Fibre Frolic planned for June 24 in Gaspereau

A Fibre Frolic spin in and celebration is planned for June 24 at the Gaspereau Valley Fibres shop.

After 15 years of teams competing in the Back to Back Challenge, this year a spinning and knitting day is planned between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m.

Marilyn Rand, of Pereau, says a number of PEI knitters are coming. Demonstrations will run from 10 a.m. to noon, and from 1-3 p.m. They will include: skirting a raw fleece, hand carding, wool combing, spinning and felting.

A donation to the annual charity, the Carey Me Fund, is planned through an auction and freewill offering.

For the first time, Rand says, “those of us who are spinning and knitting will have time to speak to and engage the public and share our fibre passions.”

Later in the day a tour of the linen production facility at Tap Root Fibre Lab is scheduled.

The mill is located on the Medford Road near Kingsport.

Take in an upcoming reading at the Box of Delights Bookshop in Wolfville.

On June 22, there will be a book reading by Sara Jewell. Jewell is an award- winning narrative journalist whose articles and essays have been published in newspapers and magazines across Canada.

Born and raised in Ontario, Jewell’s lifelong love of Nova Scotia began with a family vacation when she was nine, and deepened after she moved to Nova Scotia from Vancouver in 2002. Her biweekly Field Notes column was the inspiration for her first book, a collection of es-

Some Ashk concerts are coming up in Nova Scotia, with the first being held on June 23 at the Al Whittle Theatre. The second one will be on July 1 for Canada Day at Kings Theatre in Annapolis Royal.

Ashk is the latest project from the Nasr sisters — Sahara, Kamila and Ariana. The three Wolfville sisters have devoted many years to studying and performing music in different parts of the world including India, Afghanistan, China, Europe and Brazil. The word Ashk, means ‘ love’ in Turkish and ‘ tear” in Persian. The band performs in multiple languages and styles, playing a variety of instruments. World percussionist Rachel Ryan is taking part in an exhibition called Holding Patterns at the

Mary E. Black Gallery in Halifax until July 19.

work is on display at the Harvest Gallery in Wolfville until June 19.

the next artist to show in the main space at the Annapolis Royal Gallery. Parallel Play opened June 18 and will remain on through to July 16.