Brandi Disterheft means business. The Vancouver-born, bass-toting, Juno-winning, jazz goddess has recently moved to what she calls the “mecca for jazz music,” New York, to write, play and listen to music and to learn from renowned double-bassist Ron Carter. She’s been keeping ultra-busy touring internationally, playing the jazz-festival scene and currently, working on a new […]
Allison Saunders
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Dance without borders
Kinetic Studio wants you to think outside the tutu this weekend. “People sometimes have only one understanding of dance, like ballet. We’re trying to help people see that this is a whole other kettle of fish,” says Christopher Majka. The Studio Series will highlight both local and visiting dancers and choregraphers and their original pieces. […]
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Pier 21 takes centre ice
The skating bug has bitten Haligonians and Canada Games fever is certainly brewing, so the timing for this exhibit couldn’t be better. Pier 21 welcomes a historical tribute to figure skating, speed skating and hockey, a travelling exhibit from the Canadian Museum of Civilization. In addition, Canada’s Immigration Museum has put together their own display. […]
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Songs for Sudan
Fundraiser Wadeng Wings of Hope Benefit Ghettosocks, Something Good, The Belle Comedians, Kuato, The Light Brights, Dance Movie and Kelly Sloan. With a line-up as heavy as this one, you know the cause has to be a worthy one. Stephanie Gill first heard of the Wadeng Wings of Hope in an ethics class at Saint […]
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Kestrels swoop in with The Solipsist
While some of us prefer to hibernate the winter away, Kestrels are gearing up for a mighty productive one. After holding it captive for a little while, they’re ready to share their new seven-inch EP. “The intent of The Solipsist is that it’ll be sort of like a single leading up to our full-length album,” […]
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Open Waters floods Halifax
The Sir James Dunn Theatre will be flooded with weird and wonderful sounds this weekend for the revival of the Open Waters Music Festival of New and Improvised Music. The festival ran for two years in the late ’90s, but was then put on hiatus. After Halifax hosted the Canadian New Music Network forum last […]
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Oz gets psychedelic for a good cause
Strange things happen when you play Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon in sync with The Wizard of Oz. Coincidence or not, watching Dorothy and the gang do their thing with a psychedelic ’70s rock soundtrack is pretty damn cool. This rare opportunity to watch The Dark Side of Oz at the Oxford comes […]
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Get absurd with the KTS
The King’s Theatrical Society first play of 2011 borrows from the repertoire of nineteenth century absurdist playwright Alfred Jarry. Director Iain Soder chose this “vicious attack at human vice” because it was the funnier, and lesser known of Jarry’s works. In fact, it wasn’t even performed for 20 years after it was written. Ubu Enchained […]
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Suzanne Caines’ work in progress
In September Suzanne Caines spent four days talking to strangers on Saint Mary’s campus. These conversations about special or memorable places were videotaped to become part of, and the inspiration for, Caines’ installation Spaces of Places.“It’s about having an intimate moment with a stranger, sometimes people divulge a lot of information…and sometimes they don’t.” A […]
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Welcome, We’re Doomed
It’s been a year in the making but We’re Doomed is ready to reveal themselves. The Halifax-bred progressive rockers came together when drummer Scott Tiller moved back from Toronto and began building what he calls an “all-star lineup” of musician friends. The band played their first show before Christmas at Tupperware Remix Party’s CD release […]
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Downtown countdown with Three Sheet
The lady and gents of Three Sheet are ending their busiest year yet and can only hope 2011 treats them just as well. They took home two Music Nova Scotia awards, toured through Ontario three times and most recently released three singles from their upcoming album Sheet Music. The new year will bring the release […]
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Katie Belcher dreams big
The idea for The Archive literally came to Katie Belcher in a dream. Browsing antique shops and walking on old properties had her thinking about forgotten or unused objects, but the item that began this series of charcoal drawings was an imagined one. “That particular object was almost forgotten because…dreams kind of disappear as you’re […]
