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Charlottetown turns into an open air gallery of public art. Go to https://artintheopenpei.com/. Dundas Plowing Match is Aug. 25-27 in Dundas. Go to www. dundasplowingmatch.com or 902583-2723.
QThe Dunsford Boys play the regular weekly Pig n’ Whistle Aug. 26 at the Kaylee Hall in Poole’s Corner, 8-11 p.m.
A dance is at 56 St. Peters Rd., Charlottetown, Aug. 26, 9 p.m. to midnight. Music is by Music and Friends with special guest Joe Hynes. There is a free lunch and a 50/50 draw.
Square dance is at the Olde Lorne Valley School, 922 Lorne Valley Rd. (near Cardigan) Wednesdays, 8-11 p.m. Admission is $6. Lunch is served.
Wednesday dances are at Hillsborough Park Community Centre. The next one is Aug. 30, 8:30-11:30 p.m. Music is by Joe Hynes and Friends with free lunch and 50/50.
A dance is Thursdays, 8-11 p.m., at the Centre Belle-Alliance, 5 Maris Stella Ave., off South Drive, Summerside with 1950s/’60s music by Fallback (Scott White, Dale Gaudet, Johnny Ross, Steve Guy, Tom DesRoches, Wayne Robichaud). Admission is at the door.
Pig and Whistle Dance, hosted by the Gary Chipman Band, is Thursdays at the New London Community Complex, 8-11 p.m. Music is 1950s and ’60s rock ’n’ and roll and old-time fiddle square set. Admission is at the door. Call 902-314-1865 or go to www. peiceilidhs.com.
QDANCES FOOD AND MUSIC
The Island History Sunday brunch series at Sir Andrew Macphail Homestead, Orwell, continues Aug. 27, 11:30 a.m., when Ryan O’Connor presents “The 1971 National Farmers Union Highway Demonstration”. Cost: $25 ($20 for members and local residents (King County and Orwell). The series is part of the homestead’s 2017 fundraising campaign. Call 902-651-2789 for reservations or information.
“Down with Demon Run – Stories and Songs of rum Running on Prince Edward Island” is Sundays at The Haviland Club. Doors open at 5 p.m.; show and supper are at 5:30 p.m. Tickets are at ticketwizard/ca or at the door.
Feast Dinner Theatres presents “Shucked” at Summerside’s Brothers 2 and at Rodd Charlottetown. Call 902-629-2321 (Charlottetown) or 902-436-7674 (Summerside) or visit www.feastdinnertheatres.com.
“The Belle of the Ball” is the English-language production for this year’s “V’nez veiller” dinner theatre at the Acadian Musical Village, Abram-Village Tuesdays, to Aug. 29, 6:30 p.m. Tickets must be reserved in advance at 902-8543300.
“Weak Shove of Talent” is the dinner theatre production at the Tignish Legion, Tuesday and Thursday nights. Tickets are at 902-853-6698.
“V’nez veiller” dinner-theatre production (in French) is at the Acadian Musical Village in AbramVillage, Wednesdays and Thursdays, 6:30 p.m., to Aug. 30. Tickets must be reserved at 902-854-3300.
THEATRE/COMEDY/ DANCE
“Anne & Gilbert” is at The Guild in Charlottetown. Go to www. theguildpei.com or contact the box office.
“Anne of Green Gables – The Musical” is in the Homburg Theatre, Confederation Centre of the Arts, Charlottetown. Go to www.confederationcentre.com or 1-800-565-0278.
“Atlantic Blue” is at The Guild in Charlottetown, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Saturdays. Contact the box office.
“Barefoot in the Park” runs to Sept. 2 at the Watermark Theatre, North Rustico. Check out www. watermarktheatre.com or 902963-3963.
“Bittergirl - The Musical” is at The Mack in Charlottetown to Aug. 26. Contact the box office of Confederation Centre of the Arts.
