This isn’t your average night at the gallery. The Art Gallery of Nova Scotia is spicing it up, letting loose and getting a little bit kooky for their second annual big top-themed fundraising gala. It’s a red carpet event that encourages “circus formal” attire and raises money for the AGNS’ arts education programs (including their […]
Allison Saunders
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Success is in The Details
To go big, or go home was the question that faced Winnipeg indie-rockers The Details a couple of years ago. While playing South by Southwest in 2009 they impressed Kim Fowley, (remember the villain manager from The Runaways movie?) so much so that he wanted a piece of the pie. Luckily, they went with their […]
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Josh Martinez is Pissed
Josh Martinez’s new record Pissed Off Wild is like a parfait of music genres and surprisingly rap, rock, punk and a little funk make a pretty delicious combo. “My music, like my brain, is pretty ADD-driven. I figure I listen to a lot of different music, and I wanted that accurately reflected in the music […]
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Love for the Lilah Kemp Reading Series
Last summer, longtime writer Corey Mombourquette got brave and shared his words with a keen audience at the Allan Street Reading Series. The experience inspired him. Not only did it give him the confidence to keep honing his craft but it also served as a model for his own series, named for a character from […]
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Working the Night Shift
For 26 years, Night Shift has been showcasing the art of the students and instructors of NSCAD’s school of extended studies, but this year there’s another layer to the exhibit. Aside from shedding light on the diverse works of 25 artists (some of whom are showing their art for the first time) the exhibit also […]
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Cold comfort
Nothing beats stinking heat and humidity (or cures the rainy, misty blues) like a heaping ice cream cone. And as it turns out, this town isn’t just bursting with bars, but a sweet selection of ice-cold summer snacks, too. We hit the streets, braved ice cream headaches and mapped out the creams of the crop. […]
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Kate Maki shines
Together, Kate Maki and Frederick Squire might be a lot of things—-but quitters they are not. They’re rounding off a national tour in support of their new releases as well as their first effort as a duet, Calling It Quits, a seven-inch single that is a beautiful hint of a full-length country album Maki says […]
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How you brewin’?
Halifax is home to many a fine beer, that’s no secret. But the local breweries aren’t just for quenching your thirst. (Is it just me or does beer taste even better in the summer?) Taking a brewery tour gives you the chance to learn about the science and history behind your favourite brands and flavours, […]
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Lessons from The Schomberg Fair
{image-1] By the time The Schomberg Fair’s next album is released this fall it’ll truly be tried and tested. The band is taking a break from recording the Touch By Fire to take the new material on the road, kicking off with a North by Northeast gig and wrapping up at St. Catharine’s SCENE Music […]
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How you brewin’?
Halifax is home to many a fine beer, that’s no secret. But the local breweries aren’t just for quenching your thirst. (Is it just me or does beer taste even better in the summer?) Taking a brewery tour gives you the chance to learn about the science and history behind your favourite brands and flavours, […]
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The Express’ family ties
It’s a wonder Hey Rosetta!’s Kinley Dowling and her cousin Liam Corcoran (Two Hours Traffic) have time to make more music on the side. But after Corcoran shared some softer, folkier songs with Dowling that stepped outside the lines of his regular rock gig , the two decided that a collaboration was in order. In […]
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Audrey and the Agents
“I used to listen to only country…and The Beatles,” says Audrey and the Agents’ commanding frontwoman Chantal Caissie of her seven-year-old self. It wasn’t until her brother bestowed No Doubt’s Tragic Kingdom upon her, and Gwen Stefani’s hardcore on-stage pushups blew her mind, that Caissie began to think about leading a rock band, looking to […]