Director Jason Eisener cooked up a cool RiFF RAFF video last month, went to Sundance with S-VHS, then released this puppy for your eyeballs. Having done nothing even remotely as productive as that I am currently feeling shame. Other than that, the video has made me a) contemplate shaving my head b) change my current […]
Plan B Merchants Co-op
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Mural of the story
Brenna Lord’s EN-TRAILS exhibit stares back. Hidden faces in Lord’s wall-spanning mural, now on display at Plan B’s B-Side Art Gallery, inspire appreciative double-takes. Somewhere between Alex Grey’s luminiscent energy-bodies and Frank Miller’s pulp-noir impressions, Lord’s episodes form a mercurial whole. A faery in the mural could have dropped her wings in black ink and […]
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Take the Shop Talk Guided Tour: The north end
The meat of the issue We love it when something old is unearthed for us to experience for the first time. One year ago, Frédéric Tandy opened Charcuterie Ratinaud (2082 Gottingen Street, 446-8222), bringing home the European practice of curing meats and making pâtés and sausages. “It’s something that people have been doing for hundreds […]
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Colorful Fruits sets up at Plan B
The Japanese are known for jumping on North American trends. Now, Ayaka Yoshioka is bringing Japan to Halifax. Plan B’s (2180 Gottingen Street) newest member brings a young, feminine vibrancy to the co-op. The Colorful Fruits cubby at the back of the shop is petite, but its contents live up to its name. Yoshioka orders […]
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Profile: Gottingen Street
With the St. Pat’s-Alexandra controversy bringing new attention to the neighbourhood, now’s a good time to shine the Shoptalk spotlight on the Gottingen Street retail district. I’m happy to report that things are looking good. Merchants are still disappointed about the UARB decision to not allow Reflections to transfer its late-night cabaret licence to the […]
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Greeting cards at the holidays
Dearest Coast readers, both holiday junkies and haters: In case you didn’t know, holiday greeting cards are still a thing. Despite our tendency to lean away from paper by sending mass emails, ecards, Facebook shoutouts and holly, jolly hashtags, the corporate card biz is still doing OK. The roots of handmade messages of good cheer […]
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Best New Store
Gold Winner Inkwell Modern Handmade Boutique and Letterpress Studio Silver Winner Oddjects Bronze Winner Plan B We dare you to step into this shop and not want to buy something. Seriously, these are the cards you wish you’d get in the mail, the notebooks you wish you could write your haikus in and the prints […]
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Plan B merchant co-op opens on Gottingen Street
Plan B is a merchants co-op located at 2180 Gottingen Street, opening tomorrow, Saturday, September 17. Hours of operation will be 11am to 7pm, seven days a week. Businesses operating out of Plan B include The Monkey’s Paw (Antiques and Cuiros, known for their Dartmouth Market stall), Toxic Blossom (Japanese street fashion),In Vinyl We Trust […]