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The scene outside the Maritime Museum, where America’s Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice is currently giving a speech: A couple hundred protesters and regular old curious citizens are being watched by nearly as many cops. There are cops on motorcycle and horse, cops with dogs and at least six snipers on three buildings, including the […]

This year’s Best of Halifax readers’ survey has been accepting votes since the middle of August, and if you were one of the disgustingly well-organized keeners who voted early then please go about your business. But if you waited until this weekend to vote—when the Monday, September 11 deadline was breathing down your neck—you might […]

Check out Slate’s ad report card, a weekly feature that does a pretty good job of commenting on the most interesting or offensive or mudane TV ads of the moment. And, it usually features video. Which is good. Video is cool. <a href="http://www.slate.com/id/2143810/" target="_blank" Here’s their take on those frumpy-PC vs. hipster funky Mac ads […]

Last night was Rose Cousins’ CD release at the James Dunn Theatre. If you weren’t there, well, I feel sorry for you. Beautiful songs, incredible harmonies with her sister (here from PEI), Meaghan Smith, Jill Barber, back up from the Inflight Guys, plus a sweet finale with 15 Halifax musicians–many of whom were PEI natives […]

Earlier this year, Tokyo’s Ueno Zoo held a training exercise to practice capturing animals that might try to escape. One lucky zoo worker dressed up as a gorilla and attacked his coworkers. Who hasn’t had that fantasy? (no offense, Coasters).

Quick, <a href="http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2006/08/dinosaur_jrs_ge.html" target="_blank" somebody get Dinosaur Jr. some instruments before they play The Marquee!

“Healthy You”, the health and wellness show is on next weekend at Exhibition Park. Now have you ever tried to get there without a car? (I tried calling there for another event, and they laughed.) You can’t and the show marketers know you can’t too: In their ad, it says, “Drive, run, walk, bike, skate […]

Having just returned from an amazing trip to St. John’s, I feel compelled to give this cool Newfoundland city props for being everything that Halifax isn’t (but could be) and here’s why:1.No city-sanctioned bagpipers or tartan hanging on downtown street corners. Sure you can hear “Brown Eyed Girl” oozing out of George Street pubs, but […]

I’m no vegetarian, but this is just gross. Martha, what happened to you in jail anyway? What did they feed you?

Check out character profiles for Mark Palermo’s movie LATER THAT STEVENING, which will premiere at the Atlantic Film Festival. Add them as your friends. They love you. www.myspace.com/laterthatsteven www.myspace.com/laterthatashley www.myspace.com/laterthatchainsaw www.myspace.com/laterthatjamie

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So Universal Music plans to offer its North American catalogue for free. It’s a “compliment” — not competition — to iTunes, which sells songs for 99 cents a pop, and which has taken over the music industry at a rate that alarms the dinosaurs still stomping around. Always slow to come around, major labels have […]