Apr 10-16, 2014

News + Opinion

• News

  The Big Ride’s Halifax detour

  By Rebecca Zimmer

  Apr 14, 2014

  
• News

  Procedural drama

  By Hilary Beaumont

  Apr 14, 2014

  
• Shoptalk

  Be Massage Therapy's moving

  The Y's closure makes Birmingham home for Be

  By Allison Saunders

  Apr 9, 2014
• Shoptalk

  Talay Thai transport

  Moving on over to Hollis Street

  By Allison Saunders

  Apr 11, 2014

  
• Shoptalk

  Come what anime

  Anime and Manga fans, there's a store just for you slated for Barrington Street

  By Rebecca Zimmer

  Apr 14, 2014

  
• Shoptalk

  Cape and Cowl crusader

  Comics and collectibles coming soon to Bedford-Sackville

  By Ariane Hanlon

  Apr 14, 2014

  
• Shoptalk

  Say grilled cheese!

  Another grilled cheese food truck coming to town via The Cheese Gypsy

  By Allie Sweeting

  Apr 14, 2014

  
• Shoptalk

  Pavia wins a spot in the new library

  From Herring Cove to Spring Garden Road, Pavia's stoked to be coming into town

  By Allison Saunders

  Apr 16, 2014

  
• Opinion

  The truth is simple: We need more nurses here

  By M.W., RN

  Apr 10, 2014

  
• Opinion

  Letters to the editor, April 10,2014

  These are the letters and comments from the print edition

  Apr 10, 2014

  

Arts + Music

• Arts & Culture

  Wonderbook: The Illustrated Guide to Creating Imaginative Fiction

  by Jeff VanderMeer, illustrated by Jeremy Zerfoss (Harry N. Abrams)

  By Shannon Fay

  Apr 10, 2014

  
• Arts & Culture

  Board game empire

  Halifax is going through a boom in gaming—the offline, social kind—that might just make the city a better place to live.

  Apr 10, 2014

  
• Arts & Culture

  Poetry saves lives

  Take a stanza this month during National Poetry Month events all over the city.

  By Shannon Webb-Campbell

  Apr 10, 2014

  
• Arts & Culture

  The right game for you

  We asked five of our favourite local game stores to recommend titles based on the type of player they might be.

  Apr 10, 2014

  
• Arts & Culture

  My Prairie Home

  Directed by Chelsea McMullan (NFB)

  By Jade Nauss

  Apr 10, 2014

  
• Arts & Culture

  Do you wanna play?

  Our listings of game-related events show there’s always something going on for folks interested in a little fun.

  Apr 10, 2014

  
• Arts & Culture

  Ready player one

  Local board game designer Sam Fraser shares how he’s making his tabletop dreams a reality, and why Halifax is the best place to do it.

  Apr 10, 2014

  
• Arts & Culture

  Amber Alert

  Directed by Kerry Bellessa (Bluefields/Underground)

  By Jade Nauss

  Apr 10, 2014

  
• Arts & Culture

  Afternoon Delight

  Directed by Jill Soloway (72 Productions/Rincon)

  Apr 10, 2014

  
• Arts & Culture

  Rio 2

  I liked you better when you were in Angry Birds

  Apr 10, 2014

  
• Arts & Culture

  The Grand Budapest Hotel

  Girl with popcorn rates boy with apple

  By Tara Thorne

  Apr 10, 2014

  
• Arts & Culture

  Draft Day

  Could Costner still get it? You decide!

  By Tara Thorne

  Apr 10, 2014

  
• Arts & Culture

  Trailer Park Boys: Don’t Legalize It

  Wake and bake (and watch)

  By Tara Thorne

  Apr 17, 2014

  
• Arts & Culture

  Harvey

  Long, but with a good message

  By Kate Watson

  Apr 10, 2014

  
• Music

  An Evening of Ives

  Short, sweet and side-splittingly funny

  By Kate Watson

  Apr 12, 2014

  
• Music

  Kind of Bleu

  See the dream team of T-Woo and Stilldrunk in action at April’s Bleu Nuit, T-Woo’s last before he moves up north.

  By Adria Young

  Apr 10, 2014

  
• Music

  Radio Radio

  EJ Feel Zoo (Bonsound)

  By Doug Taylor

  Apr 10, 2014

  
• Music

  Neverending Glory

  Wish Glory Glory bon voyage before the band heads over the pond to play The Great Escape in Brighton, dance to ease your personal jealousy.

  By Stephanie Johns

  Apr 10, 2014

  
• Music

  April Reign

  Severed Reign uses metal for good with April Assault VI, a weekend long cancer fundraising concert.

  By Hugh Stewart

  Apr 10, 2014

  
• Music

  The Hidden Cameras

  Age (Evil Evil)

  By Doug Taylor

  Apr 10, 2014

  
• Music

  Future Islands

  Singles (4AD)

  By Noel Macdonald

  Apr 10, 2014

  
• Music

  Drive-By Truckers

  English Oceans (ATO)

  By Doug Taylor

  Apr 10, 2014

  
• Music

  March Madness New Media vs Old Media: WE HAVE A WINNER

  Thanks for playing, Old Media and cartoon faces 4ever

  By Allison Saunders

  Apr 10, 2014

  
• Music

  The success of Failure

  Ivan E. Coyote and Rae Spoon bring their collection of essays, Gender Failure, to Halifax

  By Shannon Webb-Campbell

  Apr 17, 2014

  
• Comics

  Lynch the Human!

  See more here

  By Jeremy Hansen

  Apr 10, 2014

  
• Comics

  Ding Dongs

  By Paul Hammond

  Apr 10, 2014

  

Food + Drink

• Restaurant Reviews

  Got The Nook

  Gottingen Street’s chill cafe-lounge invites you to take a load off with hot drinks, cool vibes and some pretty good sandwiches.

  By Melissa Buote

  Apr 10, 2014

  

Lifestyle

• Free Will Astrology

  Free Will Astrology

  Speak caterpillar, Virgo

  By Rob Brezsny

  Apr 10, 2014

  
• Savage Love

  Sex work and my sexless marriage

  My awesome wife and I no longer have sex. Do I tell her that I’ve been paying for it? Plus: Breakups and rebounds, secrets and lies.

  By Dan Savage

  Apr 10, 2014