Grant MacEachern and Karen Fritz and were visiting family in Nova Scotia when he popped the question as they walked along their favourite beach. As the planning began two things were certain: the couple of 10 years wanted a short engagement and a wedding near the sea. After two trips east, the Toronto-based pair found […]
Allison Saunders
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Smitten with simplicity
Easy does it for Rose Wilson and Kelly Blanche; they’ll both admit that from day one things just sort of fell into place for them. Even though Kelly had been working alongside Rose’s mother for three years, hearing embarrassing stories that would later fuel her jokes, the pair finally met in 2007 through another co-worker. […]
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Master minds
For five years now a lucky, local artist-type has been rewarded for their creativity, to the tune of $25,000. It’s the Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia’s Masterworks Art Award and it’s all about supporting art that connects with our lovely province, highlighting national or international accomplishments. This year the five finalists offer a really broad […]
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Barbara Walsh braves the storm
When Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Barbara Walsh told her father she wanted to write a Perfect Storm-style book, she never expected he’d respond with: “You have a story like that in your own family.” He told her about the August gale of 1935, a devastating hurricane that swept through Marystown, Newfoundland, claiming the lives of many […]
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Best in (Rocky Horror) Show
This weekend Reflection’s transforms into Transylvania as Dalhousie’s Theatre Society saves Halloween by putting on four live performances of the sexy and spooky holiday classic, Rocky Horror. A team of four directors (Sam Horak, Rebecca Schneidereit, Morgan Melnyk and Mark Oliver) teamed up to make a “more grunge rock” version of the creepily campy production. […]
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Lou Canon cuts class
Lou Canon’s debut album started as a really great Christmas gift. Her brother-in-law (who also happens to be Hayden) randomly chose her name in the family draw and offered to help her record a couple of tracks. After some time in the studio a couple of songs turned into an EP and soon enough, that […]
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Bruce Peninsula gets fired up
Bruce Peninsula was supposed to be on this tour last March. The record was done, the dates were booked, the celebrations had happened. And then frontman Neil Haverty was diagnosed with leukemia. After a hard winter, and teasing fans with videos for B-sides and covers (better known as the Bruce Peninsula Fire Sale) BP back […]
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Fall for Olenka and the Autumn Lovers
Olenka Krakus says she writes more when she’s alone. So on this eastern tour with her Autumn Lovers, new songs might not come as easily as they did the last time she was in town when she wrote a one while walking through the north end. But that’s OK, the once literature student has a […]
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HPX Zine Fair explodes
On Saturday afternoon your ears will likely need a rest from music overload and yelling concert-goers. It’ll be a lovely break to shift the workload over to your eyes for a few hours and check out the annual HPX Zine Fair where loads and loads of amazing zines, small-press books, indie record labels and cool […]
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Analog Stereograms from Synthetic Space takes Alderney Theatre
Slide on a pair of 3D glasses and prepare to slip into an interactive, mind-bending transformation of the Alderney Landing theatre. Taking hints from the Atari video music Robert Drisdelle and Heather Rappard will use projectors and cameras, with a mood set by live musicians, to create a space that can be changed and manipulated […]
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That’s Rich
The release show of Rich Aucoin’s long-awaited We’re All Dying To Live is almost upon us, but there’s something else he’s been waiting nearly as long for. “I’ve had this bottle of pop in my fridge for like two years that I’ve been saving as a champagne sort of thing,” says Halifax’s effervescent king of […]
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The King’s College Orchestra goes indie
Bringing the King’s College Orchestra to a house show might have been a bit of a challenge, but bringing the house show to them is bound to result in a little magic. The idea came up when the KCO’s executive director and conductor, Faye Bontje and John Bordagus, were brainstorming for the 2011/2012 season, and […]