Really, is a review of Entourage’s season-six premiere any different than a review of season two? Vince has sex, E is a tiny, whiny suck and Arie yells at Lloyd. However, when the emotionally stunted posse returns—Turtle is still in a committed relationship with Jamie-Lynn Sigler from The Sopranos, E is moving out and Vince […]
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Violinist Samantha Li killed in a car accident
Sad news for the classical music community, as we learned today that a young violinist was killed on Saturday. According to News 95.7, “24 year old Samantha Li was one of three passengers in a westbound car that crashed near the New Glasgow exit around 9:40 pm. Police say Li was in the back of […]
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Treevenge is now online
Log some time with Sundance fave Treevenge, now online here!
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Atwood’s army comes to Halifax
Margaret Atwood is coming to Halifax’s Word On The Street on September 27. Well, not exactly. Atwood’s LongPen will be here, but she’ll physically be at WOTS in Toronto, signing copies of her new novel, The Year of the Flood, for fans in Halifax and Vancouver with the use of her trusty robotic Bic. Maybe it sounds like CanLit porn, but you’ll be able to interact with Mags through a “private video chat.”
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McCartney review: making ladies cry and dudes dance
What a night. The layout inside the Common was a confusing maze of sights and smells—-even Steve Murphy was asking security questions. The biggest problem was folding-chair town, which stretched on for rows and rows, with no visible end in sight. And as an ATM truck tried to back up, people just picked up their […]
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Video: McCartney set-up on the Common
It’s a “circus comes to town” atmosphere at the Common this afternoon. Like a few people I spoke to who heard a little “Let it Be” piano, I went for a quick peek. No Paulie, but there are tons of people on the Common, soaking up sun, lounging in lawnchairs, snapping photos and playing frisbee. […]
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Queer and Rebel days starts this weekend
If you identify as queer and/or a rebel, I know where you’ll be this week. There’s a lot going on at Roberts Street Social Centre, so don’t miss out. 1. Kebob kick-off party (Queer and Rebel days)- Friday, July 10, 7pmmeet some folks and discuss, among other things, the importance of challenging consumerism and assimilation […]
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C’mon yellow orb, it’s Poetry in the Park on Sunday
This Sunday is the first Poetry in the Park, 2:30-4pm at Point Pleasant Park. Bring a blanket and some poems to the open event, held along the water at the trees on the hilly area, between the end of Sailor’s Memorial Way, near the gazebo (closer to the gazebo and the mouth of the northwest […]
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Beatles memorabilia: Here, there and everywhere
You don’t have to look hard to see Mike Spurr’s obsession. The police sergeant stands on his Waverley porch wearing a Yellow Submarine t-shirt. Three Beatles-related prints line a wall in his family’s living room, including a limited-edition photo by Astrid Kirchherr of a young John Lennon, George Harrison and early member Stu Sutcliffe, sporting […]
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Chew on this: Michael Jackson bubblegum
If the two-hour memorial and the devastating sight of Paris Jackson wasn’t enough for you, head to Freak Lunchbox and fill your crying sack with the original Michael Jackson Pee Chee bubblegum and collectors’ cards. They’re from 1984, back when gloves were shiny and Jackson life was, well, “normal,” so I wouldn’t advise chewing that gum (note: it still looks pretty good, considering it’s 25 years old. Here’s a taste: Sad-clown Michael Llama-loving Michael Say, Say, Say Michael (that one’s for you, Paul)
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Zombie Short Film Fest looking for your brains
Normally we don’t post calls from festivals outside of the city, but for some reason, the Toronto-based Zombie Short Film Festival seems like it should have originated in Halifax. For those of you with a brain blasting with undead film ideas (there seem to be a lot of you), the rules are straightforward: it must […]
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Tonight’s Lynn Miles show cancelled
It hasn’t been a good week for visiting performers: Lynn Miles, scheduled to perform this evening at Company House, had to go home to Ottawa because of a family emergency. However, you’re not out of luck this Monday night, Montreal’s Ladies of the Canyon are still on at 8pm. Cover is now $7.