Mar 1-7, 2012

News + Opinion

• News

  Trade Centre Limited hires Scott Logan

  Former Commonwealth Games point man to become TCL's Chief Business Development Officer.

  By Tim Bousquet

  Mar 1, 2012

  
• News

  Halifax's building boom: anything goes

  HRM By Design can be ignored with impunity.

  By Tim Bousquet

  Mar 1, 2012

  
• Shoptalk

  Iranian Business Trade Show celebrates Iranian New Year

  Lots of food and cultural treats for everyone

  By Carsten Knox

  Mar 5, 2012
• Shoptalk

  Pizza Delight opens on Spring Garden Road

  New bar and resto is open 24 hours with a $4 drink menu

  By Carsten Knox

  Mar 1, 2012
• Shoptalk

  Urban Home renovates

  North end furniture outlet going through changes

  By Carsten Knox

  Mar 2, 2012
• Shoptalk

  Red Water Rustic Grille to open in Halifax

  Expect Calgary-based eatery to open downtown in June

  By Carsten Knox

  Mar 2, 2012
• Shoptalk

  Chef's Menu impresses fine food afficionados

  New casual fine dining option in Lower Sackville

  By Carsten Knox

  Mar 6, 2012
• Shoptalk

  Bedfordites now have their own Split Crow

  Second location of classic downtown bar is open

  By Carsten Knox

  Mar 2, 2012
• Shoptalk

  House Warmings to close

  Historic Brewery market business leaves with retirement sale

  By Carsten Knox

  Mar 6, 2012

  
• Opinion

  Life of a bus driver

  No meal or washroom breaks, figuring out how to catch their own buses and worries about traffic and weather are just the start of their problems.

  By Tim Bousquet

  Mar 1, 2012

  
• Environment

  Going for a ride

  Transit issues in the HRM continue to make the city less green. It will take a change of attitude or of political representation to make a difference.

  By Carsten Knox

  Mar 1, 2012

  
• Environment

  Green round-up

  We visit—or, in some cases, revisit—a few environmental issues relevant to sustainable living in the HRM.

  By Carsten Knox

  Mar 1, 2012

  
• Environment

  Recycle chic

  For the first time, local fashion designers who use recycled materials are all in one place!

  By Carsten Knox

  Mar 1, 2012

  

Arts + Music

• Arts & Culture

  Intimate details

  Set in 1905, Intimate Apparel’s characters are real and flawed, working through the challenges set before them. Kate Watson looks into the universal appeal of the story.

  By Kate Watson

  Mar 1, 2012

  
• Arts & Culture

  Hitchcock presented

  Juicy making-of details from the 7 O'Clock Hitchcock screenings, showing Mondays through March at the alfreSnow filmFesto.

  By Matthew Ritchie

  Mar 1, 2012

  
• Arts & Culture

  Eyelevel's shelf life

  Multiples and printed matter from around the world have found their way to Gottingen thanks to the biennial Eyelevel Reshelving Initiative 5.

  By Allison Saunders

  Mar 1, 2012

  
• Arts & Culture

  Bold and beautiful Pageant

  An absurd, physical comedy about finding out that beauty's more than skin deep.

  By Kate Watson

  Mar 1, 2012

  
• Arts & Culture

  Land & Sea airs "Pirates and Privateers"

  Maritime doc show provides regular local cultural and historic content

  By Carsten Knox

  Mar 1, 2012

  
• Arts & Culture

  Game Jam 2012 commences!

  A 48-hour gathering of videogame experts at the Hub

  By Carsten Knox

  Mar 1, 2012
• Arts & Culture

  Deconstructing Doyle

  Allan Hawco talks about acting, women, reporters and Newfoundland winters

  By Tim Bousquet

  Mar 1, 2012

  
• Arts & Culture

  Coriolanus "as tedious as a twice-told tale"

  Director/star Fiennes vexes with a stultifying adaptation

  By Molly Segal

  Mar 1, 2012

  
• Arts & Culture

  Project X is shit

  Super-lame teen boy fantasy perpetuates stereotypes

  By Molly Segal

  Mar 1, 2012

  
• Arts & Culture

  The Lorax is bloated

  Kiddie film dishonours Seuss source

  By Jacob Boon

  Mar 1, 2012

  
• Arts & Culture

  A Separation is brilliant

  Iranian Oscar-winner an intense, moving portrait of a society's struggles

  By Carsten Knox

  Mar 8, 2012

  
• Arts & Culture

  Clever, watchable Friends With Kids

  Modern dramedy features a whack of the Bridesmaids cast

  By Tara Thorne

  Mar 8, 2012

  
• Music

  The Monument

  Brilliant theatre that takes you to a very dark place

  By Kate Watson

  Mar 1, 2012

  
• Music

  Paper Beat Scissors’ poetry

  Paper Beat Scissors’ self-titled release showcases beautiful, understated songs

  By Andrew Patterson

  Mar 1, 2012

  
• Music

  The redemption of Anonamyss


  Sackville emcee finds salvation in sweat, blood and tears

  By Adrian Lee

  Mar 1, 2012

  
• Music

  Great Bloomers’ variety club

  Toronto’s Great Bloomers defy definition with a mix of sounds.

