The Trailer Park Boys franchise finished filming its third movie at St. Pat’s-Alexandra last Wednesday. The production paid the city $1,000 a week to use the former school, giving HRM $6,000 in revenue over the course of the shoot. But that cash is only a drop in the bucket when the city seems to be […]
Hilary Beaumont
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Musicians in tune with management
The 11-month-long Symphony Nova Scotia dispute is nearing an end. The new 60-page contract has yet to be signed, but full-time musicians voted last week to accept an offer from management. Both sides say they’ve reached a deal that will give full-time players a 6.6 per cent raise over two years. The 2012-13 increase is […]
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Kids say what they want school used for
A playground, a dance studio, a hot tub and, of course, pizza cooking classes. Yesterday evening, 30 young people aged two to 26 attended a consultation at the North Branch Library about the future of the former St. Pat’s-Alexandra School building. Prompted by adults in the room, including the library’s youth services coordinator Marcus James […]
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In the Noble
Jenner Cormier holds a lit match to a slice of orange peel and squeezes. The peel’s oil sparks a mini-fireball, leaving the smell of birthday candles in the air and the taste of toasted citrus in the drink. It’s the Depth Charge: Ice crushed by hand with a 1940s Ice-O-Mat, fresh mint, raspberry, almond liqueur, […]
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Simmonds makes his mark
It took one night in Marko Simmonds’ home studio—a small, carpeted office with a desk, armchair and keyboard, on bus route 52 in Fairview—for the North Preston-raised R&B producer to write his new single, “She’s The Greatest”, and another year to produce and record the track. It’s a catchy, repetitive earworm with relatable lyrics and […]
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Purity Ring
Thursday, October 18 at the Marquee Club, 2037 Gottingen Street, 10pm Megan James’ long, curly hair is freshly cut in preparation for Purity Ring’s Halifax gig. The singer’s mane had four months of tour growth, and her bangs were driving her crazy. The 24-year-old wanted to look like a prairie girl, and she does. We […]
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Nocturne by the hour
Zone 1 6 PM Sovereignty, Becka Viau, Aaron Weldon, Bonita Hatcher, Scott Saunders, Kat Frick Miller Anna Leonowens Gallery 1891 Granville Street Five emerging fine artists explore the idea of sovereignty in the Canadian context in this exhibition and conceptual installation. An investigation of Canada’s colonial past and the history of our nation’s development led […]
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Info Glow
Stephen Kelly will be on hand at the Dalhousie Art Gallery the evening of Nocturne to explain his part-scientific, part-artistic exhibit Info Glow. The computer science PhD student’s experimental installation will eventually consist of 30 robots suspended in a grid-like formation. Digital systems will monitor the environment inside the LEED Gold-certified Mona Campbell Building—CO2 levels, […]
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Don’t rape
This story may be triggering for people who have experienced sexual assault. If you need support, call the Avalon Sexual Assault Centre at 422-4240 from 8:30am to 4:30pm to make an appointment. The after hours phone line is 425-0122, but is only for sexual assaults that have happened within the last 72 hours. Jenna never […]
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What to buy for the occupy
According to their most recent general assemblies, Nova Scotian occupiers are still planning to camp out in Wolfville, and possibly again in Halifax. But there’s still that pesky local park bylaw that prohibits camping. Look no further than The Adventure Outfitters (5187 Salter Street, 481-9826) for bylaw-subverting solutions. TAO carries shiny silver emergency space blankets […]
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How to build a music career
This weekend at the Pop Explosion, Wendy Day wants to tell you exactly how to make it in the music biz. And right now you’re going to read some of the best advice she has for struggling musicians living in Halifax. First: her bio. Twenty years ago, disgusted by record labels mistreating musicians in the […]
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Star struck
Methyl ethyl ketone, methylene chloride, methyl acetate, methyl methacrylate monomer and acrylic resin. Those are the ingredients in the solvent cement holding together Ilan Sandler’s 30-foot-long constellation of Ursa Major. The artist wears a gas mask to protect his lungs from the acrid fumes of the glue. He leans over a chest-height table to measure […]