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SUMMARY:Troubling Joy: A Bicycle Puppet Circus
DESCRIPTION:Duration: Approx. 40 minutes Audience: Ages 8+ \nPresented by the Halifax-Dartmouth & District Labour Council\nSupported by Susan Leblanc\, MLA Dartmouth North & Claudia Chender\, MLA Dartmouth South \nSunday\, September 5th Noon – Dartmouth Commons (FREE)\n[CANCELLED] Monday\, September 6th Noon – Halifax South Common \nPresented by Halifax Fringe \n[CANCELLED] Monday\, September 6th 7PM – Cambridge Battery/Point Pleasant Park\nTuesday\, September 7th 7PM – Cambridge Battery/Point Pleasant Park (TICKETED – $15)\n[NEW] Wednesday\, September 8th 2PM – Cambridge Battery/Point Pleasant Park (TICKETED – $15) \nThe North Barn Theatre Collective is bringing a new puppet show to audiences across Nova Scotia. Being toured entirely by bicycle\, Troubling Joy: A Bicycle Puppet Circus will be visiting rural and urban communities across seven counties. This original performance will be performed outside for free at the Dartmouth Commons on September 5th and at the Halifax South Common on September 6th. \nTroubling Joy: A Bicycle Puppet Circus features a cast of puppets who\, in recognizing their discontent with the social structures that dictate how they live\, discover the pleasure of change. Playing within the traditional circus format\, the North Barn Theatre Collective uses puppetry\, moving image\, and song to investigate the promise of happiness\, its illusions and our collective capacity to imagine new futures. This show appeals to the senses of all ages. \n \nPresented by \n \n  \nIn collaboration with
URL:https://mayworkskjipuktukhfx.ca/event/troubling-joy-a-bicycle-puppet-circus/2021-09-07/
CATEGORIES:Theatre
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SUMMARY:Troubling Joy: A Bicycle Puppet Circus
DESCRIPTION:Duration: Approx. 40 minutes Audience: Ages 8+ \nPresented by the Halifax-Dartmouth & District Labour Council\nSupported by Susan Leblanc\, MLA Dartmouth North & Claudia Chender\, MLA Dartmouth South \nSunday\, September 5th Noon – Dartmouth Commons (FREE)\n[CANCELLED] Monday\, September 6th Noon – Halifax South Common \nPresented by Halifax Fringe \n[CANCELLED] Monday\, September 6th 7PM – Cambridge Battery/Point Pleasant Park\nTuesday\, September 7th 7PM – Cambridge Battery/Point Pleasant Park (TICKETED – $15)\n[NEW] Wednesday\, September 8th 2PM – Cambridge Battery/Point Pleasant Park (TICKETED – $15) \nThe North Barn Theatre Collective is bringing a new puppet show to audiences across Nova Scotia. Being toured entirely by bicycle\, Troubling Joy: A Bicycle Puppet Circus will be visiting rural and urban communities across seven counties. This original performance will be performed outside for free at the Dartmouth Commons on September 5th and at the Halifax South Common on September 6th. \nTroubling Joy: A Bicycle Puppet Circus features a cast of puppets who\, in recognizing their discontent with the social structures that dictate how they live\, discover the pleasure of change. Playing within the traditional circus format\, the North Barn Theatre Collective uses puppetry\, moving image\, and song to investigate the promise of happiness\, its illusions and our collective capacity to imagine new futures. This show appeals to the senses of all ages. \n \nPresented by \n \n  \nIn collaboration with
URL:https://mayworkskjipuktukhfx.ca/event/troubling-joy-a-bicycle-puppet-circus/2021-09-06/
CATEGORIES:Theatre
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SUMMARY:CHANGE THE GAME: Space Cats Fight Fascism
DESCRIPTION:Space Cats Fight Fascism\nGame play level – Easy \nA rising wave of fascism is sweeping across the galaxy\, threatening to throw the Interspecies Galactic Alliance under autocratic rule. To help grow its power\, the regime known as The Rat Pack has convinced the powers that be that all cats must be tightly controlled… or forced into feline exile. But everyone knows\, cats don’t like to be collared\, and they don’t like to be caged. \nSpace Cats Fight Fascism is a cooperative game where you play as a band of rebel cats trying to stop fascists from taking over the galaxy. It is for 2 – 4 players and takes roughly 45 – 60 minutes to play. Ages 13+ \n \n\n>>> BUY TICKETS <<<\nTICKETS ARE SOLD PER TABLE OF FOUR PLAYERS AND INCLUDE ONE GAME BOX FOR YOU TO TAKE HOME\n \nGaming will be preceded by a quick how-to-play presentation. You can stay for one game\, or two\, or more! Just take note that music at The Derby will begin around 7:00PM. Tables can be booked for two to four players and the registration cost includes the game itself. You play with a brand new game which will not have been handled by anyone else\, and get to take the game with you after! \n \nPublic Health\nYour game is yours alone. No one else will have handled it prior. Public Health Guidelines will be strictly enforced to ensure everyone’s safety and comfort. Please respect the venue’s instructions for masking\, distancing and travel. Stay home if you do not feel well! \n\nDOWNLOAD OUR PROGRAM APP FOR ALL EVENT & TICKET UPDATES\n 
URL:https://mayworkskjipuktukhfx.ca/event/change-the-game/2021-09-06/
LOCATION:The Seahorse Tavern\, 2037 Gottingen St\, Halifax\, Nova Scotia\, B3K 3B1\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Troubling Joy: A Bicycle Puppet Circus
DESCRIPTION:Duration: Approx. 40 minutes Audience: Ages 8+ \nPresented by the Halifax-Dartmouth & District Labour Council\nSupported by Susan Leblanc\, MLA Dartmouth North & Claudia Chender\, MLA Dartmouth South \nSunday\, September 5th Noon – Dartmouth Commons (FREE)\n[CANCELLED] Monday\, September 6th Noon – Halifax South Common \nPresented by Halifax Fringe \n[CANCELLED] Monday\, September 6th 7PM – Cambridge Battery/Point Pleasant Park\nTuesday\, September 7th 7PM – Cambridge Battery/Point Pleasant Park (TICKETED – $15)\n[NEW] Wednesday\, September 8th 2PM – Cambridge Battery/Point Pleasant Park (TICKETED – $15) \nThe North Barn Theatre Collective is bringing a new puppet show to audiences across Nova Scotia. Being toured entirely by bicycle\, Troubling Joy: A Bicycle Puppet Circus will be visiting rural and urban communities across seven counties. This original performance will be performed outside for free at the Dartmouth Commons on September 5th and at the Halifax South Common on September 6th. \nTroubling Joy: A Bicycle Puppet Circus features a cast of puppets who\, in recognizing their discontent with the social structures that dictate how they live\, discover the pleasure of change. Playing within the traditional circus format\, the North Barn Theatre Collective uses puppetry\, moving image\, and song to investigate the promise of happiness\, its illusions and our collective capacity to imagine new futures. This show appeals to the senses of all ages. \n \nPresented by \n \n  \nIn collaboration with
URL:https://mayworkskjipuktukhfx.ca/event/troubling-joy-a-bicycle-puppet-circus/2021-09-05/
CATEGORIES:Theatre
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SUMMARY:AQUAKULTRE: BGM LIVE
DESCRIPTION:Bleeding Gums Murphy: Live Album Concert\n\n>>> BUY TICKETS <<<\n\nFeaturing Aquakultre & DJ Uncle Fester\nWith orchestration by Erin Costelo\nOpening act featuring Kxng Wooz with Superfluid\nThe legendary Halifax-based DJ Uncle Fester teams up with the renowned Halifax-based rapper/singer/song-writer and Polaris Prize-nominated artist Aquakultre. Together\, they blend Hip-Hop\, Jazz\, Soul and Rhythm and Blues. The entire record will be brought to you live! \nAccompanied By:\nAndrew Jackson\nMatt Myer\nJackson Fairfax-Perry\nJeremy Costello\nRoss Burns\nTim Crofts\nLakita Wiggins\nRachael Delano\nDonny Milwaukee \nSpecial Guests:\nChudi Harris\nGhettosocks\nShevy Price\nCorey Writes\nAmbition\nTachichi\nAndre Fenton\nDJ Okay TK \nSound Technician: Tynan Dunfield \nMedia Team: Griffin O’toole & Audrey Chan \nPublic Health\nPublic Health Guidelines will be strictly enforced to ensure everyone’s safety and comfort. Please respect the venue’s instructions for masking\, distancing and travel. Stay home if you do not feel well! The concert will be recorded and the video released at a later date. \n \n  \nPresented by \n \n\nDOWNLOAD OUR PROGRAM APP FOR ALL EVENT & TICKET UPDATES\n 
URL:https://mayworkskjipuktukhfx.ca/event/aquakultre-bgm-live/
LOCATION:The Seahorse Tavern\, 2037 Gottingen St\, Halifax\, Nova Scotia\, B3K 3B1\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Music
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SUMMARY:POCKETS OF RESISTANCE
