Summer Movies 2011
Coast film reviewers Matt Semansky and Molly Segal along with film editor Carsten Knox chat about the expected summer movies, from May through August. On the block: A trio of reviews of Thor and previews of The Beaver Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides Midnight In Paris The Tree of Life The Hangover 2…
Merch rep says Harold MacKay still owes $63,000 for Black Eyed Peas show
On Monday it was announced that Metallica will perform on Citadel Hill on July 14. The promoter is none other than Harold MacKay, whose Power Promotional Events company put on the failed Black Eyed Peas show at the heart of the city’s concert loan scandal. Power Promotional Events has since gone out of business; the…
Port of Houston officials live it up in Halifax
Paris, London, New York, Halifax. What do these these four cities have in common? According to this news report from an ABC TV affiliate in Houston, they’re all places where high-flying officials go to live it up on the taxpayer’s dime. In his “Port-o-Plenty” investigation, undercover reporter Wayne Dolcefino explains that three bigwigs from the…
Smoking on the Metro Transit Bus
To the fucking driver who was smoking on an empty bus on Quinpool Road. You asshole, should know you DO NOT smoke on the bus, period. I know now why many of the buses stink of smoke; it is because you fucking drivers smoke on them when you are alone.The non-smoking sign is over your…
…And Justice on a Halifax Pier
So to set the record straight, I was a huge Metallica fan. I mean I knew every word, tried to learn as many songs as I could (and can still get my way through the opening parts of “One” with confidence), bought bootlegs, the boxset, even imports that no one had ever heard of. I…
Playing the Duck
To the Asian family in the 8 items or less aisle at the grocery store yesterday, is 8 items or LESS really that hard to understand? You had at least 40 items leaving all the folks behind you shaking their heads in disgust. Playing the language card is no excuse, just look at the people…
Three Times a Charm?
I’m probably going to get torn apart and viewed as being stingy, tight, and maybe even heartless, but it’s gotta come out, it can’t stay in…. Went to the grocery store on the weekend and I walk in the store and was asked “Would you like to buy some girl guide cookies?” by two little…
Brendon_195
You seem like an awesome guy, so stop being so hard on yourself and get some confidence. You CAN talk to girls, and I’m sure they’d think you were a great conversationalist… just be confident!! —A Fellow Bitcher
Evolve Postering Charges Dropped
spinsandneedles.com HRM Courts are not pursuing the case against Evolve Festival organizer Jonas Colter involving $4,500 worth of postering charges.In an email to the Honorable Judge William Digby, copied to Colter’s lawyer Gordon Allen, the Municipal Prosecutor’s Office wrote yesterday that “there is no reasonable prospect of conviction on the charges before the court.” The…
Night Swimming
So, almost a year ago we were swimming in a rainstorm at midnight to a little island that was only visible when we arrived at it and falling asleep on the rocks like wild animals. You’re also a R.E.M. fan which is nice. It’s been a really good year! Sometimes I think you are actually…
Puddles are Fun
So, some dumb twat calls up a local radio station to complain that a driver purposely aimed for a puddle near a bus stop and now she’s soaked. Ever think to step back from a puddle. Drivers can’t always avoid them. —Power to the Puddle
Full Evolve Lineup Announced
Man Man The full Evolve Festival lineup was released today, and it’s massive. Those wild and crazy nutters in Man Man, hippie-thingies Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, former Jurassic 5 rapper Chali 2na and last year’s show-stealer Fred Penner are all on the bill, while notable first-timers include No Flyers Please and the Belle…
In Good Company
The good folks at the Bryony House women and children’s shelter are organizing a fundraising event called In Good Company tonight. The evening will feature Ryan MacGrath, Norma MacDonald, Ria Mae, Heather Green and Lindsay Duncan singing songs, telling stories and collaborating on a song or two. Artist Sharon Hodgson will also be doing live…
Oil and Water
To the man with no plan: You are fantastic. I hope you meet a lovely lady who can actually finish your crossword puzzles. I hope she knows what she wants, has an enormous wealth of jokes at her disposal, and can keep you up all night with her conversation. You’re brave and you deserve that.…
Blond Bombshell on the Brain
So there’s this guy living in my apartment building, right, with an abundance of curly golden locks that could easily put that of (the younger) Robert Plant’s to shame. He walks with an unmistakable bounce to his step that makes me weak in the knees everytime we cross paths. At times I can’t, for the…
You Know What Sucks?
