“I never thought of being a performer. It had never been a dream, until it happened. At that point, I was 15, I couldn’t see myself doing anything else. And it’s been that way since. The first time I was in front of an audience was an event at my mother’s company. I got to […]
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Ten things buskers want you to know
Halifax Busker Festival August 2-7 Halifax waterfront buskers.ca I’m Mighty Mike—AKA Mike Johns AKA brother of Stephanie Johns, Coast arts editor, AKA the world’s funniest strongman. I’m performing for the first time in my hometown at this year’s Halifax Busker Festival, and I’ve compiled a list of 10 things that every busker wants you to […]
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A day in the life of a busker
Halifax Busker Festival August 2-7 Halifax waterfront buskers.ca Sharon Mahoney—AKA Sharon from Canada—is a busker in demand, on the road most of the year, and travelling the globe performing her street performance/comedy show. Sharon from Canada is a passive-aggressive, patriotic and apologetic character, who, throughout the course of the show, breaks down and turns into […]
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Start your engines: RuPaul’s Drag Race takes over Halifax
Between Halifax Pride events and clubCOUTURE’s July event, a whopping THREE RuPaul’s Drag Race favourites will be sashaying into town this month. Add in The Board Room Game Cafe’s (1256 Barrington) RuPaul’s Drag Race trivia sessions (Tuesday, July 25, 7pm/10pm) and you can be thoroughly gagging on the eleganza. Halleloo! Jesus truly IS a biscuit! […]
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Haus of Jeckyll doesn’t hide
Haus Of Jeckyll goes down the Rabbit Hole Sunday, July 23 at 9pm Menz & Mollyz Bar, 2182 Gottingen Street $10 Drag has always been a significant aspect of the LGBTQ+ experience, as it interrogates ideas pertaining to gender and identity. RuPaul’s Drag Race (which recently completed its ninth season) has become a cultural phenomenon […]
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Mayworks paints a picture of worker’s rights
Mayworks Festival of Working People & The Arts various locations April 28-May 10 free-$25 (festival pass $50) Over 130 years after workers protested for an eight-hour workday at Chicago’s Haymarket Riot, the Mayworks Festival of Working People & The Arts is using art instead of picket signs to push for fair working conditions. While Mayworks […]
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Please Play Again / Réessayez SVP
Along with robins, urban deer sightings, and 20-year-old men wearing shorts and flip-flops the moment the thermostat climbs above zero, one of the most recognizable hints of spring in Canada is the return of Tim Hortons’ Roll Up The Rim. It always seems to coincide with Lent. If I were into conspiracies, I’d suggest that […]
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REVIEW: The Discovery Centre
The Discovery Centre 1215 Lower Water Street Mon-Tue and Thu-Sun 10am-5pm Wed 10am-8pm $12 adult, $10 kids/seniors, $40 family “This bear has a puzzle piece in his body,” a child shouts, examining the troubling results, on an official bear X-ray machine. ”We must help him!” The voice belongs to five-year-old Dr. Teddy Julian, ward of […]
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Can’t-miss moments at African Heritage Month
Tonight, the Halifax North Memorial Library kicks African Heritage Month off to a slightly early start. With a theme of passing the torch and a full month of programming ahead, we’re rounding up some of the related events we’re most excited for. Don’t miss these picks! Black Music Biographies Every Tuesday in February, the Dalhousie […]
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2016: A year in review
Join us as we rehash the good, bad and indifferent of the past 365 days in the world of the city, food, art, music and Halifax life. It’s been long one, to be sure, but we muster up some optimism and look ahead to 2017 with as much hope as possible. CLICK HERE for a […]
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Too stoked for TU Processed
TU Processed December 9-10, 8pm The Halifax Music Co-op 2164 Barrington Street $15/$20 TU Processed—a contemporary circus piece by performers Dawn Shepherd, Ryan Gray, and Aiyana Graham—strays from classic circus mainstays, so don’t expect animals, ring leaders, clowns and big-top tents. Shepherd describes contemporary circus in contrast to other forms of circus arts by its integration […]
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Two Brown Girls live taping
Two Brown Girls in Halifax Wednesday, December 7, 7pm Doors: $20 Advance: $15 Maritime Museum of the Atlantic, 1675 Lower Water Street Thanks to an initiative by Isabelle Ofume and Shaya Ishaq, the popular podcast Two Brown Girls (2BG) is recording live in Halifax next week. Hosts Zeba Blay and Fariha Roisin dig into pop […]