DESCRIPTION:A feminist sewing workshop with Emily Comeau\n\nCOVID UPDATE:\nThis event has been rescheduled to July 4th.\n \nDOWNLOAD OUR PROGRAM APP FOR ALL EVENT & TICKET UPDATES\n   \n\n>>> REGISTER NOW\nTHIS EVENT IS FREE – BUT HAS LIMITED CAPACITY: ONLY 6 PARTICIPANTS PER SESSION \nTired of your clothes not having pockets? Let’s fix that! Join Emily Comeau\, textile artist supreme\, for a workshop on the basics of adding pockets to just about anything. In this 2-hour lesson you will learn to make a patch pocket\, as well as how to modify an  article of clothing to include an in-seam pocket. Once you learn this technique\, you’ll want to share it with everyone you know\, so  this workshop also includes a zine and pattern for you to download\, print and share. Knowledge is power and so are pockets. \nPublic Health\nPublic Health Guidelines will be strictly enforced to ensure everyone’s safety and comfort. Please respect the venue’s instructions for masking\, distancing and travel. Stay home if you do not feel well! \n  \n \n\nArtist Bio\nHaving earned both a Costume Studies diploma from Dalhousie University and a Fibre Art degree from Concordia University\,  Emily Comeau has an extensive knowledge of textile techniques that she is eager to share. When she isn’t sewing pockets or fabric masks\, she can be found making whimsical glitter art in Montreal. \n\nWorkshop content:\n\n2 different pocket patterns will be given to each participant\nParticipants will learn to make an in-seam pocket and a patch pocket\nParticipants are asked to bring an article of clothing (pants\, shirt\, dress\, shirt) that they would like to add a pocket to.\nEach participant will leave the workshop with a zine summarizing in brief the information in the workshop as well as an iron-on patch pocket.\n\n\nMaterials needed for workshop:\nThese will be available to participants\, but you can choose to bring your own. Any shared tools will be wiped between usages. Each participant will have their own sewing machine available to them. \n\nIron\nSewing machine\nAll purpose sewing thread\nScissors\nRuler or measuring tape\nPencil or pen\nSeam ripper\nPins\nFat quarter of cotton or cotton blend fabric (approx. 18” square)\nArticle of clothing that you wish had pockets\nOptional: HEATNBOND iron-on adhesive\n\n  \nPresented by
URL:https://mayworkskjipuktukhfx.ca/event/pockets-of-resistance/2021-07-04/2/
LOCATION:Wonder’neath\, 2482 Maynard St\, Halifax\, Nova Scotia\, B3K 3V4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Visual Arts
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SUMMARY:POCKETS OF RESISTANCE
DESCRIPTION:A feminist sewing workshop with Emily Comeau\n\nCOVID UPDATE:\nThis event has been rescheduled to July 4th.\n \nDOWNLOAD OUR PROGRAM APP FOR ALL EVENT & TICKET UPDATES\n   \n\n>>> REGISTER NOW\nTHIS EVENT IS FREE – BUT HAS LIMITED CAPACITY: ONLY 6 PARTICIPANTS PER SESSION \nTired of your clothes not having pockets? Let’s fix that! Join Emily Comeau\, textile artist supreme\, for a workshop on the basics of adding pockets to just about anything. In this 2-hour lesson you will learn to make a patch pocket\, as well as how to modify an  article of clothing to include an in-seam pocket. Once you learn this technique\, you’ll want to share it with everyone you know\, so  this workshop also includes a zine and pattern for you to download\, print and share. Knowledge is power and so are pockets. \nPublic Health\nPublic Health Guidelines will be strictly enforced to ensure everyone’s safety and comfort. Please respect the venue’s instructions for masking\, distancing and travel. Stay home if you do not feel well! \n  \n \n\nArtist Bio\nHaving earned both a Costume Studies diploma from Dalhousie University and a Fibre Art degree from Concordia University\,  Emily Comeau has an extensive knowledge of textile techniques that she is eager to share. When she isn’t sewing pockets or fabric masks\, she can be found making whimsical glitter art in Montreal. \n\nWorkshop content:\n\n2 different pocket patterns will be given to each participant\nParticipants will learn to make an in-seam pocket and a patch pocket\nParticipants are asked to bring an article of clothing (pants\, shirt\, dress\, shirt) that they would like to add a pocket to.\nEach participant will leave the workshop with a zine summarizing in brief the information in the workshop as well as an iron-on patch pocket.\n\n\nMaterials needed for workshop:\nThese will be available to participants\, but you can choose to bring your own. Any shared tools will be wiped between usages. Each participant will have their own sewing machine available to them. \n\nIron\nSewing machine\nAll purpose sewing thread\nScissors\nRuler or measuring tape\nPencil or pen\nSeam ripper\nPins\nFat quarter of cotton or cotton blend fabric (approx. 18” square)\nArticle of clothing that you wish had pockets\nOptional: HEATNBOND iron-on adhesive\n\n  \nPresented by
URL:https://mayworkskjipuktukhfx.ca/event/pockets-of-resistance/2021-07-04/1/
LOCATION:Wonder’neath\, 2482 Maynard St\, Halifax\, Nova Scotia\, B3K 3V4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Visual Arts
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SUMMARY:TOIL HERE
DESCRIPTION:Works From Rural Mi’kma’ki\n\nPresented in partnership with the Khyber Centre for the Arts\n \n\nDOWNLOAD OUR PROGRAM APP FOR ALL EVENT & TICKET UPDATES\n   \n\nTOIL 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. \nA video tour of TOIL HERE will be released at a later date as a complement to the exhibition. The video will contain captioned interviews with each of the artists. \n\nVIDEO TOUR\n \nVideo by Keltic Kreative \nArtist Interviews\nArtist and water protectors discuss the art in TOIL HERE and water protection on Mi’kma’ki.\n\n \nThe Khyber Centre for the Arts · TOIL HERE: Works from rural Mi’kma’ki\n\nARTWORKS IN TOIL HERE\n“Pulp Mill\, Abercrombie” by Curtis Botham\n  \nTOIL HERE opens with original audio\, also available as a transcription\, from Catherine Anne Martin\, Gnat Na’pi\, and Thunderbird Swooping Down Woman (Darlene Gilbert). Upon entering and while viewing the exhibition\, and online\, visitors can hear or read as these Mi’kmaq water protectors each speak to labour and water protection on Mi’kma’ki. \nAlex Antle’s Sple’tk is a watershed map of the Exploits River beaded onto a tan moose hide and hung from a scraped birch tree. The River is located in the central region of Ktaqmkuk (Newfoundland) where Alex grew up. This work explores the importance of clean water and the many uses of the River. Both L’nu and settlers have utilized the water for labour and enjoyment. \nAntoinette Karuna’s hooked rug wall hangings are part of an autobiographical series. Untitled 1 and Untitled 2 explore the spiritual aspects of erotic love\, distanced from the male gaze and existing within the private sphere of the Treaty Relationship\, as Karuna is settler and her partner is Mi’kmaq. Untitled 3 examines Karuna’s biracial identity\, which is Sri Lankan Tamil (brown) and French Canadian (white)\, and how despite pressures from monoracial society to choose one racial identity over another\, she experiences her biraciality as fluid and complex. Formally\, her rugs draw on her background as a filmmaker\, mixing the language of textiles with that of cinema––notably cinematographic and storytelling principles. \nDetail of “Sple’tk” by Alex Antle\nClara Gough’s life sized figurative basket sculptures present different forms of labour: one a parent carrying a child and the other a depiction of the artist’s father carrying tools. Gough reinvents the traditional basket weaving techniques passed down in her community to depict iterations of labour and the community itself. \nCurtis Botham’s Pulp Mill\, Abercrombie is a black and white\, photo-realistic charcoal drawing as part of his ‘Effluents’ series of drawings that depict worker’s solidarity\, economic justice and environmental impact of industry in rural Mi’kma’ki. Drawn from observational sketches\, Curtis has illustrated the environmental devastation that can be caused from unsustainable\, under-regulated pulp industries. \n“Untitled 1” by Antoinette Karuna\nSecret Codes by Heather Cromwell is a vibrant series of picture quilts The Dance\, Betty Hartley and Grandma’s Hands depicting Black Nova Scotian women\, labour\, love and stories from the community. This work came out of a project by the Black Artists’ Network of Nova Scotia (BANNS) and the Vale Quilters\, where quiltmakers created from drawings made by Halifax artist-curator David Woods\, and documented travels to African Nova Scotian communities across the province. Grandma’s Hands will be on view as part of TOIL HERE. \nTilling and burying: Red Earth\, Black Death by Kim Cain is a piece about dualities of life/death\, growth/pruning\, joy/ sorrow. The red earth sets the background for the preparation of the land for planting\, with cattle and farmers preparing the soil. Black death is actualized with the central sight of the pallbearers carrying a casket towards a waiting plot. \nMichelle Roy’s Mi’kmaq regalia pieces include a toddler’s regalia\, a prom dress\, and a special jingle dress\, in representation and honoring of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women\, Girls\, and Two-Spirit and to celebrate the strength\, labour and determination