So I know these two guys. One of them really likes me, and I really like the other one. I found out later that they’re best friends. And the one I like knows his best friend likes me, so he’s never going to ask me out. I think I now know what a love triangle…
Word On The Street 2011 hits the deck
[image-1] Word On The Street has decided it’s better where it’s wetter and are taking the whole shebang onto Halifax Harbour. WOTS partnered up with Waterfront Development and Maritime Museum of the Atlantic to “enjoy our Maritime heritage” and, presumably, fresh air and sunshine. Readings will be held on Theodore Tugboat and the CSS Acadia,…
Busted Glass
What happened? What possibly could have happened Saturday night that made you hate my car so much? Did you temporarily lose your fucking mind? Are you sent into a blind rage at the sight of silver SUVs? Why would you smash my windshield with a large wooden barricade? Were you tripping the fuck out and…
Bitching but Sad
Men of Halifax (and also the world): FYI, it is not appropriate behaviour to confess to a female friend that you’ve “had a crush since you’ve known her,” begin dating her, have sleepovers at your place with really great sex at least 3 times a week, introduce her to your mum and dad (!?), make…
Checkout Etiquette
To all who purchase things from drug stores, here are some don’ts when it comes to checkout etiquette: 1) If we say hi, say hi back, don’t stare at us like we have 10 eyes. We don’t want to have a conversation, but we are trying to be polite. 2) We don’t talk on our…
Koo-E Nami Royale Grill opening soon
Replacing Snaubar’s Lebanese cuisine on Dresden Row is a new stylish Korean joint—run by the Sushi Nami Royale folks, who have a place just adjacent—opening in June 2011. Expect upscale traditional Korean cuisine and barbeque and the table-top cooking style popular in some Korean restos.
Discrimination Sucks
Sure, I may have been 5 minutes late for dim sum but I watched a group get seated right before me and handed menus, told what the kitchen had left, and I was then left to wait another 5 minutes while you took another order over the phone. When I asked if I could still…
To My TDH
YAAAAY we did it!! I heart being your roomie. You just keep on making room for me in your (our) home and I love you for it baby! —B
Metalli-FAIL
The same people who have fucked our commons and “lost” almost half a million bucks of tax payers’ money are bringing Metallic to Halifax? What the fuck is wrong with you lot in power?! —Guy Who Liked Metallica When They Were Relevant
One of the Most Fun Nights of My Life
A big thanks to my girls and the guys we met for making my night out this weekend wonderful. It’s been a bit since the break up and my self confidence and ego had been pretty damaged. Being rejected like that was a huge blow, but my girls took it upon themselves to make sure…
West Side Story
We are fortunate to have this jewel of a theatre in this city. I have seen plays in London, LA, NYC and I have to say what happens on stage at this Halifax theatre is as good as I have seen in other places. Sometimes what I see here is even better and less expensive…
Race/Ethnicity Crime Reporting
Having just completed my census form which asks my colour and ethnicity, etc. And as we’re experiencing a “crime spike” according to the Deputy Police Chief, why can’t the media start reporting crime using colour/ethnicity? I realize certain groups will protest this as racism, but surely they would be in favour if the results dispelled…
Grateful for Phone
To the person or persons who picked up my phone on a bench in the PG on Saturday and handed it in, thanks a bah ZILLION! I was so happy to get it back as I was not looking forward to dealing with the phone company to get another one! So if you are a…
To the Crowe
We spent a good time together through those years and frankly almost destroyed one another. Through this though, we became adults, and even though it’s several years later; my heart and soul still tear open and bleed a torrent of pain at the thought of you. I have come to find a very large portion…
It’s a Theatre not a Daycare
Why oh why do parents of young children insist on bringing them with them to adult type functions? Yet again I had to endure a parent constantly telling her child to behave themselves while the play was on. Please leave the little ones at home so others can enjoy a ‘child-free’ event. Oh and to…
Dr. Seuss Would Love Us
Halifax, ignore the shitty prolly rich people obviously from oil companies that say our city sucks. We have no money here, it is true, cause Ottawa takes what little we get; but what is here is imagination, lots of it. I strolled through the Commons on Earth Day and saw anarchists parading around with giant…
Ginger Kitteh has Soul but no Brain
Mad props to the Dartmouth motorists driving by Sullivan’s Pond around 9:00 Saturday morning. Your kindness in heeding the traffic directions of the demented Tom Clancy look-alike trying to herd the world’s dumbest ginger cat off of the road was greatly appreciated by all parties involved. The wee beastie was friendly, well fed, collared and…
Thank You To “Thank you Stranger”
Unless I have a blue haired clone out in the HRM somewhere I think I am the one that you posted a thanks towards. Reading this in the current issue of The Coast while taking the 52 out to work made my day/week. It was nice to see that if it was indeed me that…
Metallica Confirmed for Citadel Hill July 14
As promised, Cole MacLean of atlanticcanadarocks.com has posted the official announcement of Metallica’s show in Halifax today. The article (citing Harold MacKay for all the info) reports that the concert has been named “Rock the Hill 2012” and it’s happening Thursday July 14. In addition to Metallica, the lineup will feature support from Seether, Coheed…
My Old Love
I spent 10 months putting up with your abusive behaviour, your constant belittlement, yelling, pushing and name calling. Maybe this belongs in the bitch section. But really, I’m just too happy to finally be away from you that I’ve placed it here. I’m excited to be free, to be happy and to get back to…
Burning Alive
I heard of a man who burned himself alive in France out in front of his workplace. It was on the radio. The workplace was targeting its employees and undoubtedly psychologically torturing them until they either quit or committed suicide. There had been approximately 20 suicides from this one company. There must have been a…
Opa! is now Ela!
