Click on the movie title for the review: My Week With Marilyn The Muppets Hugo The Descendants Arthur Christmas
Carsten Knox
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Local lunch provider getting evicted from Scotia Square
On the counter at PG’s in Scotia Square (5251 Duke Street, 429-8806) are multiple copies of a complaint letter for customers to take and send to Craig Smith, the senior leasing manager at Crombie REIT, the Stellarton-based property management company that controls Scotia Square leases. The owners of PG’s, Eva and George Sayde, are hoping […]
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Maples Gallery moves from furniture to art
Marking six months at Bishop’s Landing, Maples Gallery (1475 Lower Water Street, 405-7050) owner Arlene Vincent couldn’t be happier with her move from the Bedford Train Station to a location busy with residential foot-traffic and tourists. “My Bedford customers are finding me, and customers from Halifax as well,” she says. “Obviously my space is smaller, […]
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Wasabi House opens
The line-up on Saturday night was almost out the door, so that’s a great sign people are excited about a new Japanese place recently opened on Quinpool. Wasabi House (6403 Quinpool Road, 429-3300), the new project of chef Richard Wu and his wife Michelle Lin is now taking sushi-lover walk-ins and reservations. A few extra […]
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The Corridor gets distribution
Congratulations to Evan Kelly, Josh MacDonald and all the talent behind The Corridor, the Nova Scotia-shot story of a group of friends who go out into the wintry woods and discover something terrible there. The movie, which screened to much acclaim at the Atlantic Film Festival in 2010 and has since been featured in film […]
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Alicia Melanson special salon event
Alicia Melanson would like to invite both her loyal and new clients to her Hair & Makeup salon ((1725 Barrington Street, 3rd Floor, 433-1616) on Thursday, December 1 from noon until 8pm to enjoy lots of holiday specials. They include sales, tax free products, holiday beverages and snacks. You can pre-book appointments now for a […]
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Caffe Sospeso Plus closes
Shoptalk has had word from Caffe Sospeso Plus (6214 Quinpool Road, 423-5312) owner Tarik Dugmag that his business is closing. “Caffe Sospeso Plus thanks the HRM community, employees, family and friends for their support,” he writes in an email.
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Humanity International Film Festival call for submissions
The Humanity International Film Festival is launching in Halifax June 1-6, 2012. This local, non-profit short film fest is sponsored by the Humani-T Cafe (5755 Young Street, 454-9999), where the films will be screened. The festival will showcase independent and international short films, and the organizers are especially encouraging local filmmakers to submit as there […]
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Review roundup: Martha Marcy May Marlene, Melancholia and Twilight: Breaking Dawn
Click a title for the review: Martha Marcy May Marlene Melancholia Twilight: Breaking Dawn – Part 1
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Cubicle to the cage auditions this Sunday
Nova Scotia and New Brunswick-based Hemmings House Pictures is holding its second round of public auditions Sunday, November 20 for an up-coming documentary TV series called Cubicle to the Cage. The series, which will air on the HD network radX in 2013, will be shot entirely in the Maritimes. It’s intent is to turn average […]
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Holiday craft fairs
The Designer Craft Show Christmas 2011 November 18-20, Cunard Event Centre, Pier 23, 961 Marginal Road, 423-3837 Adults $7, weekend passes $9, students, seniors and groups of more than seven, discounts available November 18, 10am-9pm November 19, 9am-5pm November 20, 10am-5pm The Nova Scotia Designer Craft Council Designer Craft Show is the annual juried craft […]
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Mark Marshall: Meet the artist
Tattooing since 1981 What what was it that originally drew you to tattooing? I’ve always loved art and I have a family member who is a tattoo artist. It’s actually three generations. When you started in New York City in the early ‘80s, that was long before the current popularity of tattooing. What was it […]