10 An Interlude, or, Intelligent Tan art show Thursday // Friday // Saturday Prize-winning artist Beth Stuart hosts skeptical tarot card readings and builds plaster shapes onto the gallery walls, exploring the idea of a gallery as a place of experimentation. 9 FUSE flash mob Sunday This is your chance to be part of the […]
OUTeast Queer Film Festival
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Sixth annual OUTeast Queer Film Festival lineup announced
The much anticipated OUTeast Queer Film Festival has announced the lineup of films and events for June 15-18 and the fun can’t be contained, my people. 1970s California pool party-themed silent discos, Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion quote along (outdoors, yet), the Beers 4 Queers social, an awards brunch and of course the award-winning […]
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Five must-see picks at OUTeast Queer Film Fest’s fifth year
In 2010, OUTeast co-founders Andria Wilson, Jenna Dufton and Krista Davis were working at the Atlantic Film Festival “and we saw all these line-ups of people whenever there was a film with queer content,” recalls Wilson. “We just kept seeing it, day after day, and we wanted this opportunity to reach that audience, to be […]
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Ten weekend plans that are better than Netflix
10. Outdoors › Garden Days Garden Party. Sat June 18, 9:30am-1:30pm. Join the Halifax Public Gardens as they celebrate Canada’s Garden Days, a fest honouring the role of gardens in our communities and lives. Unroll your yoga mat at 9:30 for a chance at garden enlightenment, or stop by between 10:30 and 1:30 to learn the basics of plant […]
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Way into OUTeast
It’s a Netflix world, but OUTeast Queer Film Festival producer Andria Wilson suggests ditching the couch for a theatre seat once in awhile, “I was at [Toronto LGBT fest] Inside Out, watching Tab Hunter Confidential,” she says. “I was alone, sitting next to strangers, and on one side of me was this older couple, two […]
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OUTeast Queer Film Festival lineup announced
OUTeast Queer Film Festival‘s 2015 program has been announced, offering a welcome chance to see some films that would never see the light of a big screen in Halifax otherwise—and puts the spotlight on queer independent cinema. We’re on board. Their highlights from tonight’s announcement are as follows: Before the festival program begins, OUTeast is […]
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Reel-y great stuff, OUTeast
OUTeast is planning a reel-y amazing event this year! The second annual OUTeast Queer Film Festival will be taking Halifax by storm June 20-23 at the Neptune Studio Theatre and this year they’ve added something new to their Saturday night festivities—a prom. Saturday June 22, 10pm, the Atrium in Citadel High School will transform for […]
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OUTeast and at ‘em
A cool theatre has long been the solution to a sticky summer day, and this June 14-17 at the Neptune Studio Theatre, you can indulge in the first annual OUTeast Queer Film Festival, to learn, laugh, cry, then heat things up again with the post-film parties. The festival came together through the dedication of organizers […]