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SUMMARY:StART Fest 2025
DESCRIPTION:We’re back for another showcase of our StART Mentorship Program! This year\, we’ve had 12 participants work with professional mentors in their respective disciplines to create new works and level up their skills\, showcasing them from 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm on August 8th! \nFeaturing Music performances by O’sound\, Quoia States\, QStatess\, Dxrien\, Yohvn Blvck\, & Kxng Wooz \nSpoken Word and Acting performances by Andre Fenton\, Damini Awoyiga\, Drue Robyn \nDance Performances by Natorious\, HiFi\, Tempo\, DBlais\, & Mayday \n& Tech by Myles Bradley and Cyrus Barton \nFree admission (donations welcome!) \nDoors will be open at 5:30 pm for artists looking to network in the community\, show starts at 6:30 pm! \nSeats are limited\, so please register through this link to reserve your spot! \nhttps://forms.gle/2GxBSQs2nkaBNNoS8 \nHere’s the link For the Workshops:  https://forms.gle/q8CyTx7b6eB6TJDQ7 \nWe’ll be hosting a round of free workshops for artists in the community \n\nSustainability in the arts: Owen ‘O’Sound’ Lee\, Jordan ‘Tempo’ Farmer\n12:00 pm – 1:00 pm\n \nIn this workshop O’Sound and Tempo will talk about navigating the landscape of a professional full time musician\, how to find gigs and advocate for yourself. Tips on transitioning from emerging to established artist\, budgeting templates\, finding funding opportunities\, training out of province to establish yourself back home\, and give insight into what next steps you should take as an artist!\n \nProfessional Artist Checklist: Justin David\, Jordan (Tempo) Farmer\, Andre Fenton\, Amelia George\n1:00 pm – 2:00 pm\n \nIn this workshop a panel of creatives who work full time in the arts and performance spaces will give you a full checklist on everything you need to be confident as a professional artist. Do’s and Dont’s when working with other industry professionals and etiquette to ensure callbacks and longevity within your career.\n\nGrant Writing 101:  Various Facilitators\n2:00 pm – 3:00 pm\n\nIn Grant Writing 101 we will analyze how to find grants for your projects\, how to know if your project is eligible\, the application process\, and take a deep dive into Schedules of Work\, Budgets\, and Support Material Annotations\, focusing on hitting all the marks the assessment committee is looking for!\n\n\nGreat for first time applicants\, or those who feel overwhelmed about cracking into the grant-writing process.\n\n\n\nCreative Writing Workshop: Andre Fenton  \n\n3:00 pm – 4:00 pm\n\nIn this versatile writing workshop with Andre Fenton we will look at poetry through a perspective of handling your audience with care. We will focus on building resilience in our stories\, and digging deep into self-reflection. With warm up writing exercises and activities we will explore different aspects of spoken word. Participants will leave with tips and tricks to overcome writer’s block\, learning how to outline a piece from beginning to end\, and with a few new poems along the way. This will be a place for folks to share their progress and work in a supportive\, welcoming environment. This workshop is for both experienced\, and new poets!\n\n\nRegistration to attend the workshops are free\, however we will be accepting donations to help fund future BSTC programming.
URL:https://busstoptheatre.coop/event/start-fest-2025/
LOCATION:The Bus Stop Theatre\, 2203 Gottingen Street\, Halifax\, Nova Scotia\, B3K3B5\, Canada
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SUMMARY:StART Festival Artist Showcase & Workshops
DESCRIPTION:Join us again this year for another StART Festival Showcase! This year we’ve had 12 artists work with professional mentors in their respective disciplines to create new works to showcase from 6:30pm – 9 pm on August 16th! Sign up link here. \n  \nWorkshops\, all day Saturday\, August 17th! More to come! 👀 \nHow I got my StART – Owen ‘O’Sound’ Lee\n12:00 pm – 1:30 pm \nGrant Writing 101: Meg Hubley \n1:45 pm – 3:15 pm \nStay tuned for more workshops being announced! Sign up link here🔗 \nRegistration to attend the workshops are free\, however we will be accepting donations to help fund future BSTC programming!
