Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise screening and movie talk Saturday, March 4, 7pm Spatz Theatre, 1855 Trollope Street $25 “This is a necessary festival for diversity on screen,” says Fabienne Colas, the founder and president of the inaugural Halifax Black Film Festival. “It gives a voice to people who wouldn’t have a voice otherwise.” […]
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Reading for the revolution with Black Lives Matter
“Knowledge is power and I hope it gives them courage to speak up and really understand what solidarity means,” says Shaya Ishaq. Ishaq and Jade Byard Peek are behind Halifax’s first Black Lives Matter reading group. The weekly gathering is free and meets every Wednesday evening at the Khyber Centre for the Arts. “We have […]
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New Art 2017: Going Gonzago
FLIM FLAM To February 4 Panel discussion February 4, 6pm The Khyber Centre for the Arts, 1880 Hollis Street In William Shakespeare’s Hamlet, The House of Gonzaga—an old royal family that ruled in Northern Italy—is the inspiration for his play-within-the-play. The play is called The Murder of Gonzago. “It’s basically the idea of a thing […]
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Halifax Pride’s new director, uncertain direction
[Image-1] Adam Reid has his work cut out for him. Reid, who previously sat on Halifax Pride’s board of directors and has been at the helm of Halifax’s Queer Acts Theatre Festival for just under a decade, was announced earlier this month as Pride’s first ever executive director. He’ll now work full-time to oversee the […]
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Pop culture with Two Brown Girls
Stranger Things panel Friday, November 18, 7pm Art Bar + Projects, 1873 Granville Street pwyc DONATE HERE: https://www.generosity.com/community-fundraising/help-bring-two-brown-girls-to-halifax Shaya Ishaq and Isabelle Ofume are determined to make space for voices like theirs in Halifax. Since May, the university students have been organizing an event that they believe will do just that. Ishaq and Ofume are […]
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Big in Japan—and Halifax
David Romero Friday, November 4, 9pm Saturday, November 5, 1pm $15-$40 Thirty-two years ago David Romero was at home in Andalusia, located in southern Spain. His mother was in the kitchen singing along to flamenco music. Romero began dancing, and didn’t stop. Now an accomplished flamenco dancer based in Barcelona, Romero was a featured artist […]
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Nights of Gore is just another day at the office for Emmett Blois
Halloween is a time for candy, jack-o-lanterns, dressing up and that dancing pumpkin man that circulates online every October. It’s also that time of year where thousands of people trek out to haunted attractions all over the country and pay to be terrified. Emmett Blois is one of the people happy to offer that service. […]
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Pinkwashing motion voted down at Halifax Pride AGM
[Image-1] Pride’s role in supporting the LGBTQ+ community is being called into question after a controversial anti-pinkwashing proposal was voted down at the organization’s annual general meeting. “Halifax Pride failed us,” said Nova Scotia Rainbow Action Project (NSRAP) board member Ardath Whynacht after the vote. Over 300 people were in attendance for the meeting Wednesday […]