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Free Diversity Spotlight film screening
Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21
1055 Marginal Road
Free Diversity Spotlight film screening and Canadian premiere of the international award-winning Nollywood film, The Mirror Boy. The Mirror Boy explores identity within the African Diaspora through the story of 12-year-old, London-born Tijani's enchanting journey through The Gambia, following "the mirror boy," who only he can see. Introduction and Q&A session with the film's Writer and Director Obi Emelonye. Presented in partnership with the African Diaspora Association of the Maritimes and the Nova Scotia-Gambia Association. This film is rated PG and is presented in English. Event Time: 7-10 p.m.
February 08 2012
Halifax Event Search
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Cosmomania
October 01, 2010
- December 31, 2010
An incredible space adventure! Climb aboard a marvelous time machine to relive the past 50 years of space exploration, and imagine what the next 50 years will look like.
Explore space history: the first human to travel to outer space (1961), the first man to walk on the moon (1969), the first launch of an Ariane rocket (1979), the first Internet retransmission of an image of the Martian surface (1997) and the first flight of a Taikonaut (2003). Experience the life of an astronaut on a mission on Mars in the future!
Discovery Centre
1593 Barrington Street
Phone: 492-4422
Website: www.thediscoverycentre.ca
Neptune Theatre presents "The Wizard of Oz"
November 27, 2010
- January 09, 2011
HOLIDAY PRESENTATION
By L. Frank Baum • Adapted by Frank Gabrielson • With Music and Lyrics of the MGM motion pictures score by Harold Arlen and E. Y. Harburg • Background Music by Herbert Stothart.
There truly is no place like home as the beloved family musical, The Wizard of Oz, fills the Neptune stage for the holiday season. Dorothy Gale dreams of what lies over the rainbow from her Kansas farm. When a twister carries her away to magical world, she must find the Wizard to get back home. Travel down the yellow brick road and beyond with Dorothy and friends for this memorable production.
Neptune Theatre
1593 Argyle St, Halifax
Phone: (902) 429-7070
Website: www.neptunetheatre.com
LEGO-City by the Sea
December 07, 2010
- January 29, 2011
For the holidays, the museum has recently opened LEGO – City by the Sea from the Nova Scotia LEGO Users Group. Try your hand at operating a train or monorail, find and count the twelve tall ships and find Harry Potter, Count Dracula and SpongeBob Squarepants among the city landscape, which includes a modern-day Naval dockyard.
Maritime Museum of the Atlantic
1675 Lower Water St, Halifax
Phone: (902) 424-7490
Website: maritime.museum.gov.ns.ca
Family New Year's Eve at Canada Games Oval
December 31, 2010
- January 01, 2011
A special afternoon and evening of skating at the Oval will help kick off a great New Year’s Eve. The fun will begin with early with Scratch Bastid, Telfer, and Children’s entertainment followed by an early New Year’s Eve countdown and Fireworks.
The event takes place from 6pm to 12:30 am
Canada Games Oval
Halifax Norht common- North Park & Cogswell St, Halifax
Website: www.halifax.ca/SkateHRM/index.html
The Trews in Concert
December 31, 2010
The Trews will perform 2 concerts on New Year's eve at Casino Nova Scotia.
Tickets are $48.50 each including tax and service charges. Tickets are subject to an additional $4 per order fee for online purchases. All patrons must be 19 years of age or older to attend.
Concert times are 7pm and 11pm.
Schooner Showroom
Casino Nova Scotia, 1983 Upper Water St, Halifax
Phone: (902) 451-1221
Website: www.ticketatlantic.com
"A" New Year's Eve
December 31, 2010
Halifax’s favourite New Year’s Eve show is back again this year with the same high-energy event that New Year’s Eve revellers have come to expect. “A” New Year’s Eve Program will start at 9:30 pm with live entertainment from the stage and the TV Show going live to air at 10pm.
This year, the BT New Year's Eve event will pay tribute to the 2011 Halifax Canada Winter Games by recognizing the many athletes, volunteers, supporters and citizens who will help to make this the best Canada Winter Games ever.
Hosted by Breakfast Television personalities.
BT New Year’s Eve Show takes place in the Halifax Grand Parade, and is broadcast in its entirety on channel "A", December 31 from 10pm to 12:10am.
This year's exciting entertainment features Telfer, The Stanfields,Matt Andersen, Jimmy Rankin, Gordie Sampson.
For updates, please call Civic Events Information line (902) 490-6776.
Grand Parade
Downtown Halifax
Phone: (902) 453-4000; 490-4729
Website: www.halifax.ca/NewYearsEve
