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SUMMARY:Halifax Independent Filmmakers Festival
DESCRIPTION:The 18th annual Halifax Independent Filmmakers Festival takes place May 29-June 1. Join us for four days of boundary-pushing cinema from Canada and around the world\, filmmaker Q+As\, and more! Films this year include Vera Drew’s subversive satire THE PEOPLE’s JOKER; Sean Price William’s THE SWEET EAST\, the Palestinian drama FORAGERS\, a retrospective of the work of LULU KEATING\, and the ever-popular ATLANTIC AUTEURS shorts program. A festival pass is just $35 for AFCOOP members ($45 general). Check out the full program and buy advance tickets at hiff.ca.
URL:https://busstoptheatre.coop/event/halifax-independent-filmmakers-festival/
LOCATION:The Bus Stop Theatre\, 2203 Gottingen Street\, Halifax\, Nova Scotia\, B3K3B5\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Festival,Film,Halifax Independent Film Festival
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SUMMARY:Boylesque presents: Be Kind & Grind
DESCRIPTION:The night began like many others. The troupe had gathered to hatch plans for the next big show in Kristyn’s humble Halifax apartment. The fridge was fully stocked with gay water and Mister O’Mazing’s pockets were busting with pre-rolled joints. Unbeknownst to the crew\, these joints were loaded with intergalactic ganja supplied by our Planet Pride cosmic allies during their last trip through the Milky Way. The troupe was soon giggling with TH-Glee. There was more than one hot box in the apartment and Kristyn needed some fresh air. The troupe was then horrified to discover that the space smoke had reversed the polarity on Kristyn’s VHS cassettes and every one of her movies had been erased. Knowing this would destroy their beloved host\, the crew leapt into action to recreate her favourite films. Will she discover the ruse? How long can the troupe keep it up?\nEarly show 5-7pm; Late show 9-11pm.\nEarly bird tickets ($20) available for the first week of sales. Remaining general admission tickets will be $25.
URL:https://busstoptheatre.coop/event/boylesque-presents-be-kind-grind/
LOCATION:The Bus Stop Theatre\, 2203 Gottingen Street\, Halifax\, Nova Scotia\, B3K3B5\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Burlesque
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20240603T200000
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SUMMARY:Joke Signals - All Indigenous Comedy Show
DESCRIPTION:Joke Signals is an all Indigenous stand-up comedy show featuring some of Canada’s best Indigenous stand-up comedians. Join us at Halifax’s Bus Stop Theatre on June 3rd to enjoy the comedic stylings of Chad Anderson\, Dakota Ray Hebert\, and Clifton Cremo. \nChad Anderson is a stand up comedian currently based in Winnipeg\, Manitoba. He performs throughout North America and has appeared at the Winnipeg Comedy Festival\, JFL Toronto\, Odd Block Comedy Festival\, Arctic Air Comedy Festival and JFL Northwest as part of CBC’s New Wave of Standup.\nChad’s comedy reflects his own personal experiences including fatherhood and tragedy as well as subjects ranging from social media to racism. He’s been featured multiple times on CBC’s The Debaters and was a cast member in Mary Walsh’s Canada It’s Complicated. His debut album\, Live at Wee Johnny’s was released in 2020 and can regularly be heard on SiriusXM. \nDakota Ray Hebert is an accomplished Dene comedian\, actor\, and writer from Meadow Lake\, Saskatchewan. Some of her credits include the Arctic Comedy Festival\, Winnipeg Comedy Festival\, Just For Laughs\, and CBC’s Comedy Night with Rick Mercer.\nAs an actor\, Dakota has been featured in productions like CTV’s Shelved\, Run Woman Run\, Crazy Like a Lynx\, and Marvel’s Echo on Disney+.\nHer debut album “I’ll Give You An Indian Act” was released in October 2022\, and is available on all streaming platforms\, as well as iTunes and Bandcamp. \nClifton Cremo is a Mi’kmaw stand-up comedian from Eskasoni First Nation. Since beginning his career in comedy\, Clifton has been entertaining audiences with his deft brand of storytelling and wry absurdism. Clifton’s perspective on his Mi’kmaw upbringing and his unique outlook on First Nations issues brought him national attention by showing that no matter the divisiveness of an issue\, humor can always be a common ground.\nClifton was part of Rise Together with host Ron James\, a fundraiser that raised over $100\,000 for the Cape Breton Red Cross. Clifton has also been featured regularly at the Halifax Comedy Festival\, Just For Laughs\, and CBC Radio’s Laugh Out Loud and The Debaters. He has also recorded an album with Just For Laughs Originals that can regularly be heard on SiriusXM. \n 
URL:https://busstoptheatre.coop/event/joke-signals-all-indigenous-comedy-show/
LOCATION:The Bus Stop Theatre\, 2203 Gottingen Street\, Halifax\, Nova Scotia\, B3K3B5\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Comedy & Improv
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20240606T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20240606T210000
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SUMMARY:Palestine Will be Free: A Collection of Palestinian Short Films for Pride Month
DESCRIPTION:Come view and discuss five Palestinian short films. Tickets are pay-what-you-can and can be purchased at the door\, or tickets can be reserved in advance by e-mailing: Mask4Mask.Queers@gmail.com. All proceeds will go to the Sanabel Team in Gaza.\n\nMasks are required and will be provided for free by Eyelevel’s Mask Bank.\nMore information about the event can be found here.\n\nThis event is being hosted by Chaverim Inclusive Jewish Community\, Mask4Mask Queers\, and Queer Arabs Halifax\, and has been sponsored by Black Market Halifax\, Eyelevel\, Tart and Soul Cafe\, and Venus Envy.