The Feed has learned that Opa Greek Taverna (1565 Argyle Street, 492-7999, Bayers Lake, 215 Chain Lake Drive, 876-8899, Dartmouth Crossing, 150 Hector Gate, 481-7999) is changing its name to Ela Greek Taverna as a result of a trademark infringement case with a Greek franchise out of Alberta looking to move east. So look to…
AFCOOP moves to north end Halifax
[image-1] After 12 years upstairs in the CBC Radio Building on Sackville, the Atlantic Filmmakers Cooperative has found a new home. As of the beginning of June, you’ll be able to find them at the Regal Building, 5663 Cornwallis Street, that once housed the Yoga Loft. According to AFCOOP’s “BIG Email,” the non-profit will miss…
Flying high with the 605 Collective
[image-1] Vancouver dance company 605 Collective’s Audible is being performed this weekend (May 5-7) as Live Art Dance’s season finale. The show blends contemporary and urban dance into a performance that Live Art Dance calls “full of energy and humour.” Sounds like a perfect way to wrap up a season—and to escape a week of…
Friday Five: Pool Party Rock Steady
will james quall make a guest appearance in your weekend? The Scene and Heard Suggested Weekend Guide for May 6 -9: 1) Come home from work tonight, do your relaxing Friday thing, whatever it may be (drinking beer in the backyard, playing Call of Duty: Black Ops, writing in your diary, making dinner, snorting bath…
Scram
I suspect I speak for many people who work on, live near or frequent the Spring Garden Road area when I say I’m pretty tired of being accosted, solicited, panhandled, surveyed, and protested to. Why not try preaching or begging in a few places where people might be a little less compassion fatigued? Why don’t…
Weekend Worker
Yes, I was hired to work weekends. I am well aware of this. But if I want to take one weekend off since I started working at your shitty store that doesn’t give you the right to treat me like I am a fucking piece of dirt. You may think you have power and authority…
Parks & Rec
Man oh man Halifax, I’ve been seeing the way you parallel park, and I like it. —Midnight Cowboy
Shame On You, School Board
Cutting 40+ teachers. Who are young, highly trained, and passionate. Who have gotten their masters, and other advanced training, and trudged through the system for years because they are eager to teach our kids is not the right thing. To then make them appear before you and beg for their jobs knowing full well your…
My Special Man
To my hubby: I’m so sorry about last night, I love you so much and I never want to lose you through my own stupidity. I want to thank you for always being there for me and putting up with my drunken escapades and always forgiving me when I’ve done something that upsets you. I…
Grocery Help
To the guy who carried my groceries home from a Barrington Street grocery store. Thanks. It was so greatly appreciated. —Smile
Pretty as a picture
We want outdoor photos. How do we prepare for terrible weather? Terrible weather can inspire some of the most creative wedding photographs! Be brave and be prepared. Make sure you have fun raingear ready for you and your wedding party: Brightly coloured umbrellas and rain boots can be a lot of fun, lift everyone’s spirits…
Food for thought
We don’t want a sit-down meal, but we want our guests to be full. Any suggestions? Cocktail receptions are a terrific option for couples looking to incorporate a wide variety of menu selections while keeping their reception informal and social, your guests can easily interact and converse while enjoying butlered hors d’hoeuvres and heartier stationed…
Getting the right mix
With a guestlist ranging from five- to 85-year-olds, how do we keep the masses happy? A DJ should be able to find the personality of the event and its guests. The bride and groom serve as the main resource of information as to what the DJ should be expecting to play. It’s important to meet…
Love and manners
How can you shake up the traditional wedding games during dinner? In my experience not all couples want to eliminate the kissing game entirely, they just don’t want their guests clinking their glasses all night (which is far too easy and can get annoying). So they usually ask me about other ways to get the…
