Arts& culture
As part of its 32nd summer festival season of performances in historic areas of Nova Scotia, Musique Royale is sponsoring two return performances in the Annapolis Valley of The Door You Came In.
The production is adapted from David Macfarlane’s 1991 memoir, The Danger Tree, which traces his family history and roots in Newfoundland, principally the Goodyears of Grand Falls, who lost three of their six sons in the First World War.
This compelling production is slated for St. John the Baptist Church in Poplar Grove on July 12 at 7 p.m. Tickets for both performances are $20 for general and $10 for students at the door. Tickets are available by reservation from the Musique Royale box office (902-634-4994), musiqueroyale1985@gmail.com, and at the door.
The following evening, July 13, another performance will be held at St. George and St. Andrew United Church in Annap-
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 on July 12 will be by Frankie Macaulay, and then on July 19, Ursula Handleigh will speak. On July 26, Kate Ward will give a talk, followed by Andrew Milne on Aug. 30. Milne’s
The two summer off the grid productions 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
At CentreStage Theatre in Kentville, The Long Weekend by Norm Foster will be delivering non-stop mischievous fun and scrumptious plot twists.
Max and Wynn are about to show off their beautiful new cottage-country home in Ontario to their best friends, Roger and Abby.
Directed by Junie Hutchinson, The Long Weekend cast includes Linda Levy Fisk, Mike Butler, Lizon Richard and Alan Tupper.
It runs July 14-15, 21-22 and 28-29 at 7:30 p.m., with 2 p.m. matinees on July 16 and 23.
The featured artist this month is Bobbie Mortensen.
- Annapolis Royal has three new exhibitions at ARTsPLACE: Parallel Play by Amanda Rhodenizer; Morning Sun and Evening Sky by Charlotte Zimmermann; and All you need is Love. And Lobster, by Cynthia Henry
-Jack’s Gallery in Wolfville is exhibiting Change and Exploration: Life on the Coast. These watercolours are by Carolyn Mallory and Peter Martocchio. The exhibit will be on until Sept. 10.