Arts Scene

BY WENDY ELLIOTT

The Advertiser

NovaNewsNow.com



Comedy for museum

The Kings County Museum is delighted to present its second annual Night of Comedy Oct. 19. The inaugural event exceeded expectations and raised over $10,000.

A Night of Comedy II will now be the primary fundraising vehicle for the museum, which is owned and operated by the Kings Historical Society.

Featured are two great comedians. Steve Patterson was nominated as the Best

Male Stand-up Comic in Canada this year, as Scott Harris was in 2006. Both performers have worked in all of the entertainment mediums. Scott was most recently on CBC radio’s "Madly Off In All Directions" and Steve appeared on The Comedy Network. They have also both headlined at Just For Laughs Festival in Montréal and the Halifax Comedy Fest.

Emceeing this dynamic duo is Albert Howell, who has hosted his own show on The Comedy Network and just finished his first writing season for This Hour Has 22 Minutes.

The comedy night starts at 7 p.m. with a complimentary reception and silent auction, followed by A Night of Comedy II.

Presented by the Ritcey team at ScotiaMcLeod and produced by Make It Happen, event organizers are Bruce Mansour and Cathy Margeson.

Tickets are available now at the Acadia University box office at the arena. Tickets are $40 and $30 for students, plus applicable service charge if ordered by phone at 542-5500 or 1-800-542-8425.



Laugh with Ron

With his unique poetic style and performance-driven physicality, comedian Ron James catapults audiences everywhere into paroxysms of wheezing delight.

His newest special, East Coast Bound, filmed in Halifax, will air nationwide on CBC-TV Dec. 31. However, live is where his comedy sings the loudest.

Tickets are on sale for a double show Nov. 10 and 11 in Wolfville at the Festival Theatre. Box office phone is 542-5500. Reserved seating ranges between $40 to $42.50.



Hear the McDades

Kate Adams is recommending the McDades’ concert in Wolfville this week. She says the 2003 performance of this Celtic roots family band from Alberta became legendary at the Union Street Café. The popular Berwick restaurant has hosted hundreds of performers, but the McDades were something truly special.

In August, this same band came to the Lunenburg Folk Festival. “This is family of musical virtuosity. As performers they’re intuitive, engaging, exciting and mesmerizing. The McDades are high-energy entertainers, amazing to listen to and just flat-out fun to watch,” Adams says.

The McDades are coming back to Nova Scotia to be part of the Celtic Colours Festival in Cape Breton and will stop off in Wolfville. The concert takes place Thursday, Oct. 4 at 8 p.m. in the Al Whittle Theatre. Tickets are $12 in advance and $15 at the door. Advance tickets are available at the Just Us! Café in Wolfville or by phone using VISA/Mastercard/American Express.



A Supertramp tribute

Oct. 5, “Tramped, A Supertramp Tribute”, will go onstage at CentreStage Theatre in Kentville.

"Come and enjoy the music of one of the greatest bands from the '70s,” says organizer Devon Lee-Barclay.

Tickets are $7 and all proceeds will be donated to CentreStage Theatre in aid of the theatre’s plans to buy the building in which its currently housed.

Tramped includes keyboardist Lee-Barclay, guitarist Aran Silmeryn and special guest vocalist Jillian Rogers.



Night Kitchen

A Night Kitchen performance is set for Saturday, Oct. 6 at 8 p.m. in the Al Whittle Theatre in Wolfville. Among the performers Andy Flinn has lined up are: Rick MacNab, Darren Arsenault, Laura Trenholm, Kimberly Matheson, and Caleb Miles.

Advance tickets are $7.



Ancient instruments

The Orchid Ensemble blends ancient musical instruments and traditions from China and beyond, creating a beautiful new sound that is both creative and distinct. They will perform a concert Wednesday, Oct. 3, at 8 p.m. at the Fountain Learning Commons on the Acadia Campus. Admission is only $5. There will also be a free workshop presentation at 4 p.m.

