Brewster Fest Saturday, April 27, 1-4 & 7-10 pm Mayflower Curling Club 3000 Monaghan Drive $30 tickethalifax.com Unofficially kicking off Nova Scotia Craft Beer Week is Good Robot Brewing Co. with an all-women Brewster Fest. On April 27, over 15 craft breweries in Atlantic Canada will bring a beer crafted by or with women-identifying brewers to […]
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Limestone Group pours up a taste of the islands
Want to win a trip to the Caribbean? Well, hopefully, a contest comes along soon. Until then, you can get a taste of the islands in the breezy brews being crafted by up-and-coming small-batch beer producers Limestone Group. Founded in Halifax by Bahamian students Giovanni Johnson, O’Neil Miller and Damian McCartney, Limestone Group began as […]
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Sloshing the Tea Time
Romeo & Juliet: a drink-along February 12, 8pm (Feb 10, 11 and 13 sold out) Good Robot Brewing Company 2736 Robie Street, $7-$17 tickethalifax.com How many clowns can you fit in a bar? The Tea Time Creation Co. is going to find out this weekend at Good Robot. The troupe of four performers—James MacLean, Gina […]
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Film and movie events for Haliwood, not Hollywood
FIN: ATLANTIC INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL Autumn in Haliwood kicks off with the FIN Fest—the freshly re-named Atlantic Film Festival—and we couldn’t be more excited. That’s why Black Cop writer/director Cory Bowles is the star of our Fall Arts Preview issue cover. We’ve also got special looks at Play Your Gender, The Crescent, Small Town Show […]
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Good Robot and Islamic centre talk it out
The formal complaint against Good Robot Brewing has been withdrawn, much to the relief of co-owner Josh Counsil. “We’re optimistic moving forward,” says Counsil, following a teleconference with the Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board. The Centre for Islamic Development filed a complaint against the bar in September, and media coverage was followed by a […]
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Racist trolls are poisoning the Good Robot, Islamic centre situation
[Image-1] It’s been said that good fences make good neighbours. But the wooden fence around the beer garden at Good Robot Brewing Company hasn’t stopped the next-door Islamic centre from taking issue with its noisy goings-on. Despite “amicably” trying to work out the problem amongst themselves, the news has made the Centre for Islamic Development […]
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Holding out for a hero
I was already sitting in the sunshine enjoying the salt-laced citrus tartness of Good Robot’s Goseface Killah when my friend Sarah walked onto their gastroturf with her new puppy, Penny. A puff of curly golden fluff, Penny delighted everybody within two feet of her before rolling around and tussling with a nearby basset hound. And […]