May 15-21, 2014

News + Opinion

• City

  St. Pat’s gets a reprieve

  It’s not over yet for the community groups hoping to move into the former school

  By Hilary Beaumont

  May 15, 2014
• News

  Convention centre video report

  See what all the fuss is about when city council lets Nova Centre avoid HRM By Design's rules.

  By PLANifax

  May 20, 2014

  
• Shoptalk

  Local Recipes Live: a staged reading by Greg Proops

  Dude, it's PULAO.

  By Allison Saunders

  May 15, 2014

  
• Shoptalk

  Coming soon: Krave Burger

  Spring Garden Road has a new restaurant coming soon

  By Allison Saunders

  May 15, 2014

  
• Shoptalk

  Have a Hart Republic

  Halifax's newest online boutique pops up on May 20

  By Allison Saunders

  May 15, 2014

  
• Shoptalk

  Looking for Layla?

  Fresh seafood and Mediterranean eats hit Parkland Drive

  By Allison Saunders

  May 15, 2014
• Shoptalk

  Patch Halifax—sew good

  Fabric shop/work room coming soon to Robie

  By Allison Saunders

  May 16, 2014

  
• Shoptalk

  Tree's company

  Keephouse + KEW = beautiful, handmade home accessories

  By Allison Saunders

  May 19, 2014

  
• Shoptalk

  Serpentine Studio's new beginning

  Moving and shaking its studio from Barrington to Spring Garden Road

  By Allison Saunders

  May 21, 2014
• Opinion

  Being bold, choosing bold

  Four ways to live up to Halifax’s new strategy

  By Tristan Cleveland

  May 15, 2014

  
• Education

  Opening NSCAD up

  New president Dianne Taylor-Gearing wants to bring people in

  By Adria Young

  May 15, 2014

Arts + Music

• Arts & Culture

  Best In Fest

  Art In Fest is the OBEY Convention’s inaugural art offspring. Artistic director Robyn Mitchell promotes rebellious art.

  By Veronica Simmonds

  May 15, 2014

  
• Arts & Culture

  Neighbors

  I'm Batman

  By Tara Thorne

  May 15, 2014

  
• Cultural Festivals

  It pays to OBEY

  May 15, 2014

  
• Cultural Festivals

  Tropic Of Cancer is not so sad

  Let oceans of emotion wash over you at Tropic Of Cancer’s show

  By Kathleen Higgins

  May 15, 2014

  
• Cultural Festivals

  Lisa Lipton’s ticket to paradise

  Get in the middle of love and basketball at Greysville Meets Paradise

  By Tara Thorne

  May 15, 2014

  
• Cultural Festivals

  Jef Barbara’s midas touch

  Halifax is ushered to a VIP table in the nightclub inside Jef Barbara’s mind for this year’s OBEY Convention

  By Stephanie Johns

  May 15, 2014

  
• Cultural Festivals

  Julianna Barwick quiets all pain

  Barwick closes the OBEY Convention with some of the angelic tones from Nepenthe

  By Veronica Simmonds

  May 15, 2014

  
• Cultural Festivals

  You must listen to Surveillance

  Sorry, but you must. See them live and scream all the words during OBEY

  By Tara Thorne

  May 15, 2014

  
• Cultural Festivals

  White Poppy has robotics, will travel

  Enter White Poppy’s lush, layered world

  By Tara Thorne

  May 15, 2014

  
• Cultural Festivals

  Each Other: Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey

  The best thing to come out of Halifax since saltwater, Each Other come home for OBEY

  By Tara Thorne

  May 15, 2014

  
• Cultural Festivals

  TV Freaks: Short and sweet

  If you’ve only got 30 seconds to spare this OBEY Convention, spend them at the TV Freaks show

  By Tara Thorne

  May 15, 2014

  
• Cultural Festivals

  Halifax Rumi Ensemble’s universality

  A musical ode to Rumi, Halifax Rumi Ensemble answered The Silk Road Project’s call

  By Kathleen Higgins

  May 15, 2014

  
• Cultural Festivals

  Low shows what two decades can do

  Have a quiet adventure with the pride of Duluth, Low

  By Kevin Hartford

  May 15, 2014

  
• Cultural Festivals

  Mary Fay Coady speaks from the heart

  Performing a monologue from Tender Beast, Coady focuses on heartbreak

  By Kevin Hartford

  May 15, 2014

  
• Cultural Festivals

  Coco Barracuda

  By Stephanie Johns

  May 15, 2014

  
• Music

  Spring Awakening

  Nothing old fashion about teen passion

  By Kate Watson

  May 18, 2014

  
• Music

  Singular Electric Voice

  Electric Voice Records’ presentation of sound and visual art emphasizing only the most essential hopes to expand ideas of the genre.

  By Adria Young

  May 15, 2014

  

Food + Drink

• Restaurant Reviews

  Happy Garden medium

  Happy Garden offers up good balance of American-Chinese classics and authentic Chinese dishes in an unpretentious, diner-esque setting.

  By Melissa Buote

  May 15, 2014

  

Lifestyle

• Free Will Astrology

  Free Will Astrology

  Big secrets will be revealed, Aquarius

  By Rob Brezsny

  May 15, 2014

  
• Savage Love

  Drunk and (Miss) disorderly

  A drunk girl wouldn’t leave me alone, but is that my austistic fault? Plus: I think my meds make me kinky. Should I stop taking them?

  By Dan Savage

  May 15, 2014