[Image-1] Downstairs in the Northwood community care center, and smack in the middle of Halifax’s north end, weights are clanking, fans are blowing and music is bumping. It’s damn good vibes for a Thursday morning scene at the gym. But this isn’t just any gym. According to Natasha Handspiker, manager at the ReBoom Northwood initiative, […]
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Speed racer
“It feels like a kid just dumped its toys into a sandbox,” says Jason Eisener of this summer’s most enduring hit, Mad Max: Fury Road. “And Turbo Kid felt like someone dumped their toys into a sandbox—and there were toys from Masters of the Universe, GI Joe and Jem and the Holograms.” Eisener, away from […]
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Meow Flicks
There’s something unusual going down at the Citadel on Caturday. Now in its second year, The Just For Cats Film Festival will transform the Citadel’s fortress into an outdoor theatre and screen the “greatest hits” of viral cat videos on a giant pop-up screen–expect some furr-miliar faces like Lil Bub and Keyboard Cat. The entertainment […]
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Highlight of the Season
“The festival lineup at the Halifax Urban Folk Fest is so good this year. The organizers have done such a great job of putting it together,” says New Brunswick’s folk-pop singer Andy Brown. “If you’re looking for a festival with strong musicianship and a great community-based atmosphere, then HUFF is for you.” On Friday night […]
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Halifax’s market ability
Farmers’ markets have been a part of the patchwork of Halifax’s business and social communities since 1750. To put that in historical perspective, Halifax was founded in 1749. The first market was on Bedford Row, between Upper Water and George Streets. In the 1850s, after the city of Halifax had incorporated, a City Market Building […]
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Cultivating small-business
When Saronn Pov moved to Halifax in 2010, she saw the farmers’ market as the best way to put down roots in a new city. “I was really nervous thinking, what will people think of the food?” says the chef and radiant personality behind Saronn’s Kitchen, a popular prepared food stall that’s since made a […]
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One night on the Common
[Image-1] The Aluminum Falcons softball team are all smiles, buzzing with excitement, giving props and high-fives. They re-enact the big moments of an 11-10 nail-biting semi-final win against the Master Batters. The big comeback win came after trailing going into the seventh and final inning, on diamond 10 of the Halifax Common under a cloudy […]
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Why does no one care about Georges Island anymore?
[Image-1] There’s a forgotten treasure in the Halifax Harbour and those who care to visit remain unsuccessful. It’s been over a year since the general public was permitted on Georges Island and there’s been no indication of progress to reopen. Tristan Cleveland, coordinator of Our HRM Alliance, says establishing visitor accessibility to historic sites should […]
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Review: Old & Weird/New Fries split EP
Last Friday, Toronto’s Pleasance Records released a seven-inch split with four new songs by Halifax’s Old & Weird and Toronto’s New Fries, bands that are different in approach, but alike in the methods by which they’re challenging convention. Honestly, this seven-inch super-rocks. There’s a pretty good chance you’ve never heard anything like it, probably ever. […]
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The Sanctified Brothers shake up traditional gospel music
For Wallace Smith, music has always been a fact of life. “I was sort of born into it,” explains Smith, a member of the North Preston soul gospel group The Sanctified Brothers. “I don’t think there’s ever a day that went by in the whole time I’ve been alive that singing hasn’t taken place in […]
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You say tomato
The reputation of Renée Lavallée’s popular Dartmouth sandwich shop, The Canteen, is built—just like its sandwiches—on a foundation of freshly baked bread. Along with a devotion to beautifully baked sourdough, focaccia and bagels, The Canteen embraces seasonal ingredients that are used in creative and classic combinations. And there are very few things bread loves more […]
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Versus union
Without conflict, there would be no stories worth telling. The Dart Gallery seeks to tell popular stories of conflict in fresh, contemporary ways with VERSUS, the downtown Dartmouth gallery’s latest group exhibition. VERSUS was initially dreamed up by Pierre Tabbiner and Dartmouth Clothing Company’s Eric Miller as a means to examine the relationships between classic […]
