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I keep seeing chicks these days that look so unattractive, who clearly do the most when it comes to fashion trends. However, they would probably look a hell of a lot prettier if they actually did nothing. Like for instance, I saw this chick that would probably look pretty cute, IF she hadn’t shaved off…
While I was stopped on the Bedford Highway waiting to make a turn, a driver who was texting RAMMED into the back of me at 60km an hour. I had a newborn, toddler and pre-teen in the car with me. What the hell is so important that you have to fucking answer a text while…
To the man sitting in his car outside the Superstore in the BLIP last week: I apologized sincerely several times to you after my mini shopping cart bumped into your passenger side door. I expected grumpiness and momentary irritation (understandable) but the moment the cart touched the door, you began screaming at me. I…
I witnessed your hissy fit in front of a busload of passengers. I can’t believe you would risk your child’s safety and wellbeing by insisting he/she stay in that plastic car. The driver simply asked you to seat the child with you. You were rude, condescending and frankly abusive. The supervisor and driver were willing…
Among the contentious debate in the United States concerning women’s right to choose, I found myself in the midst of making my own choice: To continue with an unplanned pregnancy, or to access Halifax’s abortion services. I chose the latter. Naturally, I was scared of the process, and scared about the judgement that I could…
I can’t put my paper and plastic (with no refundables) out the night prior because you steal the entire street’s recycling!! WTF?? Knock it off, weirdos. I’m starting to hate this city because of trespassing idiots that do shit like this. —Normal citizen
I’m cleaning my motorbike in my driveway. Kids walk by, one of them looks at me, crosses onto my lawn and dumps my compost bin over. I chased him, but am out of shape. I will catch him and paddle his little ass. Call the police—I don’t care. Kids are not held responsible, so I…
An assistant manager at a busy shopping area saw a beggar stick his props (crutches that particular day) under his arm, wander over to his nice car, toss them in and drive away. Since then I don’t feel sorry for beggars—they’re often duping us all. —Not So Naive Anymore
I really enjoyed talking with you over the last few days, A. I had planned to ask you out today but was disappointed to see you’d disappeared (one of the many cons of today’s dating culture). If I see you around, I shall bite the bullet and risk asking. Happy summer! If you read this…
I love my community library, but the school kids are using it to make out in during the school days. Staff turn their backs—thanks! Now I genuinely hate going to the library because it’s like milď soft porn with teens. Yuuuuck. —Do Your Jobs, Librarians!!
A steady stream, Of music playing, Almost on the daily. I miss the serenity of that. Chance encounters, With interesting strangers, Finding common ground, At after-parties in Halifax. Whether it be, Day or night, In the east. I never once felt lonely. There is depth to people, Genuine kindness and empathy. You just gotta be…
I’d like to chirp in with my two cents on this housing crisis we’re experiencing in HRM. I am also looking for an apartment to rent. I found a two-bedroom in Woodside listed for a reasonable price and went to look at it the other day. When I arrived, I walked up a few flights…
Art and politics have always been related—a strange, warped sisterhood, pushing and pulling like the tides. When waves roll to the right, art is there to pull back with both hands (think of Andy Warhol’s attack on consumer culture that was his Campbell’s Soup Cans). In many ways, there is no political punch like the…
Entering the studio space of mixed-media artist Jenny Yujia Shi, a repetition in colour and shape arrests you before you even notice the view of Halifax Harbour. On every surface—even the slanting ceiling—arrows like the ones on Shi’s passport point into oblivion. Faceless figures stack up neatly as Plexiglas cutouts on the table. A large…
Carrie Allison can’t stop thinking about grass. Like a verse in a Walt Whitman poem, she’s been ruminating on single blades of the stuff, questioning its symbolism. “I look at grass as a tool of colonization. Basically it’s been used to claim space. This idea of grass and of lawns started with royalty and them…
