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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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February 2008
Men of Romanza
Men of Romanza
Trio of tenors to perform Valentine’s Day in Summerside

by Michelle René Sexton

Valentine’s Day is all about passion, music and love. Combining classical opera and traditional ballads, an artistic group of three handsome men will serenade an audience on February 13 at Harbourfront Theatre, Summerside. Philip Grant, Todd Jang, and Frederik Robert created the group Romanza a few years ago after
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December 2007
The Mistletoe Affair

The Mistletoe Affair

Feast Dinner Theatre opens new Christmas show

by Michelle René Sexton

Have a Holly, Jolly Christmas this year at Feast Dinner Theatres’ Christmas show. With some shows already sold out, The Mistletoe Affair is said to be the most amusing, most entertaining show to date.

Already at the end of its twenty-ninth year, Feast Dinner Theatres boasts the longest running dinner theatre in the Maritimes.
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September 2007
Wind Power
Tall ships visited Summerside harbour this summer

by Michelle René Sexton

Graceful, historic, and ghostly. Looking out on the Northumberland on an early Friday afternoon, I saw a dense fog brought on from heat slightly obscuring the majestic sails of three tall ships gliding towards Summerside harbour. Watching the ships in full sail I felt transported back in time when a sighting like this was
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August 2007
Lively Comical Dish
Le Fricot

Review by Michelle René Sexton

Le Fricot anyone? Tucked away in Abrams Village, on a cool summer evening, at the Expo Centre, set on a dark black stage you will find Le Fricot. Does the idea of fricot make your mouth water? Are you hungry? This fricot isn’t the traditional Acadian dish of chicken, onions, potatoes, and carrots. I’m speaking a lively, sometimes comical band made up
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July 2007
Summerside Glass

Paragon Glass creates stained glass and teaches the techniques

by Michelle René Sexton

Stained glass is an elegant art. Gothic Age stained glass was translucent pictures, complex mosaics with bits of colored glass joined with lead into intricate patterns. Medieval craftsmen illustrated an idea with natural or realistic images. The 15th Century became more pictures, less atmosphere, and today
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May 2007
The City Destroyed Me
Nathan Wiley talks about his new recording

by Michelle René Sexton

The City Destroyed Me sounds like an apocalyptic movie epic. Instead the title belongs to Nathan Wiley’s new CD. I sat down with Summerside’s superstar at his favourite hangout, Peeks & Perks Café. Chilled from the cold weather outside, Nathan in a flannel grey shirt and jeans warmed me with his smile, his excitement for
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April 2007
Canadian Graffiti
Canadian Graffiti
The writing is on the wall at Dan’s Muffler in Summerside

by Michelle René Sexton

The definition of graffiti is an inscription or drawing made on public surfaces without consent. Graffiti has existed since the time of ancient Rome and Greece. It was used as a form of communication, spreading social and political issues, as well as advertising. Nowadays, the term is often seen as negative, and
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March 2007
Anniversary Year

Summerside theatre complex celebrates ten years in the business

by Michelle René Sexton

Past, present, and future give cause to celebrate as the Harbourfront Theatre honours its ten year anniversary. What better way to do this than reflecting on the past, changing the present, and reaching high for the future. In the past the theatre was used strictly as a rental facility, but that had huge
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February 2007
Eye-catching
Eye-catching
Lucie Bernadette Bellemare paintings at the Eptek Centre in Summerside

by Michelle René Sexton

Artist Lucie Bernadette Bellemare. Lucie’s art was displayed in January in the gallery of the Eptek Art & Culture Centre in Summerside in a solo exhibition called Doors, or The Woman from Away.

Upon entering the gallery, a large painting of blues—navy blue, blue, light blue, turquoise, white,
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January 2007
We are the Champions
College of Piping Pipe and Drum Band are North American champions

by Michelle René Sexton

While associated principally with Scotland, bagpipes date back to biblical times. “It’s an instrument capable of expressing great sorrow and great celebration,” says Scott MacAulay, director of the College of Piping. In Scotland the pipes were used to terrify their enemies in battle because no one
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May 2006
All New, All Good

by Michelle René Sexton

Change is good. When asked what’s changed since moving the location of the Heritage Pub, owner, Denton Gardner simply replied, “everything.” The transformation is also obvious to everyone who’s been from the old pub to the new pub, and feedback is positive. The most expressed comment was, “it’s not in that dungeon anymore.” Everything about the pub has
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October 2005
The Plot Thickens
The Plot Thickens
Feast Dinner Theatre

Review by Michelle René Sexton

Food, laughter, music are rolled into one hilarious routine, played by a small group of young, talented actors. This is what to expect during an evening at Feast Dinner Theatre at the Brothers Two Restaurant in Summerside. My first dinner theatre was Summerside Night Live, which was a cast made entirely of rookies. “With respect to the new
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Sears Drama Festival

May 19 to 22 Drama students in the Atlantic Region will come together in at The Montgomery Theatre  ...

Organist Thomas Annand

May 27, 28 The Charlottetown Chapter of the Royal Canadian College of Organists presents organist T ...

Walk for Muscular Dystrophy

June 16 PE Island Walk for Muscular Dystrophy will take place June 16 from 2–4 pm at Victoria Par ...

Student Dance Show

Island Dance Academy presents An Evening at the Oscars May 19 The Island Dance Academy, under the  ...

Out And About On PEI

July 3 to 9 Donna White and Emmett MacDonald will be displaying their exhibit “Out And About On P ...

What's New

International Student Recruitment

National Revenue Minister Gail Shea and UPEI President Alaa Abd-El-Aziz have announced funding to UP ...

Angels of the Maritimes Volume Two

Karen Forrest Angels of the Maritimes Volume Two by Karen Forrest will be launched in PEI May 17 at ...

Small Halls 2012 Headliners

Lennie Gallant, Richard Wood, Ennis, David Francey, Catherine MacLellan and more The PEI Festi ...

Green Streets in Charlottetown

Charlottetown will receive a TD Green Streets grant in 2012. It will be used to establish a tree nur ...

Grand Prix

North Lakes North Lakes are a rock ‘n’ roll band that radiate with swagger and bravado. Taking  ...