Since last year, popular north end venues such as Gus’ Pub and North End Pub have increased their band bookings and live shows, not to mention their revenue. A year ago, Jessica Whyte, Christian Johnston and David Ewenson organized Halifax’s first North by North End music and art festival. With the festival’s eagerly anticipated sequel […]
Natalie Pendergast
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Indietown
Two thousand five has been a year of opportunity for independent theatre artists. With the launches of so many new companies, the sudden growth of indie productions proves that even with obstacles like few venues and small budgets, for our theatre community, the shows must go on. In March, one of Halifax’s few full-time veteran […]
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Forum moment
Last December, OneLight Theatre hosted a day-long discussion about the state of Canadian theatre in The Crib, its intimate space on Gottingen Street. The response was so overwhelming that this year’s forum has expanded into the Dalhousie Arts Centre for an entire weekend of disussion, philosophies and performances. Beginning on December 10, the event will […]
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Soundclash of music
Two thousand five has been a year to remember for Kingston three-piece Bedouin Soundclash. Since the spring, their hit single “When the Night Feels My Song” has gone from nonexistent to number one on Toronto’s influential radio station The Edge, number three on this week’s National Playlist on CBC and number three on the MuchMusic […]
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Shades of gay
Seeing that lower-income earning gays were not being well-represented by the media, Michael Best decided to take matters into his own hands. Five years ago he began to compile a series of unusual experiences from his personal life, and eventually his confessional anecdotes became a full-length play. It’s been a long time in the making, […]
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Mean machines
DaPoPo Theatre Company’s first year would not be complete without a performance of pure science-fiction social commentary. Thursday marks the opening night of Rossum’s Universal Robots. At first, the robots appear to bring an end to working-class blues. They can handle any chore, any task, no matter how toilsome. Programmed solely to work, no one […]
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Poetry in Motion
November 11, 2004. A couple thousand people come together for a Remembrance Day ceremony at Sullivan’s Pond in Dartmouth. Paul McNeill and Catherine Cooper are among the families and neighbours who have devoted the day to appreciating the men and women who sacrificed everything for their country’s future; or, more precisely, us. After all the […]