Vol. 19, No. 35
Council votes to sell St. Pat's-Alexandra (again)
Community groups threaten legal action.
By Tim Bousquet
Irving workers want higher pay
Shipbuilding contract should benefit workers, too, says union.
By Mairin Prentiss
Transit negotiations continue; strike is set to begin Thursday morning.
Why we should all be concerned about the city's attack on the transit union.
Metro Transit manager won't reveal his own pay or raises
Hear Eddie Robar refuse to answer the question.
Gourmet burgers arrive in Halifax (finally!)
New Brunswick-based Relish Gourmet Burgers coming to Quinpool
By Carsten Knox
Humani-T to open second location in Trillium
tea house and desserts to be the focus when cafe opens in spring
The Harbour City Bar & Grill offers free corkage on NS wines
Prizes, dinners and free parking happening at Delta Halifax resto
Korean Tacos?! You bet your fusion-loving butt
Indochine offers new international flavours
Net Zero
Builders differ on what constitutes a green home, but at least there’s a market for one.
By Chris Benjamin
The Black Rabbit Festival gives you a jump this winter
The festival will be your mid-winter booster shot of art.
By Veronica Simmonds
Shame screenwriter Abi Morgan
Hardcore drama: A new film about a sex addict has earned a stigmatized film rating in the United States, The co-writer of Shame isn’t at all bothered.
Halifax gets Copehagenized
Bicycle anthropologist Mikael Colville-Andersen visits to share his wheel wisdom with Bicycle Culture by Design: Four Goals for Promoting Urban Cycling.
By Allison Saunders
Shame a chilly, powerful film
Sex addiction drama peels open the raw side of New York
Wave Awards seeking nominations for a few good women
Deadline Thursday, February 2 for awards, given out at Women Making Waves conference
The Grey: kinda great, kinda awful
Liam Neeson battles cold, wolves, corny dialogue
By Matt Semansky
One for the Money, you could miss this show
Movie suffers from rom-com predicatbility despite Heigl's comic timing
By Molly Segal
Man on a Ledge falls hard
Twisty heist picture tries and fails to be clever
Daniel Radcliffe speaks
Actor talks about The Woman in Black and Hammer Horror
Willie Stratton’s fierce folk
Stratton and his band quiet a room with their lovely, ferocious folk chock-full of tradition.
By Tara Thorne
Martha, Martha, Martha
Martha Wainwright’s Halifax appearance promises songs about her life, but with an edge.
By Jaime Forsythe
Flower child
Cactus Flower crafts jaunty acoustic tunes in stolen moments
By Adrian Lee
Mckiel is slow and true
Jon Mckiel’s Tonka War Cloud melts your icy heart at IDOW
By Adria Young
Siamon’s pennies from heaven
Becky Siamon’s anticipated album was a journey toward abundance for the singer-songwriter.
Ermine is all yours
This weekend these rocker pals are reunited, and it feels so good.
Fuller Lecture Series' indoor/outdoor curation
Via the 2012 Centre For Art Tapes Local Curatorial Residency
By Stephanie Johns
Noise boys
Solo acts D/A A/D, Panties, Resistance and Nightfall offer up a range of celebratory weird and wonderful music.
Some Mo Kenney
The young songwriter kicks off the biggest shows of her career with her In The Dead of Winter appearances
By Matthew Ritchie
Thane Dunn: Elvis tribute artist
Q&A symphony in rhinestone
Hell Freezes Over warms your heart
Gus' Pub is hell on earth this weekend
New Cousins video
So many nice folks!
Hello IDOW, goodbye Ramblers?
Banjos, sweat and tears.
Ukulele? Yes!
Ukes up the wazoo in town—starting Saturday
Pre-Shrunk offers bite-sized art pieces
Size matters at Argyle Fine Art
In the Dead of a monsoon
Wet pants, warm hearts.
Jenn Grant's latest is possibly the cutest video you will see all day
"Baby's Been Away", directed by Andrew Stretch, strums your pain
The Fantods’ finale
After 10 years of song experimentation, the group calls it quits
Superhero Girl
By Faith Erin Hicks
Wilford Brimley for True Story
By Mike Holmes
Guts of steel
Adventurous Haligonians have many options when it comes to offal, you just need to know where to look.
By Simon Thibault
Free Will Astrology
FIND YOUR MAGIC, ARIES
By Rob Brezsny
Butt for one thing
Cleanliness issues, virgin issues, Newt Gringrich’s monogamy issues: This week is all over the sex map.
By Dan Savage
How a Dartmouth speed change exposes HRM council’s political failures...
By Matt Stickland
'Don't let anybody tell you you can't,' says panelist at Black women in politics event
By Lauren Phillips, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Every big show coming to Halifax (and beyond) in 2024
By Team Coast
EXCERPT: Martin Bauman’s Hell of a Ride wades into depression, family legacy and cycling across Canada