Will these guys get past security? So we just received word that Trailer Park Boys Countdown to Liquor Day will open the 29th Atlantic Film Festival, which starts on September 17 and runs until the 26th. Update: There are a few changes people should know about this year. After the opening night screenings, the red […]
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Share
Although this is Share’s third album, in some ways it’s the first as a band. Originally intended as a musical and experimental outlet for guitarist/vocalist Andrew Sisk, Share has settled nicely into its place as a roots pop band with a cohesive mature sound. Produced by Dan Ledwell in a PEI cabin, the fresh air […]
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Scott Walker: 30 Century Man
Bigger than Jesus and The Beatles: so were the hopes for 1960s crooner Scott Walker. The American-born enigmatic singer won over the Brit-pop scene with his boy band The Walkers and their big hit, a cover of “The Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine (Anymore).” Walker left the band to pursue his own bizarre, experimental brand of […]
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February doesn’t grow old
For 25 years, Helen O’Mara has been living with the ghost of her husband Carl, who died, along with 83 other men in 1982 when the off-shore oil rig Ocean Ranger sank off the coast of Newfoundland. A historically true story that shattered many lives, Moore filters a painful event through one woman and her […]
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AFCOOP announces new director
Atlantic Filmmakers Cooperative just announced that Greg Morris-Poultney is taking over as executive director of the centre. According to a press release from AFCOOP, “Morris-Poultney spent a number of years as a producer and development executive in the local film and television industry developing new projects for national television broadcasters including CBC Television, History Television, […]
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Yo artists! Time to Go North!
The registration deadline for Go North! Studio & Gallery Tour is Friday, August 7. If you want to participate by showing your studio, creating a site-specific installation or exhibition on September 12, do it now. Registration is free and the forms are available at Eyelevel Gallery (2063 Gottingen) or on the website, gonorthhalifax.com. Also, the organizing committee is looking for your bizarro north end treaures to sell at a fundraising auction. If you have something appropriate, send an email to gonorthtour@gmail.com with a history of the object and the location of where it was found, by August 13.
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Local artists show super Super-8 films at Sappy
If you’re heading to Sappy this weekend, I don’t want to hear about your amazing times, but I do think you should check out the Super-8 screening on Saturday night at 6pm. There will be films (including a few Haligonians) by Laura Borealis, Karina Mariano, Ian Roy, Alexandra Grimanis, Steven Woloshen, Rick White, Steven James May, Jon Claytor, Heather Harkins, Bucky Buckler and Tara Wells, accompanied with live music from Timber Timbre, Haynes & Driver, Rick White, Laura Borealis, Mount Eerie. Snailhouse, Shotgun Jimmie, Baby Eagle and Julie Doiron. Two years ago at the Film Fest, the amazing Lisa
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Product of the week: Carbonstok fire ant shakers
There will be plenty of happy picnic faces, thanks to One Hundred 80 Degrees’ fire ant salt and pepper shakers ($24.95). Pair them with a set of melamine “I am not a paper plate” washable plates (four for $23.95), and you have the beginnings of an al fresco meal that won’t bite your ankles or […]
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Off the Cuff rocks out and dresses local musicians
Winner week three: Akshay Tyagi’s reconstructed outerwear. Photo: Shaun Simpson If you haven’t made it out to an Off the Cuff fashion competition yet, strap on those gladiator sandals and go to Argyle Fine Art this Sunday at 1pm for the final elimination round before the big fashion show on September 13. This week’s theme […]
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Ants that can shake a picnic
There will be plenty of happy picnic faces, thanks to One Hundred 80 Degrees fire ant salt and pepper shakers ($24.95). Pair them with a set of melamine “I am not a paper plate” washable plates (four for $23.95), and you have the beginnings of an al fresco meal that won’t bite your ankles or […]
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Sappy comes to town
If you missed the last train to Sackville and you’re not heading to New Brunswick’s SappyFest this weekend, some of those bands are coming to you. The Gertrudes, an 11-piece roaring clan from Kingston, are playing Gus’ Pub (August 3). The band tells us they “sound like a ol’ time saloon party in deep space…experimental […]
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Worn Fashion Journal
Feminism and traditional fashion magazines have a fists-up relationship. But smart mags like Sassy (RIP) and Bust figured out that some feminist-leaning ladies do enjoy reading about clothing beyond “10 ways to hide chubby thighs.” Still, there’s never been a like-minded magazine dedicated completely to fashion, let alone a Canadian one. Based out of Toronto, […]