Kevin MacDonell (he/him)

The Crows Have Eyes trailer YouTube video by poopycompo

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I think we know who the deranged scumbags are.

Scary. Can someone now bribe TSA personnel to look the other way? Never connecting via the US.

Finance minister won't say if economic impact analysis was done on arts and culture cuts | CBC News Nova Scotia's finance minister refuses to say whether an economic impact analysis was conducted specifically about cuts to arts and culture before last month's budget was released.

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That’s amazing! Congrats!

Only a couple of days left to enter the CNFC-subTerrain contest! Learn more here: creativenonfictioncollective.ca/cnf-contest/

SUPPORT NS AUTHORS - save the date for a big bash!

Grateful to be included in a special April event that will showcase 19 Nova Scotia authors, you read that right - 19 authors - at Indigospirit Sunnyside Mall in Bedford, NS.

Look at the line-up! Save the date! April 11! 📚

Don’t go breaking our arts or, Why a capitalist argument doesn’t work for the ecosystem of arts and culture in Nova Scotia What a time to be alive, huh? For the last two weeks, artists and cultural workers in Nova Scotia have been resisting proposed cuts to Communities, Culture, Tourism, and Heritage outlined in the 20…

If you’re wondering why artists and arts organizations can’t just sell more tickets, sell more paintings, sell more records and be self-sufficient, this one’s for you.
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They’re weakening. They won’t pass this budget before March Break, which means you’ve got an extra week to ask your MLA to make these cuts make sense. If you need help with facts and figures, let me know and I will help you. Let’s go, Nova Scotia.

What’s this?? A literary magazine with a strategic plan, out to 2030! More good stuff coming out of Ireland.
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An acquaintance who spends summers in Canada said we should visit her in Florida “once Trump is gone.” No, no, no. That’s not how this is going to work. The US needs to change. It needs to be nearly impossible for a Trumpist or a Nazi or a fascist to gain power. That’s multiple generations of work.

Possibly try to pit sectors against each other? “I can cut HERE OR I can cut THERE …” Guess we’ll find out.

Premier Tim Houston has called a 10:45 am news conference today related to the budget.

poster featuring a photo of several people drumming. The text reads: Shoulder to shoulder to shoulder. New Budget Now Rally. Tuesday March 10 at noon. Province House. 1726 Hollis St. Kjipuktuk/Halifax. Culture is Critical. We are all treaty people.

TODAY.
NOON.
PROVINCE HOUSE.

SEE YOU THERE!

Two protest signs, obviously handmade, laying in the floor. One reads “ALL ARTS BELONG IN SCHOOLS” and the other, “CUT THE CRAP, Houston, NOT THE ARTS.”

My wife dug into her art supplies. Painting saves the day!

Just back from shopping for proper markers and there are none to be had in my neck of the woods. Hm, this rally might be a big one.

Protest sign lying on the floor with lettering only partially coloured in. A slim Sharpie is resting on the poster.

We’re gonna need a bigger marker.

Join a Rally join our rallies for the future of Arts, Culture, and Heritage in NS

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Photo of people marching, with text: SHOULDER TO SHOULDER TO SHOULDER; NEW BUDGET NOW; RALLY; TUESDAY MARCH 10 AT NOON; PROVINCE HOUSE, 1726 HOLLIS ST, KJIPUKTUK/ HALIFAX; CULTURE IS CRITICAL; WE ARE ALL TREATY PEOPLE

Tomorrow! See you there!

It also appears to be Canadian? I am in the process of signing up. Thanks!

Today!

A graphic featuring the Oil People book cover, showing a close-up of oil-covered rocks, along with a photo of David Huebert and details about the March 26th virtual event.

Join us with @writersfedofns.bsky.social to celebrate David Huebert's Thomas Raddall Atlantic Fiction Award-winning novel Oil People. David will sit down with Alexander MacLeod on March 26 @ 7:30 pm to discuss writing, fiction, storytelling, and the impact of the award. Register: bit.ly/2025-raddall

Rally up! He really is trying to break our communities so he can frack, mine, deforest the f out of this place. He’s working fast , so must we!

colourful poster that reads: Nova Scotia Communities United. New Budget Now Rally. Tuesday March 10 at noon Province House, Halifax 1726 Hollis Street. Urgent! Advocate to your ML: Tools at NSARTS.ca.

The proposed cuts are a disaster. Govt could have made different choices. Tuesday. Noon. Province House. See you there.

I am a little uncertain whether the intended adjective here is “intersectional” or “intersectoral” (or “multisectoral”?), but that will become clear shortly.

Intersectional Rally (multiple NS locations) (details to come) Save this date and time: we will post updates here as they become available. This rally against the proposed provincial austerity budget will be for all affected groups across the province. It will re...

We are NOT done. Keep an eye on this link over the weekend for details about an all-province rally (across all affected sectors) on March 10, in advance of the budget vote in the Nova Scotia legislature.

International Women's Day Concert: Glass Winds Ensemble Presents "Motion" The Glass Winds Ensemble presents "Motion", a concert celebrating music that moves. From the powerful emotion of Jodie Blackshaw's "Vulnerable Joy" to the driving energy of Carolyn Bremner's "Impulse ...

International Women's Day Concert: Glass Winds Ensemble presents “Motion,” Sunday, March 8, 2 to 3 pm at the Halifax Central Library. Glass Winds, the first all-female inclusive wind ensemble in Nova Scotia, performs compositions by women and minority composers. Celebrating bold new works!

Excavate, Scrape, and Shape: Using Discards to Improve Your Craft By Kim Pittaway It was a slushy Saturday in January, and I had a few solitary hours tacked onto the end of a busy conference week to spend wandering in New York before heading home to Canada. The M…

Kim Pittaway on Brevity Blog, on making use of cast-offs in writing practice. (Nice to see “local” names in prominent places!) Timely for me this morning, as I rummage through discarded fragments which are all that’s left of lacklustre essays eviscerated to make better ones.

We are a couple days early posting this, but it deserves to be celebrated multiple days. International Women's Day is this Sunday and we want to recognize some of our female local authors who blaze trails with their stories. Stories that are more important now than ever before.

The case for preserving arts funding in Nova Scotia | CBC Arts Today on Commotion, poet El Jones and novelist Stephanie Domet join host Elamin Abdelmahmoud to explain what’s on the line, and why the Nova Scotia government should not go ahead with the planned cuts...

Well worth a read and a listen www.cbc.ca/arts/commoti...