Charlottetown Burlesque is Aug. 25, 11 p.m., as part of Late Night at The Guild in Charlottetown. For tickets, contact the box office.
“Dot and Ada’s Bucket List” plays Thursdays until Sept. 6, 8 p.m., at the St. Peter’s Court House Theatre. Call 902-961-3636, check www.courthousetheatre.ca or email info@courthousetheatre.ca.
Dramatic Dressing Room is an escape room activity at St. Peter’s Courthouse Theatre. Call after 10 a.m., Monday to Friday, 902-9613636.
Glenda’s Kitchen plays in Studio 1 of Confederation Centre of the Arts until Sept. 1. Contact the box office.
“If it’s All Right with you – The Life and Music of My Father, Gene MacLellan” is at the P.E.I. Brewing Co., Kensington Road, Charlottetown. For tickets, contact the venue.
“Ireland Meets Scotland”, a celebration of Celtic heritage, music and dance, is at Orwell Corner Historic Village, Fridays, 7:30 p.m., to Aug. 25. Contact the Orwell Corner Historic Village.
Jimmy Flynn returns to the stage at the Kings Playhouse in Georgetown for an evening of comedy and music, Aug. 26, 7:30 p.m. Visit www.kingsplayhouse.com or call 1-888-346-5666.
“Million Dollar Quartet” is in the Homburg Theatre, Confederation Centre of the Arts, Charlottetown. Go to www.confederationcentre.com or call 1-800-565-0278.
Mrs. Warren’s Profession is at the Watermark Theatre, North Rustico, to Sept. 2. Contact www. watermarktheatre.com or 902963-3963.
“On a First Name Basis” is at the Victoria Playhouse. Contact the box office.
Popalopalots is at The Guild in Charlottetown, Aug. 26, 10:30 p.m. Contac the box office.
The Four Tellers (David Weale, Alan Buchanan, Dennis King, Gary Evans) is at Harbourfront Theatre Aug. 26, 7:30 p.m. Contact he box office or www.harbourfronttheatre.com.
“The Four Tellers – Top Hats and Tall Tales” is at the Kings Playhouse in Georgetown, featuring Alan Buchanan, Dennis King, Gary Evans and David Weale. Contact the box office.
“The Island Summer Review” is at Harmony House Theatre, Hunter River, featuring Mark Haines and Patrick Ledwell. Contact the theatre box office.
“Signatures - A Canadian Spectacle Exposition Agricole et Festival Acadien is Aug. 31 to Sept. 3 at the exhibition grounds, AbramVillage. Call 902-8543517.
Under the Stars”, a free outdoor multimedia experience, is presented daily by Discover Charlottetown, Confederation Centre of the Arts and Graphics eMotion in celebration of Canada 150. It will run until Oct. 1.
QCLUB LISTINGS
well as photos and artifacts from the museum’s collection. Call 902432-2880.
The Anne of Green Gables Museum is in Park Corner. Contact 1-800-665-2663 or 902-886-2884 or go to www.annemuseum.com.
Basin Head Fisheries Museum is on the Basin Head Road. Call 902357-7233 or go to peimuseum. com.
Beaconsfield Historic House, a P.E.I. Museum site, is in Charlottetown. Call 902-368-6603.
Bedeque Area Historical Museum is in the William Callbeck Centre, Central Bedeque, featuring a number of exhibits. Contact http://www.bedequemuseum.
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Inspired Them. Every weekday, 1-5 p.m., Eptek Centre is hosting to mark a Demo Days: craft and art successful demonstrations. Visit www. summer peimuseum.com, www. (four new facebook.com/EptekCentre exhibitions or call 902-888-8373 for the and a record schedule. numbers of visitors). Donations are Nick Hann - Brothers Two, Summerside, Aug. 25.
Misty Water - Charlottetown Legion, Aug. 25.
Lady Soul – Baba’s, Charlottetown, Aug. 25.
Becca Griffin - Next Door@The Merchantman, Charlottetown, Aug. 25.
