“I just remember walking across the field because I knew it was imminent,” says Jacquie Thillaye, the president of the Halifax Skate Park Coalition. It was late October in 2006 and though the official opening of the Halifax Skate Park had been pushed to June 2007, due to a delayed construction schedule, everyone knew the […]
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Burning Ears for Wednesday
It’s a Burning Ears inferno today, with anarchists freaking, end-of-the-world freaks, a cash-strapped visitor from Iceland, Dal getting called a “leading institution,” celebrity hurling and much more. Full links apres jump. ANARCHY IN ATLANTICAfrom Brooklyn and cyberspaceThanks to active protests, last weekend’s Atlantica meetings didn’t go under the radar, as so many bad business moves […]
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Burning Ears for Tuesday
A direct flight from Ireland to Halifax, a new hotel in Truro, tourists from New York and Philly, a completely incomprehensible business deal, plus discussion of premier RodMac’s tough line with Ottawa over the Atlantic Accord. This is Metro in the sleepy days of summer. Full links apres jump. SEE YOU IN COURTfrom CalgarySo the […]
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Get outfitted
I have a love-hate relationship with Urban Outfitters. I make a point to go to them when I travel, but I’m always angry that they’re selling $48 t-shirts that are made to look “used” via machine. The thing is, I have no problem pinching one of those from the sale rack for $6. So you […]
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Burning Ears for Thursday
I’ve had my fill of Rodney “The Wimpinator” MacDonald and his mercurial approach to getting pissed at Stephen Harper. (If you haven’t, that’s what they invented Google for.) Far more thrilling are reports from tourists and Atlantica protests. Full links apres jump. THERE REALLY IS SO MUCH TO SEEfrom cyberspaceAn American visitor to these shores […]
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Toronto’s darling
She was our darling first, but still it’s nice to see Halifax singer-songwriter Jenn Grant getting major coverage here in the Globe. The print version of Canada’s national paper put her on the front page of the arts section. The photo isn’t as nice as Scott Munn’s April 26 Coast cover, nor is Robert Everett […]
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Joy ride
BEECHVILLE-LAKESIDE-TIMBERLEA (BLT) TRAIL Getting there: Once Metro Transit gets with the program and puts bike racks on all its buses, you will be able to take route 21 to Lakeside Park Drive, then walk up the street to the trailhead. Until then, you’ll either be driving or riding along St. Margaret’s Bay Road (Highway 3 […]
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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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July
Written by Caley Baker, Jodie Barnaby, Sue Carter Flinn, Sean Flinn, Victoria Foley, Austen Gilliland, Stephanie Johns, Carsten Knox, Lindsay McCarney, Kate Watson and Shannon Webb-Campbell. ARTS ALCUIN SOCIETY AWARDS AT ANNA LEONOWENS GALLERY Now this is a book collection to envy. The exhibition of winners in the 2006 Alcuin Society Awards for Excellence in […]
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Hot buzz
Don’t get caught flip-flopping around with nothing to do this summer. Bring along our guide to over 100 of the season’s sizzling festivals, events, exhibitions, concerts and diversions, as selected by our team of summer-loving experts. Written by Caley Baker, Jodie Barnaby, Sue Carter Flinn, Sean Flinn, Victoria Foley, Austen Gilliland, Stephanie Johns, Carsten Knox, […]
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Unshore
We’re not surprised, at a month till showtime with no posted line-up, that the Shoreline Festival in PEI has been cancelled. Last year’s fest was a fairly dismal affair, with terrible weather and poor walk-up ticket sales leading to the cancellation of day three, an almost all-Halifax line-up. See organizer Dave Christian’s official website apology […]
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Burning Ears for Tuesday
Would any visit to Metro be complete without a trip to a “Lobster and Lighthouses” tourist trap? (The Carnival cruise line isn’t interested in your answer.) Will the federal budget vote see more Nova Scotian MPs taking Nova Scotia’s side? (The budget vote’s tonight.) And is there anything pithy or trite to say about childhood […]
