Gold Winner ReFound Shop Silver Winner Plan B Merchants’ Co-op (now closed) Bronze Winner Urban Cottage Antiques & Collectibles The search for a second-hand gem is much like a treasure hunt, whether it be patiently sifting through the digital depths of Kijiji or strolling the endless aisles at Value Village. ReFound Shop, a destination for […]
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11 ways to see (or create) art this summer
May-October Halifax talks art Interested in supporting local artists? Are you a looking to fill some empty walls, or maybe even begin your own art collection? Halifax Talks Art has you covered this summer. Running from May to October, various commercial galleries in Halifax will be host talks on collecting. various locations, Wednesdays, 6:30-8pm, RSVP […]
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Best Antiques Store
Gold Winner Plan B Merchants Co-op Silver Winner Finer Things Antiques & Curios Bronze Winner Urban Cottage Antiques & Collectibles One time I needed to get a last-minute birthday gift for someone and it had to be thoughtful, rare and ideally expensive. Or at least, it had to have the implied perception of expensive. Within […]
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OVAV’s relatable style
OVAV video/EP release w/Dirt Stache, Cringeworthy and Last Call Chernobyl Friday, August 18, 6:30pm Plan B, 2180 Gottingen Street $7 The post-hardcore band OVAV formed when its five members were still teenagers. Now in their early and mid-20s, the music they make—propulsive, dynamic, dark and heartfelt—has grown with them. The new single “A Reflection,” part […]
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Best Antiques Store
Gold Winner Finer Things Antiques and Curios Silver Winner Urban Cottage Antiques & Collectibles Bronze Winner Plan B Merchants’ Co-op With its incredible collection of furnishings and doodads, Finer Things has spent more than a decade helping Haligonians turn good spaces into great ones. But this year, when its Agricola Street lease wasn’t renewed, the […]
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Fringe Fest for first-timers
Dark Matter Thursday, September 8, 10:30pm Friday, September 9, 6:45pm Saturday, September 10, 12:45pm & 9:45pm Sunday, September 11, 2:35pm Plan B Merchants Co-op, 2180 Gottingen Street $7 If you have enough time to make it through half an episode of Stranger Things, then you have enough time to check out some of this year’s […]
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On the fringe of the Fringe Fest, Bud Hunter is also its heart
I’M CHE GUEVARA, GOD-DAMN IT! Friday, September 2, 7:10pm Saturday, September 3, 2pm Sunday, September 4, 7pm Monday, September 5, 2pm and 8:55pm Thursday, September 8, 9:20pm Saturday, September 10, 1:35pm Plan B, 2180 Gottingen Street $4, 40 minutes If you can get to Bud Hunter’s Atlantic Fringe Festival show I’M CHE GUEVARA GOD-DAMN IT! […]
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Plan B has a new plan
Plan B Merchants’ Co-op (2180 Gottingen Street) is opening a cafe as part of its plan to re-organize the shop and stabilize its finances. This week it will begin serving coffee, and over the next month it will roll out its full menu. The grilled cheese, soups and hot mains such as Swedish meatballs and […]
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Best Antiques Store
Gold Winner Finer Things Antiques Silver Winner Urban Cottage Antiques & Collectives Bronze Winner Plan B Merchants Co-op “There’s really nothing in here anybody needs,” says Jack Craft of Finer Things. Go someplace else for your light bulbs and garbage bags—this is the destination for 1960s industrial light fixtures or a giant clown-head trashcan cover. […]
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Show with the flow
“It’s such an intersectional topic,” says Alanah Correia, the curator of Our Bodies, Our Blood, a menstrual-themed art show opening at Plan B on Tuesday. “It’s not just about femininity and gender issues but it’s also environmental, political, religious and so on.” After attending a fertility workshop with a pal last January, Correia realized that […]
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See Bonesaw
“Crapshoot” is a pretty fair and diplomatic way of describing work in the service industry, especially so when there’s a strong possibility your boss will leaf through the local alt-weekly and read an article about your band. “You have those days,” says Bonesaw guitarist Sam Beeley, “where you just want to come home and sit […]
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Ghosts and grinds at Plan B
Nestled in the backroom of Plan B (2180 Gottingen Street), past the stuffed birds and a Pokémon board game, you’ll discover the unexpected: hot dogs, cappuccinos, bacon grilled cheese and maybe the cheapest breakfast in Halifax ($3 all-day for one egg, bacon and toast). It’s the newly opened Gateway Cafe. But it’s a cafe with […]