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From Hangzhou to Halifax

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Cocktail Cupids

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The Cheesecake Test

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Does it get better soon?

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Why even?

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Jenn Grant knows it’s Inevitable

Coming home with her seventh studio album, the folk-pop star leans into harder edges.

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Buffy Sainte-Marie to play Halifax August 26

By Morgan Mullin 02.25.20

Alessia Cara to play Halifax Jazz Fest on July 9

By Morgan Mullin 02.10.20

Vadell Gabriel loses at love but wins with rhymes

By Alec Martin 02.06.20

Joe Murphy & The Water Street Blues Band

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New Art 2020

Eight rising artists creating the fresh works you need to know about this year.

The science of memoir writing with Ami McKay

By Olivia Lavery 02.24.20

Art Brat Comics

By Mollie Cronin 02.20.20

First look: Egyptian Mummies and Eternal Life

By Jade Nauss 02.20.20

The Open Smoke Comedy Show

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Best of Halifax

The 25th annual Best of Halifax Readers' Choice Awards winners

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Cars are not the be-all-end-all of getting around in Halifax.

A celebration of our favourite authentic Canadian cuisine

@ Fairview Family Resource Centre

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To the two couples...

Coming home with her seventh studio album, the folk-pop star leans into harder edges.

@ Your Father's Moustache

Eight rising artists creating the fresh works you need to know about this year.

@ High Life Social Club

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