[Image-1] Betty Peterson has been marching for decades. The American ex-pat moved to Nova Scotia in the ‘70s, eventually sharing a house with social justice icon Muriel Duckworth and spending her time fighting for peace. In 1982, she joined a million voices in New York calling for an end to nuclear arms. Now, Pier 21 […]
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Q&A with A Sight For Sewn Eyes
Halifax metal band A Sight For Sewn Eyes talk about getting signed to Distort and touring, and reminisce about home. Q: What’s the story of getting signed to Distort? Andrew Benoit, guitar/vocals: The Cancer Bats handpicked us to tour with them around the east coast to test our chops and see if we were capable […]
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Q&A with Brent Butt
Brent Butt performs in Halifax Thursday, March 15 at the Rebecca Cohn (8pm. $35/$40). He answers a few questions for us about comics (print variety), comics (stand-up variety) and making a hit. Q: What is a typical day for Brent Butt? BB: A lot of time at the gym. A lot of working out. Running […]
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What is with all the Stars?
I really don’t get it? Why all of a sudden are there these giant stars on some many peoples homes? What do the signify? I Googled it and found a wiki entry saying that they used to be on German barns but nothing about houses? No joke…8-9 homes on my street alone have stars mounted […]