URL:https://busstoptheatre.coop/event/ftart-festival-artist-showcase-workshops/
LOCATION:The Bus Stop Theatre\, 2203 Gottingen Street\, Halifax\, Nova Scotia\, B3K3B5\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Dance Showcase and Unity Qualifier Dance Battle
DESCRIPTION:The Bus Stop Theatre’s in-house program StART is partnering with Unity Charity and the Atlantic Breaking Alliance to present our June 9th Dance Showcase and Unity Qualifier Dance Battle! \nThe event will feature breakers from our 2024 mentorship training with Switch B and Montuu in addition to a 1v1 Breaking battle and 1v1 Open Styles battle. $200 prize money for each category! \nWinners receive top 8 placement at the Halifax Mural Fest competition\, hosted by Unity Charity July 13th and the opportunity to perform at StART Fest on August 16th! \nThank you to our sponsors Canada Council for the Arts\, Arts Nova Scotia and Support4Culture!
URL:https://busstoptheatre.coop/event/dance-showcase-and-unity-qualifier-dance-battle/
LOCATION:The Bus Stop Theatre\, 2203 Gottingen Street\, Halifax\, Nova Scotia\, B3K3B5\, Canada
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SUMMARY:StART Festival
DESCRIPTION:After an extended period of mentorship and collaboration\, catch multidisciplinary art showcases on August 11th and 12th at The Bus Stop Theatre Co-op!\nConcert: Friday August 11th\, 6:30 pm – 10 pm\nMultidisciplinary Showcase: Saturday August 12th\, 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm \nRegistration to attend the event is free\, however we will be accepting donations to help fund future BSTC programming. \nRSVP HERE for tickets!
URL:https://busstoptheatre.coop/event/start-festival-2/2023-08-11/
LOCATION:The Bus Stop Theatre\, 2203 Gottingen Street\, Halifax\, Nova Scotia\, B3K3B5\, Canada
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SUMMARY:StArt Festival Workshops
DESCRIPTION:StART Workshops\, June 12th 2022\, 12pm-5pm \nEvent and Stage Lighting\, 12 pm – 3 pm:  \nAn introduction to the basics of stage lighting for theatre and live events.  Learn how to light your events and communicate ideas with your designers/technicians.  See how light can be used to transform a space\, set the mood\, or help tell your story! This workshop will be instructed by The Bus Stop Theatre’s very own Technical Director Matt Downey and Assistant Technical Director Amelia George! \nMatt Downey is the Technical Director of The Bus Stop Theatre Co-op. Originally from St John’s Newfoundland\, they have been working for The Bus Stop in multiple capacities for 10 years. Outside (and inside) the Bus Stop they are a lighting and set designer and queer theatre and circus artist\, working with companies such as The Villians Theatre\, Xara Choral Theatre\, Halifax Pride\, Workshirt Operahouse\, Halifax Fringe\, Halifax Summer Opera and Mayworks. \nAmelia graduated from Acadia University’s Theatre Production program in 2019 with a concentration in projection/video design. That being said\, she can often be found doing a little bit of everything from lighting\, to set and prop construction\, costumes\, stage management\, painting\, and whatever needs doing in-between. \nBreaking Barriers\, 3 pm – 4 pm:  \nBayan (Bay) Younis (she/her) is an immigrant of colour living in Kjiputkuk\, Mi’kma’ki. Breakdancing for the last 6 years\, Bayan leads the Breaking Barriers sessions\, a safe space for the underrepresented community to learn how to breakdance. Bayan takes an informed teaching approach\, acknowledging the roots breaking has within black culture. Ensuring everyone feels included\, seen\, and welcomed. \nThis beginner level workshop will cover history\, foundation\, style and primary elements of breaking. \nSongwriting with MAJE\, 4 pm – 5 pm:  \nMAJE is a hip hop artist/entrepreneur from