Two of Nova Scotia’s best men’s choral groups, one local and one from Cape Breton, will perform a benefit concert for First United Church, to be held at Eastern Shore District High School on October 14 at 7 pm. Headlining the show will be Men of the Deeps, the choir that men from Cape Breton’s coal mining industry first formed 50 years ago. And opening the show will be the Shore’s very own Coastal Voices Men’s Choir.
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We are looking for people who would like to take part in an event on Saturday, Dec 2nd 2017, at The Old School in Musquodoboit Harbour to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Halifax Explosion.
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The prolific Acadian painter and printmaker Joseph Purcell is well known along the Eastern Shore. He and I met to talk about his life and art at the Rose and Rooster Café in Grand Desert, where he will show recent work in a three-day show, from September 29 to October 1. Summarizing his approach to his work, Joe says, “I celebrate the natural realm in a decorative fashion with the use of harmonious jewel-like colours and metallic highlights.”
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By Richard Bell
With the opening of public schools a week away, many parents of young children in Sheet Harbour are upset about the province’s failure to move a school playground to make it more accessible and safer for their children to access.
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One of the most important environmental struggles in Nova Scotia is taking place along the Eastern Shore over the plans of Atlantic Gold Corporation for years of gold mining through a series of open-pit gold mines centered around its open-pit mine near the old gold mining town of Moose River Gold Mines.
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Plenty of people have attempted to hike the Appalachian Trail; many have had an encounter with a forest fire; and perhaps some have even felt the touch of a bear. But it is quite possible that Ron Melchior is one of the only people who can claim every single one of these things to be a personal truth and triumph.
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A close-up of a carpet of colourful pebbles lining the floor of a watery pool at Martinique Beach; the textured wood grain of shingles and boats at the East Petpeswick Government Wharf; burnt sienna autumn trees on the shore of a misty lake in Kejimkujik Park—these are just three of the many images in the photographs by the talented Anne Douglass MacLean. Breathtaking and evocative beachscapes, seascapes, and landscapes of the Eastern Shore are her specialty and the subject of the rich language of her photographic work.
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An easy, elegant dessert sure to please. Extra large muffin liners with the endearing name of “Texas size” liners make this dessert fuss free. Unlike a larger cheesecake, these mini cheesecakes do not need the fuss of a water bath. Makes six mini cheesecakes.
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The Cooperator is Expanding!
We are seeking a highly experienced sales and marketing person who is passionate about community and would love to hang out with other community-minded people. Salary negotiable and commensurate with experience. Contact: Eastern Shore Cooperator at [email protected] with a letter of interest and CV/resume.
Brooklyn Blackmore, of Three Fathom Harbour has had a strong passion for music since a very young age that has carried her all the way to winning awards in Nashville this spring and recording her first demo.
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