“There the jazz archipelago and the classical archipelago. They can be traversed, it’s not impassable, there’s no barriers between them, except maybe distance,” says Lukas Pearse, the artistic director of this year’s Open Waters Festival. From Thursday to Sunday, Upstream Music will collaborate with Symphony Nova Scotia, SuddenlyListen and more for 14 extraordinary music events. […]
Atlantica Hotel Halifax
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Halifax tried to kill Gavin Stephens
“The best way to describe my comedy?” asks Toronto comedy veteran Gavin Stephens. “I would say my style is personal and social philosophy, with a heavy nerd influence. And farts.” For 20 years, Stephens has been touring Canada and the world, with regular stops in Halifax. “I once choked on a donair here, so this […]
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Jean Grae
Since the mid-1990s, Jean Grae has been one of the most prolific female MCs in the game, a mogul as head of her company KAGD, an inspiring role model and a fashion icon. Born in South Africa and raised in New York City, where she still lives, Grae has rapped and produced as an independent […]
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Jean Grae thrives on creative control
Since the mid-1990s, Jean Grae has been one of the most prolific female MCs in the game, a mogul as head of her company KAGD, an inspiring role model and a fashion icon. Born in South Africa and raised in New York City, where she still lives, Grae has rapped and produced as an independent […]
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Day 5 at Magnetic North
Thanks (or no thanks) to a broken axle, I had to miss out on 2b Theatre’s When It Rains on Sunday night, but I did see it, and loved it, when it premiered here in 2011. I can’t fit it in now, but with shows tonight and tomorrow, you can. The festival buzz on it […]
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Atlantica creates Dream Suite
Atlantica Hotel Halifax (1980 Robie Street, 490-3339) is, for the next six months, offering the Atlantica Dream Suite, a specially designed luxury room where 50 percent off the nightly room revenue will be donated to Ronald McDonald House. RMH is dedicated to helping seriously ill or disabled children, providing them and their families a residence […]
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Atlantica Hotel replaces Holiday Inn Select
When you next fly into Halifax and ride the Airporter into town, if you want to get off at the hotel at Robie and Quinpool, don’t ask for the Holiday Inn Select. The towering hotel with 232 rooms and suites is now known as the Atlantica Hotel Halifax (1980 Robie, 423-1161) and is owned by […]