The Princess Show Thursday, September 8, 8:30pm Saturday, September 10, 1:30pm Sunday, September 11, 4:10pm The Bus Stop Theatre, 2203 Gottingen Street $11 Princess Edward has learned some truths about the world, and she’s here to share her wisdom. In an epic journey of drag, music, anime, lip-synching, claymation and more, Princess courageously confronts apocalyptic […]
Ashley Corbett
Staff Reporter
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Halifax stop-motion heading to TIFF
The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) is just around the corner, and local filmmaker Tim Tracey is gearing up to premiere his second stop-motion movie, DataMine, in the 6ix on September 14. The animated film is about privacy and surveillance in the digital age, striking a chord with Big Brother in George Orwell’s novel 1984. […]
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Bold innovations in student debt
[Image-1] Last year, Nikki Russell-Jamieson decided to chase her dream of going back to school. To make that dream a reality, the 28-year-old single mother and full-time undergrad at Mount Saint Vincent University is going to incur an enormous debt. Tuition at MSVU is expected to increase by roughly 20 percent before she’ll be able […]
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Welcome home, Halifax
[Image-5] Be it ever so humble, there’s no place like a student’s apartment. The dreadful homogeny of every new gloomy mid-rise residential complex that’s sprouting up all over the Halifax peninsula just makes the improvisational decor of student living that much more endearing. Whether it’s a six-bedroom flat shared with seven other people, or a […]
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Balancing books and band practice in university
[Image-1] It’s no secret that being a student eats up your time, body and spirit like a hungry piranha. University demands a lot. It’s an all-consuming beast that spits out an exhausted version of yourself who probably just wants to spend any free time playing beer pong or hitting The Dome’s dance floor. The majority […]
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Halifax isn’t so bad, once you get to know it.
[Image-5] Moving across the world to a place you don’t know isn’t the easiest undertaking. Simple tasks that average Haligonians get annoyed with—like seeking an apartment, finding an affordable ride from the airport and knowing how to get cheap, bed-bug free furniture—are even more difficult when you’re trying to organize these things from a Tokyo […]
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Lisa Roberts seizes victory in Halifax Needham
Lisa Roberts is the new MLA for Halifax Needham. Roberts won yesterday’s by-election, maintaining the New Democratic Party’s 18-year dominion in the riding. The first-time political candidate—a former CBC journalist and current executive director of Veith House—won by an 831-vote margin over Liberal party candidate Rod Wilson. “I am honoured that the people of Halifax […]
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Dalhousie’s sexual assault helpline in turmoil
Survivors of sexual assault at Dalhousie may only have until November 3 to call the university’s helpline. The Dalhousie Student Union says right now it can only offer the sexual assault and harassment phone line service for the first eight weeks of classes after being offered inadequate funding from the university’s administration. Students at Dalhousie […]
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Who’s running in Halifax Needham?
[Image-1] A by-election for the vacant Halifax Needham riding is just around the corner, and we wanted to give readers a chance to better know each candidate before hitting the voting booth on August 30. We emailed a series of questions to Rod Wilson (Liberal), Lisa Roberts (NDP), Andy Arsenault (PC) and Thomas Trappenberg (Green). […]
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FODAR is bringing dance to centre stage
Festival of Dance Annapolis Royal Thursday, August 25 to Sunday, August 28 King’s Theatre, 209 St. George Street, Annapolis Royal Individual shows $18 and $12 The Festival of Dance Annapolis Royal—that’s FODAR to you—is growing up. With this weekend’s edition, it celebrates three years of bringing contemporary dance to the valley. Running Thursday through Sunday […]
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Rebecca Thomas isn’t asking nicely anymore
Rebecca Thomas, Halifax’s poet laureate, went to A Tribe Called Red’s concert on Friday. She is a huge fan of their music, which blends electronic beats with aboriginal drumming and singing. While waiting at the bar to get a drink, she sees three folks with war paint on their faces. After giving them a double […]
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A concrete jungle
An unassuming alleyway on Blowers Street has been converted into a tropical wonder world by Alex Thuku’s new mural. Filled with exotic leaves, flamingos, elk and lemurs, fantastical shades of yellow, turquoise and pink define the landscape. This scenery spanning the side of Blue Apples Arts and Wellness Centre (formerly The Blowers Street Paper Chase) […]
