There’s nothing like a hot pizza pie or poutine or a burger or all of the above after a night out on the town. Freeman’s continues to dominate the Best Late-Night Food category with its selection of NY-style deliciousness. Open (and delivering!) until 5am at three locations: Quinpool, downtown at 1726 Grafton and new in […]
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NSCC celebrates spring
Reaching the end of its fourth year now, the NSCC Music Arts program is holding their Spring Music Festival during the month of May. There will be five main shows featuring nine different bands headlining. The bands are Celtic folk-rockers The Whiskey Shots, the Latin/R&B group Groovera!, jazz-fusion band Flat (10), DEFUNK’T, “a fresh, fun […]
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Dancers! You may be eligible for money!
Attention all dancers! The Nova Scotia Talent Trust wants to give you $1100 at the annual NSTT Special Awards ceremony in December. The Robert George Jackson Special Award was created to award dancers who show “exceptional commitment and potential in dance.” Jackson’s estate donated $25,000 to create the new award to support emerging artists and […]
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Network with the Dopplers
Networking is a lot easier said than done. Where do you go? Who do you talk to? What do you say? How many drinks should you have (or be seen with)? Well, here’s your chance to test out the waters. The first of the The Network Series of fundraisers, brought to us by The Doppler […]
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On the boardwalk
Registration is now open for Boardwalk Artists at Alderney Landing happening Friday, July 1. Celebrate Canada Day by presenting your work out on the boardwalk. Canada Day means party time on the Dartmouth Waterfront, guaranteeing a crowd. Participating artists are encouraged not only to set up shop, but to also display their talents by creating […]
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Go Local: Main Street Dartmouth
With people rushing in and out of grocery stores, fast food joints and gas stations, it may be difficult to notice all the local goodness happening in the area. But from exotic pets to office-building yoga, we found lots of unique shops and services to love among the chains. Always and Forever 145 Main Street, […]
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Take flight with the Halifax Crafters
Still need a gift for Mom? Or maybe you just need to pick up something for yourself? (Spring cleaning can lead to spring shopping, you know.) Either way, it’s time to check out the latest offerings of Halifax’s top-notch crafters. The Halifax Crafters Society, which boasts at least 70 members, is holding Spring Flight, a […]
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The show will go on
Fringe fans were in a panic last Tuesday when former Artistic Director Ken Pinto announced that he was putting the Atlantic Fringe Festival on hiatus for two years while he focused on his other baby, Titanic 100. Members of the theatre community rallied together to figure out a solution. On Sunday, around 80 people attended […]
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NSCAD’s finest fashions Hatch
Hatch: Advanced Fashion Runway Show will showcase pieces from the collections of students of the NSCAD’s Advanced Fashion Studies program. Students and friends of the designers will model original ready-to-wear fashions that the AFS students worked to create in the final semester of the school year.The designers are: Alysia Myette, Nathalie Dieras, Cait Vachon, Jessica […]
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Better Living Through Plastic Explosives
Zsuzsi Gartner’s Better Living Through Plastic Explosives is a collection of clever, tongue-in-cheek short stories, with some falling into the category of bizarrely realistic science fiction. How else would you define a story about a realtor trying to sell houses in an area where mountains randomly swallow up homes? Or another about angels inhabiting the […]
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Atlantic Fringe Festival meeting outcome
Weather was dismal yesterday, but it looks like sunny skies for the 2011 Atlantic Fringe Festival. A preliminary meeting was held Sunday afternoon to help get the Atlantic Fringe Festival, or at least a variation of it, back on its feet. The Cultural Federation of Nova Scotia was packed as Fringe Festival supporters gathered to […]
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NSCAD film students screen shorts
This Wednesday, April 20 at 7pm, the Film 1 & 2 class at NSCAD University is hosting their end of year public screening at the Park Lane Cinema (5657 Spring Garden Road). Six short films (at least) created in the past eight months will be screened. They are: Smoulder by Karolina Szablewska Her Daughter’s Eyes […]