Garry Neill Kennedy, The Colours of Citizen Arar, 2007, installation view Last week the shortlist for the Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia Masterworks Arts Award was announced. Selected by an arms-length jury of artists from across Nova Scotia, the creators of the winning work receive $25,000, which, by the way, is more than the median […]
Sue Carter Flinn
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It’s the great Pumpkin Ale
Many of us are happy to trade summer’s humidity for a bracing shot of autumn air. With leaves crunching under our favourite boots and hand-knit wool scarves wrapped around our necks, we march down Gottingen Street towards Propeller Brewery, in anticipation of their annual Pumpkin Ale. Brewed using Dill’s famous Atlantic Giant Pumpkins and a […]
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Wander with Eryn Foster this Sunday
Eryn Foster is the first artist taking part in HRM’s new artist-in-residence program. From now until mid-December, Foster will be working out of Point Pleasant Park Lodge, the old stone building near the entrance to the park (just at the end of Young Ave). This Sunday Foster will be conducting her first of many Wanders […]
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Atlantic Shorts Gala repeat-screening tonight
Tonight, replacing the White Stripes doc, is an encore screening of the Atlantic Shorts Gala, always one of the festival’s highlights. Show starts at 9:30pm at the Oxford. Support a local filmmaker, make a mom proud.
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The rise of fall arts: books, film, fashion
Word on the Street Sunday, September 27, 11am-5pm, Cunard Centre, free, thewordonthestreet.ca The annual lit festival happens this Sunday at the Cunard Centre. This year’s highlights include a special appearance by Margaret Atwood’s illustrious LongPen, the remote book-signing device she invented so she can sign your copy of her new novel The Year of the […]
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Migration Songs, Anna Quon (Invisible Publishing)
Anna Quon’s debut novel Migration Songs is a hopeful sign for Atlantic Canadian literature moving beyond the traditional rural stories and recognizing that we don’t all share the same history. Though Quon’s Halifax is a blur—this is really a story about the interior life and struggles of Joan, a jobless 30-year-old loner, who feels out […]
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Returning home
Afternoon sunlight shines through the large front windows of Onelight Theatre’s office, a floor above Argyle Street’s busy restaurant row. It casts a warm glow, almost like a stage set, bouncing off painted-red walls and wood floors, maquettes from previous shows, well-worn books on the full shelves. It’s the day after their play The Veil […]
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Little goes big
Last May, Halifax comedian Mark Little won $25,000 and the judges’ hearts at the Yuk Yuk’s Great Canadian Laugh Off, beating out 64 other contestants. See the magic for yourself on Saturday night (11pm), when The Comedy Network broadcasts the final show. Witness Little taking down eight competitors to bring home the gold, after a […]
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David Clark’s net.art: a spacy trip
If you haven’t been exposed to David Clark yet, you’re in for a treat. The Halifax artist and teacher makes “feature-length” net.art, and his new website, 88constellations.net, is another stunning example of how the internet can be used for more than just kitten videos (not that there’s anything wrong with that). 88 Constellations for Wittgenstein […]
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Atlantic Film Fest: Monday’s Picks
Sadly, the work week may be on, but there’s still lots of AFF fun. Here’s where we are: Wings of Desire (Dal Art Gallery, 5pm): Wim Wenders’ beautiful film is an all-time classic, also inspiring one of the worst remakes ever, starring Nic Cage and Meg Ryan. Atlantic Shorts (Park Lane 8, 7pm, 9:20pm): Stomp, […]
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AFF Day 3: Ladies come out on top of docs
Already one of my highlights for the festival, Become a Microscope, is a short doc about 1960s pop artist Sister Corita, an inspiring nun who taught at a Catholic LA college, and who became an influential force in the art world, making friends with the Eames brothers and Hitchcock. The doc’s by Aaron Rose (with a soundtrack by Money Mark), who is best known for the Beautiful Losers art movement, and it’s gorgeously shot, with brilliant-hued archive footage and photos. Corita’s serigraphs, which Rose animates, wouldn’t look out of place beside a Yo Rodeo or Seripop poster on a
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Atlantic Film Fest: Sunday’s Picks
It may be day of rest for some, but not us! Here are a few picks for Sunday: Atlantic Shorts || (Park Lane 8, 2pm): See our story on Ariella Palka’s short film Burning Rubber, about the connections between rural car culture and contemporary art. Ten points if you spot the arts editor. Love and […]