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Wi-Fi for Library Branches

Islanders can now log on to free Wi-Fi at any of the province’s 26 lib....

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Visitor’s Guide Available

Visitors planning a trip to Prince Edward Island can now receive a copy ....

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Osteoporosis Meeting

PEI Chapter of Osteoporosis Canada, a non-profit charitable organization....

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French Summer Camps

Now is the time to register for CPF-PEI French summer camps. Students ag....

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Active Communities

7th Atlantic Summer Institute (ASI) will be held at Holland College, Cha....

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UPEI Credit Course on Ecological Forestry

This week-long course is a great way to learn more about the Acadian for....

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Healing Circle of Friends

A natural healing session called “Heilstrom” will be held in April. ....

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Cuba Fall 2012

Join a 10-person group travelling to Las Tunas (near Holguin), Cuba, for....

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Be a Host Family

Ten Japanese children aged 12–16 hope to spend a month this summer wit....

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Income Tax Assistance

If you are in a low-income bracket and your tax situation is straightfor....

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Scholarships for Island Women

The Canadian Federation of University Women will offer one undergraduate....

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Watercolour/Acrylic Workshop

James E. Pay, SCA, UA will be conducting a 5-day all mediums art workshop J....

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Needle Arts Events

Northern Lights Quilt Guild meeting/workshop takes place at the O’Lear....

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Taste Our Island Nominations

ADAPT Taste Our Island Nominations are open. If you know of Island resta....

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Half-price Parks Passes

Season passes for the Park Canada can be purchased at 50% off until June....

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Stratford Public Library Events

Origami Club Wed at 6:30 pm. Learn Japanese paper folding with 3 new fol....

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Seniors Active Living

Upcoming events for the Seniors Active Living Centre are:

Yard S....

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Nominate Volunteers

The Voluntary Resource Council (VRC) of PEI is inviting non-profit organ....

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Confed Public Library Events

Owen Laukkanen will read from his debut thriller The Professionals May 2....

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MS Carnations for Mother’s Day

May is Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Month and the MS society is selling ....

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CUSO Internships

Cuso International has Internships open in Charlottetown for people with....

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Host Japanese Youth

The non-profit Japanese youth organization LABO offers a language learni....

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Cuba Fall 2012

Join a 10-person group travelling to Las Tunas (near Holguin), Cuba, for....

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Beaconsfield Open for Tours

Beaconsfield Historic House, Ch’town, stands as a symbol of Victorian ....

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Coro Dolce Has Room for Members

Coro Dolce (Sweet Chorus) is hoping to attract some new members. This is....

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Architectural Walking Tours

Volunteers in training with the Institute for Architectural Studies and ....

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Compost Sale

Come Grow With Us! Annual St. Mark’s Compost Sale will be held on thre....

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Half-day Art Camps

On Sat May 12 and 19, from 9 am–12 pm, children ages 6 to 10 are invit....

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Arbor Day

Arbor Day is May 18. Pick up Island Nature Trust’s booklet, Arbor Day,....

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Perennial Sale Canoe Cove

The Annual Perennial Sale in Canoe Cove will be held May 19 from 9 am to....

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Victoria Day Birding

On May 21, Birding on PEI is inviting artists, photographers, biologists....

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PEI National Park Student Art Contest

Prince Edward Island National Park invites students in grades 4 to 6 from a....

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The Music Lives On

A new concert series, “The Music Lives On,” will run every Monday ev....

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Sean Casey Town Hall

On May 22, 7–9 pm at The Guild in Charlottetown, join Sean Casey, Char....

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PEI Home Economics Assoc AGM

Home Economists, as well as those who have graduated from Family and Nut....

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Scholastic 50% Off Book Fair

The Scholastic 50% Off Book Fair will be held at West Kent Elementary Sc....

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Prince Co Hospital History Circle

The Summerside and Area Historical Society will host their next oral his....

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Self-Care for Superwomen

KidsWest and Family Violence Prevention will host Self-Care for Superwom....

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Finding Your Voice

Finding Your Voice (and Earning a Buck) Through Genre Writing: PEI Write....

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Anderson House Dinner & Auction

The Inn at St. Peters will hold its 9th Annual Anderson House Fundraiser....

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QEH/EastLink Telethon

May 26–27 the QEH/EastLink Telethon will showcase Island entertainment....

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Collaborative Decision Making and Problem Solving

The PEI Coalition for Women in Government will be offering workshops for....

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PEISO Serenade to Spring

The PEI Symphony Orchestra will host its annual “Serenade to Spring”....

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Urban Farming

Go!PEI, Charlottetown Parks and Recreation Department, and Inspired Farm....

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Aquaculture CanadaOM 2012

PEI will host Aquaculture CanadaOM 2012, a national meeting of the Aquac....

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Downtown Residents

The Charlottetown Downtown Residents Association will meet May 29 at 7 p....

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Best Interests of Children

The Best Interests of the Children in Custody and Access Course will be ....

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PEI Humane Society Dinner Bowl

The PEI Humane Society’s annual fundraising dinner, silent auction and....

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Art in the Open Submissions Wanted

The steering committee for the Art in the Open Festival has announced a ....

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Island Literary Awards Seeks Submissions

The PEI Writers’ Guild is celebrating the 25th Anniversary of The Isla....

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CBI Hustle for Hunger

As a part of their 6th annual food bank fundraiser, the CBI Health has a....

