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In advance of Friday’s show at Warriors Gym (451 Windmill Road, 8pm, with Hussles Music, DJ R$ $mooth, Corey Writes, MAJE, Tandra, J Jigga and more) chill your butt and romance your special bunny with Aquakultre’s “Wife Tonight.” Aquakultre (AKA Lance Sampson) calls the song: “just a little single I was rocking with at the time.”…
They come to talk about the things they can’t with anyone else. Some patients will furtively glance up at the waiting room door, wary of running into someone they know—others have travelled long distances to ensure that they don’t. Some book a general appointment because the real reason they’re here is too personal to share over…
Along with robins, urban deer sightings, and 20-year-old men wearing shorts and flip-flops the moment the thermostat climbs above zero, one of the most recognizable hints of spring in Canada is the return of Tim Hortons’ Roll Up The Rim. It always seems to coincide with Lent. If I were into conspiracies, I’d suggest that…
Heathers: The Musical To Feb 26 The Bus Stop Theatre, 2203 Gottingen Street facebook.com/whalesongtheatre “What’s your damage, Heather?” asked Winona Ryder in Heathers, the gleefully R-rated, violence-laden satire of high school that contains a sobering message about the emotional and physical repercussions of bullying at its wry centre. That was 1988, but the film’s legacy…
Mocean Dance Double Bill Feb. 23-24, 8 p.m. Alderney Landing, Dartmouth Mocean Dance is letting audiences take in two of their hit performances in one night for their double bill event: Canvas 5 x 5 and Sable Island. Choreographer Tedd Robinson drew from both Scottish and Japanese influences to create Canvas 5 x 5. Four…
An early endorsement has been given by Regional Council to creating a district energy system on the Cogswell Interchange lands slated for redevelopment. Halifax Water plans to use heat from the nearby sewage treatment plant to create enough thermal energy to heat and cool the six acres of mixed-use developable lands HRM will sell off…
This time, for the last time, city hall has finally sorted out all of this stormwater charge business—probably. Council voted this week to put the runoff charge back onto residents’ Halifax Water bills. The much-hated fee comes from a 2013 Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board decision that ordered HRM to annually pay Halifax Water…
Federal environment and climate change minister Catherine McKenna had her mind blown recently. Remarkably, it had nothing to do with the political gong show south of the border. McKenna was visiting the hilltop monarch butterfly reserves in rural Mexico. There she saw millions of monarchs clinging to oyamel fir trees in mind-bogglingly dense clusters, surprisingly…
So a downtown Halifax trendy boutique now has a “shop dog” wandering at will? Very cute, yes, but please be mindful some people have health issues that are animal-triggered (allergies, asthma, hives)—also not very sanitary considering the crap outside that dogs walk through and then track through your store—ewww! —I just wanna shop in peace
Women Making Waves 2017 March 3-5 Best Western Chocolate Lake Non-member $250, member $185, student/senior $130 Tickets also available for individual events Next week, film fanatics will get the chance to learn from female filmmakers of Canada. Women in Film and Television – Atlantic is once again hosting the Women Making Waves conference: a weekend of…
Hi beautiful, been a long time. I sort of fell off a cliff when you left. I applaud you for doing so, it needed doing. I am slowly starting to climb out of this hole I have dug for myself. I love you, more than you know. Not contacting you earlier has been one of…
Is there anything that can be done about these super high snowbanks at intersections? I have to make a left turn onto a busy 4 lane road everyday and the snow on the banks is so high I literally can not see whats coming, I have to enter the sidewalk, blocking people who might come…
As someone who lives with fibromyalgia and has been through four car accidents, Bree Philippe knows what it’s like to deal with chronic pain. “As awful as all of those things were, they made me really good at my job,” she says. Philippe works for Comfort Foam—a small business owned by Emily Calkin—which specializes in…
OK, the new city snow manager has to stop. There is no reason that the snow couldn’t have been pushed further back the first storm instead of 3 feet from the curb. You can start paying me for your snow removal. 30 cm of snow turned into a 4x4ft+ dam at the end of my…
Re-Fringed February 15-18 The Bus Stop Theatre 2203 Gottingen St. www.tickethalifax.com Speaking in Tongues: African Nova Scotian Storytellers An evening of true stories told by members of the African Nova Scotian community, Speaking in Tongues is an entertaining, provocative, and indispensable slice of oral history of our province. 89 year-old Wanda Robson, sister of Viola…
Dear roomie: Not sure what you do in the bathroom, but every time you come out, there is a combination of rancid odors—cheese, doo-u and feet lingering in there for at least a half hour. Take a bath please. Yuck! —Holding back vomit
Re-Fringed February 15-18 The Bus Stop Theatre 2203 Gottingen St. www.tickethalifax.com The Princess Show Aaron Collier plays Princess Edward, a superstar in a strange land who must battle monsters and storms to save both herself and her partner Abel. A precisely choreographed and lip-synced performance with a magical projected backdrop of stunning animation, The Princess…
Thank you to the person who has left a sled for public use in the Ravenscraig field! I took my dog for a walk there last night and spent the next hour laughing as I flew down the hill with my pup chasing after me! SO MUCH FUN. We need more people like you. Thanks…
A post shared by victorialapp (@victorialapp) on Apr 25, 2016 at 3:56pm PDT It’s been 10 years since Nira Nugroho opened Gingergrass Thai and Vietnamese at 1284 Barrington Street, but she says it doesn’t feel nearly that long ago. Tomorrow marks the restaurant’s last day at the corner of Morris and Barrington though, a move spawned…
Think of it as a municipality-wide bus announcement system. A request for proposals sent out Friday morning by Halifax asks for a communication and marketing strategy to help Halifax Transit inform the public of upcoming service changes caused by Moving Forward Together. According to the RFP, the goal of the communication plan is to educate…
