“First thing I do whenever I see someone is ‘Where are you folks from?’ and if I got a story about where they’re from I tell them the story and if I don’t have one, I’ll tell them a story about here,” Rhys Harnish says with a nod. Harnish owns and operates The Shore Club, […]
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Before the parade
[Image-1] It was spring of 1972 when Anne Fulton stumbled upon a poster that read It’s Time for Gay Liberation. That rallying cry appealed to the budding lesbian activist—Fulton was 20 then, maybe 21—and she went to the meeting the poster advertised. This gathering would turn out to be vital, for both Fulton and, more […]
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Mount Saint Vincent University’s pulpy look at the past
Two women lock eyes across a crowded room. Soon, one approaches the other and lightly touches her shoulder… Sounds like a scene from a bad movie, or, at the very least, not something you’d expect to find behind glass in a library. Not according to Mount Saint Vincent University (MSVU) librarian Meg Raven. As she […]
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Lauryn Hill goes electric
Tuesday night at the 30th Halifax Jazz Fest’s big opening show, a thunder and lightning storm erupted over Ms. Lauryn Hill and her band. As the musicians were ushered off the stage, the light show over the harbour kicked up in dreamy purples and hazy greys, then the skies opened up and rain fell like […]
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Summer 2016’s definitive festival guide
OUT OF TOWN June 12-18 Seaside Lobsterfest Imagine chowing down on fresh Atlantic lobster as the salty spray of the ocean it came from tickles your face. The inaugural St. Peter’s Lobster Festival fuses land and sea with seven days of feasting and a cavalcade of festivities like lobster relay races (intriguing?), pony rides and […]
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Living the brewer’s dream at Meander River Farm
A knot of shadowy clouds hangs heavy on the horizon, and the winding roads in Hants County are mottled gray, the murky stamp of nighttime puddles fading as the sun finally breaks through, burning off the lingering dampness. By the time we cross the tiny bridge on Woodville Road, cotton clouds dot a blue sky. […]
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Once upon a winter
When all of the snow that buried us in winter 2015 finally melted, this set of photos was one of the beautiful things that surfaced. A collaboration between photographer Lindsay Duncan and owner/curator at The Strong House, Rebecca Taussig, this styled shoot brought together local, indie wedding vendors—and real-life couple Rebecca Rose and Jillian Stagg—to […]
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Taryn & Justin
Three years after Taryn Adams and Justin Dando started dating, Taryn came home to a candlelit apartment strewn with rose petals and Justin dressed to the nines on one knee. Classically romantic, the couple went into wedding planning with a more casual vision in mind. “We didn’t want the glitz and glam of the weddings […]
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Carol & Neketo
The first time Carol Sam was introduced to Neketo Ferguson, she gasped. “It was attraction at first sight for me,” she remembers. Despite that, and living miles apart with Neketo in the Bahamas, the two settled into a close friendship for years before it finally grew into more. After a year of dating, Neketo had […]
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Amanda & Tony
“I just kept saying “Pinch me! Pinch me! This can’t be real,” says Amanda Mina of her now-husband, and longtime friend Tony Nahas’ dramatic proposal. After having her picked up and driven around town at random, Tony—with a rose in hand— finally popped the question to Amanda on the edge of Seaview Park. “My heart […]
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Daniel & Robert
Like a page out of a Halifax bar scene history book, Daniel Sheppard and Robert Ryan met at the Pogue Fado at a Guerilla Gayfare event. And like a page from a romance novel, they got engaged on a balcony in Capri, Italy. “I carried the ring with me for three weeks,” says Daniel. “We […]
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Allison & Matt
Allison Young had been in Korea for about a year when she met Matt Chaput, a fellow Canadian and English teacher. After spending five years together working overseas the pair moved back to Nova Scotia, bought a house and soon after, got engaged. “I would be lying if I said I didn’t have a secret […]