DJ Fadzwa, who’s been rocking dance floors since 2013, knows a great party song. The local DJ selects a diverse collection of Afro-house, dance, moohmbaton, dancehall and more that transcends borders and just provide a good time for those who just want to sweat it out. Performing at Halifax Pride’s outdoor DJ dance spectacle The […]
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Review: Raven Davis’ The De-Celebration of Canada 150
The De-Celebration of Canada 150 Artist talk July 11, 12pm To July 15 Khyber Centre for the Arts 1880 Hollis Street Raven Davis doesn’t pull any punches. With a practice fusing art and activism, the last few years have seen the 2-Spirit Anishinaabe artist dancing on a Canadian flag splattered in red paint, bringing racist […]
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OBEY bites
Laraaji Here’s something you need to experience: Twinkling, cyclical zither music from the world’s most interesting man, Laraaji—Eno collaborator, comedian, actor, New York fixture, multi-instrumentalist, meditation master, cool person. Sunday, 7:30pm, Fort Massey United Church; Laughter Meditation Workshop Sunday, 2pm, Halifax Central Library, pre-registration required 902-490-5700 OBABY with The Magic Project This year’s installment of […]
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Sound and vision
Sound Etiquette Khyber Centre for the Arts 1880 Hollis Street To April 24 From drawings incorporating America Sign Language to unconventional choirs, Christine Sun-Kim is not shy when it comes to working with sound. But being born deaf, the Berlin-based artist believed for a long time that sound wasn’t a part of her life. “I realize […]
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February’s must-see exhibits
Yo, check your pagan calendars. We are halfway between the winter solstice and equinox and if you don’t care about charging your crystals in the Imbolc moonlight then here’s the deal: It means more daylight, more daylight means the days stretch longer. Add in a couple of art-focused outings in that extra time and improve […]
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New Art 2017: Going Gonzago
FLIM FLAM To February 4 Panel discussion February 4, 6pm The Khyber Centre for the Arts, 1880 Hollis Street In William Shakespeare’s Hamlet, The House of Gonzaga—an old royal family that ruled in Northern Italy—is the inspiration for his play-within-the-play. The play is called The Murder of Gonzago. “It’s basically the idea of a thing […]
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BAHNAHNAH’s appeal
BAHNAHNAH’s one-year anniversary Friday, December 9 at 10pm Khyber Centre for the Arts, 1880 Hollis Street $8 Halifax’s DJ collective will be performing at The Khyber Center for the Arts on Friday to celebrate its one-year effort in creating a safe dance space for marginalized groups. Since 2015 the trio, made up of DJs Fadzwa, […]
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Getting portraits done for the Khyber
Khyb-PORTRAITS Saturday, December 10, 2-7pm 15-minute portrait sitting: $15 30-minute portrait sitting: $30 (+5 to add prop or pet) Art Bar +Projects, 1873 Granville Street If you’ve ever wondered what you a watercolour version of yourself might look like, Saturday is the chance to find out. The Khyber Centre for the Arts has organized its […]
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The EverySeeker Symposium debuts
OBEY Convention is more than just a weekend of seeing wicked, life-changing bands. For its ninth and most robust year, OBEY has prepared its very first music lecture series, the EverySeeker Symposium, running in tandem with the rest of the festival. Organized by former Halifax musician and current music theory student Dave Ewenson, who is […]
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Art In Fest finds its range
Until the iconic Khyber Building on Barrington Street was closed in 2014, the Khyber Centre for the Arts served as headquarters for the OBEY Convention. Visual artists would create installations for the festival, like prismatic ceiling pyramids in the ballroom, or Mitchell Wiebe’s black-light paintings in the attic or poetry readings, poster sales and waffle […]
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Art In Fest finds its range
Until the iconic Khyber Building on Barrington Street was closed in 2014, the Khyber Centre for the Arts served as headquarters for the OBEY Convention. Visual artists would create installations for the festival, like prismatic ceiling pyramids in the ballroom, or Mitchell Wiebe’s black-light paintings in the attic or poetry readings, poster sales and waffle […]
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Watch: A teaser for the Halifax Cat Fanciers’ Society Cat Show
Today at The Coast, watch the trailer for Cat Show, which chronicles the competition and heats between Halifax’s north-end cats and their owners, all participants in the Halifax Cat Fanciers’ Society’s Biennial Spring Classics. The trailer is a pitch for a potential satire (catire?) web-series, based on real life events. In 2013, Kathleen Prinsen‘s tabby Florian […]