Mixed-media artist Arjun Lal is deep in thought, their expressive brown eyes surveying the Halifax Common as if the perfect word they’re searching for will be found in the grass. Sitting beneath a squat tree, they are sharing the story of how their art has evolved. “I grew up in the Halifax-Dartmouth area and went…
When Séamus Gallagher laughs, it’s a bright, jangly sound that brings to mind the eye-searing colour palette present in their photography and performance work. Heavily influenced by drag and internet culture, they’re known for images like a figure drowning in a sea of red and yellow stickers blaring “UH OH”—or the perfectly made-up corpse covered…
Q I’m a woman who married young (21) and I’ve been with my husband for seven years. In the last year, I’ve realized my falling libido is probably because I’m not turned on by our boring vanilla sex routine. I get so little fulfillment I’d rather not even do it. I’ve tried talking to him, but he…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY LEO (July 23 – August 22) Let’s check in with our psychic journalist, LoveMancer, with a live report from inside your imagination. What’s happening, LoveMancer? “Well, Rob, the enchanting creature on whose thoughts I’ve been eavesdropping has slipped into an intriguing frontier. This place seems to be a hot zone where love and…
Love is hard. Sex is complicated. Consent is mandatory but not always given and sex-ed curriculums don’t necessarily tick all the boxes. These things get even more complicated for teens and adults on the autism spectrum. Autism Nova Scotia’s Healthy Relationships, Sexuality and Autism program fills in some of these gaps by supporting teens and…
Natal Day Comedy GALA Fri, Aug 2, 7:15pm; Casino Nova Scotia, 1983 Upper Water Street We asked comic Travis Lindsay—mainstay in the local scene—to tell us a joke before he hits the stage for the 10th annual Natal Day Comedy Gala, where he’ll share the bill with Pete Johansson, Cathy Jones and Mark Forward this…
About 200 people attended a town hall meeting on Tuesday night to discuss the future of the Maritime Conservatory of Performing Arts, a performing-arts school and performance venue in the historic building at 6199 Chebucto Road in Halifax. “Anybody in this room tonight is a stakeholder,” said Jason Davies, the MCPA faculty association’s dean of music.…
Nyssa w/Loveland, Yohvn Blvck Wed, Aug 7, 9pm Menz & Mollyz Bar, 2182 Gottingen Street Rock and roll is not dead—at least when Nyssa is on stage. “I try to be more rock-and-roll on stage than soft-spoken,” says Nyssa Rosaleen, the solo star of the danceable glam rock project simply called Nyssa. “There’s a lot…
Nyssa w/Loveland, Yohvn Blvck Wed, Aug 7, 9pm Menz & Mollyz Bar, 2182 Gottingen Street Rock and roll is not dead—at least when Nyssa is on stage. “I try to be more rock-and-roll on stage than soft-spoken,” says Nyssa Rosaleen, the solo star of the danceable glam rock project simply called Nyssa. “There’s a lot…
Halifax Regional Council passed the first reading of by-law 1003 and administrative order 39 which moves the process for long-overdue updates to the rules and regulations in HRM’s taxi industry forward. Among the changes is making debit or credit machines mandatory, getting rid of the Halifax, Dartmouth and County zones to make one mega zone,…
Halifax Regional Council has recently approved a slew of developments within the downtown, south end and Quinpool areas of the city. All the developments are either high rises or exceed previously stated limitations on height in the city. The 8-storey development on Wellington Street exceeds the 6-story height limit despite the local outcry. The most…
In March, after 20 years of being wrongly convicted of second-degree murder, Glen Assoun was exonerated—and new documents fought to be unsealed by local journalists tell us who is responsible for that shoddy conviction. What happened before then, and where are we now? Fast forward to March of 2019 when the federal government overturns Assoun’s…
Towers and power I loved Devin Radcliffe’s message in last week’s Coast (“Ground zero,” Voice of The City). It was a positive and inspiring look at Nova Scotia’s intrinsic wealth and natural beauty, and how we could address the current climate crisis by switching from our fossil fuel-powered plants to sustainable options like wind and…
It was about a year ago that Adam Otmar and Jill Mulveney had the idea to run a little coffee shop out of the back of a bus. The two veteran baristas envisioned a sustainable mobile cafe in a small school bus, but struggled to find something tall enough to accommodate their north of 5’10″…
