Generally on New Year’s Eve, the ol’ “everything in moderation” advice your mama gave you goes out the window, and you’ll likely be spending the first day of 2011 paying for it. But you know what they say: The best for a hangover cure is to keep on drinking. If you’re going to power through […]
Allison Saunders
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Your last meal of 2010
Here are three shots at treating your tastebuds in the name of the year’s end; the kitchen will be workin’ it for dinner seatings at five, seven and nine. Those on the ball have likely already landed reservations but Brooklyn Warehouse welcomes the wanderers, all three seatings have a portion of the dining room free […]
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The day after celebrations
This day-after party has been taking over Bearly’s just as long as the blues have. Since switching over from country bar to House of Blues and Ribs in 1995, the popular neighbourhood watering hole has upheld the tradition of packing the place on the first of January. An always lively crowd of regulars and drop-ins […]
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Ice ice baby
Perhaps you’ve noticed that the event throwers and goers of the HRM are in holiday hibernation. That means it’s time to step up to the plate, get out there and make your own fun, people! Timed perfectly with this lull in goings on, is the opening of the massive skating oval on the North Common. […]
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The Seahorse’s Boxing Day Bash brings the funk
The holidays are all about the traditions, and this one has been bringing people out on Boxing Day for about 25 years. It began as a birthday celebration and fundraiser that took over Pub Flamingo every year, but when the birthday parties stopped the music kept going. The Boxing Day bash has since moved to […]
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Al Tuck’s got a way with words
Fresh off a tour of Ontario and western Canada with Jason Collett, Al Tuck is full of stories, and likely songwriting material; try nearly driving off a cliff or being the stranger at a wake at an east coast pub in Calgary. Tour inspiration aside, it seems Tuck never has a shortage of songs to […]
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Shop & Drink
The later it is in December, the worse it is to be anywhere near a shopping centre. Tensions are high and the soundtrack can get incredibly irritating. So, last minute shoppers, check out these primo locations to ditch the hustle and bustle for a holly-jolly breather. The Hunt Club At this rustic retail retreat you […]
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Shotgun Jimmie gets inspired
Shotgun Jimmie is pretty pumped for this weekend. So pumped in fact, that he’s been writing in honour of the occasion. “Opening for Joel Plaskett at the Seahorse…crazy epic situation. So I decided I should definitely try and write a song or two about it.” Those lucky enough to have tickets for the show (Plaskett’s […]
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Five years and counting for The Trouble Shooters
This time of year isn’t just a holiday hullabaloo for The Trouble Shooters, it’s their anniversary too. Five years ago on Boxing Day Chris Martin and his then three-piece outfit played their first gig and since then they haven’t just been growing older, they’re also getting bigger. The now seven-piece band will kick off year […]
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Home for the holidays
Spincycle Squared hasn’t graced a Halifax stage in over two years and Scribbler has been busy making studio magic at the Echo Chamber. But the holidays are a time for sharing right? Scribbler’s Craig Currie thought so and put this show together just in time for Spincycle’s drummer Christian Simmons to come home for the […]
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Miro Davis goes back to nature with Skins
Since she was a kid playing in the mud Miro Davis has had a fascination with materials, nature and 3d spaces and it shines through in her latest exhibition Skins. The collection of sculptural pieces plays with porcelain, woodcarving, canvas, sculpted canvas, paint and grout to represent experiences Davis has had in nature, like laying […]
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NSCAD fashion gurus strut their stuff
The fashionable people of NSCAD are ending their fall semester on the catwalk. Thirteen student designers under the direction of instructor Gary Markle will show off their handcrafted collections and offer a peek at the caliber of work coming out of the growing fashion program. Student coordinator and designer Alison May Crozier, whose five piece […]