Huge shout-out and thanks to the team from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints helping stranded drivers. I was heading on to the Bedford highway from the MacKay Bridge when I got stuck in the snow the plow left between lanes. Cars were whizzing past me on both sides. I wasn’t there three…
After months of back-and-forth negotiations, three rejected tentative agreements and work-to-rule job action, the conflict between the Nova Scotia Teachers Union (NSTU) and the provincial government has come to a head. For the first time in its union’s history, teachers across Nova Scotia are on strike for the day. “In the entire 122-year history of…
Guys, seriously, what year is it? Good Charlotte is the latest early-aughts band to hit town with a big ticket show, taking over the Casino Saturday, April 22. (For those keeping track, their peers Billy Talent are coming to town in March and Simple Plan rocked the Scotiabank Centre last fall). Yep, the times may…
Re-Fringed February 15-18 The Bus Stop Theatre 2203 Gottingen St. www.tickethalifax.com The Wrath of Ponzi This one-hour comedy-horror play won the 2016 Atlantic Fringe Award for Best New Play. It’s the story of a pyramid scheme’s victims and a sales meeting gone very wrong. The writing is strong, the laughs are frequent, and the performances…
10 The Princess Show Thursday // Friday // Saturday If you missed this Fringe Fest hit about a bearded princess with candy-hued-hair, this is your chance to get lost in its rich anime-influenced world. 9 Abstract: Selected Works Thursday // Friday // Saturday // Sunday Atlantic Canadian abstract titan Romeo Savoie holds a retrospective of…
The Discovery Centre 1215 Lower Water Street Mon-Tue and Thu-Sun 10am-5pm Wed 10am-8pm $12 adult, $10 kids/seniors, $40 family “This bear has a puzzle piece in his body,” a child shouts, examining the troubling results, on an official bear X-ray machine. ”We must help him!” The voice belongs to five-year-old Dr. Teddy Julian, ward of…
Loveland album release Friday, February 17, 10pm The Seahorse Tavern, 2037 Gottingen Street $5 before 11pm, $10 after Loveland’s new album explores sounds not present in the band’s first record. Chill for You, released on Valentine’s Day, features guitarist Michael Fong and bass player Andrew Mawko, whose instruments help channel an expressive tone. “This album…
Re-Fringed February 15-18 The Bus Stop Theatre 2203 Gottingen Street tickethalifax.com If you want to move the clock back and pretend it’s the end of summer, Re-Fringed has your ticket. “Re-Fringed is a mini festival highlighting a small selection of shows from the Atlantic Fringe Festival,” says festival director Lee-Anne Poole. “The Fringe festival in…
Audrey Duggan is currently on staff at jane’s on Gottingen Street, but her history in the catering industry involves dishing out food for the likes of Martha Stewart and NHL hall-of-famers. Between semesters of studying art in Maine, Duggan decided to apply for a position at a ranch in Colorado at the encouragement of her…
James White’s artistic endeavours have caught the eye of Ubisoft and Google, but he gets more attention from the United Kingdom and United States than from his Dartmouth home. White started Signalnoise Studio in 1999, where he now designs works of art largely inspired by aesthetics from the 1980s, the decade of his childhood. “I…
The first time Hafiia Mira received an email from Kanye West’s representatives, she ignored it. She also ignored the second and third. “I thought it was just a fake person trying to play with me,” she says. Mira left Kosovo to come to Halifax in 2000 with her family, arriving as refugees. Growing up, her…
American fear I think after all this hatred in the world, it is more true than ever that we need to start trusting people again, and we need to recognize every man, woman and child as human (“Afraid to pray,” The City by Aya Al-Hakim, February 9). We cannot turn to one religion or the…
While attending post-secondary school in New York, Chris and Greg Mitchell were surprised to learn that many of their schoolmates didn’t realize Indigenous peoples still lived in North America. “A lot of them think Native Americans are extinct,” says Greg. “Most people think it’s, you know, the Hollywood idea—big feather headdresses and stuff,” adds Chris.…
Nathan DeLuca started off cosplaying just for fun, making appearances at nearby geek gatherings such as Hal-Con and Animaritime. These days, most of his time is spent travelling to conventions and crafting costumes. “I just really liked being a nerd, I guess,” DeLuca says of his initial interest in cosplay. On top of that, making…
Ukraine, Finland and Korea are just a few of the places of the places Matthew Trivett has travelled for his job, shoutcasting (that is, commentating) for esports. Esports are professional video game competitions—you may have seen ads for events hosted by Cineplex the last time you were at the movies. “I always kind of harp…
The Agricola Street Brasserie is known for incorporating a variety of culinary styles into the fine dining experience it’s crafted: From French and Italian to Japanese and Nordic. But for one month starting February 22 things are about to change, as the Brasserie becomes the Agricola Street Trattoria and will serve up solely Sicilian-focused cuisine.…
Q I’ve been reading your advice column in The Coast in Halifax for awhile, and it seems that most solutions to relationship problems revolve around sex. Everyone wants it or needs it, we should fuck before dinner or we can spice up our sex life in this certain way to be happy. What about someone…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY Aquarius (Jan 20-Feb 18) Here’s your mantra for the next three weeks: “I know what I want, and I know how to glide it into my life.” Say this out loud 11 times right after you wake up each morning, and 11 more times before lunch, and 11 more times at bedtime. “I…
There’s no shortage of talent in the realm of local African-based designers, and this Friday that’s being celebrated through fashion, music and artistry in a must-see show. Toria Aidoo, founder of Kwestomar Kreations, is one of four designers coming together and breathing life into the local fashion scene at Mount Saint Vincent University’s second annual…
