OH DINA! facebook.com/ohdina etsy.com WHAT SHE DOES Nicole McInnis makes bridal headpieces and DIY flower-crown kits in Dartmouth, then ships them around the world. With a background in fashion design and costuming, her business began with vintage-inspired hats, then fascinators when Will and Kate’s royal wedding drove up demand. “It evolved into flowers, because that’s […]
Allison Devereaux
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Chronos’ tick tock
Chronos Friday, March 24 Bearly’s House of Blues and Ribs Chronos’ latest invitation to the dancefloor is upbeat, soulful and bursting with brass. The eight-piece instrumental ensemble brings a fuller, more luscious sound in its sophomore album, What It Is. Chronos’ 2013 debut, Boots the Cat, earned nominations for Jazz Album of the Year from […]
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New Art 2017: Raven Davis leads the tough conversations
From the tartan to the Canadian flag, Raven Davis’s latest project is taking time-honoured Canadian symbols and challenging their place. Through gallery pieces and public performances, the 2-Spirit Indigenous multidisciplinary artist is creating a critique of Canada’s 150 festivities, The De-Celebration of Canada. By highlighting everyday reminders of colonization–such as the noon cannon at the […]
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Animate for life
Animation with Love Festival December 2-4, 7pm Carbon Arc Cinema 1747 Summer Street The Animation with Love Festival is expanding this year, showcasing three times as many animated films as previous years. Now in its sixth year, the weekend-long event brings together animators, artists and film-lovers at Carbon Arc Cinema, located inside the Museum of Natural […]
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The Jerry Cans northern life
The Jerry Cans w/The Barrowdowns Friday, November 18, 10pm The Seahorse Tavern 2037 Gottingen Street $10 Belting out songs in Inuktitut, the Iqaluit-based The Jerry Cans are known for sneaking language lessons into the dance party. The band sounds like the contemporary north: Traditional Inuit throat singing, accordion, alt-country, bluegrass and reggae. It’s uniformly danceable and […]