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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Brunching with Just Friends
Yesterday’s gone, you’re hung over and in need of a refuel before the last Pop Explosion night—all signs point to the Just Friends brunch, which’ll fill you up with food prepared and served by the multi-talented musicians. Laura Peek & The Winning Hearts, Hymm and Brent Randall will all be doing their own sets, as […]
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HPX preview: The Superfantastics
While nursing post- Thanksgiving turkey hangovers, celebrated Halifax indie-pop duo The Superfantastics chat over the phone from their respective abodes. But shortly after the call gets underway, things get awkward. It’s the “third member” question that did it: the one that explorative couples often broach, surely with the same bashfulness. Lead singer and guitarist Matthew MacDonald […]
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HPX preview: Mark Sultan goes solo
It has been a tumultuous few months for Mark Sultan. After spending the better part of the last decade as the “BBQ” half of the King Khan & BBQ Show, Sultan left the band amid swirling blogger accounts of cancelled shows, wild drunkenness, trashed apartments and screaming arguments between the two musicians across a Pacific […]
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HPX preview: New town for New Pornographers
“That’s crazy,” he says on the line from Woodstock, New York, where he bought a house last year. “We should mark that,” he says, recalling the debut album came out in late October 2000. The collection of roughed-up new wave was released by the Mint Records label in Vancouver, the city where Newman grew up […]
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Dance: Live Art’s drawing movement
When Le Carré des Lombes founder Danièle Desnoyers saw Manon De Pauw’s work, the Montreal choreographer knew she wanted to collaborate with the visual artist, who is well-known for her fluid live drawing performances, video installations and photography. De Pauw was interested, and told Desnoyers that earlier in her career she had thought about becoming […]
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A bushel of quick event picks
Dance SINS and Susie Burpee October 7-9, Sir James Dunn Theatre A killer night for dance fans, thanks to Live Art, starting off with a premiere by SINS (Sometimes in Nova Scotia). Xs is choreographed by Vancouver-based Daelik for SINS’ “Seven Deadly Sins Series.” Love watching these guys perform: Jacinte Armstrong, Susanne Chui and Sara […]
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Not your mom’s Pillow Fight League
Concussions. Black eyes. Lost teeth. Split lips. Bruised kidneys. These aren’t injuries from that pillow fight with the girls last night. But ask the ladies of the official Pillow Fight League and they’ll disagree. Pillow fighting is no more the goofy, giggly, pathetically uncompetitive activity synonymous with slumber parties and 11-teen-year-olds. No sir. It’s now […]
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Visual art: Cathy Busby’s Giving Notice
“MOVE.” It’s a loudly painted, red word peeking around Dalhousie Art Gallery’s reading nook, calling to visitors at the gallery’s entrance. Feet move almost involuntarily, and gallery viewers find themselves in front of the lettering, uncovering two more: “IN NOW.” Sterile black couches frame the lower half of the three walls and words, providing a […]
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Get involved: 4Days Better City Lab
Rachel Derrah learned to ride a bike this summer. “It’s kind of embarrassing,” says the 24-year-old, between bouts of laughter. She grew up in Glassville, New Brunswick, about an hour north of Fredericton. “You either drive or you go play in the woods,” says Derrah, who studied community design at Dalhousie University. “You would just […]
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A parade of city pride
Everyone loves a parade, and this year’s Pride parade promises to be the biggest and best Halifax has seen. There are over 150 entries confirmed to walk/drive/float for Saturday’s event. “We’ve had parades for 23 years,” says Ed Savage, co-chair of Halifax Pride, the Pride Week organizing committee. “But it’s only been about the last […]
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Watch the Pride parade slideshow
Saturday’s Pride parade was a gay old time, indeed. It featured a beautiful sunny afternoon, thousands of people lining downtown streets to watch and around 200 floats—including a Coast/Hillcrest Volkswagen team effort that featured Windom Earle playing for nearly 2 hours on the back of a flatbed truck. (After the parade, a cop who was […]
