User:Robkelk/sandbox/Halifax
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Halifax. The one in Nova Scotia, Canada, not the one in Yorkshire, UK. The largest city in the Atlantic provinces of Canada.
The Other Wiki has a brief history of the city, and Wikivoyage has a list of places to see and things to do, so we won't repeat most of that here.
still need to give a capsule history, though
Tropes associated with Halifax include:
- Name's the Same: As Halifax, West Yorkshire, UK.
Some famous Halagonians
Wikipedia has a larger list of people from Halifax.
Actors and Directors - NEEDS PRUNING
- Walter Borden (born 1942), Shakesperian stage, TV and film actor
- Henry Beckman (1921–2008), actor, stage, film, and television
- Cory Bowles (born 1973), actor, writer, director
- Chuck Campbell (born 1969), actor
- Mike Clattenburg (born 1968), TV and film director, creator of the Trailer Park Boys
- Barrie Dunn (born 1952), actor, writer, director, producer, lawyer
- Thom Fitzgerald (born 1968), filmmaker
- Peter Flemming (born 1967), actor
- Eli Goree, actor (The 100)
- Tamara Hickey, actress
- Leslie Hope (born 1965), actress
- Michael Jackson (born 1970), actor
- Ruby Keeler (1909–1993), actress, dancer
- David Manners (1900–1998), actor known for role in Tod Browning's Dracula
- Forbes March (born 1973), actor born in UK but raised in Halifax
- Peter North (born 1957), adult film actor, director, producer
- Sonja O'Hara (born 1987), actress
- Craig Olejnik (born 1979), actor, The Listener
- Ty Olsson (born 1974), actor
- Elliot Page (born 1987), Academy Award-nominated actor
- John Reardon (born 1975), actor and former university football player
- Laura Regan (born 1977), actress
- Cindy Sampson (born 1978), actress
- Anthony Sherwood (born 1949), actor, producer, director, writer, and R&B singer
- Jonathan Torrens (born 1972), actor, television personality
- John Paul Tremblay (born 1968), actor and writer
- Karen Walton, screenwriter
- Robb Wells, actor and writer
Artists - NEEDS PRUNING
- Bob Chambers, (1905–1996), political cartoonist
- Joey Comeau (born 1980), author and co-creator of the webcomic A Softer World
- Gerald Ferguson, artist
- Hal Foster (1892–1982), comic book artist
- Sarah Jeanette Jackson, artist
- Garry Neill Kennedy, artist, NSCAD University president 1967–1996, recipient of the Order of Canada
- Ernest Lawson (1873–1939), artist
- Owen McCarron (1929–2005), cartoonist
- George Steeves (born 1945), contemporary photographer
- Marguerite Porter Zwicker (1904–1993), painter and art promoter
Authors - NEEDS PRUNING
- Catherine Banks, 2-time Governor General's Award-winning playwright
- Kris Bertin, 2017 Danuta Gleed Award-winning author
- Bill Bissett (born 1939), poet
- Lesley Choyce (born 1951), U.S.-born poet, novelist, academic
- George Elliott Clarke (born 1960), poet and academic
- Don Domanski (born 1950), poet
- George Grant (philosopher) (1918–1988), philosopher, academic
- Susan Goyette (born 1964), poet
- Amelia Clotilda Jennings (died 1895), writer
- Stephen Kimber (born 1949), journalist, editor, broadcaster, professor
- Steven Laffoley (born 1965), author
- Wendy Lill (born 1950), playwright
- Alexander MacLeod (born 1972), writer and academic
- Donna Morrissey (born 1956), novelist
- Sarah Mian, novelist
- Thomas Head Raddall (born 1903), novelist
- Russell Smith (born 1963), writer
- Henri-Dominique Paratte, writer and literary critique
Comedians
- Mark Farrell (born 1968), comedian, writer, producer
- Ron James (born 1958), comedian and actor
- Nikki Payne (born 1976), comedian
- Picnicface, comedy troupe
- The Unknown Comic, real name Murray Langston (born 1945), actor, comedian
Musicians
Classical - NEEDS PRUNING
- Denise Djokic (born 1980), cellist
- Barbara Fris (born 1956), operatic soprano
- Barbara Hannigan (born 1971), operatic soprano
- Portia White (1911–1968), operatic contralto
Country - NEEDS PRUNING
- Brian Ahern, music producer
- Ridley Bent (born 1979), country singer songwriter
- The Guthries (country-rock band), active from 1998–2002
- Eddy (M) Melanson, 1950s rockabilly singer
- Hank Snow (1914–1999), country music legend, from Liverpool, N.S., career started in Halifax
- Gordon Stobbe (born 1946), fiddler, TV host
Folk - NEEDS PRUNING
- Ben Caplan, folk musician
- Melanie Doane (born 1967), singer, songwriter
- Rose Cousins (born 1977), singer-songwriter
