Check out our many video recordings of past events
DJ Uncle Fester and Aquakultre performed live at The Derby on September 3, 2021. This concert features the full Bleeding Gums Murphy album arranged by Erin Costello and featuring appearances by Chudi Harris, Ghettosocks, Shevy Price, Ambition, Tachichi and Andre Fenton.
Produced with support from the Nova Scotia Department of Communities, Culture, Tourism & Heritage and the NSGEU.
A 25th Anniversary Tribute Concert Honouring the Community’s Collective Action in Saving Our Canada Employment Centre
The event took place at The Derby Showbar on September 17, 2021. The audience gathered to hear an incredible story of collective action through the weaving of witness telling, music, and spoken word poetry in tribute to community power.
Featuring Dr. Lynn Jones & Carolann Wright with performances by Corey Adams, MAJE, Linda Carvery, Keonte Beals & El Jones.
Produced with support from the Nova Scotia Department of Communities, Culture & Heritage and the PSAC Atlantic.
TOIL HERE is a group exhibition and curatorial collaboration between the Mayworks Kjipuktuk/Halifax Festival and the Khyber Centre for the Arts. Featured in this exhibition are works by artists Alex Antle, Antoinette Karuna, Clara Gough, Curtis Botham, Heather Cromwell, Kim Cain, and Michelle Roy, as well as by Mi’kmaq water protectors Cathy Martin, Gnat Na’pi, and Darlene Gilbert. Using the languages of traditional domestic craft and fine art, the artists explore different facets of rural life, labour and justice, and together disrupt stereotypical notions of what rural “Maritime” art can be and speak to.
FULL AUDIO INTERVIEWS available at: https://soundcloud.com/the-khyber
Produced with support from the Nova Scotia Department of Communities, Culture & Heritage.
Aquakultre is accompanied by a stellar band for a special Labour Day 2020 concert recorded at the Bus Stop Theatre.
Got kids at home? Looking for some homeschooling ideas? Look no further than this read along video of The True Cost of Coal, a rhyming story of resistance to the coal mine industry in Appalachia. This beautifully illustrated book by the Beehive Design Collective takes you through stories of collective struggles to prevent ecological destruction and worker exploitation. Recommended for ages 9 and up.
Deirdre Lee performs a poem for Labour Day. She is a poet, performer & maker of art & food, medicines & magic. Her art is intertwined with her complicated & sometimes confusing reality as a racialized, neurodivergent woman, & explores her perspectives on identity & healing.
