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1. The Mellotones at The Seahorse Tavern Put on your dancing shoes, and boogie down with the city’s best “dance band.” The ‘tones play funk, soul and R&B. *Horn section included. 2037 Gottingen Street, The Seahorse Tavern The Mellotones homepage, Facebook and YouTube 2. Karaoke at Oasis Pub & Eatery Cold beer and hot karaoke…
[Image-1] Just because somebody disagrees with you doesn’t mean they’re a bully. Do you know what BULLY means? While you look it up you might as well look up hypocrisy. Your “fight back” tactics are dangerously close to what you claim to be fighting. —Over easy.
It seems that every summer here in HRM people have to put up with being rerouted when using public sidewalks or even some streets, due to construction or window washing or whatever, supposedly under the guise of safety. As a wheelchair-bound person, it affects my ability to get around. In the case of construction, the…
[Image-1] I see you almost every weekend and besides ordering some lunch, I have yet to find the nerve to say anything along the lines of “hi”. I think you’re super cute and for reasons I can’t explain you make me hella nervous. You told me I had a cool t-shirt once and I’ve been…
[Image-1] Much love to the under-appreciated barista who professionally handled the smug douche with the wrong change calling you “Sweetie.” I’m sure you get that all too often in a day. I would have thrown his tea the jerk’s face, but you were a class act. Sorry you have to put up with that bologna.…
[Image-1] This is a love and a bit of a bitch. I wish you’d have taken a bit more interest, but as most people online dating, we tend to have the attention span of goldfish. I think we have a lot in common. I think you’re great and I could have as-you-wish’d the hell out…
Dear redacted, It was nice talking with you until you grabbed my dick without warning. I get it, it’s late and we’re at a gay bar, just hanging out, but the least you could’ve said is say, “I’m gonna grab your dick,” or something. Don’t just reach for it. Heck, I would’ve probably let you,…
[IMage-1] Thank you to the people on Morris Street who have their teddy bears set up in the window with Monopoly money in their paws. Seeing them playing Monopoly on my way to work and then on my way home makes my day so much better. I’m temporarily stuck at a job I hate, but…
[IMage-1] It was your birthday. I saw you step up to sing at an open mic on Argyle Street on Tuesday. When you started singing, you silenced the room full of rowdies and drunk musicians. Your soft voice and presence floored me and everyone else in the room. I don’t know if you sing professionally,…
[Image-1] This is a manifesto that is a long time coming, Halifax. There’s a problem with your pepperoni pizza. There’s a really big problem. I had to remove myself from this town in order to fully realize the scope of this issue, and I’ve spent a long time trying to convince myself that Halifax pepperoni…
To the people who yell “faggot” at me from passing cars simply because I dress and carry myself well: suck my dick, because you’re god damn right. —Delightfully Bisexual
1 Like a slice of meat shaved from a giant, rotating cone, the @HfxDonairCrawl fell into Halifax’s lap this morning. The first event of its kind aims to bring together like-stomached folks for the love of sweet sauce and drippy tinfoil sometime on August 8, for a day of debacherous dining. Start shopping for the…
Three artists representing the LGBTQ+, Aboriginal and African Nova Scotian communities will collaborate with the municipality to create public art on three pedestrian plazas.
