January 2019
Who Will Write Our History
Date: Sunday, January 27 Time: 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Location: Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21, Andrea and Charles Bronfman Theatre Language: Presented in English Cost: FREE (does not include admission to Museum exhibitions) In commemoration of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, and as part of the Museum's Diversity Spotlight Film Screenings, the Atlantic Jewish Council and the University of King’s College present the award winning film Who Will Write Our History. Who Will Write Our History explores the…
Find out more »La Nuit des Idées – Halifax – 2019
On Thursday, January 31, from 5 pm to 10 pm, the Consulate General of France in the Atlantic Provinces, l'Alliance Française Halifax and the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 in partnership with Dalhousie University will host Night of Ideas, an all-night marathon of debates and artistic performances taking place simultaneously in more than 50 countries. Halifax's Night of Ideas will bring together philosophers, writers, thinkers from Canada, France and elsewhere, over the course of an evening to discuss…
Find out more »February 2019
Lunar New Year Celebration
Date: Saturday, February 2 Time: 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Location: Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 Language: Presented in English Cost: Included with Museum Admission Ring in the Year of the Pig at the Museum! Our fourth annual Lunar New Year will be a fun-filled day of family-friendly workshops, performances and learning about New Year practices from various Asian cultures. Our special guests will lead workshops on origami, stamps, paper cuts, Chinese writing and dumpling making.
Find out more »Winter Solstice: Souls of Sirens A Jazz Opera by Jeri Brown
Date: February 8, 9 and 10 Time: 3:00 p.m. Location: Kenneth C. Rowe Hall Language: Presented in English Cost: Included with Museum Admission Multi-Juno Award nominee Jeri Brown returns to bring us another beautiful blend of jazz opera, spirituals, and dance, this time with mermaids. Winter Solstice is the story of three siren sisters who take the form of humans on the longest night of the year in order to repent their wrong doings and share their hopes for peace.…
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