Arts News

The Nova Scotia Designer Crafts Council’s 35th annual summer show is taking over Victoria Park this weekend. “In a time when the way that people are finding things they love is very different than 35 years ago,” says NSDCC’s program coordinator Julie Rosvall. “Thirty-five years ago you would have 100 exhibitors and 20,000 people would […]

When it comes to early ’80s hardcore, you’re either a Morris or a Rollins fan—or possibly a Dez Cadena fan. (Is anyone a Ron Reyes fan?) With this year’s eponymous release by the Morris-fronted OFF!, it doesn’t seem so dated to be talking about former Black Flag singers. Not to be outdone, Rollins is bringing this […]

Many people think of puppets as mute, but a new art collective believes these stickmen have a lot to say. “We’re all very inspired by finding more creative ways to speak out and have our voices heard, and I think the puppets really can do that in different ways,” says Puppets Et Cetera member Winnie […]

It’s the flow of traffic. It’s the city lights. It’s the cyclists weaving among pedestrians who are crossing the Halifax Common. It’s everyday life. That’s how Sara Coffin describes dance. As the interim artistic director of Halifax’s Mocean Dance, Coffin lives and breathes the art form. Now she’s hoping to show Halifax how dance can […]

You’ve all seen them. Hanging on the walls of your parents’ homes, in your great-half uncle’s living room or even in your cousin’s grandma’s best friend’s hallway. They aren’t pretty. Maybe one day they were, but these days those out-dated prints in the beat-up metal frames can be considered anything but art. Until now, that […]

The Merritts are over for another year, and if I’d actually laid money on my predictions, I would have come out to the good. (Four out of seven right! Read the complete list of winners at merrittawards.ca .) The Schooner Room at Casino Nova Scotia proved to be the perfect venue for the glitzy night. […]

Just because it’s winter doesn’t mean the city’s cyclists are hibernating. The cycling infrastructure conversation is an ongoing on, and the Halifax Cycling Coalition, Mountain Equipment Co-op, and Dalhousie’s Office of Sustainability are reminding us all of that by bringing in the big guns. Mikael Colville-Andersen is the CEO of Copenhagenize Consulting, an expert in […]

Rory MacDonald’s Chalkworks takes the art form of chalk off of the sidewalk and onto the ceramic surface. His works explore the relationship between images over form. There is beautiful simplicity in his monochrome black semi-porcelain; the various black silhouette drawings showcase the gorgeous shapes of porcelain contained in a fixed position. MacDonald’s erasure piece […]

After years of being faced with the nasty glare of stigma, Suneetra Karam Singh is looking it straight in the eye, and staring right back. Saturday marks the beginning of her journey, during which she’ll dance her way across North America raising awareness and fighting the stigma of rape for not only her own freedom, […]

For many jolly holiday lovers one of the highlights of the season is the songs, both traditional and fromage-filled radio hits. People don’t really go carolling anymore, but this 33-years-strong holiday tradition might be the closest thing to it, giving you the chance to make beautiful music and share some good cheer with a huge […]

[image] That Rich Aucoin guy…you’re familiar with him and his monster of a record right? Well, here’s the thing about Rich: He never stops. Since January 2008 he’s been plugging away at a film to pair with his latest release, We’re All Dying to Live, chopping and blending clips from public-domain films and making a […]

Happy first birthday to you, Night Flea Market. It was exactly a year ago that we were writing about Natalie Slater and Chloe Anderson’s Seoul-full dreams. Slater, after some heavy blog reading, was pumping herself up to move to Korea and Anderson had just returned from a year living there. The two bonded over just […]