After the observational distance of Part One, the second look at the revolutionary activities of Ernesto “Che” Guevara is a little more in your face. That said, the mystery of why Guevara left Cuba and renounced his citizenship—and his second wife and children—is never reasonably explained. Instead we’re in the Bolivian jungle, as Guevara trains […]
Carsten Knox
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A Piece of Cake opens shop in Dartmouth
Almost 4 weeks ago, Yvonne Bartrand took the leap with her wholesale bakery business, opening A Piece of Cake bake shop (723 Main, 406-3440) in Dartmouth. “It’s fantastic,” she says, raving about the new operation, which is modeled after the Magnolia Bakery in New York, a place to get cupcakes and treats. “We cater to the sweet tooth,” she says, offering cookies and cinnamon rolls, but no bread. A Piece of Cake will cater your birthday parties or event, including summer camp stuff, and has fair trade organic coffee and teas. In Halifax, look for A Piece of Cake delights
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Tammachat Natural Textiles showcase fair trade fashions
May 2, from 10am-6pm, Tammachat Natural Textiles is bringing its fair trade creations to the Universalist Unitarian Church (5500 Inglis), offering organic silk scarves, organic cotton scarves and bags of all sorts—including hand-woven bamboo bags, hemp and leather purses—as well as jackets, wrap pants, cushion covers and more. At 1pm there’ll be a slideshow on […]
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Buckley’s Music store goes out of business
We were saddened to hear that Buckley’s Music closed over the weekend. No word yet on if the locally owned music equipment supply store and music school is shutting down permanently, but a number of local musicians who subsidized their living as performers by teaching at the school have reported they are out of a […]
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Value Village moves to new Moirs mall and more
The former home of the late, lamented Odyssey-2000 game and comic store at Quinpool and Oxford now houses a new location of Medicine Shoppe Pharmacy (6407 Quinpool, 444-7702), run by owner/pharmacist Anastasia Hanias and offering a wide range of clinics and services. Unfortunately, the pharmacy was robbed last week, so please stop by and give […]
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Where to get free comic books
The eighth annual Free Comic Book Day takes place Saturday, May 2. Started as a way for the comics biz to promote itself to new readers, the entire industry gets on board these days, with special edition titles released specifically to be given away on the day. It doesn’t hurt that X-Men Origins: Wolverine opens […]
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Ground Zero opens largest indoor climbing zone in the east
Just reopened in a new, larger location in Dartmouth is Ground Zero Climbing Gym (The Wright Place, Corner of Wright Ave. and John Savage Drive in Burnside, 468-8788). It’s Atlantic Canada’s largest indoor climbing facility, perhaps not for those with vertigo. | Also across the water, The Dartmouth Yoga & Wellness Studio (166 Ochterloney, 464-2225) has been open since January, sharing space with Alderney Chiropractic and providing a full schedule of yoga instruction and pilates. Visit dartmouthyoga.com for more information. | Noting that his customers are really enjoying the fresh produce on offer, Noelvis Rochela, owner of Cubano’s Minimarket (5
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Made in Halifax provides online business help
Marc Skeldon credits his friend Sonia McAloney for hatching the idea of a creative online business collective in Halifax. She was the one who reserved the domain name years ago for her embroidery company Made in Halifax. Now it’s a website, madeinhalifax.com, just in its infancy, but growing as Skeldon gets more interest from local […]
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Wooden Shoe Café goes Dutch in Bayers Lake
The one time location of Café Wanda at 8 Oland Crescent in Bayers Lake is now home to Wooden Shoe Café (405-8909). Opened by Ron Van Vught in August of 2008, it started a soup and sandwich place, but Van Vught thought to bring in some tastes from his homeland, The Netherlands. Most popular is the pannekoek, which he describes as being “halfway between Canadian pancakes and a French crepe.” You can have it for breakfast, lunch or dinner, and it is served with a variety of stuffings, including apples and Dutch bacon or asparagus and mushroom, and it always
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Che: Part One
Director Steven Soderbergh frames the 1956 Cuban Revolution in a continual medium shot, his history lesson/war movie an ensemble of armed men marching towards Havana, surrounded by lush jungle greens and military khaki. Ernesto “Che” Guevara distinguishes himself in the crowd of revolutionaries as an intellectual, a medic, a warrior and a man of the […]
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Go local in Dartmouth
1. Alderney Landing; 2. Celtic Corner, La Perla; 3. The Landing/Blue Star; 4. Dragon & Butterfly; 5. Kudo’s; 6. Mystery Diner ( ); 7. Radical Leathers. On the ferry, I squint in the afternoon sun. Ahead of me lies Dartmouth, spread out before the bow of the good ship Woodside II. To the right is […]
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Green is the New Normal
Items like CFL’s were already off the list when we put together last year’s Green Halifax guide. As P’lover’s co-owner Liz Crocker told us: “When we opened, we sold compact fluorescent lightblubs. Now you can get them everywhere.” This year we’re more stringent. There are plenty of practices and behaviors we’ll acknowledge, but aren’t worthy […]