Jan 7-13, 2010

News + Opinion

• City

  Our Annual Halifax Fix the City list

  Our annual New Year’s look at what’s broken, and how to fix it

  By Charlene Davis, Sarah King, Jonathan Linds, Kyle Wells and Mike Gorman

  Jan 7, 2010

  
• City

  How to Fix the City Scorecard

  What's fixed, what's not and the Hall of Fame of the great unfixed.

  By Tim Bousquet

  Jan 7, 2010

  
• News

  Halifax Anti-Prorogue Rally planned

  The Canadians Against Proroguing Parliament Rally in Halifax, Nova Scotia will be held on January 23rd at 1:00pm at Province House

  By Tim Bousquet

  Jan 8, 2010
• Shoptalk

  Southern BBQ joint Boneheads Opens

  Halifax has a new Southern - well, south end - BBQ restaurant. Boneheads, on Barrington Street.

  By Carsten Knox

  Jan 8, 2010

  
• Shoptalk

  Shoes for kids: Shoefly

  A new online source for shoes for infancts and children

  By Carsten Knox

  Jan 12, 2010
• Shoptalk

  Bikes By Dave has a new online presence

  By Carsten Knox

  Jan 13, 2010
• Shoptalk

  Fid Resto’s Slow Food Celebration

  By Carsten Knox

  Jan 11, 2010
• Shoptalk

  The Company House: A year in the life

  North end bar and folk music venue celebrates a year in business

  By Carsten Knox

  Jan 14, 2010
• Shoptalk

  January sales

  By Carsten Knox

  Jan 15, 2010
• Opinion

  Lowedown, the final curtain

  In which your faithful columnist announces her retirement, but not in a retiring way. With a last poke at readers and a trenchant Brittany Murphy reference, she shows all of us something about making a graceful exit.

  By Lezlie Lowe

  Jan 7, 2010

  
• Opinion

  2010 predictions: Year of Fire

  Bruce Wark assesses his 2009 predictions, and makes brave new forecasts for 2010.

  By Bruce Wark

  Jan 7, 2010

  
• Opinion

  Wizened optimism

  Yes, I do actually give a shit! A message of positive environmental activism from grandparents.

  Jan 12, 2010
• Opinion

  Council can change the law

  The city council should make a decision concerning the outdated law of the winter parking ban.

  Jan 12, 2010

Arts + Music

• Arts & Culture

  Doing a double lutz for Ice Castles

  Trailer for Halifax-shot movie now online.

  By Sue Carter Flinn

  Jan 13, 2010
• Arts & Culture

  Young artists go outside in

  For the young artists in SMU Art Gallery’s Pulp Fiction, institutional approval has never meant as much as their DIY communal spirit.

  By Laura Kenins

  Jan 7, 2010

  
• Arts & Culture

  The Sea Captain's Wife Beth Powning (Knopf)

  Beth Powning draws her readers into this work set in the Bay of Fundy.

  By Charlene Davis

  Jan 7, 2010

  
• Arts & Culture

  Hall of fame: The Kids return to TV

  In honour of The Kids in the Hall’s return to TV, Halifax writers and performers discuss the quintet’s contribution to Canada’s comedic tradition.

  By Sean Flinn

  Jan 7, 2010

  
• Arts & Culture

  Family Guy Presents: Something, Something, Something Darkside

  Directed by Dominic Polcino (Fox)

  By Kyle Wells

  Jan 7, 2010

  
• Arts & Culture

  Helen Hill film entered into the US's National Film Registry

  By Sue Carter Flinn

  Jan 13, 2010

  
• Arts & Culture

  The Girl in the Park

  Directed by David Auburn (Weinstein)

  By Kyle Wells

  Jan 7, 2010

  
• Arts & Culture

  Food Rules: An Eater's Manual, Michael Pollan (Penguin)

  Pollans' latest spells it out clearly just how to eat right.

  By Hillary Titley

  Jan 7, 2010

  
• Arts & Culture

  The Burning Plain

  Directed by Guillermo Arriaga (Paradox)

  By Sue Carter Flinn

  Jan 7, 2010

  
• Arts & Culture

  Sink your teeth into Daybreakers

  A great premise for a vampire movie , but it lacks depth.

  By Carsten Knox

  Jan 7, 2010

  
• Music

  Teenanger are coming for you

  Friday at Gus' Pub

  By Stephanie Johns

  Apr 29, 2009

  
• Music

  Slayer/Megadeth concert postponed once again

  I'm making the metal horns with the thumbs down

  By Stephanie Johns

  Jan 8, 2010

  
• Music

  Hillbilly Hot Dogs

  Indulge me my vacation pics? Oh, why not, huh?