Backyard bliss in Porter’s Lake
After falling for each other in 2004, Rick Mayuk and Trevor Johnston fell for Nova Scotia. Originally from Calgary, the pair came east to attend a wedding in summer 2007 and within five months had packed up, moved to Porter’s Lake and started building the home of their dreams. This dream home ended up being…
Sri Lanka and Prospect Bay meet for a true family affair
For Carolle Crooks and Rohan Fernando getting married wasn’t just about their union, but the merger of their families, too. Rohan, a filmmaker, proposed to Carolle, Mocean Dance’s artistic director, in Belize in 2009 and just over a year later their loved ones gathered in Carolle’s parents’ backyard garden in Prospect Bay for a sunny…
Save Your Breath
What a bunch of hypocrites! Your “save the earth” ecology group wastes all that time DRIVING downtown in your cars (plural) to protest the AGM of the company that provides power to your homes. Don’t act all high and mighty in defense of the planet and expect people passing by to believe you don’t use…
Flowers: Wild things
Crimson quill Tracy Kenny of Select Roses crafted a bouquet built to last. She created a lush, autumn appropriate arrangement by bringing together salal, leucadendrons, rich red wooden poppies and added an injection of originality by bringing partridge feathers into the mix. “The feathers bring life to this bouquet and could be easily incorporated in…
Rings: Crown jewels
Mother of pearls Trinity Fine Jewellers put diamonds on the back burner for this custom-made engagement ring. A Tahitian pearl brings a rare flair to this 14 karat white gold band. trinityjewellers.com Swiss miss “Kysa’s Ring” is a special design by Tom Fererro. He was inspired by how rivers and streams flow around obstacles, using…
Beauty: Go with the flow
While updos have tended to be the go-to wedding hairstyle, lately more blushing brides are letting loose. But the airy and delicate appearance of free-flowing locks requires preparation, especially in fickle-weathered Nova Scotia. Teresa Fisher, a stylist at Thumpers Salon, says a consultation with your stylist-to-be is crucial: “We need to know what your hair…
Lamb Chopped Barista
I first met you last year at the coffee shop where you work. Your smile brightens my everyday and your eyes light up my world. I texted you from a friend’s phone in January and we exchanged song lyrics and poems for a few days. Wanted to let you know that you’re an amazing person…
Fashion: Under wraps
Pictured left: Bride Julia Liston kept classy and covered with this high-collared, 100 percent silk, crocheted Pronovais jacket. From Winchester’s Bridal & Formals winchesters.ca Pictured right: Add some fairytale flair to your happily ever after with this organic cotton, flannel and silk cape, handmade and hand-dyed by Pam Onecia Johnston. Available at Love, Me Boutique…
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Roberts Street Social Centre plans a week of fundraising events
[image-1] The Roberts Street Social Centre (5684 Roberts Street) is having a week full of fundraising that is almost too much to believe. Starting this Saturday, May 7 at 8am with a killer yard sale and wrapping up next Sunday, May 15 with an Italian dinner and movie night, the week will feature film screenings,…
Mystery deepens: Metallica to play Halifax, but Molson isn’t presenter
I just got off the phone with Brian Harriman, a vice president for Molson/Coors’ Atlantic division, and he tells me definitively that Molson is not putting on a Metallica show—or any other show for that matter—in Halifax. “Of course we’d like to sell beer there,” he says, “but we’re not a presenter.” This contradicts The…
Tunes at Noon is On
Dawn SloaneTanya Davis plays Tunes at Noon Last week I heard that Tunes at Noon – the free lunchtime summer concert series in Grand Parade — was facing extinction due to budgetary concerns. I emailed councillor Dawn Sloane to learn more and earlier this week she happily reported that council CAO Richard Butts had put…
Film director links mass G20 arrests to historic 1935 protest
Director of documentary on 1935 On-to-Ottawa Trek warns human rights still in jeopardy especially after Harper’s majority victory.
