m., Community coffee break, St. James Church hall. 10:30 a.m.-4 p.m., The Old School House Rug Hookers meet, Big Bras d’Or fire hall, 1390 Old Route 5. Information, Susan, 902-217-0400 or Marilyn, 902-674-2119.

BOISDALE

8 p.m., 45s card game, Boisdale fire hall.

CHRISTMAS ISLAND

10 a.m.-4 p.m., Gaelic language classes with Goiridh Dòmhnallach and Stacey MacLean. Christmas Island fire hall.

7:30 p.m., Our Stories, Our People and Our Places, songs and stories. Special reading by author Alison MacLeod from her book “All The Beloved Ghosts,” Christmas Island fire hall.

EDWARDSVILLE

1:30 p.m., Tarabish, WINS Hall.

FLORENCE

6:30-9 p.m., 1917 Vimy Ridge Army Cadet Corps seeks new recruits, ages 12-18, Florence Elementary School, MacKay Street. Information, 902-674-0942.

NORTH SYDNEY

10 a.m.-12 p.m., Mothers Union of St. John the Baptist Anglican Church sponsors free community breakfast program, MacDonald Hall, 28 King St. Information, parish office, 902-794-3392. For more community calendar events see pages A5 and A7.