Apr 11-17, 2019

Vol. 26, No. 46

Neptune Theatre has a history of ending its season with a Broadway-tested hit musical like Shrek or Mamma Mia, and this year is no different. Except The Color Purple tells a 100-year-old story of class, race, sex and gender that feels fresh today.

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City

HaliFIX moves ahead on Halifax’s first overdose prevention site

Advocates say the city is “more than ready.”

By Caora McKenna
Apr 11, 2019
City

International students not here to balance Dalhousie’s budget

A proposed 11 percent tuition increase for new international students stings

By Caora McKenna
Apr 11, 2019
City

The time is yesterday for action on systemic warehousing of people with disabilities

Advocates demand faster changes to accessible housing

By Sandra C. Hannebohm
Apr 11, 2019
News

Hurricanes' Saturday playoff tiebreaker tests traffic woes to come

Hoop dreams compete with construction nightmare.

By Andrew Bethune
Apr 11, 2019
News

Police Commission makes recommendation to suspend street check practice

Canada's most diverse police commission isn't fucking around.

By Caora McKenna
Apr 16, 2019
Shoptalk

SHOP THIS: suite’s sweet hair accessories

Grin and barrette with this pop-up dealer.

By Allison Saunders
Apr 10, 2019
Shoptalk

Primordial Yoga finds strength in numbers

This intimate place of practice aims to be more of a healing space than a studio.

By Allison Saunders
Apr 10, 2019
Opinion

Are there really any Shannon Park stadium stans out there?

Halifax’s true favourite sport: stadium bashing

By Martyn Williams
Apr 11, 2019
Opinion

Letters to the editor, April 11, 2019

These are the letters and comments from the print edition.

Apr 11, 2019

Arts & Culture

Film review: Birds of Passage

You’ve seen drug movies before, but they’ve never looked like this.

By Tara Thorne
Apr 11, 2019
Arts & Culture

The blazing Color Purple

The women of Neptune’s season closer discuss how a story that begins 110 years ago spins into present time.

By Tara Thorne
Apr 11, 2019
Music

Tokyo Police Club, reinvigorated

The Toronto indie-rock quartet nearly threw in the towel, then made its loosest, hookiest album yet.

By Brennan McCracken
Apr 11, 2019
Music

Adam Baldwin’s Wicked plan

In honour of Record Store Day, the rock singer will hit all the Taz stores in the HRM in one afternoon.

By Jonathan Briggins
Apr 11, 2019
Music

Common will open the Jazz Fest

July 9 tickets are on sale Monday.

By Tara Thorne
Apr 12, 2019
Comics

Hey You Goofs!

By Paul Hammond
Apr 11, 2019

Free Will Astrology

Free Will Astrology

Courage, Libra

By Rob Brezsny
Apr 11, 2019
Savage Love

Catfishing for advice

I’m engaged in an online emotional affair. My husband doesn’t know I have a boyfriend and vice versa. Now what?

By Dan Savage
Apr 11, 2019

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