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Chris Benjamin makes Canada Reads longlist
I was hopeful that books might actually stay off of the Idol voting lame-train, but no such luck. But then I thought about it again, and realized that anything that gets people talking about Canadian authors, and draws attention to lesser-known names (AKA un-Atwood) is actually a good thing, especially when it involves one of […]
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I’m Here
Ignore that this Sundance short film is sponsored by a vodka company, tagged “A Love Story in an Absolut World,” or that it originally appeared online in March (eons ago in internet world), this sweet story about a robot—a cross between your mom’s PC and a Lego man—and his clumsy crash-test dummy girlfriend gets a […]
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Antony and The Johnsons
The man who can break a thousand hearts with one warble, Antony Hegarty, examines the dark side of nature in his usual morose-cabaret style. At times he follows the path too closely: Hegarty’s most memorable songs are the ones where he shifts the melodrama out of the darkness. He follows Björk’s lead on “Fletta,” a […]
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Dreaming about Drakaina
Meeting French fantasy art model Drakaina at a local diner is like a phone booth rendezvous with Clark Kent. She’s not difficult to spot, even while wearing a wool minidress that demurely covers her double-D chest. It’s the hair that gives Drakaina away: long, blonde curls that cloak her shoulders and back. Fantasy art has […]
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Atlantic Fashion Week falls down
Late Tuesday Atlantic Fashion Week, which disappeared without a word this season, announced it will return in spring 2011. Posted on its Facebook page: “During the fall we will be helping to promote any designers having solo shows.” A wise move. Familiar AFW faces such as Katrina Tuttle, Akshay Tyagi and Chloé Comme Parris (critical […]
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All Scrabbled up
Word up, Kelly Perhaps the most surprising thing (besides Peter Kelly’s appearance) at last Saturday’s Scrabble with the Stars was the triple-score word-making prowess of actor John Dunsworth. Holy shit. Like a Scrabble-Jesus sent from above, the game fanatic and board collector laid his hands down on players’ tiles, identifying seven-letter words in seconds, settled X-word debates without flipping open a dictionary and scored 150-plus point turns. Even if you lost hard (ahem) it was for a good cause: Performing Art Lodge is dedicated to building affordable housing for artists in their senior years; painting and performing rarely comes with
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Kabul closes down on Barrington Street today
If you were down on Barrington during Nocturne, you may have noticed a video projection of a market scene on the Roy Building that wasn’t listed on your program. Mandaee Bazaar is the work of Scott Saunders and Ariel Nasr, who have brought a new view of a bustling Kabul market to broken-down Barrington. The […]
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Halifax Pop Explosion on parade
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21 Tasseomancy The Company House, 10pm, $10 Sisters Sari and Romy Lightman play the Pop Explosion in mid-transformation. They’ve already changed their band name from Ghost Bees to Tasseomancy, the title of their excellent 2008 release. The changes are going deeper, explains Sari Lightman by email: “We’re focused on developing our skills as […]
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Don’t forget, Rememberer launches tonight
Tonight is the launch for Invisible Publishing’s Rememberer, at the Allan Street Reading Series. Edited by Jenner Berger, Allan St.’s lovely host, tonight’s reading will include Andrew Hood, Laura Dawe, Geordie Miller, Joshua Tibbetts and Berger. If you can’t make it, be sure to stop by the Invisible table at Saturday’s Zine Fair, where they’ll also have copies of Bats or Swallows, a new collection of stories by Montreal’s Teri Vlassopoulos. Here’s more about the book, written by Sean Flinn for our Fall Arts Preview: Rememberer (Invisible Publishing), combines the convenience of a planner with a collection of short
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Nocturne spotlight: Coast picks
Night Twitters The Letterpress Gang, Dawson Printshop, 1895 Granville street, Zone 1 “It’s an old technology that takes a long time to learn. We want to pass it on,” says Katie Tower, representing The Letterpress Gang. Tower is talking about the printing equipment at the Dawson Printshop, a teaching printshop that’s existed here for over […]
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Chloé comme Parris goes to Toronto
Toronto Fashion Week is one of the biggest in North America: a chance for style editors, buyers and Rachel Zoe-elbowed socialites to jostle for front-row seats at the prestigious runway shows. Even Joe Fresh Style debuts its collections here. And on Wednesday, Chloé comme Parris will make its first appearance at a sold-out show, after […]