URL:https://busstoptheatre.coop/event/palestine-will-be-free-a-collection-of-palestinian-short-films-for-pride-month/
LOCATION:The Bus Stop Theatre\, 2203 Gottingen Street\, Halifax\, Nova Scotia\, B3K3B5\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Film,Fundraiser
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SUMMARY:Actual Wizard
DESCRIPTION:“Beautifully done.” \n– Penn Jillette\, Penn & Teller \n  \n“Truly remarkable magic.” \n– Mark Robins\, Halifax Presents \nAs seen on Penn and Teller: Fool Us\, and winner of the Audience Choice Award at the 2023 Halifax Fringe Festival \n  \nActual wizard and Halifax magician Vincenzo Ravina brings his magic to the mysterious\, enigmatic\, haunted\, and illustrious Bus Stop Theatre. \n  \nIn this unusual show\, there will be: Potions! Ghosts! Playing cards! Murder! \n  \nActual Wizard is funny\, mystifying\, absurd\, and experimental. \nNote: This event will be video recorded\, audio recorded\, and photographed. The audience may appear in these recordings. By entering the event premises\, you consent to such recording media and its release\, publication\, exhibition or reproduction. \nTicket Information: \nFirst Row Reserved: $30 \nGeneral Admission: $25
URL:https://busstoptheatre.coop/event/actual-wizard-4/
LOCATION:The Bus Stop Theatre\, 2203 Gottingen Street\, Halifax\, Nova Scotia\, B3K3B5\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Magic
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DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20240609T180000
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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
CATEGORIES:Dance,StART Festival
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SUMMARY:Everyseeker
DESCRIPTION:Defensive Player | FANG AsS | Slash Need\nDoors at 10:30pm | 19+ | Bus Stop Theatre | 2203 Gottingen St.\nSet Design by Kayza | Sponsored by EYELEVEL \nNectar Collective | backxwash\nDoors at 10:30pm | 19+ | Bus Stop Theatre | 2203 Gottingen St.\nSponsored by Khyber Centre for the Arts \nTickets will be available to the public on May 30th \naccessibility: \n\nOur festival is entirely free/ by donation\nMasks are required\, we will have some available if you forget yours!\nEar plugs\, water\, and hand sanitizer will be available on site\nAll artists will be given rapid tests\nIf you are feeling unwell\, please stay home!\nAlcohol will be sold at the Bus Stop Theatre on Friday and Saturday evening\nNaloxone kit will be on site\nThere will be strobe lights and a water-based haze machine at the Bus Stop Theatre on Saturday evening\n\nDefensive Player is a death metal band formed in 2020 in Timberlea\, Nova Scotia. Drawing inspiration from pop music\, horror films\, tennis matches and graphic novels\, the band’s experimental approach is their key inspiration to deliver an engaging and rhythmic sound. \nFANG AsS is the return of the satanic panic.\nA confrontational\, camp and seductive dramaturge\, Slash Need have earned a reputation for putting on high-energy theatrical live performances. With roots in the DIY community in Toronto\, Slash Need have performed their industrial electronic dance music in abandoned buildings\, galleries\, skateparks\, legion halls\, raves\, art galleries\, at drag shows and venues across Canada\, the U.S and abroad. Recognised virally as nasty\, filthy perverts; Slash Need aim to intrigue and disgust. \nKayza lives and works in Kjipuktuk (Halifax). Their practice includes painting\, textiles\, sculpture and virtual reality. As a Black/biracial and transgender visual artist\, Kayza’s current work is inspired by narratives of psychological shadows\, often resulting in the invasion of the fantasy world into mundane settings. \nNectar Collective is a queer DJ collective based in Kjipuktuk (Halifax). Through their flagship event\, SLURP\, founders  Aniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiita\, DJ Decision and DJ Dumb Little Bitch have spent the past year bringing together queers of every flavor to shake ass and simmer in the yummiest gay broth Halifax has slurped in a lonnggg time. \nBackxwash is a Rapper/Producer that was born in Lusaka\, Zambia. The music she makes is cathartic\, expressive and based on her lived experiences.
