COMMUNITY calendar
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WEEKLY EVENTS
Wednesdays
• Men’s Darts, Crib – Stellarton Legion 7:30 p.m., everyone welcome.
• Music Circle Jam – West Branch Community Hall, 7-10 p.m. Admission for players is free, listeners free will, $2.50 suggested. Light refreshments. Proceeds to Community Hall.
• Jam Sessions – Durham Community Hall at 7 p.m. Shared lunch. Silver collection greatly appreciated.
• Temporary Shelter – First Baptist Church on East River Road in New Glasgow. Opens at 10 p.m. for people who are homeless. Volunteers to assist are asked to contact Ellen Margeson at 902-923-2307 or by emailing ellemarge@seasidehighspeed.com.
• Meat Darts – Pictou legion 6:30 p.m. All welcome.
• 45s for Members – New Glasgow 55+ Club, 1:30 p.m., New Glasgow Fire Hall.
• Karate – Juniors 6:40-7:40 p.m., adults 6:40-9 p.m. at the New Glasgow Fire Hall. For more info email rfraser1@eastlink.ca
• Crib Game – Stellarton legion, 7:30 p.m.
• Community Cupboard – Maranatha Bible Church, 196 Munroe Ave., 2-4 p.m.
• Pure Meditation Foundation with Mindfulness – Helps with anxiety, sleep problems, lack of energy, depression and more. Call East River Meditation Healing Centre for details/to register 902 755 HEAL/4325
• Preschool Story Time – Pictou library, 10:30 a.m. Children must be 3.
• Club Français – Stellarton library, 1st Wednesday of month, noon. Practise your French in a friendly atmosphere.
• TOPS – Meets at Pharmacy First, 266 Foord St., 9:30-11:30 a.m. New members welcome. Call 902-9232368.
• Preschool Storytime – River John Library 9:30-10:30 a.m. (ages 3-5 years). To register call 902- 351-2599.
• Pictou County Brass & Reed Band – Looking for new members. Rehearsals Wednesdays 7-8:30 p.m. in the Stellarton Community Centre, 122 Leo Fahey Way. Contact David Prince, Conductor 902-928-0364
DAILY EVENTS February 27
• Free tax clinic – for simple, low income returns from 1 p.m.-4 p.m. at New Glasgow Superstore.
• Women Together – Pictou County Women’s Resource Centre, 503 South Frederick St., 10-11:30 a.m. Learn, socialize, connect. Learning internet safety.
• NFB Film Club – New Glasgow library 7 p.m. ‘Brother 2 Brother’ – African Canadian tries to reconcile his urge to be a hustler with need to be a responsible father and partner.
Until February 28
• Museum Display – Hope and Survival: The Halifax Explosion Memorial Quilt, created by award-winning Nova Scotia textile artist, Laurie Swim to mark the Centenary of the 1917 Halifax Explosion. honours the lives lost and dramatically changed, and heroic efforts made to assist. Museum of Industry, Stellarton.
February 28
• Music Circle Jam – 6:30-9:30 p.m. at West Branch Community Hall. Admission for players is free, listeners free will, $2.50 suggested. Light refreshments. Proceeds to hall.
• Scouting Meeting – from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Trenton Elementary School, 10 Sixth Street, for anyone interested in helping with scouting in the county. Looking for people to help with the area council, properties and specia events like cub cars, camporee, fishing derby, etc. Also youth 16 and older can become a youth leader.
• Auction 45’s – at Trenton Legion at 7 p.m.
March 1
• Scouting Meeting – from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at A.G. Baillie School, 477 Victoria Ave. New Glasgow, for anyone interested in helping with scouting in the county. Looking for people to help with the area council, properties and specia events like cub cars, camporee, fishing derby, etc. Also youth 16 and older can become a youth leader.
• Monthly Meeting – of the Aberdeen Hospital alumnae will be held at 1:30 p.m. at the North End Rec Center.
• Free tax clinic – for simple, low income returns from 1 p.m.-4 p.m. at New Glasgow library. By appointment only. Call (902) 755-6031.
Until April 13
• Art in the Hall 2 – Museum of Industry, Stellarton, rotating installations of art by Pictou County artists. Curated by the Art At Large Collective, it features seven new and emerging artists – carvings to weavings, charcoal drawings to photography-based multimedia. Free admission to view show.