It’s Hey Not Hay
Seriously, why the hell do you always write “Hay” instead of using the correct spelling of “Hey”? You don’t use it in the sense of “The horse is eating HAY”… FFS you’re the most annoying person who ever wrote a comment on the internet. —Devil Child
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If You Wanna Get Paid
I live in Halifax, work in Dartmouth. Sometimes I sleep in, and sometimes it’s pouring rain so I choose to cab it to work. Both of these reasons usually make me grumpy first thing in the morning especially when I have to be up at 5am. But when I get into the cab, do you…
The Right Way to Cross
This bitch is kind of stupid, I’ll admit. But goddammit do you ever notice how sometimes when you’re driving you’ll stop to let someone cross the street, and the person stands at the crosswalk staring at you until you come to a COMPLETE stop? Like what the fuck are you looking at? I’m clearly slowing…
Fat Kids
You wouldn’t let your 5 year old smoke, drink alcohol, or play in the middle of the road. Why? Because it’s dangerous, harmful, and/or unsafe. But, you let your kid follow in your footsteps by eating all the garbage you bring home. How is this any different? You’re putting your kid in a hole they’ll…
Book Bag Douche Bag
To the not so friendly giant who takes the 34 sporting that lovely red university book bag, that we have all had the opportunity to view from centimeters away. It must be that you think you’re doing everyone a favour by standing at the front of the bus with boatloads of room in front of…
Douche Bag is as Douche Bag Does
Douche, you tried to get someone in trouble by making up complete crap and getting your Mom to sook to the boss. Too bad we aren’t all 8 years old like you, living in a high school aged body. So your plan didn’t work, and now everyone knows you’re a douche. Everyone knows what slime…
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Top Girls is tried, tested and true
The opening scene of Caryl Churchill’s timely and timeless Top Girls is set literally before your eyes. A prim and pregnant waitress lays a table for six as the curtain opens on a dinner party that includes an eclectic mix of female guests from across the ages. The occasion is a celebration of success—female success.…
A Harper majority
Stephen Joseph Harper, who celebrated his 52nd birthday two days before leading his Conservatives to their third consecutive election victory, once joked that his father had wanted him to become a chartered accountant. “But I didn’t have enough charisma to be an accountant,” Harper told the Toronto Star in 2004. Now, as a Conservative prime…
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Five years for Jane’s Walk
Over 12,000 inspired citizens from Brazil to Slovenia to China will be taking it to the streets this weekend, discovering and rediscovering their neighborhoods and cities. The Halifax Jane’s Walks are five of the more than 500 that will be held in celebration of the birthday of the late Jane Jacobs, a brilliant activist and…
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Get lost in Reconnaissance
Painter Peter Hill, in his latest exhibition titled Reconnaissance, uses a blend of oils, acrylics, wax and other texture-building materials to bring life to his intriguing circular creations. At first glance, the pieces appear to be planets. If you lean in for a closer look, you can get lost in the texture and detail of…
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Whirligig charms
Nicholas (Gregory Smith) stumbles home to Nova Scotia with his tail between his legs. He’s a self-described fuck-up, running from responsibility. His parents aren’t particularly happy to see him. Well, his mother (Jennifer Overton). His father (Brain Downey) is entirely silent. So, he hops into bed with the married woman (Fiona Highet) down the lane…
Nine is fine
The number seven apparently has nothing on the number nine in terms of luck and prosperity, and 9 + Nine seems to take that to the next level—a mathematical formula to tap good fortune on the shoulder. Tucked into the same Clayton Park strip as Monsoon Cafe, 9 + Nine is your typical small restaurant.…
Chaz Thorne: feature film director
Chaz Thorne is a producer, writer, director and sometime actor. He can be the money behind a film and also its author, ringmaster and creative force. Probably best just to call him a filmmaker. This weekend his newest feature film opens in cinemas. Whirligig is a comedy-drama, an unconventional story about a young Nova Scotian…
NSCC celebrates spring
Reaching the end of its fourth year now, the NSCC Music Arts program is holding their Spring Music Festival during the month of May. There will be five main shows featuring nine different bands headlining. The bands are Celtic folk-rockers The Whiskey Shots, the Latin/R&B group Groovera!, jazz-fusion band Flat (10), DEFUNK’T, “a fresh, fun…
Thor swings a big hammer
Take a Marvel Norse god superhero, Shakespearean director Kenneth Branagh, and special effects up the wazoo and you get the epic battle-fest, Thor. After venturing to icy Yodenheim to fight blue-skinned, red-eyed giants, the jacked, blonde Thor (Chris Hemsworth) is banished from Asgard—his magical, gilded home in the sky—landing on Earth in a magnetic tornado,…
Anvil forges ahead
