H alifax Regional Council voted this week to give The Bus Stop Theatre Co-operative $250,000 over two years to go towards the cost of buying its home on Gottingen Street. The motion, which first came to council last spring as a last-chance request to save the arts venue means that if the theatre co-op can get […]
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Art is the resistance
Art and politics have always been related—a strange, warped sisterhood, pushing and pulling like the tides. When waves roll to the right, art is there to pull back with both hands (think of Andy Warhol’s attack on consumer culture that was his Campbell’s Soup Cans). In many ways, there is no political punch like the […]
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Radical Imagination project looks for new spot to screen after Central Library clash
Update July 5: After discussion with Åsa Kachan, CEO of Halifax Public Libraries, The Radical Imagination Project screenings will take place in the Halifax Central Library, without a presentation from HRP as previously requested. The Radical Imagination Project has screened films and hosted discussions about radical ideas that emerge from social change and movements at the […]
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Radical Imagination project looks for new spot to screen after clash with Library
The Radical Imagination Project has screened films and hosted discussions about radical ideas that emerge from social change and movements at the Halifax Central Library for the past four-and-a-half years. But it won’t be returning this fall, according to Alex Khasnabish, director of the project and professor of sociology and anthropology at Mount Saint Vincent […]
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Council approves conditional funding for The Bus Stop Theatre
The Bus Stop Theatre’s last Hail Mary has paid off—for now. At regional council on Tuesday, every seat was full with members of the arts community, some of whom had to sit in overflow seating. Councillor Steve Streatch described the scene best when he said, “My god, the difference a week can make.” Last week, […]
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Halifax’s theatre community rallies behind The Bus Stop Theatre Co-op
Sébastien Labelle is perched in a booth at the front of The Bus Stop Theatre, looking out from the window onto Gottingen Street, wearing a rare uneasy expression. On his laptop he listens to a radio interview, waiting for a hint about the fate of the co-op he leads. Broadcasting on News 95.7’s Rick Howe […]
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The 25 stories of 2018
On the bright side of another crappy year, the local patriarchy had a bad time. Powerful men who abused that power were called to account, and from the margins came heroes. The Coast’s editorial team has come together for our Year in Review to highlight 25 local stories (in no particular order) that we couldn’t […]
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Arts hub gets $10 million in public funding
Looks like downtown will finally get some Culture. The Link Performing Arts Centre will receive $4.5 million in funding from the federal government. Pablo Rodriguez, minister of Canadian Heritage and Multiculturalism, made the announcement on Monday alongside Halifax MP Andy Fillmore. “The Halifax region has benefited greatly from arts and culture for many years,” Fillmore […]
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25 for 25: episode 2014
Emily Davidson, noted friend of the Khyber, joins us to talk about her group’s efforts to save 1588 Barrington Street from indifferent city staff who wanted the historic arts incubator sold off as surplus back in 2014. Then, writer and artist Kate Leth calls in from Califonia to reminisce on her strange adventure from local […]
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25 for 25: episode 2002
Stephanie Domet is in studio reflecting on censorship scandals at the Halifax Daily News and ethics in journalism. Mary Vingoe also joins us to talk about the day future-premier and fiddle fanatic Rodney MacDonald killed the province’s Arts Council. Then, African Nova Scotian Music Association co-founder Delvina Bernard stops by to tell us how Black musicians fought for […]
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Queer erasure on stage
Since Kamp began its readings and workshop performances in 2015, much of its buzz and accolades surrounded the cast, which has been a showcase for many local queer performers who audiences have never seen on stage. “I remember someone asking me who all these people were,” says Garry Williams, co-creator, with Jamie Bradley, of the […]
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Council approves Khyber sale to community group
After years of waiting, supporters of the old Khyber building can finally begin to rebuild. During a public hearing Tuesday night, Regional Council approved the sale of 1588 Barrington Street—the former location of the Khyber—to the non-profit 1588 Barrington Street Building Preservation Society for a nominal price of one dollar. The vote was met with […]