ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

SOUTH SHORE – Seaside A Cappella, a competitive chorus based in the Bridgewater area, earned a first-place finish at the Harmony Incorporated Area 1 Convention and Contest competition held June 4-7.

MAHONE BAY – You should mark every Wednesday over the summer on your calendar as busy.

CHESTER – The biggest fundraiser of the year for the Chester Art Centre has been expanded to three events over two days.

Author Natalie Zina Walschots will be at the Rosefinch Mercantile & Tea Room this Sunday, June 21 to launch her newest book. Buy your tickets now at rosefinch.co.

MAHONE BAY – For one weekend each year, a curated collection of Mahone Bay’s most captivating private homes and hidden gardens opens to visitors, offering access to spaces rarely seen by the public.

BRIDGEWATER – Allyson Rowley is the director of the South Shore Players next performance, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead.

LIVERPOOL – Music lovers in the Liverpool area will have lots of chances this summer to see some local favourites performing live.

LIVERPOOL – One of Nova Scotia’s oldest theatres will be getting a multimillion-dollar facelift.

SOUTH SHORE – Former Bridgewater resident, Dr. Sanjiv Gandhi offers a rare kind of medical memoir in his mid-March release, Brave Cuts.

LIVERPOOL – A Liverpool author has been nominated for a prestigious national humour prize for his debut novel about a group of heavy-fiddle-loving teens in the 1920s who steal the Bluenose.

Lunenburg, NS — Gallery on Lincoln, a contemporary, artist-owned and operated fine art gallery, has re-opened for its second season on Lincoln Street, in the heart of Lunenburg’s vibrant arts district.

SHELBURNE – The Dockside Theatre Company presents its second production, The Bold, The Young and The Murdered, by Don Zolidis May 1-3 at the Osprey Arts Centre in Shelburne.