The Braid Couture Art ShowFeb 15, 8 pm Bus Stop Theatre, 2203 Gottingen Street) braidcoutureshow.com $35-$45 From ombré hair to pastel colours, hair trends come and go. But braids, from cornrows to the French variety, have long been a hairstyle staple across cultures. Tara Lynn Taylor is organizer of the Braid Couture Art Show, happening […]
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Tool time
The app-based sharing economy has produced no shortage of bizarre and terrible business ideas. Ever hear of Leftover Swap, the short-lived San Francisco startup that aimed to reduce food waste by letting users sell yesterday’s clammy noodles to nearby strangers? Didn’t think so. But Alberta electrician David Thiessen is out to prove there’s life in […]
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Hair love for Halifax
The Braid Couture Art Show Feb 15, 8pm Bus Stop Theatre, 2203 Gottingen Street braidcoutureshow.com $35-$45 From ombré hair to pastel colours, hair trends come and go. But braids, from cornrows to the French variety, have long been a hairstyle staple across cultures. Tara Lynn Taylor is organizer of the Braid Couture Art Show, happening […]
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LOCAL By Local Girl explores what “made here” means
LOCAL By Local Girl To Feb 8 Anna Leonowens Gallery, 1891 Granville Street W hat does “local” mean, anyway? NSCAD student Anita Joh’s artistic persona (and “conceptual brand”) LOCAL by Local Girl is an attempt to dig into that question through a series of pop-ups, installations and social-media engagements. The brand includes everyday functional objects, […]
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The skin you’re in
Outlaw Country Tattoo will join forces with Eating Disorders Nova Scotia (EDNS) to transform Haligonian’s bodies into safe havens during a flash tattoo event this Thursday. From 1pm to 6pm at Outlaw (6103 North Street), artist Emerson Roach will tattoo customers with pre-designed, body-positivity-themed tattoos, ranging from $80-$130. 50 percent of proceeds will go to […]
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Pinball’s bumper year
P inball wizards (and would-be wizards) are invited to Propeller Brewing Company‘s Propeller Arcade Room (2015 Gottingen Street) beginning at 4pm on Friday, January 31, for the arcade’s first birthday party, featuring balloons, $5 beers, $10 t-shirts and lots of ball-flipping action. Since opening last January with a modest collection of pinball and video games […]
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EDNA and jane’s next door have sold to Andy’s East Coast Kitchen
After seven years and thousands of brunch-time sweet & saltys, EDNA has been sold. Owner Jenna Mooers announced today the sale of the much-beloved Gottingen Street eatery and its building, as well as jane’s catering and events, the next-door catering business and storefront take-away owned by her mother, Jane Wright. But don’t fret—everything is […]
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Kicking the plastic habit
As a plant-based butchery, Gottingen Street’s Real Fake Meats is far from a typical butcher shop. But if there’s one tradition co-founder Lauren Marshall believes is worth preserving, it’s wrapping her products in old-fashioned butcher-shop paper, not plastic. It hasn’t always been that way: when the shop opened one year ago this month, most […]
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Tough times in the retail woods
If Halifax’s business scene is like a forest, it’s a joy to see new saplings take root (for example, here’s a look at what a batch of newbies are up to on the waste-reduction front). And there’s an existential ache when a towering old-growth tree falls. Sure, some death is useful to foster life […]
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Eater, know thyself?
If you’ve ever wondered what exactly a professor of food philosophy thinks about every day, make a date for Wednesday, January 15’s homecoming lecture by King’s College grad Megan Dean, now a food-philosophy prof at New York state’s Hamilton College. While we all know that eating should be about more than shovelling calories down your […]
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Hot winter daze at SENSEA Nordic Spa
On a 26-acre parcel of land outside the Nova Scotia coastal village of Chester is a spa unlike any other in the province. Instead of minimalistic white rooms with high ceilings, scented candles and in-ground hot tubs, you’ll find ice-cold waterfalls, Turkish hammams and cozy fireplaces. “Offering a pause, a break in your busy life, […]
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Halifax street style: South Street
Name: William Kim Spotted: Corner of Tower Road and South Street Wearing: Coat, Burberry; Sweater, H&M; Hat, Calvin Klein; Belt, Off White; Pants, Calvin Klein and Shoes, Raf Simons What inspires your wardrobe? Japanese street fashion. I started showing interest in Japanese fashion culture after going to Tokyo and seeing all these different types of […]