Live music - Carr’s Oyster Bar, Stanley Bridge Aug. 25.
Richard Wood and Gordon Belsher - Old Triangle, Charlottetown, Aug. 25.
Neon Moon RCAF Wing, Summerside, Aug. 25.
Future Funk, Dekz - Hunter’s Ale House, Charlottetown Aug. 25.
Scuttered - Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club, Summerside, Aug. 25.
Partner - Fishbones, Charlottetown, Aug. 25.
Jocelyn Fraser - Marc’s Lounge, Charlottetown, Aug. 25.
Brian Dunn - Dundee Arms, Charlottetown, Aug. 25.
Dave Woodside – Open Eats, Summerside, Aug. 25.
Saved by the Fresh Prince of Belle Air 90s dance party – Charlottetown Beer Garden – Aug. 25.
Live music - Olde Dublin Pub, Charlottetown, Aug. 25-26.
Leon Gallant, Billy MacInnis and Friends - Carr’s Oyster Bar, Stanley Bridge, Aug. 26, 4-7 p.m.
Steven Szwarc - Marc’s Lounge, Charlottetown, Aug. 26.
Sheila MacKenzie and Jon Matthews - Old Triangle, Charlottetown, Aug. 26.
Fall Guys – Charlottetown Legion, Aug. 26.
Tradewinds is at the Factory Cookhouse, Charlottetown, Aug. 26.
Furious George - Carr’s Oyster Bar, Stanley Bridge, Aug. 26.
Slowcoaster – Charlottetown Beer Garden – Aug. 26.
Live music - Fishbones, Charlottetown, Aug. 26.
Cory Gallant - Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club, Summerside, Aug. 26.
LITERARY EVENTS/ READINGS/ PRESENTATIONS
Tracadie and Area History Project booklet launch is Aug. 27, 2 p.m., at the Tracadie Community Centre. A presentation by researcher Molly Pendergast will be given. Light lunch will be provided. Booklets will be sold for $10.
Wednesday Evening with L.M. Montgomery is at the Bideford Parsonage Museum, 784 Bideford Rd. (Route 166), 7:30 p.m. On Aug. 30, there will be reading from “Anne’s House of Dreams” and from “The Alpine Path”, published during 1917.
MUSEUMS, INTERPRETIVE CENTRES
The Acadian Museum in Miscouche features “Miscouche of Bygone Days’’, commemorating the 200th anniversary of the parish of Miscouche (1817-2017), as
welcome.
Bideford Parsonage Museum, a designated Historic Place of P.E.I., was built in 1878, on the North Cape Coastal Drive, 784 Bideford Rd. (Route 166). It is open daily.
The Canadian Potato Museum is in O’Leary. Contact 902-859-2039 or 1-844-849-1470 or go to www. canadianpotatomuseum.info.
The Croft House, site of the Selkirk Scottish Heritage Centre in Eldon has a selection of Scottish clan items, jewelry and books.
Elmira Railway Museum is in Elmira, a P.E.I. Museum and Heritage site. Call 902-357-7234 or go to peimuseum.com.
The Farmers’ Bank of Rustico Museum, a bilingual National Historic Site, is on Route 243, Rustico. Check www.farmersbank.ca or call 902-963-3168.
Green Gables Heritage Place is located in Cavendish. There is no charge to visit this year as part of the Canada 150 Celebrations. Contact 902-963-7874.
Green Park Shipbuilding Museum & Yeo House is in Port Hill, a P.E.I. Museum and Heritage site. Call 902-831-7947 or go to peimuseum.com.
The Lucy Maud Montgomery Birthplace
Museum is in New London. Call 902-886-2099 or go to www. lmmontgomerybirthplace. ca.
The MacNaught History Centre and Archives is at 75
Spring St., open year round. Admission is free. Call 902432-1332 or 902-432-1298.
