7:00 pm – 8:30 pm Bread & Roses: Can You See Us? May 1 | 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm Bread & Roses: Can You See Us? English & French bilingual performance | Performance bilingue anglais-français >>Register Here for FREE Childcare ASL interpretation will be available “Bread and Roses: Can you see us?” is an original performance created by visual artist and labour organizer Tricia Robinson Illustration (she/her) and poet and social justice activist Laura Doyle Péan (they/them). This collaborative performance tackles … Continued PWYC
5:00 pm – 7:00 pm Portrait of the Artist as an Essential Worker May 3 | 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm Portrait of the Artist as an Essential Worker Work by Sarah Mosher and Hannah Genosko In collaboration, Mosher and Genosko use printmaking and textile processes to illustrate their experiences as essential workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. They are both professional artists who were employed in ‘casual’ day jobs in sectors that were labeled essential and became full-time during the COVID-19 pandemic: the Nova … Continued Free
1:00 pm – 2:30 pm Recurring Working Class Heritage Tour: By Choice Or By Force May 4 | 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm Recurring Working Class Heritage Tour: By Choice Or By Force 3rd edition tour with a new itinerary! The 2024 Working Class Heritage Tour will focus on the story of immigrants and migrants to Halifax, both those who came by choice, force or a lack of other options. It will shed light on how these people shaped the physical landscape of the city, the lives of … Continued PWYC
9:00 pm – 11:30 pm Hip Hop: The Next Gen May 4 | 9:00 pm – 11:30 pm Hip Hop: The Next Gen Calling all rap lovers old school and new! Next Gen is about renewing Hip Hop's legacy by respecting the past and making space for the future. Can legacies evolve? Are legacies shared? Can you bop to boom bap and trap back to back? Join us on May 4th at the Seahorse to find out. Presented … Continued $10
1:00 pm – 4:00 pm Resting Space May 5 | 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm Resting Space A Workshop by Becoming Old Growth What is your relationship with rest? Our personal experiences with burnout led us to global rest movements and the anti-capitalist rest manifesto of “Nap Bishop” Tricia Hersey. What changes when we recognize exhaustion as a collective issue rather than a personal one? In this three-hour workshop, we invite participants … Continued Free
