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NOW HEAR THIS: Reeny Smith brings family Christmas show to St. Matt's, Marigold
One of the most powerful and moving musical events of 2018 came towards the end of the year, at the Christmas concert put together by North Preston’s multi-talented Reeny Smith with many members of her extended family taking the stage of the ...
Spotify reveals 2019’s most-streamed tracks in Nova Scotia
Global music streaming giant Spotify has crunched its 2019 numbers and determined that Nova Scotians can’t get enough of tattooed rapper Post Malone. The results come as the audio streaming service announces the conclusion of its ...
Pushing for inclusion on stage and on screen
Acting as the official ambassador for 2020’s combined National AccessAbility Week and the Bluenose Ability Arts & Film Festival, running May 31 to June 6 in Halifax and Dartmouth, is not a role April Hubbard takes lightly. As a person ...
Holly Cole comes home for the holidays
Holly Cole is truly home for the holidays in December, not just to perform Christmas chestnuts with her band at Casino Nova Scotia’s Schooner Showroom on Wednesday at 8 p.m., but also to check in on her summer retreat outside of Chester. The ...
The scoop on how to shovel snow safely
Even though our calendars have just flipped over to December, the surprise wintry blast that shut down streets last Thursday and the weather warnings forecast for the upcoming week mean many Nova Scotians will be wielding snow shovels sooner than ...
Holiday musical Peter Pan lifts off at Neptune
With the family favourite Peter Pan, there are certain things audiences come to expect. And nobody realizes this better than Neptune Theatre’s artistic director Jeremy Webb, writer and director of the musical comedy version of the J.M. ...
Kick off the holiday season with the Parade of Lights in Halifax on Saturday
Safety top priority at the Saturday night event ...
Harry Potter and Symphony Nova Scotia make beautiful, magical music together Nov. 15
John Jesensky will never forget his first symphony concert; an event at the famed Tanglewood Festival in Massachusetts’ Berkshire Hills, featuring the great film music composer John Williams. Decades later, the Connecticut-raised musician ...
Walrus migrates home for Halifax Pop Explosion
Usually at Halifax Pop Explosion it’s the out-of-town headliners that are the big draw, and this year’s lineup has some doozies from the experimental pop sound of Oregon’s Japanese Breakfast at the Marquee Ballroom on Thursday to ...