When friends told Fred Connors he should become mayor, he told them “they were absolutely crazy.” But dealing with impending legal action from the city when he insisted on keeping a flock of hens in the backyard of his Bloomfield Street home—something prohibited by Halifax’s land use bylaws—prompted him to imagine how he’d do things […]
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Events/Literary/Comedy
Canadian Surf Film Festival Now celebrating its third year, the Canadian Surf Film Festival (September 27-30) showcases material designed to appeal to surfers and non-surfers alike. “We program the festival for surfers or surf culture enthusiasts, but we also program it for the general public,” explains development director and co-founder Keith Maddison. “We’re well aware […]
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Dance/Theatre
Live Art Dance 30th season begins September 27 with Dévorer le Ciel, 8pm, Sir James Dunn Theatre, 6101 University Avenue If you’re interested in contemporary dance, theatre or performance art, then you should definitely check out choreographer Crystal Pite’s contemporary twist on Shakespeare’s The Tempest this fall, put on by Live Art Dance for their […]
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Visual arts
Nocturne October 13, 6pm-midnight, various locations, nocturnehalifax.ca Once a year, Halifax’s streets, parks and buildings are transformed into an art lovers’ utopia, and this year’s no exception. During the Nocturne Art At Night festival artists will take over public spaces and venues across the city, creating surreal, sensory experiences in unlikely locations. This year, Nocturne […]
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Fall Arts Preview 2012
Click here to read up on a packed fall of fun with events of the visual art, film, musical, literary, theatre, comedy and dance variety.
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Filming the margins
We’re in room 207 at the Chelsea Hotel with two men wearing nothing but their tight white briefs and socks. The thinner man, who sports a buzzcut, is recalling his childhood crush on an older, glamorous Pakistani woman, while a fit young man, Jermain, sits on the bed cutting up crack rocks and half listening […]
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Halifax international
International students undoubtedly add a lot to Halifax life, but what does our foggy city have to offer them in return? Surely many of the city’s students who “come from away” wind up cursing the fact that “freezing drizzle” is an actual weather term here, our food is seriously lacking in heat and we have […]
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The art rooms
“Is it a giant, exploding dick?” So asked an American classmate of mine back in 2003, drawing my attention to an unusual sculpture on campus at Dalhousie University. Fresh-faced and 18 years old, my teenage brain couldn’t associate the sculpture with anything other than the male member either—though certainly not the kind I’d like to […]
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Construction sight
Artist Ehryn Torrell finds inspiration in gutters—she talks excitedly about the surprising hints of colour you’ll often discover amongst the gray palettes of mud and concrete: “Whether it’s a gum wrapper or a bracelet or a sock, there’s always pops of colour,” she says. Torrell’s exhibition of paintings, Self-Similar opens this week at Saint Mary’s […]
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Wrapping good time
You might not want to wear white to the WetSpot party, this year’s Pride wrap-up event (July 28, 10pm-2am, Garrison Grounds, $16 advance tickets, $20 at the gate). “Rumour has it there’s going to be a lot of Super Soakers around,” hints Pride Week festival chair Krista Snow mysteriously. Snow hopes to bust some misconceptions […]
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Visual arts
To July 8 Sounding Selves Immerse yourself in Dalhousie University’s Sounding Selves, an exhibition sure to induce a sensory overload of the best sort. Artists explore subject matter ranging from the inaudible sounds of bats, an air raid warning sung by a Vienna Boy’s Choir treble, to the musicality of language itself, providing a broad […]
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Halifax’s top beer bars
The Henry House There’s no need to turn to Europe for a seriously tar-black brew on St. Patrick’s Day. Choose from The Henry House’s selection of darker beers, priced at $6.25 a pint: Indulge in the Montreal-based McAuslan’s St. Ambroise oatmeal stout, brewed from dark malts and roasted barley and packing a distinct mocha flavour. […]