Terroir: A Nova Scotia Survey To January 1 Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, 1723 Hollis Street When we think about Nova Scotian art, our reference points tend to be traditional—folk art, Alex Colville, seascapes–but, of course, we have a vibrant community of artists producing contemporary work in every medium. As the first exhibition of its […]
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10 ways to see a summer concert for free
Music in the Park With music most Sundays of the summer, parkgoers can enjoy artists like John Chaisson, Morgan Davis, Jamie Junger Band and more. Sundays, Sullivan’s Pond Bandshell, Dartmouth, 2pm Summer Concert Series Check out the Public Gardens bandstand in action every Sunday all summer long, with free shows for every taste from classical […]
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How to spend your summer in the galleries
OUT OF TOWN To June 24 YORODEO, New Findings If the air-conditioned glory of the cinema isn’t cutting it, head to CBU’s gallery for some static 3D images from Coast illustrator Paul Hammond and design partner Seth Smith. Showing their ongoing body of 3D screenprints, the works in the exhibition draw from sci-fi, fantasy and […]
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Dancing on the new flamenco wave
If you think about flamenco dance, your image of the form is likely quite traditional—the woman with the swirling red dress, the man in black pants stomping his feet, that percussive guitar propelling the classic motions. But more and more dancers and musicians are trying to extend those perceptions these days, Montreal dance company La […]
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How does your garden grow?
It takes decades for a tall tree to grow, but Laura Jean Forrester managed to put together a whole garden in just two months. When we spoke to Forrester for the New Art issue in January, the NSCAD grad had just moved back to Halifax from Lunenburg. She’d been set to create a new body […]
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What is it about Kids these days?
Ah, the art world: where you never have to grow up. At least that’s what a person might assume, given the relentless popularity of youth culture as a subject in contemporary art. That’s what led curator Zoë Chan to put together an exhibit on the topic, Kids these days, opening Saturday at MSVU Art Gallery. […]
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Measha Brueggergosman celebrates Christmas in Halifax
It’s coming on the holidays, and while some are putting up reindeers, others are planning a quick last-minute trip to Norway and touring the Maritimes with a preschooler and infant in tow. Though she’s touring her Christmas album (named, simply enough, Christmas), opera and classical singer Measha Brueggergosman says, “I’m not a big Christmassy person, […]
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First-ever BAFF isn’t a “special” event
Nova Scotia doesn’t always rank first, but one statistic we lead in nationally is the percentage of the population with a disability—”self-identified disability,” reachAbility CEO Tova Sherman is quick to clarify. With one in five Nova Scotians self-identifying as having some form of disability, the non-profit disability advocacy and culture organization has had a lot […]
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Safety Cages puts artists behind bars
In Ken Burke’s wearable art piece Safety Cages, four people wearing welded steel cages will make their ways through Nocturne crowds, responding to the movements of the crowd and each other. The cages take four different designs, each cumbersome in varying degrees. Burke calls a cage in a standard birdcage-type form “a little passive,” while […]
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Taking the grain elevators to dynamic new heights
Veronique Mackenzie, Lukas Pearse and Susan Tooke have been working together under the name Motion Activated for five years. Together, they’re “especially intrigued by integrating technologies and stretching the potentials of time and space,” Mackenzie explains. Their Nocturne piece will project a dancer on the wall of the south end grain elevators, moving amid historic […]
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Affirming the art of all ages
Colouring books aren’t just for kids anymore, except when they are, or except when they’re a tool to bridge a gap between adult and youth spheres. Montreal-based, Wolfville-raised artist, musician and educator Sarah Mangle aims to do this with her book, The Affirmations Colouring Book, released last year, which has resonated with an audience of […]
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Laugh out East
East Coast Improv Festival The Bus Stop Theatre, 2203 Gottingen Street August 15-16 $10/$15 Plenty of great comedy has come out of Halifax over the past few years—and much of it has come and gone, to Toronto and other funnier pastures. That’s one of the reasons local improv company Make ‘Em Ups started Halifax’s first […]