PSA: Bus Stop Theatre call to action: Letters of support needed!
PSA: Please support the crucial work done by the Bus Stop Theatre, one of the busiest cultural venues in the province. It would be so devastating to lose it!
Arts
Kinda hate, a poem by Angela Bowden
Kinda hate, a poem by activist and spoken word artist Angela (Angee) Bowden.
Book review: R is for reparations – Young activists speaking their truth
A powerful little book, written in a day by some 30 children from in and around Halifax, speaks to to the enduring legacy of slavery in Canada and the need for all of us to engage in a serious conversation about reparations.
Megaphones in a parade, a poem by Chad Norman
In 2018 white supremacists joined the Apple Blossom parade in Kentville to spread their hateful anti-immigration message. Chad Norman wrote this poem in response.
PSA: Halifax Poet Laureate Afua Cooper in conversation with Sue Goyette, Thursday January 24
PSA: Halifax Poet Laureate Afua Cooper in conversation with Sue Goyette, Thursday January 24 , 6:30 PM, Halifax Central Library
PSA: Guyleigh Johnson Official Book Launch, January 5
PSA: Join local author Guyleigh Johnson in celebrating her second collection, titled Afraid of the Dark, on Jan. .
Reading the Thing to my son, age nine – A poem by Phillip Crymble
A poem by Phillip Crymble, about the Thing. This is the last of nine poems we published during latter part of 2018, after issuing a formal call for poems in May. We’ll do it again in 2019.
November 11, a poem by Annick MacAskill
Our featured poet this month is Annick MacAskill, an amazing poet. Her poem November 11 is one of nine poems selected as a result of a call for poems we issued in May. I love how this poem ends, so fiery and colourful. I am also featuring a monoprint by Nova Scotia printmaker / artist Bonnie Baker. I thought Bonnie’s piece goes well with the poem.
PSA: Halifax Black Film Festival – Call for applications!
PSA: The Fondation Fabienne Colas Foundation is launching a call for applications for its program “Youth and Diversity”, in collaboration with the Halifax Black Film Festival – HBFF !
Weekend video: Kent Monkman’s ’Miss Chief’s Wet Dream’ finds a home in Halifax
Just last week it was announced that the AGNS acquired kent Monkman’s large painting, Miss Chief’s Wet Dream, featuring Jesus Christ, Queen Victoria, Marie Antoinette, as well as Miss Chief Testickle, Monkman’s gender-fluid alter ego. This weekend’s video celebrates that acquisition, and I also use it to plug the wonderful Monkman exhibition up now, and running til mid-December, and especially also a collective viewing this Thursday evening organized by MLA Lisa Roberts. Thursday nights are free at the AGNS.