Making space for marginalized groups is what Pride has always been about. And this year, it’s continuing to do the extra work to push that space even further. The Pride parade’s low-sensory viewing area returns for its second year at the festival. The space gives an elevated view of the parade and ensures reduced noise, […]
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Take Pride in your weekend with these Sure Things
From the return of Wannabe: A Spice Girls Tribute to the Pride parade to the kitchen party vibes of Jesus Murphy, this weekend will be the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. Family Over Fame day Saturday An outdoor community celebration that sees R&B royalty JRDN taking the stage—along with free haircuts, […]
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Safer Space Massage caters to all bodies and identities
Safer Space Massage Therapy @saferspacemassage Online booking is available here Six months ago, Leah Inman dove into a business idea by starting a massage clinic run out of their Fairview home. “I’ve always been very entrepreneurial,” Inman says. “I love working for myself, making my own hours. And it just made sense for me to […]
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Steph McNair prioritizes non-binary beauty with Maneland
Maneland 1528 Queen Street Getting entangled in the world of hair was something of a surprise for Steph McNair. While making a living working in art galleries and as a carpenter, the visual artist—inspired by a good friend’s at-home salon—applied to go to hair school on a whim, and got in. “I never went to […]
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Dancing and sweating at Cavendish Beach Music Festival
While everyone in attendance certainly didn’t know all the words to every Tanya Tucker song—as Gretchen Wilson would have preferred—festival-goers at Cavendish Beach Music Festival were certainly revelling in the town’s small-town, down-home country feel. The country music festival took place last weekend, and amidst the heat and sweat there were indeed also tears, laughter, […]
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Scotia Festival of Music and Chris Wilcox: 40 years and 40 festivals
O ften referred to as the “music of friends,” chamber music has stood the test of time as a genre that, from the Medieval period to present day, has relied on the cohesion, synchronicity and mutual respect of all involved. For musicians of the genre, the intimate sense of community, memories and moments shared are […]
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Fall Arts Calendar 2018: Fests, Talks + Films
SEPTEMBER Flamenco Night with Virginia Castro Duràn While The Atlantic Flamenco Festival gives you a host of chances to fall for the Spanish stepping style, featuring Virginia Castro Durán, famed Spanish flamenco dancer, bringing her signature mix of stomping feet and coiling wrists to Halifax. The Seahorse Tavern, 2037 Gottingen Street, Thu Sep 27, 8pm, […]
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Fall Arts Calendar 2018: Music
September Las Vegas to Nashville Superstars Show It’s a hat tip to Shania Twain, Dolly Parton, ABBA and over 20 more throwback acts as this crew of talented tribute performers take the stage. Spatz Theatre, 1855 Trollope Street, $35, Sep 27, 7:30pm Birdie Whyte & Caribou Run w/Nik Field & Ken Viota For her latest […]
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Fall Arts Calendar 2018: Visual Arts
14 Bells Fine Art Gallery Tue-Fri 10am-6pm, Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 12-4pm, 5523 Young Street PHANTASMAGORIA Abstract works blooming with colour by Monika Wright. Nov 17-Dec 1 Anna Leonowens Gallery Tue-Fri 11am-5pm, Sat 12pm-4pm, Granville Square, 1891 Granville Street Travelling Textiles Visting Japanese artist Nobuko Hiroi arrives at the Anna Leonowens Gallery with this, an exhibit […]
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Fall Arts Calendar 2018: Stage
September fLAMENCO EN ROUGE: CAMINO FLAMENCO A multimedia production combining flamenco dance with live music, textile art and projected paintings. Maritime Museum of the Atlantic, 1675 Lower Water Street, Fri Sep 28, 7:30pm, $20 October SHAY KUEBLER RADICAL SYSTEM ART PERFORMS TELEMETRY Vancouver-based Shay Kuebler brings a mix of swing, tap and contemporary dance to […]
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Chinese Festival Halifax announces inaugural lineup
Halifax’s first-ever Chinese Festival will kick off Saturday September 9 with a big event at the Rebecca Cohn and end with a free waterfront extravaganza on the 22nd, it was announced on Wednesday. The Canadian government named 2018 the Canada-China Year of Tourism as a way to celebrate and explore the history and opportunities between the […]
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Radical softness
“As a 2-Spirit person, I’ve never really identified as male or female, masculine or feminine roles,” says Brad Jones, “in or out of drag.” From politically inspired satin dresses to mirrored masks inspired by Final Fantasy, Jones—AKA Jennifer DaFuque—is refashioning drag culture and making space for 2-Spirit identity in Halifax. The only 2-Spirit drag performer […]