Regardless of where you fall on the continuum of heavy metal fandom, it’s pretty hard not to love the dudes from Anvil. Guitarist Steve “Lips” Kudlow and drummer Robb Reiner first wormed their way into the hearts of moviegoers as the subjects of the 2008 documentary Anvil: The Story of Anvil. Directed by the band’s…
Jumping The Broom full of real people
Salim Akil’s wedding comedy smuggles a surprisingly cogent commentary on class divisions among black Americans into its otherwise predictable story framework, giving the movie a welcome bite that helps it rise above the average romcom. Sabrina (Paula Patton) and Jason (Laz Alonso) get engaged after a brief courtship, setting up a nuptial weekend that brings…
The Burning Hell ignites
St. John’s’ The Burning Hell is dancing its way to the mainland then rockin’ it to Europe to promote the band’s latest release, Flux Capacitor. While writing and recording this time around the group found themselves contemplating death and time travel a little more than usual. Sticking to what they know, the themes and lyrical…
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Michou maker
Michou is heading out on tour with USS with a brand-new EP, Celebrate Love, and vocalist Mike Hargreaves says he’s ready to show Canada why—and how—the band kicks ass. The poppy, folky quartet from Windsor, Ontario exploded on the national music scene after winning Artist of the Year at the XM Radio Verge Awards this…
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Two Timin’ Ho
You’ve been seeing them both behind each other’s backs for years. They’ve both been friends of mine since childhood. I’m not terribly close with them but I consider one of them to be my close friend, the other is also a friend, although we don’t really chill. I’m not his biggest fan, but he doesn’t…
Pardis Parker’s busy life
Wandering through the CBC TV building on Bell Road, one wonders how the staff find their way to and from their desks. The place is a rough approximation of an MC Escher illustration, staircases going off in different directions, split levels and corridors. Somewhere in there, last week, writer/director/actor/comedian Pardis Parker shot his most recent…
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Free Will Astrology
TAURUS (April 20-May 20) You’re an animal! And I mean that in the best senses of the word. Your vitality is heading toward peak levels, and your body is as smart as it gets. If you were ever going to act as if every move you make is a dance, now would be the time…
Picnicface owns 2011
[image-1] We know Roller Town, the Picniface movie, shot last summer. We know the renowned Halifax comedy octet scored a deal with The Comedy Network for a sketch show. We know they were sad about Jokers closing. But what else is going on with them these days? “We were in the writing room for a…
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Adrian
Thank you! Meeting you and being able to be totally honest with a stranger was needed… for you too I think. I hope that last email reaches you even though you removed me from your msn contacts. —Lime
Lose contact with crazy exes
Q I was hanging out with a guy who is in a relationship. I told him nothing could happen, and we decided to keep things friendly. A while ago, I made the drunken mistake of climbing into the backseat of a car with him, and things got racy pretty quickly. He asked if I was…
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Suit yourself
John Beale is writing feverishly at a table at the Coburg Coffee House. The page is covered with chicken scratch splaying out in all directions. Words are underlined. Important items are corralled in boxes as he organizes his thoughts on the upcoming Suitcase Festival. “Welcome to my brain,” he says with a laugh. “I’m just…
Something Borrowed “insipid”
I don’t know how true Jennie Snyder’s screenplay is to Emily Griffin’s novel because I never finished reading it. In the movie, smarty-pants lawyer Rachel (Ginnifer Goodwin) and bossy party girl Darcy (Kate Hudson) are BFFs. After Rachel’s birthday party, she hooks up with her boring but supposedly hunky lawyer friend Dex (Colin Egglesfield) who…
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Pretty in punk
A graveyard may not be the typical backdrop for wedding photos, but for Chelle Wootten and Adam Bowes it was picture-perfect. The pair started as best friends, who later became partners in both life and business, running Chelle Wootten Photography (yes, Chelle even helped to shoot her own wedding). Busy capturing other people’s weddings, Chelle…
Political Correctness Gone Mad
Listening to the radio on my way home; the latest from the HRM School Board—at the teachers discretion, they can now call the upcoming Mother’s Day celebration Family day as not all kids have Mothers. This is the same bunch that are having newly qualified teachers essentially grovelling in person before them to keep their…
Metallica is Probably Playing Citadel Hill on July 14
The Chronicle-Herald just posted a story linking back to an update on the Atlantic Canada Rocks website that says Metallica is more or less confirmed to play Citadel Hill on Thursday July 14. Apparently things are being held up by delays in confirming opening acts, although – calloo callay – Three Days Grace has been…
Who at City Hall knew what when?
