Vol. 20, No. 22
Mike Savage's campaign contributions made public
By Tim Bousquet
What Mike Savage's campaign contributors mean to Halifax
The trouble with big money campaigns, buying access and small favours
SAP outsourcing decision to come within a week
Union expects that 113 government jobs will be lost.
Outskirts wisdom
Hali-poet Sue Goyette is winning awards from everywhere for her ecologically minded poetry from hopeful places.
By Chris Benjamin
Arc story
Carbon Arc celebrates three years of independent screenings with a fall full of stellar film programming.
By Kevin Hartford
Nevermore forever
Shakespeare By The Sea does Edgar Alan Poe justice with their chilling Halloween show.
By Kate Watson
Animal's attraction
Dalhousie's latest exhibit examines our relationships with animals through video, sculpture, installation and photograph.
By Allison Saunders
Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore
By Robin Sloan (Harper Collins)
By Whitney Moran
Rock Reject
By Jim Williams (Fernwood)
The Age of Miracles
By Karen Thompson Walker (Bond Street Books)
Borderlands 2
Available on Xbox 360, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3 (2K Games)
By Justin Hartling
Playing Indian
So you want to be a “Pocahottie” for Halloween?
Nights of Gore haunts hard
Get freaked this weekend at the newest and closest corn maze to the HRM.
Heaven on Earthworm
Cape Breton’s finest folk-rockers The Tom Fun Orchestra kick off their “Canadian World Tour” supporting their newest release Earthworm Heart
Spectator sport
Amelia Curran’s latest album, Spectators, straddles fear and love with her trademark resolve.
By Shannon Webb-Campbell
Cool Lunice
Montreal’s Lunice surfs into town on a wave of swag, just let it wash over you.
By Stephanie Johns
Hal-Con all night long
Or weekend long, rather
Charter party
The Dalhousie Feminist Legal Association gives the 30th anniversary of Charter of Rights and Freedoms the party it deserves with DJs Anderoc, Regalia and Michu.
Hemsworth the wait
Fun, dancing, etc
Tame Impala
Lonerism (Modular)
By Matthew Ritchie
Sampson
Ill-Mannered (Independent)
By Trevor Savory
Klarka Weinwurm
Continental Drag (Independent)
By Doug Taylor
Inlet Sound
The Romantics (Independent)
True Story by Kate Leth
By Mike Holmes
Hey You Guys
By Paul Hammond
Mix master
Jeffrey Van Horne brings an old-school touch of class to drinking in the city through his posts at The Bicycle Thief and Untitled Eats.
By Melissa Buote
Brothers of invention
Sage Mixology’s bottle within a bottle proves to be Dal students’ dream within a dream.
By Michaela Cavanagh
Muddling through
Made With Love, a Canada-wide mixology competition, hit Halifax this month, bringing a lot of inspired drinks and thoughts on cocktail culture.
So you’ve decided to have Katrina Roberts make you a drink
Morris East’s wine and beverage director guides you through the dangerous and tricky process of deciding what to get tipsy with.
Mixed media
Jacob Boon takes on the thankless task of finding the most delicious fall cocktails to keep you warm from the inside out this season.
By Jacob Boon
Free Will Astrology
Deal with your limitations, Sagittarius
By Rob Brezsny
The myth of pornography
Oh yeah, kids are watching it, but it’s not as bad as you think. (But you still need to conduct a talking-to, sorry Dad.)
By Dan Savage
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