The Nova Scotia Designer Craft Council is spending the weekend in the park. Their annual summer craft market is moving a couple of blocks up the street, but still showcasing the best in craft, for free, all weekend long. “The canopy of trees bordered by Spring Garden Road, South Park and Martello Streets is an […]
Allison Saunders
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Iconic Annie
When planning its fifth annual tribute show and fundraiser, Angels & Heroes Theatre Company decided that honouring a heavy-hitting female performer was way past due. But to be on par with their last four shows—which featured Rufus Wainwright, Queen, Elton and Bowie—she had to be a lady of the fiercest kind; someone who had not […]
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The Kamalas’ sweet summer
The Kamalas, Hockey Fight, Tongan Death Grip, Outtacontroller The Kamalas work so well together because they aren’t just bandmates, they’re also old friends, roommates, co-workers and neighbours. Elle Shapiro, T-Ray, Jessup and Salty see a lot of each other, and they’re OK with that. The summer’s been a busy one for the Moncton pop-punk quartet […]
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Spinning Envision
After 13 years Envision has gone vinyl. The Changing Times, a seven-inch remastering of a 2010 demo, has come to life Despite a glitch with a small US label that was originally slated to release the record. Luckily, Envision’s commander in chief Ian Hart soldiered on and took matters into his own hands, deciding to […]
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Jazz about town
Get out your jazz hands and gather your drinking buddies, with Jazz Fest’s great list of partnered stages around town there’s a slew of affordable after-parties and pre-show soirees to choose from. Essentially this week it’s all jazz, all the time. Check out live music listings on page 19 for daily details, and here are […]
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Twenty-five years of Jazz Fest in photos
If a picture says a thousand words, 40 pictures will have many stories to tell. In recognition of Jazz Fest’s 25th year, a collection of photos from past festivals, taken by professionals, musicians and festival keeners alike, has been carefully compiled and will be showcased at the main festival tent. JazzEast’s James MacAulay dug into […]
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Chaos Theory wants to Rock the Hill
If things go according to plan for Halifax hard-rockers Chaos Theory, on July 14 instead of thrashing around to Master of Puppets and spending too much at the beer tent, they’ll be sharing the stage with Metallica. “To play on stage with my idols can’t be explained with words, but only with emotions of true […]
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Outdoor jamming for the IWK
While spending her days steaming milk and keeping people buzzed at Starbucks, music lover Rebecca Sharpe started dreaming up a plan for a charity concert. And as it turned out, the perfect venue was right under her nose. Always encouraging charity work in the community, her employers offered up their high traffic patio as a […]
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Kara Bargmann’s off on a Tangent
After Kara Bargmann’s father told her a story about a friend of his who had a geode that he refused to crack open, she got to thinking about nature’s mysteries. The element of wonder that made the geode so valuable to her dad’s friend piqued her interest in crystal specimens, which eventually led to her […]
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Sanktuary puts down roots
Last summer Sanktuary picked up and moved from Whitehorse to Nova Scotia—it’s ballsy, but the band’s singer and guitarist Alan Binger said it was time. “There’s only so much you can do up there as far as a band is concerned. We played for everyone, had done all the venues and festivals, and we just […]
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Old and Weird is new and awesome
Old and Weird could have been The Pen15 Club, The Wormers or Dessert Cereal. But instead, after toiling over the task of picking a name they arrived on one rather organically, and it just stuck. “One of us was telling a story about a person at a show who was old and weird and it […]
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Killer kings
You better bow down to these kings—they’re using their royalty for good. Oz (Mr. Gay Halifax III) is the brains behind the Drag ‘n’ Shag, an event gathering the best of the city’s drag kings and genderbenders to take the stage and raise awareness and funds for the local trans community. All proceeds from the […]