It was about a year ago that DJ and producer ANGO (Andrew Gordon McPherson) was in London, taking part in what would be a career launching experience at Red Bull’s Music Academy. The former Haligonian was one of only four Canadians chosen for the two-week workshop which he credits for broadening his music tastes. “It […]
Allison Saunders
Posted inArts + Music
Inspired crew
In any community it’s nice to know that somebody’s got your back. For women in the screen industry, it’s Women in Film and Television (WIFT). Formed in 1973 in Los Angeles, WIFT was a response to the glass ceiling that women in Hollywood’s film and TV industry were trying to break through. Female producers, writers […]
Posted inFood + Drink
Hibernation stations
Alright winter, enough already. March just stormed in like a lion; we’re beginning need a fix of spring, real bad. What better way to drown your seasonal sorrows and avoid the outdoors than to head below street level? Here are some places to hide out and drink up. Rockbottom Brewery 5686 Spring Garden Road, 423-2938 […]
Posted inArts + Music
Keith Cossey sets sail
Keith Cossey’s not just a photographer, but a man of the sea. After spending time navigating waters along the Atlantic coast and on the Bras d’Or Lakes on smaller boats he embarked on a bigger adventure, hopping onboard the three-masted schooner Arabella and exploring the waters of the British Virgin Islands, an experience he credits […]
Posted inArts + Music
Like a Motorcycle revs up
It was just this past fall that Kim Carson and longtime friend Jillian Comeau started writing songs together and stumbled upon some rock and roll magic. Their search for the drummer to finish the puzzle ended in January with Michelle Skelding (No Flyers Please), who rounded off the unintentional girl-band, Like a Motorcycle. “People expect […]
Posted inArts + Music
The Fuller Lecture Series looks on the bright side
The ladies from The Fuller Terrace Lecture Series want you to see the light. With the pending change in season comes a fundraiser for the always wonderful and inspiring summer lecture series, held bi-weekly in the backyard of Ella Tetrault and Bethany Riordan-Butterworth. The Light Lecture will include informal lectures from seven unnamed community members […]
Posted inArts + Music
Cara Sawka knows what it’s all about
Cara Sawka’s newest exhibit was born out of an email subject line. While teaching at a music camp, the Regina native began collecting the teaching philosophies of various musicians, and it was the wise words of Nashville fiddle-player Buddy Spicher that resonated with her for years. The subject of his email read “IT’S NOT ALL […]
Posted inArts + Music
In-Flight Safety’s taking off
It’s pretty good to be In-Flight Safety right now. This month, they’ll hit South by Southwest and Canadian Music Week before leaving on a jet plane across the pond for their first European tour. The band’s 2009 release We Are An Empire, My Dear has recently been picked up by both UK label Conehead and […]
Posted inArts + Music
Oh No, Theodore! celebrates year one
Oh No, Theodore! is about to have a birthday. The Fredricton-based band will turn one next month, and what a year it’s been. “Where I was last February, I never would have imagined I’d be playing in a different city every other weekend,” says frontman Jeremy McLaughlin. This time last year McLaughlin was doing his […]
Posted inArts + Music
St. Cecilia Series’ dynamic duo
Anyone who sees Jocelyne Roy and Michelle Yelin Nam perform would probably be surprised to find out that prior to this tour they’d never worked together, let alone met each other. In 2009 Jeunesse Musicales Canada contacted Roy (a renowned flautist with the Nouvel Ensemble Moderne) with the opportunity for the collaboration, a chance she […]
Posted inArts + Music
Easy like Saturday morning
Eyelevel Gallery is settling into their new digs and want you to join them for Saturday morning cartoons. If you can drag yourself out of bed between 10am and noon this Saturday (the 19th), drop by 2159 Gottingen Street for a heaping bowl of cereal, bottomless coffee and your favorite funnies. That’s all, folks!
Posted inArts + Music
Walk a Mile captures Kenya
Mary Jefferson’s travels in Kenya weren’t just the trip of a lifetime, but the inspiration for this powerful collection of portraits that hang in the north end’s newest gallery space, 2053. The Halifax photographer ventured to Africa in 2007 and travelled a 2,000 kilometre loop that began in Nairobi and took her through many memorable […]