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  • Community in Colour Workshop

    Astor Theatre 219 Main Street, Liverpool, Nova Scotia, Canada
    Art

    Join multidisciplinary artist and Creative Community Impact Association founder, Jacquelyn
    Miccolis, for a playful, hands-on watercolour workshop for adults designed to spark
    conversation, creativity, and connection.

  • Chris DeWolf Earring Making Workshop

    Astor Theatre 219 Main Street, Liverpool, Nova Scotia, Canada
    Art

    Participants will be able to create two pairs of earrings using silver, copper and/or brass. They will use circle, oval or rectangular disc cutters to form shapes, learn to hammer texture into the metal and make their own ear wires from sterling silver.

  • The Astor Academy Spotlight Guild

    Astor Theatre 219 Main Street, Liverpool, Nova Scotia, Canada
    Cultural & Community Events

    After our very successful performance of "And Then There Were None Left Unbroken", we are back again to perform another original stage play during the Privateer Days, Liverpool, Nova Scotia Weekend. 

  • Seniors Connecting An Astor Academy Program

    Astor Theatre 219 Main Street, Liverpool, Nova Scotia, Canada
    Cultural & Community Events

    Seniors Connecting was created in 2021 and facilitated by Sandi Atkinson. 

    Seniors meet weekly for a time of connection and enjoy coffee, tea and snacks together.  Each week, they sing, dance, and do crafts.  They even performed a Christmas Radio Play that aired on QCCR two years running. 

    This year we are excited to have Sandi co-leading with Sheree Cee and we look forward to seeing of the things that they do this year.   

  • Astor Academy Animation Club

    Astor Theatre 219 Main Street, Liverpool, Nova Scotia, Canada
    Cultural & Community Events

    Calling all kids aged 7 to 13!

    Have you ever wanted to make your own animated movies?

    Stop-Motion Club started in 2024 by Desmond Smyth, a local high school student who had an interest in Stop-Motion when he was younger and wanted to teach the younger generation about this animation form.

    Our club has expanded, not only teaching stop-motion animation but 2D frame-by-frame hand-drawn-style animation, green screen animation, and frame-by-frame pivot-stick-figure-style techniques all using your cellphone or tablet. 

  • Astor Academy Filmmaking Club

    Astor Theatre 219 Main Street, Liverpool, Nova Scotia, Canada
    Cultural & Community Events

    Attention Young Filmmakers!

    Filmmaking Club was started by Kyle Smyth in 2024.  We were very excited to have Dan Williams join us soon afterwards.  Our club members make original short films and take their projects from screenwriting, editing, production planning, cinematography, directing, and editing to get them to the final product. 

  • Astor Academy Playwrights Study Circle

    Astor Theatre 219 Main Street, Liverpool, Nova Scotia, Canada
    Cultural & Community Events

    Are you interet interested in learning about theatre and famous theatre playwrights?  

    Join Katherine Schellmer in the Playwrights Study Circle!  A brand new Astor Academy designed for adults.  Meeting on Friday evenings in our Gorham Room, this program will provide a fun, informative learning experience. Katherine has written professionally for theatre, TV, radio, and film.  She was also an educator at The National Theatre School of Canada for three years, running a sessional course entitled “Solo Show” in which she mentored and then directed students performing their own works. 

    She hopes to use her experience/knowledge to invigorate the theatre community in Queens County.

    In this program, the group study a specific playwright, as well as the time period the play was written in; world events, cultural events, the forces that shaped the creation of the work, and the
    reaction to the work when it premiered.

  • Life Drawing an Astor Academy Program

    Life Drawing an Astor Academy Program
    Astor Theatre 219 Main Street, Liverpool, Nova Scotia, Canada
    Cultural & Community Events

    Life Drawing was started by Roger Savage. Weekly studio sessions provide the opportunity for lay and professional visual artists of our region to practice and improve their drawing and observation skills. Participants are from communities along the South Shore. This program costs $20 per session to provide payment to the models used in the drawing sessions. 

  • Seniors Creating an Astor Academy Program

    Seniors Creating an Astor Academy Program
    Astor Theatre 219 Main Street, Liverpool, Nova Scotia, Canada
    Cultural & Community Events

    eniors Creating is a brand new Astor Academy program for seniors.  We will be offering free art workshops with professional artists to allow seniors to engage in the arts while connecting with other seniors in our community.  Each month we will have a new workshop series.

    Art supplies, tea, coffee and snacks will be provided.  

    We are excited to be starting off with a 4 week painting session with Beth Lenco.