East Preston. In 2015 he was the winner of the Viola Desmond Songwriting competition $10\,000 prize. He followed that up with numerous nominations from Music Nova Awards\, ECMAs and The Best In Halifax (The Coast) as well as his award winning Short Film “Outhome”. In 2019 he won another monetary award but this time it was $20\,000 Artist In Residence award through MNS and Casino Nova Scotia. He is currently creating more Songwriting Workshops with his business called Gold Mind accompanied by The Gold Mind Scholarship through NSCC. \nDuring this workshop we will be looking at the many different approaches to creative writing. Playing with remixes\, and beats provided by Jordan (Tempo) Farmer. \nAll workshops are free to attend\, however we will be accepting donations to help fund future BSTC programming. \nAddress: 2203 Gottingen St\, Halifax\, Nova Scotia\, Canada B3K 3B5 \nTime: 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm
URL:https://busstoptheatre.coop/event/start-festival-workshops/
LOCATION:The Bus Stop Theatre\, 2203 Gottingen Street\, Halifax\, Nova Scotia\, B3K3B5\, Canada
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SUMMARY:StArt Festival 2022
DESCRIPTION:StArt Festival 2022\nSaturday June 11th\, 6:30pm-10:30pm \nAfter an extended period of mentorship and collaboration\, catch a multidisciplinary art showcase and open style dance battles June 11th at the Bus Stop Theatre! \nFeaturing Kxng Wooz\, MAJE\, Jody Upshaw\, Shay Pitts\, Yohvn Blvck\, Jalen\, Fiifi Three\, and Jayden Austin performing some amazing new material and dancers will be competing for a $500 cash prize throughout the night! \nFeaturing a special performance brought to you by Breakspace faciltated by Bayan Younis and Jordan Farmer. \nRegistration to attend the event and compete is free\, however we will be accepting donations to help fund future BSTC programming. \nClick here for more info and to save your seat!\nClick here to register for the dance battle! \nArtist workshops open for the community will run on June 12th. More info and registration will be available later this week! \nA big thank you to our sponsors: Arts Nova Scotia\, Support4Culture\, The Bus Stop Theatre\, Hello City Improv\, Big Spruce Brewing\, BreakSpace NS\, and GenNew!! We’re so grateful for you!
URL:https://busstoptheatre.coop/event/start-festival-2022/
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SUMMARY:StART Festival
DESCRIPTION:WE ARE BACKK!!!!! For the 6th Annual StART festival bringing you a new\, inspiring line up of local emerging talent. Our festival is open to all ages and it is $5 or PWYC.This year’s festival will run from Thursday\, October 17th – Sunday\, October 20th. \nThursday\, October 17th @ The Bus Stop Theatre 7 PM – 9 PM\nStART Gallery – Artist Talk \nMia Cathleen Visual / Folk Musician\nKiki Saint – ” Growth ” Visual\nSam’Gwan the Artist Visual\nDocSmurfs Art Visual\nX-Plycit ( Rapper ) \nFriday\, October 18th @ The Bus Stop Theatre  7 PM – 9 PM\nDrip\, Drip ( Fashion Show )\n@Jaaziel Modeler ( Designer )\nAdvocates Of Truth ( Afro Beat )\nVonte Music ( Rapper )\n@Digital Divas ( Dancers )\nKiddo DGAF aka Duff Mandino ( Rapper )\nAbi Hodson ( Designer )\n٢٢ Shanii 22\nWave Longley ( Rapper )\nShay Pitts ( Rapper / Singer ) \nSaturday\, October 19th @ The Bus Stop Theatre  2 PM – 4 PM\nRandom Acts of Poetry Workshop\nwith Nivie Dhami \nSunday\, October 20th MSVU Art Gallery 2pm – 4pm\nA collaborative celebration of the 30th year Africville : A spirit lives on art exhibit\nFilm Screening\ Poetry \nFilms:\nRemember Africville ( 1991 )\nWelcome to Africville ( 1999 )\nAfter Africville ( 2019 ) \nAll Ages $5 or PWYC \nCOME OUT AND SUPPORT LOCAL YOUNG TALENT!!!!!
URL:https://busstoptheatre.coop/event/start-festival/
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