Vol. 20, No. 24
Dear Mayor Savage
An open letter of advice from The Coast to Mike Savage, Halifax’s new mayor
By Team Coast
IBM deal: details still not released
Province to outsource SAP operations to world's fifth most profitable corporation.
By Tim Bousquet
New Halifax mayor Mike Savage hires office staff
Donna McCready, Josh Bragg and Cheryl Stewart get paid better than bus drivers, but not as well as the mayoral candidate.
NDP giving SAP to IBM: a deal with the devil
Darrell Dexter's government refuses to make deal details public. And you know who's in the details.
TAMMACHAT
By Michaela Cavanagh
Ela! quits
By Allison Saunders
Ottoman Cafe opens
Put up your feet with some Turkish coffee, tea and shisha
Top chef goes to Turkey
Brenan Madill's top spot at the national Jeunes Chefs Rotisseurs Competition take him to Istanbul.
Nailed it
Inkwell helps your fingers do the talking
Flavours of love
Get your belly ready: the Flavours of Nova Scotia Trade Show is tomorrow.
A taste of Spain at the Seahorse
Tapa time, brought to you by Atlantic Flamenco Productions
Studio 14 Gift & Gallery pops up on Agricola
Jewellery, fine arts, framing and nice people
A new downtown Hideaway
The Hideaway Pub & Grille opens on Brenton Place
Greek Village returns home
Quinpool: the shuffle continues
At Play Café to open in Dartmouth
Parents who work from home: your prayers may have been answered
Land grab
Venture capitalists are stealing land from the world’s poorest to give us sweets, gadgets and green consciences.
By Chris Benjamin
Stringing it together
Saint Mary’s University Art Gallery hosts Kai Chan: A Spider’s Logic, a retrospective exhibit spanning an impressive 35 years of contemporary textile art.
By Julie Sobowale
TAMMACHAT's fair trade secrets
Celebrate scarf season, ethical shopping and gorgeous gift inspiration this weekend.
Top marks for Mrs. Markham
Bedford Players brings plot twists and innuendos aplenty in Move Over Mrs. Markham
By Kate Watson
Oh, Canada
The Art Gallery of Nova Scotia gives us an art history lesson with Canadian Pioneers.
This is How: Proven Aid in Overcoming Shyness, Molestation, Fatness, Spinsterhood, Grief, Disease, Lushery, and Decrepitude & More for the Young and Old Alike
By Augusten Burroughs (St. Martin’s Press)
By Whitney Moran
The Last Story
For Nintendo Wii (Xseed Games)
By Colin Chisholm
Assassin’s Creed III
For PlayStation 3, Xbox, Wii, Microsoft Windows (Ubisoft)
By Justin Hartling
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
Directed by Lorene Scafaria (eOne)
By Tara Thorne
Skyfall
Duck hunt
By Jacob Boon
Calling all troops
The Salivation Army brings booty bass to Glamoflage at Michael’s Bar and Grill by way of Montreal
By Tamar Eylon
An annual evening of thrills and chills
Taboo Theatre presents Grand Guignol III
Blood, sweat and tears
Death From Above 1979 to rain down on Halifax Friday night
Astral Plane takes off
Andrew Neville supplies your monthly dose of new wave, post punk and Katy Perry.
Benjamin Gibbard
Former Lives (Barsuk)
Eyes soar
Home for a short rest, the hardworking A Sight for Sewn Eyes plays to the Pavilion before hitting the road yet again.
Kendrick Lamar
good kid, m.A.A.d. city (Interscope)
By Jeff Lawton
Ty Segall
Twins (Drag City)
By Stephanie Johns
Thee Oh Sees
Putrifiers II (In The Red)
Kitty pride
MSVU Art Gallery's Here Kitty, Kitty Cat Video Festival breaks out the cuteness
Halifax Central Library in 3D
The future of tomorrow, today!
You look like you could use a new podcast
The Brand Review hauls out all the fun of a game show with the added pep of sports, silliness and pop culture
NSMW: Friday night lights
Cousins, cosmic bowling, Bel Biv Devoe, Dance Moves and Jennah Barry
NSMW: S-A-T-U-R-D-A-Y, NIGHT
Bunny yoga, beach strolls, Billie Dre, Quake, Soul Mange, A.A. Wallace, Old Blood, Billy Joel
NSMW: ladies who brunch
And the winners are...
Go see Hoax tonight!
Or add another thing to your long list of deathbed regrets
Hey You Guys
By Paul Hammond
True Story by Oksana Atwood
By Mike Holmes
Foraging for fungi
Simon Thibault looks at the adventurous, elusive and tasty world of mushroom foraging in Nova Scotia.
By Simon Thibault
Free Will Astrology
Do go chasing (dry) waterfalls, Leo
By Rob Brezsny
The campsite rule
Leave younger partners better than you found them, even if they bore you. Also: My vengeful ex is gonna blab about my pegging kink!
By Dan Savage
Florals are forever
Erica & Kevin | Married August 3, 2012
Nautical nuptials
Reigh & Tracey | Married July 14, 2012
Looking for someone that can do mobile hair and makeup
How a Dartmouth speed change exposes HRM council’s political failures...
By Matt Stickland
'Don't let anybody tell you you can't,' says panelist at Black women in politics event
By Lauren Phillips, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Every big show coming to Halifax (and beyond) in 2024
EXCERPT: Martin Bauman’s Hell of a Ride wades into depression, family legacy and cycling across Canada