Jul 22-28, 2010

News + Opinion

• City

  The accidental activist

  In the 1970s, in a dress shop on Barrington Street, a straight salesperson provides professional and helpful service to Halifax’s emerging drag queen population. Is she a gay crusader, or just a decent person? Or are they the same thing?

  By Lezlie Lowe

  Jul 22, 2010

  
• City

  Boylesque thrills

  Behind this week's cover with Rouge Fatale.

  By Lizzy Hill and Matthieu Comeau

  Jul 22, 2010

  
• News

  Not much chance "rain guarantee" will be cashed in for Halifax Rocks 2010 show

  By Tim Bousquet

  Jul 23, 2010
• News

  Harbour near-misses

  Atlantic Pilotage Authority confirms that the French naval ship Fulmar nearly hit two other ships in Halifax Harbour

  By Tim Bousquet

  Jul 23, 2010
• News

  Andy Murdoch honoured for food writing

  By Tim Bousquet

  Jul 23, 2010
• News

  Century 21 office creates graffiti wall

  By Anna Duckworth

  Jul 23, 2010

  
• News

  Apology to Corporate Research Associates Inc. and Don Mills

  By Kyle Shaw

  Jul 28, 2010
• Shoptalk

  DigitalCare Computers opens

  By Tim Bousquet

  Jul 23, 2010
• Shoptalk

  Hundreds sign petition to keep Caribbean Twist open

  By Melissa Buote

  Jul 28, 2010
• Opinion

  Kansas Backdoors Canada

  By Jane Kansas

  Jul 26, 2010

  
• Opinion

  Drunken deliberations

  A campaign of innuendo and whispers is confusing Halifax councillors' public and private lives.

  By Tim Bousquet

  Jul 22, 2010

  
• Environment

  Muzzling Enviro Canada

  Canada's largest environmental body, once a rich source of scientific information, is hiding from the public.

  By Chris Benjamin

  Jul 22, 2010

  

Arts + Music

• Arts & Culture

  Ellen Page: dream warrior

  The Halifax actor is surrounded by an all-star cast for Christopher Nolan's Inception, yet in the wake of it all, she remains a pretty chill screen presence.

  By Carsten Knox

  Jul 22, 2010

  
• Arts & Culture

  First look at Faith, Fraud & Minimum Wage

  Oh Jesus, Josh MacDonald's film looks great.

  By Sue Carter Flinn

  Jul 23, 2010

  
• Arts & Culture

  Cyrus a movie about ordinary people

  Vulnerability makes this Duplass brothers film.

  By Sean Flinn

  Jul 22, 2010

  
• Arts & Culture

  CBC's Short Film Faceoff, round two on Saturday

  Local films compete for a production deal; we get entertained.

  By Sue Carter Flinn

  Jul 23, 2010

  
• Arts & Culture

  Get out of town for The Crucible

  Two Planks and a Passion Theatre move you with this 50-year-old tale of intolerance, corruption and vengeance.

  By Kate Watson

  Jul 22, 2010

  
• Arts & Culture

  The Coast does Mad Men boardroom lunch

  Join us Monday afternoons for a Don Draper recap.

  By Sue Carter Flinn

  Jul 26, 2010

  
• Arts & Culture

  The Kids Are All Right is more than alright

  Art house queen Lisa Cholodenko has succeeded in creating a mainstream movie about families and partnership.

  By Hillary Titley

  Jul 22, 2010

  
• Arts & Culture

  Unstrap some cash for Strap 'Em On

  The TransAction Society of Nova Scotia's Pride fundraiser

  By Holly Gordon

  Jul 22, 2010

  
• Arts & Culture

  Kiano Zamani's sacred geometry

  The NSCAD student prepares a show of sacred geometry and Iranian music for meditative qualities.

  By Holly Gordon

  Jul 22, 2010

  
• Arts & Culture

  Collapse

  Directed by Chris Smith (Bluemark Productions)

  By Shannon Fay

  Jul 22, 2010

  
• Arts & Culture

  Fauna

  Alissa York (Random House)

  By Robyn McNeil

  Jul 22, 2010

  
• Arts & Culture

  Ruts & Gullies: Nine Days in St. Petersburg

  Philippe Girard (Conundrum)

  By Laura Kenins

  Jul 22, 2010

  
• Arts & Culture

  The Selves

  Sonja Ahlers (D+Q)

  By Sue Carter Flinn

  Jul 22, 2010

  
• Cultural Festivals

  A parade of city pride

  We're on a float!

