When I first begin talking with Halifax two-piece Micro Organs, I’m alarmed to learn they have just come back from a weekend in Moncton. Could these experimental punks have been watching a U2 concert? “We got invited to play a house show by these French people from France and some people who live in Moncton,” […]
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Cool Aid
Japan’s earthquake and tsunami has been devastating, prompting many to reach out and help. Haligonian musicians and artists have responded by organizing fundraisers and raising awareness for the tragedy. This Saturday, April 9, the Khyber ICA hosts a fundraiser for Japan, which brings together the music community and Japanese citizens of Halifax in a thoughtful […]
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Transistor mister
Nostalgia is complicated. Not just because our economy is very good at selling our past back to us. It’s also that nothing deceives quite like a good memory. Just how awesome was that favourite concert of yours anyways? That long-lost boyfriend/girlfriend? That one summer? Is anything about our recollections objective at all? See? Complicated. Shotgun […]
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Long Weekends off
Long Weekends is gaining ground fast. Comprised of guitarist/vocalist Noel Macdonald, drummer Adam Hartling and bass player Devin Peck, the band recorded its first EP, Warmer Weather, at Echo Chamber just a month after getting together and released it earlier this month. “We didn’t want to start playing shows until our music came out.” “It […]
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Like a Motorcycle revs up
It was just this past fall that Kim Carson and longtime friend Jillian Comeau started writing songs together and stumbled upon some rock and roll magic. Their search for the drummer to finish the puzzle ended in January with Michelle Skelding (No Flyers Please), who rounded off the unintentional girl-band, Like a Motorcycle. “People expect […]
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The Fuller Lecture Series looks on the bright side
The ladies from The Fuller Terrace Lecture Series want you to see the light. With the pending change in season comes a fundraiser for the always wonderful and inspiring summer lecture series, held bi-weekly in the backyard of Ella Tetrault and Bethany Riordan-Butterworth. The Light Lecture will include informal lectures from seven unnamed community members […]
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Diamond talk with Eyelevel and the Khyber
Mat Dunlap swing battah swing! ELG team organizer Brendan Dunlop Eyelevel Gallery knows all about the art of losing. The artist-run centre’s baseball team has yet to win a game in the four years it’s been playing (yeah, yeah, insert joke, sport-o). And yet the team, recognizable for its green t-shirts and lack of ego, […]
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Carbon Arc’s film footprint
Memories of Wormwoods How often have you had the conversation about how great it would be to have an independent rep cinema in Halifax? Well, filmmaker Siloën Daley has decided to do something about one of the city’s biggest shortcomings: “I really want Halifax to have an independent cinema space, it’s been too long talking […]
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More Khyber reporting and discussion
[image-1] Regional council has approved funding for the Halifax Central Library, but the fate of another cultural building still hangs in limbo. The “Final Report on Future Use of the Khyber Building” (halifax.ca/crca/FeasibilityReport.html) was released a couple of weeks ago, with updated observations from the public consultation sessions that happened late last year. The majority of the report remains the same—-read an analysis of the operating scenarios here—-but consulting firm TCI Management Ltd. updated pages of photos, as per the request of Khyber ICA staff. Gone are pages of dusty staircases, graffiti and dark storage rooms, replaced with photos of
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Khyber and the city: public consultation!
It’s no secret that the Khyber ICA and HRM have endured a rocky relationship, but today feels like the beginning of a whole new love affair, or the most passive-aggressive Sid and Nancy-style punch-up around. Today, And Still Counting an exhibition of paintings by Garry Neill Kennedy, in collaboration with the Khyber, opens at City […]
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The rise of fall arts: visual arts
Nocturne October 17 at various locations, dusk-midnight, free, artgalleryofnovascotia.ca Last year’s inaugural Nocturne festival brought 5,000 people out to local streets and galleries from dusk to midnight. Following up on that success, this year’s after-dark art festival will feature 32 gallery spaces opening their doors and more than 30 artists setting up installations and performances […]
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Go to The Room!
Thursday night at the Khyber is the Halifax premiere of The Room, Tommy Wiseau’s cult film, considered to be the “Citizen Kane of bad movies.” If you want an amazing list of reasons why this film shouldn’t be missed, check out the continuity section of the wikipedia page. Apparently Wiseau discovered that the screening was […]