Abode moves to Doyle Street
Daun Windover works hard to bring you the throwback beauties that deck out her furniture boutique Abode, travelling to auctions across the continent collecting Mad Men-esque mid-century modern gems. The shop, which had been living non-permanently at 1664 Granville Street (the Roy Building) since this fall, has packed up and re-opened at 5431 Doyle Street…
Schema for a Letter to Mayor and City Council Officials
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Q&A with Kate Leth: Comic superstar
Comic artist/author/seller/enthusiast Kate Leth has authored her first Adventure Time novel (with artist Zack Sterling), released today in comic stores worldwide. You may find Leth jetsetting to various comic cons, signing novels, organizing ladies’ comic nights or working at Strange Adventures. You can also find her right here, answering all of the pressing questions about…
South Park YMCA set to close in May
We all knew this was coming, but for some reason it still feels shocking—the South Park facility of the YMCA will be closing its doors permanently as of May 30. The aging 1564 South Park Street has been home to the Y for 60 years, growing an engaged community of regulars (disclosure, myself included) along…
OBEY Convention VII early lineup announcement
Not merely content with a single music and art bonanza for their seventh year, Team OBEY has branched out like so many spring buds and created an entirely separate festival of visual art: Art In Fest. Art In Fest will accompany the OBEY Convention—”Atlantic Canada’s only festival of alternate realities for music and art”—this May…
Working Up a Lather‘s spin city
A three-course meal and a play for 15 bucks just might be the deal of the century, but patrons of Spencer House Seniors’ Centre’s ridiculously affordable dinner theatre aren’t the only ones who’ll be getting something of value from the experience. The cast and crew of the upcoming production of Working Up a Lather are…
The empire strikes deck
After months of being sworn to secrecy, today the crew at Pro Skateboards got to reveal the limited-edition line of Star Wars-themed decks by legendary skateboard maker Santa Cruz. This made for a bit of an unwrap party at the Quinpool Street store, as stock that’s been sequestered in the back room until the official…
I just want back in my head
You are all I think about. You are charming, intelligent and so insanely sexy. When we talk – your eyes…those eyes. Work is next to impossible when you are that close. Daydream is all I can do as we are both married with really great kids. —Daydreamer
More Than What You Think
We have been friends for almost 10 years now, and you are one of the best people I have ever met. Kind, funny, very smart, and talented. Over the past 6 months I’ve come to realize that our friendship is not an ordinary one. I’m in love with you. You have no idea and I…
Little drummer boy
The growl in your voice…the boyishness in your laugh, the adorable way you do that weird snappy thing with your fingers when you’re nervous or foused.Eveething about you fascinates me. Who knows..maybe someday, if you stop pacing long enough, you’ll actually notice that I can’t take my eyes off you.Unti then, keep making that sweet…
Missing your smile but glad I got to see it.
Been thinking about you a lot lately and I understand and respect your decision. I hope that the perfect storm of situations breaks a bit and after some reflection we can spend some time together. Just wished I had been observant enough to give you the space before you realized you needed it. When I…
Ya never even came to a full stop
…you idiot. Must have been thinking about how proud you were of your sleek white ride, suit and tie, and seriously coiffed do. Corner of Thistle and Slater in D-Town ring a bell mister “Oh he’s only 10 YARDS AWAY, I’VE GOT LOTS OF TIME!”. Until you’re ego catches up with your rational brain that…
Paying it Forward is Backwards
I have to admit the first time I heard that usual pay it forward story about someone paying for someone else’s cofee and/or food, I thought it was a nice thing. I mean, it’s all nice to buy someone a coffee and for them to buy someone else a coffee, but what kind of good…
Doctor Faustus
MJ Photographics Dealing with the devil Time is running out to catch Vile Passéist Theatre’s terrific production of Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus, and if you miss it, you’ll be sorry. This tale of an egotistical 16th century scholar who trades his soul for 24 years of pleasure is darkly funny and visually captivating. Pasha Ebrahimi’s portrayal…
You’re Purrty Sweet
Hugs and headbutts to the lovely person who left the kitty treats in my mailbox today 🙂 So thoughtful–you made me smile after a really long day, and you made my feline army very happy (as well as my dog, who kinda thinks he’s a cat too–lol) 🙂 Thanks! —”Y’all come back meow, ya hear?”