[Image-1] To the rude, inconsiderate woman seated behind me who chattered to her friend during most of the movie while I increasingly became upset. You ruined what was meant to be a relaxing treat from a stressful summer. Surely, you have seen the pre-show where they kindly mention not to talk during the movie? Have…
Dear paranoid burnouts, Your dog is a dog, not a wolf, it is nothing to be ashamed of. Dogs are great. ALAS… You are not a Wolf Master, you are a dog owner. —Rabbits aren’t wolverines, my cat is not a platypus
[IMage-1] I think you are great. I sometimes make excuses to come talk to you since we have silly amounts of chemistry. I think you are a perfect mix of gorgeous, adorable and unique. Circumstances won’t allow anything more than friendship, but maybe someday that could change, for now I am content with our little…
[Image-1] The other day one of those people who walk around handing out pamphlets about God came into my church and handed me one of his conversion cards. Naturally, I was incredibly insulted and angry that someone would come into my place of worship and try to actively convert me, and I gave him a…
1 The long-delayed Hollis Street bike lane is finally a go, with tenders awarded and construction to be completed by end of summer. Metro’s Stephanie Taylor writes that lowest-bidder Dexter Construction won the contract, despite going $55,000 over budget in their estimate. The original budget was an “estimated cost” only, says HRM spokesperson Brendan Elliott.…
The casino just announced the very first members of the Casino Nova Scotia Music Hall of Fame. “These individuals are an excellent representation of the diversity of the music that represents Nova Scotia and Atlantic Canada culturally and historically,” the casino’s interim general manager Gary Moore says in the press release. “They have been amazing…
For the past couple of years, 4 to 8 Sample Fashions has been popping up four times a year, selling off ahead of the curve samples pieces (the ones that are used to promote the line before it even launches) at prices that are a fraction of what they’d be sold for by the designer.…
[Image-1] This theater is my favorite one in Halifax. I have gone there my entire life. I even saw Star Wars there for the first time when I was very little. So it pains me to complain, but it must be done, because no one is fixing the situation. 1) how have they not designed…
Teaching shouldn’t be a mattress for your ego and respect isn’t a one way street. You were both unnecessarily short and rude to me today and I didn’t appreciate it. Talk to me like a fricking adult with fulling functional hearing next time. —Silks Play
[Image-1] Its great to see the city planting interesting trees around the city instead of the usual elms which are susceptible to disease and are not all that great looking. Recently I have seen Ginkgo Biboas, paperbark maples, black robe locusts(stunning tree I had never seen before)birches and several other unique varieties. I hope the…
1 Don’t rain on our parade, weather. The weekend’s damp conditions cancelled Halifax Pride’s show-stopping Dykes vs. Divas softball game. It also caused the cancellation of the first ever heritage Gathering on Gottingen Street—a sponsor-free event designed to connect Pride a bit more with the community and its roots. Both events have been cancelled outright…
[Image-1] Every night is an exercise in misery; every morning a struggle. Groggy and filled with loathing, I drag myself around the apartment in a haze, struggling to make my brain function, and dreading the ineffectualness that will follow as I attempt to get through another work day. I have the wonderful construction company to…
Why do people think it’s cool to put their filthy shoes on couches, chairs and also, seats in buses??? The soles of your shoes are covered in all the filth that’s on the street and then you go and put them where people have to sit. What is wrong with you? That goes for parents…
[Image-1] Thanks for making humour out of the “confusion” at the cash. Also, thanks for the compliment. You made my day!! —The one with the nice smile.
It’s been a big year for the visibility and mainstream acceptance of the transgender community. But trans individuals still statistically remain underemployed, more at-risk of incarcerations, with lower incomes and often left alone to navigate a legal system that’s generously described as confusing. Which is where JusticeTrans comes in. The new mobile phone application offers…
[Image-1] A giant waterslide down Citadel Hill was a dream too beautiful for this world. Turns out Slide the City’s previously announced urban waterpark pop-up has been delayed indefinitely. “We are beyond bummed to announce this, but we have to postpone Slide the City Halifax,” reads a Facebook post from the company that was published…
[Image-1] 1 Mayor or marrier? (Sorry.) Later today, 25 same-sex couples will renew their vows under the officiating of Mayor Mike Savage. It’s all to commemorate the 10th anniversary of Canada’s Civil Marriage Act and the legalization of same-sex marriages. Events kick off at Grand Parade at noon, with music by the Maritime Brass Quintet,…
In the midst of an extensive North American tour, The Wooden Sky frontman Gavin Gardiner talks about a profound Halifax Pop Explosion experience and how to tour successfully.