of Mi’kmaq mothers\, sisters\, aunties\, wives\, and daughters and the central role of women in struggles for Indigenous justice. \n\nARTIST BIOS\nALEX ANTLE (she/her) is an emerging L’nu beadwork artist located on the North Shore of Elmastukwek\, Ktaqmkuk (Bay of Islands\, Newfoundland). She has been learning and practicing beadwork for four years with the guidance of a community of Mi’kmaq beaders. Alex’s art often explores the relationship between tradition and living culture\, as well as the importance of land and water. \nANTOINETTE KARUNA (she/her) is a visual artist working in textiles and film. She is Tamil Sri Lankan through her father and French Canadian through her mother. Karuna spent her childhood in London\, England\, and later a decade each in Montreal and Berlin. She now lives in Antigonish\, where she works as a freelance writer and editor and teaches filmmaking at St. Francis Xavier University. \nCLARA GOUGH (she/her) is a basketmaker and sculptor based in East Preston. She carries on the traditional basket weaving taught to by her mother Edith Clayton\, a renowned African Nova Scotian basketmaker. Though strongly influenced by her mother’s techniques\, Gough has imprinted her own unique style on the craft. In 1998 she began creating figurative basket sculptures inspired by her family and community. Clara is a member of the Black Artists’ Network of Nova Scotia (BANNS)\, a non-profit\, multi-disciplinary arts association that seeks to develop the African Nova Scotian arts community. \nCURTIS BOTHAM (he/him) is a white visual artist interested in rural Maritime industries. After graduating from NSCAD University in 2017\, he spent a year in New Glasgow’s Artist Residency program where he made a series of large-scale charcoal drawings dealing with the impact of industry on the environment and nearby communities. \nHEATHER CROMWELL (she/her) is an artist and quiltmaker based in New Glasgow. She grew up watching her mother and grandmother making quilts and took on the craft in her thirties. Heather is a member of the Black Artists’ Network of Nova Scotia (BANNS). She is also part of The Northumberland Quilters Guild\, one of the largest quilt guilds in Nova Scotia. In 2007\, she joined forces with several African Nova Scotian women in New Glasgow to form the Vale Quilters Association – a group interested in exploring African North American quiltmaking traditions and promoting the heritage of Pictou County’s Black community. \nKIM CAIN‘s (she/her) work explores the African Canadian existence here in Canada and how it relates to the larger global African Diaspora. She has been using Art as a means of allowing an African Nova Scotianess to emerge into the black art canvas for over 20 years. She explains that her work begins inside of her\, altering her perception of the world\, and through that inward glance her creativity is born. \nMICHELLE ROY (she/her) is an artist and Mi’kmaq knowledge keeper\, a regalia maker\, a mother of two daughters\, a wife\, a sister\, and auntie\, and a person living with a disability. She lives off reserve on her ancestral homeland of Mi’kma’ki\, the traditional territory of the l’nu – the Mi’kmaq. She is an active community member of Acadia First Nation. Michelle has been creating regalia and artwork for the last decade and it has led her to a path to engage in conversations that bring attention to struggles\, mental health\, and to celebrate Mi’kmaq culture. \nCATHERINE ANNE MARTIN (she/her) BA MEd. CM. is a member of the Millbrook Mi’kmaw Community\, Truro\, NS. She is an independent international award winning director and producer\, writer\, facilitator\, communications consultant\, community activist\, teacher\, drummer\, and the first Mi’kmaw woman filmmaker from the Atlantic region. She is a recipient of the Order of Canada in 2017 and is presently the first Indigenous Community Engagement Director for Dalhousie University. She is a past Chair of APTN and served on the board for the first five years of its inception. She has contributed to policy and institutional change to make cultural and arts more accessible to First Nations artists. \nGNAT NA’PI (she/her)\nNatalie is first\, a full time/home educating mother. They decolonize curriculum and advocate for Mi’kmaq sovereignty. They are an anti-homelessness advocate who’s practice is grounded in anti-capitalist\, anti-homophobic and anti-racist practices. For MayWorks they hope to utilize the creative space to motivate residents of Mi’kmaki to uphold treaty and collectively dream of a Mi’kmaq led anti-capitalist reality. You can support their work by donating to water and land defenders in your area\, and to the Treaty Truckhouse Legal fund (gofundme). \nThunderbird Swooping Down Woman\, DARLENE GILBERT (she/her) is from Kjipuktuk\, Mi’kma’ki and a member of Annapolis Valley First Nation. Born in 1965\, grandmother and Treaty Defender (water protector and land defender). Clan is Toney\, beanstalk clan.
URL:https://mayworkskjipuktukhfx.ca/event/toil-here/
LOCATION:The Khyber Centre for the Arts\, 1880 Hollis St\, Halifax\, Nova Scotia\, B3J 1W6\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Visual Arts
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ORGANIZER;CN="The Khyber Centre for the Arts":MAILTO:info@khyber.ca
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20210620T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20210620T200000
DTSTAMP:20260408T045430
CREATED:20210404T180350Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210831T164534Z
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SUMMARY:CHANGE THE GAME: Space Cats Fight Fascism
DESCRIPTION:Space Cats Fight Fascism\nGame play level – Easy \nA rising wave of fascism is sweeping across the galaxy\, threatening to throw the Interspecies Galactic Alliance under autocratic rule. To help grow its power\, the regime known as The Rat Pack has convinced the powers that be that all cats must be tightly controlled… or forced into feline exile. But everyone knows\, cats don’t like to be collared\, and they don’t like to be caged. \nSpace Cats Fight Fascism is a cooperative game where you play as a band of rebel cats trying to stop fascists from taking over the galaxy. It is for 2 – 4 players and takes roughly 45 – 60 minutes to play. Ages 13+ \n \n\n>>> BUY TICKETS <<<\nTICKETS ARE SOLD PER TABLE OF FOUR PLAYERS AND INCLUDE ONE GAME BOX FOR YOU TO TAKE HOME\n \nGaming will be preceded by a quick how-to-play presentation. You can stay for one game\, or two\, or more! Just take note that music at The Derby will begin around 7:00PM. Tables can be booked for two to four players and the registration cost includes the game itself. You play with a brand new game which will not have been handled by anyone else\, and get to take the game with you after! \n \nPublic Health\nYour game is yours alone. No one else will have handled it prior. Public Health Guidelines will be strictly enforced to ensure everyone’s safety and comfort. Please respect the venue’s instructions for masking\, distancing and travel. Stay home if you do not feel well! \n\nDOWNLOAD OUR PROGRAM APP FOR ALL EVENT & TICKET UPDATES\n 
URL:https://mayworkskjipuktukhfx.ca/event/change-the-game/2021-06-20/
LOCATION:The Seahorse Tavern\, 2037 Gottingen St\, Halifax\, Nova Scotia\, B3K 3B1\, Canada
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210525
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210616
DTSTAMP:20260408T045430
CREATED:20210405T105444Z
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SUMMARY:ARCHIVES CONTINUUM
DESCRIPTION:A digital storytelling project by Collective 2030\nIn collaboration with Restorying Climate Just Futures\n  \nACCESS ARCHIVES CONTINUUM: http://archivescontinuum.onelouder.ca/ \nExplore each offering in the website’s first layer to gain access to a hidden second layer hosting responses to the artists’ works. \n\nCOVID UPDATE:\nArchives Continuum is presented ONLINE and can be safely enjoyed from anywhere.\n \nDOWNLOAD OUR PROGRAM APP FOR ALL EVENT & TICKET UPDATES\n   \n\nCarmel Farahbakhsh | Cathy Martin | Shalan Joudry | Calen Sack  \nMichelle Sylliboy | Liliona Quarmyne | Tayla Fern Paul\n\nRespondents:\nSabrina Guzman Skotnitsky\nSailaja Krishnamurti\nJonathan Langdon\nShelley Price\nDesigner:\nDaren Okafo\nCollective 2030 engages in imagining\, designing\, dreaming their recurrent futures through a multidisciplinary and intergenerational storytelling lens in “Archives Continuum”. Catalyzed and unified through themes of multi-generational and time-cyclical communication\, memory keeping\, and relationship to land and water — each artist facilitates a response that weaves a dynamic narrative and desire to radically redesign the world as we know it. \nACCESS ARCHIVES CONTINUUM: http://archivescontinuum.onelouder.ca/ \nExplore each offering in the website’s first layer to gain access to a hidden second layer hosting responses to the artists’ works.
