Arts & Culture

Yes, yes, the nights are getting longer and the days colder, but that excuse isn’t gonna cut it this weekend: There is simply too much interesting, noteworthy stuff happening in Halifax as November winds down for you to spend time couch-bound. Instead, light up the group text with some of the following options—from a play […]

When it comes to local reads, 2022 has been one for the books (lol/sorry): From the return of giants of the field (like Ann-Marie MacDonald’s first novel in eight years) to emerging voices (like first-time author K.R. Byggdin’s novel about a queer youth finding their place in the world), there’s been no shortage of stories […]

View this post on Instagram A post shared by @elliotpage Everyone’s favourite Haligonian announced earlier today that they’re entering the celeb memoir genre: Elliot Page took to social media to share that their upcoming book, titled Pageboy, will be hitting stores June 6—but is available for preorder now. “At last, I can be with myself, […]

Just because the sun is setting at what feels like 2pm doesn’t mean you need to retreat to the couch until Spring’s thaw. Proof that there’s more to do around town than you might’ve thought exists right here, in our weekly Sure Things guide. Here’s all the fun to be had between Dec 5-7: Sing […]

Yes, yes, the nights are getting longer and the days colder, but that excuse isn’t gonna cut it this weekend: There is simply too much interesting, noteworthy stuff happening in Halifax as November winds down for you to spend time couch-bound. Instead, light up the group text with some of the following options—from seeing Serena […]

I was not a Britney truther—at least, not at first. Just like the rest of us who were MTV’s prime demographic during her heyday (and, in quick succession, her downfall), I knew Spears; my well-worn CD of Oops!…I Did It Again! was a marker of my casual fandom. But, by the end credits of the New […]

In the throes of a July heatwave I wouldn’t necessarily call myself a Summer Person—but I guess I must be, since every November I find the sky itself oppressive as night falls at, according to Google, precisely 4:36pm. There are many ways to white-knuckle the long evenings until bedtime, but common coping—like TV binging or […]

Just because the sun is setting at what feels like 2pm doesn’t mean you need to retreat to the couch until Spring’s thaw. Proof that there’s more to do around town than you might’ve thought exists right here, in our weekly Sure Things guide. Here’s all the fun to be had between Nov 28-30: See […]

Earlier this month, the North Preston-set CBC series Diggstown quietly ended a four-season run. Floyd Kane’s story of a hotshot lawyer who returns home to Nova Scotia after the tragic death of her aunt causes her to shift her priorities was a critical slam dunk (disclosure: I am one of said critics) that netted five Canadian […]

The black cats. The bright colours. The halcyon rural settings. It’s impossible to misidentify a Maud Lewis work since, as Interim Director & CEO of the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia Sarah Moore Fillmore, puts it, “you get exactly what you need from the picture…very quickly and very emotionally.” But, despite Lewis’s fame—the record-setting sales […]

A crowd about 100 people deep braced against the sharp-edged air on November 23, as history was being made–and recalled and refracted—on a spate of Gottingen Street sidewalk. “Why are you crying?” one woman asked another, pulling her in for a hug. The tears sparked, presumably, from the magnitude of the moment: The unveiling of […]