[ Jump to: Anne Derrick | Fred Connors | Robin Metcalfe | Mike Clattenburg Stephanie Bertossi | Jane Wright | Mike Campbell | Bill Lewis ] Anne Derrick Through many trials, Halifax barrister-turned-judge remains committed to social justice. The expressionist swirls of a painting by a Laing House social worker hang to the left of […]
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Chasing the horizon
Upon entering the gallery, you are confronted by a six-foot tall tangle of metal cables that seems both chaotic and somehow methodical. To your right, you glimpse a storyboard-esque arrangement of distorted colour photographs; behind you, a monochromatic photo of New Mexico, a circular diagram and a story of a boy who is bitten by […]
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Camera conduct
Smiling for the camera is an ingrained response. But the performance doesn’t stop there, according to Vancouver-based video artist Karilynn Ming Ho. In her second solo exhibit, Versions 1,2,3, Ming Ho explores the way in which people (re)act when the camera’s turned on. Ming Ho only graduated from Simon Fraser University in 2010, and she has […]
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Dianne Swinemar to retire
Looking back at nearly 25 years as the head of Feed Nova Scotia, Dianne Swinemar says she is most proud of the Learning Kitchen employment training program. “I felt like a proud mother the day I realized a former student had her own business,” says Swinemar. “That’s the reason why you keep doing it.” Swinemar […]
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Homegrown humour
The Ha!ifax Comedy Festival is in full swing, and the only downside is that you can’t get to every single show. One you definitely don’t want to miss is Thursday’s Homegrown Show, where you can support exclusively Halifax-based comedians. The show will be hosted by the hilarious Bill Wood of Picnicface fame and will feature […]
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Norma McKnight: Two people at once
“I started ventriloquism when I was 11,” says Norma McKnight. “I was in the hospital and my mom bought me a dummy out of the Sears catalogue.” Soon, the other kids in the ward started gathering around her bed, and a ventriloquist was born. “It wasn’t something I aspired to be; you’d have to be […]
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Lampposts on a bender
There’s rowdy behavior on Halifax’s waterfront boardwalk, but it’s not the usual culprits. Artists Chris Hanson and Hendrika Sonnenberg have installed three disorderly, personified streetlamps on South Battery Pier, near Bishop’s Landing. The installations—”Fountain” and the diptych “Got Drunk, Fell Down”—are part of a series entitled The Way Things Are. They are nakedly honest portraits […]
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For Zuppa Theatre Co., size matters
If you’re looking for a big ticket show chock-full of drama, romance, magic and exotic destinations…you might want to head next door to Neptune’s Fountain Hall. Set in present-day Halifax, The Attaining Gigantick Dimensions follows Francis, a military translator coming home from Afghanistan after receiving news of a family crisis. “The whole play takes place […]