Sue Carter Flinn

The course of true love never did run smoothly according to ol’ Will S., but thanks to some extra cash from the provincial government Shakespeare by the Sea’s 15th season is going to be a lot more comfortable and quiet. With the grant, they purchased 200 new chairs, 800 feet of sun canopy for the […]

Did those lime-green throw pillows from Winners look nasty once you get them home? The Halifax Crafters’ Rainy Days Handmade Market might be what you need to put some one-of-a-kind back in your life, on this weekend at the North Street Church (5657 North), Saturday from 11am to 5pm and Sunday from 12pm to 6pm.According […]

Everything’s come up pages and prizes for nominees of this year’s Atlantic Book Awards, to be handed out May 12 at Alderney Landing. Too many authors and Book Week events to list here (check them out at writers.ns.ca/bookfest08), but highlights include:Thomas Head Raddall Atlantic Fiction Prize: Don Hannah, Ragged Islands; Bernice Morgan, Cloud of Bone; […]

On Tuesday, April 22 at the Seahorse (1659 Argyle), local photographers throw down at the first-ever Battle SNAP, a friendly competition that will determine who’s frame is the finest. Photographers show their work for just that night and everyone in the bar gets to vote, regardless of whether or not your idea of art includes […]

When you graduate from most post-secondary institutions you don’t have many tangibles to show family and loan officers, unless you’re finishing up at NSCAD University. Anna Leonowens (5163 Duke), Seeds (1892 Hollis) and NSCAD’s Port Campus will be showing grad work this week, but we’re really intrigued by the jewellery design and metalsmithing student show, […]

There are plenty of reasons to check out Kinetic Studio‘s season finale. For the past month Mocean Dance has worked with award-winning choreographer Susie Burpee on a new piece called Rescue Left Her to Her Plight. Fans of Winnipeg singer Christine Fellows might recognize Burpee’s name from Fellows’ awesome album, Nevertheless; the song “The Spinster’s […]

In last week’s article about the Newcomer Artists’ Project at Anna Leonowens Gallery, the artwork should be attributed to Ginok Song, a South Korean artist who lives and works in Petty Harbour. Also, the project was wrongly classified as “socialist” instead of a social-research project

We’ve seen them dance. We’ve seen them pitch business ideas. Now Atlantic Film Festival and CBC Atlantic are getting in on the reality-television-voting wagon, just in a much classier, arty way, of course. Short Film Face Off, which begins on Wednesday, April 16 at 7pm is a new prime-time six-hour CBC TV series. Hosted by […]

Fans of Homicide: Life on the Street and The Wire (and I know some of you are out there—stuffwhitepeoplelike.com told me so) will be excited to hear that the incredible Clark Johnson will be in town for ViewFinders. Johnson, who directed the opener and closer of The Wire and starred in its final fifth season, […]

On Tuesday morning, members of the media and film community filled a theatre in Park Lane to eat sticky buns (media types rate launch snacks—it’s a fact) and get the lowdown on this year’s ViewFinders International Film Festival for Youth, running April 22 to 26. There are plenty of films that don’t have age or […]