Feb 6-12, 2014

News + Opinion

• City

  The business of bare: Inside Ralph's Place

  How Khalil Nasrallah keeps his money squeaky-clean, his morals in check and Nova Scotia's last strip club thriving.

  By Ariane Hanlon

  Feb 6, 2014

  
• News

  Nursing student told to cover up tattoos

  Will Jeremy Wheeler's Pink Floyd-inspired body ink frighten elderly people?

  By Beth Brown

  Feb 6, 2014

  
• News

  There's still more black history to be unearthed

  African Heritage Month has deepened the black community's appreciation of its own stories.

  By Tim Bousquet

  Feb 6, 2014

  
• News

  Mayor Mike Savage wants to build a stadium

  We can theoretically afford it, but Halifax's history with stadium proposals doesn't bode well.

  By Tim Bousquet

  Feb 11, 2014

  
• Shoptalk

  The Maritime Summit Shop is closed

  No more North Face on Barrington and Salter

  By Allison Saunders

  Feb 7, 2014

  
• Shoptalk

  Game on at PVP Bar & Grill

  Come March 1 local gamers will have a new hangout

  By Allison Saunders

  Feb 12, 2014

  
• Opinion

  Letters to the editor, February 6, 2014

  These are the letters and comments from the print edition

  Feb 6, 2014

  
• Opinion

  The Halifax job scene has failed me, and I’m thinking of leaving town

  I have a masters degree, but can’t find a good-paying job.

  By Heather Boucher

  Feb 6, 2014

  

Arts + Music

• Arts & Culture

  Graeme Patterson’s male bonding

  Graeme Patterson’s Secret Citadel depicts a dreamily detailed world of childhood nostalgia.

  By Allison Higgins

  Feb 6, 2014

  
• Arts & Culture

  Beyond February

  Sylvia D. Hamilton and the Dalhousie Art Gallery's Ron Foley Macdonald present Black Film Artists with Nova Scotian Roots, a free Tuesday night film series to March 4.

  By Adria Young

  Feb 6, 2014

  
• Arts & Culture

  The Lego Movie

  Go. More than once.

  By Tara Thorne

  Feb 6, 2014

  
• Arts & Culture

  The Monuments Men

  Ooh, ya burnt

  By Tara Thorne

  Feb 6, 2014

  
• Arts & Culture

  Chess with the Doomsday Machine

  Pure magic

  By Kate Watson

  Feb 6, 2014

  
• Arts & Culture

  The Woman in Black

  Spooky times at Dartmouth Players

  By Kate Watson

  Feb 6, 2014

  
• Music

  Molly Thomason’s high school confidential

  Thomason’s latest, Columbus Field, is a rock and roll ode to high school.

  By Shannon Webb-Campbell

  Feb 6, 2014

  
• Music

  The Coast guide to the 2014 Oscar nominees for Best Picture

  How will you win your office Oscar pool without it?

  By Stephanie Johns

  Feb 7, 2014

  
• Music

  Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Gaymes

  Pro-LGBTQIA+ ads of 2014

  By Team Coast

  Feb 12, 2014

  
• Music

  Mimi helps you pick your poison

  Dangerous women unite

  By Kate Watson

  Feb 11, 2014

  
• Music

  Black Rabbit Indoor Arts Festival's circus acts

  Circus of the Revolution is one of a kind

  By Andrew Patterson

  Feb 12, 2014

  
• Music

  Crocus Song sings

  Much better than supermarket flowers or gas station chocolates

  By Greg Squires

  Feb 12, 2014

  
• Comics

  Hey You Guys

  By Paul Hammond

  Feb 6, 2014

  
• Comics

  Crummy Pants

  By JJ Steeves

  Feb 6, 2014

  

Food + Drink

• Food

  People’s court

  Two longtime tenants of Scotia Square’s food court were surprised with eviction notices last week. What does trading local businesses for franchises say about our community?

  By Tim Bousquet

  Feb 6, 2014

  

Lifestyle

• Free Will Astrology

  Free Will Astrology

  Shift your perspective, Taurus

  By Rob Brezsny

  Feb 6, 2014

  
• Savage Love

  Cleaning up the toy box

  Keeping them sex toys up to snuff, flipping a coin on marriage---maybe try another way?---and soliciting advice for a shy boy.

  By Dan Savage

  Feb 6, 2014