Arts
Is Stephen Harper taking our advice on Pier 21?
Look for our story on the immigration museum in tomorrow's paper
NSCAD closes Dawson Printshop
Only 10 months after opening, NSCAD closed the fledging Dawson Printshop as a cost-saving measure. Vincenzo Ravina puts on his best typeface.
The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work Alain de Botton (M&S)
Alain de Botton tries to answer to a commonly asked question: What makes us happy and sad about/at our work?
Comics
True Story by Tom Scharpling
100th True Story! Congrats to Mike Holmes for telling so many sweet true stories so well, like this one by WFMU radio host Tom Scharpling.
Life & Style
Question: Is Premier-elect Dexter cool?
Ungodly, high-waisted dad-jeans be damned, Lezlie Lowe says. I want to hang out with that guy!
When old flames start looking good
For whatever reason you decided not to have a child with your man -- he wasn't right, you weren't ready, an old flame looks good -- the future of your relationship doesn't look good.
How to enroll in a summer course
Summer school: this university town is crammed with courses and seminars for everyone, from sign language to kayaking.
How to make a Halifax Bucket List
Based on the movie in which Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman do everything they want to do before they die, but set in the HRM.
How to have a dog-friendly summer
Dog days: Is Halifax really a dog-friendly city? The answer is—for the most part—a tail-wagging yes.
My summer: Andre Levingston, Rainmen owner
The owner of the Halifax Rainmen tells us what he likes to do in Halifax in the summer.
How to get your garden growing
Soil and green: Dig in and get dirty this summer, discover Halifax’s seedier side and get involved in a community garden.
How to live for free all summer
While it’s always nice to have some coin for summer fun, there are lots of things to do in town if your means are limited. Here's how to track down some of the season's best deals.
Hot Summer Guide: Cultural events and festivals
Whether it’s food, international culture, history or zombies, you’ll like what we’ve got cooking in our list of happenings between now and Labour Day.
Summer new music guide
Summer sounds: the best new music to play all summer long.
How to celebrate Pier 21 's tenth anniversary
Pier 21 celebrates its birthday July 1 with an exhibition on the Canoe, the expansion of the west and more.
How to pick a rainy day movie
Watch a movie: Rainy days are for jokes you know and well-known moments you cry at anyway, lulled by the rhythm of precipitation.
How to pick a rainy day movie: the sequel
We ask filmmakers, artists and writers what film they'd pick to watch when they get caught inside on a rainy summer's day.
How to pick a summer book
Summer reading is all about compromise and eating popsicles before they melt, so it might not be the best time to start War & Peace. Here's some manageable picks.
Last summer at the old farmers' market
This is the last summer you'll be able to meander amongst the Farmers' Market tables in the brewery market, so make the most of it.
My summer: Beth Amiro, enterprising surfer
The co-owner of the One Life Surf School, instructing women on wave riding, environmentalism, leadership training and even surf instruction for guys, tells us what she does all summer.
My summer: Christian Barry, co-founder of 2b theatre
In between work in Toronto and touring around the contiment, Christian Barry, the artistic co-director of Halifax-based 2b Theatre, is always coming back here.
My summer: David Christensen, musician and collaborator
Accomplished musician, composer and arranger likes to get his hands dirty in the garden.
My summer: Amelia Curran, musician
Singer-songwriter and former busker on the streets of St John's, wants to give a special salute to Sir Paul.
My summer: Mat Dunlap, designer, radio host
Designer, co-founder of Just Friends records, host of radio cookery show Let's Get Baked likes to get lost in the green streets of Halifax.
My summer: Shauntay Grant, poet, broadcaster
Halifax's new poet laureate is a CBC radio host who likes to feed the ducks and get onstage at the Jazzfest to make music and poetry.
My summer: Kate Lavender, actor, producer
Lavender, an actor who lives in Toronto and Halifax, misses sitting on her balcony listening to The Stars.
My summer: Megan Leslie, Halifax MP
Leslie, voted Best Rookie MP on the Hill, spent a lot of time in Ottawa since being elected, but she's looking forward to a whole summer back in her adopted hometown.
