📣We are closed for the day📣 Due to heavy rains and unsafe road conditions we are closed for today, Saturday, July 22nd, and will reopen on Tuesday, July 25th. @Bridgewater Police Service ask that residents stay home, stay safe and avoid travel at this time unless absolutely necessary in order to allow police, firefighters, and...
The members of the Mahone Bay Meditation Society will be hosting free meditation classes at the DesBrisay Museum for people of all experience levels. The classes will be hosted every Monday from 7:00 – 8:30 PM.
A note about “Calm Abiding” meditation:
Are you curious about meditation and its benefits?
Have you been wanting to try it but not known how to begin?
Have you tried to meditate but thought it wasn’t for you or that you were “doing it wrong?”
Do you want to get back to a practice you may have let lapse?
Are you looking for a community to learn and practise with?
Learn to rest and focus your mind and develop an easy daily practice. Calm and center yourself with meditation. Just 10 minutes at a time.
Every Tuesday morning there will be free Tai Chi classes being hosted behind the museum in the Woodland Gardens. These classes are meant for people of all ages and skill levels so don’t be afraid to come out and try something new!
Every second Wednesday the DesBrisay will be hosting a series of socials for refugees, immigrants, and other newcomers to the Bridgewater area💙These events will help connect newcomers with valuable resources & information and provide an opportunity to socialize with others who are also new to the community! Meet us inside the DesBrisay on June 28th from 2-4pm
Our knitting club will be meeting every Thursday during summer from 9-11am. $10 fee for the season. Open to people of all skill levels-- only a love for knitting required!
Creative Connections, a vibrant group of active seniors from Lunenburg and Queens County, is exhibiting a collection of works representing their exploration of various art mediums over the past nine months. From wool felting and ceramics to painting and wire sculpting - come check out this exhibit, running until 29 July 2023.
The members of the Mahone Bay Meditation Society will be hosting free meditation classes at the DesBrisay Museum for people of all experience levels. The classes will be hosted every Monday from 7:00 – 8:30 PM.
A note about “Calm Abiding” meditation:
Are you curious about meditation and its benefits?
Have you been wanting to try it but not known how to begin?
Have you tried to meditate but thought it wasn’t for you or that you were “doing it wrong?”
Do you want to get back to a practice you may have let lapse?
Are you looking for a community to learn and practise with?
Learn to rest and focus your mind and develop an easy daily practice. Calm and center yourself with meditation. Just 10 minutes at a time.
“A Few Of My Favorite Things” by Sheila McKeand consists of photos capturing, some wildlife, some flowers and some landscapes, her favorite things. The majority of the photos were taken in Nova Scotia, with a couple from Alberta and Bermuda added in, to show the beauty of the country where she has spent the majority...
Every Tuesday morning there will be free Tai Chi classes being hosted behind the museum in the Woodland Gardens. These classes are meant for people of all ages and skill levels so don’t be afraid to come out and try something new!
Our knitting club will be meeting every Thursday during summer from 9-11am. $10 fee for the season. Open to people of all skill levels-- only a love for knitting required!
Dawn Ewing learned to embroider at the side of her grandmother when she was 5 or 6 years old. She will be offering free demonstrations of the traditional art of embroidery. Pick up a hoop and try a few stitches!
This exhibit celebrates nature's most primal forms - the raw components of our planet: air and stone. Life on earth relies upon this foundation but is fragile in contrast to the permanence of these elemental materials.Visit this exhibit of mixed media prints which convey the vastness beauty of our environment. Running from August 5th until...
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