PAUL GREENBERG The best-selling American author, who penned the 2014 effort on seafood sustainability Four Fish, comes to Halifax to talk about the future of our oceans and our fish-eating habits. Marion McCain Building, Dalhousie University, 6135 University Avenue, Thu Sep 14, 7-9pm PRISMATIC ARTS FESTIVAL This multi-genre festival—which includes theatre, dance and musical performances, […]
Fall Arts Preview 2017
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Halifax Explosion: 100 years later
Explosion! Dartmouth’s Ordeal of the 1917 Disaster The Dartmouth Heritage Museum examines the dark side’s story of what happened 100 years ago on the morning of December 6, 1917. Dartmouth Heritage Museum, 26 Newcastle Drive, Dartmouth, to Jan 2018 The Halifax Explosion A documentary flick chronicling the morning of December 6 1917 (and its long-felt […]
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Prismatic Arts Festival at a glance
Prismatic 2017 Opening Gala R&B powerhouse Reeny Smith, HRM poet laureate Rebecca Thomas and more light up the Prismatic Festival’s kickoff with this swank celebration that’s also totally free! Claim your spot at tickethalifax.com. Halifax Central Library, 5440 Spring Garden Road, free, Thu Sep 14, 6pm Patti and Lawrence A media arts installation by Paul […]
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53 live music events to satisfy your fall concert cravings
Hat Fitz & Cara Robinson w/Three Finger Shot Aussie duo Hat Fitz & Cara Robinson bring bluesy rock’n’roll passion to The Carleton—with a retro-folk twist. The Carleton Music Bar & Grill ,1685 Argyle Street, Thu., Sept. 14, 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Hollerado Hollerado loves its fans. So much so that the blues-funk-rock getup’s 2015 effort, 111 […]
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Laugh the fall away: A season of comedy events
CANADA, IT’S COMPLICATED The ever-hilarious Mary Walsh is the brains behind this sketch-and-satire-stuffed laugh fest examining the tragedies and triumphs of Canada. Written by a diverse cast of Canadian talent, the performance also evolves with each showing, as filmed interviews with locals at each tour stop become woven into the finished piece. Spatz Theatre, 1855 […]
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22 theatre productions to warm up your fall
SEEDS Corner Gas star Eric Peterson delivers this true tale of a small-time farmer accused of planting patented seeds from a major agriculture corporation. A true David and Goliath story, this play revisits the standoff using actual court transcripts. Neptune Theatre, 1593 Argyle Street, To Oct 1 FIVE BY FIVE If the end of the […]
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FIN Fest advice: Don’t miss these films
Scanning through the FIN schedule can be an overwhelming task. A decent handful of the festival’s films already have release dates, so you should consider saving those for later and make space in your week for these selections instead: The Child Remains: Michael Melski’s creepy-crawly haunted house film stars the great Quebec actor Suzanne Clément […]
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Prismatic shines
Prismatic Arts Festival September 14-23 various locations prismaticfestival.com Prismatic Arts Festival is gearing up for an exciting line-up of events, performances and artist talks. Don’t miss tonight’s opening gala at the Halifax Central Library with Reeny Smith, Rebecca Thomas and Hubert Francis and a performance by the Wabanaki Confederacy Singers, are a Northern Powwow styled […]
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Halifax Pop til you drop
Halifax Pop Explosion Music Festival and Conference Oct 18-21 halifaxpopexplosion.com While summer is music festival season in many other cities, one of Halifax’s major music fests is brought in with the autumn leaves each year. This time around, local acts such as Aquakultre, Kirsten Olivia and Devarrow are taking the stage(s) for Halifax Pop Explosion […]
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Word on the Street’s best
Word on the Street Halifax Book & Magazine Festival Saturday, September 14 10am-4pm Halifax Central Library, 5440 Spring Garden Road thewordonthestreet.ca/halifax Cashmere sweaters and Word on the Street—two things that will warm me up during this already crisp September. The one-day festival has an impressive lineup of authors will attract upwards of 10,000 attendees. Here’s […]
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The Crescent creeps
The Crescent Sunday September 17, 9:30pm, Cineplex Park Lane, $17.50 finfestival.ca Nancy Urich and Seth A. Smith have been making art in Nova Scotia since they were teenagers, first as musicians in Burdocks and then in Dog Day. Smith’s distinctive visual art, much of it created as half of the design team Yorodeo, has adorned […]
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K. Trevor Wilson fixes your life
Best of the Fest Saturday, November 25, 7:30pm Casino Nova Scotia, 1983 Upper Water Street $40 ticketatlantic.com During the first episode of Letterkenny, I thought: “this show should be required viewing for the citizenship exam!” It’s quintessentially Canadian and if you’re not watching—fix your life! One of the stars of the show, K. Trevor Wilson, […]
