Arts
I & I
George Elliott Clarke (Goose Lane)
i'm telling mama, you've been cussing: a night of art and music
Spend Saturday night with The Fantods, journalist wolf, Cherly Hann, Stoo Metz and more.
Welcome to the Khyber Dome
New sculptural installations include a giant toque and a quilted igloo.
Atlantic Book Award winners announced
Nova Scotia writers sweep the first of two regional awards.
Recession, fuhsession. Go to the library!
New value calculator determines the value of your library services.
Shauntay Grant nominated as the mayor’s Poet Laureate
Well, we can't get the poop out of the harbour, but we can pick artists. This afternoon the city announced that Shauntay Grant is the Mayor’s Poet Laureate, taking over after Lorri Neilsen Glenn's successful four-year term. What a perfect choice. In case you don't know who Grant is—where have you been?—the King's grad is a writer, spoken word performer, musician and broadcast journalist, hosting CBC Radio's music show, All The Best, and other programs. She's already won a few mantles full of awards, and just two weeks ago, her first children's book, Up Home received two Atlantic Book
Richard Florida's new book on best cities to live ranks Halifax low.
A great place to live and be creative. Just wait until you retire.
Dog Day Afternoon at Eyelevel Gallery
Canines take over the gallery, this Sunday afternoon.
Charles Landry speaks in Halifax about great cities
Charles Landry, renowned urban thinker, believes that creative cities need "to stand back, reflect and look at things in an open-minded way."
Comics
Food & Drink
Spring means riesling
A harsh winter means 2008's riesling is a perfect white to usher in warm weather, but only while supplies last.
Life & Style
Wearable art works
Wild, wonderful and occasionally wicked, NSCAD’s Wearable Art Show, now in its 19th year, has become a showcase for emerging fashion talents. Here’s a preview of what will dazzle at the city’s most outrageous outdoor block party.
Corporate welfare ignored
Not one news outlet in this province, including this one, picked up our press release on the Lockheed Martin swindle.
Go local in Dartmouth
Shoptalk scratches the surface of what dear old downtown Dartmouth has to offer.
Friends and Neighbours, part 1
A quiet Common-facing street has become home to many Halifax artists who bring creativity and resourcefulness to their home renovations. We take a peek inside two pre-Confederation houses, purchased at the same time, for a modern take on the kitchen party.
Friends and Neighbours, part 2
A quiet Common-facing street has become home to many Halifax artists who bring creativity and resourcefulness to their home renovations. We take a peek inside two pre-Confederation houses, purchased at the same time, for a modern take on the kitchen party.
The guiding light
A props specialist and set designer shares favourites from his beloved vintage lamp collection.
Lies & videotape
While it's normal to contemplate, even obsess about, something you know is wrong, secretly videotaping your roommate isn't just an asshole move, it's illegal.
When nature calls
Bring the outdoors inside with nature-inspired furnishings that give any dark room a breath of fresh air.
Coolhouse Rock!
Expect an earful of compliments over these music-inspired home accessories and art.
Sidewalk patios come out this week, but few take to the streets
Did you sit outside for lunch or have a drink on the Argyle strip to celebrate the start of patio season in Halifax? Have you spotted a patio? Let us know.
Love the way we bitch
Movies
RiP's legal match-up
RiP explores the conflicts between remix culture and copyright laws. Graham Reynolds, assistant law professor at Dalhousie University, examines the issues
17 Again
Resurrecting the age-transplant movies of the late '80s, this movie hits every obvious beat.
Timecrimes
Directed by Nacho Vigalondo (Mongrel Media)
Hannah Montana: The Movie
It's hard to harbour resentment toward Hannah Montana: The Movie. It doesn't aspire to enough to mean any harm.
Music
Ashley MacIsaac performs at the Carleton
Wacky sunglasses? Check. Kilt? Check.
Another chance to see Ron Sexsmith
Fourth time's a charm: Carleton adds fourth show on Wednesday, April 22
Spiralling in all directions
Energetic popsters Spiral Beach return to Halifax, full of mashups and love of Wikipedia.
A Month of Sundays with Skank Williams at Tribeca
Harmonies and sass
Play Guitar flip the deck and hit rewind
And they rewind it with a little pencil because the tape deck is busted
Video from last year is making me cry today
I can't be the only one!
April Assault: Parkside Pub's got your metal
Good news for denim and leatherheads: next week-end, metal will reign (in Blood)
Halifax Caribbean Music Fest venue change
Get your soca, calypso, what have you, at Bubbles' Mansion instead
Ana Egge tears The Company House a new one
For the second time this year!
The Burning Hell
Saturday, April 11, 12:07am at Gus' Pub. Photo by Scott Blackburn
The Tragically Hip
We Are the Same(Zoe Records)
Radiohead tribute band tonight, creeps
You don't belong here (on your couch)
Priestess w/Iron Giant, Eco-Shock and more
Sure Thing: Friday, April 17 at Coconut Grove, 1567 Grafton, 9pm. Saturday at The Pavilion, 5816 Cogswell, 2pm.
Propagandhi
Supporting Caste (G7 Welcoming Committee)
Obits
I Blame You (Sub Pop)
Junior Boys
Begone Dull Care (Domino)
The Lodge
Take That Devil ( Gooseberry Records)
News
Earth day attack
Earth Day started with good intentions, but now, it takes our eye off the ball.
HFD's old boy network
As black firefighters press their claims, a women steps forward to say she too was discriminated against by the Halifax fire department.
Greed acres at Health Canada
Shiv Chopra's whistleblower memoir links dangerous food policies to Health Canada's cozy relationship with agribusiness.
Google Car sighting!
A little piece of history, the Google Car documenting our city, filming someone filming it on an iphone. Have you seen it?
Blue Mountain-Birch Coves Lake: not saved!
Not so fast - even though the Herald reported Blue Mountain wilderness is protected, several key steps must take place to truly protect this land.
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