Vol. 18, No. 22
Atlantic Fashion Week falls down
This season's AFW disappeared, but there's still plenty of style to see.
By Sue Carter Flinn
Scary tax attacks!
Canadian politicians haunt us with tales of high corporate taxation when in fact corporations’ taxes have been plummeting.
By Bruce Wark
Don’t Fear the Coyote
The Government of Nova Scotia’s spooky “pelt incentive” rehashes tired mythology about our place in the natural world.
By Chris Benjamin
Pop life
The Oscar-nominated creative team from Higglety Pigglety Pop! goes behind the scenes with Streep, Jonze and Sendak, celebrating International Animation Day.
By Matt Semansky
Tall tales
The architecture and development debate moves out of the downtown core with a proposed Windsor Street seniors residence.
By Sean Flinn
Taking in An Evening of Grand Guignol
Taboo Theatre brings suitably chilling and macabre works to the Fort Massey Church.
By Kate Watson
Kent Monkman triumphs
The Toronto-based Cree artist creates reversed colonial fairy tales with fun, sexual undertones.
By Holly Gordon
Let's do the time warp…again!
Carbon Arc Cinema screens The Rocky Horror Picture Show for Halloween, with a Khyber afterparty to take you through the night.
Paranormal Activity 2 fizzles
The shaky-cam sequel is set before Paranormal Activity, killing the evil suspense.
Living in the Hereafter
Clint Eastwood's film is tedious, with nothing to believe in.
By Hillary Titley
The Killer Inside Me
Directed by Michael Winterbottom (Muse)
By Carsten Knox
I'm Here
Directed by Spike Jonze (imheremovie.com) Soundtrack by various artists (Chocolate Industries)
Indexical Elegies
Jon Paul Fiorentino (Coach House)
Dreaming about Drakaina
The world’s number two fantasy model plays it low-key while she navigates the Halifax dating scene.
Hobo with a costume
A dark sense of humour and a zeal for the post-apocalyptic inspire Jason Johnson’s work.
By Lizzy Hill
The Coast's guide to a DIY Halloween
Stuck for an idea? Here's some ideas from this week's issue and the greater world abroad.
By Tim Bousquet and Meghan Tansey Whitton
Surrealist 7 Stories
Actors go out on a ledge for Morris Panych's play.
Pop Explosion Night Three: G-Dogs and Sombreros
thursday blurday
By Alison Lang
Chris Benjamin makes Canada Reads longlist
Sustainable City columnist's debut novel picked by readers.
Heart Comes to Halifax
warning: fangirl explosion below
Pop Explosion Night Four: Friday, Die-Day
cold "wraps" pizza north of america pack ad tupperware remix bees OW MY FACE!
TONIGHT: Nick Cave, MC5 and Marilyn Manson
AKA the Fantods, the Grass and Quiet Parade.
BJ Snowden Returns
to canada, to canadaaaaa
To Capture Light
A revamped production from LunaSea and Mulgrave Road Theatre is food for the mind and a feast for the eyes.
The Return of Monotonix
with cousins and bloodhouse!
Step Up for Stepping Stone
Check out the Fabulous Lobster Trap Cabaret.
Harmer time
After a long break, Sarah Harmer returns, burning our hearts with Oh Little Fire.
By Tara Thorne
This Halloween: Loukas Stilldrunk Knows What You Need
a playlist only azrael abyss could love
Great Georgas
Vancouver’s Hannah Georgas remains down-to-earth in the face of musical success.
By Laura Kenins
Hitting the road with Ryan Cook
The country singer releases his sophomore album after road trips between Halifax and Nashville, all while finding his own space.
Gypsophilia dons masks, invites you in
The gypsy jazz band hosts a video release masquerade party, with Krasnogorsk and DJ Regalia.
Antony and The Johnsons
Swanlights (Secretly Canadian)
Roots Manuva meets Wrongtom
Duppy Writer (Big Dada)
Waka Flocka Flame
Flockaveli (Warner)
By Ryan Hemsworth
The Vaselines
Sex with an X (Sub Pop)
By Doug Taylor
Superhero Girl
By Faith Erin Hicks
True Story by Mike Holmes
By Mike Holmes
Kids demand candy
There’s no trick to understanding Halloween: it’s all about the treats.
By Melissa Buote
Free Will Astrology
Magic is afoot for you, Aquarius
By Rob Brezsny
Petty bitch, or is he an asshole?
Plus: “He wants me to get raunchy with his come, but I freeze and can’t bring myself to do it. I don’t want our healthy sex life to stagnate.”
By Dan Savage
New road safety framework allows increased road violence
By Matt Stickland
Restoring an unsung hero: How eelgrass is making its comeback in Nova Scotia
By Alison Auld, Climate Story Network
Everything you need to know about HRM council’s April 23 meeting
Old Man Luedecke is back off the scallop boat—and sounding as new as ever
By Martin Bauman
