Picture this. You’re a baby. It’s that time of day where dad is bringing the airplane in, piled high with that goopy stuff he likes to pass off as food. Into the hangar (your mouth) it goes, but instead of green pea mush, you taste… squash? And apple and cinnamon? And it is delicious? No […]
Kimber Lubberts
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The Atlantic Book Festival starts today
Let’s get literal! The Atlantic Book Awards Society (ABAS) has released the schedule for a week chock full of scholarly celebration (aka the Atlantic Book Awards and Festival). Starting May 7 and continuing until May 14, events will take place across all our salty sweet Maritime cities. After a week of bookish bliss, the finale […]
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The Oval’s $2.5-million pavilion
[Image-1] Feast your eyes on the swank new multimillion dollar pavilion set to rise up beside the Oval next winter. Approved by city council earlier this week, the building is part of phase two of the Oval’s construction on the North Common. Once complete, it will house equipment, staff offices, washrooms and skate rental and […]
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Screen Nova Scotia awards nominees announced
Lights, camera, action! The nominees are in for the inaugural Screen Nova Scotia Awards Show. The show will take place Saturday, May 2 at Casino Nova Scotia. The event will be hosted by Jonathan Torrens, Canadian personality and sharer of my birthday. “It has taken twenty years to build the depth of talent our membership […]
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Dartmouth Makers gonna make
Feeling crafty? Well, so is Dartmouth. Already home to many wonderful things, Dartmouth can now add to its growing collection The Dartmouth Makers. A group of crafters and artists established in 2014, the Makers are about to host their inaugural Spring Handmade Market on May 2 and 3 at King’s Wharf (50 King’s Wharf Place, […]
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Get swept away by Broom Closet Tarot
Take a walk on the strange side. Atop of Put Me On! (1526 Queen Street) is a little room full of magic. Open for only a couple of weeks now, is Broom Closet Tarot. It might be as small as a broom closet, but you’ll get big vibes up there. “Halifax is a very magical […]
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Wrought Iron Brewing is now Good Robot Brewing
Wrought Iron Brewing Company is dead. That sounds super serious, but don’t worry, Good Robot Brewing rises in its wake. Same dudes, same beer, different name. Read about how it all came to be here. “We’re a lot goofier and warmer and personal than that name would project,” says co-owner Joshua Counsil. The new name […]
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NSCAD Film 4 Thesis Shorts Film Screening this Monday
Sitting with Megin Peake and Daniel Crowther in the slightly unkempt student lounge (what student lounge isn’t?) of the NSCAD Academy Building, it’s clear they’re super stoked about something. Surprisingly enough, it’s because of a goddamned Monday. Specifically, this Monday (April 20). Peake and Crowther are two of six NSCAD students showing their thesis films […]
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A timeline of film production in Nova Scotia
Filmmakers have a long history of working in Nova Scotia—Evangeline, shot here over 100 years ago, was one of the first movies made in Canada. But in recent years, the province’s natural beauty and historic charms that might appeal to cinematographers were augmented by the film tax credit, which appeals to the producers who are […]
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OMG it’s RSD
This Saturday, April 18 will be the eighth annual Record Store Day. Whether you’re an old school purist or a vinyl virgin, you know that Halifax record stores have got some cheap tricks up their sleeves. Black Buffalo Records (5567 Cornwallis Street) will start the festivities at 9am with live music all day. Local DJs […]
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Halifax lights a candle for Kenya
[Image-1] Kenya may seem like a world away, but Halifax’s Ntombi Mzimela-Nkiwane feels the heartache of her fellow African people this week. Mzimela-Nkiwane—originally from South Africa—is organizing a candlelight vigil tomorrow evening at 6:30pm within Victoria Park. The vigil will be held in remembrance of the 142 students, three security officers and two security personnel […]
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Burger Week cheques in
Remember Burger Week? Of course you do! You’re probably still having dreams of meat sweats and trying to run off that extra beef on the treadmill. After all, it’s not every day that 64 local restaurants work their buns off to bring you patty perfection. The best part of Burger Week, however, isn’t the excuse […]