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After four years of business in downtown Dartmouth, Laura MacNutt says the price is wrong. The KingsPier Curated Collections owner—who first ran her vintage clothing shop in a cute spot behind King’s Wharf, on the Shubie Canal and most recently at 122 Portland Street—is moving to 1568 Argyle Street because after a recent rent increase,…
Called to order a donair from the pizza place, which was listed for $9.50. They wanted to charge me an extra three dollars for delivery because my order is under $10. Why not just add the extra 50 cents, then, to bump it up to 10 bucks? Why do you need three dollars more for…
On Friday, I was waiting in line in uniform with my work partner at a well loved, local coffee shop. As it came time to tap my card and pay, a very kind stranger placed his hand out and insisted on purchasing our drinks. I informed him that I was actually buying beans for my…
You were on the bus with six—count em, six —children under the age of five. All so cute, all so well behaved, and it’s obvious why: Their attentive, patient, sweet mother with ocean blue hair and glasses. I have never seen anyone manage so many children so flawlessly and with so much grace and compassion.…
This magazine is full of revolting articles not suitable for folks with a sane mind—and you leave it all over the place for free! Any child could come along and take one, thinking it is something kind of congruous to family values in the public news form, but it is just disgusting! I don’t want…
As a avid cyclist of over 30 years, I know how to ride my bike. I follow the rules of the road and respect the pedestrians and traffic around me. Here are some excerpts from my ride yesterday: Thank you to the driver of the white pickup truck on Waverly Road yesterday. Your side mirror…
You were so wrong for me; so serious and intellectual in a way that made me question my own intelligence. We had very different interests and you were emotionally unavailable. God knows I have moved on and that I don’t think you could have ever really made me happy, but I will never forget the…
I am sick and tired of all these fucks who think that the flashing light of the pedestrian signal is just a suggestion. It’s not a fucking suggestion. It’s a demand. Fucking stop means fucking stop!—Disgruntled walker
I work in an office building and I have a candy bowl at my desk for all employees to come by and enjoy taking a candy whenever they please. But, when one individual comes by every day and grabs a handful, I’m thinking about closing down the candy shop. It’s not fair for the others,…
The Canadian festival entry Ordinary Days—it screened here at FIN—gets a theatrical release this week at Park Lane. Its concept—the same story told from three perspectives, each segment handled by a different director—could’ve played as pointless schtick, but here it’s deployed deftly enough to keep you guessing until nearly the final shot, which doesn’t seem…
Take a break from trying to comprehend camp and live it instead, with fun like an ABBA tribute band, a James Bond-themed art show and the mother of all vintage sales. 12 Tides Friday A swish sipping sesh celebrating Nova Scotia’s signature wine (Tidal Bay, duh) marks the release of the 2018 vintage. A blind…
After a long but gentle gestation, shadow—a five-piece band led by Bethany Fulde—is ready to release the fruits of its two-year labour: A double EP, one titled the dark and the other, fittingly, the dawn. “In the end, some of it was recorded between three studios,” says Fulde, laughing. The album travelled with Charles Austin’s Echo…
A Halifax Vintage Show 1566 Barrington Street May 11 (10am-7pm) May 12 (10am-4pm) $2 The Curio Collective talked about organizing a vintage fest for years. On a mission to combine the authentic with the eclectic, Brigid Milway (What These Old Things?) and Melanie Huntley (Lady Luck Vintage) wanted to bring the community together for one…
View this post on Instagram A post shared by THE LOOT (@theloothfx) on Apr 25, 2019 at 3:20am PDT “I curate vintage and thrift, inspired by ’90s, ’80s and early 2000s streetwear,” says Anna Campbell, the sole proprietor of The Loot, a new vintage shop in the former home of RIO (5781 Charles Street, behind…
People don’t go into journalism to be universally admired—the idea of killing the messenger has apparently been part of pop culture since a Sophocles play in 442BC. But as Facebook and Google tighten their grip on the world’s attention and advertising, and public officials are increasingly emboldened to slander the fourth estate as the enemy…
