Hot Summer Guide

Beer. It’s your patio companion, your trusted poolside sidekick, your most trusted advisor. And Nova Scotia has never had more top-shelf suds available. Plan your summer sampling with a coast-to-coast journey through the province’s craft beer hotspots. Halifax Bridge Brewing Company The newest kid on the block and the only Belgian, bottleless brewery in town, […]

Danny Zuko and Sandy Olsen were onto something until they dropped the l-bomb. The splashing around, the arcade trips, the late-night lemonade, the under-the-dock makeouts…they had a good thing going. Their fun-filled fling allegedly didn’t mean a thing, it was easy, but once the summer nights turned into autumn afternoons, it got complicated. OK, it’s […]

Monday Chocolate Lake or Lake Banook After breaking up the day by staring longingly out the window, and angrily tweeting that every weekend should be a long weekend, you’ve punched out and are ready for a swim. But it’s Monnnnday, so easy access is key. Two lakes in town are perfect for quick dippers with […]

Whether you’re unpacking thoughtfully prepared snacks from your bike basket and setting them up just so on your red and white gingham blanket, or sitting on your sweatshirt, drinking wine from a travel mug and scarfing down a slice of yesterday’s pizza, there’s something classically summer about a spontaneous outdoor meal. Pack up the potato […]

1. Head down to the waterfront and try to find Erik, the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic’s mascot and “rodent control officer” for the CSS Acadia. A feisty, red tomcat, Erik spends his days aloofly trotting along the harbour. He’s not averse to a little chin scratch, if you do stumble upon him. 2. Fultz […]

1.The East When writers Zal Batmanglij and Brit Marling tried out the freegan lifestyle for a couple months, they were so inspired by anti-consumer living that they turned around and created this punk-pop thriller about an anarchist collective targeting multinational corporations. Batmanglij directs, while Marling stars as an undercover operative working opposite True Blood‘s Alexander […]

Hamburger shmamburger. Now that we have 10,000 so-called gourmet burgers to choose from in Halifax, here’s a suggestion: eat a hot dog. There is perhaps no more perfect summertime snack. It’s a definitive fast food, it’s portable, and—just as you want the part of your summertime diet you aren’t plucking with joy from your garden […]

July 31-August 5 Halifax International Busker Festival Water balloon gladiator. Soccer ball acrobatics. Human statues. Men in Coats. Aerial Angels. No, these are not random words pieced together for your amusement. They are just a few of the shimmying, shilling and generally entertaining on the Halifax waterfront this summer. Imagine what they do, and then […]

June 22-24 RBC Multicultural Festival Atlantic Canada’s largest cultural festival is back and there’s never been a better time to get down to the waterfront and celebrate Canada’s multicultural identity. With a bunch of food stands, vendors, world music (like the World Drum of Peace and Afro Nova Musica), arts and crafts, a children’s pavilion, […]

There’s something about summer. Even if you are not an enthusiast of this specific season (cough), there’s a certain undeniability about its aura, its images, what it evokes and inspires. No other three-month period makes you rewatch movies that take place within it specifically because they do, nor would you ever say in February “Let’s […]

Bruce the rickshaw puller How many of your passengers are from out of town? This year, I’ve only had out of town passengers. At Buskers it’s more Halifax or Nova Scotian people, but tourists when cruise ships come and stuff. Where are most of them from? The cruise ship here today is from the States, […]