1 Turkey Yes, turkey sandwiches with gravy-soaked bread are delicious, but butter aficionado Emma Adamski (the baker behind Manual Food & Drink Co.) suggests you amp it up with a pot pie. Her go-to is to transform turkey stock into a rich velouté with a little white wine, root vegetables and some herbs. Load up […]
Michelle Cameron
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Till kingdom come: meet local designer, Unique Jones
“Everyone deserves to feel powerful in their own way,” says Unique Jones. “That’s what I want my clothing line to express.” Jones, a 20-year-old designer, crafts a custom collection in Fashion Kingz, encouraging everyone and anyone to adorn themselves in comfy, feel-good garments. An arbiter of street style, Jones says the inspiration to start his […]
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NSCAD’s art-à-porter
Wearable Art & Performance Night Friday, October 28, 6pm Pacifico, Maritime Centre, 1505 Barrington Street $10/$15/$20 A show that’s gained a reputation as outlandish, macabre and merry is back again. The much anticipated NSCAD Wearable Art & Performance collaborates once more with the AIDS Coalition of Nova Scotia. “This year we have performers whose stories […]
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Big Mama Lele keeps it real
Big Mama Lele Saturday, October 22, 7pm Venus Envy, 1598 Barrington Street $10 Amelia Merhar—AKA Big Mama Lele—is hilariously honest. This Whitehorse-based musician has a signature in-your-face, take-it-or-leave-it attitude with musical stylings riddled in equal parts humour and eroticism. “Sexually charged folk is how I describe my bit, in the sense that my lyrics have […]
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United Not Isolated festival wants to tell a different story
[Image-1] It’s about bringing people together, says Martez Wiggins. The creator and organizer of this Friday’s United Not Isolated (UNI) celebration wants to bring some positivity back to Halifax’s north end. “I think our community needs it,” he says. “I think we all need this now more than ever.” Wiggins is also the creator, along with […]
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$20 and a weekend
[Image-1] If you’re a student, you’re most likely broke AF the first week into the school year. Weekends probably seem like you have to hide away in room, throw away your debit card and wait for Monday’s classes. Luckily, you live in a city that has plenty of no-money-down options for having an amazing weekend—hidden […]
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Blue Mountain-Birch Cove Lakes a “sham of a process”
[Image-1] Hundreds of people crammed into a tiny meeting room at the Lacewood Future Inns on Monday evening to hear a presentation on the proposed plans for the Blue Mountain-Birch Cove Lakes wilderness area. It did not go well. The crowd—which filled the conference room and spilled into the hallway and lobby of the hotel—was […]
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Summer 2016’s definitive festival guide
OUT OF TOWN June 12-18 Seaside Lobsterfest Imagine chowing down on fresh Atlantic lobster as the salty spray of the ocean it came from tickles your face. The inaugural St. Peter’s Lobster Festival fuses land and sea with seven days of feasting and a cavalcade of festivities like lobster relay races (intriguing?), pony rides and […]
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Bring the Food Noise
Tannessa Holt is a self-proclaimed foodaholic. Her devoted love affair took a nasty turn when she found herself overweight, unhappy and waiting to have bariatric surgery. Holt decided to make a drastic change and subsequently had to relearn her relationship with food, though the journey wasn’t easy. “Once I wasn’t able to eat how I […]
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Cedar Festival kicks off tomorrow
The 10th annual Lebanese Cedar Festival kicks off its four-day stretch today and you’re cordially invited, free of charge. “Lebanese are known for their hospitality and their welcoming attitude. We really work hard to ensure that anybody who attends our festival, whether they are regular visitors, or someone visiting for the first time, feels at […]
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Nirupa & Mike
Most people look back and fondly remember their high school sweethearts as a blast from the past, but for Nirupa Varatharasan and Mike Hart-Maytas, it’s the present and future, too. Originally from Toronto, the two first met in their high school English class. Both decided separately to move to Nova Scotia to study at Dalhousie, […]
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Dressed to say yes
What are we seeing this year for trends in style and fabric? Style trends are two piece and a return to A-line. We are seeing a movement away from lace, and crepe is very popular. Do you recommend a certain style of dress, fabric or shape depending on the season the wedding will take place […]