Africville launch Thursday, September 13, 11am Africville Museum, 5795 Africville Road Word on the Street reading Saturday, September 15, 11am Halifax Central Library, 5440 Spring Garden Road, Lindsay Room (second floor) Home takes on different meanings for everyone, but for Shauntay Grant, it comes in the form of her latest children’s book, Africville. The book […]
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Blood Will Out’s dark matter
Jo Treggiari, Blood Will Out launch w/Split screening Wednesday, July 18, 6pm Halifax Central Library 5440 Spring Garden Road free Ari Sullivan wakes up at the bottom of an abandoned cistern, concussed and confused with only her wits and tenacity to guide her—how did she get there and how will she possibly escape? That’s the […]
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Strength and authenticity at OUTeast
OUTeast Queer Film Fest June 15-17 Museum of Natural History, 1747 Summer Street $12-$15 (festival pass $50) outeastfilm.com It’s the seventh edition of OUTeast, and all of its founders left Halifax years ago, but the queer film festival keeps going. “The reason we still do this thing that is so important to us is that […]
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Solitha Shortte walks the walk
“ When I first moved here I didn’t think the Black girls were into this,” says model, runway coach and humble changemaker Solitha Shortte. “I’m Caribbean as well, so I’m not only Black but I’m foreign. I come with a different flavour, and I wasn’t seeing any of that. The first girl I saw was […]
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“Should we go on? Yeah, let’s go on”: Shakespeare By The Sea and Zuppa Theatre in conversation
Zuppa Theatre’s 20th anniversary bash featuring Pop-Up Love Party Friday, April 20, 7pm Murphy’s Restaurant, 1751 Lower Water Street $25-$40 25 Years by The Sea Wednesday, April 25, 6:30pm Halifax Central Library, 5440 Spring Garden Road $25 This week, two Halifax theatre companies are celebrating milestones: Shakespeare By The Sea—founded in 1994 by Elizabeth Murphy […]
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The courage of others
The Breadwinner screening w/Deborah Ellis Q&A Thursday, April 19, 2-4:30pm Halifax Central Library 5440 Spring Garden Road Friday, April 20, 6-8:30pm Woodlawn Public Library 31 Eisener Boulevard, Dartmouth Award-winning Canadian author, feminist and anti-war activist Deborah Ellis fell into the young adult genre by accident. “I was an unpublished writer, sending all kinds of stuff […]
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Wade through Nadah El Shazly’s marshland
Nadah El Shazly w/JOYFULTALK Saturday, March 31, 8:30pm Garrison Brewery, 1149 Marginal Road $20/pwyc When you have a debut album to release, how do you decide what direction to take? If you’re Cairo-based composer/singer Nadah El Shazly, the answer is simple: All of them. “Because it’s my first album, there are a lot of ideas […]
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A film fest for all
Bluenose-Ability Film Festival November 30-December 3 Halifax Central Library 5440 Spring Garden Road free baff.ca The Bluenose-Ability Film Festival kicks off its third year tonight, and in that time has remained the “only film festival with a focus on disability and mental health,” notes festival director Sarah Marshall. “We’re the flagship festival for that in […]
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Immigrant Women Entrepreneur Showcase offers education and opportunity
Immigrant Women Entrepreneur Showcase Pitch Competition Monday November 27, 6:30pm Halifax Central Library,5440 Spring Garden Road An entrepreneur workshop series and showcase is enabling female immigrants to develop and pitch ideas for potential businesses in Halifax. Business “is a very male-dominated area,” says project manager Kyla Doornbos. “What we aim to do with this project […]
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Best Public Space
Gold Winner Halifax waterfront Silver Winner Halifax Central Library Bronze WinnerHalifax Public Gardens The Halifax waterfront: A bad limerick If you’re living here then you must know, the waterfront’s the best spot to go. It’s a special place, the Best Public Space. Just bundle up when winter winds blow.
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Best Student Hang
Gold Winner Halifax Central Library Silver Winner The Board Room Game Cafe Bronze Winner Coburg Coffee House Do my eyes deceive me, or is this year’s Best Student Hang somewhere that does not serve alcohol? Could it be that the students are actually studying? Maybe, but there are plenty of things to do in the […]
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Best Library
Gold Winner Halifax Central Library Silver Winner Alderney Gate Public Library Bronze Winner Keshen Goodman Public Library We’re going to need to build another library if we ever want the iconic jewel of the downtown to stop dominating this category. Somehow, after being open for a few glorious years and welcoming countless visitors with its […]