URL:https://busstoptheatre.coop/event/everyseeker/
LOCATION:The Bus Stop Theatre\, 2203 Gottingen Street\, Halifax\, Nova Scotia\, B3K3B5\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Everyseeker,Music
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SUMMARY:Where Olive Trees Weep film screening
DESCRIPTION:This premiere screening is presented by Students for a Liberated Palestine / Al-Zeitoun University\nProceeds from this screening will be donated to the Obeid Family Fundraiser \nWhere Olive Trees Weep offers a searing window into the struggles and resilience of the Palestinian people under Israeli occupation. It explores themes of loss\, trauma\, and the quest for justice. \nWe follow\, among others\, Palestinian journalist and therapist Ashira Darwish\, grassroots activist Ahed Tamimi\, and Israeli journalist Amira Hass. We also witness Dr. Gabor Maté offer trauma-healing work to a group of women who were tortured in Israeli prisons. \nAncient landscapes bear deep scars\, having witnessed the brutal reality of ancestral land confiscation\, expulsions\, imprisonment\, home demolitions\, water deprivation\, and denial of basic human rights. Yet\, through the veil of oppression\, we catch a glimpse of resilience—deep roots that have carried the Palestinian people through decades of darkness and shattered lives. \nThis emotional journey bares the humanity of the oppressed while grappling with the question: what makes the oppressor so ruthlessly blind to its own cruelty? \nThis screening is supported by Independent Jewish Voices – Halifax\,  The Bus Stop Theatre Co-op and Mayworks Kjipuktuk/Halifax.
URL:https://busstoptheatre.coop/event/where-the-olive-trees-weep-film-screening/
LOCATION:The Bus Stop Theatre\, 2203 Gottingen Street\, Halifax\, Nova Scotia\, B3K3B5\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Film,Fundraiser
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DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20240621T220000
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SUMMARY:Spontaneity Improv June Showcase
DESCRIPTION:Improvised theatre. Laugh your socks off with our talented Performance Teams! Spontaneity Improv Company will be presenting their monthly showcase! Our group of talented improvisers will be taking the stage and improvising based on your suggestions. Get your tickets now and take part in the show by calling out our inspiration.
URL:https://busstoptheatre.coop/event/spontaneity-improv-june-showcase/
LOCATION:The Bus Stop Theatre\, 2203 Gottingen Street\, Halifax\, Nova Scotia\, B3K3B5\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Comedy & Improv
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DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20240622T220000
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SUMMARY:Crescent Moon Cabaret
DESCRIPTION:Crescent Moon Cabaret’s latest show is a contemporary vaudeville-esque variety show featuring a wide variety of local talent all in one place. From the comedic to the sultry\, from the musical to the magical; there is surely something for everyone! Artists featured include Cat McCluskey; Musician and Host\, Kay \nLicious; Burlesque\, Mister O’Mazing; Magician and Boylesque\, Galaxy; Dancer\, Cin-Deisel/LuLu LeBomb; Drag\, Marrin Jesome; Dancer\, Akira Mayari; Drag\, Miss Shapen; Stage Kitten Extraordinaire
URL:https://busstoptheatre.coop/event/crescent-moon-cabaret/
LOCATION:The Bus Stop Theatre\, 2203 Gottingen Street\, Halifax\, Nova Scotia\, B3K3B5\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Burlesque,Dance,Drag,Magic,Music
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20240628T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20240629T210000
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SUMMARY:Ladder- Collaboration with Emiko Agatsuma (Butoh Dancer) and Miya Turnbull (Mask Artist)
DESCRIPTION:Experience a unique performance at The Bus Stop Theatre where Emiko Agatsuma (Tokyo) and Miya Turnbull (Halifax) come together for an evening of mesmerizing collaboration. Witness the fusion of Butoh dance and intricate mask artistry in a one-of-a-kind show that will transport you to another world. Don’t miss this opportunity to see two talented artists blend their talents in a captivating performance alongside custom music created and performed by Gozu Mezu (Hitoshi Sugiyama) (Edmonton). \nThe purpose of “Ladder” is to explore important themes of cultural identity\, immigration\, and generational differences through the history and experiences of the Japanese diaspora. Emiko and Miya have been working together in a creative residency in Halifax\, N.S. from April through to June to combine their artistic skills to create a 30 minute performance. Hitoshi has been working remotely and in-person with Emiko and Miya as well to create a musical landscape also inspired by his Japanese and Canadian experiences. \nFor more information about the project\, please visit: https://www.agaxart.com/ladder \nTicket information: $20 ($5 and $10 discounts available to use as needed)
URL:https://busstoptheatre.coop/event/ladder-collaboration-with-emiko-agatsuma-butoh-dancer-and-miya-turnbull-mask-artist/2024-06-28/
LOCATION:The Bus Stop Theatre\, 2203 Gottingen Street\, Halifax\, Nova Scotia\, B3K3B5\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Dance,Performance Arts,Visual Arts
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