Vol. 16, No. 13
A tale of two cities
By Tim Bousquet
Various environmental issues
Halifax cop charged
A good development proposal
Crappy architecture
Halifax's ugliest building
Protesting the cops
Spring Garden Art and Sidewalk Sale
The Incredible Picnic
Mystical Treasures
Immigration disabled
Slashing patrol pay
Sweden's Securitas squeezes out Canada's Commissionaires as the city's parking cops.
By Bruce Wark
Palermo mishears song
Road rage, rotten council
Dartmouth's Urban Farmers
A Dartmouth couple brings "local agriculture" to a whole new level.
By Lezlie Lowe
Ontario's wild ideas
When it comes to environmenal stewardship, Nova Scotia politicians can learn a lot from Upper Canada.
By Chris Benjamin
Tropic Thunder
A satire of Hollywood vainglory.
By Mark Palermo
Mirrors
This horror flick should be seen on the big screen.
Lesley Carvery dances like a star
Carvery's one-woman fringe performance pays tribute to the legendary Josephine Baker.
By Mark Black
American Teen's no Breakfast Club
Nanette Burstein's documentary, American Teen, follows five kids that fit the traditional high school archetypes.
By Tara Thorne
The Longshots
Not Ice Cube's proudest moment.
Atlantic Fringe Festival this week
Read all the shows that start this Thursday, August 28.
Steve Coogan: a star reborn
He's big in England for playing the asshole's asshole. Now Steve Coogan is poised for a North American breakthrough in Hamlet 2, as the washed-up actor who plays a hot Jesus.
By Sue Carter Flinn
Steve Poltz
Traveling
By Sean Flinn
Cut Copy
In Ghost Colours
By Caley MacLennan
Elvis Costello and the Imposters
Momofuku
By Doug Taylor
Halifax films in TTC
The Creeps
Lakeside Cabin
By Laura Kenins
Aimee Mann
@#%&*! Smilers
By Carsten Knox
The Charlatans
You Cross My Path
First Words
Cheaters
Keith Urban slips a disc!
Worry not, mate is mad profesh
Supergrass
Diamond Hoo Ha
Black Francis
sv n f ng rs
By Dave Hayden
Jewel
Perfectly Clear
Coldplay
Viva La Vida
By Trevor Savory
Sigur Rós
Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust
Tagaq
Auk/Blood
Hilotrons
Happymatic
Minks kick out the fun
With a new album High Kicks and a 10-week continental tour ahead, The Stolen Minks make noise outside the garage.
By Andrew Robinson
The Lodger
Life Is Sweet
Beck
Modern Guilt
Elliott Brood
Mountain Meadows
Matt Mays & El Torpedo
Terminal Romance
Fleet Foxes
The Pack A.D.
Funeral Mixtape
Sian Alice Group
The Dusk Line EP
This week's live gig snap
Slim Twig
Vernacular Violence
Adam & the Amethysts
Amethyst Amulet
Bonnie "Prince" Billie
Lie Down in the Light
Showcase showdown in Pictou
Black Lungs
Send Flowers
Robert Forster
The Evangelist
Lil Wayne
Tha Carter III
My Morning Jacket
Evil Urges
By Aaron Hartling
Quiet Parade w/York Redoubt, Jon McKiel
By Michelle Kay
Stars come out at the Marquee
November 1 with hey rosetta!
Alejandro Escovedo
Real Animal
Snailhouse
Lies on the Prize
The Peggy Show says farewell
Amos Garrett
Get Way Back: A Tribute to Percy Mayfield
The Damnsels
My Gender Role
Adam Puddington
Back in Town
Glory Glory Man United
Friends of the Seen
Ron Sexsmith
Exit Strategy Of The Soul
Cupcakes, beef chow mein, cheese
Your weekend primer
John Hiatt
Same Old Man
The Carleton works out the quirks
The newest addition to Argyle's restaurant row has atmosphere, but pricey doesn't translate into perfection.
By Liz Feltham
Dan Savage
Dan Says don't put up with your homophobic brother's bullshit.
Arts vs medals
or how I learned to resent the Olympics
Kick-Ass!
Women's Diving
By Neal Ozano
Homecoming
Poor Adam Vancouverdan
I know it's van Koeverden...
What's that you say?
Gonna give you a new verse
The GREATEST Olympics music mix EVER, Vol. 1
That's right, it's the BEST.
By Andy Murdoch
Ladies beach volleyball final
Is there something wrong here?
Christie Blatchford almost out of words!
H,F,B - Problem or Solution? Discuss.
How a Dartmouth speed change exposes HRM council’s political failures...
By Matt Stickland
'Don't let anybody tell you you can't,' says panelist at Black women in politics event
By Lauren Phillips, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Every big show coming to Halifax (and beyond) in 2024
By Team Coast
EXCERPT: Martin Bauman’s Hell of a Ride wades into depression, family legacy and cycling across Canada