So many bright and creative literary minds converged in PEI last night for the Atlantic Book Awards ceremony, including our 2013 Literary Issue cover subject Stephanie Domet. The eleven award-winning books, publishers and authors/illustrators are: 1. Ann Connor Brimer Award for Children’s Literature Nix Minus One, by Jill MacLean, published by Pajama Press 2. Atlantic […]
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Q&A with Twin City Wrestling host Adria Young
Sometimes someone you work with is doing something so cool you just can’t ignore it. So at the risk of saying I only cover my friends (which is 100% completely true by the way. That’s why I have so many friends and never ever EVER spend nights alone binge-watching Orphan Black and eating microwave popcorn, […]
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Coco Barracuda
“Every song is about this internal good versus evil. I’m really into religious allegories as a metaphor for dealing with depression and anxiety. I’m working on one where the lyrics are ‘I hate myself’ and just saying that out loud–I was crying when I was writing it, it’s incredibly cathartic. I’m finally making the music […]
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Jef Barbara’s midas touch
“I’m influenced by things that are glam and weird, one of my friends said Little Richard was a direct impact–even though I’ve never actively listened to Little Richard, maybe I’ve been influenced without really knowing. First fixation I had while I was trying to find the ‘Jef Barbara look’ was Dynasty and Dallas–sequins and padded […]
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Fuel your wanderlust with Twenty Eight Feet: life on a little wooden boat
WARNING: Watching this film will make you want to sell your earthly belongings and get the heck out of dodge. I very nearly put in my notice and it’s not even 10am yet. Local director/cinematographer Kevin A. Fraser and local producer Melani Wood struck documentary gold when they met David Welsford (caution: his website is […]
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Q&A with the Impressment Gang
The Impressment Gang new not-for-profit literary magazine published quarterly. Run by Pearl Chan, Cassie Guinan and Clay Everest, the debut issue features work from Heather Jessup, Geordie Miller, Jaime Forsythe, Josh Salter, Maya Stewart Pathak, Andrew Patterson, Charlotte Bondy, Ryan Allen, Sheryda Warrener, David Huebert and Carole Glasser Langille. The issue launches Saturday, May 10 […]
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Drone Day promotes maximum minimalism
Man, do you hear that? Is my phone buzzing? Yes, it probably is, but if you find yourself thinking that on Saturday, May 10, please consider Drone Day. With listening parties and shows taking place all over the country in honour of the drone, Drone Day promises to be the ultimate gateway drug to experimental […]
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Contessa isn’t here to make friends
In those tense moments before Big Brother Canada’s finale (Thursday, May 8) you’ll undoubtedly need something to do other than study the live feeds. Halifax’s almost-kinda-sorta houseguest Scott “Contessa” Bosse (check him on FB) and the “high emotion Scotian” houseguest Kyle Shore will help you fill the time. Bosse (and his drag alter ego Contessa) […]
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Into The Woods
Alexis Cormier is adorned with jewels, a tiny row of diamonds under her right eye. It’s pouring rain outside—by all accounts a lazy Sunday afternoon—but inside Halifax Dance, The Woods came to throw down. Speaking before the weekly rehearsal that eats up four hours every Sunday, Cormier is lively, eager to share her encyclopedic knowledge […]
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Alice In Chains in Halifax August 27
The dream of the ’90s is alive in Halifax. Alice In Chains performs August 27 at the Metro Centre with The Pack A.D. (interesting!) in support of The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here, which is not a childrens’ album. Tickets for the Halifax show go on sale this Friday, April 25 at 10am. Tickets are $49.25-$74.25, […]
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Neverending Glory
“So Long was very close to being a farewell record,” says Glory Glory’s Adam Warren. The band began recording in 2012, hoping to raise production values from its self-recorded 2010 release Zombies by tracking with Tim Jim Baker at The Shed in Shad Bay. But things didn’t quite go as planned. “We ran out of […]
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Jumpin’ Jesus
It might have been a stroke of divine intervention that led to playwright and actor GaRRy Williams writing his latest work, Jesus Is A Faggot—or maybe just a writing workshop, but either way, it’s divine. Williams batted around the idea at the Playwrights Atlantic Resource Centre Colony in Sackville, NB, fleshed things out for a […]