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Guy Paul Thibault’s trance to the top
W hen Guy Paul Thibault hits the stage, he goes into what can only be described as a self-induced trance. The singer-songwriter can crank out as many as 150 songs during a performance without stopping—not even for water. “I’m not big on taking breaks,” Thibault reflects on his extreme, if not dehydrating, commitment to giving his […]
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Nat Chantel’s Silence and Sound After
Exhibit 104, Cathedral Church of All Saints, 1330 Cathedral Lane For NAT Chantel, the release of human sound is more than auditory. More than just a release from the entanglement of vocal cords. For Chantel, sound is presence. It is reclamation. It is consciousness. It is repossession of a voice once lost. It’s “a way […]
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A Tribe Called Red is ready to see you sweat
A Tribe Called Red w/Sweet Lew, Shevy Price Wed, Aug 21, 9:30pm The Marquee Ballroom, 2037 Gottingen Street $27.99/$32.99 ATribe Called Red won’t be offended if you melt into the dance floor at its upcoming show. In fact, it’s encouraged. The powwow-dubstep duo is set to play at the Marquee Ballroom on August 21, and […]
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How The Light Lies (On You) illuminates failure’s long shadow
How the Light Lies (On You) Aug 8, 9, 7:30pm; Aug 11 2:30pm, 7:30pm Art Bar + Projects, 1873 Granville Street Pay What You Can/$10-$30 Sometimes, the risks we take don’t result in triumph or success.In the upcoming production How the Light Lies (On You), failure and disappointment are examined using art, poetry and a […]
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Halifax, meet Hedwig
Just in time for Pride, Halifax audiences will have a chance to wig out and enjoy what Rolling Stone has dubbed “the best rock musical ever.” The Tony Award-winning Hedwig and the Angry Inch, written by John Cameron Mitchell with music and lyrics by Stephen Trask, follows the story of Hedwig Robinson, a genderqueer singer […]
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Go off with Don Brownrigg’s Fireworks
Don Brownrigg is a busy man. Over the last five years, the Halifax-based musician travelled around Asia as a puppeteer with Mermaid Theatre, worked as a festival presenter and pursued a degree in osteopathy. Not to mention he’s also an accomplished musician on tour for his much-anticipated newly released album. While the last five years […]
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Vox Lux
First You Dream: Celebrating 75 Years of the Nova Scotia Talent Trust To July 28 MSVU Gallery, 166 Bedford Highway Opening reception Saturday, May 25, 2pm A lthough she’s known for two years, Lux Habrich says sometimes she still can’t believe it. At 27, Habrich is the youngest visual artist to be selected to exhibit […]
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Getting accustomed to the brink of war
It seems like it’s impossible lately to go a day without hearing about the rising tensions between North Korea and the United States. The two nations’ equally dramatic leaders, Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un, have turned the world’s attention toward their political game of who-will-strike-who with a ballistic missile first, and everyone is watching. Well, […]
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TGIFriday55
Amy Chandler embroiders every chance she gets—seriously. “I work full-time, and I literally come home, try to eat things while embroidering, and embroider from the time I wake up to the time I go to sleep and any time that I’m off,” she says. “I love it, I love it a lot.” The 24 year-old […]
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Anna Taylor’s hoop dreams
Anna Taylor’s needle work is making waves in Halifax, but be warned—this isn’t your grandma’s embroidery. The 33-year-old NSCAD grad, crafter and sex work activist makes radical feminist-oriented hoop art, banners, buttons and ceramics. Taylor’s naturally dyed hoop art, Taylor Made Embroidery, has especially gained popularity due to their edgy phrases, such as “Sex work […]
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Cold Smoke’s slow burn
Cold Smoke w/Dub Kartel, Walrus, Century Egg, Jelly, Alfie, Like A Motorcycle, Ghettosocks, Pineo & Loeb, Bosby, Tomatron, Woozy, Tachichi, The Sensi, Zora the Sultan Friday, January 13, 10pm The Marquee Ballroom, 2037 Gottingen Street $15 Baby, it’s cold outside, but the stages inside the Marquee and Seahorse Tavern are about to get toasty on […]