A recent issue of Good, a new American magazine dedicated to the “merger of capitalism and idealism,” contains an article about a project in New York called Gardens in Transit, which will cover 13,000 city cabs with 14 football fields worth of flowered decals, painted by more than 30,000 children and adults from schools and […]
Sue Carter Flinn
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Hit the decks
BARRINGTON Mediterraneo1571 Barrington Street, 423-440312 seats, Dining, Licensed, Sidewalk, Umbrellas NicheMaritime Centre, 1505 Barrington Street, 423-6632, www.nichelounge.com120 seats, Blender Drinks, Dining, Licensed, Outdoor Heaters, Umbrellas Pogue Fado/The Frigate1581 Barrington Street, 429-6222www.poguefado.com10 seats, Dining, Licensed, Sidewalk Tribeca Bistro & Bar1588 Granville Street, 492-403620 seats, Dining, Licensed, Sidewalk,Water View BEDFORD / LOWER SACKVILLE Cellar Bar & Grill […]
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Going places
If you saved a few pennies this year, or own a credit card with room to burn, it’s time to skip town. Wondering where to go? Tuck this handy guide into your fanny pack—and if you’re flying, calculate how much you should donate to environmental projects to offset the greenhouse emissions: www.greenmyflight.com. ARTS Bring your […]
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Garment district
The old JJ Muggs in Granville Mall is now NSCAD’s fashion studio, replacing bar stools with industrial sewing machines. Upstairs, exposed brick and natural light makes the perfect studio space. This is where Lydia Klenck has been working for the past month as artist-in-residence, designing pieces for her exhibition Garment Works, opening at Anna Leonowens […]
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Home and Away
St. John’s author/actor/playwright Joel Thomas Hynes (gravedigger Nick Crocker on the sorely missed Hatching, Matching & Dispatching) is in town on May 24 at the Seahorse (1659 Argyle) to read from his new novel, the funny but nasty Right Away Monday. This book reads like a weeklong bender and hangover wrapped up in a dirty […]
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Drop the needle
Quilts. Please don’t turn the page. I know quilts are not an easy sell. While they’re comfortable to snuggle in, or remind you of your grammy, no one could have predicted that an exhibition of quilts would break museum attendance records across the United States, or be declared by Michael Kimmelman, chief critic for the […]
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Sole survivors
Lotus shoes are exquisitely small—measuring about eight centimetres each, they might snuggle into the palm of your hand. Delicately hand-embroidered in silk, it’s shocking that for more than 1,000 years since the 10th century—they were banned in 1911—millions of Chinese women had their feet broken and bound to fit into these teardrop-shaped icons of feminine […]
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Her winning heart
Listen to “So sorry” off the new album From the Photographs. Laura Peek and The Winning Hearts’ first full-length album, From the Photographs, took almost two years to complete, but as the saying goes, it’s worth the wait: charming, smart, beautifully orchestrated, the kitten-loving, piano-pop singer’s debut is a delight. Accompanying other Just Friends label […]
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Halifax InternationalWriters’ Festival
March 28, 7:30pm, $10 Joining Heather O’Neill is Nova Scotian author Linda Little, whose novel Scotch River tells the story of bull rider and lost soul Cass Hutt, whose mysterious past leads him back east. The hero of Nadia Bozak‘s debut novel Orphan Love is the intriguingly named Bozak, a young punk rocker bred on […]
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Badtime stories
Heather O’Neill puts down the phone. It rings again. On this morning, an offer from Los Angeles to buy the film rights to the Montreal author’s first novel, Lullabies for Little Criminals. “At first I was “No, no, no, no, no, I’ll never do it,’ but they’re so persuasive.” O’Neill’s laughter draws out like taffy […]
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Unruly Brood
Like an outlawed Deadwood hero, Elliott Brood saunters into The Grawood this Wednesday night. Sure, the stagecoach is replaced by a new band van, and there are more banjos wailing than cussin’, but the Toronto death-country trio will leave a film of kicked-up dust on your teeth. According to the band’s mythology, Mr. Brood bit […]
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Artist’s block
Topping the poster advertising the Khyber Building’s community brainstorming sessions, led by the Khyber Arts Society and HRM last week, is a quote from urban philosopher Jane Jacobs, “Old ideas can sometimes use new buildings. New ideas must use old buildings.” After Saturday’s session, when around 20 people, mostly representing arts and social justice organizations, […]