Why I Bother
I am trying recover from an accident and what do my kids do one is splitting up the other is married in a month in another country but does not want us to go but the other parents can . and the other kid is too f____g lazy to get a full time job to…
You’re So Cool
I’ve had feelings for you for 13 years, and I finally get to be with you. I know that I’m probably screwing it up by being weird all the time, but honestly, I’m just so thrilled that this is happening that it’s effecting my brain functions. I think the world of you, and I’m just…
Sorry I called you an asshole
But you are one. I apologized after my dog shit near a shrub in your yard. So what? So you caught me picking up my dogs shit in your yard.I even tried to explain I just adopted him and am still training him, and it won’t happen again. But Nooo….thats not good enough for you,…
It’s been a while but nothing’s changed
I get back into the city tonight after too long in central Canada. I’m here not for a vacation, not for some time away, but for her. Only in Haliwood for a few days, but it’s more than worth it. To be able to be with her, even briefly, makes the time and money spent…
You’re the Reason Romance is Dead
Why do the most amazing and interesting people always biggest flaws to the point where it’ll never work out -not that more than a few months is expected anyway- but to the point where those few months before we part ways aren’t as awesome as they could have been. Get your shit together people. At…
cutie on duty
at the coffee shop! your jet black hair and brown eyes were quite the sight for this weary ol’ redhead. —tired titian haligonian
Seven things you should do this weekend
First you must apply your face. Lawton’s has those Maybelline Baby Lips balms for like $4. I only wish I were getting sponsored to say this, but let me tell you in the realest of talk: that little tube of Grape Vine is the only thing that’s saved me from being a cracked and flaky…
Got the Urban Blues
After retiring from spending many years abroad working as a protection officer with the UNHCR Refugee Agency, Lyndell Findlay had a craving to work at home in Halifax. She also had a craving to get into cheesemaking. Now, just two years later, after learning the ins and outs of the craft, taking all the technical…
Bring it On!
So you and I are doing a dance Grim Reaper. Every chemo treatment – a ballet, every moment of nausea – a tango. Just know that I am the most unwilling partner you will ever face. I will NOT gently fade, I will NOT quietly retreat. I have had a gut full of your damned…
All eyes on Piez Bistro
“It’s meant to be a great little local spot, where you can not only support local but be close to home. I want to have that neighbourhood feel,” says Heather Murray of her latest adventure Piez Bistro (635 Portland Hills Drive). Another new addition to the Portland Hills family, the little gourmet pizza shop opened…
In Heaven
Four years ago I worked at a well-loved locally owned grocery store. You were a regular shopper and always caught my eye. You are so very handsome. On Halloween I dressed up as The Lady in the Radiator and you sang In Heaven to me. I was so absolutely flattered that I couldn’t respond at…
McDiculous
In a time when many (especially independant) coffee shops offer a discount if you get your coffee in a reusable mug, this multi-billion dollar fast food chain not only doesn’t do that, they actually refuse to fill a travel mug and insist on giving you a (non-biodegradable) disposable cup. I only came in for the…
What’s Up with some Local Radio Stations???
