“MOVE.” It’s a loudly painted, red word peeking around Dalhousie Art Gallery’s reading nook, calling to visitors at the gallery’s entrance. Feet move almost involuntarily, and gallery viewers find themselves in front of the lettering, uncovering two more: “IN NOW.” Sterile black couches frame the lower half of the three walls and words, providing a […]
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Photographing oddities
Geri Nolan’s summer Alternative Process Photography workshop at NSCAD was unconventional. “This class exemplified most of what would constitute bare-bones photography,” says photography student Veronica Horsman. “It was all about mistakes. It was all about breaking photo rules. It was all about experimentation. We were doing everything from 200-year-old processes to digital negatives. How often […]
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The First Voices International Arts Festival
Each year for the past five, the First Voices Project has brought Aboriginal youth from Canada, Botswana, the Philippines, Guatemala, Chile and Honduras together for 10 days to share their stories and connect through art. This Saturday, both new participants and alumni are gathering for their last event—and sharing it with the community. “This year, […]
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Closing the surf
Long-time surfer Matt Mays puts a party hat on the end of the Canadian Surf Film Festival weekend, with some proceeds going to the SANS Coastal Access Committee. A rep from the committee will also be at the show to accept donations in hopes of building a public boardwalk in Cow Bay. For the full […]
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Playing it loud with Comeback Kid
Members of Comeback Kid are scattered across North America, but that hasn’t stopped them from releasing a new album (Symptoms + Cures) or touring around the world from August to Christmas. “The band’s based out of Winnipeg,” explains frontman Andrew Neufeld. “I most of the time live in Toronto, a couple of the guys live […]
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Settling in with Nimmons’n’Braid
JazzEast’s only fall concert brings in-the-moment jazz to a whole new level this Friday with Phil Nimmons and David Braid. During a hectic travel schedule, young pianist and composer Braid emailed to say he and Nimmons have performed about 40 concerts together in the past six years, without having rehearsed or spoken about what—or how—they […]
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Driving in to American Graffiti
“Where were you in ’62?” Alderney Landing, of course—as long as you head there this Saturday, when the waterfront space transforms into the 1962 incarnation of American Graffiti‘s cruising strip. “We really wanted to have a drive-in movie here, and we’ve been wanting to do that for a number of years—we’ll probably continue to do […]
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Painting a Declared Surplus
Steven Rhude’s painting of a candy-striped lighthouse, tipped to the right by the weight of a rope pulling at its top from the hands of an unnamed stranger is unsettling; lighthouses are a thread in the landscape fabric of the east coast, or any coast of Canada. But Steven Rhude’s new exhibition, Declared Surplus, speaks […]
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Halifax is Bowling
Spit-polish your bowling shoes and grab a ball—Halifax is Burning’s Trevor Murphy is taking you to Fairlanes this Sunday in the name of CKDU fundraising. “I’m a fan of having shows in unorthodox places and I friggen’ love bowling,” writes the man behind the year-old CKDU radio show. When station co-ordinator Erica Butler suggested a […]
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Partying with The Jimmy Swift Band
After some low-key time spent on their own projects, The Jimmy Swift Band members Craig Mercer, Aaron Collier, Mike MacDougall and Doug Cameron land at the Paragon Saturday to make you sweat, dance and remember why you came back for more. “We have been taking a bit of time to work on other projects as […]
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Brooding for Elliott
“Well, this European tour was pretty special,” emails Mark Sasso, lead vocalist in Toronto’s alt-country trio, listing off an extensive number of festivals and shows. At the time of the email, Elliott Brood members Sasso, Casey Laforet and Stephen Pitkin are enjoying a rare day off in Amsterdam before flying to this side of the […]
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Creating the Best Movie Never
“Everything is better with Ewoks.” That’s how artist Karen van Niekerk sums up her artwork (pictured above) for Best Movie Never, an exhibition of art for the Atlantic Film Festival’s Frame X Frame that asked artists to create posters for the best movie never made. “I knew straight away I wanted to do something with […]