Oct 15-21, 2015

Vol. 23, No. 20

Saturday’s art night and election day Monday are good counterpoints. One’s a surreal commentary on social ambition changing with geographic dislocation, presented with textual, video and audio multimedia elements. The other is Nocturne.

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City

Looking down the road at the Hollis Street bike lane's future

Repaving plans, no parking signs and the need for separators.

By Michael Lightstone
Oct 15, 2015
City

More women are needed in municipal politics

"Campaign school" aims for a more diverse city council.

By Michael Lightstone
Oct 15, 2015
City

On any given power hour

Student drinking culture is still vibrant despite a safer downtown.

By Allie Sweeting
Oct 15, 2015
City

Halifax really seems to hate the Slut Whisperer

It doesn’t appear that Kirill will ever be here.

By Jacob Boon
Oct 23, 2015
News

Communist candidate keeps the democratic fight alive

Allan Bezanson wants you to vote, even if it's not for him.

By Emma Jones
Oct 15, 2015
News

Strategic voting won't work and is bad for Canada

Voting with heart beats voting with smarts.

By Jacob Boon
Oct 15, 2015
News

Where to watch the election (if you’re not watching the Jays)

Good Robot and Halifax universities hosting vote parties.

By Jacob Boon
Oct 16, 2015
News

UPDATED: King’s College asks to increase tuition and chill

University wants a three-year $1,000 tuition increase, unless it doesn't.

By Jacob Boon
Oct 16, 2015
News

Forever remember St. Pat’s by bringing home some rubbish

HRM invites everybody to come get free bricks.

By Jacob Boon
Oct 19, 2015
News

Finally, a protected bike lane is coming to Halifax

Council gives unanimous approval to pilot project on Rainnie Drive.

By Jacob Boon
Oct 20, 2015
News

Absolutely nobody wants to be Halifax’s town crier

Council votes to leave ceremonial position unfilled due to lack of applicants.

By Jacob Boon
Oct 21, 2015
Shoptalk

City council to look at making the donair Halifax’s official food

Downtown food staple might get municipal endorsement.

By Jacob Boon
Oct 17, 2015
Shoptalk

Dress in Time seeks a little help from its friends

The downtown vintage shop launches a Go Fund Me campaign to stay open

By Allison Saunders
Oct 19, 2015
Shoptalk

Tess says goodbye, Chi Bistro says hey

A switcheroo on Charles Street

By Allison Saunders
Oct 21, 2015
Opinion

Letters to the editor, October 15, 205

These are the letters that appear in the weekly print edition

Oct 15, 2015
Opinion

Mr. Harper, you are a threat to Canada

The only thing you've done is make this country worse.

By Kyla Derry
Oct 15, 2015

Arts & Culture

Nocturne 2015: how to party arty

This year's theme for artists is Found and Lost and Found. But for the city, it’s all about transformation.

By Adria Young
Oct 15, 2015
Arts & Culture

Tripping down memory lane with Leaves of the Virgin Mary

A psychedelic smoke-up and amazing choreography propel this movement/theatre piece

By Kate Watson
Oct 15, 2015
Arts & Culture

Artful artifice: The Maiden’s Tragedy

Alysse Bowd gets into fairy tales, without the Disney ending for Nocturne 2015.

By Allie Sweeting
Oct 15, 2015
Arts & Culture

Safety Cages puts artists behind bars

Watch for the caged people among the Nocturne crowds.

By Laura Kenins
Oct 15, 2015
Arts & Culture

The greatest wheel on earth

Anna Sprague’s Ferris Wheel brings a Nocturne carnival to Citadel Hill.

By Adria Young
Oct 15, 2015
Arts & Culture

Drum Voices is must-see, must-hear

Join Lindsay Dobbin on a voyage to a place before time.

By Adria Young
Oct 15, 2015
Arts & Culture

It’s a Halifax made of shoes

Sole of the City gets to the heart of the Nocturne festival

By Adria Young
Oct 15, 2015
Arts & Culture

Digital Shrine pays heartwarming homeage to the dead

Write your messages at Camp Hill Cemetery.

By Lizzy Hill
Oct 15, 2015
Arts & Culture

Taking the grain elevators to dynamic new heights

Motion Activated is doing it Grain by Grain for Nocturne.

By Laura Kenins
Oct 15, 2015
Arts & Culture

The Wolfpack’s cinematic shut-ins

A true story of brothers whose world is watching movies.

By Adria Young
Oct 15, 2015
Arts & Culture

Stephen Harper's war against the arts

The reigning prime minister has an appetite for destruction—and Guns N' Roses covers.

By Lizzy Hill
Oct 15, 2015
Arts & Culture

Review: Grandma

"Elle is an asshole, but she knows it."

By Tara Thorne
Oct 15, 2015
Cultural Festivals

True rock, harsh and clean

The scene veterans of Psychic Fair are HPX’s master chefs.

By Adria Young
Oct 15, 2015
Cultural Festivals

DJ/producer Ryan Hemsworth—the Q&A

Mr. Worldwide comes home for donairs and Secret Songs.

By Adria Young
Oct 15, 2015
Music

Q&A with Brian Shannon on new skate vid, screening Saturday

The Montreal filmographer premieres new skate video Duluth at Pro Skates this weekend

By Adria Young
Oct 15, 2015
Music

Winnipeg's Greg MacPherson returns to Halifax tonight

Longtime Cape Breton ex-pat brings new songs to The Company House

By Adria Young
Oct 15, 2015
Music

Q&A: Fuck the Facts will fuck you up tonight at Gus' Pub

Ottawa/Gatineau indie metal-grindcore badasses rip a new one, shout out Dave Grohl

By Adria Young
Oct 16, 2015
Music

Hotline tips on how to survive the Halifax Pop Explosion

Halifax's largest annual music festival kicks off tonight, so do it right

By Adria Young
Oct 20, 2015
Music

Photos: Day One, Halifax Pop Explosion

Coast photographer Lenny Mullins captures the first night of the Halifax Pop Explosion

By Adria Young and Lenny Mullins
Oct 21, 2015
Music

Review: Day One, Halifax Pop Explosion

Didn't catch a whole lot but everything I saw was pretty fucking special

By Adria Young
Oct 21, 2015
Comics

Hey You Guys

By Paul Hammond
Oct 15, 2015

Food

It takes a community

A shining beacon in a food desert, Dartmouth North Community Food Centre feeds, gathers and inspires.

By Melissa Buote
Oct 15, 2015
Food

Tap into fall beer

To make the most of season’s cornucopia of flavours, we pair local craft brews with the autumn’s most iconic activities.

By Whitney Moran
Oct 15, 2015

Savage Love

Negative convulsions

I’ve got some internal spasms happening—what could they be? Plus: My masturbation fantasies are bumming me out.

By Dan Savage
Oct 15, 2015
Sports

Catch Bird Flu—our Blue Jays playoff podcast

Let's talk about baseball

By Team Coast
Oct 15, 2015

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