After a nationwide search, Jeremy Webb (Off the Leash Creative, WillPower Theatre) has been named Neptune Theatre’s new artistic director, following George Pothitos’ eight-year run. Currently the artistic producer of Eastern Front Theatre, Webb has performed in over 20 Neptune productions, most recently as Cogsworth the Clock in the theatre’s production of Beauty & The Beast. […]
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Discover tarot at Art Bar +Projects
Tarot: The Road To The Self Thursday August 31, 7-8:30pm Art Bar +Projects 1873 Granville Street free/PWYC Jonathan Stewart says most people associate tarot cards with fortune telling, but there’s much more to learn about them. “I still don’t actually know if I believe in fortune telling,” says Stewart, having first come across tarot as […]
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Review: Centuries of Silence: The Discovery of the Salzinnes Antiphonal at the AGNS
<i>Centuries of Silence: The Discovery of the Salzinnes Antiphonal</i> Curator: Judith Dietz Through October 29 Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, 1723 Hollis Street It’s not uncommon for art galleries and museums to be compared to churches, but the rooms filled with choir songs and religious portraits in Centuries of Silence: The discovery of the Salzinnes Antiphonal […]
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Investigative journalist and author Amy Goodman to give talk in Halifax
Amy Goodman in Halifax Saturday, September 30, 8-10pm (doors open at 7pm) Ondaatje Theatre, Dalhousie University goodmanhalifax.eventbrite.ca Adding to the list of much-loved journalists heading to Halifax this fall (Scaachi Koul and Peter Mansbridge among them), longtime Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman is slated to appear in town this September. Democracy Now! is an independent […]
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FIN announces full film festival program
FIN: Atlantic International Film Festival (formerly known as The Atlantic Film Festival) has announced its eight-day lineup for this year’s fest, featuring homegrown and international talent. “If you’ve never been to the Atlantic International Film Festival, this is the year to take the plunge,” says program director Jason Beaudry. Things kick off at opening night […]
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Review: Gina Stick’s Ritual Objects of Everyday Life at Mary E. Black Gallery
Gina Etra Stick, Ritual Objects of Everyday Life Through August 27 Mary E. Black Gallery, 1061 Marginal Road While many locals may steer away from the waterfront this time of year, there is one event that should pull them towards the boardwalk. Mary E. Black Gallery, nestled between NSCAD’s port campus and Pier 21, boasts a […]
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Argyle Fine Art’s Rainworks makes a splash
Say Something: Exploring art with Rainworks Saturday, August 12, 2-4pm Argyle Fine Art, 1559 Barrington Street Paint the town red? Well, this group of local artists have painted the town in text—that’s only viewable when it rains. Here, Argyle Fine Art helps you see the secret writing on the wall (and the sidewalk), equipping adventurers with […]
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Get steamy with Laura Kenins’ Steam Clean
Steam Clean book launch and reading Thursday, August 10 at 6-8pm Strange Adventures, Halifax, 5110 Prince Street Former Coast writer and comic artist extraordinaire Laura Kenins comes home to Hali to celebrate the launch of Steam Clean—just in time for the Dartmouth Comic Arts Festival! The comic follows a a group of friends and strangers […]
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Halifax’s first ever exhibition of artwork by Caribbean born and descended NS artists happens Monday
KaisoCaribbean Diaspora Cultural Festival Monday, August 7, noon-9pm Halifax Commons, Caribbean Diaspora Festival Tent Halifax’s first ever exhibition of art by Caribbean born and descended Nova Scotian artists, Kaiso, is on view for one day only this Monday, as part of the Caribbean Diaspora Cultural Festival. “This new exhibition shows the diversity of Caribbean culture in […]
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Review: Arjun Lal’s Queer Gardens at the Khyber
Arjun Lal’s Queer Gardens July 8-August 15 Closing ceremony Tuesday, August 15, 6-8pm The Khyber Centre for the Arts, 1880 Hollis Street A rainbow filled window-front is nothing unusual this time of year, but the rainbows in one Hollis street window are not your standard Pride fare. In Arjun Lal’s Queer Gardens, the current exhibition […]
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Ceramics technician Doug Bamford says so long to NSCAD after 23 years
Doug Bamford, the WORKSOpens Monday, July 31 at 5:30pm Runs to August 5 Anna Leonowens Gallery, 1891 Granville Street Retirement party to follow at 7pm at Art Bar + Projects, 1873 Granville Street Beloved NSCAD ceramics technician Doug Bamford is closing the chapter on 23 years at the college with a goodbye exhibition at the […]
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Eyelevel artistic director Katie Belcher moves on to Vancouver’s Access Gallery
Eyelevel‘s artistic director Katie Belcher is leaving the artist-run centre and relocating to Vancouver to become Access Gallery‘s newest director/curator in October. “It is difficult to leave after building my life here for fourteen years, but shifting to another coast feels reassuring somehow, and I have already been so welcomed by the community as the […]