URL:https://mayworkskjipuktukhfx.ca/event/archives-continuum/
CATEGORIES:Visual Arts
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210513
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210517
DTSTAMP:20260408T045430
CREATED:20210405T105445Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210515T003941Z
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SUMMARY:JOURNEY TO THE ZONE
DESCRIPTION:An online sci-fi musical adventure\nWritten and directed by Peter Sarty\n\nCOVID UPDATE:\nJourney to the Zone is presented online and is not impacted by the current provincial lock down.  \nDOWNLOAD OUR PROGRAM APP FOR ALL EVENT & TICKET UPDATES\n   \n\n>>> TICKETS ON SALE NOW\nTICKET HOLDERS WILL RECEIVE A LINK TO ACCESS THE PLAY BY EMAIL (CHECK YOUR SPAM!)\n \nIn the year 3000\, Earth has crossed over into the DIGITAL REALM\, a digital purgatory in which humanity’s online personas are trapped in an endless cycle of fear and distraction. As humanity wanes in its new existence\, Jax\, an unlikely hero\, must journey deep into cyberspace to unlock the secrets of the Perfect Pixel\, the energy source of the Digital Realm. Alongside a social media android\, Robopal\, Jax must overcome their fears and bias in order to free humanity and bring peace to the Digital Realm. A Sci-Fi Synthesizer Space Musical\, Journey to the Zone examines our relationship to our online world\, as well as the possibilities and limitations of our digital existence. \n \nTRAILER\nhttps://youtu.be/QIIzJjlXDgc \n\nCast & Creators\nPETER SARTY: Writer/Director/Composer/Ensemble   \nPeter is a writer\, actor\, improviser\, musician and sound designer based in Kjipuktuk/Halifax\, Nova Scotia. As a sound designer\, Peter has collaborated on both film and theatre projects. Most recently\, Peter created six original sound designs and scores for the Ship’s Company Theatre Play Building Program.  Peter is also a member of Hello City! An award winning improv troupe based in Halifax. Peter’s theatre credits include: Listen to the Wind (Steady Theatre Co.) No Man Is an Island (Atlantic Repertory Company)\, Macbeth (Steady Theatre Co.)\, This Is Nowhere (Zuppa Theatre Co.)\, Three Seasons with Shakespeare by the Sea\, Peter Fechter: 59 Minutes (Matchstick Theatre)\, Miracle on 34th Street (Neptune Theatre). Film credits include: Let’s Get Physical (Pop TV)\, Diggstown (CBC)\, I Hear You (Interwoven Films)\, and Cavendish (CBC) Chapelwaite (MGM). Most recently\, a short film that Peter co-wrote\, co-starred\, and co-produced entitled: Inceldom\, or why are the angry men angry\, won Best Atlantic Short at the FIN Atlantic International Film Festival. Deep gratitude to Aaron Collier for his Ableton guidance and mentorship. Love to my family\, Stevey\, Sadie and Ophelia. \nBRETON LALAMA: Jax \nBreton Lalama (they/he) is a queer\, trans human who combines mediums to encourage sociopolitical dialogue and bring attention to the weird parts of everyday life. They really like tomato soup. Most recent credits include: Pleasureville (Neptune); Playbuilding (Ships); Slasher (Shudder); Pretty Hard Cases (NBC/CBC); Dawn\, Her Dad\, and the Tractor (Crave). One dreamy post-COVID day: Rocky Horror (Neptune). You can find their writing in Harlot X Trans Sex Workers Zine\, Feels Zine\, Open Heart Forgery\, Crush Zine\, Saved By Sex Ed\, Toho Journal. Breton is grateful to be part of Nightwood Theatre’s Write From The Hip cohort\, 2020-2021. @bretonlikethecrackers \nSTEVEY HUNTER: RoboPal \nStevey Hunter is a nonbinary actor\, comedian\, and playwright based in Kjipuktuk/Halifax. Originally from Winnipeg\, MB\, Stevey moved to Halifax to attend Dalhousie’s Fountain School of Performing Arts. They are a member of local improv company Hello City (Silver for Best Comedy Night – The Coast 2018\, 2019\, Outstanding comedy and Outstanding Performance in a Supporting Role Halifax Fringe 2019\, Best Ensemble Halifax Fringe 2018.) They have worked with numerous Nova Scotian theatre companies including: Neptune Theatre\, Ship’s Theatre Company\, Zuppa theatre\, and more. Stevey recently created their first solo show\, When You Leave Please Say Nice Things to Me. This past March they had a workshop performance that was produced by the Bus Stop Writers’ Circle and funded by Arts Nova Scotia. Their play FAT JULIET\, a retelling of Romeo & Juliet from the perspective of a fat 16 year old\, Juliet\, will be presented in Fall 2021. Instagram & Twitter @steveyhunter \nNATHAN SIMMONS: Wisen/Ensemble \nA graduate of the Fountain School of Performing Arts\, Nathan Simmons is an award winning halifax-based actor and musician\, whom you might have see On screen in Diggstown or Hustle and Heart\, for which he won an award\, or on the Neptune stage in plays like Controlled Damage and Salt Water Moon. Coming from the community of East Preston Nova Scotia\, his enticing talent and charismatic energy has blessed many stages\, not only in Nova Scotia\, but across the country. \nTAYLOR OLSON: Dramaturgy \nTaylor Olson is an award-winning director\, writer\, and actor in Halifax\, Nova Scotia. He has directed over ten short films to regional\, national\, and international praise. He – alongside partner Koumbie – won Season 10 of CBC’s Short Film Faceoff for the coming-of-age drama Hustle & Heart. His first feature film – Bone Cage – has been released to critical acclaim; sweeping the awards at the Atlantic International Film Festival and earning additional accolades at the Silver Wave Film Festival\, Mosaic Film Festival\, and Hamilton Film Festival. It has appeared in competition at Poland’s Camerimage\, where it was nominated for Best Cinematographer’s Debut and had its US debut in January 2021. He is the recipient of the 2020 Arts Nova Scotia Emerging Artist Award. As an actor\, Taylor has appeared in over 60 films and television shows. He has received 7 ACTRA Maritimes award nominations and the Atlantic International Film Festival’s David Renton Award for Outstanding Performance\, 2018 & and once won and thrice voted as a finalist for Coast Magazine’s Best of Halifax – Actor. \nPOSTER DESIGN by Shelby Edwards shelbyedwards.ca
URL:https://mayworkskjipuktukhfx.ca/event/journey-to-the-zone/
CATEGORIES:Theatre
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210506
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210509
DTSTAMP:20260408T045430
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SUMMARY:AFX
DESCRIPTION:We’re partnering with the Halifax Animation Festival (AFX) to bring you two exciting events!\n \nCOVID UPDATE:\nAll AFX events are presented online and are not impacted by the current provincial lock down.\n \nFULL DETAILS at www.anifx.ca \nDOWNLOAD OUR PROGRAM APP FOR ALL EVENT & TICKET UPDATES\n   \n\n\nThis World’s Not Done (films by Helen Hill)\nCurated by Becka Barker \nMay 6\, 5:00PM – WATCH HERE\nExperimental animator Helen Hill was known for the bright hand-crafted aesthetic she brought to so much of her work and life. Her films blend an exuberance for life and care for others with personal stories and themes of mortality. This program embraces the whimsy\, the sadness\, the fun\, and the contemplation in Hill’s films as intertwining threads that encourage us to cushion our pain with love\, and celebrate the brevity of our time on earth by demonstrating love and care to one another and our communities. Join us in celebrating and remembering an icon of our local film and animation community! \n\nAnimating our stories: Exploring LGBTQ2S History through Animation\nMay 7\, 3:00PM – Watch Here\nHistory is not the past\, it is the present. We carry our history with us.\nWe are our history.\n– James Baldwin \nThe first live action feature documentary was Robert Flaherty’s Nanook of the North in 1922. 85 years later\, the world saw its first animated feature documentary with Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis in 2007. \nWhat happened? Can animation document as well as live action? Does it tell stories differently? Inspired by Quickdraw Animation Society’s (QAS) On LGBTQ2S+ Animation Project*\, this panel features special guests Mike Hooves\, member of the project’s organizing collective\, along with award-winning Toronto-based queer artists Lauren Hortie and Sonya Reynolds. The panel is moderated by Sam Decoste\, independent animator and one of the essayists for On LGBTQ2S+ Animation. \n*On LGBTQ2S+ Animation is a collection of essays\, comics\, and other works exploring queerness\, identity and representation in animation.