The ensemble has embraced a variety of musical styles to its repertoire, ranging from the traditional and contemporary music of China, World Music, New Music to Jazz and Creative Improvisation. For more about the Orchid Ensemble, visit www.orchidensemble.com



Hail Megan

The Valley Women’s Business Network is presenting Second City’s newest comedy legend, Megan McDowell. Megan, who hails from the Canning area, is the winner of CBC’s Second City show The Next Comedy Legend – comedy’s version of Canadian Idol.

With her win, Megan is now a member of the Second City Touring Company and will entertain at the Gaspereau Winery barn Saturday, Oct. 13 at 6:30 p.m.

The evening will also feature some of the Valley’s best for wine and food tasting. Some well known favourites include Tangled Garden, Fox Hill Cheese, Al’s Sausages, Gaspereau Wines, and Mani’s Swiss Chocolates. There will be a silent auction of goods and services and music by Paul and the Jazz Generations.

Tickets are $10 at the door. Proceeds for bursaries awarded to NSCC-Kingstec female students in business programs and education for business women in the Annapolis Valley.



Belly Dance

An eight-week beginner class to serve as an introduction into the art of belly dance is starting up. Each class will include a warm-up, technique, and choreography. No experience is required.

The class will run from 7-8 p.m. Tuesdays at Avalon Gardens Studio, 1199 Russia Road. Start date is Oct. 9. Cost is $10 per class.

Instructor Naomi Duboy-Fitch has been dancing for 14 years. She has been assisting and teaching ballet at Cadance Academy for the past two years and is teaching for Cadance again this year. She also teaches for the Annapolis Academy of Music. To register call 538-3238.



Hear a master

The acclaimed Garnet Rogers will be in East Margaretsville Friday, Oct. 12 at 8 p.m. ($18). One of the Evergreen Theatre's favourite performers, David Leary says as a result tickets for Rogers are selling steadily, so reserve now at 825-6834 or evergreentheatre@gmail.com.

Upcoming performances include: El Viento Flamenco Saturday, Oct. 23, $20; Tony Cox (from Zimbabwe/South Africa), Thursday, Nov. 8, $15; and Lennie Gallant, Saturday, Dec. 1, $20.



Rescheduling

Fundy Film continues its Autumn Main Series with the rescheduled screening of Ten Canoes. It was winner of six categories at the 2006 Australian Film Institute Awards including Best Film, Best Direction and Best Cinematography.

Collaborating closely with the Ramingining Aboriginal community in Australia’s Northern Territory, the film is part ethnography, part anthropology and, above all, a rollicking good time. The humorous and mythical tale gives a clearer appreciation of a little-understood culture.

In Yolngu Matha and English with English subtitles, it will screen at the Al Whittle Theatre in Wolfville Oct. 7 at 4 and 7 p.m. and Oct. 8 at 7 p.m. For further information, see www.fundyfilm.ca or call (902) 542-5157. Tickets ($8) are available 30 minutes prior to the film.



Jazz man here

Guitarist/composer David Occhipinti will play at Wolfville's On The Verge Oct. 10 during his tour of Eastern Canada.

This Wolfville concert takes place at 9 p.m. Admission is $10 at the door. Personnel for the touring ensemble include: Occhipinti, guitar/compositions; Kevin Turcotte, trumpet; Andrew Downing, bass; and Terry Clarke, drums.

Occhipinti studied in New York with the legendary jazz guitarist Jim Hall during the mid 1990s. He has toured in Canada, the U.S., Europe and Japan. For more info, visit www.davidocchipinti.com



Coming up



Oct. 3

t@b and Hope Gillis, On the Verge, Wolfville, 8:30 p.m.

Oct. 4

The McDades, Al Whittle Theatre, Wolfville

Until Oct. 26

Christine Ross exhibit, Ross Creek Art Gallery, near Canning