Arts
Shandi Mitchell wins Commonwealth Prize
Halifax author also up for Atlantic Book Awards
Girl Power: The Nineties Revolution in Music
Marisa Meltzer (Faber and Faber)
Merritt Award nominees reflect great year of theatre
Tough competition: 2b theatre leads the NS award nominations.
Game on: the Play conference
Can Halifax come out and play? A two-day conference at Dalhousie's School of Planning looks at the benefits of building fun urban spaces.
Review: The Soldier Dreams
This King's production is both effective and affecting
Review: Tree of Life
A treat for the senses
Paul F. Tompkins is all grown up
Funny guy Tompkins talks weddings, SCTV and the joys of adulthood before Saturday's show.
Bitter Medicine
Clem Martini and Olivier Martini (Freehand)
Get signed by Cameron Stewart
Award-winning Canadian comic artist Cameron Stewart is visiting Halifax this weekend, signing comics and saying hello.
Gerald Ferguson's landscapes
The last series from the painter is a surprising depature.
Mocean Dance: Live at 3
A world premiere of three new works.
Comics
Food & Drink
Steak to the heart
Melissa Buote sets her fears of strip malls aside, and, with the help of Porter’s Steakhouse, comes to love dining in Dartmouth.
Retro in the resto
As everyone gets ready to dip a foot into the Hot Tub Time Machine we searched for the perfect cocktail to sip while hanging out back when.
Life & Style
Dartmouth
Help thy neighbour
Running on empty
A decade-old running shoe fetish is not the worst thing in the world. Plus: help a teen lesbian take her girlfriend to prom.
Birch Cove
Raise your voice
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Free Will Astrology
The storm is your friend, Virgo
Love the way we bitch
Movies
Josh MacDonald’s stage fright
Add playwright Josh MacDonald to Halifax’s scare crew: his new film, The Corridor, is a supernatural buddy horror set in a remote cabin.
Hurricane Season
Directed by Tim Story (Dimension)
The Damned United
Directed by Tom Hooper (Sony)
Whirligig shooting now
Chaz Thorne's latest, starring Gregory Smith, wraps up March 26.
Doodles of creativity found in Diary of a Wimpy Kid
With punchlines like titular Wimpy Kid Greg accidentally urinating on his older brother, the movie's dedicated to tween-level pratfalls and raunch.
The Bounty Hunter cuts off its own head
Gerard Butler needs to find a new schtick (and American accent).
The Ghost Writer gets lost in the details
More and more layers of mystery are added to the plot of Roman Polanski's film, beyond the point of actually making sense of anything.
Repo Men repossesses its own message
Released in time for the US health care debate, Miguel Sapochnik's movie lacks satirical bite.
Music
Burn One Down TONIGHT!
Help Burnt Church get in the van.
Landing on planet B-52s
We catch up with the voice that gave “Rock Lobster” its claws: talking to Fred Schneider on Olympics, stolen ham and B-52s memories.
Smell You Later, A/V
last show for longtime, TONIGHT
Orchid's Curse Wants Your Voice
and maybe...YOUR SOUL?!?!
No more LOLs for L.M.F.A.O
Party-rap crew L.M.F.A.O. has cancelled their April 14th show at the Halifax Forum. Tickets can be refunded wherever you bought them.
Ani makes it up to us
Di Franco tickets for a November show go on sale this Friday.
Joanna Newsom
Have One On Me (Drag City)
Five things you should know about Michael Bolton
Take a dip in Halifax's hot tub time machine and mourn the days of the mane.
Henry Rollins vs. Nardwuar
An oldie and definitely a goodie.
Alex Cuba
Alex Cuba (Caracol)
Straight Thrush
Thrush Hermit comes out of its shell in a big way with a nine-date tour and an eight-disc box set.
Ambition and Uncle Fester
K.R.E.A.M. (Backburner)
Rollins along
We have words with frequent flying ex-punk icon Henry Rollins before he lands in Halifax.
Corinne Bailey Rae
The Sea
Broken Bells
Broken Bells (Columbia)
News
CCPA to NDP: Don't panic over deficit
CCPA Alternative Budget aims to cut deficit while strengthening social programs
Beyond the walls
Design-savvy Haligonians are demanding architectural excellence from the new central library design. But watch out for that Bilbao effect.
More Jobs Per Green Buck
If the Nova Scotian government seeks to bring balance to the budget, it must let the funds flow to green infrastructure.
Tanya Bloomfield to run Bluenose Marathon barefooted
[image-1] Tanya Bloomfield plans to raise money for Halifax's LGBTQ community by ticking off one thing on her bucket list: running a marathon, barefoot. Bloomfield, sponsorship coordinator for Halifax Pride, hopes to raise $10,000 for Safe Harbour Metropolitan Community Church when she runs the Bluenose Marathon this May. Safe Harbour (3115 Veith Street) is a Christian organization, embracing the "Rainbow Community." Though not religious, Bloomfield, a transgendered woman herself, is impressed by the church's inclusiveness. Safe Harbour plays a key role in Bob Fougere's life, who was hurt by the Catholic church's rejection of him as a gay man. Fougere,
HRM’s secret arena contract
The city of Halifax refuses to publicly release details of its agreement with Nustadia, Inc.
Greenpeace targets Sobeys for selling cod
Greenpeace protests against Sobeys selling Atlantic cod
Canadian government indifferent to plight of woman held captive in Saudi Arabia
Nazia Quazi speaks of her quest for freedom
Visitor & Tourist Information
Go local in Clayton Park
Clayton Park stretches from Fairview to Bayer's Lake. We zeroed in on these pleasant merchants.
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