These slap-happy lovers of post-punk scrappiness have found a most unlikely kinship in producer (ex-Pixies) Black Francis, who tightens up the band’s sound while simultaneously retaining its slackerish mantra. With songs about The Replacements (the band, not the movie), DC Comics, not learning to drive and having a song stuck in your head, there is […]
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I bow down to the veteran artists
This is a mild bitch with a question at the end. Why is it hard for me to find an establishment that displays local artwork for sale? Have I just lost all touch with the Arts? I have a child/teen who has such an amazing eye for photography, it makes me shiver. The pics are […]
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NSCAD: where art and music converge
The Khyber ICA is steaming hot, packed with bands and fans for the Totally Wicked Music Festival, a one-night music event where bands come together for one night and play one song each. The first Totally Wicked Music Festival happened 10 years prior—an idea born on the NSCAD campus after an Anna Leonowens exhibition opening, […]
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They’re back….University students return
We’re all about to get hit. No, not with a hurricane, necessarily—even though we have seen a couple of tropical storms already in August. We’re talking about the storm of the student body, Hurricane Academe. Most businesses in town will be boosted by the sudden increase in the local population, either directly or indirectly. Some […]
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Obama at the AGNS
Look out Maud Lewis, there’s some seriously famous company near your little house. The Art Gallery of Nova Scotia unveiled a new piece to its permanent collection on Monday, none other than “The Obama Family,” by beloved Nova Scotia folk artist Bradford Naugler. Naugler carved all four members of the Obama family: Barack and Michelle […]
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Sandler’s water works
If you happen to drive by Burnside in the next couple of days, stop at Velocity Machining and Welding (19 Pettipas) to see sculptor Ilan Sandler‘s newest piece, “The Vessel,” a 5.7-metre-tall, stainless-steel water pitcher. Sandler and Velocity are old co-conspirators; you may remember Sandler’s giant steel book with the float-away pages, which is now […]
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Angela Carlsen captures buildings’ sleeping beauty
Angela Carlsen is wearing a hardhat, bodysuit and steel-toed boots, preparing for a moment she’s been anticipating for months. Entering the abandoned Halifax Infirmary has become an unshakeable obsession of hers. She’s stared longingly at the infirmary for days, while working at her day job at Atlantic News. She pleaded with the head of the […]
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Vessna Perunovich’s tight squeeze
It’s a foggy Saturday night outside Saint Mary’s University Art Gallery, and a small crowd has gathered for Vessna Perunovich’s performance, “I Hug the World and the World Hugs Me Back.” The artist is tethered to a lamppost by three long, thick bands of elastic—blood-red against her black dress and white blouse. She stands, her […]
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How to celebrate Pier 21 ‘s tenth anniversary
On July 1, Canada turns 142 years old. That same day, Pier 21 celebrates its 10th anniversary as “Canada’s immigration museum.” At the museum, the holiday begins with an official citizenship ceremony at 10am, harkening back to the pier’s important history as a threshold—an entry point for one million Canadians, according to the museum’s website, […]
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How to enroll in a summer course
Academic, my dear Watson Are you too busy to take a course? Well, why not take a course in Time Management through the Nova Scotia Community College. Hurry, the one-day workshop is happening on June 20 and will teach students things such as how to save up to one hour per day of time, overcome […]
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Hot Summer Guide: Visual arts events
Will Gorlitz: nowhere if not here Through August 23 Guelph-based artist Will Gorlitz begins a painting by looking for the telling detail. “When determining the actual subjects I wish to paint, a crucial consideration is that the subjects present some acutely visual feature,” he explains in an email. “Commonly, this involves the tactile materiality of […]
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Musical layers peeled back in Sometimes Always
The elevator doors to the third floor part, allowing multiple and intermingling sonic currents to rush down the length of the narrow corridor, flooding the carriage. Against the flow of machine and mouthed sounds, a visitor steps into a gap in the room; a breathing space to pause and get bearings before plunging into Sometimes […]