The spontaneous photos you snap with your cellphone tend to be discarded or unappreciated, but photographer and Halifax native Hannah Thomson is doing the opposite with hers. “When I am working professionally I am always thinking about light, detail, equipment settings, perspective, context,” says Thomson, whose Pretty Picture Friend is a collection mainly made up […]
Allison Saunders
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Dana Beeler knows The Other Side of Love
Maybe being unlucky in love isn’t such a bad thing. For singer-songwriter Dana Beeler, it was the fuel for the fiery lyrics that make up her seemingly sweet-sounding EP The Other Side of Love. But Beeler (also of Grassworks Bluegrass Band) isn’t the type to throw a pity party. She delivers her heartbreak songs with […]
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Symphony Week wants you
It’s the fourth year that Symphony Nova Scotia has decided to give big love to the public in the form of free performances, making its wealth of master musicians incredibly accessible to the public. Nice! So, symphony lovers and music fans in general, here’s the lowdown. If you’re holding out on buying your season tickets, […]
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Francophone calling
Yes, another jam-packed festival this weekend. The Halifax waterfront is the place to be in coming days it seems and that’s partially thanks to Francofestival, a celebration of the diversity of the French-speaking cultures around the world that’ll showcase a wide range of art, theatre, literature, dance and of course, music. Organized by the The […]
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Shores thing
Last September Southern Shores was but a twinkle in the eyes of Ben Dalton and Jamie Townsend. After a whirlwind year of making daydreamy, nostalgia-soaked electro tunes in Berlin and then releasing their debut EP Atlantic on US experimental pop label Cascine, the pair are gearing up for their next move. Answering to their practical sides, […]
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Rouge Fatale’s encore
It seems the Casino just couldn’t get enough Rouge, and can you blame them? Perhaps in efforts to make summer last longer the Casino’s Paradise Buffet decided after what was supposed to be Ms. Fatale’s last show for the season, to extend the weekly event for seven more weeks. Let’s be honest, this is kind […]
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Sea Glasses sees clearly
You may know Dartmouth’s Garrett Mombourquette as Aux. Out, the musical precursor to Sea Glasses. But after a regular summer of late night recording on a shoddy four-track, and the purchase of a synth, Mombourquette found Sea Glasses better suited the direction his low-fi, drone-pop sound was going in. Mombourquette and his friend Brant Hunter […]
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Bonnie Ste-Croix’s national anthems
When Bonnie Ste-Croix decided to move from Vancouver to Halifax to be closer to her mother, she started thinking about home. The Gaspe-born singer-songwriter started to consider not just the cities from coast-to-coast that she’s lived in, but also all of the towns she’s visited over years of touring and travelling. “I had this moment […]
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Sobey Art Award Shortlist exhibit opens
It’s Sobey Art Award time again, which means work from some of Canada’s best contemporary artists will be gracing the walls, and floors of the AGNS. The shortlisted six (Charles Stankeivech, Sarah Anne Johnson, Daniel Young, Christian Giroux, Manon De Pauw and Zeke Moores) bring varied works in video, photography and sculpture to the exhibit. […]
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Dawning of The Space Age
After playing together with The Holiday Snaps in the ’90s, Andy Patil and Greg Fry had been itching to collaborate again, but given they were both busy playing in other bands they just had to wait until the time was right. Then Patil retired his post as longtime bassist for Matt Mays and El Torpedo […]
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Micah Lexier and Kelly Mark go Head-to-Head
It seems Micah Lexier and Kelly Mark are cut from the same cloth. Over the years the two artists have been drawn to similar materials and processes, have shared similar inspirations, like counting and text, but somehow, had never shared a gallery space. “We both seem to make work that is somewhat related —in some […]
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Halifax by night
MONDAY The kind bar owners of Halifax have made it quite easy to drink away your case of the Mondays. While the week looks long, the drinks are fancy, sweet, plentiful and cheap. Take two Advil and then hit this circuit. Start at Mexicali Rosa’s (5472 Spring Garden Road, 422-7672) and sip on a $6 […]