A man snaps a picture of the art on the side of the Pavilion all-ages club this week.
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Wading in for the picture
Published April 5, 2012 Cogswell Street , Culture , Halifax , Robie Street Leave a CommentTags: Halifax, Halifax-Commons, Pavilion
Poet’s new collection playful look at ‘human hurt’
Published October 13, 2009 Agricola Street , Culture , Halifax Leave a CommentTags: books, literature, poetry
HALIFAX — Poet and neighbourhood resident John Wall Barger launches his collection Pain-proof Men this week.
From the book jacket: “The title is a literal translation of the Arabic word fakir, which refers to both a Sufi holy man who performs feats of endurance or magic, and a common street beggar who chants the scriptures. In the world of carnivals, a fakir or torture king would go to great lengths to demonstrate his immunity to pain – by, for example, lying on a bed of spikes and then asking an audience member to break a concrete block on his chest with a sledgehammer. The voice that emerges in Pain-proof Men is that of a derelict who sings the names of God during the day, and moonlights at a circus as a human pincushion at night …”
More info on Barger can be found at the Writers’ Federation of Nova Scotia. You can order his book from Palimpsest Press.
Go North! rolls out Saturday
Published September 11, 2009 Almon Street , Culture , Gottingen Street , Halifax Leave a CommentTags: art, Halifax, maps
Detail from 2009 Go North! Studio and Gallery Tour map. The full map is available at www.gonorthhalifax.com. Above republished with permission.
Every possible play on the word ‘north’ is used to make the legend on this map useful: Olde North, Northbound, Central North, North of North, Far North. Cranky Alfred Hitchcock fans could argue for a North by Northwest category, but that would probably just encompass Canada Post’s Almon Street parking lot.
The existing five geographical districts do the job just fine.
Pick up your own copy of the map between 12 and 6 p.m. tomorrow at the BusStop Theatre, at 2203 Gottingen Street. The full schedule for the day contains information about several hands-on workshops, guided tours and live performances. All stops on the tour are free.
Two of the five Go North! tours available.
Halifax Art Map
Published August 24, 2009 Culture , Halifax Leave a CommentTags: art, Halifax, maps
North End detail from Halifax Art Map, republished with permission of www.halifaxartmap.com.
LEGEND
Artists
(6) Mary Ann Archibald, painter (7) Laurie Mireau, painter (8) turnstile pottery, clay/potter (9) Paul Hannon, painter (10) Lynda Shalagan, painter (11) Taiya Barss, painter (12) Suzanne Gauthier, painter (13) Philip Doucette, glass (14) Susan Tooke, painter (15) Damian Lidgard, photographer (16) Margot Metcalfe, photography (17) Susan Hubley, painter.
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(59) Secord Gallery (74) Norman Flynn Design (77) Hen House (78) Bogside Gallery (79) Hydrostone Gallery (80) etc press (81) Outside the Lines (87) Maritime Command Museum (90) 4Cs Foundation (91) Eye Level Gallery (97) FRED.
