AROUND THE region
MUSEUM
Debert Military Museum: Saturdays and Sundays, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., UNTIL SEPT. 28, 35 Acadia Avenue. 902-6622860 or debertmuseum@outlook.com
Desbrisay Museum: celebrating 150 years of music in Bridgewater with “and the band played on…” exhibit, featuring history of the Bridgewater Fire Department Band. Wednesdays to Sundays, 1-5 p.m., 130 Jubilee Road, Bridgewater. Farm Equipment Museum: the largest display of agricultural artifacts in the Atlantic provinces, free admission. Tuesdays and Thursdays, 10 a.m.-noon and 1-3 p.m., Nova Scotia Provincial Exhibition Grounds, 73 Ryland Avenue, Bible Hill. 902-893-8104 or nspe.ca/ farm-equipment-museum to October. The Hooked Rug Museum of North America: museum and fibre arts market open daily, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Hooked on Music, Thursdays, 7-9 p.m., $15 admission for tour and music. 9849 Highway 3, Hubbards/queensland. www. hookedrugmuseumnovascotia.org
Kings County Museum: now exhibiting Gibson Woods: A Testimony to Resilience, an exploration of the history of the community through the life and words of one of its most well-known residents, Mrs. Ethel D. (Ford) Gibson, to mid-december. 37 Cornwallis Street, Kentville. 902-678-6237 or www.kingscountymuseum.ca Knaut Rhuland House Museum:
costumed guides tell the story of the first 100 years after the settling of Lunenburg. Open daily, noon-4 p.m. in September, 125 Pelham Street, Lunenburg. 902-634-3498 or www. lunenburgheritagesociety.ca
Memory Lane Heritage Village: take a stroll through the 1940s with immersive exhibits and 18 restored and replica buildings, including a cookhouse for lunch, or drive around the village in style in the Model A Ford (rides available most days 1-2 p.m.). Open daily, 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m., 5435 Clam Harbour Road, Lake Charlotte. 902-845-1937 or www.heritagevillage.ca
Old Chester Train Station: new exhibits including a boat building display and wrought iron works from the first female ferrier in Nova Scotia; the Station Handicraft Shoppe now open for the season. Monday, Tuesdays, Thursdays-saturdays, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Sundays noon-4 p.m., 20 Smith Road.
Port Hastings Museum and Archives: along with the Artisans Collective Gift Shop, open Mondays to Fridays, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. and Sundays, 12-4 p.m. 24 Highway 19, Port Hastings. 902-625-1295. Prescott House Museum: photographs and scrapbooks, stories and news items from the past 45 years since Prescott House joined the Nova Scotia Museum family, to Oct. 6. Prescott House, 1633 Starrs Point Road. 902-542-3984 or prescotthouse. novascotia.ca Sherbrooke Village Museum: experience the Sherbrooke Village Treasure Hunt – an interactive tour of the museum for children and families alike. 1-888-743-7845 or sherbrookevillage.novascotia.ca
The SS Atlantic Heritage Park: the burial site for 277 victims of the SS Atlantic shipwreck disaster, featuring a museum, craft shop, walking trail and monument from 1905. Open daily, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., 180 Sandy Cove Road, Terence Bay. www.ssatlantic.com
Stewiacke Valley Museum: Wednesdays to Sundays, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., 5445 Highway 289, Upper Stewiacke. 902671-2118. To Sept. 15. A Walk Through Time Museum: newly opened and impressive collection of horse-drawn farm equipment, sleighs, and many early 1900s household and farm items, as well as an “old general store,” “grandma’s kitchen” and more. Open daily, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., 4119 Scotsburn Road, Highway 256. www.awalkthroughtimemuseum.com
Wile Carding Mill Museum: hosting a wide array of programs, guided tours with costumed interpreters, and more. Mondays to Saturdays, 9:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m., and Sundays 1-5:30 p.m., until Sept. 17. 242 Victoria Road, Bridgewater. cardingmill.novascotia.ca
STAGE
Lunasea Theatre: The Bitterest
Time: The War Story of Mona Parsons, Sept. 13, 8 p.m., The Bauer Theatre, Antigonish. 902-867-3333; Sept. 14, 7:30 p.m., decoste Arts Centre, 99 Water Street, Pictou. 902-485-8848 or www.decostecentre.ca
Neptune Theatre: Shakespeare in Love, based on the 1998 film of the same name, selected dates to Oct. 7. Fountain Hall stage, 1593 Argyle Street, Halifax. 902-429-7070 or www. neptunetheatre.com
NEW EXHIBITS
221 St. Anthony Street Gallery & Antiques: now showing the work of Mirta Bunce, Sherry Warren Biers, Pat Lohrenz, F. Sargan, Michael Haymes, Jill Tayler, Sarah Pavia, Helen Opie, Deborah Atkins, Felicity Redgrave, James Lightle, and Jaime Lightle. Annapolis Royal. 902-532-0370.
