ACROSS THE region

Traditional music at Port-royal

National Historic Site: July 26: enjoy talented local musicians in a special traditional musical series, 1-3 p.m., 53 Historic Lane, Granville Ferry. 902-532-2898 or www.parkscanada.gc.ca/portroyal.

Chebucto Hiking Club: 10 km hike through Dartmouth, Thursdays, 9:45 a.m. www.chebuctohikingclub.com

Rock & Roll Bingo: Thursdays, 7 p.m. and 8:30 p.m., Parkside Pub & Smokehouse, 14 Highfield Park Drive, Dartmouth.

Hooked on Music: Presented by the Hooked Rug Museum of North America, enjoy the fiddle and local talent, $15 admission for museum and music, Thursdays, 7-9 p.m., 9849 Highway 3, Hubbards/queensland. 902-858-3060.

FRIDAY July 13

Maria Osende: Flamenco Dance: public dance workshop, Friday, 7 p.m.; flamenco flash mob, Saturday, 10 a.m.; performance, Saturday, 7:30 p.m. Osprey Arts Centre, 107 Water Street, Shelburne. www.ospreyartscentre.ca

Dance: music by Appalossa, 8 p.m.12 a.m., RCL Calais 162, 45 Sackville Cross Road, Lower Sackville. 902865-9177.

St. Mary’s River Days: a weekend full of excitement for the whole family, with music, fireworks, county fair and more, Friday to Sunday, Sherbrooke Village. 1-888-743-7845 or sherbrookevillage.novascotia.ca

Grindhouse workshops: local knifemaking presentations and demonstrations, Friday to Sunday, 11 a.m.-4 p.m., suite 140, Centre for Craft Nova Scotia, 1061 Marginal Road, Halifax. craft-design.ns.ca/hands-craft

SATURDAY July 14

Annapolis River Festival: celebrating the values of the Annapolis River and in support of the Clean Annapolis River Project, free admission, please bring own camping chairs and re-useable water bottles, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Jubilee Park, Bridgetown. annapolisriver.ca/ annapolis-river-festival 125th Bear River Cherry Carnival: all-day events including parades, pie eating and cherry spitting contests, duck races, fireworks and more, to raise funds for the Bear River Fire Department. bearriverarts.wordpress. com Mackarel Snappers Picnic: music, food, games of chance and more, 12-6 p.m., rain date July 15, Graves Island Provincial Park, East Chester. 902-275-2174.

Wood Turtle & Floodplain Forest

Hike: an interpretive hike on conservation land on the St. Mary’s River in Guysborough County, an area which provides important habitat for the globally endangered Wood turtle, in partnership with St. Mary’s River Days, 1-3 p.m. nsnt.ca

Book signing: Exquisite Destinations by Peter Mccreath, part travelogue, part memoir and full of great local history, 1-3 p.m., Coles, 421 Lahave Street, Bridgewater. 902-576-2055 or francisgmitchell@icloud.com

Dragstravaganza: some of the most glamorous drag queens in Nova Scotia are taking over Truro, for one night only! 8-10 p.m., Marigold Cultural Centre, 605 Prince Street, Truro. 1-888-311-9090 or www.ticketpro.ca

Journey Back to Birchtown: Past, Present & Future Celebration: a cultural festival celebrating Nova Scotia’s Black Loyalist heritage, Saturday and Sunday, 12-5 p.m., Black Loyalist Heritage Centre, 119 Old Birchtown Road, Shelburne. 902-875-1310 or blackloyalist.novascotia.ca

60th Anniversary Commemoration at Parrsboro’s Old Train Sta

tion: All aboard! a ride-on, live-steam model train will be running in Parrsboro, children and adults are like are invited to be transported back into history down a 300-foot straight track at the site of the former railway station, Saturday and Sunday. For more information, 902-254-2376 or www.ottawahousemuseum.ca

Writing workshops: The Poet in the Art Gallery, an ekphrastic writing workshop with Diane Jutras, Saturday, 6-9 p.m., and Wednesday, 2-5 p.m., Main & Station Nonesuch, 168 Main Street, Parrsboro. hmsnonesuch.com

Hubbards Farmers’ Market: Saturdays, 8 a.m.-12 p.m., 57 Highway 3, parking available at Hubbards Shopping Centre. www.hubbardsbarn.org

Life drawing sessions: improve your drawing by working from a live model, reservations required, Saturdays, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Main & Station Nonesuch, 168 Main Street, Parrsboro. hmsnonesuch.com

Art in the Making: Painting at Scott Manor House: Saturdays, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., 15 Fort Sackville Road, Bedford. Registration required, www.scottmanor.ca

Meat dart shoots: Saturdays, 2 p.m., RCL Vimy 27, 6158 Almon Street, Halifax.

