Fall Arts Preview

“From MC J & Cool G getting a major-label record contract in 1989 to Classified winning a Juno last year, Halifax has built a reputation both nationally and internationally for our diverse hip-hop community,” says Michael McGuire, chair of Hopscotch Halifax, also known as producer, spoken word poet and rapper Hermitofthewoods. On Friday and Saturday […]

Hal-Con 2013 November 8-10 World Trade & Convention Centre, 1800 Argyle Street day pass $30, weekend pass $70 hal-con.com Did you know that in early drafts of Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi, Lando Calrissian dies in an exploding Millennium Falcon, taken out by the destruction of the second Death Star? If you […]

Classical gas September 24 to October 5 The Bus Stop Theatre, 2203 Gottingen Street Hallelujah! The joyous classical music fall season in Halifax gets off to a great start this month with the St. Cecilia Concert Series and Symphony Nova Scotia—just a couple of the organizations in Halifax who are starting their 2013-2014 seasons, with […]

Get Schooled It doesn’t matter if you’re enrolled or not, this fall you should be going back to school, even if just for the art. Anna Leonowens Gallery (1891 Granville Street): With so much turnover it could be filled with jelly (new shows open Mondays at 5:30pm), there’s no shortage of inspiration at the NSCAD-affiliated […]

Several committees at the Ecology Action Centre focus on the protection of Nova Scotia’s wilderness. Not only does forestry management benefit our atmospheric biology, it keeps intact the habitats of over 30 at-risk species. But facts and figures can lose potency. Sometimes outreach needs to be more visceral. Believing in art as a powerful form […]

Canadian Surf Film Festival Now celebrating its third year, the Canadian Surf Film Festival (September 27-30) showcases material designed to appeal to surfers and non-surfers alike. “We program the festival for surfers or surf culture enthusiasts, but we also program it for the general public,” explains development director and co-founder Keith Maddison. “We’re well aware […]

It’s the perfect symbiotic relationship. You want to get involved in the local art scene and local arts organizations want your help. Most artist run centres run on very little funds—the Association of Artist-Run Centres from the Atlantic released the shocking statistic that HRM has the worst per capita arts funding in the country for […]

CKDU Funding Drive To September 30, various locations fundingdrive.ckdu.ca Funding drive season is so chock-full of awesome stuff to do and see that sometimes you forget what it’s actually all about—keeping our sweet, sweet community/campus radio thriving. In honour of their 28th funding drive, the fine people at CKDU are looking to raise $28,000, which […]

Ask a local band how they got their start, and many will tell you it happened at a party. A conversation about shared interests turns into a date for a jam, and in just a short while, a band is born. The Halifax Music Co-op started just this way, but with a significant twist. When […]