  By Stephanie Johns

  Jan 11, 2010

  
• Music

  Jenocide gets Riot Grrl props from Bitch

  By Sue Carter Flinn

  Jan 11, 2010

  
• Music

  Jane's Underground movement

  SMU Women’s Centre’s new theatre production recalls life pre-Roe v Wade.

  By Sue Carter Flinn

  Jan 7, 2010

  
• Music

  GRACELAND! GRACELAND! GRACELAND!

  Um, I went to Graceland

  By Stephanie Johns

  Jan 12, 2010

  
• Music

  NO GODDAMNED WAY! Busta cancelled!

  I would never call him ignorant, though.

  By Stephanie Johns

  Jan 13, 2010

  
• Music

  Mellotones stolen gear

  Pass it on, stealing is wrong

  By Stephanie Johns

  Jan 12, 2010

  
• Music

  The Got To Get Got: "Gettin' Dirty in the Afterlife"

  Video made in an hour, enjoyed for a lifetime, right?

  By Stephanie Johns

  Jan 7, 2010

  
• Music

  Mushkat

  Alamo Defender (Gooseberry)

  By Mike Landry

  Jan 7, 2010

  
• Music

  Paul F. Tompkins makes dreams come true

  Halifax meets the comedian's challenge and wins the biggest prize of all.

  By Sue Carter Flinn

  Jan 13, 2010

  
• Music

  Thrush Hermit tickets on sale now

  LORD THUNDERIN' JAYSUS - Halifax tour dates March 19 and 20!

  By Stephanie Johns

  Jan 13, 2010

  
• Music

  Friday art moment: David Harper

  We knew him when...Coast cover art star continues to wow 'em

  By Sue Carter Flinn

  Jan 8, 2010

  
• Music

  Tomorrow! Massachusetts' own Stand By Me and Think Again

  Keepin' it posi

  By Stephanie Johns

  Jan 7, 2010

  
• Music

  Just sayin'

  Stupid post ahead

  By Stephanie Johns

  Jan 11, 2010

  
• Music

  Halifax cognoscenti talk about genres/bands they’re excited to see in Halifax these days

  What the driven dance to

  By Stephanie Johns

  Jan 1, 2010

  
• Music

  Lukas Pearse goes on the record

  A sneak preview of the Halifax composer’s electropera for Janice Jackson, exploring the age-old relationship of musical performance and technology.

  By Sean Flinn

  Jan 7, 2010

  
• Music

  Kelly McGuire's midweek collaborators

  Halifax Music Club at the Paragon places musicians of all genres into a weekly mashup. It's fast becoming a must-do for everyone from Garrett Mason to Carmen Townsend.

  By Holly Gordon

  Jan 7, 2010

  
• Music

  Forro in the Dark

  Light A Candle (NuBlu Records)

  By Sean Flinn

  Jan 7, 2010

  
• Music

  Lake of Stew

  Sweet as Pie (Dare to Care)

  By Laura Kenins

  Jan 7, 2010

  
• Music

  Julian Casablancas

  Phrazes for the Young (Sony/BMG)

  By Trevor Savory

  Jan 7, 2010

  
• Music

  Charlotte Gainsbourg

  IRM (Warner)

  By Sue Carter Flinn

  Jan 7, 2010

  
• Comics

  Unlife: January 7, 1956.

  By Faith Erin Hicks

  Jan 7, 2010

  
• Comics

  True Story by Christina Gunn

  By Mike Holmes

  Jan 7, 2010

  

Food + Drink

• Drink

  Members-only Bars: private drinking in Halifax.

  New year's resolution: join a new club. At most of Halifax's members-only bars, becoming a member is simple as can be. Here's four you can join.

  By Charlene Davis

  Jan 7, 2010

  
• Restaurant Reviews

  Take a Greek vacation at Estia

  Estia, the new Greek venture on Spring Garden Road, is a huge success.

  By Melissa Buote

  Jan 7, 2010

  

Lifestyle

• Free Will Astrology

  Capitalize on nothingness, libra

  Have you sent us your favourite Capricorn's birthday? Send shoutouts to [email protected].

  By Rob Brezsny

  Jan 7, 2010

  
• Savage Love

  The fantasy-reality line

  Know where it is, why it exists and why not to cross it. Plus: Why is the concept of traditional values just a heterosexual thing? Plus, Savage LoveCast #168.

  By Dan Savage

  Jan 7, 2010