Prismatic Arts Festival just announced its 2016 line-up, and it’s killer. For the first time, the multi-genre fest is featuring exclusively female artists and cultural workers. Plus, after two years at Alderney Landing in Dartmouth, the festival is returning to downtown Halifax from September 21-25. This sixth edition of the festival focuses on showcasing Indigenous […]
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Public art coming to the Roy Building construction site
Starfish Properties is plotting something big for the Roy Building construction site this weekend. Details are scarce, but the property management company has invited Toronto-based performance artist and live painter Jessica Gorlicky (aka Jessgo) to scale the scaffolding and spruce up the Roy Building’s exterior. Josh Lerner, vice president of Starfish Properties remains tight-lipped about […]
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May the fourth be with you: watch this local Star Wars fan film
In March, we posted this Jedi mind trick (i.e. casting call) for actors to audition for a local Star Wars fan film to be entered in the 2016 Star Wars Fan Film Awards. Today, from a galaxy not that far away, director David Connellan presents his official entry, The Mask of Leia. Written by Ian Wilson, and starring […]
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Jordan Boneparty is recording things that go bump in the night
Jordan Boneparty had always thought about creating his own podcast, but the idea didn’t move forward until he got involved in a mystery of his own. While walking home from work on Joseph Howe Drive last year, he noticed some papers on the side of the road. Sitting among them was an old journal: “It […]
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Meet the Atlantic artists longlisted for the 2016 Sobey Art Award
Update June 1, 2016: William Robinson was announced as the shortlisted artist from the Atlantic region. He joins the other finalists Brenda Draney (representing the Prairies & North region), Jeremy Shaw (West Coast & Yukon), Charles Stankievech (Ontario) and Harja Waheed (Quebec). The prize is awarded in November at Ottawa’s National Gallery. Since 2002, the […]
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No change for film industry in Nova Scotia’s new budget
[Image-1] Well, the province has finished crunching the numbers and this year’s budget thankfully won’t see any more cuts to the film industry. But it won’t be fattening up its wallet either. The Film Incentive Fund remains unchanged, still capped at $10 million despite the chilly reception from both the industry and the public since […]
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Gallery Page & Strange adventures
Gallery Page & Strange is on the move. With 11 years of exhibitions under their collective belt, owners/artists Victoria Page and Victoria Strange have closed their longtime gallery space at 1869 Granville Street in favour of a new—and very secret—location. Though Page and Strange are remaining mum on details about their next iteration, it is […]
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Agricola Street’s Open Mic House shut down by HRM
It’s lights out for Halifax’s humble hideaway for sing-a-longs, impromptu band performances and close-knit shows—at least for the moment. The Open Mic House has run its weekly Monday night open mic from 2539 Agricola Street for the past seven years, but the venue has gone on hiatus after running into a land-use conflict with the […]
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Canadian icon Jeanne Beker coming to NSCAD’s Epoch show
Canadian fashion icon, Globe & Mail columnist and former host of Fashion Television, Jeanne Beker will be this year’s special guest at the Epoch Fashion Show at NSCAD’s Port Campus on April 16 (7pm). The runway will debut the spring collections of senior NSCAD Textile/Fashion students, including Maggie MacCormick, Cai Ripley, Leanne Hansen and a dozen more. “I […]
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Atlantic Book Awards nominees 2016: Read ’em and reap…
Nominees for the 2016 Atlantic Books Awards were announced today, and Nova Scotian authors were well represented. Locals Dean Jobb, Janet Maybee and Sarah Mian are the only writers on the list to be nominated in two different categories, and a new award has been created in honour of Cape Breton’s late literary legend Alistair […]
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Casting call: Star Wars fan film seeks actors in Halifax galaxy
Calling all defenders of a galaxy far, far away: Halifax director David Connellan is looking for several actors to fill various roles for a locally shot Star Wars fan film at an open casting session on Saturday, April 2, at the Sobeys Community Room (2651 Windsor Street, 2pm-6pm). “The movie will be a five minute-long short that […]
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Bill Niven and Jay Dahl want to throw a $300,000 Halloween Party
[Image-1] Nearly $300,000 in funding from the province might not be enough to keep Bill Niven’s next feature in Nova Scotia. This week, Nova Scotia Business Inc. announced feature film Halloween Party, will receive a funding commitment of $299,143 through the Nova Scotia Film and Television Production Incentive Fund. Niven’s producing the movie, which is […]