URL:https://mayworkskjipuktukhfx.ca/event/afx/
CATEGORIES:Film
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200108
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200109
DTSTAMP:20260408T045430
CREATED:20191212T184932Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191212T184932Z
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SUMMARY:JOB POSTING: Assistant Festival Director
DESCRIPTION:Description\nAnnual\, part-time contract position. Varying work hours (see below). $16 per hour.\nWorker’s Compensation insurance provided.\nBegins February 1st\, 2020. \nThe Assistant Director is required to assist the Festival Director in the following duties:\n● Reviewing project submissions and curating the festival program\n● Communicating with artists\, planning logistics and organizing festival events\n● Soliciting sponsorships\, partnerships and donations\n● Conducting outreach toward artists and organizations\n● Coordinating and promoting activities outside of the main festival (ex: CLiFF)\n● Other related tasks and duties as they arise \nDesired skills\, interests and experience\n● Strong interest in social justice movements and issues\n● Familiarity with the labour movement a strong asset\n● Experience in event organizing and producing\n● Experience in fundraising\n● Experience in art curation\n● Familiarity with multiple strands of the cultural sector (theatre scene\, music scene\, etc.)\n● Proficiency with Google Docs and office software\n● Graphic design skills an asset \nWork hours\n● February – March: 10 hours per week.\n● April : 15 hours per week\n● May: 20 hours per week\n● June: 10 hours per week\n● July – September: 5 hours per week\n● October – December: 10 hours per week \nDeadline for submissions\n\nJanuary 8th\, 2020\nEmail info[at]mayworkshalifax.ca
URL:https://mayworkskjipuktukhfx.ca/event/job-posting-assistant-festival-director/
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ORGANIZER;CN="Mayworks Kjipuktuk/Halifax":MAILTO:info@mayworkskjipuktukhfx.ca
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20191112T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20191112T203000
DTSTAMP:20260408T045430
CREATED:20191031T000734Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191105T123630Z
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SUMMARY:Canadian Labour International Film Festival
DESCRIPTION:Since 2009\, CLIFF has been screening films about workers\, the conditions under which they live and work\, and related social justice issues\, in over 130 locations across Canada. \nAdmission: Pay What You Will – FREE popcorn! \nThe Halifax screening will feature five international short films celebrating workers.\nThe total run time of the event is 55 minutes. The screening will be followed by a short open discussion. \n  \nFILM PROGRAM\n \nAzadeh\n9.5 min drama from Iran and Director Mirabbas Khosravinezhad\nAzadeh\, a young girl living in a small village with her family\, wants\ngo to city to visit her father\, but her mother and brother won’t allow\nit… \n\nA Radiant Sphere\n9.5 min documentary from Canada and Director Sara Wylie\nThe filmmaker discovers a long lost family member\, the Canadian Communist poet and political prisoner\, Joe Wallace. Her research journey reveals his fascinating life and work\, and some surprising things they share in common. \n\n \nThe Glasgow Women Strike\n11 min documentary from Switzerland and Directors Leo David Hyde and Nathalie Berger. After decades of earning less than their male counterparts\, Glasgow’s female cooks\, cleaners and caregivers launch the biggest Equal Pay Strike in UK History.\n\n\n\n24-Hour Workday\n14.5 min documentary from the US and Director Zishun Ning\nHome care workers are forced to work grueling 24-hour shifts taking care of seriously-ill patients\, with only half of the pay. When they try to fight back through legislative means\, they meet obstacles from the State government which tries to legalize such inhumane practice.\n\n\n\nZero\n9 min drama from Spain and Director David Macian Montesinos\nOnce upon a time\, there was a town where nobody drank Coca-cola…
URL:https://mayworkskjipuktukhfx.ca/event/canadian-labour-international-film-festival-4/
LOCATION:The Bus Stop Theatre Coop\, 2203 Gottingen St\, Halifax\, NS\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Film
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20190731T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20191001T233000
DTSTAMP:20260408T045430
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SUMMARY:2020 Call for Submissions
DESCRIPTION:Be a Part of the 2020 Festival!\nMayworks Halifax seeks proposals that will speak of the working class experience. This can be extremely varied and can be contemporary or historical. Both amateur and professional performers may apply. \nSubmissions need not be directly focused on work\, labour or unions. Mayworks   Halifax programs works of art that adress broad themes of social and environmental justice. Any submissions that adress issues of inequality and  injustice\, or give voice to marginalized communities will be considered. \nUnder-represented groups and those disadvantaged at work and in society are particularly encouraged to apply. Material is particularly sought from youth\, women\, people with disabilities\, African Nova Scotians\, First Nation Communities\, Indigenous artists\, people of colour\, newcomer (immigrant) populations\, 2SLGBTQ+ folks\, Acadian or other under-represented cultures in Nova Scotia. \nProposals must be submitted in English or French for consideration. \nDEADLINE: October 1st\, 2019 \nDownload Application Guidelines and Forms: 2020 Mayworks Call for Submissions (PDF)
URL:https://mayworkskjipuktukhfx.ca/event/2020-call-for-submissions/
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ORGANIZER;CN="Mayworks Kjipuktuk/Halifax":MAILTO:info@mayworkskjipuktukhfx.ca
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20190601T235900
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20190602T053000
DTSTAMP:20260408T045430
CREATED:20190409T033209Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190501T005501Z
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SUMMARY:Dance to A New Dawn
DESCRIPTION:Night of June 1st to 2nd – midnight to dawn\n*Dry Event*\n  \n5 Epic DJ’s will take us all on a journey through space\, time\, and sound as we celebrate revolutionary arts and culture and dance the night away as a community.  Complementing the music will be stunning and politicized murals\, graphics\, and video-streams creating a visually transformed Bus Stop that merges the vibes of a music festival with a political movement in the most enticing way. There is nowhere better to spend the first 6 hours of your Sunday June 2nd than here with us. \n\n\n\n\nDJ Cee.Reality\nCee.Reality is a Toronto-based Producer\, Emcee\, and DJ best known for his work as part of the anarchist hip hop duo Test Their Logik. He’s has been rocking stages as a live act all over the world for over a decade.   In recent years Cee has been turning his attention to rocking the stage behind the decks and mastering his craft on the 1s and 2s. Employing an arsenal of his own beats and heavy\, dark bass filled tracks that range from hip hop\, trap and dubstep\, cee.reality will get the energy up and the dance floor bumping.\nhttps://soundcloud.com/ceereality\n\n\n\nKittyBass\nKittyBass is one of the East Coast dance music scene’s most versatile DJs\, effortlessly switching between styles such as grime\, bassline house\, U.K. garage\, R&B\, and dubstep. She has continued to gain serious momentum over the course of the last year\, playing Valhalla Sound Circus in Montreal\, Future Forest\, and opening for heavy hitters such as Sleevless records’ Stylust Beats\, The Librarian\, Aaron Jackson\, Chuurch\, and many more.\nhttps://soundcloud.com/djkittybass\n\n\n\nWobble Wallah\nEastern Canada’s official delegate of trans-continental bass music. The Wobble Wallah is a full power performer; weaving together fire arts\, hand drumming\, and live mixing\, his shows are a borderless exploration into the roots of the human experience. His impeccable taste for sounds both tribal and psychedelic is embroidered by his on-stage energy\, and his relentless onslaught of bold\, beautiful\, brilliant music.\nhttps://soundcloud.com/wobble-wallah\n\n\n\nDJ Fadzwa\nZimbabwe born and raised\, Halifax praised.  DJ Fadzwa is known for spinning killer afrobeat sets with visuals to match.  Fadza recently won Bronze for best DJ at The Coast: Best of Halifax 2017 Awards. Bringing the sounds of the African Diaspora and more\, be prepared to party.\nhttps://www.facebook.com/fadzwahfx/\n\n\n\nANANDRA\nFollowing the flow\, cultivating an elemental temple for body\, mind & soul. Anandra is new to DJ’ing\, but no stranger to improvising\, exploring\, and producing within the audio realm. Here to serve.\nhttps://soundcloud.com/anandraa/postvapourintrusions
URL:https://mayworkskjipuktukhfx.ca/event/dance-to-a-new-dawn/
LOCATION:The Bus Stop Theatre Coop\, 2203 Gottingen St\, Halifax\, NS\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Music
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20190601T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20190601T233000
DTSTAMP:20260408T045430
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SUMMARY:Hip Hop Vs. Capitalism Vol. 2
DESCRIPTION:  \nBack for a second year in a row\, Hip-hop Vs. Capitalism will be part of Mayworks’ festival mic-drop. Kicking off with a community cypher entitled “Hip-Hop vs. the System”\, followed by a feature set by acclaimed anti-capitalist hip-hop veterans Test Their Logik. \nHip-Hop Vs. The System | A Community Cypher\nCalling all rappers and emcees in the HRM. \nJoin the collective rap-battle vs. the forces that control\, oppress\, and exploit us all.   Bring your best bars and spit truth to power about cops\, jails\, bosses\, banks\, corporate power\, racism\, poverty\, the 1%\, politicians\, colonization\, sexism\, war\, climate change\, etc. \nWe’ve been battling each other too long\, it’s time we unite and battle the system! \nTest Their Logik\nUsing hip-hop to inspire political action and to deliver potent messages of social and environmental justice\, TEST THEIR LOGIK has developed a following among activists and hip-hop heads alike. For over a decade they’ve toured this planet\, supporting social movements and freedom fighters at the front lines of struggles against the tyranny and violence of the powerful\, as well as rocking parties\, festivals\, and stages on every continent. Their most recent album “BE” was well-received on campus radio across Canada\, staying in the the top 10 on the hip-hop charts Nationally for 10 weeks straight and hitting #1 at various stations across North America. They are currently working on their third full-length Album “See”. \nHosted by DJ 5Rivers & DJ Tranzish(ə)n\n\n\n\n\nDJ 5Rivers has a deep rooted love for music\, dance and community. They are passionate about issues of environmental justice\, social justice\, gender equity all while focusing on the intersections of gender\, race and class.\n\n\n\nDJ Tranzish(ə)n was born and raised in K’jipuktuk as a Maroon descendent. She loves every aspect of music while showing and celebrating her Jamaican roots. DJ TranˈziSH(ə)n brings you through the soundtracks of her daily life. Playing you hot hiphop\, R&B\, Reggae and dancehall tunes from the 90’s to present.\n\n\n\n  \nPresented in partnership with
