Broken Angel Broken
If you’ve seen Dave Chapelle’s Block Party, you probably remember the eccentric couple, Arthur and Cindy Wood, that lived in the crazy fun house/art museum, Broken Angel. Well, apparently there was a fire back in October and the city of Brooklyn wanted to demolish this monument to creativity. The now-homeless couple and their son were…
Letters to the Editor
I find it disgusting that my tax dollars are being used to fund all expense paid trips for International journalists, in the hopes they will put a positive spin on this year’s seal hunt. The International community knows the truth and they’re turning their backs on us, as is evident with the Canadian seafood and…
Letters to the Editor
I agree with THE lady who’s child is now ruined for life…your cover last week was scary! In fact, you have a “cover problem”…your covers stink. They have for a long time (read: forever!). I don’t know if it’s an effort to present laziness as creativity (is that the trend now?) or because you don’t…
Contact cement
After subtracting two members and adding one, The Contact are back in the studio recording bed tracks for a sophomore release as a four piece with a revised approach. “It’s going to be extremely different from the last record, which was more in the Brit-pop vein,” says Nathan Doucet, who was recruited last August to…
Cast party
There is a large circular platform in front of the North Branch Memorial Library on Gottingen Street. For the past year, it has looked conspicuously vacant; like a stage without any actors, or a pedestal with nothing to support. Which is basically what it’s been. Since its installation in the spring of 2006, the platform…
Seeds in the sky
Sometimes the show ain’t so dope. Coast cover hamster Copain (see the September 14, 2006 issue) passed away on January 25. Jacob Owens, Copain’s owner and creator of the delightful short films Copain de Paris and Copain de Paix knew the little guy wasn’t well when he started production on the final film in the…
Do-over
Kinh-Do Vietnamese Restaurant, which served the public for 10 years at 1284 Barrington, has shut its doors and a new restaurant has surfaced in its place. Gingergrass (425-8555) is a Thai restaurant, but owner Nira Mugroho is keeping many Vietnamese dishes on the menu (while also introducing many popular Thai dishes). Mugroho, who often ate…
A love apart
Consider Canadian filmmaker Vic Sarin’s latest film, Partition, to be a labour of love. Sarin, who was born in Kashmir, sets his film against the tumultuous backdrop of the 1947 division of India and Pakistan. The film focuses on a classic Romeo and Juliet story of forbidden love between a Sikh man, Gian, and a…
Everyday heroes
David Suzuki and Elizabeth May are in town this week to speak at the Sustainable Campus Conference at King’s College. But I’ll leave it to others to heap praise on the pair or ask whether the environmental calculus really favours generating tonnes of greenhouse gas by flying eco-celebrities around the world to get people excited…
FREE WILL ASTROLOGY
Gird yourself for war, Aries, says Rob Brezsny.
SAVAGE LOVE
Dan Savage gets a B- in relinquishing control.
Proven strategy
If you visit Toronto, pop into 401 Richmond, a century-old renovated tin factory, on a busy downtown Spadina intersection. Check out the exposed brick, the generous windows, the art on the walls. Stop at the cafe before wandering through the galleries and studios. Stick around for a yoga class or relax in the rooftop garden.…
The right track
It all comes down to the weather. Halifax Regional Municipality has agreed to repair the track surface at Metropolitan Field in Lower Sackville. The field is one of only two outdoor tracks in the Halifax area available to high-school and local clubs. It’s a busy spot. In the spring and summer, Met Field plays host…
Stag party
The Brewery Market seems like a natural place for a pub; after all, it’s a brewery and it’s downtown in a tourist city. But there have been a couple of pubs here that have not done well, the worst being Mugsy McCeol’s, which I found guilty of committing heinous crimes against the digestive tracts of…
The Grinch is back
February has come with its usual tidings. The ice on the sidewalks has settled into a seemingly permanent residence as wind cuts through the city with the bite of a sandstorm. Workplaces are full of idle complacency as the realities of seasonal affective disorder and the mid-year break of primetime TV takes hold. The festive…
Savage Love Web Extra
I was browsing the Planned Parenthood website and something totally surprised me. In their birth control (BC) section, they quote the percentage of women who get pregnant during the first year of using a particular method. The interesting part: The breastfeeding method (mothers who are full-time breastfeeding, haven’t had a period, less than six months…
The wonderful world of Woodrow.
It’s one week before Graeme Patterson’s exhibition Woodrow opens at the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia and there’s fresh paint on the walls. A black sky and twinkling stars float above a yellow field, suggesting the moon’s glow on a warm prairie night. Piano-sized wooden crates, scattered along the edges of the room, reveal nine…
Attitude adjustments
Four years ago, Stephen Harper angrily accused the federal government of hitting “the snooze button” instead of protecting Canadians from a “suspected terrorist” named Maher Arar. Stockwell Day called Arar “dangerous.” Both were speaking shortly after the Americans deported Arar to Syria. At the time, Harper and Day were opposition members of the Canadian Alliance.…
Because I Said So
It’s common to hear bad movies referred to as car accidents. Because I Said So is an airship disaster. There’s not a scene in it that isn’t awful. Diane Keaton is Daphne, the single mother of three adult daughters who approaches delirium when her youngest, Milly (Mandy Moore), can’t find a steady boyfriend. And so…