[image-1] There are lots of questions in the concert loan scandal that remain unanswered. Here are three: Who in City Hall knew of the abysmally low ticket sales numbers for the Common concerts, When did they know it, and Why, with that knowledge in hand, did they keep booking shows on the Common? Some background:…
Live Art Dance’s 2011/2012 season looks totally boss
[image-1] Live Art Dance Productions announced their 2011/2012 season this morning, and it looks like a doozy. The season kicks off September 29 at the Sir James Dunn Theatre with Trial & Eros’ Four Quartets. This Montreal company presents a performance inspired by the poetry of TS Eliot. Take your English major friend to this.…
Auditor general Larry Munroe says HRM is wasting $800,000 a year
[image-1] The city is wasting $800,000 a year administering grants to community organizations, says auditor general Larry Munroe, who is so alarmed that he wants council’s audit and finance committees to “immediately” find ways to cut the waste out of the annual budget council approved just last week. The $800,000 figure is Munroe’s back-of-the-envelope calculation…
Rude Threesome
Yes, you three, see my party of 5 and the couple next to us arrived one hour early to get those great seats/tables up front, and you (the ignorant lady who decided to flop between us halfway through)… well that was ok… but bringing back your 2 friends a few songs later and causing the…
It’s All Too Much
I just got off the #80 bus half an hour ago and this is an apology to the cute girl (red hair, pink nails) who sat across from me. I don’t know if you were upset about the old guy next to you (beard, no moustache, bowling shoes) who tried to give you some Christian…
I Love Animals
I am not sure if this is really a love or a bitch, I’d consider it more of a challenge. I believe animals deserve a higher quality of life than they are given already. If we are going to keep them in captivity in the first place than we MUST respect them. They have feelings,…
Uptight Bitch at the Club
This goes out to an uptight blonde bitch at the navy’s club on Saturday night who likes to stir up shit about people because we’re not in the navy but we were invited there and then like to get people with the bouncers after ya. I hope you had fun and btw you’re not even…
FTP?
To the two handsome officers who had my back last Thursday night. I was very aware and very afraid of the two men following me home. Had you officers not been there I don’t know what would have happened to me. I’m very grateful for you both and I must say you were even able…
J’ai Tué Ma Mère (I Killed My Mother) screens
[image-1] The French, they love this guy. Xavier Dolan taken two features to Cannes, and they are ready to anoint him as Canada’s great filmmaking hope, even if he’s only in his early 20s. This is Dolan’s first film, which he wrote, directed, produced and acted in at age 19. That kind of talent and…
Hurting the Navy
I’ll take this opportunity to say thank you HRM for fucking my over again. There are limited parking spots on the streets around the Barrington Dockyard; you are so concerned about dollar signs you don’t understand that you have to have 13 years in the military to park in the lot. I have received 4…
Thank you for breaking up with me!
I fought the urge to do this as a Bitch for the last 5 days. Listen, I get it: you weren’t completely head-over-heels in love with me after a couple months. I wasn’t either. However, the physical relationship was awesome, you told your friends and family about me, bragging what a good guy I was,…
Fuckwads Who Didn’t Vote
You stupid fuckwads didn’t vote. You’ll cry a torrent of tears when they raise your tuition but you won’t vote. You cry about the environment but you won’t vote. You’ll complain about your inability to make a decent wage but you won’t vote. Get up off your fat fuckwad ass and try to move a…
Dan Savage Column
I just read his column ‘Don’t lesbian it into the ground’. Using the word lesbian in a pejorative way is a little gay don’t you think? Oops. Sorry, that’s not a respectful use of the word ‘gay’ is it. Please don’t turn out to be a lesbian hating gay guy that would just suck. Keep…
Dresses: Fit for a queen
Here comes the blossom Pictured left: Lace reigns supreme with this Impression Bridal gown. Intricate embroidered organza and three- dimensional flowers put a modern spin on the vintage feel of the charming lace flared skirt and chapel train. Available at Alyssa’s Classic Formals. alyssas.ca Queen of (sweet hearts) Pictured right: The Maggie Sottero Adorae gown…
Angus Swantee wins CBC/Film Nova Scotia’s Bridge Award