1 Halifax Pride week kicks off tonight with the raising of the rainbow flag at City Hall. The country’s fourth-largest Pride festival is bursting at the seams this year, with a particular focus on great inclusion for all members of the LGBTQIA spectrum. That’s especially true with the radical folks at Rad Pride, who are…
Pride began as a protest. Demands for political change brought together LGBTQIA activists who took to the streets of New York City 46 years ago. People in the community felt they were being treated poorly, especially by police and authority figures. They’d had enough. A riot broke out and eventually spread across the city. Millions…
Mike Morse feels bisexuality gets a bad rap.”People think that we can’t make up our minds, that we’re really greedy,” Morse says. During last year’s Pride week, Morse and their partner Alix Todd noticed there weren’t any events geared towards people who identify as bisexual. “We were like, ‘Well, if no one else is doing…
Religion has typically been at the root of many homophobic arguments, but for many religious leaders in Halifax, those attitudes are out of date. St. John’s United Church has been one of the leaders in paving the way for LGBTQIA-friendly religious spaces in the city. It initiated an affirming process with a committee in the…
Things have been a little quiet this summer at the Halifax LGBT Business Association. The two-year-old organization has weathered the loss of some prominent board members over the last six months. But board secretary Lynn Iding (who’s also manager of professional development programs at law firm McInnes Cooper) says not to worry: business is fixing…
Manual Co. first appeared on the scene with its pop-ups, under the moniker Manual Coffee & Baking, in the summer of 2013. Since then, Emma and Sonny Adamski have been focusing on elegant, thoughtful creations for custom catering jobs, but also blowing minds with their charming and meticulous donuts when they offered a donut subscription…
Pride week in Halifax means tons of chances to party—but where do you go if you want to be dry? Don’t worry. Being sober at Pride doesn’t have to be a buzzkill. Only a handful of Halifax Pride events are officially 19-plus, however Pride chair Willem Blois does admit the overall program lists many boozy…
Trans individuals have a hard enough time outside of LGBTQIA spaces, so it’s another blow when you don’t see yourself reflected in events at a festival that’s meant to celebrate trans identities among others. Last year Halifax Pride hosted only one event specifically reaching out to transgender individuals. This year that’s expanded, with events aimed…
Halifax kicks off its 28th annual Pride festival this week, and while many of my queer sidekicks are giddy with shirtless, crotch-pulsing enthusiasm, I am not among them. I remember well my first official Halifax pride. Twas the summer of 2009, and I had just come out—publicly, in the pages of Frank, no less—three months…
There’s been a big change at the Queer Acts Festival, but funnily enough, audiences aren’t going to notice it. “Queer Acts has become its own entity,” explains festival director Adam Reid. “In previous years, it’s been under the management of the Halifax Pride board. But with this change, we can be partners with Pride while…
“Opera is, by its very nature, queer as hell,” says Nina Scott-Stoddart, the artistic director of the Halifax Summer Opera Festival. “For the company itself, we’re always rehearsing during Pride weekend and finally we got sick of trying to sneak off to the parade and other events, so this year we scheduled the whole festival…
The Mankos don’t fuck around. Well, not when it comes to their music. The four-piece slut-punk act has existed since 2012 in different iterations, swapping out drummers in what frontperson Sam Horak calls “onenight stands.” Horak believes the revolving door of drummers is good luck, though: “Look at The Germs,” she says. “The Ramones, Spinal…
Q I have been happily married for 12 years. I’m deeply in love with my wife—she’s amazing, very sexy and gorgeous. I used to be jealous, but about six years ago, I lost my feelings of jealousy. In their place, I developed a strong desire to share my wife with other men. It’s my only…
[Image-1] El Jones, Halifax’s poet laureate for the last two years, announced today she’ll be leaving Nova Scotia for a writer-in-residence program at the University of Iowa. It’s a big blow to the city’s social justice and arts community. It also brings up the question of who’s going to replace Jones as HRM’s new poet…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY Cancer (Jun 21-Jul 22) “A poet must not cross an interval with a step when he can cross it with a leap.” That’s an English translation of an aphorism written by French author Joseph Joubert. Another way to say it might be, “A smart person isn’t drab and plodding as she bridges a…
[Image-1] In the opening scene two fairly fit, athletic, working-class boys from New Glasgow (but it can be any small town in Nova Scotia) are caught holding hands out in the local park by a group of local toughs, and are accused of being “faggots”. The group of boys are furiously homophobic. They set upon…
