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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Six fall dance performances you can’t miss
BURNWATER:ALCHEMY Mocean Dance invites you to an intimate, 30-seater redux of its 2016 production Burnwater:Alchemy! A performance installation that melds percussion, dance, poetry and the iron sound-sculptures of blacksmith John Little, this piece creates a rich world for you to get lost in. Get your tickets by calling (902) 425-4908. Alderney Landing Theatre, 2 Ochterloney […]
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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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Black Cop’s not a warning
[Editor’s note: As of June 2020, the movie Black Cop can be streamed for free on CBC Gem. Watch it here.] Black Cop Monday September 18, 6:30pm, Cineplex Park Lane, $22.50 finfestival.ca “So many people, even when they’re so upset about the idea of what this movie’s about, they don’t want to talk about it […]
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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, […]
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Play Your Gender slays
[IMAGE-1] Play Your Gender August 22-24 More info prismaticfestival.com A woman has never won Producer of the Year at the Grammy Awards and only five percent of women are music producers, despite the Taylors, Beyonces and Adeles dominating the pop landscape. The documentary Play Your Gender gets to the core of the problem— sexism in the […]
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47 must-see visual art exhibitions this fall
Anna Leonowens Gallery Tue-Fri 11am-5pm, Sat 12pm-4pm, Granville Square, 1891 Granville Street Topiary Rich floral scenes grounded in moody palettes are Zachari Logan’s signature. To Sep 23 Works by Mario Doucette Mario Doucette explores a new version of history with his mixed-media works that reframe key figures of our colonial past. “My work stems from […]
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Marijuana reviews: Pink Bubba, Death Cannapy and Eagle Scout strains
Well jeez. Fall is here and I only swam in the ocean twice, wasting another summer ashore overcaffeinated, hungover and trying to suppress my trusty seasonal head cold while meeting various deadlines. These melancholy autumn breezes are gusting in a craving for a deep comforting strain, and so I’ve been reaching for the twilight embrace […]
