Mommay’s Patches: Traditions and Superstitions February 5 to 9 Anna Leonowens Gallery, 1891 Granville Street newscotlandblack.com The never-ending tapestry that is the African Nova Scotian experience is receiving the art exhibition treatment this week at the Anna Leonowens Gallery. Just in time for African Heritage Month, Mommay’s Patches: Traditions and Superstitions by artist Letitia Fraser […]
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Andre Fenton’s Love wins
Andre Fenton, Worthy of Love signings Thursday, November 29, 12-2pm Coles, Scotia Square, 5201 Duke Street and Friday, November 30, 6-7:30pm Chapters Bayers Lake, 188 Chain Lake Drive Andre Fenton wants readers of his debut novel Worthy of Love to know there’s more to someone than their physical appearance. Having his own struggles with body […]
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Sara Davis Buechner’s music magic
Sara Davis Buechner Saturday, November 17, 7pm Lilian Piercey Concert Hall, Maritime Conservatory of Performing Arts 6199 Chebucto Road $10-$35 ceciliaconcerts.ca Pianist Sara Davis Buechner is ready to give Halifax concertgoers a recital they won’t soon forget. An acclaimed musician who’s seen her share of personal and professional struggles as a transgender individual, it’s a […]
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HPX18: Art d’Ecco
Art d’Ecco w/Sportsfan, Future Peers, Sorrey Friday, October 19, 1:30pm The Local, 2037 Gottingen Street, free Every year Halifax Pop Explosion brings in many talented artists from all around, but this year it’s got one of the most interesting and promising new Canadian artists going: Meet Art d’Ecco, a west coast-based, wig-sporting, lipstick-wearing, glam-rock musician […]
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HPX18: Zaki Ibrahim
[image1] Zaki Ibrahim w/Yohvn Black Saturday, October 20, 9:30pm The Seahorse, 2037 Gottingen Street. $15 adv/$20 door Telepathy, time travel and sci-fi futurism aren’t themes you’d expect from an R&B album, but when it comes to Zaki Ibrahim’s latest, The Secret Life Of Planets, the subject matter is as limitless as she is. Born in […]
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Nocturne 2018: Let Evening Come
Exhibit 505 Downtown Dartmouth Business Commission 163 Portland Street Dark and mysterious, peaceful and joyous: The evening holds a special place in all of our hearts. On the night of Nocturne, Let Evening Come invites you to explore the sentiments accompanying this magical time through music, drama and more. Inspired by Jane Kenyon’s poem of […]
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Nocturne 2018: Black Hair Magic
Exhibit 400 Alteregos Cafe, 2193 Gottingen Street Different folks have different strokes, and that’s no lye when it comes to Black hair. For many years, Black women have adhered to Eurocentric hair ideals—oftentimes to their detriment. Black Hair Magic encourages us to see the beauty in Black hair. Inspired by the natural hair movement embraced […]
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Nocturne 2018: Poemtree
Exhibit 307 5057 Salter Street Don’t alert the GMO activists just yet, but hundreds (possibly thousands) of poems can be seen growing from a huge weeping willow tree on the evening of Nocturne. Yes, you read that right—the Poemtree is here to give Haligonians a super-natural outlet to express themselves. Inspired by Japanese traditions of […]
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Dear Rouge’s new chapter
Dear Rouge w/Modern Space, Natalie Lynn Friday, October 5, 9pm The Seahorse Tavern, 2037 Gottingen Street $25 adv/$29 door If there’s one constant in life, it’s that nothing stays the same—something Drew and Danielle McTaggart of Canadian duo Dear Rouge know all too well. The electronic rock group’s sophomore release Phases arrived earlier this year […]
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Shauntay Grant builds a sense of home in Africville
Africville launch Thursday, September 13, 11am Africville Museum, 5795 Africville Road Word on the Street reading Saturday, September 15, 11am Halifax Central Library, 5440 Spring Garden Road, Lindsay Room (second floor) Home takes on different meanings for everyone, but for Shauntay Grant, it comes in the form of her latest children’s book, Africville. The book […]
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Prismatic preview: SuperNova and Rah-Eleh’s identity issues
SuperNova To September 17 Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, 1723 Hollis Street Iranian-Canadian artist Rah-Eleh is bringing her talents to the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia to debut her video installation SuperNova. As one of many artists visiting Halifax for the Prismatic Arts Festival, her work offers a look at diverse and marginalized identities, with […]
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Prismatic preview: The exorcism of Shahin Sayadi in Asheq: Ritual Music to Cure a Lover
Asheq: Ritual Music to Cure a Lover September 13-14 Dalhousie Arts Centre, 6101 University Avenue $22-$25 prismaticfestival.com Forbidden love, dysfunctional families, secrets and demonic Middle Eastern exorcisms—sounds like typical soap opera material, right? If that’s your steeze, you definitely need to hit up Asheq: Ritual Music to Cure a Lover during the Prismatic Arts Festival […]