Mainstreet Halifax

The inaugural edition of the Halifax Art Book Fair and conference will take place on Saturday. The fair is a gathering for Atlantic Canadian artists who want to find new connections and ideas. It will be held at the All Nations Church. Host Jeff Douglas is joined by Andrew Hill and Marite Kuus, who are both Halifax-based artists and co-directors of the fair.

The Treaty Space Gallery at NSCAD's Marginal Road Campus has opened a new exhibit that highlights the importance of Indigenous language revitalization. It was created by Indigenous students who participated in a drum painting workshop, as a way to explore how art can express cultural reclamation. CBC's Sis'moqon was there.

The number of volunteer firefighters in Canada has been on the decline, but in Halifax, the trend seems to be moving in the opposite direction. Halifax Regional Fire and Emergency Deputy Chief Dave Meldrum joins host Jeff Douglas to explain what this means for the municipality.

Four famous women from Cape Breton will take the stage together for a show called Island Girls. Heather Rankin, Bette MacDonald, Lucy MacNeil and Jenn Sheppard are taking their musical comedy show around the Maritimes. Rankin and MacDonald join host Jeff Douglas and Mainstreet producer Alex Mason to explain how their show came to be.

The Elizabeth Fry Society of Mainland Nova Scotia is holding a Thrift Fashion Show and Market fundraiser on Friday. It's called “A Night of Second Chances” and it's in support of marginalized women and gender-diverse people. Kaleigh Smith and Nadia Skelton join host Jeff Douglas to talk about the society's Abundance program and the upcoming fashion show.

Marie-Claire Chartrand is the founder and lead senior care consultant with Grey Wave: Senior Care Consulting. She spoke with Mainstreet's Alex Guye about what families can do to protect vulnerable loved ones and make it easier to locate them, should they go missing.

Ashwyn Singh joins host Jeff Douglas to talk about his approach to comedy — having toured across Canada and India — that he's bringing to a series of performances at the Halifax Comedy Fest in May.

Alumni and archivists from the Aberdeen Hospital School of Nursing in New Glasgow, N.S., are planning an art installation to "honour a legacy of caring." Kim Chisholm, a retired nurse who graduated from the school in 1975, spoke with Mainstreet's Alex Guye to explain what they're looking for.

There's a longstanding connection between jazz music and Gottingen Street in Halifax and right now, the genre is reaching a new generation in a venue there called The Local. Damien Moynihan and his trio has a hand in that. Moynihan spoke with host Jeff Douglas about how the songs he's playing are old, but the crowd is often full of young university students. 

A horror film series called Terror Vision has been highlighting classic and fan-favourite horror films at the Lower Sackville Cineplex Theatre for the last 10 months. Founder and creator Josh Lake spoke with Mainstreet's Alex Guye about the series ahead of the next screening that will celebrate the 40th anniversary of A Nightmare on Elm Street.