What better way to appreciate our seafaring history than get acquainted with the spirits haunting our shores? Andrew Aulenback, The Maritime Museum of the Atlantic’s ghost story “guru,” is interested in uncovering tales few Haligonians know about. Aulenback tells the story of The Duc d’Enville, a French admiral who, in 1746, gathered his entire fleet […]
Tall Ships Nova Scotia Festival
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Not-so-Jolly Rogers
Although the theme of this year’s tall ships is naval, the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic will still be presenting its usual pirate mascot alongside a costumed naval captain on the boardwalk this year. Museum curator Dan Conlin says the public’s interest in pirate culture remains as strong as it ever was, though he’s quick […]
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Knots In Satan’s Service
It never rains but it pours in Halifax: Some weekends there’s nothing going on, other times there’s too much. This weekend is an example of the latter, with the jazz festival winding up, KISS playing the Common, pride week starting. And of course the boats! The boats! A multi-tasking fan can handle the cultural rogue […]
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Teenage swabbies take to the high seas
Many teenagers’ goals revolve around finding someone to buy them their next eight-pack. But some teens have loftier ambitions, like risking storms, squalls and potentially deranged cabinmates to sail across the Atlantic. With the help of Seastar, a local non-profit organization, 47 youth will spend a month at sea aboard tall ships participating in the […]
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Tall Ships were slave ships
Not everyone will feel a sense of Nova Scotian pride this week. King’s College professor El Jones believes that the festival is one more attempt to whitewash Nova Scotia and ignore the troubled history of the largest indigenous black population in Canada. “When I look at those ships I want you to think about the […]
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Hot Summer Guide: Cultural events and festivals
CATCH: The Nova Scotia Seafood Festival June 27 Get those culinary taste buds ready for a weekend of seafood: CATCH will be working overtime. The festival promises to be a weekend of tasting, learning, shopping and just generally loving all things fishy. Presented by the Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture, the festival’s focus is to […]