Local producer Angus Swantee has been awarded the CBC/Film Nova Scotia Bridge Award for his next project, a short called Game. The script is by writer/director Josh MacDonald, a suspense thriller about a pursued woman. The short’s executive producer will be Kimberlee McTaggart. The Bridge Award exists to cultivate and grow the emerging talent in…
Halifax’s Turbine to entice celebrities at Cannes
[image-1] Lisa Drader-Murphy is going to have a better May than you. This Thursday she’s taking some choice items from her boutique in Halifax, Turbine (1475 Lower Water Street), to lovely Cannes, for that little film fest they have there. The three featured items (the Upside-Down Dress, a reversible leather hobo bag, and the Day…
Calm the Eff Down
Seriously, I get that my driveway is crappy and I have to drive onto part of the sidewalk so I can back into it but you all need to stop flipping out! I can’t even count the numerous times I’ve driven to get into position to back into my driveway and a person will be…
Ray Bear goes East
“We want to be the finest restaurant on the east coast,” says Ray Bear about his new project, a fine dining resto called East, opening in June 2011 at the former location of Pineaud’s Cafe, just down from Barrington Street on Blowers. An intimate environment, this fine dining hotspot seats but 34, so reservations will…
Free Comic Book Day this weekend
The annual comic book celebration Free Comic Book Day takes place this weekend, Saturday May 7, at comic stores around town, including Strange Adventures (5262 Sackville Street, 425-2140 and 101 Portland Street, Dartmouth, 444-2140). The Halifax store will also be taking over the Church of St David hall (1537 Brunswick Street) for the day since…
Separatist Toronto
Can we export the separatist movement to Toronto? They already think and act like they are their own world so would it be so much different? I would vote YES for Toronto to separate. Seeya! Take Harper & Ford and annex yourselves as Torontoda/Toron-S-A… or something. Then the rest of us would be free to…
Last Call for the Paragon
me!My favorite paragon performance: Kylesa at HPX 2010 The Paragon Theatre will be hosting its last show on May 31.According to Mark Townsend — who helped run the venue along with business partners Craig Mercer and Peter Farmer — the lineup for the show hasn’t yet been confirmed, but Paragon and Gallery Pub merchandise will…
Celebrating Crowds
I saw the celebrating crowds, the chants of “USA! USA!” I thought they must have landed on the moon again! What a giant leap for human kind… but sadly, no… they were celebrating the death of another human being. Why, they were behaving just like the ‘enemy’. Coulda been downtown Bugfukistan after another bunch of…
Victor’s closed
Known for $5 martinis and its gourmet burger as well as a broad selection of finger foods, The Feed has learned Victor Fineberg’s eponymous joint Victor’s Bar & Grill (upstairs in Park Lane Mall, 5657 Spring Garden Road, 405-4060) has closed. Calls have gone unreturned from Fineberg, so we’re uncertain as to his plans for…
Walk This Way
Pedestrians: If you are hanging out at the very edge of a cross walk and I stop my car to let you cross… don’t look at me like I’m the fucking idiot. YOU are the ones standing at a spot designated to allow you to cross the street. Cars stopped in both directions to let…
Thanks for putting up with us!
We came as a huge crowd to the restaurant last week, and pretty near filled up the entire room. You three fixed us up with our meal in no time, and were great about it, too. Hope your days were as excellent as ours. The food was great! —That Noisy Bunch
Thanks Jack
You are the official opposition! Congratulations! Now you can implement your policies, YAY. Oh wait. No. You had some sway when it was a minority but with the big conservative majority that’s all gone… so no sway… just back to side-line Jack barking NO NO NO. Can you say empty victory? Well done. —Ballot Blues
31 Westgate opens
“We wanted to bring [lighting] lines not represented to Halifax,” says Colin Blanchard, who with partner Ken McRobbie, have decades of combined experience in interior design consulting and lighting. Their new place, 31 Westgate (2698 Agricola Street, 457-3131, at the corner of May) joins two other recently opened north end interior design and retail studios,…
Rockabilly Riot Gal
To the petite, curly haired, cute as a button rockabilly gal tearing up the dance floor on Saturday night. Just want to let you know how stunning you looked in your pretty dress and boots. Was trying to watch the band, but you kept catching my eye. —Admirer
Rotary Accident Runaway
You cut me off in the rotary on your Ebike and had I not braked, you would be dead. This resulted in me getting rear ended, then you drove away! WTF! Now because of you my insurance is going to sky rocket to the point where I won’t be able to drive my truck which…
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