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

Nights of Gore haunts hard

Get freaked this weekend at the newest and closest corn maze to the HRM.

• by Allison Saunders

Animal's attraction

Dalhousie's latest exhibit examines our relationships with animals through video, sculpture, installation and photograph.

• by Allison Saunders

Hal-Con all night long

Or weekend long, rather

• by Stephanie Johns
• Tags: Hal-Con

Hemsworth the wait

Fun, dancing, etc

• by Stephanie Johns
• Tags: Music, Ryan Hemsworth

Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore

By Robin Sloan (Harper Collins)

• by Whitney Moran

Rock Reject

By Jim Williams (Fernwood)

• by Chris Benjamin

The Age of Miracles

By Karen Thompson Walker (Bond Street Books)

• by Lindsay Raining Bird

True Story by Kate Leth

• by Mike Holmes

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.

• by Melissa Buote

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.

• by Melissa Buote

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
• Tags: Halifax Drinks, Moda Urban Dining, The Carleton, Fid Resto, The Drawing Room, The Bicycle Thief, The Wooden Monkey

Playing Indian

So you want to be a “Pocahottie” for Halloween?

• by Lindsay Raining Bird

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

Borderlands 2

Available on Xbox 360, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3 (2K Games)

• by Justin Hartling

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

• by Whitney Moran

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

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.

• by Allison Saunders

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)

• by Lindsay Raining Bird

Outskirts wisdom

Hali-poet Sue Goyette is winning awards from everywhere for her ecologically minded poetry from hopeful places.

• by Chris Benjamin

SAP outsourcing decision to come within a week

Union expects that 113 government jobs will be lost.

• by Tim Bousquet

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

• by Tim Bousquet