Self love, a poem by Martha Mutale
When hurt people show up in your safe spaces
Remember who you are
Take a moment and hold yourself
From Self Love, a poem by Martha Mutale
Arts
Halifax Independent Filmmakers Festival offers great movies from Atlantic Canada and beyond, and this year it’s free!
Taking place from November 12-15, the lineup of the Halifax Independent Filmmakers Festival includes 11 feature films and three sets of shorts. The program looks great, and all the movies are free free.. Stephen Wentzell reports.
Review: The True Cost of Coal, a beautiful little book for kids of all ages
Book review; The True Cost of Coal is a beautiful little book that helps children of all ages explore the devastation of the Appalachian landscape by exploitative coal mining practices.
An open letter about the state of NSCAD, from a concerned Alumnus
There is something rotten in the state of NSCAD, and the rot is centered at the top. It is a Necrotizing fasciitis that takes root and grows in the dark, and the time has come to shine some sunlight upon the problem.
PSA: On the wings of a butterfly: Discussing the work of Mike MacDonald, wild pollinators, ecology and art
Join MSVU Art Gallery Director, Laura Ritchie, in conversation with Lindsay Dobbin, Frances Dorsey, Robin Metcalfe, Lisa Myers, and Michelle Sylliboy about the work of late Mi’kmaq artist Mike MacDonald (1941-2006). A Queer media artist, MacDonald is remembered in part for his environmental work planting pollinator gardens across Canada.
PSA: Labour Day 2020 in Halifax: Aquakultre, Deirdre Lee, Beehive Collective and Zuppa Theatre Co
Wonderful program presented by the Halifax-Dartmouth and District Labour Board.
My bully wears blue – part 2, a poem by Angela Bowden
And each child we birth
We are begging in hope
To stop killing us
Take our heads out your scope
And your head
out your asses
Cause your killing without care, without consequence
In masses
The place to draw the line is here – On NSCAD and the real threat to universities
Charles Reeve and Samir Gandesha: “While we hear much lately about the interlocking dangers of “cancel culture” versus “free speech,” NSCAD’s example shows that the real threat to universities is corporatization, as long-term decreases in public funding destabilize faculty and students by driving universities into the arms of donors with self-serving agendas.”
Further observations of a furious blend, a poem by Chad Norman
Another great poem by Chad Norman:
I am sure you have seen him there.
Seemingly so confident, unalone
and unafraid, the gigantic gun
falling over him like a fashion
chosen by those brothers, everything
to do with a white Romerica.
“We’re in a profound crisis of governance” – NSCAD students and activists respond to Board of Governors statement
Fighting systemic racism takes more than words, and the board’s statement only illustrates the extent to which it is disconnected from realities on the ground, say critics of the NSCAD Board of Governors, which stays put despite losing the confidence of most of those it aims to govern.