This weekend is the 24th annual Nova Scotian Artists Studio Rally, inviting regular Joes to take a look inside creative spaces across the province—a chance to see where blacksmiths, weavers, woodturners, potters, stain glass artists and painters flourish their talents. Every year, the producers of the project create a guide to discovering fine art and […]
Ashley Corbett
Staff Reporter
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Halifax Pop Explosion announces second round of its lineup
In just a few short months, when the humidity has broken, the fall wind will ring with the sound of rowdy concert goers: leaves will crunch beneath their Converse as they prance to the next show, revelling in the joy that is Halifax Pop Explosion. The beloved fest just announced its second round of 2016 […]
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NS comic artist Kate Beaton receives Eisner Award
Kate Beaton, a Nova Scotian comic artist, received a Will Eisner Comic Industry Award at Comic-Con in San Diego on Friday. The prestigious award, considered to somewhat of an Oscar in the comic world, was granted to Beaton for the “Best Humor Publication” category, in recognition of her latest book Step Aside, Pops: A Hark! […]
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Dark for Dark is back
Harmony-driven, folk-pop vocal group Dark for Dark returns to Halifax tonight. They’re touring on the heels of dropping their newest album, All Dressed. Dark for Dark, comprised of Rebecca Zolkower, Jess Lewis and Melanie Stone, formed in 2012, and All Dressed is their second album. These sweet honeybees will whisk away the work week’s stress […]
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Heather Gibson lands new job at the National Arts Centre
Heather Gibson, executive director of Halifax Jazz Festival and founder and producer of folk fest In the Dead of Winter, has been appointed the new producer of NAC Presents, a concert series at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa. The Halifax music industry giant will relocate to Ottawa soon, beginning her post at the NAC […]
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Tel Aviv tourism concerns are misplaced, says Atlantic Jewish Council board member
The promotion of Tel Aviv tourism at Halifax Pride continues to raise debate, but a member of the Atlantic Jewish Council says the Queer Arabs of Halifax and other concerned groups are misinformed about his organization’s presence at Pride. Last week, the Nova Scotia Rainbow Action (NSRAP) project launched this petition, declaring solidarity with Queer […]
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Atlantic Canadian magazine focuses on queer content
The Outport Magazine has got LGBTQIA Atlantic Canadians covered. Starting out in 2013 as a short monthly publication, serving the St. John’s, Newfoundland area, the magazine expanded its coverage to include all of the Atlantic provinces this year. Today, Outport is an online lifestyle magazine—CEO and publisher Josh Eddy says it made the format switch […]
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Asexual and aromantic folks claim their place at Pride
On the first day of Halifax Pride week, Ky Greyson arrives at a coffee shop sporting a huge smile, freshly dyed cotton candy hair with matching pink eyebrows, and black leggings that read “unavailable.” He’s bursting with enthusiasm when he asks me what gender pronouns I prefer. Although some people don’t like labels, Greyson finds […]
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The Mist: Spike TV’s Steven King adaptation begins filming in Halifax
The Mist, a multi-million dollar television show, based off of the Stephen King novella begins filming today in Halifax. The 10-episode series will premiere on Spike TV in 2017. The show is being produced by Magic Rock Productions (based out of Halifax) and TWC-Dimension Television (New York). According to a press release, The Mist “tells the story […]
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Halifax Pride and the responsibility of equality
[Image-1] Halifax’s Pride festival is finally here, but not everyone is celebrating. The 11-day long festival kicks off today, arriving in the wake of the Pulse nightclub shooting last month that left 49 people murdered in Orlando, Florida, and a surge in protests across the United States and Canada against the use of police violence. […]
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The up-and-coming Keonté Beals
Keonté Beals is a North Preston native with an angelic voice and a knack for R&B. This year, at age 19, Beals received the 2016 Rising Star Award from the African Nova Scotian Music Association. Since then, Beals released his debut single “Man Down,” with DJ Kin Crew. The song is personal for Beals. “I’ve […]
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Colin Stetson and Sarah Neufeld
Colin Stetson, saxophonist and multi-reedist, and Sarah Neufeld, violinist, are bringing their dreamy instrumental duet album, The Sun Roars Into View, to St. Matthew’s Church on Saturday. The two musicians (who also happen to be married) have collaborated before, but never as an exclusive duo until 2015. Stetson, who’s well known for his work with […]