- Denny Doherty (1940–2007), singer, songwriter, a founding member of The Mamas and the Papas
- Jenn Grant (born 1980), singer-songwriter
- Dylan Guthro (born 1991), singer/songwriter from Cape Breton, now based in Halifax
- The Halifax Three, 1960s folk group
- Rebekah Higgs (born 1982), singer-songwriter
- Mo Kenney (born 1990), singer/songwriter
- Daniel Ledwell, record producer and multi-instrumentalist
- Ryan MacGrath, singer/songwriter
- Ruth Minnikin, singer/songwriter
- Old Man Luedecke, Juno winning singer/songwriter
- The Stanfields, folk rock band
- Al Tuck (born 1966), singer/songwriter from P.E.I., based in Halifax since 1980s
Jazz, Blues and Soul - NEEDS PRUNING
- Jill Barber (born 1980), Halifax based singer-songwriter
- Gary Beals (born 1982), singer
- Holly Cole (born 1963), singer
- Gypsophilia (formed 2004), jazz band
- JRDN (Ralph Jordon Croucher), R&B recording artist
- Dutch Mason (1938–2006), jazz musician and Order of Canada inductee
- David Myles (born 1981), musician originally from Fredericton, now lives and records in Halifax
- Joe Sealy (born 1939), pianist, composer (Africville Suite)
- Nelson Symonds (1933–2008), jazz guitarist
Hip Hop and Rap - NEEDS PRUNING
- Buck 65 (born 1972), rapper, hip hop artist, MC, CBC personality
- Classified, real name Luke Boyd, rapper
- Tanya Davis, spoken word poet and singer
- Hip Club Groove, 1990s hip hop band
- Sixtoo, 1990s hip hop artist
- Wordburglar, alternative hip hop artist
Rock and Pop - NEEDS PRUNING
- Alert the Medic (formed 2006), rock band
- April Wine (band), formed in 1969
- Rich Aucoin, indie-rock musician
- Rob Benvie, guitarist, singer/songwriter
- Brendan Croskerry (born 1985), singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist
- Dog Day (formed 2004), indie-rock duo
- The Flashing Lights, indie rock band 1990s–2000s
- Ryan Hemsworth, DJ and producer
- The Hylozoists (formed 2001), instrumental rock group
- In-Flight Safety (formed in 2003), indie-rock band originally from Sackville
- Jale (band), formed in 1992
- Ria Mae, singer and songwriter
- Matt Mays (born 1979), singer, songwriter
- Sarah McLachlan (born 1968), singer, songwriter, pianist
- Kevin MacMichael (1951–2002), Cutting Crew guitarist
- Mir, alternative band, 1998–2010
- Matt Murphy, singer/songwriter guitarist, actor (The Life and Hard Times of Guy Terrifico)
- Neon Dreams (band), Alt-Pop Duo (formed 2013)
- Dale Murray, musician, guitarist and vocalist for Cuff the Duke
- North of America (1997–2003), indie-rock band
- Joel Plaskett (born 1974), singer, songwriter
- Port Cities (band formed in 2015)
- Sloan (band), formed in 1991
- The Stolen Minks (formed in 2003), garage-punk band
- The Super Friendz, indie rock band, 1994–1997, 2003–2004
- Thrush Hermit, 90s alternative rock band
- Wintersleep (band), formed in 2001
Other Creators
- Cheryl Wagner, clown and puppeteer
Works set in Halifax include:
Comic Books
- "The Last Lonely Days at the Oxford Theatre", the fifth issue of Local, was set in Halifax.
Fan Works
- Harry and The Shipgirls, a Kantai Collection fic by Harry Leferts.
- NERV moves to and operates out of Halifax in Neon Exodus Evangelion the Motion Picture: Apotheosis Now.
Literature
- The Surgeon's Mate, the seventh of the Aubrey-Maturin books, begins in Halifax.
- The Hardy Boys book Countdown to Terror is set in a Halifax that, judging from the book blurb, is more dangerous than Real Life Montreal (the city that has the reputation of having the most criminal underworld activity in Canada).
Live-Action TV
- Trailer Park Boys is set in Dartmouth, just across the Narrows.
- Mr. D is filmed in Halifax, and might also be set there if it isn't set in a generic city.
Music
- "Barrett's Privateers", by the late great Stan Rogers. Quoting from the chorus:
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Now I'm a broken man on a Halifax pier, the last of Barrett's Privateers |
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- In the old sea-type song "Poor Miss Bailey" (aka "Miss Bailey's Ghost"), the wicked Captain Smith (who seduces and deserts the titular Miss Bailey, driving her to suicide and to haunt him) is identified in the first line as "a captain bold from Halifax".
Puppet Shows
- Theodore Tugboat is pretty obviously set in Halifax - the Citadel's clock tower is one of the characters (although she's wandered down to the shoreline from her home at the top of the hill).