URL:https://mayworkskjipuktukhfx.ca/event/hip-hop-vs-capitalism-vol-2/
LOCATION:The Bus Stop Theatre Coop\, 2203 Gottingen St\, Halifax\, NS\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Music
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20190531T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20190531T173000
DTSTAMP:20260408T045430
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LAST-MODIFIED:20190420T212253Z
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SUMMARY:Strange Froots & Zamani
DESCRIPTION:A Friday afternoon celebration of chill grooves and deep rhythms. Strange Froots are a trio of soul warriors from Montreal\, Canada featuring MCs Naïka Champaïgne\, SageS\, and Mags. Seamlessly blending traditions from their manifold perspectives of the Black diaspora (Haiti\, Ghana\, Jamaica and Senegal)\, the Froots’ music displays a disarming form of directness that allows them to communicate complex ideas with effortless allure. \n \nJoining them is local vocalist / songwriter / producer Zamani\, a young force combining the vibes of India Arie\, Solange\, Mariah Carey and more. At 18 years young\, Zamani’s smooth presence\, deft production work and striking vocals showcase a preternatural gift for music. Look out world! \nPlus\, a special performance from neighbourhood teens curated by Paint Cha A Pitcha Productions. There’ll be free snacks and craft supplies on hand for all to enjoy. \n*Rain Location at The Bus Stop Theatre (2203 Gottingen St) \n  \nPresented in partnership with 
URL:https://mayworkskjipuktukhfx.ca/event/strange-froots-zamani/
CATEGORIES:Music
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20190531T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20190531T160000
DTSTAMP:20260408T045430
CREATED:20190409T033056Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190410T154332Z
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SUMMARY:Iranian Music\, The Female Body and The Burden of Message
DESCRIPTION:Join Iranian academic and music researcher Hadi Milanloo along with local facilitator Carmel Farahbakhsh as they unpack Milanloo’s recent field research in Tehran. \nThis program explores Iranian female musicians and their relationship to an at-home and diasporic audience\, their visual identity in the context of unpredictable political climates\, and how their creative pursuits link and diverge from broader political and cultural contexts. Facilitated dialogue to follow. \nPresented in partnership with 
URL:https://mayworkskjipuktukhfx.ca/event/iranian-music-the-female-body-and-the-burden-of-message/
CATEGORIES:Spoken
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20190531T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20190531T143000
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SUMMARY:Resilience Resonates – Zine Launch
DESCRIPTION:Resilience Resonates is a collaborative zine that’s been facilitated by Nikki A Basset and Elyse Moir\, a duo of local organizers\, educators and music lovers. The zine showcases a collection of expressions and feelings related to music\, sound\, and performance from femme\, trans\, gender non-conforming and two-spirit folks. Submissions include a broad range of genres\, modes and mediums from communities far and wide. Join us in celebrating this noble project! \nCasual speaking engagements and light refreshments to be provided. \n \n  \n  \nPresented in partnership with 
URL:https://mayworkskjipuktukhfx.ca/event/resilience-resonates-zine-launch/
CATEGORIES:Literature
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190529
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190602
DTSTAMP:20260408T045430
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SUMMARY:A Timed Speed Read of the  Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire Trial Transcript  with Additional Notes
DESCRIPTION:May 29th to 31st | 7:30pm-9:00pm & June 1st | 2:00pm-3:30pm\nPresented by Surplus Production Unit\nIn 1911\, 146 people were killed in a fire at the factory of the Triangle Waist Company in New York. The highly contentious trial that followed  spurred the public to demand workplace safety reforms and became a touchstone for radical and progressive political movements. At the time\, people swore that the victims and the fire would never be forgotten. \nThree actors – from another country and century – are tasked with reading from the massive trial transcript as quickly as possible. Despite the  speed\, they must communicate the key points and central conflicts\, while giving insight into the 1911 events and their resonance with the world of today. Can they beat their best time? Can they surprise us? Can they help us remember? \nConceived by Alex McLean\nwith (alphabetically) Chun Shing Au\, Zach Faye\, Carmen Lee\, Kat McCormack\, Briony Merritt\, Lily Ross-Millard and Richie Wilcox \nStarring: Kat McCormack\, Briony Merritt and Richie Wilcox \nSet/prop design: Chun Shing Au\, Kai On Kerwin Lam and Carmen Lee\nDirection and Script (from verbatim sources): Alex McLean\nPreliminary Research: Myrto Koumarianos \n  \nSign language interpretation will be provided during the May 30th presentation. \n  \nPresented by \n        \n  \nWith support from \n      
URL:https://mayworkskjipuktukhfx.ca/event/a-timed-speed-read-of-the-triangle-shirtwaist-factory-fire-trial-transcript-with-additional-notes/
LOCATION:The Bus Stop Theatre Coop\, 2203 Gottingen St\, Halifax\, NS\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Theatre
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20190528T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20190528T210000
DTSTAMP:20260408T045430
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SUMMARY:Meso América Resiste!
DESCRIPTION:Presented by the Beehive Design Collective\nCome see a mural-sized pen and ink masterpiece that took over nine years to create!\nThe Beehive Design Collective works as word-to-image translators of complex global stories\, shared with us through conversations with affected communities. MesoAmérica Resiste covers resistance to large-scale infrastructure development throughout Southern Mexico and Central America\, touching on themes relevant to any community on the front lines of resistance to corporate globalization. \nThis interactive presentation will feature spoken word rhymes by MC Testament of Test Their Logik.
URL:https://mayworkskjipuktukhfx.ca/event/meso-america-resiste/
LOCATION:The Bus Stop Theatre Coop\, 2203 Gottingen St\, Halifax\, NS\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Spoken
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20190526T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20190526T213000
DTSTAMP:20260408T045430
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SUMMARY:Reel Justice
DESCRIPTION:Our short film program weaves through issues and narratives to present a cinematic collage you won’t find at the Cineplex. \nProgram:\nTotal run time: 90 mins | Followed by a brief Q&A \n \n\n\n\n\nApaja’simk – The Return | Trevor Gould (2018) 11 mins \nGlooscap’s messenger Marten is sent back to the land of the People to find them\, learn about them\, and to tell Glooscap if he is needed again. This Mi’kmaq language short film was produced through AFCOOP’s Language of Nova Scotia program.\n\n\n\nThe Gottingen Stigma | Ross Andersen & Silas Brown (2018) 10 mins \nThis short documentary examines the story of how the change of a street name divided the Halifax North End community.\n\n\n\nAlive Day | Paul Vienneau (2016) 3 mins \nOn the occasion of the 25th anniversary of an injury that took his leg\, first-time filmmaker and accessibility advocate Paul Vienneau reflects on how his injury changed his life and engages in a simple act of kindness to find ward off depression and isolation.\n\n\n\nBoat Harbour & the Mill | Mark Lang (2018) 6 mins \nAustralian songwriter & visual artist Mark Lang highlights the pollution resulting from the pulp mill at Boat Harbour as a case of environmental racism affecting the nearby Pictou Landing First Nation.\n\n\n\nWe Regret to Inform You… | Eva Colmers & Heidi Janz (2015) 11 mins \nIn a check-box society that functions by dividing us into neatly-defined categories\, where does someone with a strong mind and a weak body fit in? Dr. Heidi Janz – award-winning playwright\, accomplished academic\, and self-described ‘crip’ – has a curious problem. Despite her obvious physical limitations she is denied financial assistance from government programmes because of her “productive” mind. Following Heidi through her everyday life\, with all its unique responsibilities\, opportunities\, and challenges\, We Regret to Inform You… offers an unsentimental\, and unapologetic\, look at what it means to be both “disabled” and “productive”.\n\n\n\nMissing Women | Anna Quon (2016) 5 mins \nAnna Quon\, a mobility-impaired\, mixed-race Mad woman living in Dartmouth lifts her poem of the same name through a short animated film highlighting the missing and disappeared voices of women.\n\n\n\nMe Too: From Hashtags to Healing | Avalon Sexual Assault Centre (2018) 6 mins \nAvalon’s team of expert sexual assault trauma therapists explain the work of healing behind the hashtag.\n\n\n\nGrace | Taylor Olson (2018) 9 mins \nA young mother with weekend custody struggles with the ambiguity of her child’s safety. Her fear of harm to her daughter\, lack of power\, clarity and surety plague their weekend together.\n\n\n\nDuck Duck Goose | Shelley Thompson (2018) 7 mins \nWhen hiding for your life becomes a frightening game\, an elementary school teacher and children cope with the fear and guilt created by lockdown.\n(Winner – Best Short – Atlantic Film Festival FIN – 2018)\n\n\n\nL’acteur – Jana Doiron (2018) 6 mins \nAn actor loses grip with his own identity as he succumbs to an existential crisis in this francophone short produced through AFCOOP’s Languages of Nova Scotia program.\n\n\n\nThug | Daniel Boos (2017) – 15 mins \nDesperate to land a role\, an aspiring actor takes extreme measures\, risking a close relationship and inciting dramatic repercussions. Thug is a realist fiction film developed by Daniel Boos in collaboration with Simon Mutuyimana\, Emmanuel John\, and Joshua Schlaganweit. The film portrays the cast’s real life struggle to participate in the film industry stereotypes that affect their experience off screen.\n(Winner – Best Short – Atlantic Film Festival FIN – 2017)\n\n\n\n  \nPresented with support from \n          \n  \n 
