COMMUNITY calendar

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Ongoing

• Art in the Hall 5 – until March 29. This is the latest in a series of rotating installations of art by Pictou County artists. Curated by the Art At Large Collective, this show features works by known and unknown student artists from Northumberland High School are interspersed with thought-provoking art by Janet Wallace and Joan Krawzyck. Anchored by the large canvases of Wallace and Krawzyck, the art left behind when students moved on represents a variety of media and topics. Free admission to view the show. Museum of Industry, Stellarton. 902-755-5425 museumofindustry.novascotia.ca Open Monday -Friday 9-5 p.m.

• Gamblers Anonymous – Gamblers Anonymous meeting held every Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. at the Trinity United Church, 151 Temperance Street, New Glasgow, N.S. (side door by office). Do you or someone you know have a gambling problem? Want to stop? We can help!

• Karaoke Night – at RCL Branch 35, Westville, Sunday nights with Kerry Williams from 7:30 – 11 p.m. Admission is $2/person.

• Classic Country Music Jam – every Tuesday at Lourdes Hall, 6:30 to 9 p.m. Light lunch served, 50/50 draw. $5 at the door no fee for players. For more information contact Bernie McCarron, (902) 928-0426.

• Stellarton Legion Chase the Ace – weekly Friday Nights at 9 p.m. Tickets for sale daily in the lounge up to 8:30 pm on Friday. Tickets $5 for 4. You do not need to be present to win.

• Jam Session- All singers, players, toe tappers and hummers are welcome at the jam sessions in the Durham Community Hall Wednesday evenings 7-9 p.m. Shared lunch. Silver collection.

• Weekly Music Circle Café Jam – Wednesdays 6:30 - 9:30 p.m. at West Branch Hall. Admission for players is free, listeners free will, $2.50 suggested. Limited kitchen. Proceeds; Community Hall. Shared sweets.

• Kid’s section – Lego Builders Club at the Museum of Industry Stellarton, Tuesdays 3 to 4 p.m. Ages

5 & older. Free admission, no preregistration required.

• Karaoke Talent Contest – hosted by Br 28 Stellarton Legion on Friday nights during their regular Karaoke show beginning Feb. 1. A one-time entrance fee of $10 is due your first night. Sign up sheet is at the Legion the next two Fridays or you can join in up until the sixth week when 12 finalists are chosen. Two singers advance each week by popular vote. The last four contestants will be judged by a panel of three from the local music scene. Prize is $ 500 to the winner. Call the Legion at 902-755-1885 for registration info or drop in on Friday to sign on.

• Fly Tying – The Pictou County Fly Tyers meet at the Stellarton Seniors Club at the corner of Acadia Avenue and Park Street (opposite the Nova Scotia Community College), 6:30-9 p.m. Sundays. Equipment and materials will be provided. All beginner, novice and experienced fly tyers are welcome.

• Photography Course – Pictou Recreation and Parks is now accepting registration for an 8 week Photography Course with Instructor Len Cheverie. This course is for anyone wanting to have a better understanding of the basics of photography. Classes are held on Tuesdays beginning March 26 from 7-9 p.m. at the McCulloch Education Centre. Fee is $75 and pre-registration is required. Call Pictou Recreation at 902-485-4372 to register.

March 21

• Pictou County Prostate Cancer Support Association – will hold their Annual General Meeting on at 7 P.M. in the United Commercial Travellers building behind Summer Street Industries on Park Street New Glasgow. A short monthly meeting will follow for the election of directors for the upcoming year. The meeting is open to the public and all are invited to attend. The building is wheelchair accessible. A social time will follow.

• Wii U & Roblox tournament – 2-4 p.m., Trenton Library, 1 Forge St, Trenton. Matt will be by with the Wii U, and setting up a Roblox group tournament. For more information, please contact the Trenton Library, (902) 752-5181.

• Free Tax Clinic – 1 p.m.- 4 p.m. at New Glasgow Library. By appoint- ment only. Call (902) 755-6031

• Aberdeen Palliative Care AGM – 12:30- 3 p.m. at the Aberdeen Hospital in the 1st floor Boardroom. Serena Lewis, Grief, Bereavement and Wellness Coordinator for the NSHA Northern Zone ( this is a new position) will be Guest Speaker.

March 22

• Bake & Craft Sale – at Highland Square Mall, starting when Mall opens. Sponsored by East River Pastoral Charge Managers.

March 23

• Old Time Dance – 7:30 p.m. at West Branch Community Hall. Music by The MacKinnons plus Marilyn, Alvin and Tracy; Roger Simm, calling. Lunch served, shared sweets. Admission $7.

• Roast Beef Dinner – at Plymouth Fire Hall from 4-6 p.m. Price $12. Eat in or take outs available. For tickets call: 902-752-8657.

• Friends of Redtail Society – will hold their Annual General Meeting at 1 p.m. at the JP Gammon Community Hall in Scotsburn, N.S. The business meeting is from 1:00 -1:50 p.m. and the Circle of Support starts at 2 - 3:15 p.m. The Circle of Support is for the closure of Boat Harbour and the remediation of the 350 acre tidal estuary ecosystem. Members of the Pictou Landing First Nations community, residents of Pictou Landing and the general public are invited to share their perspective as the community looks toward the time when the area known as A’se’k to the Pictou Landing First Nations will no longer be an industrial waste lagoon. Storm date March 24, same place and time.

March 24

• Trenton Chase the Ace – from 2-4 p.m., with draw to follow. Week 30, Jackpot @ $39,159.50 and growing. Advance tickets available at our regular vendors all week up to 8 p.m. on Sat. Karaoke with KGB Ent. to follow 4:30- 10 p.m.

• Lighthouse Mennonite Church – invites you to join in worship at the North End Recreational Center, High St. New Glasgow at 7 p.m.

March 26

• Garden Club Meeting – Meeting of the New Glasgow & Area Highland Garden Club, 7 p.m. in the “Bluenose Dock” at the Glen Haven Manor. Angie Vankessel will be speaking about green teas and vegetable gardening. Light lunch. New members are welcome.

March 28

• In Case Of Emergency – A Pictou United Church Learn & Lunch Event with Dominic Fewer Emergency Management Planning Officer for the Province of Nova Scotia from 10:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. Pictou United Church Hall, 47 James St. Light lunch will be served. RSVP by March 24 by calling Pictou United Church 902-485-8081

• St Bee’s Helping Hands – soup and dessert from 11:15 a.m.-1 p.m. Cost $8. Take out available

• Free Tax Clinic – 1 p.m.- 4 p.m. at New Glasgow Library. By appointment only. Call (902) 755-6031. For simple, low income returns.

• Plaid Marquee – will offer one of the year’s most acclaimed and awarded films, The Favourite, at 7 p.m. at Cineplex Theaters, New Glasgow. Admission $10. Doors at 6:30 p.m.

March 29

• Free Tax Clinic – 1-4 p.m. at Westville Library.

April 1

• Telford Cemetery AGM – will be held at 7 p.m. in the Sutherlands River Community Centre. All lot holders welcome to attend.

• Aberdeen Hospital Auxiliary meeting at 12:30 p.m. at the first floor boardroom of the Aberdeen Hospital.