Dreaming, desperate, devoted: Thirty-five years since the start of Halifax Dance, the challenges of making it here are pushing local dancers in all kinds of new directions.
Sue Carter Flinn
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Print, cut, SaintOnge screen
You either love her or hate her, with that all-knowing smile and those practical Oxford shirts. But Martha Stewart is the most powerful domestic icon in the world, and she has the TV show, magazines and product lines to prove it. There aren’t any other celebrities who can survive a five-month prison term, and still […]
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Living With legacy
Photo by Peter Bregg If you’re going to take in one photography show this year, go see Living With, a series of 50 black-and-white photos that focuses its lens on people living with the HIV/AIDS pandemic in Rwanda. The show is on display until next Tuesday, in the foyer of Dalhousie’s Charles Tupper building (9am-5pm, […]
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Freedom to Read Week
I would not read you on a boat… February 22-28 is Freedom to Read week. In celebration, here are a few of the more asinine examples of books that have been banned. According to forbiddenlibrary.com, members of the Alabama State Textbook Committee demanded the rejection of Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl because […]
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Rep cinema report to be released on Monday
Ahhh! No more scary trips to Bayers Lake! We received this email from the Paradise Society yesterday: Dear Paradise Members and Friends:The Dalhousie Management Without Borders student team has been working diligently for the last couple of months on the business case for a rep cinema in Halifax. They are nearing the end of their […]
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Black on Both Sides postponed
If you were planning on attending Black on Both Sides, an international selection of short works from emerging contemporary black filmmakers programmed by Cory Bowles, the date’s been moved to Monday March 9, at 7pm. Still at the CBC Radio Room (South Park at Sackville), still $10.
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PechaKucha peachy-keen: A fun night of design talk
Halifax joins the international PechaKucha scene. If you’re a curious type, with a love of culture and perhaps a short attention span, you won’t want to miss the city’s first PechaKucha night on Thursday, February 19 at Garrison Brewery (7:30pm, presentations start at 8:20pm, $4). Hosted by local design company Breakhouse, PechaKucha (Japanese for the […]
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Love that t-shirt
Everyone has a secret stash of heinous t-shirts shoved into the back of the closet. T-shirts that are too big or have dribble stains, or maybe a giant logo that isn’t even disgusting enough to be ironic. Instead of turning them into rags, bring a t-shirt into Love, Me Boutique (1539 Birmingham, 444-3668) before Saturday, […]
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Zuppa cast: Stewart Legere hurts his foot
The show must go on with Stewart Legere (top right on piano). Last week Tara Thorne wrote our cover story about Zuppa Theatre’s new production Poor Boy and their unusually organic creative process. This week Zuppa received a new challenge, as actor Stewart Legere, who plays pop star Sherman Oakes, hurt his ankle during a […]
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Write it down: fundraiser at the Fed
Authors are hot-blooded creatures. And they’re also generous. On Valentine’s Day, look for a writerly named event, Raise the Heat, Raise your Voice, Raise the Fun(ds) Kitchen Party, at the Writer’s Federation (1113 Marginal, 7pm, $10 suggested minimum donation, with receipt). The money raised will help out writer Joanne Taylor who has been diagnosed with […]
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I heart My Bloody Valentine
Chocolate causes zits, flowers are sprayed with pesticides and you’ll never get a restaurant reservation anyway, so why not show that special lady/dude how you feel by taking them to a special Thrillema screening of My Bloody Valentine, this Thursday, February 12 (Empire Cinema 6, 650 Portland, 9pm). Of course, in Thrillema style they’re showing […]
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deux fm discounted
deux fm’s bamboo and organic cotton jacket Anna Gilkerson and her chic fashion label deux fm prove that dressing ethically doesn’t mean dumpy (thank god), and you don’t have to break the bank either. This weekend (February 14-15, noon-5pm), deux fm is having a big sale, hosted at The Hub (1673 Barrington, second floor), the […]