I n the odd and moving The Realistic Joneses, on until this weekend at the Park Place Theatre, one married couple moves in next door to another. Jennifer (Kathryn MacLellan) and Bob (Christian Murray) are dealing with his rare terminal illness (well, she is, he’s fading into nothing). Pony (Gil Anderson) and John (Matthew Lumley) […]
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Ten years of solidarity at Mayworks
Mayworks: Festival of Working People & The Arts To June 1 various locations mayworksfestival.ca Could art help build solidarity between workers and their allies? How might revisiting local anti-racist work change how we think about climate injustice? How do you imagine a better world? For Sébastien Labelle, these questions aren’t hypothetical, nor are they unrelated. […]
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Ascending the Atlantic Podcast Summit
Atlantic Podcast Summit May 3-5 Halifax Convention Centre, 1650 Argyle Street atlanticpodcastsummit.com I n the first and only media interview with would-be mass killer Lindsay Souvanna-rath, she describes choosing a location: “One of the ideas he threw out there was a hospital…I kind of said that sounded fun, but I didn’t really think that in […]
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Nick’s time
Really Big Deal: A Comedy Show w/Nick Nemeroff, Heather Macdonald, Clare Belford, Jordan Roberts, Rachael Sheppard and Lindsay Dauphinee Wednesday, May 8, 7:30pm The Seahorse Tavern, 2037 Gottingen Street $15 A fter an uproarious appearance on Conan last fall, Nick Nemeroff comes breezing into town on the rare air of the late night comedy circuit. […]
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Chanty Marostica’s uniting comedy
Chanty Marostica at Ha!ifax Comedy Fest LGBTQLMFAO w/Hal Sparks, Kyle Brownrigg, Andrew Johnston and more Friday, April 26, 8pm Casino Nova Scotia, 1983 Upper Water Street $30 The Nasty Show w/Drew Behm, Adam Delorey, Sophie Buddle and more Saturday, April 27, 8pm Casino Nova Scotia, 1983 Upper Water Street $35 Blending impressions with physical comedy, turning social […]
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Omar Gandhi’s opus
Omar Gandhi: Defining a Process Thursday, April 11, 7pm Halifax Seaport Farmers’ Market 1209 Marginal Road, $15-$25, eventbrite.ca Omar Gandhi is a storyteller. The architect treats each building as a blank page onto which he weaves a narrative of time and place. “I want our projects to be an extension of a story,” he says. Before […]
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Your treasure map to the complete Frenchy’s Car Tour
T he Frenchys Car Tour is a choose-your-own-adventure kind of shopping adventure, depending on time and inspiration. Here’s our completist version, merging stops at both Guy’s Frenchys and Frenchy’s into a two-day road trip. Guy’s Frenchys, Digby Called the “flagship store” of the mammoth deep-discount chain, this location has plenty of bins to rifle through […]
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Finding Frenchy’s, a journey to the heart of the second-hand phenomenon
Nicole Villeneuve had her fashion awakening in Guy’s Frenchys, filling her closet with ironic t-shirts to wear to high school. For Hanah Thibeault, a plus-size woman, a trip to Guy’s Frenchys means a chance to peruse the same racks as her straight-sized friends. For Rebecca Dimock, Frenchys was the after-church destination of her childhood, clothing […]
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The Bridge’s community connections
Shauntay Grant’s words are thoroughly embedded in Nova Scotia’s cultural fabric: She is Halifax ‘s third poet laureate; the author of children’s literature including last year’s picture book Africville, a 2018 Governor General’s Literary Award nominee; she’s taken her work all over the country and the world to competitions and literary festivals. This week Grant’s […]
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Five Nerdy Things You Can Do at Hal-Con This Year
Hal-Con October 26-28 Halifax Convention Centre 1650 Argyle Street free-$125 hal-con.com 1Nerds in Intersection The white male empire has fallen: Meet activist cosplayer Akakioga and multidisciplinary Wolastoqikyik/Canadian artist and animator Tara Audibert. They’ve stormed the gates and raised their flags, and we’re all better for it. Sun, 10:45am 2Librarians: The Myth, The Mystery, The Misconception […]
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Keeping it casual at Atlantic Fashion Week
Atlantic Fashion Week Oct 18-20 350 Horseshoe Lake Drive tickethalifax.com If fashion is a pendulum swinging between extremes, it’s clearly taken a break from ricocheting between hemlines and waist heights to lean hard in a new direction—away from dressing up and into casual clothing. Signs are everywhere: Sneakers have gone from commuter wear to statement […]
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From Paris with love, Lore Collective
AFW’s Opening Showcase Thursday, October 18 350 Horseshoe Lake Drive 7pm, $25, tickethalifax.com Spending a little too much time sewing, and a little less time hitting the books worked out for former Dalhousie English student Kristen Reid. Her line Lore Collective—which was born from her time preparing for Dal’s Vaudeville Fashion Design Show—walked the runway […]