There are many great shows that we’re feelin’ this weekend. Alas, Listings Mom and Listings Pop are in town all the way from the hood in Southern Ontario and thus our only jam will be tonight at the Lion’s Head Tavern singing karaoke with Laurie the Guy. (Listings Pop got the love jones for Mountain’s […]
Alison Lang
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Up In The North
Hey, it’s your friendly neighbourhood Listings Ed here, taking over for Tara Thorne, who jetted off today to hobnobb with the stars at the Toronto International Film Festival. Keep yer eyes peeled for her TIFF blog. And don’t get your panties in a twist: she’ll be back soon. In the meantime, can we tell you […]
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Green grade
Dalhousie University As the largest university on this list, it’s not surprising that Dal boasts a three-pronged approach to sustainable policy—there’s the university’s sustainability office, another one based in student government and a faculty group focused on weaving sustainability concepts into Dal’s curriculums. To this end, Dal will soon be boasting a College of Sustainability […]
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Bed spread
“Can you imagine,” says Jane Collins, “being 18 years old and being told you can’t go to the bar?” The nurse manager of Saint Mary’s University shakes her head. She’s talking about mumps, but her words could equally apply to the sheer impossibility of “quarantining” students who have contracted a sexually transmitted infection. The back-to-school […]
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The first time’s the charm
It would not be unseemly to compare your first Evolve experience to losing your virginity. It’s both glorious and uncomfortable at the time. You wish you could have gotten more sleep. And two days after it’s over, the after effects linger; a bit of euphoria, a bit of residual soreness, and overwhelmingly, the desire to […]
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Home town
Morgan Davis is in love. Over the phone from his home north of Deep Cove, the veteran blues guitarist is rhapsodizing, his soft, whiskey-rough voice taking on the reverent tone of a man who is living in a dream from which he hopes he will never awaken. But what could be the object of his […]
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Mid-way
“We were there for hours. No cell phone. No nothing.” Aaron Wolff is remembering the time when his band, The End, blew two tires on their tour van and ended up rolling to a halt somewhere along Highway 10—the endless southern stretch of highway trailing from Santa Monica, California, to Jacksonville, Florida. Based on his […]