Mar 29 - Apr 4, 2012

News + Opinion

• Shoptalk

  Quantum Frontier's Cans for Comics

  North end comic store will provide discount for food

  By Carsten Knox

  Apr 2, 2012
• Shoptalk

  The Mac Store to close, Mac East soldiers on

  New Apple corporate store at Halifax Shopping Centre makes waves in local business community

  By Carsten Knox

  Apr 2, 2012
• Shoptalk

  Paws@Home will pet sit for you

  Take a worry-free vacation while vet assistant pet assists

  By Justin Tan

  Apr 2, 2012
• Shoptalk

  The General Café happens at the Roberts Street Social Centre

  Mobile cafe a creative, contemplative space

  By Justin Tan

  Apr 3, 2012
• Shoptalk

  Patio Day coming early this year

  Anticipating a warm spring and Titanic tourists, patios will be ready April 11

  By Justin Tan

  Apr 3, 2012
• Shoptalk

  Alexis

  Comfort dictates style

  By Danna Storey

  Apr 3, 2012

  
• Shoptalk

  Erin

  Coat appeal

  By Danna Storey

  Apr 4, 2012

  
• Shoptalk

  Bree

  Floral pants? Oh yes.

  By Danna Storey

  Apr 5, 2012

  
• Shoptalk

  Brad

  Tie one on

  By Danna Storey

  Apr 6, 2012

  
• Shoptalk

  Joy

  Awesome style, killer smile

  By Danna Storey

  Apr 9, 2012

  
• Shoptalk

  Josh

  Weekend warrior

  By Danna Storey

  Apr 10, 2012

  
• Shoptalk

  Elizabeth

  Sweetness upon sweetness

  By Danna Storey

  Apr 11, 2012

  
• Shoptalk

  A year of Penelope's

  North end vintage boutique thrives, offers sale

  By Justin Tan

  Apr 3, 2012

  
• Opinion

  A real crime

  Peter Kelly’s legal problems raise the question: How common are busted probate cases?

  By Tim Bousquet

  Mar 29, 2012

  

Arts + Music

• Arts & Culture

  Sculpture vulture

  The Sculpture Lecture Series brings in contemporary sculpture’s heavy hitters to talk about this growing field.

  By Simon Thibault

  Mar 29, 2012

  
• Arts & Culture

  Maritime Film Classification Board: Revealed

  Watching the watchers: a look at Nova Scotia’s secret film raters, and discovers a possible reason our choice of films at the multiplex is limited.

  By Mairin Prentiss

  Mar 29, 2012

  
• Arts & Culture

  The Merritt Awards at a glance

  The Coast's theatre aficionado gives her take on the annual ceremony.

  By Kate Watson

  Mar 29, 2012

  
• Arts & Culture

  Hyperflat's depth

  Artist Jeannie Thib reveals the building blocks of life through sculptural installation at Saint Mary's Art Gallery.

  By Julie Sobowale

  Mar 29, 2012

  
• Arts & Culture

  JazzEast tips their hat to the '20s.

  Out Like a Lion fest roars into the weekend with the Prohibition Swing Dance.

  By Allison Saunders

  Mar 29, 2012

  
• Arts & Culture

  Rhythm Heaven Fever

  Available on Nintendo Wii (Nintendo)

  By Colin Chisholm

  Mar 29, 2012

  
• Arts & Culture

  The Man Who Loved Books Too Much: The Story of a Thief, a Detective, and a World of Literary Obsession

  By Allison Hoover Bartlett (Tantor)

  By Craig Johnson

  Mar 29, 2012

  
• Arts & Culture

  The Juliet Stories

  By Carrie Snyder (House of Anansi)

  Mar 29, 2012

  
• Arts & Culture

  About Love

  By Narise Konohara, Tomo Ootake (Digital Manga)

