Kings arts scene - as of June 30

BY WENDY ELLIOTT

Kings County Register

Indian music

Festival and folk music from India with Rupi Mahindroo and Mark Adam will fill the Irving Centre in Wolfville July 3, 8 p.m.

The Deep Roots Society welcomes Mahindroo to Wolfville.

With over 20 years’ experience in classical training, performing and teaching in India, she has performed in numerous music festivals in India and abroad.

She will be accompanied by Mark Adam of the Acadia University School of Music, a talented percussionist.

Theatre in the out of doors

Two Planks and a Passion Theatre takes to the trees around the Ross Creek Centre for the Arts when its production of Thornton Wilder’s Pulitzer-Prize winning drama, Our Town, opens July 3.

Featuring 12 performers, the 2008 season starts with what director Ken Schwartz calls, “a perfect piece to perform on our outdoor stages.”

The production is staged in daylight hours at the edge of a forest and in tree houses. Our Town runs until Aug. 17.

Jerome: The Historical Spectacle opens Aug. 2.

www.twoplanks.ca or call 1-888-895-4545.

Acadians at Acadia

Memory, Space, Heritage is the new exhibition opening July 4 at the Acadia University Art Gallery, Wolfville.

The exhibition showcases artists whose recent work reflects the Grand-Pré National Historic Site. This locale serves a vital role in the history of Acadians and of Canada.

The exhibition is organized by the Acadia gallery, in collaboration with La Société Promotion Grand-Pré. It will be on view until Sept. 5.

In conjunction with Wolfville Mud Creek Days and Acadian Days, art-making activities will be offered July 26 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.

See Day Lewis

Fundy Summer Films screens double Oscar winner There Will Be Blood: an unflinching look at an exceptionally evil man.

Actor Daniel Day Lewis travels with his son to California to discover, drill and make money from oil.

The film screens at the Al Whittle Theatre, Wolfville, July 6, 8 p.m. Tickets ($8) available 30 min before screening.

www.fundyfilm.ca or 542-5157.

New at Harvest

Some 15 new works by artist Marcelle Belliveau are featured in an exhibition that opened June 27 at Harvest Gallery in Wolfville.

“EHH 081”: Mapping the Meaning Curve is a show of mixed media paintings on drafting film that explore memory and the art of forgetting.

Belliveau taught in the environmental planning and communication design departments at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design before returning to la Baie four years ago. She is the current president of the Conseil des Arts de la Baie, a founding member of la Manivelle printshop and a partner in Galerie Saule.

Coming up

July 3

Concert Pereau Baptist church, 7:30 p.m.

Until July 14

Rachel Reeve exhibit, Designer Café, Kentville