DON’T MISS this

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• A book signing for P.E.I. author Theresa Redmond is Nov 26, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., at Chapters Indigo, 455 University Ave., Charlottetown. Her novel, Bound, set in the late 1700s, tells the story of a privileged young English woman who travels to the colony of St. John’s Island as the mistress of the governor and witnessing injustice on the Island, becomes the reluctant leader of the local emancipation movement. It is the first adult historical fiction novel set in P.E.I.

• An online launch for Fiona Steele’s new book, Coming Home, is Nov. 26, 6-7 p.m. Visit acornpress.ca for details. Steele writes about the journey of coming home to P.E.I. after moving away and to the Island identity she is rooted in. It is organized in three distinct parts: sandstone, sea and sky.

• A lecture by Mary Jeanette Gallant is Nov. 30, 7 p.m., in the Katherine Hughes Memorial Hall in the Irish Cultural Centre at 582 North River Rd., Charlottetown. Gallant, chair of the Glenaladale Heritage Trust, will speak about the trust and the 250-year anniversary celebration that took place this past June and July. Doors will open at 6 p.m. Admission is by donation. For information, text or call 902213-3924.

• Eptek Centre Book Club meets Dec. 1, 7 p.m., to discuss Us Against You by Fredrik Backman. Eptek Art & Culture Centre, a site of the Prince Edward Island Museum and Heritage Foundation, is at 130 Heather Moyse Dr., Summerside. Please note: with the ever-changing COVID-19 situation, details are subject to change. For information, call 902-888-8373 or visit www.peimuseum.com or www.facebook.com/eptekcentre.

• The launch for Second Glimpses, a new book by P.E.I. journalist, author, photographer and awardwinning poet Kathy Birt, is at the Haviland Club in Charlottetown Dec. 3, 1-4 p.m. The author’s first memoir, Just a Glimpse, as well as others by her hand will be available for sale.

Art galleries/events

• The Native Council of P.E.I. is hosting an art show Dec. 2, 4-9 p.m., showcasing Indigenous Island artists of many mediums and skill levels. The event is hosted at the Native Council Programming Office at 614 North River Rd.

• Confederation Centre Art Gallery is featuring the following: Entrance Gallery: Ronald Bloore, Paul Griffin and Eleanor King; Revisiting; Dreaming Machines; Surabhi Ghosh: What’s mine is yours; While Black: a forum for speculation on what the gallery can’t hold. The gallery is open Sundays, 1-5 p.m.; Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Thursday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Call 902-6286111 or email artgallery@confederationcentre.com.

• The Cornwall Library Art Gallery is showing a group exhibit, featuring a local artist with one piece each in the show, until Dec. 2. Youth in the Cornwall area are invited to each submit one piece of art for the December Youth Art Exhibit. The drop-off deadline is Dec. 2 at 5 p.m. Contact the library for information on displaying in the gallery, located at 15 Mercedes Dr., Town Hall, Cornwall. Call 902-6298415 or go to library.pe.ca.

• Details Fine Art Gallery at 166 Richmond St., Charlottetown, is open Tuesday to Saturday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., featuring local, national and international artists, as well as art pottery, blown glass and Inuit sculpture. Call 902-892-2233.

• Eptek Art & Culture Centre is showing Still Quilting Forward, featuring work from members of the P.E.I. Modern Quilt Guild. Enjoy bright colours, contemporary designs and coziness. Wartime Memories from Prince County will be on display, highlighting Second World War artifacts, in partnership with the P.E.I. Regiment Museum. Admission is by donation. Scavenger hunts related to exhibits are also offered available to people who drop into the site. Call 902-8888373 or check out Eptek Centre’s Facebook.

• The Hilda Woolnough Gallery at The Guild (111 Queen St., Charlottetown) is showing Double Takes, featuring the work of Doug Dumais, a camera artist based in Charlottetown. He documents spaces undergoing drastic changes such as construction sites, eroding shorelines and public institutions and manipulates his images by layering them with historical paintings, illuminating them with illegible poetry or obscuring them with frosted glass. For gallery hours, contact the venue.

• The Sixty Days of Fame series has returned to the Lefurgey Cultural Centre in Summerside with Canadian Cities and Viking Pottery, a joint exhibit with Karin H. Melzer and Andrew A. Melzer featuring their two disciplines of pottery and painting. It can be viewed Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. until Nov. 25. Admission is free. The Lefurgey Cultural Centre is at 205 Prince St.

To submit information for the Don’t Miss This or Community Calendar listing, send public service announcements to lifestyles@theguardian.pe.ca. The deadline for submission is the end of the day Tuesday.