URL:https://mayworkskjipuktukhfx.ca/event/reel-justice-4/
LOCATION:The Bus Stop Theatre Coop\, 2203 Gottingen St\, Halifax\, NS\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Film
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20190525T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20190525T180000
DTSTAMP:20260408T045430
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SUMMARY:Rope Making
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Xiaocheng Li & Leesa Hamilton\nTextile 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 turn waste into something beautiful and functional. \nAll of the rope we make will be installed in the Bus Stop Theatre until the end of the Festival and then auctioned off. \nPresented in partnership with
URL:https://mayworkskjipuktukhfx.ca/event/rope-making/
CATEGORIES:Visual Arts
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190523
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190526
DTSTAMP:20260408T045430
CREATED:20190409T032758Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190415T133417Z
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SUMMARY:Mi'kma'ki 2030: Hope and Fire
DESCRIPTION:May 23rd to 25th | 8:00pm-9:00pm\nWhat are the possibilities for Mi’kma’ki? \nIn this dynamic\, multi-disciplinary installation-performance\, indigenous and black artists dream\, hope and create a different way forward for this land. The artists individually and collectively articulate their visions through a provocative sharing of film\, visual art\, music\, word and dance. Hope and Fire invites people of all ages to immerse themselves in the most pressing questions facing our collective existence on this land. \nThe Mi’kma’ki 2030 Collective:\nSarah Brooks is a Textile Artist and Craftsperson. Born and raised in Nova Scotia\, Sarah is inspired by natural elements deriving from the landscapes that surround her within Mi’kma’ki. Always working with her hands\, Sarah chooses to work creatively in as many tactile building ways as possible and is constantly looking at and exploring different avenues through materials\, mediums and methods\, using fabrics\, colours and textures\, weaving\, sewing\, dyeing and screenprint. Sarah continues to build upon her skills and methods and concept ideologies through her studies at NSCAD University\, majoring in the Textiles field with a Minor in Art History and deep interest in Indigenous Studies. \nCatherine Martin is a Mi’kmaq person of the Millbrook community in Truro\, Nova Scotia.  Catherine’s professional and academic interests have been influenced and driven by her passion for the lives and stories of Aboriginal women. As an independent filmmaker\, director\, and writer\, Catherine’s repertoire of work includes the animation film Little Boy Who Lived with Muini’skw (2004)\, and Spirit Wind (2000). In 2006\, Catherine added the NFB online documentary Bringing Annie Mae Home to her accomplishments. Fittingly\, Catherine’s contributions to film\, television\, and digital media in Atlantic Canada were recognized in March 2015 with a WAVE Award from Women in Film and Television Atlantic. Catherine has acted as the past Chairperson of the Board of Directors for Aboriginal Peoples Television Network\, and as the past Chair of the Society for Canadian Artists of Native Ancestry. \nCynthia Martin’s ultimate desire is to celebrate the beauty of nature\, believing it is a gift of peace\, joy and healing from the Spirit of Grace\, Glory and Renewal. She is inspired by the indigenous beauty of Nova Scotia and hopes to reflect it in her work as a Mi’kmaq textile and ceramic artist. Cynthia is a member of the Mi’kmaq First Nation of Millbrook. She has a BFA from NSCAD\, and is currently enrolled in their Visual Arts Certificate Program. \nBria C. Miller was born in Yarmouth\, Nova Scotia. Bria is a Queer\, Black\, Indigenous mixed media visual artist\, arts educator\, musician\, graphic and community facilitator. She participated in Bridging Bus\, connecting with the Washington\, DC chapter of Black Lives Matter and Black Youth Project in 2016. In April of 2018\, she participated in Emergent Strategy Immersion training with Adrienne Maree Brown\, a Black femme author and social justice facilitator in Detroit. These international relationships continue to strengthen and build Bria’s capacity to organize\, which in turn allow her to improve how she offers various art programs or events in Halifax. Through her dedication to building equity and relationships in community\, she is working to create spaces where racialized and LGBTQIAP+ artists can be centered. \nTayla Fern Paul is a Mi’kmaq artist\, activist and metal fabricator currently living in Eskasoni\, Unama’ki. A member of Pictou Landing First Nation\, she grew up in Kjipuktuk (Halifax). She has a painting at the Dalhousie Weldon Law building\, a relief clay tile currently on display at the Museum of Natural History\, is currently finishing a steel and copper tree sculpture for Eel River Bar First Nation\, and is teaching art on reserves in Cape Breton. Born in Kjipuktuk and raised in Wolfville\, Tayla returned to Kjipuktuk after traveling as a youth to remain on homeland. Tayla has also done public speaking on issues of social and environmental justice. She has four children\, and is the daughter of artist Leonard Paul. \nLiliona Quarmyne is a dancer\, actor\, singer\, community organizer\, and activist committed to progressive social change. Her eclectic background and experiences have taken her through many performance styles on four different continents. She choreographs and dances across Canada and internationally\, creates and performs original works as an independent artist\, facilitates community programming\, is the Artistic Director of Kinetic Studio\, and works as the Community Catalyst at Mocean Dance. Liliona sees her body as a link to past and to future generations. Her scope of work is broad\, but is particularly focused on the relationship between art and social justice\, on the body’s ability to carry ancestral memory\, and on the role the performing arts can play in creating change. \n  \n Sign language interpretation will be provided during the May 24th presentation.
URL:https://mayworkskjipuktukhfx.ca/event/hope-and-fire/
LOCATION:The Bus Stop Theatre Coop\, 2203 Gottingen St\, Halifax\, NS\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Theatre
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20190522T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20190522T210000
DTSTAMP:20260408T045430
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SUMMARY:Black Feminism: Sistas of the Struggle
DESCRIPTION:We marched\, sang\, protested and supported the feminist movement\, we fought for maternity leave\, employment equity\, flex time\, and society stands on our shoulders. \nA panel discussion examining the story of Black women who have led movements for social change during the 70’s\, 80’s and 90’s.\nAlthough Black women have played an important role – both behind the scenes and on the frontlines – in struggles for equality\, women’s rights and social justice\, they are generally excluded from historical narratives of the feminist movement. It is time their stories were told and their contributions to social justice acknowledged and recognized. \nPanelists:\nDelvina Bernard\, Lynn Jones\, Dolly Williams and Carolann Wright-Parks \nPanel Moderator:  El Jones \nWith opening poetry by:\nDr Afua Cooper and Martha Mutale. \n“When we speak of feminism there almost always is the tendency to assume that this is something that was created by white women.” Author and Feminist Civil Rights Leader\, Angela Davis \n \n  \nBiographies:\n\n\n\n\nDelvina Bernard is an educator\, songwriter and human rights advocate. For twenty years she led the nationally acclaimed female acapella quartet Four the Moment gaining international recognition for her award winning compositions themed around gender justice\, anti-racism\, and wider social justice issues. A founding member of the Black Arts Network (BANNS) and African Nova Scotia Music Association (ANSMA) Bernard has shared the stage with artistic giants such as Maya Angelou\, Pete Seeger\, Buffy Saint Marie and Oscar Peterson. As principal founder of the Africentric Learning Institute of Nova Scotia (ALI)\, Bernard has been at the forefront of the Canadian Afrocentric education movement.\n\n\n\nDr Lynn Jones is a a community and labour activist from Truro\, Nova Scotia. From the time she was a child\, she struggled against racism\, sexism and discrimination. Jones became a strong labour activist with the Public Service Alliance of Canada\, and then became the first person of colour to be elected Vice President of the Canadian Labour Congress. She has been active in the movement against environmental racism and helped craft the first environmental racism bill in Canada. She presently chairs The Global Afrikan Congress-Nova Scotia Chapter\, a global organization who seeks reparations for the atrocities of the trans -Atlantic slave trade.\n\n\n\nDolly Williams is from the community of East Preston\, Nova Scotia\, Canada. She has served on numerous boards and committees\, including the Congress of Black Women Preston and Area Chapter\, East Preston Ratepayers\, the Halifax Senior Council\, the National Action Coalition of Canadian Women\, the Black Cultural Society of Nova Scotia\, the Black Educators Association and Southeastern Capital Health Board\, among many others. She currently sits on the Nova Scotia Community Links Board\, is Chairperson of the Preston & Area Housing Fund Board\, and a member of the Women Inter-Church Council of Halifax. In 2007\, she published the book Black Women Who Made a Difference in Nova Scotia for the Congress of Black Women of Canada.\n\n\n\nCarolann Wright-Parks was born and raised in Beechville\, Nova Scotia. She has 30 years of experience in community development in Toronto\, South Africa and Halifax. While working with communities in Toronto\, she ran for Mayor in 1988 as the first (and still only) Black woman to run for Mayor of Toronto coming second against the incumbent. In 1994\, Wright-Parks returned to Halifax and is now the Director of Community Economic Development and Strategic Engagement at the Greater Halifax Partnership. With a specific mandate to assist\, support and enhance African Nova Scotian communities\, Carolann brings lifelong passion and experience for community development to her work.