Looking for something well-made, handmade and creative to give as a gift this year? The NSCAD Ceramics Department will be selling their wares from Wednesday, December 14 through Saturday, December 17 (10am-5:30pm daily) at the NSCAD Port Campus, 1107 Marginal Road, 3rd Floor. You’ll be amazed at the colourful creations available.
Carsten Knox
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All-Ways-Us goes into Carbonstok
All-Ways-Us—a social enterprise making all natural products like soap and candles, and providing work opportunities to people with disabilities—is the second pop-up store underway at Carbonstok (1235 Barrington Street). “We opened ‘our doors’ December 1 and will be there only until Christmas,” explains All-Ways-Us’s Trina Tucker. The pop-up store is an initiative of the CarbonAccelerator […]
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The Extraordinary Adventures Adele Blanc-Sec
Besson is best known for producing movies like The Transporter these days, though the guy did direct La Femme Nikita and The Fifth Element. His knack for slick and stylish fantasy entertainment hasn’t deserted him in this adaptation of the Jacques Tardi comic, set in 1911, about a globe-trotting writer-reporter Blanc-Sec (Louise Bourgoin) looking to […]
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Review Round-up: The Sitter and New Year’s Eve
Read the reviews of these new movies by clicking on the title: The Sitter New Year’s Eve
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Le Bistro reborn
Beloved Halifax eatery Le Bistro (1333 South Park Street, 423-8428) has reopened in its original location on South Park Street. Former manager and now owner Liz Ingram-Chambers has revived the original’s warm and friendly atmosphere. Familiar favourites on the menu include French onion soup, beef bourginion, and the Moroccan crepe, everything house-made with fresh ingredients […]
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Hobo and Rhonda crack TIFFs Best of 2011
TIFF likes us, it really does. In this year’s Canada’s Top Ten best films of 2011 list, chosen by industry professionals for the Toronto International Film Festival organization, includes the bloody, modern classic Hobo With A Shotgun. And in the short category, Rhonda’s Party made the list. Both were made here in Nova Scotia and […]
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The Waterfront Christmas Market happens this week
From December 8 to 11, The Waterfront Christmas Market at Bishop’s Landing (1475 Lower Water Street) will present dozens of market vendors, free carousel rides, treats, gifts and even a visit from a certain hypersonic, sled-transported, scarlet-clad, white-haired holiday elf. The hours are as follows: 6-10pm Thursday and Friday, 10am-10pm Saturday and 10am-7pm Sunday. For […]
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Starshipsstarthere merch!
Sometimes being a successful entrepreneur in Nova Scotia just means having a clever idea and good timing. Check this: Back in August when everyone was waiting on tenterhooks for whether the Irving shipyards would get the big contract, digital wizard and self-described “weird spaceship kid” Andrew Burke, created the Ships Start Here spoof site starshipstarthere.ca. […]
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Give holiday love with the Lovehorn
You might have seen one on the wall in the entrance to jane’s on the common. It’s the Lovehorn, created by local artist Kyle B. Jackson, and you can have one of your own, or pass it on to your sweetheart. “A honked love horn will allow you to yell out for some ‘sugar, honey,’ […]
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Fanplastic! Recycled Products offers an eco-friendly gift opportunity
Fanplastic! Recycled Products is the brainchild of designer Nicole Davis. She collects recyclable products including plastics, shampoo bottles, food and cleanser bottles, laundry detergent bottles and fabricates them into small accessories, earrings and necklaces. Check out her etsy site (etsy.com/shop/ecofanplastic) for images and to update your look (or a friend’s) the eco-friendly way.
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Local graphic designer offers self-published book as holiday gift
Brenna MacNeil is a local graphic designer who grew up in western Cape Breton. This year she self-published a coffee table art book called twentythree. She sells her missbrenna products at the Seaport Market from time to time, and twentythree is currently available at Atlantic News (5560 Morris Street, 429-5468), though she sells her stuff […]
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Review Roundup: The Skin I Live In and Margin Call
Please click on the title for the review: The Skin I Live In Margin Call