Acadia University Gallery: Maud Lewis: A Life Collected, curated by Dr. Laurie Dalton, to Sept. 30. Tuesdays to Sundays, 12-4 p.m. or by appointment, Beveridge Arts Centre, 10 Highland Avenue, Wolfville. 902-585-1373 or artgallery@acadiau.ca
Art 1274 Hollis Gallery: celebrating its 10th anniversary year, 23 local artists and artisans run this lively co-operative gallery; Comforts for the Soul, a joint exhibition by painter Colleen Underwood and potter and ceramic artist Judy Gordon, to Oct. 2. Open daily, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., 1274 Hollis Street, Halifax. 902-446-4077 or www.art1274hollis.ca
Art Gallery of Nova Scotia: The Light Fantastic, to Sept. 16; Transatlantique: The art of fashion and costume design in Paris and Halifax, to Sept. 23; Blue Rocks: Gerald Ferguson, Marsden Hartley, and John Hartman, to Nov. 4; Hiroshige: The 53 stations of the Tokaido,
to March 17. 1723 Hollis Street, Halifax. www.artgalleryofnovascotia.ca
Artport Gallery at the Airport: Open daily, 8:30 a.m.-8 p.m., always an artist on site, located in the arrivals area next to Starbucks. 902-873-4446.
Black Sheep Gallery: exhibition and sale of work by Jacob Roth and other significant works of contemporary Canadian folk art including Maud Lewis’ Three Black Cats, 1689 West Jeddore Road. Tuesdays to Sundays, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. 902-889-5012 or www.blacksheepart.com
The Bread Gallery: Back Roads, new paintings by Susan Sweet, to Sept. 9. 7778 Highway 14, Newport, Hants County. 902-757-3377 or www.facebook.com/thebreadgallery
Corridor Gallery: Observations from the Aries Factory by Gary Castle, to Sept. 28. Mondays to Fridays, 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m., 1113 Marginal Road, Halifax. 902-423-4694 or www.visualarts.ns.ca
The Craig Gallery: Scratch & Sniff Menu by Emily Lawrence and You, Me, Them… Us by Barbara Schmeisser, to Oct. 7. 5-7 p.m. Tuesdays to Fridays, noon-5:30 p.m., Saturdays, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. and Sundays, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., 2 Ochterloney Street, Dartmouth. www.alderneylanding.com/gallery
Crossroads: An Intersection in Time: an exhibition in collaboration with Halifax Art Map, featuring established and emerging artists working in a range of genres, addressing the theme of ‘crossroads’ in its variety of meanings. Part 2 runs to Oct. 27 at the Halifax Central Library sunroom, 5440 Spring Garden Road, Halifax. www. halifaxpubliclibraries.com
Crouchers Pt. Studio Gallery: Mondays to Fridays, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. or by appointment or chance, 71 Saddle Island Road, Bayswater. 902-228-2806 or www.crouchersptgallery.com gallery@thelinc: Beast & Bone, ceramic sculpture by multimedia artist Deborah Washington, and Temporal Beach, photography of the beaches of Nova Scotia by William Weedmark, to October. 306 Lincoln Street, Lunenburg. www.thelinc.ca
Gallery 97: It’s Fall? a collection of paintings, to Nov. 7. Mondays to Fridays, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Suite 4, 11 Glendale Avenue, Lower Sackville. 902-2527975 or raesmith@ns.sympatico.ca
Hardware Gallery: Wood and Water, featuring work by fine art photographer Connie Publicover and woodworker/furniture maker Michael Deluca, to Sept. 26, opening reception Sept. 13, 7-9 p.m., 36 Cornwallis Street, Kentville. www.hardwaregallery.ca