The first week of June is National Environmental Week and what better way to flex your green thumb than to join the 14th annual Clean Sweep event. The Downtown Halifax Business Commission (DHBC) has created an opportunity for business members to get outside and clean up the downtown core. “Clean Sweep is a fun way […]
Shannon Webb-Campbell
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Be(ad) Dazzled
Jewellery makes a great gift, especially if it is hand made with all of that heartfelt goodness. Not quite sure where to begin? Rosanna White, founder of Bead Dazzled, will come to your door and guide you through a step by step process with a plethora of beads in tow. In fact her whole business […]
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Business Is Business
According to Coburg Consultants Ltd. change is the foundation of good business. Incorporated in 1982, the core group of contract consultants changes annually, but don’t fret as this is mostly due to the fact that the company is operated by senior Dalhousie MBA students who sell before they toss their caps at their spring graduation. […]
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Maritime-inspired Poutine
CUT Steakhouse & Urban Grill (5120 Salter Street) may be the only location in Eastern Canada to dry-age its beef in-house for 35 days (to develop flavour intensity), but it’s their poutine that is truly one of a kind. For the old fashioned Montréaler in you there is the standard poutine beefed up with with […]
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Propeller Propels
Cheers! Halifax’s beloved hand-crafted brewery Propeller has extended their hours. You can now refill your growlers or pick up a six-pack en route to the next party, as Propeller’s Cold Beer store front (2011 Gottigen) is now open Friday and Saturday nights until 10PM.
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Shop Noir: Mills
Hollywood’s classic film noir period stretched from early 1940s to the late 1950s. Halifax’s stylish revival arrives this week in the form of Mills Noir, a customer loyalty program featuring a radio, print, billboard, web and direct mail campaign that will be decorating the city. “Mills Noir is another way to make sure Mills customers […]
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Snailhouse trail
There isnt a spiral-coiled shell trailing behind Mike Feuerstack, the Montreal-based brainchild behind Snailhouse, as he slugs into the Maritimes for a few gigs to give a sneak peak of his forthcoming release, lies on the prize. Hell speed up the pace with Share as his backing band for a show at Gus Pub on […]
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Hawksley Workman’s a tough gig
Beauty seems most attractive when it’s unattainable. The unknowable and unachievable are always alluring. Hawksley Workman has experienced his fair share of longing. After more than a decade in music, he still feels in between things, he says. “The title suggests I’ve realized I’m never going to be satisfied with anything,” says Workman, calling from […]
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Hawksley Workman
Hawksley WorkmanBetween the Beautifuls(Universal)Evolution is crucial to an artist, but Workman’s taken it too far. Unlike the provocative poetics of For Him and the Girls and (Last Night We Were) The Delicious Wolves, he’s crafted a heavily radio-friendly marriage between the whiskey-soaked Lover/Fighter (2003) and the acoustic striptease of Treeful of Starling (2006). Between the […]
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Don Brownrigg
Don BrownriggWander SongsindieEqually as comforting as a cup of tea, Wander Song’s coats listless souls with love and warmth. Don Brownrigg’s soft vocals spill tales of love, longing and insightful introspection. Guest appearances by Jenn Grant, Rose Cousins and his poetic platonic lover Tanya Davis on “Time Moves On” merely accent his timelessness. Shannon Webb-Campbellcategories: […]
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Christina Martin
Primed with potential, poetics and her 2002 debut Pretty Things, Christina Martin embodies soul and sass. At 28 years old shes been many things (nanny, academic, wife), but recently has come to terms with being a songwriter. Every time I think I am going to do something with my music, I chicken out, she says. […]
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Jenny Omnichord
If you ditch the riot element of Kathleen Hannas grrrl solo project, Julie Ruin, insert the alliteration and allurement of The Moldy Peaches, then add the carnivalesque connotations of Wax Mannequin, youd get a hodgepodge portrait of Jenny Omnichord. A sister project for The Barmitzvah Brothers Jenny Mitchell, the singer, bassist and resident […]