Social media is buzzing since Lion & Bright Cafe Wine Bar announced its policy to be screen-free every evening. Signs on the cafe tables read: “Close your screens, meet your neighbours! Lion & Bright is now screen free after 5pm daily.” The Lion & Bright just crossed a line from hip cafe to parody of […]
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Cold as ice: coffee and tea on the rocks
Low Point cold brew float Affogatto who? Halifax cold brew crew Low Point has its nitro kicked up a notch with a scoop of vanilla at this coffee nerd’s paradise in Bedford. Cortado Tasting Room, 50 Gary Martin Drive [IMAGE-5] Shot + tonic You miss 100 percent of the shots you don’t take, so believe […]
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Maggie Jayne spring/summer 2017 collection launches tonight
The 2017 spring/summer collection from Halifax-based designer Maggie Jayne launches tonight at Lion and Bright. The Maggie Jayne clothing line is a collaboration between locations: Halifax and fair trade garment manufacturers in Pushkar, India. The one-woman operation is run by Maggie MacCormick, who travels between Halifax and India to oversee production. The new collection features […]
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Review: Selina Latour’s Justine With Art
Selina Latour, Justine With Art Lion & Bright, 2534 Agricola Street To May 31 The opening of Selina Latour’s Justine With Art was met with a humble but keen attendance at Lion & Bright this Wednesday. This exhibition, which includes a number of oil paintings, is Latour’s second solo exhibition in Halifax. Currently a NSCAD-Lunenburg Community […]
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Halifax Shoebox Project wants to reach all women in Nova Scotian shelters this Christmas
The Halifax Shoebox Project is underway again this year—this time, with a goal of getting 1,200 boxes into the hands of those in need. “We’re hoping to reach every woman across Nova Scotia that’s in a shelter for Christmas,” says Carole Rankin, local project coordinator. The Shoebox Project for Shelters began in Toronto in 2011 […]
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Best Cafe
Gold Winner Two if By Sea Cafe Silver Winner Java Blend Coffee Bronze Winner Lion & Bright Cafe Wine Bar There’s something magic about Two If By Sea. Something more than mugs of Anchored Coffee and five-pound buttery croissants. The cafe’s co-owner and baker, Tara MacDonald, credits TLC for the loyal following at TIBS. “Zane […]
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Best Cafe
Gold Winner Java Blend Coffee Roasters Silver Winner Two If By Sea, Dartmouth Bronze Winner Lion & Bright Cafe Wine Bar Java Blend has good coffee (see Best Coffee, gold winner). It even has great coffee (see Best Specialty Coffee, gold winner). But it also has something coffee alone cannot provide, and that’s the perfect […]
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Best Cocktails
Gold Winner Field Guide Silver Winner Noble Bronze Winner Lion & Bright Cafe Wine Bar Sipping on something stiff from Field Guide is a always a safe bet. And it’s just as much about the TLC as it is the booze at this intimate north end gathering spot. “Because we are small—both the space and […]
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VIBES with DJ T-Woo launches tonight at Lion & Bright
Tonight at Lion & Bright (10pm, free), DJ T-Woo (Trevor Wood) launches the first episode of VIBES, his new weekly ‘DJ and chill’ night. Every Thursday, T-Woo is gonna bring us his favourite “rap, funk, house, weird stuff and remixes” to sooth our music-loving souls as we get some drink on and eat some fancy […]
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Orderly conduct
It happens more than you’d like to admit—you’re trying to make a good impression when you’re handed the wine list and the anxiety begins. What do I order? How do I say it? Can I pick something without looking like a total idiot? Thankfully Heather Rankin, sommelier and co-owner of Obladee, A Wine Bar, is […]
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Flavour of love
“A lot of people don’t actually know this, but the word ‘symposium’ in ancient Greek actually means drinking party,” says Alex McLean of Zuppa Theatre Co. And it’s a party they have planned for the last two week of March. Zuppa’s Pop-Up Love Party is a contemporary interpretation of Plato’s philosophical text, Symposium, which focuses […]
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Ocean to table with Afishionado
Owner of Agricola Street’s Afishionado Fishmongers, Hana Nelson, has launched a cooking series teaming up with local chefs and businesses to educate Halifax on cooking local seafood. The Afishionado Chef’s Series Cooking School hosted its first session last month, with Dan Vorstermans, chef and co-owner at Field Guide. The theme of Vorstermans’ evening was the […]