Jan 15-21, 2009

News + Opinion

• Shoptalk

  Monkey business

  Wooden Monkey to move

  By Tim Bousquet

  Jan 15, 2009

  
• Opinion

  Cold comfort

  You don't beat a cold, you beat a virus with a cold. And some DVDs. And some toast.

  By Lezlie Lowe

  Jan 15, 2009

  
• Opinion

  War crimes

  While the rest of the West might have missed the ugly irony of Israel's recent action in Gaza, the old Scottish poet Robert Burns didn't.

  By Bruce Wark

  Jan 15, 2009

  
• Environment

  Sick stable syndrome

  Their stables are making the Bengal Lancers' horses sick, but Halifax equestrians are reluctant to move the horses to safety. Neal Ozano reports.

  By Neal Ozano

  Jan 15, 2009

  

Arts + Music

• Arts & Culture

  Noise: Fiction Inspired by Sonic Youth

  Edited by Peter Wild (Harper)

  By Sue Carter Flinn

  Jan 15, 2009

  
• Arts & Culture

  Naked face of Norm Foster

  Norm Foster's comedic porn-producing production, Skin Flick, premieres at Neptune Theatre. Kate Watson speaks to Canada's most prolific playwright.

  By Kate Watson

  Jan 15, 2009

  
• Arts & Culture

  The Secret of the Grain

  Directed by Abdellatif Kechiche (Mongrel Media)

  By Lindsay McCarney

  Jan 15, 2009

  
• Arts & Culture

  Lovely Liane Balaban

  New Waterford Girl actor Liane Balaban shares the screen with Dustin Hoffman in Last Chance Harvey.

  By Tara Thorne

  Jan 15, 2009

  
• Arts & Culture

  Precordial Thump

  Zoe Whittall (Exile Editions)

  By Shannon Webb-Campbell

  Jan 15, 2009

  
• Arts & Culture

  The Wrestler

  Tag team heroes Mickey Rourke and Marisa Tomei triumph in this new film.

  By Mark Palermo

  Jan 15, 2009

  
• Arts & Culture

  Gran Torino

  Clint Eastwood's star charisma can't save this race-relations drama.

  By Mark Palermo

  Jan 15, 2009

  
• Arts & Culture

  Eisener at Sundance: Time to get some sleep!

  Checking in with the Treevenge director

  By Sue Carter Flinn

  Jan 15, 2009

  
• Music

  Jenn Grant and Grammy fever

  Jan 15, 2009

  
• Music

  UK Subs submerge you in 1970s punk

  By Stephanie Johns

  Jan 21, 2009

  
• Music

  AGNS closed from water damage

  No artwork harmed as the gallery assesses the mess.

  By Sue Carter Flinn

  Jan 19, 2009

  
• Music

  The Bomb Scares are back!

  Jan 12, 2009

  
• Music

  Mike Cowie double CD release

  Jan 13, 2009

  
• Music

  Leisure suits you

  DMV Co-op's new production The Leisure Society reflects our quest for happiness.

  By Sue Carter Flinn

  Jan 8, 2009

  
• Music

  Show round-up!

  What's going on in live music around town in the next week or so.

  By Stephanie Johns

  Jan 20, 2009

  
• Music

  The Veil uncovered

  OneLight Theatre relaunches their award-winning play.

  By Sue Carter Flinn

  Jan 14, 2009

  
• Music

  Live gig photo: Caledonia

  By Stephanie Johns

  Jan 19, 2009

  
• Music

  Ruby Jean's house of rock

  Ruby Jean and the Thoughtful Bees' ass-shaking sound is the result of hard time in the home studio.

  By Andrew Robinson

  Jan 15, 2009

  
• Music

  Ryan MacGrath

  In My Own Company (indie)

  By Shannon Webb-Campbell

  Jan 15, 2009

  
• Music

  Young Widows

  Old Wounds (Temporary Residence)

  By Dave Hayden

  Jan 15, 2009

  
• Music

  The Paperbacks

  An Illusion Against Death (Parliament of Trees)

  By Laura Kenins

  Jan 15, 2009

  
• Music

  Timber Timbre

  Timber Timbre (Out Of This Spark)

  By Sue Carter Flinn

  Jan 15, 2009

  
• Music

  The Bicycles

  Oh No, It's Love (Fuzzy Logic)

  By Sarah Greene

  Jan 15, 2009

  
• Comics

  The True Story and YOU

  By Mike Holmes

  Jan 15, 2009

  

Food + Drink

• Food

  Formosa's wonderful gifts

  Jeffrey Liu's Dartmouth Gift and Tea House is a little island of great tea and tasty vegetarian snacks.

  By Andy Murdoch

  Jan 15, 2009

  

Lifestyle

• Savage Love

  Saddleback, part 2: the definitions

  Dan publishes reader's definitions to the term Saddleback. Go vote on 'em.

  By Dan Savage

  Jan 15, 2009
• Health

  Halifax indoors: 14 tips to well being

  By Team Coast

  Jan 15, 2009

  
• Health

  Bundle up for outdoor fun

  By Sarah Greene, Deborah Johnson and Carsten Knox

  Jan 15, 2009

  
• Health

  Ocean Samuel gets us fighting fit

  By Lizzy Hill

  Jan 15, 2009

  
• Health

  Skate it while we got it

  Coast exclusive: rinks that are open this winter (weather permitting).

  By Sarah Greene

  Jan 15, 2009