  By Matthew Ritchie

  Mar 1, 2012

  
• Music

  Party mix it up with Outtacontroller

  The power pop group’s new record, *Don’t Play Dumb*, will bring on a dance and snack attack of monstrous proportions.

  By Adria Young

  Mar 1, 2012

  
• Music

  La Belle Poubelle gets trashed

  Monday is garbage day at the Dawson Printshop

  By Stephanie Johns

  Mar 1, 2012

  
• Music

  Spooky Campers ham it up

  After a hiatus, the Campers are back with a vengeance, playing back-to-back shows this weekend including Friday's HamFest.

  By Allison Saunders

  Mar 1, 2012

  
• Music

  Ladies get loud

  Sing and Shout! brings five of Nova Scotia's feminist choruses together to celebrate an anniversary and the arrival of International Women's Week.

  Mar 1, 2012

  
• Music

  Draw Nudes With Local Dudes life drawing event gets relaxed

  N00dz plz

  By Stephanie Johns

  Mar 1, 2012

  
• Music

  Merritt award nominees announced

  Those who have the local theatre game on lock, we salute you

  By Stephanie Johns

  Mar 2, 2012

  
• Music

  Shandi Mitchell wins $25,000 Kobzar Literary Award

  Mitchell's debut novel, Under This Unbroken Sky takes the prize

  By Stephanie Johns

  Mar 2, 2012

  
• Music

  Henry Rollins gets in your head on June 20 at the Cohn

  Why did the punk return his Black Flag record? Because it was Damaged! LOL

  By Stephanie Johns

  Mar 5, 2012

  
• Music

  Hal-Con guests announced

  Featuring John Rhys-Davies, he of the rumbling Welsh voice.

  By Stephanie Johns

  Mar 5, 2012

  
• Music

  "P.U.S.H.", Rich Aucoin. Peep that.

  Joel Mackenzie, whoa.

  By Stephanie Johns

  Mar 6, 2012

  
• Music

  Tuesday night is CKDU night at the Oval

  Careen around the ice with friendly tunes

  By Stephanie Johns

  Mar 6, 2012

  
• Music

  You can't look away from this Graboids promo

  Try though you might

  By Stephanie Johns

  Mar 7, 2012

  
• Music

  Like A Motorcycle dress to impress

  And so can you!

  By Stephanie Johns

  Mar 8, 2012

  
• Music

  Hanging on the PHUN PHONE

  Give Cher Hann a ring

  By Stephanie Johns

  Mar 8, 2012

  
• Music

  TEDxHalifax from the comfort of home

  Now possible with THE INTERNET

  By Stephanie Johns

  Mar 9, 2012

  
• Music

  Hot diggity Dog Day: a Q & A

  Pre-South by Southwest chatting.

  By Allison Saunders

  Mar 8, 2012

  
• Comics

  Superhero Girl

  By Faith Erin Hicks

  Mar 1, 2012

  
• Comics

  True Story by Charlie Rohner

  By Mike Holmes

  Mar 1, 2012

  

Food + Drink

• Restaurant Reviews

  The Harbour City Grill hits and misses

  Nestled in the Delta Halifax, Harbour City Bar and Grill is decent, but misses the mark slightly.

  By Melissa Buote

  Mar 1, 2012

  

Lifestyle

• Free Will Astrology

  Free Will Astrology

  Permit yourself to grow stronger, Taurus.

  By Rob Brezsny

  Mar 1, 2012

  
• Savage Love

  Some rules are unbreakable

  When engaging in a threesome, all parties must stick to the agreed-upon rules, OK? Don’t exploit your GGG partner.

  By Dan Savage

  Mar 1, 2012

  
• Health

  Is medical marijuana going to pot?

  With Health Canada rolling out more restrictive rules and Stephen Harper fighting pro-weed legal judgements, local MMJ users fear the system is going up in smoke.

  By Miles Howe

  Mar 1, 2012