Join friends of Carol Kennedy, the beloved Cape Breton photographer who is grappling with cancer, for a musical and artistic celebration of hope on the Solstice. Some of Cape Breton's finest artisans and musicians will gather at Cape Breton University's Boardmore Playhouse for a benefit concert and silent auction. Tickets are $25 at the Bean There Cafe in Baddeck, Capitol Drugs in Sydney Mines, and the Cape Breton Curiosity Shop, Sydney. The auction begins at 6 p.m. ...

Halifax spoken word artist Shauntay Grant reads a series of poems inspired by North River iron artist Gordon Kennedy at the opening gala of this weekend's Cabot Trail Writers' Festivall in St. Anne's Bay. The festival continues through Sunday at North River....