Gold Winner Discovery Centre Silver Winner Museum of Natural History Bronze Winner Maritime Museum of the Atlantic It feels strange to even call the Discovery Centre a museum, because most museums aren’t this fucking cool. Haligonians have known this place rules since even before the new location opened, and going on a field trip there […]
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Long and White, ‘the road twists like a snake toward the far-off blue places’
Exhibit 303, Maritime Museum of the Atlantic, 1675 Lower Water Street In Long and White, ‘The road twists like a snake toward the far-off blue places’, artist Sarah Burwash’s animation takes us down a strange and looping path, causing us to wonder, “Have I been here before?” Burwash borrows the title from the autobiographical writings […]
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Cooking in a Tall Ship is like cooking at home, until there’s a storm
Life at sea seems romantic. A Tall Ship’s foresails fraught with salty wind, and mist breaking on the bowsprit as it stabs its way through the cold, pounding waves of the Atlantic. Nimble deckhands scramble up webbed rigging to a perch high above—unfathomable waters swirling darkly below while the horizon stretches boundless and bright—to shade […]
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Mending fences at Pride
Kehisha Wilmot wishes Pride were more intersectional. “It seemed like once we got to the point where marriage equality was a thing, a lot of people just kind of put their shoes on the shelf and went the other way,” says Wilmot, head of Mount Saint Vincent University’s Queer Collective. “We were the ones who […]
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Kamal Al-Solaylee is erasing borders
Evening Speaker Series: Kamal Al-Solaylee Wednesday, July 26, 7pm Maritime Museum of the Atlantic 1675 Lower Water Street A gay man who grew up in a Muslim community, Kamal Al-Solaylee says he’s lived his life as two separate narratives. But those narratives, and those communities, must intersect. The author and journalist is scheduled to give […]
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Addressing social issues through comedy
Evening Speaker Series: Dylan Marron Tuesday, July 25, 7pm Maritime Museum of the Atlantic 1675 Lower Water Street free “Even ‘woke’ people use this product and have no idea,” Dylan Marron quips during one of his unboxing videos. The topic? Ableism. Marron’s Unboxing series plays on the kind of videos bloggers typically do when getting […]
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Art in and out of the sun
Every Wednesday Welcome Wednesdays Did your beach day with the kids get rained out? This weekly initiative aims to invite young families, daycares and new Canadians to explore Halifax’s nautical museum. Both staff-guided and self-guided activities are on offer, including a puppet theatre, colouring sheets, crafts and books. Books are available in French, English and […]
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Two Brown Girls live taping
Two Brown Girls in Halifax Wednesday, December 7, 7pm Doors: $20 Advance: $15 Maritime Museum of the Atlantic, 1675 Lower Water Street Thanks to an initiative by Isabelle Ofume and Shaya Ishaq, the popular podcast Two Brown Girls (2BG) is recording live in Halifax next week. Hosts Zeba Blay and Fariha Roisin dig into pop […]
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Meet the dazzling stars of Hali-Wood Squares
From the 1960s until the early 2000s, NBC’s Hollywood Squares was one of the most popular game shows on television. Every-day contestants could win cash and prizes by playing question-and-answer Tic-Tac-Toe with well-known celebrities. Part of the show’s allure was the candid look at the personalities of stars usually only known via script. It was a […]
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Best Museum
Gold Winner Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History Silver Winner Maritime Museum of the Atlantic Bronze Winner Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 Longevity is the key to success at the once-again gold-winning Museum of Natural History. Between its roots—which trace back to 1868 on Hollis Street—and its long-living live exhibition Gus the 93-year-old […]
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Black Halifax’s unseen histories
After a fruitful weeklong residency at the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic during African Heritage Month last year, where El Jones, Jacob Sampson, Valerie Mason-John and Afua Cooper interpreted the stories of historical black pioneers, the group realized that their project was destined for more. First approached by John Hennigar-Shuh, president of the Canadian Maritime […]
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Best Museum
Gold Winner Museum of Natural History Silver Winner Maritime Museum of the Atlantic Bronze Winner Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 There’s never a dull moment at the repeat-winner Museum of Natural History. Whether its welcoming a new permanent exhibit (like Sable Island: Over the Dunes, Beyond the Wild Horses) celebrating steampunk (Science Fiction […]