[Image-1] To the rude, inconsiderate woman seated behind me who chattered to her friend during most of the movie while I increasingly became upset. You ruined what was meant to be a relaxing treat from a stressful summer. Surely, you have seen the pre-show where they kindly mention not to talk during the movie? Have […]
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Theatre blues
[Image-1] This theater is my favorite one in Halifax. I have gone there my entire life. I even saw Star Wars there for the first time when I was very little. So it pains me to complain, but it must be done, because no one is fixing the situation. 1) how have they not designed […]
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Sleepless on Barrington
[Image-1] Every night is an exercise in misery; every morning a struggle. Groggy and filled with loathing, I drag myself around the apartment in a haze, struggling to make my brain function, and dreading the ineffectualness that will follow as I attempt to get through another work day. I have the wonderful construction company to […]
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Dear person who stole my bike,
[Image-1] Hello people of Halifax. I hope you are having a great day, unless you are the person who stole my bike last night. Let’s back it up actually. Not only did you steal my bike, but you actually went to the trouble of removing the pole that was firmly in the ground so you […]
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It’s not just the construction!
[Image-1] My hard-earned dollars have to be stretched and pulled to cover just the basics, so when I have a little extra I desire to go somewhere where my presence matters and is appreciated for both my time and money. No, I am not in the popular group of socials often applauded in your establishment; rather […]
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Queer Acts is acting up again
There’s been a big change at the Queer Acts Festival, but funnily enough, audiences aren’t going to notice it. “Queer Acts has become its own entity,” explains festival director Adam Reid. “In previous years, it’s been under the management of the Halifax Pride board. But with this change, we can be partners with Pride while […]
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The Halifax Summer Opera Festival is here and its queer
“Opera is, by its very nature, queer as hell,” says Nina Scott-Stoddart, the artistic director of the Halifax Summer Opera Festival. “For the company itself, we’re always rehearsing during Pride weekend and finally we got sick of trying to sneak off to the parade and other events, so this year we scheduled the whole festival […]
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(Re)Introducing The Mankos
The Mankos don’t fuck around. Well, not when it comes to their music. The four-piece slut-punk act has existed since 2012 in different iterations, swapping out drummers in what frontperson Sam Horak calls “onenight stands.” Horak believes the revolving door of drummers is good luck, though: “Look at The Germs,” she says. “The Ramones, Spinal […]
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How to be Halifax’s next poet laureate
[Image-1] El Jones, Halifax’s poet laureate for the last two years, announced today she’ll be leaving Nova Scotia for a writer-in-residence program at the University of Iowa. It’s a big blow to the city’s social justice and arts community. It also brings up the question of who’s going to replace Jones as HRM’s new poet […]
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I’s the bi
Mike Morse feels bisexuality gets a bad rap.”People think that we can’t make up our minds, that we’re really greedy,” Morse says. During last year’s Pride week, Morse and their partner Alix Todd noticed there weren’t any events geared towards people who identify as bisexual. “We were like, ‘Well, if no one else is doing […]
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Scenes from growing up gay in small-town Nova Scotia
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In the opening scene two fairly fit, athletic, working-class boys from New Glasgow (but it can be any small town in Nova Scotia) are caught holding hands out in the local park by a group of local toughs, and are accused of being “faggots”. The group of boys are furiously homophobic. They set upon […]
