Arts
Heaven is Small
Emily Schultz (Anansi)
Eyelevel Gallery turns back the calendar for anniversary show
Eyelevel Gallery celebrates its 35th anniversary show by travelling back to 1974 and replacing email with a rotary phone.
Cirque training: A chat with Boris Verkhovsky
When racing greyhounds retire, they have to be retrained for life off the track. When athletes—-gymnasts, tumblers, divers, synchronized swimmers—-leave competition for a life in the circus, they also have to be reprogrammed. And that, in part, is Boris Verkhovsky’s job. As Cirque du Soleil’s acrobatic performance and coaching director, he’s responsible for 700 to 800 acrobats, out of 1,200 artists working for the circus worldwide. A grad of the Institute of Physical and Sports Culture in Minsk, Belarus, and a coach for the national acrobatics team in the former Soviet Union, Verkhovsky was initially hired in 1993 as
Video: Eyelevel's 35 days draws to a close with Dweebo and a few chicks.
You never know what you'll find on a Wednesday afternoon.
Neptune Theatre makes offer to Sir Paul McCartney
May the entertainment wars begin!
Gaspereau Press reduces staff and books published
Nova Scotian publisher says changes necessary to "continue to produce the highest quality literary publications."
Comics
Food & Drink
Bear Restaurant wins Best New Restaurant in Best of Food 2009
A Fire in the Bear's den: since opening last November, chef Ray Bear’s eponymous restaurant Bear has become Halifax’s favourite shiny new plaything. Photos by Scott Munn
Life & Style
Sleep deprivation, torture, and Continental Flight 3407.
The ugly calculus of sleep deprivation as a torture technique is that it leaves no visible scars, says Lezlie Lowe.
The barfly's wisdom
Word somehow got around the bar where Dan Savage retires to write his weekly column, and the assembled drunks insisted that they be allowed to share their hard-earned wisdom with you.
Granite Brewery Beer Store opens
Summers days are here again, so finish work and go get some suds. Time to buy a growler from the rebooted Halifax beer institution, The Granite Brewery.
Love the way we bitch
Movies
Dustin Harvey goes the extra mile on Outlander
The local actor and playwright recalls being on set for the alien Viking film, now on DVD.
Angels & Demons is a lot less than pretty wild
Tom Hanks as Robert Langdon plays an uptight academic.
Frontrunners
Directed by Caroline Suh (Mongrel Media)
Music
D.O.A. back on the right coast
Legendary punk band will play September 11 at the Paragon Theatre.
Obey Convention: Friday, North Street Church
D'arcy Gray, Lukas Pearse, Omon Ra, Gown, Totally Ripped, Noveller
Tyvek wraps up the night at Obey
Detroit band Tyvek gets loud with Grand Trine and over 30 other acts for this weekend's Obey Convention. Laura Kenins looks forward to noise.
Obey Convention: Saturday
Tyvek, Metz, Black Feelings, Grand Trine, and more
The Hidden Cameras and The Cliks on Citadel Hill
Halifax Pride-a-rama!
White Cowbell Oklahoma
Bombardero (Slick Monkey)
The Strangeboys mow you down with grass-fusion
Tonight at the Coconut Grove
Rock for Water mixes rock and good causes
Clean water goes well with a concert
More Sarah Slean concerts added.
Two concerts at Sonic Temple ought to do it, right?
Show round up!
Toxic Holocaust in a spring meadow Store up as much energy as you can in the next two hours, because this weekend is going to be bonkers for shows. Aside from the stupendous Obey Convention (see Laura Kenins' feverish blogging and music feature), Portland, Oregon’s Toxic Holocaust are making a stop in Halifax, (Fri May 22 at Gus' Pub with Hellacaust, Iron Giant and Terminator with an early show at the Pavilion). "Toxic Holocaust started in 1999 as a one-man recording project. Hellacaust released a split CD-R with them through Toronto's Skull Fucking Metal Records in 2001," says Graham Ferguson
Obey Convention: Friday, Khyber noise dance party
Cosmetics, Sex Negatives, Soaking Up Jagged, Roomdoom
John Prine tells a few tales at the Rebecca Cohn
August 20 and 21: Two nights of funny stories and sweet songs by singer-songwriter extraordinaire.
Mike Evin walks the distance
The former Haligonian piano man returns to town for his CD release show.
Röyksopp go decidedly upbeat
Junior (Wall of Sound)
The Long Lost
The Long Lost (Ninjatune)
Sure Thing: Soaking Up Jagged
w/Cosmetics, Sex Negatives and Roomdoom, Friday, May 22 at the Khyber ICA, 1588 Barrington, 10:45pm, $7
Husband and Knife
More of Them (Than Us) (Divorce)
Tori Amos
Abnormally Attracted to Sin (Universal Republic)
Live gig: K-OS
Saturday, May 6, 10:12pm, at The Cunard Centre.
Wextra special: Interview with Tori Amos
Singer-songwriter Tori Amos talks to Tara Thorne about her new record Abnormally Attracted to Sin, producing and her "visualettes," directed by Christian Lamb.
News
Government funding freeze hits Nova Scotian non-profit organizations
Declining budget allocations are symptomatic of larger issues in the Nova Scotia Department of Community Services, say service providers.
Province delays watershed suicide report
Profile of Suicide Injury Report, a ground-breaking report by a Dalhousie Professor revealing in-depth data on suicide in NS won’t be made public until an official spin is put on it.
Election campaign moves along right on script
So far in this dishwater dull campaign, there hasn’t been any defining moment , let alone memorable ones.
Spryfield fire questions
Halifax Fire Department and Natural Resources are ducking answers
"Adam's fall" wins Canadian Journalism Award
Coast article by Matthieu Aikins looked at suicides from Macdonald bridge
Liberal Party van blocks handicap parking spaces
Bad optics for Michael Ignatieff's visit at the Dartmouth Sportsplex.
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