Puppet Show: The Storm Maker

Keshen Goodman Public Library 330 Lacewood Drive, Halifax

A clever fisherman must outsmart the Storm Maker, who makes the ocean rough, and scares the fish away with the flap of his great big wings. Join us as we celebrate Mi'kmaq History month by sharing this exciting traditional tale. This is an all ages event.

Free

Pjilita’q Mi’kmaki: L’nuite’tmukl tan wejkuwaql naqwe’kl | International Gathering: Respect for Water/Life For All Relations

Halifax Central Library 5440 Spring Garden Road, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

ACC-CCA Executive Director, Clayton Windatt, will lead welcoming statements and facilitated discussions outlining four days of Indigenous art actions and activations throughout the city. Presentations will include consideration to undoing or living and working beyond colonial borders and enforced diasporas from home territories and the restorative work of community-building that we enact in diverse ecologies […]

Trevor Gould: Traditional Mi’kmaq Singer and Dancer

Halifax North Memorial Public Library 2285 Gottingen Street, Halifax

Trevor Gould will be performing traditional Mi'kmaq songs and dances as part of our celebration of Mi'kmaq Heritage Month. All ages.

Free

SPIRIT REFLECTION PAINT NIIGHT

TOWN HALL ARTS AND CULTURAL CENTRE 219 Main Street, PO Box 1851, Liverpool

This will be a paint night of Mi'kmaq reflections that will locus on Mi'kmaq History Month poster through a piece of Alan Syliboy art. Our elder along with the artist will give us guidance on the theme and how to put our thoughts on canvas. An evening of creativity and laughter and reflection as you […]

Free

Pjilita’q Mi’kmaki: L’nuite’tmukl tan Wejkuwaql Naqwe’kl | International Gathering: Deepening Connections/Alliances for Interdependent Futures

Halifax Central Library 5440 Spring Garden Road, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Pjilita’q Mi’kmaki: L’nuite’tmukl tan Wejkuwaql Naqwe’kl | International Gathering: Deepening Connections/Alliances for Interdependent Futures Thursday, October 11, 2018 (6:30PM – 8:30PM) Central Library Description A panel exploring the need for increased collaboration and support when engaging between many communities and many territories. The 2018 edition of the Aboriginal Curatorial Collective / Collectif des commissaires autochtones […]

Pjilita’q Mi’kmaki: L’nuite’tmukl tan wejkuwaql naqwe’kl | International Gathering: Through Territories: the Global Indigenous Art Circuit

Halifax Central Library 5440 Spring Garden Road, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Pjilita’q Mi’kmaki: L’nuite’tmukl tan wejkuwaql naqwe’kl | International Gathering: Through Territories: the Global Indigenous Art Circuit Friday, October 12, 2018 (10:00AM – 3:00PM) Central Library Description A series of panels discussing international Indigenous curatorial practices, particularly the influence of exchanges, publications, exhibition making and residencies in building activations between global and regional Indigenous arts practitioners […]

Pjilita’q Mi’kmaki: L’nuite’tmukl tan Wejkuwaql Naqwe’kl | International Gathering: Indigenous Place-making

Halifax Central Library 5440 Spring Garden Road, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Pjilita’q Mi’kmaki: L’nuite’tmukl tan Wejkuwaql Naqwe’kl | International Gathering: Indigenous Place-making Friday, October 12, 2018 (3:00PM – 4:00PM) Central Library Description This Closing/Opening keynote presentation by Ursula Johnson explores current Indigenous art actions locally and globally emphasizing Indigenous place-making and the unique connections between arts actions, communities, and our individual relationships to the land. Ursula […]

Mi’Kmaq Mawiomi at White Point

White Point Beach Resort 75 White Point Beach Resort Road, White Point

October is Mi’Kmaq History Month in Nova Scotia. We’re incredibly proud to celebrate and honour this rich culture of our area. We’re teaming up with Acadia First Nation‘s Sipuke’l Gallery in Liverpool, to present a unique day here at the beach. Please join us as we honour more than 10,000 years of Indigenous Peoples presence, […]

Author’s Stage: Rosanna Deerchild with Deirdre Lee, Rebecca Thomas, and Arielle Twist

Halifax Central Library 5440 Spring Garden Road, Halifax

Please join us for a night with Turtle Island's favourite cousin, Rosanna Deerchild. Rosanna is a Cree poet from O-Pipon-Na-Piwin Cree Nation and the host of Unreserved on CBC Radio. Rosanna will be joined by local Indigenous poets, Deirdre Lee, Rebecca Thomas, and Arielle Twist. Each of our guests will provide a reading, followed by […]

Free