CKDU’s annual fundraising initiative gets underway this week with a variety of events happening across the city. The extensive range of cultural activities was chosen because it is a reflection of the distinct nature of the station, says funding drive coordinator Adam Binet. “With about 17 live events happening during the nine days, we are […]
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Live theatre, art exhibits, comedy, literary, spoken word – The Coast guide to Halifax and Dartmouth, NS . The downtown, local arts scene – plays, writers, actors, artists and performers. Painting, sculpture, photography, stand-up, stage.
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Wheels in motion
This past spring HRM council budgeted the largest amount yet toward implementing its bike plan: $200,000. While an improvement on the $120,000 spent last year, it’s still well below the $300,000 minimum recommended in the 2002 council-approved bike plan, and still sadly not enough to even come close to completing a major bike project. The full bike plan fund this year, besides $25,000 set aside for a multi-use trail in Sackville, was devoted to the Bedford Highway bikeway. Or at least 1.2 kilometres of it. Over the summer HRM paved the shoulders of the Bedford Highway from Millview Avenue to
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The River wild
It was on the second day of shooting the thriller The River King that the camera operator and an assistant went through the ice. The crew, set up near Meander River, had been assured the intense winter cold of 2004 had made the river safe to stand on. The director, Nick Willing, an Englishman, had […]
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The Big Hit
If there is such a thing as a higher being, she is probably smiling down at the North Street Church right now. Not because of an enlightened sermon or confession of juicy sins, but because of the loud movements and joyful sounds that are echoing off its peeling walls. For the past two months, the […]
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Bulldozers
If you ask Matt Wells how much integrity there is in the music industry, he will tell you there is an equal number of those with it as without it. But faced with a choice, the Bucket Truck frontman chooses substance—and, consequently, deep debt—over style. With their latest release, Favour the Bull, the Newfoundland-bred, Halifax-based […]
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Enjoy the Silence
Mike Feuerstack, singer-songwriter of Snailhouse, can’t wait to play before a Halifax audience—that is, if a heart attack doesn’t slow him down first. The 33-year-old is a busy guy, playing in numerous bands, recording several albums worth of material with those bands and under his Snailhouse moniker, all the while holding down a full-time office […]
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Elizabethtown
Cameron Crowe leaves no doubt that Elizabethtown is a personal film. The protagonist, like his leads in Say Anything… and Almost Famous, is a stand-in for the director — utterly without vice. His name is Drew Baylor (Orlando Bloom). He’s a shoe designer who loses his job shortly before learning his father has died. On […]
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Funny boy
Shaun Majumder’s a funny guy. Which is lucky, because his singing career won’t be taking off anytime soon. After missing his first few interview calls, Majumder answers his cell phone singing “I’m a loser, I’m a big fat loser.” The sentiment is endearing, the tunefulness debatable. But with a full slate of acting, stand-up and […]
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Turn, turn, turn
Scarcely a month has gone by this year when we haven’t found ourselves at our computer in a rage blackout, pounding out an enraged letter to Spin. The music magazine has spent its quite commendable 20th year publishing lots and lots of lists. (It’s possible we’re in the minority here, but we think the “people […]
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Free education
Believe it or not, the Halifax Pop Explosion is more than just boozing, show-crawling and rocking out to some of your favourite underexposed bands. Saint David’s Church on Brunswick Street will house a number of educational workshops and panels, all free of charge. Saturday kicks off in classroom A at 12:30pm, with a DIY seminar […]
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Saturday Part One – The Zine Fair
When the alarm went off on Saturday morning, I had some serious decisions to make. “Do I actually get up and make breakfast for Christopher and myself, or do I roll over and die?” I asked. I stumbled out into the living room and found Mr. Rees lying in the sofa bed half-awake, giggling to […]
