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The Mayworks Halifax Festival presents A Reception for the Common Good FREE admission and food! Take a break after the May Day march to celebrate the renewal of life, and the renewal of society into a better one! Rad Slushies, Bread & Roses ice cream cones, treats and more await you at the Bus Stop […]
The Mayworks Halifax Festival presents Video installation / performance by Michael Di Risio FREE admission Untitled (Applying Joint Compound) (2016) is a video-installation and performance that attempts to make visible the labour involved in maintaining public spaces. Though often unseen and undervalued, maintenance work is a fundamental component of the production of social space, in […]
The Mayworks Halifax Festival presents A New Dance Piece by Liliona Quarmyne Choreographed by Liliona Quarmyne Featuring Liliona Quarmyne, Jacinte Armstrong & Sarah Rozee Is it possible to maintain the abstraction of contemporary art and still share a clear message? Or does one have to be compromised for the other? Choreographer Liliona Quarmyne is deeply […]
The Mayworks Halifax Festival presents A New Play by Richie Wilcox This is a tribute to the Cape Breton man I never was and never will be. This is a tribute to Cape Bretoners who have the songs of miners and fisherman embedded into their hearts and souls whether they have set foot in a […]
The Mayworks Halifax Festival presents An Audiovisual installation by Katie Toth and Mary-Dan Johnston FREE admission It goes like this: the bank closes, along with the grocery, then the laundromat, the club, the pub, the corner store where we bought popsicles and cartons of milk. The schools crumbled and were consolidated. Now, standing on the […]
The Mayworks Halifax Festival presents A New Play by In My Own Voice (iMOVe) Arts Association May 6th 7pm May 7th 2pm May 7th 7pm Mug revolves around the Mug Shots of three formerly incarcerated people – photographs that span collectively almost 50 years of being in conflict with oneself and the Justice System. When […]
Mayworks Halifax presents CLIFF 2017 Canada’s national labour film festival which takes place in November in locations across Canada. Films are about workers and what affects all of us. Admission by donation – PWYC! FREE Popcorn! Full program details to be announced soon! Films will include the following: THE CHOP 17min United Kingdom | English […]
Under the Surface is a group exhibition featuring works by Kim Cain, Tina Roberts-Jeffers and Katie Toth. Together, their works ask us to take a closer look at their subjects, unearth the obscured and reconsider our assumptions about home. Admission: FREE ------------------------- Opening Reception May 1st at 6:30pm following the May Day rally FREE ice […]
Our 2018 program of short films will examine Maritime landscapes and waterscapes through various themes including mental health and our connection to land. Admission: Pay What You Can. Total run time: 80 min Bound By Daniel Boos (2015) 11 min When a mysterious group of workers appear at his brother’s sawmill, a struggling shopkeeper must […]
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