If you’re down at the Halifax Seaport Farmer’s Market anytime this week, this is your last chance to check out the Nova Scotia Designer Craft’s Council‘s member exhibition at the Mary E. Black Gallery (1061 Marginal Road, #104), a branch of the Nova Scotia Centre for Craft and Design. Closing on November 8, the exhibition […]
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Ashley MacIsaac and Heather Rankin will host the ECMAs
The East Coast Music Association just announced that two top Cape Bretoners — fiddler Ashley MacIsaac and singer/actress Heather Rankin — will be hosting the 2016 East Coast Music Awards in Sydney, Nova Scotia this coming April. ECMA Week takes place from April 13 to 17, and the televised awards gala will be held at Centre 200 (home of […]
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Photos: 2015 Hal-Con Sci-Fi Convention
Today is the second day of Hal-Con Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Comic Convention at the Scotiabank and World Trade and Convention Centres and this year, Hal-Con is bigger and better than ever: the trade-show is located in the Scotiabank, there are gaming, pinball and arcade stations, there are panels and contests and tournaments and, of course, celebrity […]
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VIBES with DJ T-Woo launches tonight at Lion & Bright
Tonight at Lion & Bright (10pm, free), DJ T-Woo (Trevor Wood) launches the first episode of VIBES, his new weekly ‘DJ and chill’ night. Every Thursday, T-Woo is gonna bring us his favourite “rap, funk, house, weird stuff and remixes” to sooth our music-loving souls as we get some drink on and eat some fancy […]
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Photos: The Sobey Art Award Gala at AGNS
Last night at the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax and Canada’s artists and art patrons gathered for the announcement of this year’s Sobey Art Award winner, a $50,000 prize that recognizes the best in contemporary Canadian art each year since 2002. Born in Tehran, raised in Toronto, representing Ontario, Abbas Akhavan was awarded the prize […]
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By the Pen of Zeus: HRM seeks new Poet Laureate
The Halifax Regional Municipality is seeking nominations for the next Poet Laureate, a two-year term beginning in 2016: “The Poet Laureate will be a resident poet, storyteller or spoken word artist who has achieved excellence amongst his or her peers and whose body of work demonstrates connection with and relevance to our citizens.” Duties include […]
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Playoffs happen live tonight: Bayside Jaguars VS Deep Chaos
Tonight at the Halifax Grammar School’s Atlantic Street Campus (5750 Atlantic Street, 8pm sharp), you can take part in the conclusion of one of the most legendary basketball games to ever hit Halifax. The East Coast’s Sobey Art Award nominee Lisa Lipton invites you to the Hoop Dreams Playoffs between the Bayside Jaguars and Deep Chaos, two rival […]
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Review: Day Two, Halifax Pop Explosion
Okay Day Two. Halifax Pop Explosion. Almost went full Lamar Odom last night. Just kidding. Once again, I didn’t do a full-city every-show tour for the sake of it. No, I spent the majority of my night at the Olympic Hall catching one of the best lineups to hit Halifax ever. Oh yes, last night […]