You might remember, if you were in Halifax between 2006 and 2010, being enchanted by the Lightman twins, Sari and Romy, facing each other on stage singing their Ghost Bees tunes in the midst of tea offerings and scent tinctures. Those were the early “vulnerable” days of their artistic birth, where identity and ancestry fixated […]
Tamar Eylon
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Mentorship shape
The evidence is in: Halifax is special, and one of the outstanding groups of people making it so is our artists. “We have more per capita than any other city,” says Becky Welter-Nolan, programming coordinator at Visual Arts Nova Scotia, a provincially funded organization dedicated to bolstering visual arts. And the reason why we have […]
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Rad Pride on the side
When bank workers and police volunteer to dress in drag and dance to house music on moving trucks we have to admit that while we’ve gained social acceptance, we’ve lost our edge. Mainstream approval comes at a price, and the cost of appropriation is being measured by those alienated from the very thing that is […]
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Nightclub classroom
The DJ studies you. She looks for your physical response to the music. “It’s the goal for a DJ,” says Larisa Mann, AKA DJ Ripley, “to also make a mental connection. At least that’s what I try to do.” She’s been at it for 16 years and has learned a few things. The set is […]
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Bring the Rakkas
All of us make compromises, but fewer of us do so in pursuit of our creative ambition. When we come across a successful example like Dennis Shaw-AKA D-Rakkas of South Rakkas Crew (SRC)—we take for granted their life choices. Just over a decade ago, Shaw relocated from Toronto to Orlando. “I had to work three […]
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Calling all troops
Caleb Latreille, AKA Dreams Cum True, listens to the masalacism.com podcasts as a matter of regular DJ musical discovery. Earlier this year, the set stood out like no other. He stopped what he was doing and listened, rump bouncing, to the sounds of The Salivation Army. The Salivation Army is a one-woman brigade. Her weapon […]