Sarah Hennies w/Melody McKiver Friday, May 25, 7:30pm Bus Stop Theatre, 2203 Gottingen Street $20, all ages Contralto screening Friday, May 25, 6pm Halifax North Memorial Public Library, 2285 Gottingen Street free Somewhere between starting drum lessons at age nine and studying modern classical music at grad school, avant percussionist and composer Sarah Hennies began […]
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The fabric of Weaves
Weaves w/Chudi Harris, Like a Motorcycle Thursday, May 17, 9pm The Seahorse Tavern 2037 Gottingen Street $10 When Jasmyn Burke teases that the next Weaves album could either be totally country or bubblegum pop, it’s hard to not believe her at least a little bit. Since the beginning, the work of the Toronto art-rockers—singer and […]
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A beautiful archive of our people
On his new album Wolastoqiyik Lintuwakonawa, Jeremy Dutcher challenges collectively held understandings of how and why we document cultural heritage. On its cover, Dutcher sits in front of a gramophone, his stoic face signalling focused and intentional listening. Behind him is a painting called “Teaching the Lost” by Cree artist Kent Monkman, known for his […]
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ECMA30: Jenn Grant
Jenn Grant w/Sorrey, Gabrielle Papillon, Alana Yorke and more Fri May 4, 8pm, The Marquee Ballroom, 2037 Gottingen Street Argyle Street Fest w/Jenn Grant, Dylan Menzie, Villages, The Once, City Natives Sat May 5, noon Songwriters’ Circle w/Jenn Grant, Rose Cousins, Reeny Smith and more Sun May 6, 2pm, The Schooner Room, 1983 Upper Water […]
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Mocean Dance’s new Versions
These Versions of Us April 26-28, 8pm Sir James Dunn Theatre, 6101 University Avenue $20-$30 For the final production of its season, Mocean Dance is turning dance inside out. From April 26-28, the company will present These Versions of Us, a new work by Toronto-based choreographer Heidi Strauss that forwent fixed steps and was instead […]
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Washing machine’s clean slate
Washing Machine release w/Booji Boys, Surveillance, Valerie Thursday, April 5, 10pm The Seahorse Tavern, 2037 Gottingen Street $7 Noel Macdonald would never say it, but Walk It Back, his first record with the new-wave inspired band Washing Machine, feels like a big deal. Macdonald has been playing in the local scene for years—with Moon, Long […]
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The nature of Construction & Destruction
Construction & Destruction w/Julie Doiron, Jon McKiel Friday, March 30, 8pm Radstorm, 6050 Almon Street $10/pwyc Construction & Destruction might be among the most mythologized bands in this corner of the world, and it’s not hard to see why: For years, partners Colleen Collins and Dave Trenaman have been quietly making foggy, artful rock from […]
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Heaven for Real trips out with Live in Japan
Heaven for Real EP release w/Century Egg, Aquakultre Friday, March 30, 10pm The Seahorse Tavern, 2037 Gottingen Street $10 Local experimental rock heroes Heaven For Real are emerging from a relatively quiet few months this week with a renewed energy and a brand-new tape, Live In Japan. The band, which currently features Mark Grundy, Scott […]
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Moonwake is in the zone
Moonwake w/Aquakultre, Loveland Thursday, March 1, 9pm The Carleton, 1685 Argyle Street $10 For musician Braden Nelson, some of the most exciting sounds can emerge when people find themselves outside of their musical comfort zone. That was one of the premises behind his Asymmetry EP, which saw Nelson asking singers from a variety of genres […]
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Willow Cioppa still has art
Willow Cioppa’s KREAM residency February 19-24 Khyber Centre for the Arts, 1880 Hollis St. Poetry reading: Fri Feb 23, 6-8pm Collective Care Among Marginalized Communities workshop: Sat Feb 24, 2-4pm Willow Cioppa understands care the way some of us might understand the ocean—elemental, necessary and deeply inspiring. Cioppa, a Montreal-based writer and poet, has just […]
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Ben by nature
Flipping through Ben Waye’s sketchbooks feels like bringing an image into focus—the NSCAD student’s fashion designs come together slowly, from colour palettes, material samples and collages into stunning completed looks. Waye, 19, says his first two years at NSCAD have been a whirlwind. Since moving to Halifax from Mirimachi in 2016, he has grown his […]
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Waka Okabayashi wants to be a plant
Waka Okabayashi, I want to be a plant To February 17 Anna Leonowens Gallery 2, 1891 Granville Street In the mind and work of Waka Okabayashi, life really does imitate art. The NSCAD student, who moved from Japan to Canada after middle school to begin studying English, says she draws inspiration for much of her […]