If the new library has a cafe, wouldn’t it be nice if it could have a bar, too? Wishful thinking, we know, but there are spots in the city where you can buy a coffee for one hand and a beer for the other. We took a sip out of the coffee-holding hand (honest) and […]
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Twin Peaks (Ghettosocks & Muneshine), Windom Earle, DJ Jorun Bombay
Ghettosocks and Muneshine (pictured above) are entering the town between the peaks with their new rap group—Twin Peaks. “We’ve completed recording and are in the process of mixing a 15-song rap album that loosely fuses David Lynch’s work (i.e. Twin Peaks, Blue Velvet, Wild at Heart, etc.) with braggadocious rhymes, over an assortment of original […]
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Codapop Studios CD release
“When you say ‘Codapop,’ it’s like there’s a big question mark behind it,” says Tammy Milbury, the business developer of newly formed Codapop Studios, which is owned by Milbury’s partner, Doug Taylor. The studio, located in Taylor’s basement, was actually built two years ago but Milbury says it hasn’t been public until just this January. […]
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Olympic bar run
Elephant & Castle General manager Jennifer Halpin has extended Elephant & Castle’s happy hour for the Olympic run—what normally ended at 7pm now goes to close. So park yourself in front of E&C’s four flatscreen TVs to watch the games and munch away. Canadian flags dot the bar for those of you concerned with patriotic […]
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Lighting the pipe
Lying sleepless on the couch at about four o’clock this morning, I flicked on the TV to see what Olympic coverage I could catch, thinking I’d just nod off to whatever was on. So much for that sleepy notion: The station was broadcasting the ladies’ halfpipe finals—not a fall-asleep-while-watching kind of sport. I jumped in […]
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Canuck Cocktails
Mosaic Social Dining Lounge Nothing could be more strong and free than Cooper Tardivel’s award-winning True North martini. Tardivel concocted the drink using a maple dessert wine from Jost, garnished with maple-candied apple balls. “It’s a dessert cocktail…in other words, great for warming up in the ski lodge after a gold medal run,” writes Tardivel. […]
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Fashionable figures
The Olympic Games bring naysayers and pessimists out of the woodwork every couple of years, and to be honest: taking the hits is part of the deal. But when figure skating commentator David Pelletier saw the costumes Ukrainian pairs team Tatiana Volosozhar and Stanislav Morozov were wearing and said, “There’s just one word for this: […]
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Crazy for Carnaval
If your life’s been colourless and cold these February days, Saturday’s your chance to uncover any sequins and feathers you have tucked away and wear them to the sixth annual Brazilian Carnaval. It’s the third year Laura (Lulu) Healy is hosting the event (with help from volunteers, and added co-presenter JazzEast), as festival founders Paula […]
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Valentine’s pick-me-ups
Reflections Cabaret Voted Best Pick Up Bar in last year’s Best of Halifax poll, Reflections is going all out for V-day. Saturday brings Red: The Love Ball, a theme party where staff at the club “go nuts making the place look awesome with red decor, lighting and special effects, and you can go nuts with […]
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Superbowl Sunday shindigs
Winston’s If you’re looking for a Louisiana-style, all-you-can-eat tailgate party, Winston’s is the spot. There’ll be hot dogs, smokies, hamburgers, New Orleans snake bites and rajun-Cajun mussels served by the Bud Girls. You’ll also have a chance to win a trip for two to next year’s Super Bowl (and other prizes). It all starts at […]
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Juvenilia’s beat kids
While teaching youth the musical ropes a few years ago, Malachy Kazi noticed a hole in Halifax’s music scene. “There’s no real strong support network for young artists; it’s very frustrating,” he says. So he started to patch it up. With help from a former student, Kazi built a studio in the Shambhala School. “I […]
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Pedal to the mellow
Gus’ Pub & Grill “Whenever we have big metal shows, we order extra Olands,” says Jake Cuming, a bartender at Gus’. He stresses Olands, Olands, and more Olands. Plus cheap draughts. And whiskey shots—“The hard stuff.” 2605 Agricola Street, 423-7786 The Company House CoHo owner Mary Ann Daye suggests a bit of the hard stuff […]