Great Kettle for the People Sat, Sep 7, 6:35pm The Old Company House Theatre, 2202 Gottingen Street Meet Troy Ginter. He was born in Halifax and grew up in Cape Breton, but he’s lived all over: he taught English in Busan and fixed airplanes in Sault Ste. Marie. He’s married and has a three-year-old daughter. […]
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Gillian English battles the bard with 10 Things I Hate about The Taming of the Shrew
10 Things I Hate about The Taming of the Shrew Thu Sept 5, 8:30pm; Fri Sep 6, 4:30pm; Sat Sep 7, 7pm Neptune Theatre, 1593 Argyle Street $15/$12 “My brand is feminism and anger,” says Gillian English. “I’m feminism and anger.” English is a brilliant, hilarious, award-winning, solo-show-performing Fringe favourite. She speaks fast. She is […]
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Celia Rossiter debates Sex Before Marriage?
Sex Before Marriage? Thu Sept 5, 8:15pm Fri Sept 6, 9:25pm Sat Sept 7, 6:30pm Neptune Theatre, 1593 Argyle Street $5/$3 Cue Salt-N-Pepa: Celia Rossiter wants us to talk about sex. Rossiter attended Dalhousie’s Fountain School of Performing Arts. She dabbled in acting and directing with SMUDS. And, she appeared in Harbourtown by Mark Foster […]
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norc brings your lucid dreams to life
norc w/The Brood, No, It’s Fine., Sleeping Machines Thu Aug 22, 8pm-12am The Seahorse Tavern 2037 Gottingen Street $8 A lthough they hail from the Annapolis Valley, the three members of norc first met here in Halifax: Guitarist Zach Hazelwood and drummer Ryan Holland got together and played a show as a duo, but something was […]
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Visual arts review: Hopelessly Devoted To You examines the apocalypse and Olivia Newton-John
Hopelessly Devoted To You Wed-Sat 12-5pm, to Aug 24 Khyber Centre for the Arts, 1880 Hollis Street If you’ve ever imagined the end of the world—or wondered if it’s happening right now—the Khyber’s latest exhibition (titled Hopelessly Devoted To You) is for you. The group show is at the intersection of contemporary consumer capitalism, Olivia Newton-John […]
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The Magic Flute blows on at the Halifax Summer Opera Festival
The Magic Flute Aug 8, 7:30pm; Aug 10, 2pm Sir James Dunn Theatre 6101 University Avenue $20 W hen Nina Scott-Stoddart, artistic director of the Halifax Summer Opera Festival, steps into the spotlight to introduce The Magic Flute, she tactfully draws our attention to both the beauty of the music and the antiquated libretto. She […]
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Kara’s Urban Day Spa debuts gender-neutral pricing
In most salons you’ll see two prices for haircuts—one for men and one for women. On June 1, Kara’s Urban Day Spa will cut gendered pricing at its three HRM locations (5980 Spring Garden Road, 940 Cole Harbour Road and and offer equitable gender-neutral pricing. Kevyn Martell, Kara’s new artistic director, has been in […]
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Access meets art at The Art of Disability Festival
As Nicole McDonald sits in her power wheelchair in a workaday office, she smiles and laughs as she describes what the Art of Disability Festival is all about. “To bring awareness is the big thing,” says McDonald. “To bring awareness of what we can do and that we’re not shy and we can be approachable […]
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Ableist sales staff can cramp a shopper’s style
[Image-1] Clothes shopping can be difficult for any woman but there’s a segment of Nova Scotia women whose concerns go beyond the ordinary. In Nova Scotia, 20 percent of women report some form of disability—the highest percent of any Canadian province. That’s 20 percent of women who need their clothing and their shopping experiences to […]
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Wearable Art’s 25 alive
Models, and drag queens and acrobats—oh my! The Wearable Art Show is the wildest night of runway fashion and performance art in Halifax and it’s celebrating a silver anniversary. The Wearable Art Show is an annual extravaganza that is to Halifax’s fashion and art communities what Christmas morning is to tiny tots. After four years […]
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Playing Video Games
For three evenings, Symphony Nova Scotia will forgo Beethoven, Mozart and Stravinsky in favour of Mario, Sonic and Zelda. Video Games Live features music from video games played by the Symphony and a choir, combined with lights, video screens, a stage show and interactive elements like a costume contest and Guitar Hero battle. Tommy Tallarico, […]
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Cheesman stands alone
Hannah Cheesman headlines the fifth Women Making Waves conference, the annual networking event presented by Women in Film and Television-Atlantic. Cheesman is excited about meeting other women in the industry. “It’s hard to connect all the individuals working from coast to shining coast,” says Cheesman, “so I hope to do that here.” Cheesman, a 30-year-old […]
