Fun, dancey pop is what the Arkells does best, and the band is bringing its particular brand of party jams to Halifax with the United Kingdom’s Frank Turner and his band The Sleeping Souls in tow. While Turner’s soulful folk is the headline draw in some towns (he opened the 2012 London Olympics with an […]
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Ten picks for an uplifting weekend
10 The Society for American Wines Tasting Night Saturday Award-winning, Hali-famous chef Luis Clavel serves up eats with specially-paired wines at this swanky supper. 9 Storytellers of Halifax Presents: The White Archer, An Inuit Tale Thursday Featured storyteller Leo Feinstein recounts the legend of a young Inuit archer who sets out to avenge his parents’ […]
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A 35mm look back at HPX 2016
Local photographer Kate Giffin wrung even more beauty out of this year’s Halifax Pop Explosion, taking some thoughtful pictures of beloved local and not-so-local artists. Take a look. Related Stories
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The 2016 Music Nova Scotia award winners, right here
Wrapping up Nova Scotia Music Week—a four-day-long bacchanal of workshops, showcases, schmoozing and fun hosted by Music Nova Scotia, held this year in Truro—was the Music Nova Scotia awards ceremony. Forty-eight lucky musicians, organizations and companies were lauded with those blue cylinders—Ria Mae cleaned up with five awards, now would be a good time to […]
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Ten super-sweet weekend picks
10 Pantry by Kimberley Floyd To Nov 30 Pantry sees all the staples of your (and probably your grandma’s) diet get pop-art tinged, portrait-style treatment, complete with pops of robin egg’s blue and lime green at Argyle Fine Art. Butter never looked so chic. 9 Further Beyond Saturday November 5, 7pm What starts as a […]
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How to hit play like The Hitman
Bret “The Hitman” Hart, the Alberta-born pro wrestler and survivor of a major stroke, is a big fan of the March of Dimes charity. So much that he became the face of MoD’s Stroke Recovery Canada program, or as we like to call it, the Hart & Stroke Foundation. The Hitman is in Halifax for […]
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All over but the crying: Friday at HPX 2016 and the Saturday finale
I was a little surprised to have missed all of Monomyth’s set arriving at the Marquee Friday night, but chalked it up to my own lateness. Turns out the band had the sound cut prematurely after drunkenly acting out on stage. (Save it for Montreal, guys.) Fortunately, no such incident befell Sackville, NB’s Partner. More […]
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Bright lights, gig city: The first two nights of HPX 2016
The Art Bar was the perfect home Wednesday night for Montreal’s She-Devils. Audrey Ann Boucher dresses like a youthful version of Xavier Dolan’s belaguered mother in J’ai Tué Ma Mère, and the band plays like a soundtrack, with a smooth while electronic sound ranging from the dreamily droning to the upbeat. Bandmate Kyle Jukka hovers […]
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Ten ways to have a winning weekend
10 This Crazy Time: Living Our Environmental Challenge Thursday, October 20, 7pm Tzeporah Berman, scholar and activist, “is known for her role as a key organizer in the 1993 logging blockades of Clayoquot Sound, the largest act of civil disobedience in Canadian history.” Since then, she’s been working with First Nations groups and environmental organizations […]
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Top 10 ways to make this weekend rock
10 Maud Lewis-The Heart on the Door Book Launch October 14 and 15, 6-9pm Author Lance Woolaver reads from his book on the Nova Scotian folk art icon at Wicker’s Gallery, in time for Nocturne’s artsy takeover of town! Learn more about our (arguably) best-known painter and feel a little wistful for rural views. 9 […]
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Sonic Avenues drives down a new road
Sonic Avenues, Montreal’s longtime punk squad, return to the stage following the release of their fourth album Disconnector. In an effort to evolve their garage sound, this new record brings a new take on the band’s signature “fast, noisy, fuzzed-out sing-alongs.” In advance of Sonic Ave’s Halifax tour stop this Saturday, we caught up with […]
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Twelve better-than-turkey weekend picks
12 Halifax Record Fair Saturday, October 8, 10am-4pm With stacks of new and used vinyl in every imaginable genre to sift through, this is the place for music lovers to dig for rarities and new favourites. You might just find a new treasure! Held at the Forum. 11 Thanksgiving Brunch Sunday, October 9 If you’re […]
