Solo Hair Salon (1474 Brenton Street 406-8804) now offers full aesthetics services on top of the salon services they’ve been offering since the spa opened in October. Found directly above the Sun Room tanning salon, operations manager Kelly Valentine says the downtown location has been a great spot for the business. The salon offers a […]
Dave Lalonde
Posted inArts + Music
thirtySomething dance co-operative: Dance From Another Angle Presented in 3D.
The thirtySomething dance co-operative is hitting the stage at the Neptune Theatre this weekend, with its new show Dance From Another Angle Presented in 3D. The tSdc is a Halifax-based performance group that has been working together since 2004. The members have training in several forms of dance, from tap to jazz to ballet. “This […]
Posted inNews + Opinion
Big Leagues move
The Dartmouth sports-bar Big Leagues (920 Cole Harbour Road 462-2721) has recently moved down the street from their location on Forest Hills Parkway into the Colby Village Shopping Centre. Big Leagues takes over the space formerly used by the Colby Ale House, which is moving a few doors down in the same strip-mall. Jamie Latter, […]
Posted inArts + Music
Artists! Submit to ViewPoint and Nova Scotia Masterworks!
ViewPoint Gallery is looking for photo based submissions for the One Art exhibition happening this September. The idea behind the exhibition is to celebrate the life and work of poet Elizabeth Bishop. Artists are invited to create work based on Bishop’s poem One Art. You can view a copy of the poem at www.viewpointgallery.ca. Deadline […]
Posted inArts + Music
Neptune Theatre announces 2011/2012 season
Neptune Theatre has released a playbill for its 2011/2012 season. The 49th year of production kicks off in Fountain Hall this September with Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. Next up will be Lost – A Memoir followed by a musical version of The Jungle Book over the holidays. Opening late January is Mrs. Parliament’s Night Out, the story of a woman who finds herself after her husband forgets their 32nd anniversary. Intimate Apparel follows, and the season closes out in the spring with the saucy musical comedy, La Cage aux Folles, the inspiration for the movie The Bird Cage. Plays on the
Posted inArts + Music
HIFF continues with WIFT
As we’ve mentioned, the Halifax Independent Film Festival is in town this week. The festival has joined forces with Women In Film & Television -Atlantic and will be screening recent films written or directed by women hailing from Atlantic Canada. It’ll be happening at the Lord Nelson (1515 South Park Street, 423-6331) this Thursday, April […]
Posted inNews + Opinion
Meghan Fish Contemporary Art + Projects: CORRECTION
Meghan Fish Contemporary Art + Projects will be showing its inaugural exhibition until April 23 at the art space 2053 (Gottingen Street, 877-5002). Fish displays a variety of painting, photography and new media by artists from across the country, as well as a number of local artists. The gallery is open (Tuesday to Saturday, 12pm […]
Posted inArts + Music
Hope for Wildlife returns for season two
[image-1] Animal-lovers should tune into Oasis HD (Channel 792 on Eastlink) tomorrow, Tuesday April 5, at 9pm for the second-season kickoff episode of Hope for Wildlife. The show follows animal-rescuers working for the Hope for Wildlife rehabilitation centre based in Seaforth, NS. It’s produced by Halifax‘s own Arcadia Entertainment, and will feature 13 one-hour episodes this season. Tomorrow’s episode focuses on the annual springtime flood of orphaned birds and mammals. But Hope Swinimer, the team’s fearless leader, gets snagged with health issues. Will animals be saved? Probably. The centre rescues, rehabs and releases more than 1,000 injured animals every year.