BY WENDY ELLIOTT
Kings County Register
Hear Clara
A youthful, energetic and important fundraising concert is coming up in Wolfville June 20 at Denton Hall at 7 p.m.
Clara Hodder will play her Kabalevsky Concerto on duo grand pianos with Prof. John Hansen, before heading out a week later to present it at nationals in Quebec City. Other community guests performing that evening will include: Emma Etienne, the Pereau Church quartet, Alan Slipp and Sara MacLeod.
Admission is a donation towards her trip at the door.
Band playing
The St. Mary’s concert series continues June 21 at Christ Church hall in Berwick. Shoulder to Shoulder will perform, along with a musical collective from the Berwick area including Peter Bull, Andrew Johnson and others.
Music gets underway at 7:30 p.m.
McKinnon coming
Singer Dan McKinnon will be in concert at the Evergreen Theatre in East Margaretsville June 21 at 8 p.m.
The internationally acclaimed McKinnon, a folksinger/ songwriter/ historian/ storyteller, is back to celebrate the release of his sixth recording, Just Another Day. His new recording is a captivating collection of songs gleaned from previous albums. Both CDs were produced by award-winning folk music producer Paul Mills.
Tickets are $15.
On screen
Fundy Summer Films screens Michael Clayton this weekend.
A legal “fixer” Clayton (George Clooney) cleans up messes for a prestigious NYC law firm. When a brilliant lawyer sabotages one of the firm’s hottest cases, Clayton must “fix” the situation and finds he’s facing the challenge of his career - and his life.
It screens at the Al Whittle Theatre, Wolfville, June 22 at 8 pm. Tickets ($8) available 30 min before screening.
www.fundyfilm.ca or 542-5157.
A Balkan evening
Musician Ken Shorley and geologist Rob Raeside will introduce listeners to the geography and musical culture of the Eastern Balkans – Hungary, Romania, and Bulgaria.
Eastern Europe has an early Christian legacy of awe-inspiring architecture and art. It is a region as yet undiscovered by travelers, but an international tourist association recently predicted, in 10 years, this will be one of the world’s top three tourist sites.
In September, two Wolfville clergymen, Rev. Bob Wallace and Rev. Barry Morrison, and their wives will be leading a 16-day tour of the area. They will begin and end in Budapest and cross Serbia for a fascinating exploration of Bulgaria and Romania.
All are welcome to what promises to be a delightful and informative evening about this journey June 23 at 7 p.m. in the Manning Memorial Chapel Hall at Acadia University.
Mini film fest
An international conference in Wolfville from June 23 to 25 is called “What’s Working in Community Development?”
Some 300 people are expected at this interactive event with participants from nearly 30 countries around the world.
There will be a public talk on the community development value of documentary film festivals, presented by Carole Roy from St. Francis Xavier University, at 3:15 pm at the Al Whittle Theatre.
At 4 p.m., the first film in a mini-film festival will screen: Black Soil. War Dance shows at 7:30 p.m. and To Play and to Fight shows at 9:30 p.m. All films are open to the public. Admission is a suggested $5 donation per film (or $12 for all three). Proceeds will be donated to the Fundy Film Society’s digital projector fund.
View from Here
June 24, Deborah Nicholson will be instructing classes for adults that allow participants to expand their photography skills while using their own digital cameras.
Participants must supply their own digital camera. Space is limited. Call 585-1917, or visit the KC Irving Centre Café, to register.
Stan’s coming
Mark your calendars for Stan Carew and Breeze & Wilson June 28, a special musical event at the Al Whittle Theatre in Wolfville.
Opening concert
For the first time, Wolfville vocal teacher Nancy Denton is opening her end-of-the-year concert to the public, June 29 at 2 p.m. in Wolfville Baptist Church.
“It's a special concert, in that we are featuring many of Donna Rhodenizer's songs and all the music is from the East Coast by East Coast writers.”
They include Allister MacGillivray, Stan Rogers, Beverly MacGillivray, Leon Dubinsky, James Rankin and Denis Ryan.
Audience members are asked to bring a freewill offering for the Wolfville & Area Food Bank.
Chapter Two
CentreStage Theatre in Kentviile is offering audiences Neil Simon's Chapter Two: a widower struggling to overcome his grief meets a recent divorcee, equally apathetic about beginning the next "chapter" in her life.
The show continues each Friday and Saturday night at 8 p.m. until July 5. Phone 678-8040 to make reservations.
Printmaker exhibition
New at the Designer Café, Kentville is an exhibition by printmaker Rachel Reeve. It will run until July 14 and focuses on nature and travel.
Reeve graduated from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in 1998. While her primary focus has been printmaking, she continues to explore mixed media.
Coming up
June 19
Donna Morrissey reading, Wolfville Memorial Library, 7 p.m. 542-5760
Until June 22
Tony Myers’ exhibition, Ross Creek Centre for the Arts near Canning
Until June 30
Acadia Print Series’ from the permanent collection, Acadia Art Gallery, Wolfville