  By Tim Bousquet

  Jul 22, 2010

  
• Cultural Festivals

  Watch the Pride parade slideshow

  Everybody loves a Prideshow!

  By Kyle Shaw

  Jul 22, 2010

  
• Music

  The Kinetic Band Shuffle

  Cursed Arrows move to Halifax

  By Alison Lang

  Jul 28, 2010

  
• Music

  Waiting for Weezer

  It’s been over 15 years since the Blue album, but the Los Angeles band still leaves us undone.

  By Alison Lang

  Jul 22, 2010

  
• Music

  HAPPY PRIDE

  here's my favorite queer song by my favorite queer band

  By Alison Lang

  Jul 23, 2010

  
• Music

  The Year of Living Room Dangerously

  catriona sturton and jesse dangerously are playing at birdhouse, birdhouse

  By Alison Lang

  Jul 22, 2010

  
• Music

  Black eyes for Peas?

  Why can't Fergie and will.i.am just get along?

  By Sue Carter Flinn

  Jul 24, 2010

  
• Music

  Lullaby Arkestra

  my love is bigger than your love?

  By Alison Lang

  Jul 28, 2010

  
• Music

  Maylee Todd’s power

  Disney, Elvis and the Choose Your Own Adventure books all find a home in the wonderfully bizarre world of Maylee Todd.

  By Laura Kenins

  Jul 22, 2010

  
• Music

  All you need is foodclothingshelter

  New Brunswick collective goes grassroots at Evolve.

  By Michael Fraiman

  Jul 22, 2010

  
• Music

  Hey Rosetta! yells at you real loud

  The Newfie indie-rock band gives us some salty goodness.

  By Holly Gordon

  Jul 22, 2010

  
• Music

  Getting French kissed

  The Seahorse Tavern starts a one-day-a-month tradition of French performances this Wednesday.

  By Holly Gordon

  Jul 22, 2010

  
• Music

  Lee Park's Joyful Sorrow

  The local violinist releases her first EP after two months studying klezmer music in Israel.  

  By Holly Gordon

  Jul 22, 2010

  
• Music

  La Strada

  New Home (Ernest Jenning)

  By Laura Kenins

  Jul 22, 2010

  
• Music

  Hot Hot Heat

  Future Breeds (Dine Alone)

  By Sean Flinn

  Jul 22, 2010

  
• Music

  M.I.A.

  Maya (XL)

  By Sean Flinn

  Jul 22, 2010

  
• Music

  Common

  Go! Common Classics (Geffen)

  By Doug Taylor

  Jul 22, 2010

  
• Music

  Boxer the Horse

  Would You Please (Collagen Rock)

  By Sue Carter Flinn

  Jul 22, 2010

  
• Comics

  Superhero Girl

  By Faith Erin Hicks

  Jul 22, 2010

  
• Comics

  True Story by Austin Allen

  By Mike Holmes

  Jul 22, 2010

  

Food + Drink

• Drink

  Party like it's Pride Week

  The city's bouncing around on a Pride sugar high this week---check out these venues for parties through to Sunday.

  By Holly Gordon

  Jul 22, 2010

  
• Restaurant Reviews

  Day tripper

  Lunenberg's Fleur De Sel is a welcome summertime break from the city's heat.

  By Melissa Buote

  Jul 22, 2010

  

Lifestyle

• Free Will Astrology

  Free Will Astrology

  Repress revenge fantasies, Aries.

  By Rob Brezsny

  Jul 22, 2010

  
• Savage Love

  Had me at screwdriver fight

  Hookers and sores, and the lack of whimsy in pedophilia. Also: Did Dan change your life? Write in to update him.

  By Dan Savage

  Jul 22, 2010

  
• Sex + Dating

  We are all anal-sexers!

  What, what, in the butt.

  By Anna Duckworth

  Jul 22, 2010