Local non-profit reachAbility is now accepting short films for its first-ever Bluenose-Ability Film Festival, which will take place in Halifax from December 3 to 5. Launching on United Nations’ International Day of Persons with Disabilities, BAFF is the first disability film festival in Atlantic Canada (joining disability festivals all over the world): The Bluenose-Ability Film […]
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Ben Caplan Wants Your Art
It’s a hazy Saturday afternoon at Ben Caplan’s place. The raspy-voiced, bearded musician — who, along with his band, the Casual Smokers, is opening for Hey Rosetta! on April 15 — lives at an Agricola Street haunt known for its Monday open mic nights and weekend house concerts. It’s the type of space where music and art seem to constantly be happening. There are at least three pianos in the main room, while homemade stars hang suspended from the ceiling and weird knick-knacks line the shelves. And just as he opens up his living room on a weekly basis
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Name the Sewage Plant Contest winner announced
The votes are in, and the winner of our Name the Sewage Plant Contest is… Shitstorm Central, contributed by reader Mike McKenzie. Mike wins a copy of Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader Puzzle Book #3, a $15.95 value contributed by Atlantic News. Congratulations, Mike! Related Stories
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Local brewers battle for best bitter
There were cheers and hugs all around when Halifax brew fanatic Brian Harvey won the city’s first-ever Ultimate Brew-Off, sponsored by Garrison Brewery and the Noble Grape last Thursday night. Harvey accepted the award for a beer he co-brewed with friends Justin Lockhart and Steve Trickett. “We never really expected to win the competition. We […]
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Halifax Tales: Winners from our postcard fiction contest
The Winner Olden Times by Sarah Mian Great-Granny took lovers when Great Gramps went off to war. People use that expression, “take a lover,” but she really did. She took them from the streetcar and barstools and skating rinks and tucked them into her bed all in a row, like dolls. When her husband returned, […]
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Terri Peace de-cups Tim Horton’s annual contest
“It’s about garbage on the ground,” says Terri Peace, “and throw-away stuff.” Peace is a community recreation programmer with HRM who coordinates the annual Pick up to Win Challenge. The rules are simple: participants—from youth environmental action group HEAT—have two weeks to collect as many littered disposable coffee cups as possible. Over three challenges, they’ve […]