Almost all of the shelves are bare now. They are so close to closing. The Newfoundland Store has been at the corner of Willow and Clifton practically since before your nanny and poppy were born. And now we are the ones who witness its last days. The shelves. They were built more than 50 […]
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Salt-Water Moon‘s dance
Salt-Water Moon January 30-February 18 Neptune Theatre, 1593 Argyle Street $29-$36 neptunetheatre.com Many would call Salt-Water Moon one of the best plays in the Canadian canon, and Martha Irving would agree. It was written in 1984 by Newfoundland ex-pat David French and has graced countless stages ever since. For Neptune’s production, previewing Tuesday and opening […]
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The Delinquents Movie drops in for its Halifax premiere
The Delinquents Movie Friday, September 29, 8pm Pro Skateboards, Snowboards & Surfboards 6451 Quinpool Road Two years of blood, sweat and beers will pay off Friday at Pro Skates with the premiere of The Delinquents Movie. Founded by Halifax native Ian MacArthur, The Delinquents is a group of dedicated snowboarders from the east coast whose […]
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Twitter Roundup: A Whole Bunch of Bands Are Stuck At The Halifax Airport
let’s hope Justin Bieber can get around this. We were tipped off that a number of bands and industry folk scheduled to attend the Junos have had their flights delayed today due to fog in St. John’s. Josie Dye, the midday announcer for Toronto rock station 102.1 The Edge, has issued a volume of live Tweets on the issue, starting yesterday when she was on board a Porter flight to Halifax “For every “down” there is an “up” bump. The “downs” are just more easily noticed,” she posts. An hour later: “Stuck in Halifax, not getting out of here. I
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Rock it out: St. John’s Women’s International Film Festival
“I wish I could go out to every person,” says St. John’s Womens International Film Festival board member and programmer Gay Decker, “and say ‘You should go to this film festival because there is a better likelihood that you are going to hear your story.’” The annual festival featuring films written, produced and directed exclusively by women is hitting screens around the Newfoundland and Labrador capital and boasts entries from Halifax’s better known filmmakers, Eva Madden (Fast Forward in Reverse), Andrea Dorfman (How to Be Alone), Jasmine Oore (Glamor Guts), Lulu Keating (Brain Clever and Dog = God) and Nance
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Cut from the same cloth
In Sherry White’s directorial debut, Crackie, the feature film’s main character, Mitsy, wears a red coat. But she does more than just put it on for a few scenes: She recedes into it. The winterwear envelops Mitsy, becoming part—an emblem—of the character, played by Meaghan Greeley. “That red jacket that she wears, which I loved, […]