After a long winter in Brandon, Manitoba, Polaris Prize-nominated rock ‘n’ roller Shotgun Jimmie (Jim Kilpatrick) is back on tour with his new album Field of Trampolines. Produced by Joel Plaskett at his Dartmouth studio New Scotland Yard over four jam-packed days last August, it’s Jimmie’s most fun and upbeat record to date, and the positive vibes are […]
Spartan Restaurant
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Spartan Closes, Louly’s opens
A fixture on Quinpool for over four decades, the Spartan Restaurant (6403 Quinpool Road, 429-6858) will close on Monday, April 12. “Right now we’re going to take it easy,” says co-owner Maria Kyreakakos about her and her husband Nick’s retirement plans. With help from their son Peter, they’ve run the popular eatery on the corner […]
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How to live for free all summer
It’s summertime and the spending’s easy. The temptations of big-name concerts, eating out, weekend getaways and cooling off with an ice cold beer—or more likely, beers—on a patio, are even harder to resist when the sunshiny weather has got you giddy. When you haven’t got much to work with, you’ve got to decide what’s worth […]