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Dear Bus Buddies: you know who you are. You stand up front near the driver (“your buddy”) chewing the fat and blocking the entrance to passengers. Sure, there may be plenty of seats available to choose from, and gasp, sit in, but you prefer to stand and gab, gab and stand, narrowing the aisle, creating…
To the dog walker along Almon Street who carries yellow or green plastic doggy bags for the poop pick-up: yes, you’re doing the earth-friendly thing by bending over to bag your dog’s poop, but only to deposit the bag on the sidewalk by the telephone pole near the Rona on Almon. Please do mother earth a…
When a job promotion opened up at my workplace and I filled in as acting-whatever for that same position—for the same pay with more work—and my boss took their sweet time with the hiring process, the job was given to a replica of its previous incompetent occupant. The irony is I’ll end up training this…
Watermark (House of Anansi) Available now In her new collection of short stories—already in its second printing—Christy Ann Conlin explores connections between water, life and death. Conlin grew up in Turners Brook on the Bay of Fundy. Nowadays, she lives outside Wolfville. Her stories have been influenced by her oceanfront life and her reverence for…
BIG shout-out to my D&D group. It’s always the highlight of my week being able to spend a few hours with you, creating a story together. I thank you as well for all the emotional support y’all give me when I’m feeling down. I couldn’t ask for a better group of players and friends. —…
Just lead with, “This is a robbery.” That I had to ask, “Is this a robbery?” only served to cost you precious time and make the whole business needlessly frustrating for me. Clear, direct communication is key. — Smokeshop Cashier
I Hope We Choose Love: A Trans Girl’s Notes From The End of the World (Arsenal Pulp Press) Available Now “Reading is for losers, but watching TV is cool.” These were the opening remarks from award-winning author Kai Cheng Thom at the release of her book, I Hope We Choose Love: A Trans Girl’s Notes…
To the gaggle of entitled middle-aged women who took over my table at Humani-T Cafe while I was trying to read my Toni Morrison novel: At first it was just one of you who asked if she could sit at my table, since the cafe was busy. You hovered over me, and I felt too…
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…
You put a sparkly Christmas pillow in a tree with a note about how it was up for grabs. I took it and gave it to my parents—they love that kind of shit, and they loved the pillow (“maybe we’ll keep it out all year!”). Just wanted you to know that the pillow ended up…
I really hope that after you chipped my tooth you realized how terrible of a kisser you are, and also why this relationship is over. — Mistake From The Start
This Super Bowl weekend is a touchdown, with double-duty events aplenty like a dance night that doubles as a cultural enrichment, a beer bar that’s also a pinballer’s paradise and art shows that double as activism. Get ready to get inspired. FIN Fridays: Perfume War Friday The film fest has some off-season fun with these…
No vacancy Landlords are afraid to rent to people with children (“Yes, it did get harder to find an apartment in Halifax last year,” City story by Isabel Buckmaster, January 23, 2020). There are some places to rent but the renters don’t take all into consideration. I’m a mom of five young kids on social…
H alifax Regional Council voted this week to give The Bus Stop Theatre Co-operative $250,000 over two years to go towards the cost of buying its home on Gottingen Street. The motion, which first came to council last spring as a last-chance request to save the arts venue means that if the theatre co-op can get…
More than 200 people packed into the Ship Harbour Community Centre in the afternoon on Sunday, January 26 in the latest escalation of a land-use dispute over the selling of protected Crown land to a private developer to build three golf courses—a dispute that also jeopardizes the province’s reputation as a safe place to invest.…
M ary Hatfield and her husband Alan built their house on an empty lot on Eagle Road in the late 1990s. More than 20 years later, the 67-year-old sits on the couch in her front room, explaining the landscape around her modest bungalow. Hatfield spent 26 of her adult years living in Truro before moving…
WHO HE IS Ten years ago, Frédéric Tandy opened Ratinaud French Cuisine, a charcuterie brimming with cured meats, rillettes, sausages and imported cheeses. Since then, it has grown into a thriving business on Gottingen Street. But few know that, instead of a charcuterie, Tandy’s original plan was to open a French bistro. “I had this…
Q I’m a 33-year-old woman in a relationship with a 43-year-old man. My boyfriend’s fantasy is to have a threesome with another man. He enjoys watching me have sex with other men, then intermittently fucking me. But he mostly likes to watch me get fucked. Recently, we met up with a man for the first…
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…
Gut Feeling to Mar 15 , Tue-Fri 11am-5pm, Sat-Sun noon-5pm Dalhousie Art Gallery, 6101 University Avenue, Lower Level free A gut feeling can hit us when looking at art. While some work takes serious contemplation, often our response is an immediate one, an instinctual feeling that tells us this is beautiful; this is ugly; this…
Mount Eerie & Julie Doiron Fri Jan 31, 7-10:30pm All Nations Christian Reformed Church, 2535 Robie Street Sold Out It’s been 11 years since the last Lost Wisdom record, a whole decade since indie royalty Julie Doiron (y’know, the best part of Moncton grunge legend Eric’s Trip, the lauded singer-songwriter whose tunes are a rock-tinged…
Kristen Martell Feb 1, 5-8pm The Carleton, 1685 Argyle Street, free If you’ve ever felt a tap at the base of your skull late at night—if your brain has ever hosted thoughts of what-ifs when your life is perfectly fine—then your playlist should go heavy Kristen Martell. The Mahone Bay-based singer-songwriter’s sun-dappled sound refracts its…
A nti-Black racism, or the policies, decisions and practices that intentionally or unintentionally oppress Black people, is pervasive in Nova Scotia. It is quite literally ingrained in the very fabric of our day-to-day lives. We see anti-Black racism in institutions such as universities, schools and hospitals as well as in policies that govern decisions within…
C anada has qualified for sailing in the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games thanks to a pair of Nova Scotians who weren’t even competing in the sport this time last year. The team of Jacob Saunders and Oliver Bone secured a spot for Canada in the 470 men’s sailboat competition—a class of dinghy with a crew…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY AQUARIUS ( January 20- February 18) Please don’t imitate or repeat yourself in the coming weeks. Refrain from relying on formulas that have worked for you before. Resolve to either ignore or rebel against your past as you dream up fresh gambits and adventures. Treat your whole life like an improvisatory game that…