My summer: Harriet Lye, editor, publisher
Lye, who puts out the bi-monthly magazine Her Royal Majesty, is going to get some tennis in before she moves to Paris.
My summer: Paolo Colbertaldo, chef
Colbertaldo, the executive chef at jane's on the common, likes to have a mussel bake on a beach.
My summer: Zoë Caron, environmentalist, author
Director of the Sierra Club of Canada, Atlantic Chapter and co-author of Global Warming for Dummies, likes to get out to the beach.
Hot Summer Guide: Sporting events
Sailing? Running? Soccer? Baseball? Auto-racing? What’s your deal? We have it all going on in our list of summer sport, calculated to get the blood pumping through your heart.
Hot Summer Guide: Theatre events
The boards will be creaking underfoot all over the province this summer. Here's the lowdown on all the theatre you can shake a season at.
Hot Summer Guide: Visual arts events
What better place to avoid the heat and humidity than the cool, dry contemplative space of an art gallery?
Hot Summer Guide: Concerts and music festivals
Unparalleled in Halifax live music history is a summer as jam-packed as this one, with appearances from former Beatles to the cream of modern dance music, from indie rock to sophisticated jazz. We got it all right here.
Summer Craft Show Imminent
The Nova Scotia Designer Crafts Council stage their big event in late July.
Wait and see, NDP
What on earth were you thinking...my god...bringing in an NDP government?
Urban planning explained
Good work in covering the HRM By Design downtown development fiasco.
Criminal lawn-sitter
Writer already misses Amsterdam, where being on the grass is the norm.
Love the way we bitch
Movies
DVD movie picks for summer cellar dwellers
An inside job: The best UV protection is a cool basement and a pile of new-release DVDs. Our former video-store flack picks the summer’s best.
Away We Go's an indie booster seat
The Juno-style David Eggers comedy makes it clear that indie rock's childhood obsessions are seeping into indie films.
The Taking of Pelham 123 remake almost works
Tony Scott mellows out, and delivers two-thirds of a good action thriller.
Thermals a little easier to digest
The Thermals, Now We Can See (Kill Rock Stars)
Fanboys
Directed by Kyle Newman (Alliance)
Music
José González cancelled
Along with his entire Canadian tour
Joel Plaskett Emergency to open for Macca
Wintersleep on the bill to open for Paul McCartney as well. Or, that's what it says on their websites.
Mount Eerie brings Microphones to Halifax
Special guests also not bad
Supershow gets even more superlative
Luedecke + Ennis added to the bill
Classified performs on the MMVAs tonight
10pm on MuchMusic
Live gig: Ole Man Luedecke
Saturday, June 13th, 4:30pm, at the Company House
Gypsophilia's fresh face
Halifax's favourite gypsy-jazz band celebrates their album, Sa-Ba-Da-OW!, sporting a new look and sound. Angelina Chapin admires the moustaches.
The Novaks
Things Fall Apart (Sonic)
Dinosaur Jr.
Farm (Jagjaguwar)
Eels
Hombre Lobo (Vagrant)
Doug Mason
Fox Pirate (Gooseberry)
Gypsophilia live at FRED
Gypsophilia captured live on the first night of their two-night CD launch for Sa-Ba-Da-OW!
News
Dartmouth students protest Metro Transit plans
Terminall upset: Dartmouth High students object to Metro Transit's plan to expand the Bridge Terminal.
Objector accounts pay for peace
Harper and Ignatieff set to ignore private member's bill that would set up conscientious objector accounts that would direct tax money to peace, not war.
NDP government: Real change for a change?
Will the new majority government be able to balance the books and stick to its committment to reduce poverty in this province?
HRM By Design passes
What does it mean?
Visitor & Tourist Information
How to explore McNabs Island
Ghosts, wildlife and buried treasure all await you at McNabs Island in Halifax Harbour.
How to be a nudist in Halifax
Nude behaviour: Technically it’s illegal, but a lot of people enjoy swimming and being out in public in their birthday suits.
How to find a patio in the sky
Patio guide: This year, the Hot Summer Guide gives you a selection of raised patios around town (and one that floats), when a view is as important as the beverage in your hand.
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