Women’s Heritage Celebration: a celebration of women’s work in the home and community in the 1940s, Saturday and Sunday, 11 a.m.-4 p.m., Memory Lane Heritage Village, 5435 Clam Harbour Road, Lake Charlotte. 1-877-2870697 or www.heritagevillage.ca

SUNDAY July 15 Mi’kmaw Culture Day at Port

Royal National Historic Site: experience the history and traditions of the Mi’kmaq through song, music, crafts and more, 1-4 p.m., 53 Historic Lane, Granville Ferry. 902-532-2898 or www.parkscanada.gc.ca/portroyal Prescott House Annual Strawberry

Social: a toe-tapping afternoon with music by Forever Young Fiddlers, delicious strawberry shortcake, house tours and Prescott Garden strolls, 2-4 p.m., rain or shine, Prescott House, 1633 Starrs Point Road. 902-5423984 or prescotthouse.novascotia.ca

Sawmill & Goldmine Frolics: Sawmill Frolic, featuring woodsmen’s competition including hatchet throw, kettle boil and more, free and open to all, Mcdonald’s Brothers’ Sawmill, Sherbrooke Village; Goldmine Frolic, an annual celebration of gold and gold panning, The Royal Oak Stamp Mill, Sherbrooke Village. 1-888-743-7845 or sherbrookevillage.novascotia.ca

MUSEUM Canadian Museum of Immigration

at Pier 21: all summer long, take part in the museum’s Saturday series of program for kids and their families, July 14 is Art Day, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21, 1055 Marginal Road, Halifax. www.pier21.ca Dartmouth Heritage Museum: upper level featuring Explosion!: Dartmouth’s Ordeal of the 1917 Disaster, and lower level featuring The Carriage Room, a 19th century photographic studio. Tuesdays through Fridays, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Saturdays and Sundays, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. and 2 p.m.-5 p.m., 26 Newcastle Street.

Debert Military Museum: Tuesdays through Sundays, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., 35 Acadia Avenue. 902-662-2860 or debertmuseum@outlook.com

Desbrisay Museum: celebrating 150 years of music in Bridgewater with “and the band played on…” exhibit, featuring history of the Bridgewater Fire Department Band. Tuesdays to Saturdays, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., 130 Jubilee Road, Bridgewater. The Hooked Rug Museum of North

America: museum and fibre arts market open daily, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Hooked on Music, Thursdays, 7-9 p.m., $15 admission for tour and music. 9849 Highway 3, Hubbards/ Queensland. www.hookedrugmuseumnovascotia.org

Lordly House Museum: new exhibits including the Tuesday Painters, and an antique lace display. Tuesdays to Saturdays, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., 133 Central Street, Chester.

Old Chester Train Station: new exhibits including a boat building display and wrought iron works from the first female ferrier in Nova Scotia; the Station Handicraft Shoppe now open for the season, Monday, Tuesdays, ThursdaysSaturdays, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Sundays 12-4 p.m., and closed on Wednesdays; Chester Heritage Society will host annual auction and flea market featuring antique and vendor booths, July 14, 9:30 a.m. 20 Smith Road.

Prescott House Museum: photographs and scrapbooks, stories and news items from the past 45 years since Prescott House joined the Nova Scotia Museum family, July 15-Oct. 6, Prescott House, 1633 Starr’s Point Road. 902-542-3984 or prescotthouse.novascotia.ca Quaker House: visit for a guided tour of Dartmouth’s oldest standing building and learn about the

Nantucket Quakers. Tuesdays to Sundays, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. and 2-5 p.m., 57 Ochterloney Street, Dartmouth. Sherbrooke Village Museum: experience the Sherbrooke Village Treasure Hunt – an interactive tour of the museum for children and families alike. 1-888-743-7845 or sherbrookevillage.novascotia.ca Stewiacke Valley Museum: Wednesdays to Sundays, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., 5445 Highway 289, Upper Stewiacke. 902-671-2118.

Wile Carding Mill Museum: hosting a wide array of programs, guided tours with costumed interpreters, and more; Thursdays in July and August, 2-4 p.m., spinner Karen will teach yarn spinning on a wheel. Mondays to Saturdays, 9:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m., and Sundays 1-5:30 p.m., 242 Victoria Road, Bridgewater. cardingmill.novascotia.ca

STAGE

Centrestage Theatre: Suburban Standoff, a delightful summer comedy by Canadian playwright Michael Grant, selected dates to July 28. 61 River Street, Kentville. 902-678-8040 or www.centrestagetheatre.ca

Chester Playhouse: Tidal Women – Braving the Storm, songs and stories of women and the sea, produced by Other Women Theatre Collective, July 18-21, 7:30 p.m., July 21, 2 p.m., 22 Pleasant Street. 902-275-3933 or www.chesterplayhouse.ca

Evergreen Theatre: Getting to Room Temperature, a one-person play by Arthur Milner about his mother’s quest for assisted suicide, July 14, 8 p.m., 1941 Stronach Mountain Road, Margaretsville. www.evergreentheatre.ca

Neptune Theatre: The Argyle Street Kitchen Party, a stage production featuring live music and audience participation, hosted by awardwinning folk artist Ian Sherwood, selected dates to July 29. Scotiabank Stage, 1593 Argyle Street, Halifax. 1-800-565-7345 or www.neptunetheatre.com

Yuk Yuk’s: comedian Jasen Frederickson, with Travis Lindsay and Luke Lawrence, July 12-14, 8 p.m., Westin Nova Scotia, 1181 Hollis Street, Halifax. www.yukyuks.com