Arts News

Come up to the Khyber’s lab and see what’s on the slab—the arts centre is bursting at the seams with Halloween activity, starting with a screening of The Rocky Horror Picture Show at 10pm, followed by a midnight party with music from Duzheknew, Catbag, Fever Pitch, duelling DJs and a special guest. “Come all ye […]

“Ladies and gentlemen, start your pumpkins!” If you haven’t heard those six words that begin the Windsor-West Hants Pumpkin Regatta every year, it’s time to get out there. Vanessa Roberts, one of the event coordinators, tells us that the carved-out and decorated pumpkin boats are actually called “PVCs”—personal vegetable crafts—and each person who enters (it’s […]

Secondhand is not sleight of hand, or a scam, says Charlene Croft. “I’ve always bought, sold and traded stuff to supplement income,” offers the co-owner and operator of Book of Joe, a vendor at Harbourview Weekend Market (in the former Value Village location on Canal Street, Dartmouth). Book of Joe sells secondhand books, vinyl records, […]

The Hope for Wildlife Society’s hosting its ninth open house this Sunday, and Hope Swinimer and the animals are waiting for your visit. “We’ll have the wildlife garden open, the learning centre, the rooftop garden, the flight cage—the only area that’s off limits is the white-tailed deer unit,” says Swinimer, who runs the facility. The […]

Stacy Lepage has never sold anything at a craft show, nor has she ever organized one. But the Saint Mary’s student is set at full steam ahead for Halifax’s first Alternative Arts, Craft and Fashion Show, which she has nurtured from idea to fully formed event. “It was kind of just a whim and it […]

If you’ve taken VIA Rail’s The Ocean train between Halifax and Montreal, you know the movies played in the lounge car generally come off a list of the worst of last year’s blockbuster fare. Watching them onboard, Khyber ICA board member Colleen Wolstenholme had an idea: why not expose train viewers to contemporary video art […]

The TransAction Society fundraiser formerly known as Pomo Homos at the CoHo Mofo is back for its second year, but this time under the guise of Strap ‘Em On, Strap ‘Em Down. “We call it Strap ‘Em On, Strap ‘Em Down because we’re raising funds to help offset the cost for everyday items for trans […]

Michael Cook’s coming to Halifax and he’s packing big ideas about public spaces. Cook is an advocate of us citizens creatively claiming public spaces in our cities, or what he calls “placemaking”—one of the primary principles and practices of his Portland, Oregon-based group, City Repair. From a bench on the corner to street paintings, a […]

Snakes? Oh, I knew Snakes. He was real intense, on account of how he always looked you in the eyes. He knew the score, Snakes, and he knew you knew, too—a single twitch and you’d be worm food, right there. The feds got wise, someone rolled and they shut him down for a little while; […]