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Lobster Supper to Go

Trinity United Church Annual Take Out Lobster Supper will be held June 6....

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'Great Day' Fore Health

The Rotary Club of Charlottetown Royalty, together with the Queen Elizab....

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PEI History of Medicine Society Meeting

All are welcome to attend the first meeting of the PEI History of Medici....

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Family Place at Farmer's Market

Creation Station has themed crafts for the whole family on Sat from 9:30....

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Conversation About Addiction

The Island Addiction Movement is hosting a community conversation with f....

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Benefit Dinner for G’ma Circle

The Landmark Cafe, in Victoria-by-the-Sea, will be the venue for a benef....

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Yoga, Ayurvedic & Meditation

Marian Curran, RMT, CYI, CCA will be offering a Mini Workshop,  "In....

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Gymnastics Summer Camp

Island Gymnastics Academy is running gymnastics camps on PEI this summer....

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Family Place Summer Fun

Themed playgroups take place on Wednesdays from 9:30–11:30 am at Famil....

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Georgetown Battle of the Bands

Georgetown is inviting bands to play at the 1st Battle of the Bands even....

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PEI Summer Arts Auction

Gallery 18’s 5th PEI Summer Arts Auction will be held Sept 16. Gallery....

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May 2012
Kurelek’s Passion

The Other Notebook
by David Helwig

What started this was an article in the most recent edition of Canadian Art, an essay by the critic Peter Goddard on the paintings of William Kurelek, whose work is on display in a new touring show.

Kurelek, the eldest child of Ukrainian immigrants, was born in 1927 in Alberta. His family moved to Manitoba after they lost their farm during the Depression.
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May 2012
Acadian Tunesmith
Acadian Tunesmith
Profile: Anastasia DesRoches

by Jane Ledwell

Play us an Acadian tune. This is what audiences from “away” often asked fiddler Anastasia DesRoches. “People in the [Acadian] region were less curious about ‘Acadian tunes,’ or didn’t seem to express an importance on them,” Anastasia says. “But outside the region, it’s a big deal.”

Anastasia wanted Acadian tunes to matter as much to Island Acadians
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May 2012
The Music Itself
The Music Itself
Surviving the East Coast Music Association weekend

Notes from the Road
by Catherine MacLellan

I have now survived yet another ECMA week, although I must say that now that the conference is held in April, it is much easier to survive. I remember when it was held in the dead of winter, always (somehow) the coldest weekend of the year. We would all be tramping through giant snowbanks with arm-fulls
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May 2012
Burger Lover

I’m Dining Out Here
by Andrew Sprague

On the first Saturday of April I was at Gahan House for an afternoon constitutional. At the time PEI Burger Love had just entered its sixth day. I asked Brent Burns, the Manager at Gahan, how many burgers he’d sold during the first week. He paused for a moment, gave a sly grin, and said that since the first of April, just short of five hundred burgers had
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May 2012
Kids Today
PEI Community Theatre Festival

Review by Sean McQuaid

Moving back to his PEI birthplace has often made this writer feel old. Ancient, even. As if his daughter’s occasional talk of “Daddy crumbling into dust” (inspired by a movie mummy’s fate she once witnessed) were more factual than fanciful.

That feeling is often keenest in theatrical settings. Mature figures have always loomed large in PEI
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May 2012
Shorelines and Waterways
Shorelines and Waterways
Maurice Bernard prepares for solo show at Eptek Centre

Summerside Scene
by Peggy Miles

Maurice Bernard is a familiar face in Summerside. You might find him sketching at a community hotspot or with a group of art students along the boardwalk making elaborate sandcastles. But most likely you’ll find him at the studio located at the top of the stairs in the historic Lefurgey Cultural Centre. If
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May 2012
Shared Experience
Shared Experience
PEI Association for Newcomers innovative arts program

by Ann Thurlow

They enter the room at the Murphy Rec Centre in pairs, shy, deferential. An interpreter finds them and soon the room is abuzz with Burmese, Farsi, Chinese.

At each spot on the long desks sits a small rug hooking frame. Rug hooker Wendy Druet stands at the front to the room, and begins slowly to explain the traditional Island
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May 2012
Perennial Sale
Perennial Sale

The Cove Journal
by JoDee Samuelson

Oh you darling buds of May, how we welcome each one of you! Cheerful crocuses and daffodils, do not leave us so soon! Oh well, at least you’re here now and we’re going to love every minute of your presence. Spring is always a miracle. Life returning to these shores, sun ascending, red soil gleaming, fish jumping, children and puppies rolling in the warm
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May 2012
Parental Misguidance
Relatively Speaking
ACT production

Review by Sean McQuaid

A funny thing happened on the way to a theatre classic. When British playwright Alan Ayckbourn wrote his romantic comedy Meet My Father in 1965, he had no great expectations for its success. On the verge of giving up writing altogether at the time, he finished the script in a little over a week, later describing it as “easy and glib”
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May 2012
Thirsty Mind

One Great Thing
by Ann Thurlow

His humble stature belies his Antaean knowledge. Reg Porter grasps the lectern, stares into middle space. It is as if everything he has ever read or seen is written there. But it isn’t, of course. It is, instead, warehoused in his thirsty mind, in a soul that yearns for beauty and to understand. He speaks without notes, tossing off classical and modern references
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