\n\n\n\nEl Jones is a poet\, educator\, journalist and advocate. She grew up in Winnipeg before moving to Halifax where she studied English at Dalhousie University. She was the fifth Poet Laureate of Halifax from 2013 to 2015\, and currently holds the 15th Nancy’s Chair in Women’s Studies at Mount Saint Vincent University. El is a co-founder of the Black Power Hour\, a radio show developed collectively with prisoners.\n\n\n\nDr Afua Cooper is Halifax’s current Poet Laureate. She has published five books of poetry\, including the critically acclaimed Copper Woman and Other Poems\, and two historical novels. Her creative work has been recognized with national and international awards. In 2018\, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau recognized Dr. Cooper as one of the women who are changing Canadian society for the better. Cooper is also the 3rd James Robinson Johnston Chair in Black Canadian studies at Dalhousie University. An academic leader\, she is the founder of the Black Canadian Studies Association\, and also created the Black and African Diaspora Studies Minor at Dalhousie\, making it the first of its kind in a Canadian institution of higher learning.\n\n\n\nMartha Mutale is a Zambian-born poet\, organizer\, and advocate. Martha was a 4th Wall participant for the Michaëlle Jean Foundation\, where she submitted a poem called No Justice No Peace which talks about the global issues surrounding Black and Brown bodies. She has been performing poetry for several years\, she took part in the Canadian Festival of Spoken Word in 2016\, as well as the Canadian Individual Poetry Slam in Vancouver in 2017. She co-founded a non-profit called Poets 4 Progress which was active for two years and now spend her time working as a Program Coordinator for a Parent Resource Centre. She believes in collaboration\, building relationships\, and finding ways to better herself.\n\n\n\n  \nPresented by
URL:https://mayworkskjipuktukhfx.ca/event/black-feminism-sistas-of-the-struggle/
LOCATION:The Bus Stop Theatre Coop\, 2203 Gottingen St\, Halifax\, NS\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Spoken
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190520
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190522
DTSTAMP:20260408T045430
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SUMMARY:Remembering the Winnipeg General
DESCRIPTION:May 20th & 21st | 7:30pm-9:00pm\nDaPoPo Theatre presents a staged reading of a new play by Thomas McKechnie.\n“So what do we do in divided\, fearful times? What do we do with the howling\, hopeless\, yellow tinged guts in our frail little bodies?” \nWinnipeg\, 1919. Massive unemployment and inflation. In the wake of the Russian Revolution\, workers\, many of them newcomers to Canada\, unite and effectively shut down the city. Thousands of women act as strikers and strike-breakers. The Citizens’ Committee\, representing the city’s ruling class\, along with the police\, respond with force. \nToronto-based theatre artist Thomas McKechnie\, known to Halifax audiences from A Wake For Lost Time and 4 1⁄2 (ig)noble truths\, asks us to remember Canada’s landmark strike and consider the price of state-sanctioned violence and systemic oppression. \nHalifax actors Madeleine Tench and Kristi Anderson lend voices to the over 40 characters in a staged reading of this rousing new play directed by GaRRy Williams and Keelin Jack. \n  \n Sign language interpretation will be provided during the May 21st presentation.
URL:https://mayworkskjipuktukhfx.ca/event/remembering-the-winnipeg-general/
LOCATION:The Bus Stop Theatre Coop\, 2203 Gottingen St\, Halifax\, NS\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Theatre
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20190518T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20190518T150000
DTSTAMP:20260408T045431
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SUMMARY:the effects were cumulative and i almost didn’t notice
DESCRIPTION:By the year 2100\, port cities should prepare for a 250 centimetre rise in sea levels*\nWhere 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\, and the tendency of it all to add up can catch us by surprise. What do we tend to? What do we neglect? Tides slowly rise within us\, the world changes around us\, and we forget what a tiny pinprick of perspective we see it all from. How soon we are engulfed. How unwittingly we build our own prisons. \nFor 250 minutes\, performer/creator Colleen MacIsaac constructs an examination of how easily we can paint ourselves into a corner\, get in over our heads\, alter our circumstances until they are no longer safe for us. A durational exploration of what a long time it can take to arrive at what seems preventable in action yet feels inevitable upon arrival. \n  \n*The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration\, 2017 report.
URL:https://mayworkskjipuktukhfx.ca/event/the-effects-were-cumulative-and-i-almost-didnt-notice/
CATEGORIES:Visual Arts
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20190515T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20190515T203000
DTSTAMP:20260408T045431
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SUMMARY:Graphic History Collective: Drawn to Strike
DESCRIPTION:The Graphic History Collective presents two new book published by Between the Lines:\n  \n1919: A Graphic History of the Winnipeg General Strike commemorates one of the most important moments in Canadian history. \nDirect Action Gets the Goods: A Graphic History of the Strike in Canada chronicles the history of the strike as a powerful tool that has and continues to propel progressive changes in our workplaces and society at large. \nGHC contributors Robin Folvik and Orion Keresztesi will be in attendance presenting the books and Bookmark will be selling copies on site! \n \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://mayworkskjipuktukhfx.ca/event/graphic-history-collective-drawn-to-strike/
CATEGORIES:Literature
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20190511T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20190511T180000
DTSTAMP:20260408T045431
CREATED:20190409T032459Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190416T005019Z
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SUMMARY:The Big Picture: Working Conditions of Independent Animators
DESCRIPTION:What is it like to be an independent animator? What challenges do independent Animators face finding funding for their work\, conveying their visions to producers\, and scrounging for the vast amount of time needed to make films frame by frame? What supports are available from arts organizations? And how can we put our heads together to improve living and working conditions for these independent artists? \nThis panel features special guests Michael Fukushima (Executive Producer of the National Film Board’s English Animation Studio)\, laura jeanne lefave (Program Officer at the Canada Council for the Arts)\, and award-winning independent animators Steve Woloshen and Sam Decoste. \nIt is for aspiring independent animators\, commercial animators who want to know how the other half lives\, and members of the public who would like to see behind the curtain on the process that has brought us some of the greatest Canadian films ever made. \nBiographies:\nSam Decoste is an independent animator\, curator\, and educator who believes in the power of stories. Decoste directed and animated the documentary short Mary & Myself (National Film Board prod. Annette Clarke 2013)\, which was nominated for a 2014 Best Short Documentary Canadian Screen Award and won the Shelagh MacKenzie Award for Excellence in Filmmaking from the Nova Scotia Talent Trust. Their installation\, Cahun: Framed (2015)\, was featured at the Animation Festival of Halifax last year. This year Decoste is the curator and mentor of the four- person installation project entitled Under the Rug. \nMichael Fukushima is the head of the National Film Board of Canada’s world-renowned Animation Studio\, in Montreal. He has been making films since 1984\, which is a lot of water under the bridge. Fukushima joined the NFB Animation Studio in 1990 as a filmmaker\, then became a studio producer\, and is now executive producer and studio head\, with a lot of films (and some awards) under his belt. He now mostly produces the producers and offers up sagacity and wise-cracking bon mots. \nlaura jeanne lefave is Program Officer for the Explore and Create program of the Canada Council for the Arts. The Canada Council is the national funder for the arts which supports individual artists and arts organizations through grants\, services\, prizes\, and payments. Lefave is herself a dedicated champion of the arts who assists artists\, curators\, and organizations with specific advice through information sessions and grant-writing workshops across the country and by responding to individual questions. \nSteven Woloshen has created over 50 abstract films and time-based installations for festivals\, galleries and museums. His accolades include the 2016 René Jodoin and 2015 Wiesbaden  Lifetime Achievement Awards and two Governor General’s award nominations. Woloshen is a teacher\, film conservationist\, animator\, craftsman and the author of Recipes for Reconstruction: The Cookbook for the Frugal Filmmaker (2010)\, a hands-on manual for handmade\, analogue film techniques\, and Scratch\, Crackle & Pop! A Whole Grains Approach to Making Films without a Camera (2015). As Scratchatopia\, Woloshen has hosted solo retrospectives and workshops in Europe\, North America and Northern Africa. \n\nUnder the Rug: The Invisibility of Art Labour\nUnder the Rug is an animation exhibition that reflects on the often laborious process of creating art\, and the disconnect between art’s consumption and creation. \nThe show features the work of performance and multimedia artist Annie Onyi Cheung\, visual artist Angela Henderson\, film and theatre artist Tara Taylor and interdisciplinary artist Tom Elliott. Each artist has created an animated response to the theme through the lens of their respective practice. \nTheir individual installations can be seen throughout the festival grounds: in the board room\, the hallway\, the coat room and the screening room\, making the exhibition a part of instead of an addition to the festival. \nDedicated viewing times: Launch 5pm-6:30 Thursday May 9\, & Installations Cocktail Social 5pm-7 Friday May 10\n  \nPresented in partnership with
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CATEGORIES:Spoken
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