Orwell Corner Historic Village is in Orwell Corner, a P.E.I. Museum and Heritage site. Call 902-6518515 or go to peimuseum.com.
The P.E.I. Regiment Museum is at the Queen Charlotte Armoury, 3 Haviland St., Charlottetown. Call 902-368-0108 or check www.peiregimentmuseum.ca.
The Sir Andrew Macphail Homestead in Orwell is open. Call 902651-2789.
St. Andrew’s Chapel, three km east of Mount Stewart on Route 2, is a reconstruction of the first church built at St. Andrew’s in 1805. Connect with the early settlers of P.E.I. and learn about its builder, Angus Bernard MacEachern, the first Bishop of Charlottetown who lies buried in
the adjacent crypt.
The Tryon Museum features the history of Tryon and Lot 28, the development of radio broadcasting in P.E.I. and information on the life of local carpenter Edward Sharkey, 1867-1970. Call 902-658-2009, or visit www.tryonareahistoricalsociety.com.
Wood Islands Lighthouse Museum is open. Contact 902962-3110 or go to woodislandslighhouse.com.
QEXHIBITIONS
Members of the P.E.I. Potters Studio will present “An Enchanted Forest” as part of Art in the Open on Aug. 26. Located across from the studio in Victoria Park, between 4 p.m. and midnight, follow an illuminated path into an enchanted forest glen and discover a magical fairy village, complete with fairies and goblins, fairy houses and doors, toadstools and butterflies — and a few surprises. For information, call Judy, 902-394-0941.
Confederation Centre Art Gallery is in Charlottetown. Call 902-628-6111 or check out www. confederationcentre.com/en/artgallery.php.
Cornwall Library Art Gallery is featuring an exhibit by the artists known as Millie’s Marvels. Contact Giselle Déziel at 902-566-3347 for information on displaying.
Details Past and Present Gallery is at166 Richmond St., Charlottetown. Check www.detailspastandpresent.com.
Gallery@The Guild in Charlotteown presents The Secret Language of Trees by Mireille Poirier until Aug. 27. Glenda & Barb MacLeod: A Mother Daughter Art Show opens on Aug. 30.
Gallery 18 in New London has an exhibition entitled “Thérèse D’Amour - A Passion for Nature. Call 902-886-3201, or email info@ Gallery18.com.
Karen Gallant Studio Gallery in Rustico is on the corner of Route 6 and 243, Rustico Road. Contact karengallant.com.
Kensington Art Gallery is at 27 Commercial St., in the Historic Kensington Train Station yard. Contact 902-886-2395 or sutton@ pei.sympatico.ca.
Maroon Pig Art Gallery and Cafe is at 37 Water St., Georgetown. Call 902-652-2569 or check www. maroonpig.ca.
Plum Tree Studio is at 13 Buffalo Rd., South Rustico. Call 902-9632622 or 1-778823-3335.
The Purcell Parlour Gallery in Clyde River is open when the roadside sandwich sign is out on the highway. Call 902368-7526 or go to www.juliapurcell.ca.
MacNaught History Centre and Archives features ongoing exhibits of various Island artists. It is at 85 Spring St., Summerside. Call 902-432-1332 or 902-432-1298.
Lefurgey Cultural Centre, Summerside, features the free 150th Anniversaries Celebration Exhibit. Go to culturesummerside.com or call 902-432-1298.
Meadowbrook Arts, Crafts & Creations is in Crapaud, 677 Route 13. Visit meadowbrookartstudio. com or call 902-658-3171.
Pinhole Photography Gallery is the home studio/darkroom of Charlottetown artist/pinhole photographer, Mary Carr-Chaisson. Call 902-628-1575, email mary@ pinholephotogallery.com or visit www.pinholephotogallery. “For the Love of the Island”, featuring Treble with Girls (Jolee Patkai, Maxine MacLennan, Sheila MacKenzie, Norman Stewart), is Wednesdays at the Kings Playhouse in Georgetown. Contact the box office.