Bridgetown, Nova Scotia’s most bad ass textile artist and dreamweaver Toshiko Horiuchi MacAdam‘s latest work, Harmonic Motion is on display a little closer to home than usual for the internationally beloved artist, this time at the Toledo Museum of Art in Ohio as part of an exhibition that seems tailor made to Horiuchi MacAdam, Play […]
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Stages Theatre Festival lineup announced
Presented by Eastern Front Theatre, Stages Theatre Festival packs it in June 17-28, with six full productions, family friendly events, work from new and established artists and play-readings. 
 Artistic producer Charlie Rhindress curated the festival and stayed true to the name. Showing plays at different stages in their development, by artists at different stages […]
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Halifax seeks LGBTQ artist
Redesigning the North Park intersection is messy business, but the city is trying to make sure that at the end of it all there’s some nice art to show for it—sandblasted into the concrete, forever! Right now Halifax is seeking an artist or arts facilitator for one of three planned entrance plazas on the Halifax […]
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Pjilasi Mi’kma’ki: New bilingual Mi’kmaq/English podcast launches
A new podcast seeks to keep Mi’kmaq language, culture and current affairs thriving and accessible.
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Halifax wants you on its new arts advisory committee.
[Image-1] If the last few weeks of budget protests have shown anything, it’s that this town has some powerful advocates for the arts. Which is great, since Halifax is looking for citizens to participate on the newly-formed ArtsHalifax advisory committee. Approved at council’s May 12 meeting, ArtsHalifax will be composed of eight artistic minds appointed […]
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OUTeast Queer Film Festival lineup announced
OUTeast Queer Film Festival‘s 2015 program has been announced, offering a welcome chance to see some films that would never see the light of a big screen in Halifax otherwise—and puts the spotlight on queer independent cinema. We’re on board. Their highlights from tonight’s announcement are as follows: Before the festival program begins, OUTeast is […]
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Atlantic Book Awards winners announced!
Last night, as a wrap up to the Atlantic Book Festival, the winners of the 2015 Atlantic Book Awards were announced. Hosted by CBC’s Stephanie Domet (also a pretty snazzy writer), the sold-out event highlighted Atlantic Canadian literary talent in a range of fields. The real winners are the readers, right? The 2015 winners: The […]
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Superstar craftspeople in your own backyard
When you’ve got a good thing going, it’s natural to want to show off. But Breakwater Studios director Ben Proudfoot, the Craft Alliance Atlantic Association and the Nova Scotia Designer Crafts Council (NSDCC) found that Nova Scotian craftspeople were too busy to toot their own horns, so they decided to give them a little push. […]
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The Atlantic Book Festival starts today
Let’s get literal! The Atlantic Book Awards Society (ABAS) has released the schedule for a week chock full of scholarly celebration (aka the Atlantic Book Awards and Festival). Starting May 7 and continuing until May 14, events will take place across all our salty sweet Maritime cities. After a week of bookish bliss, the finale […]
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Take three minutes to see why NS can’t be imitated
Directed by Nobu Adilman, who got his film start in NS, this snappy short demonstrates why there’s no substitute for Nova Scotia. Go on, laugh to keep from crying.
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East Coast Literary Awards shortlist announced
The Writers’ Federation of Nova Scotia recently announced the 2015 shortlist for this year’s East Coast Literary Awards, and if you’re looking for summer reading, you’d do well to start here. The nominees were heavily vetted by the WFNS jury, who sifted through 62 submitted titles from four Atlantic provinces to come up with these […]
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Always say Namas-DIE
A few years ago, a couple of local horror filmmakers entered a Quentin Tarantino contest with a fake grindhouse-inspired trailer. The entry ended up winning, and that honour scored financing and development for one of Halifax’s most well-known film productions, 2011’s Hobo with a Shotgun. This year, a couple of local horror filmmakers entered the […]
