Vol. 18, No. 5
What's wrong: White painted cracks, all over the north end.
Barrington Street poised for major makeover
Property owners take advantage of $1.2 million in historic preservation funding
By Tim Bousquet
How councillors voted on Herring Cove bike lanes
Herring Cove Road bike lanes nixed by Halifax council
Heads in the sand
How can a city that can't get bike lanes right deal with peak oil?
Chenoweth does it again
Last sale until fall for local designer Laura Chenoweth
By Carsten Knox
JiXiang Chinese Restaurant opens
New Chinese on Quinpool Road
Idealbikes shifts gears
Owner moving on to “semi-retirement”
Pewter programming
Amos Pewter opens second location in Halifax
There’s Something About Mary’s 2
Mary’s Place Café opens a second location
Rock Island Cafe is a Bistro
Name change with new management and chef
Charter duplicity
Darrell Dexter contradicts himself by trying to derail Metro Transit's Bridge Terminal plans.
Oshkosh, Wisconsin
The fourth of July
By Jane Kansas
Sable Island’s cod killer?
The new plan to slaughter seals blames seals for the cod fishery collapse, but a large seal population might just be the cod’s best hope.
By Linda Pannozzo and Bruce Wark
The urban farmer
Community-supported agriculture gives farmers a modest, predictable income. It can work in the city too.
By Chris Benjamin
A costume ball
Designers Sarah Roy and Leesa Hamilton dress up the local theatre scene.
By Sue Carter Flinn
A good sport
In honour of the World Cup finals, we toss some praise on the best and sweatiest sports movies.
By Matt Semansky
The Common: An Experience For One Person In A Public Place
Director Dustin Harvey and writer Rob Plowman create a site-specific play that takes you on a walk through the original Commons space.
On the boardwalk
Artists set up their work for a Canada Day exhibition along the Dartmouth waterfront.
By Holly Gordon
Grown Ups falls short of height requirement
Adam Sandler's latest is funny, but only by default of its collection of actors.
By Hillary Titley
Defective shining armour in Knight and Day
Tom Cruise's latest is unsettling and weird when it should be fizzy and forgettable.
High Life
Directed by Gary Yates (Triptych Media)
Oceans of Hope
Directed by Michel Lemieux and Victor Pilon (Pier 21 Society)
By Sean Flinn
Work of Art: The Search for the Next Great Artist
Bravo on Saturdays, 9pm
Total Eclipse of the heart
The newest Twilight saga plays things safe and loses its personality.
By Mark Palermo
The Last Airbender brings out the worst in everyone
M. Night Shyamalan wastes two hours of your life.
Lee-Anne Poole Splinters off
New Plutonium play tackles the complexities of sexual identity.
By Michael Fraiman
She's Eclectic: DJ Edition
Another CKDU fund/fun-raiser kicks off this Wednesday
By Alison Lang
Polaris Prize Shortlist Announced
no amelia or meaghan, but lots of goodies representing
Kid Rock etc CANCELLED
i guess adam duritz's dreadlocks had better things to do
CANCELLED: JULIETTE LEWIS
they're dropping like fliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiies
Boom Bap with a bang
DJ Petey Punch and General Mills hope to inject some love into the local hip-hop scene with the massive The Halifax Boom Bap Project.
By Michael Kimber
Scheduled: Jim Guthrie, Heck Yes!
Al Tuck vs. Shotgun Jimmie vs. Fred Squire
The three artists duke it out to the death this weekend at The Company House.
Finding the right English Words
The PEI band plays Alderney Landing's Canada Day concert with Joel Plaskett, The David Myles Trio, Rose Cousins, Steve Poltz, Telfer and Deep Dark Woods.
Sarah Harmer
Oh Little Fire (Universal)
Gogol Bordello
Trans-Continental Hustle (American Recordings)
The Wind Up Radio Sessions
Red Brick House (Independent)
By Laura Kenins
Band of Horses
Infinite Arms (Fat Possum)
By Dave Hayden
The Beauties
The Beauties (Six Shooter)
Multicultural Festival takes a leap
Held at Halifax Seaport this year, the Festival brings delicious food and entertainment for the weekend.
Love Song’s
There’s nothing tentative about a delicious lunch, says Melissa Buote.
By Melissa Buote
Free Will Astrology
Rob Brezsny checks in with his mid-year assessment
By Rob Brezsny
In bed with my father-in-law
The origins of my wife’s fantasies are worrying me. Plus: dating and grief, and fiances who make whiny kitten sounds in bed.
By Dan Savage
Quarterfinal Recap
A look back at the Round of 8.
By Kiyan Sobhani
Octadamus
The Octopus Oracle has spoken
Halifax Transit planning for a ridership decrease
By Matt Stickland
Every big show coming to Halifax (and beyond) in 2024
By Team Coast
Pit sweat and drug checks: Dispatches from the JUNO Red Carpet
By Martin Bauman
The many faces of Hawksley Workman