Wish ViewPoint Gallery a happy 10th birthday by walking its red carpet fundraiser this Friday, from 7-9pm. Local leaders such as Argyle Fine Art’s Adriana Afford, councillor Dawn Sloane and Fred Connors of FRED. beauty food art. and Whet Cafe have donated photos they’ve taken with both vintage and digital cameras, which you can bid […]
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Artfully Obscene bares it all
It’s not what you think. Well, maybe a little. Plutonium Playhouse artistic director Thom Fitzgerald went through dozens of film submissions for this opening event of The Sex Festival (see page 35 for more), while board member and playwright Lee-Anne Poole did the same—rating each one from zero to five. “If we both like it, […]
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Waiting for ‘nog
Halloween costumes are stuffed in the closet, Christmas decorations are on display at every possible store—all signs point to that in-between-seasons time where no one’s really sure what to do. The answer: warm yourself with specialty coffees in anticipation of things to come. Head to these bars for delicious drinks before the ‘nog gets here. […]
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Wintersleep wakes
It’s all about Canada this time for Wintersleep. The local-but-living-in-Montreal band was here just last May for a double set and returns Thursday as part of its cross-Canada tour—one that drummer Loel Campbell says has been a few years coming. “It’s cool to get to go back—we’re doing our best to honour requests and such, […]
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Playing in the Meligrove
It feels like The Meligrove Band is from Halifax. The indie gents have often been stylistically compared to this city’s music scene, while newest band member Brian O’Reilly is actually from here—and a former member of Their Majesties and Brent Randall & his Pinecones. Drummer Darcy Rego even sports a Thrush Hermit tee in the […]
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Going industrial
Artist Colin Lyons has brought parts of Lachine Canal to Gallery Page and Strange. The Montreal buildings—Shewing Cork Works Ltd., Ogilvie Flour Mills Co. Ltd., Dow Brewery and Canada Maltage among them—stare back at you from their miniature sculpture windows. The show is a study in industrial obsolescence—what happens to things once they become obsolete. […]
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Celebrating Turbine
Lisa Drader-Murphy is no stranger to celebrity—the talented designer is a local one herself. But that doesn’t mean she can’t be star-struck. At the Toronto International Film Festival gifting suite, she met Michael Sucsy, director of HBO’s Grey Gardens remake. “I was such a fan of that movie that I had designed a dress called […]
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A very important date with a Mad Hatter-themed wedding
Ashley Molenaar and Shawn Lush wanted a wedding fit for the Mad Hatter. The Hants East Rural High sweethearts dated for seven years before Shawn popped the question one freezing November day on the Halifax waterfront, and the couple wasted no time on the DIY wedding theme. Ashley collected teacups from thrift shops over the […]
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Shell Talk: eating local oysters
Oysters can be a succulent way of giving your wedding an east coast feel, as long as you know when to do it. “Oysters in Nova Scotia are edible all year long, although not at a high quality of meat all year long,” says Philip Docker, owner of ShanDaph Oysters, who says he only harvests […]
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A dream wedding on a DIY budget
Ashley Delaney and Ben Aitken aren’t huge fans of attention. The high school sweethearts met 10 years ago, and needed to tie the knot in a low-key way. “Being together for so long, we didn’t feel like we needed a big to-do,” says Ashley, now a graphic designer. (Ben transformed from high school student to […]
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Elegant cocktail party at St. Mary’s Boat Club
In May of last year, Brett Vair found herself sitting by the ocean with her then-boyfriend Andrew Bergen, enjoying their solo evening at her parents’ cottage on the south shore. “Suddenly he proposed. It was perfect,” remembers Brett. “Relaxed and personal, totally our style.” That style transferred over to the couple’s wedding day, where the […]
