Autumn: A season of changing leaves, crisp breezes and fuzzy sweaters. It’s also harvest time, which means a cornucopia of flavours has arrived in time to create some tantalizing seasonal cocktails. You can’t just drink pumpkin spice lattes and apple cider all month, so why not try one of these unique recipes from some of […]
The Carleton
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The Carleton has a VERY Happy Hour
Every weekday between 4-6pm, stop by The Carleton (1685 Argyle Street, 422-6335) for a celebratory drink. What’s to celebrate? Anything you want, including the two-hour Happy Hour. The kitchen will be offering two-for-one appetizers while Keith’s and Stella draught, the house red and white wines and all the well brand spirits are on for $5. […]
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Less booze and more fun with Lowest of the Low
Twenty years and 65,000 copies sold later, Shakespeare My Butt is back on store shelves and the Lowest of the Low is back on the road to promote its debut album re-release. A title mocking the narcissistic writer’s ego is “still relevant to the way we see music,” says the Low’s frontman Ron Hawkins. The […]
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First Feature Project launches
[image-1] Yesterday afternoon, Film Nova Scotia and Telefilm Canada had a bash at the Carleton on Argyle Street to celebrate their new initiative: The First Feature Project provides $50,000 from both the provincial and federal film funding bodies, plus an extra $10,000 for a mentor and marketing, to shoot a more-than-75-minute feature film by a director/writer/producer team that has only made shorts. It’s a first-time funding collaboration of this sort by Film NS and Telefilm’s Atlantic office. On the up side, this will give some keen Nova Scotia filmmakers a shot at making a long form feature. On the down
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Argyle Street parking changes
As the owner of local restaurant and music venue The Carleton (1685 Argyle Street, 422-6335), Mike Campbell has had plenty to say about the parking regulations on the streets downtown, in regular newsletters to his customers and the Stop the Winter Parking Ban Facebook group. In a recent dispatch, he had some good news to pass on: “I am very happy to report that: the ‘No Stopping’ signs on the east side of Argyle St. have been replaced with ‘2 Hour Parking’ signs which will remain until the meters on the street can be reinstalled. AND all the tickets written
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Eeny, meeny, miny, Pop
Three days left. Fifteen venues. A shitton of bands. The sum: too many choices to be made in the next 72 hours. If spontaneity’s your thing, tuck this geographical list of bar-only Halifax Pop Explosion venues (there are nine) in your pocket today, so that when you—or someone you know—-inevitably arrives at the Paragon at […]
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Champagne Supernova
Ex-Oasis singer Liam Gallagher was spotted at Biscuit General Store last week, arriving in the city while Eastern Front Theatre’s SuperNova Theatre Festival coincidentally graces the Neptune stage. In honour of the two, we’ve gathered a few places for you to fill your glass of champagne supernova. Bishop’s Cellar This local wine shop has more […]
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Easter Weekend Openings
Did you know it was only two years ago that you couldn’t buy a drink in a bar on Good Friday? If you ordered food you could have a drink with a meal, but if you wanted to exercise your right to get loaded on a holy day in the Christian calendar, it was a […]
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Matthew Barber
Heartfelt Torontonian Matthew Barber just released his newest album, True Believer, and is ready to share it live. Barber started his cross-Canada tour last weekend in Ontario—the real kind, that spans Halifax to Victoria—and this is your last chance to catch him for a while. Note: Barber’s two previous Carleton shows sold out, so try […]
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Retro in the resto
As everyone gets ready to dip a foot into the Hot Tub Time Machine we searched for the perfect cocktail to sip while hanging out back when. Classic cocktails are getting tougher to find, but you can get one mixed if you ask the right bartender. Tom’s Little Havana Tom’s serves the standard classic martinis, […]