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Tanya Davis isn’t alone anymore, she’s in the Guardian
After being the subject of Russell Smith’s bizarro feminist rant yesterday in the Globe, today, the video collaboration of Tanya Davis and Andrea Dorfman made the Guardian‘s viral video chart, along with a legless cat, a kitten who can’t jump, Justin Bieber, a chimp and a frog. Watch for Davis, tonight on the National. Related […]
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Driving sex
When it comes to mainstream entertainment, we North Americans have two hang-ups: sex and sincerity. Take two big commercial films opening this weekend, Eat, Pray, Love and Scott Pilgrim vs. the World. Despite their stylistic and plot differences, both are standard Hollywood romances. Attractive people meet; they fall in love. Hardly an honest reflection of […]
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SISTER
Forget Scott Pilgrim for a second. Plumtree’s Lynette and Carla Gillis, wisely taking advantage of the big-screen boost, released their new EP at the Scott Pilgrim book launch in Toronto, but SISTER deserves attention on its own. Joined by Ryan Myshrall on bass and produced by Peter Elkas, the sisters (Lynette on drums/vocals, Carla on […]
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Score: A Hockey Musical opens Atlantic Film Festival
Be still my Xanadu heart: Score: A Hockey Musical, starring Olivia Newton John, Marc Jordan, Noah Reid and Allie MacDonald, with appearances by hockey nut Dave Bidini, Strombo and Hawksley Workman, is opening the Atlantic Film Festival on September 16. Directed by Michael McGowan, whose One Week was pretty Canuck-loving, I expect we’ll all be doing maple syrup shots by the end of the night. The AFF’s opening night party, celebrating the fest’s 30th year, is on Citadel Hill. Although last year’s space, the Metro Centre, is the obvious venue for a hockey film, I think that Citadel Hill
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Khyber building plan goes to council tonight
At tonight’s city council meeting, HRM staff will present the staff report “1588 Barrington Street as an Arts & Culture Incubator.” This, of course, is the recommendation from staff to council to continue using, and to expand the cultural services offered in the Khyber building, which is seen as a big part of the Barrington […]
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Stolen painting still missing from King’s
I think it’s terrible that in the media, art heists are usually treated like light news, like it’s a Matt Damon caper movie. But this case is especially awful. Someone broke into the Chaplain’s Office at King’s College two weeks ago, and the only thing stolen was a painting, which was a gift from local […]
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Roll up your sleeping bag, it’s time for Brain Camp
Get your body down to Strange Adventures on Friday, August 6, from 4-6pm, for the launch of Brain Camp, the new graphic novel, written by Susan Kim and Laurence Klavan, and illustrated by Coast comic artist Faith Erin Hicks.
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Blackbird sings at the Living Room
Heather Watts Shawn Duggan as Ray and Kathryn McCormack as Una in Blackbird. British playwright David Harrower‘s Blackbird was on Richie Wilcox‘s wishlist, so he jumped at the chance to return to Halifax to direct the play for Angels & Heroes Theatre Company, opening August 9 at the The Living Room (2353 Agricola Street). “I’m […]
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Swayed with swag
The iPad-sized silver tin stands out among all the other mail. There’s an orange sticker of a silhouetted lighthouse, designed like a vintage CN Rail poster, stuck on its top. “Welcome to Haven,” the text reads. “It takes a village to hide a secret.” Inside, there’s a series of eight connected postcards, with photos of […]
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Roger Ebert is alone with Andrea Dorfman and Tanya Davis
Ebert’s Tweet, on an alone Saturday night. We’re not sure how, but Roger Ebert has discovered Tanya Davis‘ new lovely video for her song “How to be Alone,” directed by Andrea Dorfman, who also did the animations. The video only went up on July 28, and now has over 122,000 hits—a testament to the power […]
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Pardis Parker on Implants and awards
Pardis Parker, who just won three awards at the Montgomery Film Festival in Alabama for his film Two Men, Two Cows, Two Guns, has a new digital short, Implants. Written and directed by Parker, it also stars Evany Rosen from Picnicface, with cinematography by Tarek Abouamin. Parker is up for FOUR Canadian Comedy Awards (Stand-Up […]
