Khyber Centre for the Arts, 5521 Cornwallis Street Zone 4, exhibit #404 www.rebelgirlhalifax.org Denise Donlon, Erica Ehm and Sook-Yin Lee were my MuchMusic video jockey icons. They were super-cool, they knew everything about rad music and they asked challenging questions about art. Their importance in Canadian pop culture can’t be overstated— I wouldn’t be into music […]
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Mo Kenney’s dreams
“I’m super-sensitive and I always have been,” says singer-songwriter Mo Kenney. “I think people who are smart and think too much can put themselves in a dark hole because, well, thinking too much can be a bad thing. But really, for the most part, I’m an optimistic person.” After hearing Kenney’s new album, In My […]
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Agathe Simon: Antarctic Spectrum
1880 Hollis Street Zone 2, exhibit 201 www.agathesimon.com If you’ve never heard of Argentinian explorer Gabriela Conti (1974-2010), it’s likely because she is the work of Parisian artist Agathe Simon’s imagination. But that doesn’t make Conti any less real. “She’s a source of inspiration for me because her all life is about freedom, creation, desire […]
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Teenage Kicks are hard to beat
In 1978, Belfast punk band The Undertones released the single “Teenage Kicks,” which gave voice to youthful sexual feelings through distortion, choral repetition and created a history that lives to this day. With a much more alt-rock sound and elements of punk, the Toronto-based rock duo of brothers, Pete and Jeff van Helvoort, are aware […]
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Ryan Suter and Adriana Kuiper: Night Tweeter (No. 2)
Citadel Hill Zone 3, exhibit 300 www.adrianakuiper.com “There’s the famous scene in Close Encounters of the Third Kind in which the humans, in an attempt to communicate with the extra-terrestrials using a combination of flashing coloured lights and single musical notes, try make contact or to communicate,” explains artist Ryan Suter. “This form of communication […]
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Saying goodbye to Republic of Doyle with Richard
Last week I received an invitation to meet Jake Doyle from CBC’s TV detective series, Republic of Doyle, at a party celebrating the sixth and final season of the show, which premieres tonight on CBC. The only person I know who religiously watches the Newfoundland-based drama-comedy is my awesome stepfather, Richard. I asked him if […]
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The Ring Rats’ Halifax screwjob
“The concept of wrestling themes is so cool. Imagine if every time you entered a room, a custom-made song played that immediately let everyone know how awesome you are,” says Jake Thurgood, of Halifax’s newest wrestling theme song cover band, The Ring Rats, “Life should be more like wrestling.” With the tag-team power of Craig […]
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More punishment for robbery than for rape
“Minimums are set federally and the minimum sentence for sexual assault against a person 16 years old or younger is only one year,” says Karen Power-Machan. The minimum sentence for causing lifelong trauma to a child, often by a person in a position of trust and known to the victim, is less than armed robbery […]
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In-Flight Safety’s real talk
“I’m interested in real conversations,” says John Mullane, sipping root beer. “There’s so many blippy digital blips, social media and whatnot. I’m interested in real-world things again.” The singer and guitarist for In-Flight Safety stopped home for two days, in the middle of touring the band’s fourth album, Conversationalist, released in Canada on September 9 […]
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Adria’s Top 5 Atlantic Film Fest 2014 Screenings
I hit the movie theatre hard this week and never want to see a bag of popcorn ever again. But I did experience some impressive and incredible locally produced and international films. Also, do not miss David Cronenberg’s critically acclaimed Maps to the Stars on Thursday night. Here are my top 5 so far: Howard […]
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Good Company’s Good Cause has binders full of rappers
While the government of Nova Scotia invests in commercial development and urban roundabouts, over 20,000 people still annually rely on Feed Nova Scotia for food and household items. Of that number, 32 percent are children, often from single parent families that traditionally struggle with the costs of the back-to-school season. To help alleviate this financial […]
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Hard Drive’s hard bargain
“We felt it was important to make this film,” says Bill MacGillivray, writer and director of Hard Drive, a locally shot feature opening this Friday at Park Lane, followed by a Q&A with the filmmakers. MacGillivray, a recipient of the last year’s Governor General’s Award for Media Arts, was introduced to the novel on which […]
