Streaming now (CRAVE) Casual This sleeper dramatic comedy, now in its second season, stars the great Michaela Watkins as Valerie, an older divorced woman trying to navigate a drastically different dating world, and Tara Lynne Barr as her sex-positive teenage daughter. Airing now (Lifetime) UnREAL The eternally underappreciated Constance Zimmer teams up with Shiri Appleby […]
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Thelma & Louise—still settling, 25 summers on
Thelma & Louise was released on May 24, 1991, a modestly budgeted buddy-road movie from the director of Blade Runner and first-time screenwriter Callie Khouri, who wrote the script in longhand. It was a simple story: Thelma (Geena Davis) and Louise (Susan Sarandon), headed for a weekend away from their disappointing lives, stop at a […]
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Adventure time: a summer bucket list
Tube the Gaspereau River It’s as simple as it sounds—grab a tube, hop in it and float your ass down the bubbling valley river. Find your friendly roadside tube rental for this bucket-lister, but heads up—make sure you check the river levels before heading out (look up Gaspereau River Tubing on Facebook, its expertly updated). […]
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Scenic route or bust
Sam Bambrick is a total show-off—a generous one, though. The Halifax-based adventurer and entrepreneur has one hell of a love story, about a PEI native who became totally enamoured by Nova Scotia’s many wonders, and she wants to tell the world all about it. Or better yet, show them. On July 1 she’ll kick-off a […]
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Council to look at banning backyard fires in urban areas
Some summertime fun could be extinguished by new bylaw amendments that would ban open air burning in Halifax’s urban core. A staff report headed to Regional Council is recommending HRM prohibit open air burning on any residential properties that are within 50 feet of another structure and without a septic system. The proposed regulations would […]
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Stillwell Beergarden set for Spring Garden Road
After a successful inaugural summer on the Halifax Waterfront, and a surprisingly trying search for a new location, Stillwell has was scored a new spot for its open air beer garden on the corner of Spring Garden Road and South Park Street. Come early June, the Stillwell Beergarden will be slinging local craft beers from […]
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The Hot Summer Guide is here!
After one hell of a winter you deserve the biggest, best and brightest summer on the planet. And our 20th annual Hot Summer Guide issue will help you achieve that seasonal greatness. Grab a copy and hang on to it all summer long, or click below to check out these individual stories: Summer 2015’s festivals […]
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20 spots to go swimming
Black Rock Beach 2.3 kilometres OK, we don’t recommend actually swimming here, but it’s good quick fix for a sand-between-the-toes, salt-in-the-air craving. Point Pleasant Park Dingle Beach 6 kilometres <img Again, questionable swimming but still a nice place to explore trails, picnic or chill by the water. Bus 15. Sir Sanford Flemming Park, Dingle Road […]
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Cool story, bro
Black Bear Ice Cream Q: In a battle of waterfront ice cream, who’d win, a Bear or a Cow? A: Whomever wields Moon Mist as a weapon. Queens Wharf, Halifax waterfront Cherry Berry Self-Serve Yogurt Bar It’s on you to dress your frozen yogurt swirl to the nines with sauces, cookies, fruit chunks and boba, […]