Arts & Culture

DalFest rocks the quad

Dalhousie students enjoy interactive experiences at this year’s DalFest

Halifax hip-hop twins hit the stage at Magnetic World

The States Twinz won the festival’s Open Magnetic contest in July

What were the most popular books of the summer?

Booksellers say ‘uplifting summer reads’ weren’t their top sellers

The Halifax lowdown

Ten insider tips you won’t find online

A trend with teeth: the dangers of Labubu mania

These monsters are a slippery slope, according to one gambling expert

Rêve is bringing club culture to Dalhousie

The certified platinum musician is headlining Dalfest at this year’s O-Week

Atlantic International Film Festival celebrates Maritime storytelling for the 45th year

The festival runs from Sept. 10 to 17 at Cineplex Cinemas Park Lane

Halifax Black Film Festival returns for ninth year with new, diverse voices

This year’s festival included an online collection of short films highlighting the experiences of Haligonians

Michael Pacey’s poetic book of bugs

Inspired by a grasshopper immortalized in Vincent van Gogh’s Olive Trees (1889), Pacey brings a collection of bugs to life through poetry

Mat Hughes makes music about existential dread

The Halifax musician is releasing a new EP in May

Say Drake: It’s about more than the music

Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl halftime performance combined music, Black culture, politics and symbolism

Artists celebrate African Heritage Month at Central Library

African Nova Scotian poets collaborated with musicians in a collision of words, melody and emotion