“We’re ever-growing and ever-evolving. The project isn’t going to stay the same, we are going to morph and be there for other people.” Gavin Quinn is talking about future plans for Outsider Insight. It’s a peer-based support organization that helps artists with mental illness further their careers with practical resources like creating a portfolio, accounting, […]
Stephanie Johns
flossin'
off on a natural charge bon voyage
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$Rockin 4 Dollar$ nine lives
$Rockin 4 Dollar$ has been brightening up Mondays/ruining Tuesdays for an impressive nine years running. Though it always feels like a party when it’s your turn to spin the wheel, this week’s installment might have a little more oomph as they celebrate nine years and prepare for an upcoming location change when Reflections Cabaret moves […]
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Bend it like Em
Sydney, Australia’s Bendy Em (AKA Em Kerger) contortionist-meets-comedy show is one of the featured acts at this year’s Halifax International Busker Festival, July 30 to August 4 on the Halifax Waterfront, schedule online at buskers.ca—don’t get it twisted, it’ll be a ball. Bendy Em went from business degree to street performer after she found a […]
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Halifax Pop Explosion first announcement
Wow there sure was a lot of cake at this afternoon’s Halifax Pop Explosion (October 21-25) announcement (check out the new website, also). Here’s a complete list of the first announcement. More to come, if you can believe that. Quick, go, let’s hear your top three in the comments! City Natives Astral Swans Teenage Kicks […]
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Eyelevel Gallery and Fuller Terrace Lecture Series want you
The Eyelevel Gallery is partnering up with the mighty Fuller Terrace Lecture Series to continue this year’s round of free, public lectures about topics big and small. For the seventh season, three of the lectures will be hosted in Halifax (at the Wonder’Neath Studio, 2891 Isleville Street) and three will be hosted in Berlin. Should […]
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Symphony Nova Scotia + Video Games Live
Oh boy oh boy, I’m sure this won’t be the first time video games will make you cry, but Video Games Live all but guarantees to raise those goosebumps. The theme from Warcraft? So intense! So foreboding! Presale tickets are available soon for Video Games Live and Symphony Nova Scotia‘s performances, March 10 and 11 […]
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David Suzuki’s Blue Dot Tour comes to town September 27
Canada’s earth-loving badass David Suzuki is going all out on what is said to be his final speaking tour—The Blue Dot Tour. Touring across the country with a cadre of celebrities (like Grimes, Neil Young and Margaret Atwood—PS invite me to that dinner party, please), Suzuki will speak in Halifax at the Rebecca Cohn Auditorium […]
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Nicole Ariana’s sad raps
Nicole Ariana’s ombré ambition took her away from us to that repository of dreams, Toronto. But as that plaque in my grandma’s foyer says: “home is where the heart is.” Returning home for a chance to participate in Gordie Sampson’s Songcamp, Ariana will perform Saturday at Big Pony with hometown pals Samm Splash and Matty […]
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Art, tan, laundry, GreatLife!
Like every good idea, the upcoming GreatLife! exhibit (July 28 to August 2 at Anna Leonowens Gallery, artist talk July 31, 12pm) started as a joke. NSCAD student union president Caleb Hung and artist Stephanie Yee were discussing emerging artists’ reliance on artist-run centres, centres that often have their own location and funding problems. “Sometimes […]
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High 5: North Park Street is closed and I’m OK with it
Silver lining of North Park closure: walking up Cunard to Common without having cars do the slow inch toward me during the walk signal. 1. “In Your Car,” Ty Segall 2. “Cool 2 Drive,” The Mean Jeans 3. “Death Drive,” Islands 4. “Take a Walk,” Wet Denim Wet Denim by wet denim 5. “Stop,” Twin […]
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The New Pornographers play SandJam Halifax
One of Halifax’s top beach volleyball tournaments, SandJam Halifax (I know, there’s a ton) is bringing The New Pornographers to town Saturday, August 30. THE NEW PORNOGRAPHERS: Very catchy, touring in support of their upcoming album, Brill Bruisers. YOU: Ankle deep in sand on an Olympic sized beach volleyball court. Loving life?
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Essential YG tracks
1. “Bicken Back Being Bool” This week brought a new video for My Krazy Life‘s top track, and it’s bery, bery bool (also, blink and you’ll miss Ty Dolla $ign, so don’t blink). 2. “Toot It and Boot It Remix (ft. 50 Cent, Snoop Dogg and Ty Dolla $ign). YG doles out some dodgy relationship […]