Will Gorlitz: nowhere if not here Through August 23 Guelph-based artist Will Gorlitz begins a painting by looking for the telling detail. “When determining the actual subjects I wish to paint, a crucial consideration is that the subjects present some acutely visual feature,” he explains in an email. “Commonly, this involves the tactile materiality of […]
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Hot Summer Guide: Cultural events and festivals
CATCH: The Nova Scotia Seafood Festival June 27 Get those culinary taste buds ready for a weekend of seafood: CATCH will be working overtime. The festival promises to be a weekend of tasting, learning, shopping and just generally loving all things fishy. Presented by the Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture, the festival’s focus is to […]
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Last summer at the old farmers' market
This is the last summer you’ll be able to meander amongst the Farmers’ Market tables in the brewery market, and it’s as busy and crowded as ever. Theresa Cole, the market’s operations manager, says she’s been counting the number of market-goers at 8,000 to 9,000 the past few weekends. With the sun coming out and […]
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How to have a dog-friendly summer
Jake is 12. His black-lab muzzle has gone grey, his limbs are a little stiff and his hearing isn’t as sharp as in his canine prime. But his master, graphic designer Jamie Sinclair, still takes him regularly to the Halifax Common and Jake loves being out there, where he’s been walked most of his life. […]
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Hot Summer Guide: Concerts and music festivals
Paul McCartney July 11 A Beatle is coming to Halifax. Some come down on the man for his stand against the seal hunt—though it sounds like these days most blame the militancy on his ex-wife, Heather Mills—or some say that his wanting to change the order of the songwriting credits on “Yesterday” from Lennon/McCartney to […]
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How to get your garden growing
Craving homegrown tomatoes but just don’t have the space on your balcony? Want to eat potatoes planted with your own hands but just don’t have the soil base in your yard? Looking to meet the people in your community while doing something rewarding? Consider joining a community garden in your neighbourhood this summer. Not only […]
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My summer: Beth Amiro, enterprising surfer
Amiro co-owns One Life Surf School (onelifesurf.com), which started in order to instruct women on wave riding, but has branched into such fields as environmental workshops, leadership training and even surf instruction for guys. This Lawrencetown Beach resident is also an actor—she starred in Eva Madden’s award-winning Eastern Shore short—a certified stunt person and a […]
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How to explore McNabs Island
The waves are smashing against our tiny boat, soaking us with water of questionable cleanliness. McNabs Island appears like a faint glimmer of hope in the distance. Suddenly, a massive cargo ship emerges through the mid-afternoon mist, heading straight toward my friend Walter and I. We paddle desperately against the current, but the ship pulls […]
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My summer: Christian Barry, co-founder of 2b theatre
Although acting work takes him to Toronto, as artistic co-director of Halifax-based 2b Theatre, Barry’s always coming back here. That said, 2b will keep him moving in the next year, with The Russian Play touring to the west coast, Invisible Atom and Revisited to the UK, and the recent Homage to Montreal and southern Ontario. […]
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Hot Summer Guide: Sporting events
Johnny Miles marathon June 21 Victoria Day weekend delivers an annual disincentive for HRM’s would-be marathoners, as hordes of Bluenosers (often sporting toques and mittens) stand grim-faced at the starting line, contemplating the 42.4 hilly kilometers in their immediate futures. Fear not, oh hesitant ones—it doesn’t have to be that way. You can run in […]
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My summer: David Christensen, musician and collaborator
Ukulele lessons aside, Christensen started playing music seriously at age 10 when he picked up the saxophone. Now an accomplished multi-instrumentalist, he’s known for his orchestral arrangements—having worked on Symphony Nova Scotia shows with Joel Plaskett, Jill Barber and Buck 65—and has played with a who’s-who of the Halifax scene. Earlier in June he added […]
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My summer: Zoë Caron, environmentalist, author
Currently on the board of directors at the the Sierra Club of Canada, 23-year-old Caron, originally from a small town in rural British Columbia, is the former Atlantic Coordinator for the Sierra Youth Coalition: Sustainable Campuses Project. She studied International Development and Environmental Science at Dalhousie, with a focus on climate change on both the […]