“No more coal, no more oil, keep the carbon in the soil” chanted Halifax high school students and their supporters outside Province House last Friday. They joined millions of other students around the world striking from school on Fridays protesting inaction on climate change, following the lead of Swedish 16-year-old Greta Thunberg and fuelled by…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20) According to science writer Sarah Zielinski in Smithsonian magazine, fireflies produce the most efficient light on planet earth. Nearly 100 percent of the energy produced by the chemical reaction inside the insect’s body is emitted as a brilliant glow. With that in mind, I propose that you regard the…
QI’m a 43-year-old straight woman, and I spent the majority of my 30s celibate. At 40, I realized that while I wasn’t interested in dating, I was tired of my vibrator. I also realized that it was time to go forth and fuck with the body I had instead of waiting for the idealized body…
The Children May 9-19 The Bus Stop Theatre, 2203 Gottingen Street $5-$50, tickethalifax.com Martha Irving first laid eyes on Laura Vingoe-Cram when she was just a baby in a bassinet. Fast-forward some three decades: The two women are in conversation, listening carefully to each other, sitting in a top-floor rehearsal studio at Neptune Theatre. Vingoe-Cram…
Mayworks: Festival of Working People & The Arts To June 1 various locations mayworksfestival.ca Could art help build solidarity between workers and their allies? How might revisiting local anti-racist work change how we think about climate injustice? How do you imagine a better world? For Sébastien Labelle, these questions aren’t hypothetical, nor are they unrelated.…
It’s the weekend. Maybe you got to sleep in. That’s great! Now you’re ready for an egg. And carbs. And maybe some meat. It sounds like you need the best brunch on the damned planet: Bibimbap. That delicious Korean dish (in a regular bowl or a piping-hot stone one) has all the elements of a…
The Barrington Steakhouse & Oyster Bar 1662 Barrington Street, 11am-3pm Take the whole fam-jam out in the name of BBQ rib-cap hash, banana bread French toast or olive oil and semolina trifle. Raise a glass to the nurturers and motherly folks among us. Cunard Centre 961 Marginal Road, 11am-2pm A fundraiser for non-profit, community-based Family…
What’s the difference between breakfast and brunch? Mostly whether or not your OJ’s been spiked. Lindsay Jones, bar boss at The Middle Spoon (1563 Barrington Street), says if she’s having a cocktail with her late-morning meal, it’s got to be fresh, light and easy-drinking enough that she can have two without fear of getting tipsy.…
Heman Lee Robie Street Station (2394 Robie Street) “I can’t give you an answer, I just love eggs. It is the underappreciated protein. It can be so versatile. It can be a creamy sauce to a elegant dish, a simple tie to a more exotic eccentric dish or a proper appetite suppressant in the middle…
Keto is supposed to be good for your brain and all but did our ancestors ever…uh, try toast? Toast is certainly worth being slower on the uptake, plus you can top it with all of that good fat people always talk about and it’s like having the best of both worlds. It’s a really great…
T rayvone Clayton, DeRico Symonds, Shevy Price and Kate Macdonald have walked out of the Wortley Street Check Action Working Group. Their statement, released Monday, explains: “During the third meeting, we became aware of the intended purpose of the working group,” it says. “This information we received counteracted with our beliefs and the communities’ beliefs…
A s the Centre Plan looms in the somewhat near future, the city is moving quickly to get development applications caught in its crossfire settled before the big changes come about. Halifax and West Community Council voted one of those developments, a 19-storey building at 2859 Robie Street, between Bilby and Macara Streets, through to…
L ast week, the Nova Scotia School Athletic Federation announced it was pulling high school rugby, mid-season, with no warning and I’m assuming, without any idea of the uproar it was setting off. The season is back on, under the care of Rugby Nova Scotia, and we’ll have to wait for the summer to see…
Ally advice As a PhD student at Dal, I really enjoyed reading Danielle Gaitor’s articulate and personal piece on inclusion (“More than just a diversity initiative,” Voice of The City, April 18). As a white female Canadian I am more privileged than most, and not able to personally identify with most of Gaitor’s challenges. Still,…
