Performing Arts Workers

The Bus Stop Theatre Coop 2203 Gottingen St, Halifax, NS

A series of portraits by Zach Faye The first presentation of an ongoing photo series. The project documents the local arts community, celebrates the individual artists, and acknowledges the continuing contributions of invaluable arts workers. Visiting Hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays 11am to 4pm, or during evenings before and after showtime. Presented in the lobby gallery … Continued

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Recurring

The Decelebration of Canada 150

Performance by Raven Davis Saturday, April 29, 10:00AM-11:00AM | Cornwallis Park Friday, May 5, 5:30 PM-6:30PM | Citadel Hill - Clock Tower The Decelebration of Canada 150 is a body of work and a performance piece created to critique and expose the myth of the confederation of Canada and the discourse and erasure of: Indigenous … Continued

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Untitled (Applying Joint Compound)

The Bus Stop Theatre Coop 2203 Gottingen St, Halifax, NS

Video installation / performance by Michael Di Risio Untitled (Applying Joint Compound) (2016) is a video-installation and performance that attempts to make visible the labour involved in maintaining public spaces. Though often unseen and undervalued, maintenance work is a fundamental component of the production of social space, in turn supporting other forms of collective work … Continued

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I Was There

The Bus Stop Theatre Coop 2203 Gottingen St, Halifax, NS

An Audiovisual installation by Katie Toth and Mary-Dan Johnston It goes like this: the bank closes, along with the grocery, then the laundromat, the club, the pub, the corner store where we bought popsicles and cartons of milk. The schools crumbled and were consolidated. Now, standing on the same spot where I bought my first … Continued

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Under the Surface

The Bus Stop Theatre Coop 2203 Gottingen St, Halifax, NS

Under the Surface is a group exhibition featuring works by Kim Cain, Tina Roberts-Jeffers and Katie Toth. Together, their works ask us to take a closer look at their subjects, unearth the obscured and reconsider our assumptions about home. Opening Reception May 1st at 6:30pm following the May Day rally       FREE ice … Continued

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the effects were cumulative and i almost didn’t notice

By the year 2100, port cities should prepare for a 250 centimetre rise in sea levels* Where do our habits – as humans, as workers, as individuals, as a society – lead us? The things we do every day. The things we don’t do, every day. Small actions with eventual results. Time ceaselessly crashes on, … Continued

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Rope Making

Presented by Xiaocheng Li & Leesa Hamilton Textile Artists, Xiaocheng Li and Leesa Hamilton will make rope from discarded shirts.  The Fashion and Textile industry create a lot of waste that takes decades to breakdown. Donate your old shirts that would otherwise end up in landfill. This hands on activity will call on you to … Continued

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