Fall Arts Preview

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 […]

Writing and life are inextricably linked. Often, one gets in the way of the other. There are times to write, others to live. Novelist and Dalhousie instructor Heather Jessup and her partner, poet and King’s teaching fellow Warren Heiti, know this. Both have books coming out this fall, educate and keep a kitchen that always […]

Get your soft clothes on and post up for some serious screen time with our fall must-see suggestions. This weekend is the Canadian Surf Film Festival (canadiansurffilmfestival.com) at Park Lane Cinemas, where local, national and international filmmakers with a yearning for the waves document their muse. It’s $90 for an all-access pass (available on the […]

Shutterbugs, and those who love them, won’t want to miss this year’s Photopolis. The city-wide photography festival runs for the month of October, and is an opportunity to discover work by local, national and international artists in a variety of venues. The exhibits will showcase a full range of photographic technologies: from images captured by […]

Halifax’s rich and diverse arts community makes it a logical host to the downright kaleidoscopic Sobey Art Award, one of Canada’s most prestigious contemporary art prizes. The shortlist features six artists under the age of 40 from five different regions, and until January, the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia will show an exhibit of their […]

EVENTS & LITERARY AUTHORS Hal-Con November 12-13,hal-con.com The great thing about Hal-Con is not just that it brings big names in sci-fi and fantasy to Halifax but that it also gives local institutions a bigger stage to spread the geek word. Like last year, Hal-Con’s 2011 convention is a mix of Halifamous and Hollywood famous, […]

“MOVE.” It’s a loudly painted, red word peeking around Dalhousie Art Gallery’s reading nook, calling to visitors at the gallery’s entrance. Feet move almost involuntarily, and gallery viewers find themselves in front of the lettering, uncovering two more: “IN NOW.” Sterile black couches frame the lower half of the three walls and words, providing a […]

When Le Carré des Lombes founder Danièle Desnoyers saw Manon De Pauw’s work, the Montreal choreographer knew she wanted to collaborate with the visual artist, who is well-known for her fluid live drawing performances, video installations and photography. De Pauw was interested, and told Desnoyers that earlier in her career she had thought about becoming […]