What the hell is going on with some of the local radio stations? They seem to be kicking their on-air personalities to the curb like yesterday’s garbage with no explanation whatsoever. Sometimes I listen to a station just because I LIKE the people and not necessarily the music. Well, I’ve had it – I’m going…
Gender Discrimination
As a male server with years of experience, and managerial expertise in the industry, I’m frustrated! Concerning re-acuring job ads on local websites looking for “waitresses” for your restaurant. I resent the sexist nature of your wording. I’m more than happy to relinquish a position to a female of greater qualifications, but to not offer…
Friendship
To the friend who discarded me – I still cherish the friendship we had, regardless of the circumstances. I always respected you, and still do. I think you have a lot to offer – more than you realize. We were both going through shit, and you made it easier sometimes. I wish things didn’t turn…
Beautiful Blues
I don’t know if you read the coast but a part of me sure hopes that you do! You don’t even know me but you brightened a very dark day for me .. A heart broken Hott mess walking to work last week when our paths crossed at the intersection by the commons , to…
Waitress
To all the waitresses/bartenders who have not fallen into the destructive booze chugging powder snorting party scene cycle, I adore you. You are a rare and fine example of strong willed individuals following your own paths. I hope your reap the rewards. Halifax needs more of you. I need more of you. —Patron
My imaginary lover
To the handsome bald man in the produce section at the grocery store. I come in every day just to watch you work, the way you scoop ice is the sexiest thing I have ever seen. I wish you would feed me fruit naked in bath. Please never stop working there, it would ruin all…
Richard Ford tough
Reading Richard Ford is no small comfort. His writing is a mixture of minute details infused with big ideas, and his characters, particularly Frank Bascombe, who has graced the pages of three of his novels, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning Independence Day, exist in readers’ minds as sharply and vividly as any flesh-possessing person. For local…
Cut the crap about “young professionals,” and start getting real about opportunity
The false idol of the “young professional” is worshipped by politicians, property developers, boutique entrepreneurs and practically anyone else in this city with a profit to make or an axe to grind. As a bearded, artsy, intellectual thirty-something with a “young family” and an allegedly professional job, I think we need to set the record…
Rose Adams’ brain food
What does your brain look like? Birds, Bones & Brains is the retrospective exhibit covering Rose Adams’ mind-blowing work from the last 25 years, which will be commemorated with a poetry reading on February 28 at the Saint Mary’s University Art Gallery. Best known for her work involving the brain, the exhibit covers Adams’ journey…
Poetic traditions
“How do I even begin?” asks Phanuel Antwi, chuckling, over the phone from Toronto, where he’s just waking up. “Dub poetry is a poetic practice that emerged from Jamaica. I use the language ’emerge’ because that’s really quite important. What dub is is very political, it emerged from the psyche of the youth of Jamaica…
Lonely boys hearts club
Q I’m 21 and still a virgin. I also have depression. I’m not bad-looking. I work out and generally keep people laughing. I got a lot of female attention in school, but I was hopeless and still am. Most of my friends have girlfriends, so I don’t understand why I haven’t had a girlfriend since…
Oil and Water
Artistic Fraud’s telling of the true story of Lanier Phillips, the only African-American to survive the sinking of the USS Truxton off the coast of Newfoundland in 1942, is an uplifting, heart-touching, soul-filling experience. It’s gorgeous to behold, with fine acting, a stunningly simple impressionistic set and a powerful a cappella mix of African spirituals…
Free Will Astrology
HAPPY BIRTHDAY Aquarius! (January 20-February 18) Do you feel oppressed by Valentine’s Day? Maybe you’re single and reject the cultural bias that says being in an intimate relationship is the healthy norm. Or maybe you’re part of a couple but are allergic to the cartoonish caricatures of romance that bombard you during the marketing assault.…
Letters to the editor, February 27, 2014
Ageless duty Re: “Halifax isn’t to blame for young people’s poor job prospects” (Voice of the City by Bryce Crosby, February 13). While I’m sure everyone appreciates Mr. Crosby’s “pep talk” about getting jobs in Halifax, can we please bring some data and evidence to the table? Here are the facts: According to the Halifax…
Justine Colley holds court
“This is my last year, and I have one more goal as a university player, and that’s to win the national championship,” says Justine Colley, senior player on the Saint Mary’s University Huskies women’s basketball team. She is the force propelling SMU to the top: The team went undefeated in the regular season, and is…
The big chili
I like the idea of food events, but I rarely like the actual events. So many of them pump out reception-quality food from normally excellent restaurants, so focused on marketing to a walk-through audience that they end up losing not only the restaurants’ real identities, but the sense of community that truly makes a group…
Get schooled on the dance floor
Beginning this week, Halifax will be home to a rather unconventional lecture series. On the last Thursday of each month, a community organizer is invited to give a public lecture followed by a dance party. The new Queer Possibilities lecture series “aims to expand the geographies of queerness in the city of Halifax” and “emphasize…
Dark for Dark is “Even” steven
In the making of its latest single “Even,” Dark for Dark bartered a custom headboard for a music video and recording time for a yet-to- be-decided-upon good. The band’s lead singer and songwriter, Rebecca Zolkower is willing to continue her bartering economic strategy with fans for a download code at the upcoming single release party. The…