  By Shannon Fay

  Mar 29, 2012

  
• Arts & Culture

  Battleship Potemkin screens with live music

  Sergei Eisenstein's classic to show at King's on Saturday

  By Carsten Knox

  Mar 29, 2012
• Arts & Culture

  Dire Wrath of the Titans

  A dull exhibition of CGI, this sequel is no better than Clash

  By Molly Segal

  Mar 29, 2012

  
• Arts & Culture

  There's some magic in Mirror, Mirror

  This Snow White story has much to recommend it

  By Matt Semansky

  Mar 29, 2012

  
• Arts & Culture

  The Corridor arrives on VOD

  Nova Scotia-shot horror now available to creep you the fuck out

  By Carsten Knox

  Apr 3, 2012

  
• Arts & Culture

  Trailer for To Rome With Love

  Ellen stars in Woody Allen's new romantic comedy, opening this summer

  By Carsten Knox

  Apr 4, 2012

  
• Music

  Outtacontroller

  Don’t Play Dumb (P-Trash)

  By Stephanie Johns

  Mar 29, 2012

  
• Music

  TemperTemper time

  Grab a handful of TemperTemper’s unconventional electro-pop compositions at their release show

  By Matthew Ritchie

  Mar 29, 2012

  
• Music

  Lupe Fiasco

  Friend of the People (independent)

  By Adrian Lee

  Mar 29, 2012

  
• Music

  Nothing wrong with The Copyrights

  Carbondale, Illinois’ The Copyrights are a bit more grown up, but no less eager to deliver the pop punk.

  By Adria Young

  Mar 29, 2012

  
• Music

  Charlie Haden and Hank Jones

  Come Sunday (Universal)

  By Doug Taylor

  Mar 29, 2012

  
• Music

  Cat’s meow

  Halifax funk kittens Boots the Cat are ready to become jungle cats

  By Adrian Lee

  Mar 29, 2012

  
• Music

  Samantha Savage Smith finds her way

  Thanks to her bold debut album Tough Cookie, this Calgarian is becoming a new face (and voice) in Canadian indie rock.

  By Allison Saunders

  Mar 29, 2012

  
• Music

  TemperTemper

  TemperTemper (independent)

  By Matthew Ritchie

  Mar 29, 2012

  
• Music

  Embrace Burnt Church

  Halifax's grindcore group releases a new EP, Embracing the Void .

  By Allison Saunders

  Mar 29, 2012

  
• Music

  Haligraphika's prints charming

  Print mania at NSCAD this month

  By Stephanie Johns

  Mar 29, 2012

  
• Music

  Welcome the new Arts Nova Scotia Board

  The board's back!

  By Stephanie Johns

  Mar 29, 2012

  
• Music

  I Am Domestic Violence provoked solemn reflection

  Wambui Bahati's challenging one woman show electrifies

  By Kyle Walsh

  Mar 30, 2012

  
• Music

  Ghettosocks is Invincible

  Watch, learn, love

  By Stephanie Johns

  Mar 30, 2012

  
• Music

  CMW: I rode the teacup too many times

  Spin me right round

  By Lindsay Duncan

  Mar 30, 2012

  
• Music

  Dead Plays alive and well

  Forerunner Playwrights Theatre revive forgotten and killed works in the name of fundraising.

  By Marie Hanifen

  Apr 2, 2012

  
• Music

  Juno joy

  Way to do, dudes!

  By Sarah Mateshaytis

  Apr 3, 2012

  
• Music

  Penny wonderful

  Gerald Ferguson's 1,000,000 Pennies (1979) is an unintentional ode to the dying currency

  By Sarah Mateshaytis

  Apr 3, 2012

  
• Comics

  Everyone's a Centaur

  By Miriam Gibson

  Mar 29, 2012

  
• Comics

  True Story by Halloway Jones

  By Mike Holmes

  Mar 29, 2012

  

Food + Drink

• Restaurant Reviews

  Go South

  Acadian cuisine meets the Middle East at 308 South, resulting in a homey menu with gargantuan portions.

  By Melissa Buote

  Mar 29, 2012

  

Lifestyle

• Free Will Astrology

  Free Will Astrology

  Advice for all you april fools.

  By Rob Brezsny

  Mar 29, 2012

  
• Savage Love

  Straight gay teen talk

  Dan on age-appropriate boyfriends, first boyfriends and wannabe boyfriends who are likely red flags.

  By Dan Savage

  Mar 29, 2012

  
• Sports

  Major league

  The National Basketball League and this weekend’s inaugural All-Star Game festivities are a slam dunk for Halifax.

  By Iris Estrada

  Mar 29, 2012