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Kristina Parlee and Ron Bates have been recording and performing as Homo Duplex since 2010, releasing synth-heavy EPs and seven-inches every year or two. Smaller Hearts, officially out May 18, is a new endeavour for the couple. “We fell in love with the completely electronic, no-instruments sound,” says Bates. The resulting 11 tracks are tight,…
You pull a bottle out of a cooler of mostly melted ice, water drips down the label and onto the dock. You pour the almost clear, cool liquid into glasses for you and your friends jumping off the floating raft in the lake. The sun is behind the trees. Apple blossom petals float on the…
D uane Jones has been making conversation-starting streetwear under the label Art Pays Me for years, but this Saturday he’s trying something new: His first solo fashion show, a high-concept project titled Moments In Culture, that sees a departure from pieces like his WuTang-inspired t-shirts. Here, he sits down to talk about the creative process…
Rae O’Neil is dressed in an outfit based off a mash-up of two Final Fantasy characters. The cosplay is a bit out of the ordinary in everyday life, but at local conventions like the recent Spring Geequinox or Hal-Con it’s a perfectly normal—and fun—mode of creative expression. “I get to build stuff, which I like…
“It’s pretty amazing for any small business to hit 20 years and I feel particularly proud a business like ours has been able to last so long. It speaks to something special about Halifax, it supports small businesses and people looking for products like ours,” says Marshall Haywood of Venus Envy’s (1598 Barrington Street) big anniversary.…
A year after discovering a half-million-dollar case of vendor fraud, HRM’s procurement policies remain dangerously unguarded. In a report presented Wednesday to the Audit and Finance committee, auditor general Evangeline Colman-Sadd says the municipality’s oversite of contracts and tenders needs “significant improvement.” Twenty percent of the 94 procurement files reviewed by the Office of the…
Shortly after completing my PhD in the U.S., I taught in the University of Alberta’s genetics department. It’s also where I started my broadcasting career. I’m honoured that the university is giving me an honorary degree for being “the face of environmental consciousness to generations of Canadians as well as viewers in more than 40…
The Atlantic Filmmakers’ Co-operative has announced the slate of films for its 12th installment of the Halifax Independent Filmmakers Festival, this year running from June 6 to 9 in Neptune’s Scotiabank Theatre. Two features from Cape Breton filmmakers are on the lineup: Jacquelyn Mills’ doc about her grandmother, In the Waves, screens June 7. Winston DeGiobbi’s…
Burnside’s prison is hoping to shed its infamous and violent reputation with the help of an expensive makeover. The Central Nova Scotia Correctional Facility gave a media tour of its $6.8-million renovations Tuesday morning. The upgrades are part of a new way of facilitating inmates’ living quarters, designed to prevent violent altercations and quickly suppress…
Wednesday no. seven A perfect hump day and we sat in back Glancing, nodding. Stopped and shy, Southbound and gone. 4:30 here and where. —Blk. Blond
To the unknown artist who put painted rocks with “I love my mother” messages all around the frog pond on Mother’s Day: What a kind and heartwarming gesture, I hope your mother enjoyed it as much as I did! –A Happy Mother
You walked into our office like you owned the place, and when your EI claim was denied (because you think seasonal workers are somehow exempt from looking for work and are entitled to EI) you proceeded to blame the new Canadians in our office for stealing your jobs who were simply there to get a…
Just when you thought your thirst for summer couldn’t be any greater, here’s something else to look forward to. From June 7 through 9, your pals over here at The Coast and The Clever Barkeep’s Matt Boyle and Jeffrey Van Horne are celebrating our region’s cocktail culture with the first ever Drink Atlantic Cocktail Festival.…
Thirteen awards were handed out last night at Paul O’Regan Hall to the authors, illustrators and publishers representing the best of the past year in Atlantic Canadian literary offerings. The winners: Alistair MacLeod Prize for Short Fiction Barrelling Forward by Eva Crocker (House of Anansi Press) Ann Connor Brimer Award for Children’s Literature The Painting by…
Without a doubt, the worst experience I’ve had eating out in Halifax. I had to send my eggs back twice because they were hard not poached, and was refused a third egg with no apology. The server did her best, but the cook was clearly not interested in providing me with a satisfactory meal. She…
Remember that it’s all luck; we can only try to give ourselves more chances to obtain those lucky breaks. Anyone claiming to have accomplished something others consider great from their sheer will-power is either in some narcissist delusion or is failing to see all the variables surrounding them and their position. Many people we consider…
Rihanna wowed at the Met Gala and now the pope of pop gets a tribute night at Lion & Bright. Equally fashionable things to do? Hit up Open City 2018, see a flick at the debut Animation Festival of Halifax and don’t miss this issue’s cover star, Jeremy Dutcher, play St. Matthew’s Church. Read on…
In late July 1796, on a “glorious day of warmth and sunshine,” three large transports brought 549 Trelawney Town Maroons to the harbour of Halifax. Some Maroons left valuable land and well-furnished home in Jamaica while others carrier their property—slaves—with them. The Maroons came with two white superintendents and 25,000 pounds of Jamaican currency as…
Thank you for booking my flight without charge, thank you for understanding how my ADHD makes it hard to manage time, thank you for the tissues and empathy. I hope you know how much stress that prevented. —Scatter Brain (But Working On It)
Hey dog walkers: The point behind doggy bags is that they give you a sanitary way to move your dog’s shit from point A, the ground, to point B, which is a fucking trash can. You are skipping a crucial step if you bag it up and just leave it on the ground. This goes…
On his new album Wolastoqiyik Lintuwakonawa, Jeremy Dutcher challenges collectively held understandings of how and why we document cultural heritage. On its cover, Dutcher sits in front of a gramophone, his stoic face signalling focused and intentional listening. Behind him is a painting called “Teaching the Lost” by Cree artist Kent Monkman, known for his…
AFX: The Animation Festival of Halifax Museum of Natural History, 1747 Summer Street and others May 10-13 Free-$40 carbonarc.ca/tickets Picture this: You’re in your coziest PJs, crunching on sugary cereal and watching your favourite Saturday morning cartoons. That mental sketch might be reminiscent of the carefree days that were your childhood, but thanks to the…
Marilyn McAvoy, Red Charley Young, Ascension Studio 21 Fine Art, 1273 Hollis Street To June 6 The latest exhibition at Studio 21 is a double header: Red by Marilyn McAvoy and Ascension by Charley Young. Known for her floral paintings that blend naturalism, texture and dreamlike painterly abstractions, McAvoy’s latest body of work takes a…
The Woods present: I AM ANNA May 11-12, 7:30 & 9pm; May 13, 7:30pm Anna Leonowens Gallery 1891 Granville Street $20, tickethalifax.com “There’s a whole generation of females raised on Julie Andrews and Salt-N-Pepa,” says Alexis Cormier. “Because of them we know what a strong woman is: Educated, informed, strong. And she’s single, which is…
Q First let me say that I think you give excellent advice, even if it is a bit pedestrian at times. I have a small problem: Last fall, my penis bent up and to the left at an almost 90 degree angle. I know from Google that this is not an unusual problem. And at…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY Taurus (Apr 20-May 20) Born under the sign of Taurus, Edmund Wilson was a renowned 20th-century author and critic who wrote more than 30 books. He also served as editor for Vanity Fair and The New Republic, and influenced the work of at least seven major American novelists. When he was growing up,…
Costly carbon Justin Trudeau is trying to ram through his carbon tax, which will raise the price of home heating, electricity and groceries. He has failed to tell Canadians how much this will cost or what it will achieve. The Parliamentary Budget Officer released a new report recently that found the tax will take $10…
