Queer Acts July 13-18 The Bus Stop Theatre, 2203 Gottingen Street $15/$12 queeracts.com Queer Acts, Halifax’s Pride theatre festival, is back for round eight this year, showcasing a variety of inclusive and queer friendly theatre productions from July 13-17. One of those shows is Sit on my Face, again, the res-Erection, produced by Rolling Bold […]
Ashley Corbett
Staff Reporter
Posted inNews + Opinion
Massage and yoga meet at Pramana
Massage therapist Alicia Wright and yoga instructor Lara Frankcom will combine forces at Pramana—a new business coming to Gottingen street in August. Wright describes Pramana as a space to learn about your body. A client’s needs can dictate the service they receive. For example, if someone is trying to correct an injury, Wright and Frankcom […]
Posted inArts + Music, Halifax Jazz Festival
ICYMI: last night was dynamite
Scenes from the opening night at Halifax Jazz Festival 2016, with performances from Cyndi Cain and Ms. Lauryn Hill.
Posted inArts + Music
Partner is aiming high
Partner’s core women are inspired by lesbian female icons (or dykons, as they call them), and artists who don’t restrict themselves. The two don’t like to define the genre of their music, because the freedom to make whatever the hell they feel like is exactly why they started the band. “I like to say it’s […]
Posted inArts + Music
American Football’s long road to stardom
The first time Steve Lamos found out his college band, American Football, was popular was about 15 years after its album was released. Lamos is a professor at the University of Colorado, and one of his students off-handedly asked him if he knew that the song “Never Meant” had over 2 million plays online. “That […]
Posted inArts + Music
Wintersleep comes home
Wintersleep is back, with a new album that’s proving to be its most popular release yet. The Great Detachment brought a return to Halifax’s Sonic Temple studio, where the group recorded its 2007 release Welcome to the Night Sky. “There’s something about that room that you want to try and capture,” says guitarist Tim D’Eon. […]
Posted inArts + Music
Q&A with Waxahatchee
Waxahatchee is the indie solo project of Katie Crutchfield— a project she formed in 2010, after years spent playing in her twin sister’s punk band, P.S. Eliot. Listening to Waxahatchee is like hearing someone read their diary aloud: it’s a sound that’s characterized by melancholy and heartbreak, but it’s still tough as nails. This weekend, […]
Posted inNews + Opinion
27 developments that are changing Halifax’s cityscape
Halifax’s building boom has a way of getting in your face, whether you actively avoid the sidewalk closures, or not. Cranes are towering, drills be drillin’, and neighbourhoods are being modified and developed. Whether it’s all the result of densifying urban plans or an artificially-propped up real estate market remains to be seen. In any […]
Posted inNews + Opinion
Filmmaker Paul Kimball goes for PC nomination after NDP snub
An approaching provincial election hasn’t been confirmed, but political hopefuls in Halifax Needham are already shooting for the stars. One of those candidates is filmmaker Paul Kimball, who announced his campaign last week for the riding’s Progressive Conservative nomination after being told he couldn’t run for the New Democrats. Kimball says he originally put […]
Posted inArts + Music
The story behind Gridlock
Gridlock Festival is the child of co-founders Matt McIntyre and Jeremy MacNeil. It’s something the two have wanted to do for years, and this summer they’ve mustered the funds, energy and guts necessary to take the leap. MacNeil knows the biz—he’s been an independent concert promoter in Halifax for the past 14 years. “I’ve always […]
Posted inNews + Opinion
The men on the docks
[Image-1] On a sunny Saturday on the waterfront, hundreds of people follow their local foodie instincts to the Seaport market. A short walk down the road, nestled quietly amongst the port infrastructure, a different crowd is gathering inside a small white bungalow to celebrate the International Day of the Seafarer. A handful of retired seafarers […]
Posted inArts + Music
Prismatic Arts Festival to feature exclusively female acts
Prismatic Arts Festival just announced its 2016 line-up, and it’s killer. For the first time, the multi-genre fest is featuring exclusively female artists and cultural workers. Plus, after two years at Alderney Landing in Dartmouth, the festival is returning to downtown Halifax from September 21-25. This sixth edition of the festival focuses on showcasing Indigenous […]
