Though this freakishly warm fall has winter feeling falsely far away, In The Dead of Winter Festival reminded us today that the snow is a-comin’—but luckily for us, so is the awesome singer-songwriter-focused festival with its folk-rock-Americana stylings. The fest quietly put tickets on sale this morning for a slew of shows, including the trademark […]
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Ria Mae talks My Love
Halifax’s favourite pop star Ria Mae is fresh off a gold record (and two Best of Halifax golds!) for her major-label debut, but now is no time for slowing down. Her new EP My Love drops today, featuring six songs (plus a remix of “Bend”) co-written with a slate of CanCon stars like herself. On […]
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Film review: The Killing of a Sacred Deer
Yorgos Lanthimos’ delightfully bizarre satire The Lobster—a world in which being single was a crime punishable by being turned into an animal of one’s choice—was a highlight of 2015, winning multiple awards at Cannes and pulling an Oscar nomination for Best Screenplay. Anticipation is high for the follow-up, The Killing of a Sacred Deer, which […]
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Bahamas, Matt Mays, July Talk and The Beaches announce Halifax shows
Two concerts announced this week have me planning to make 2018 the year that listening to a shit ton more music becomes my official new year’s resolution. These shows will surely help: On January 12, Bahamas celebrates his fourth effort, Earthtones, which takes D’angelo-inspired rhythms sifted through a singer-songwriter style. The result? A show at […]
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Jamie Baillie is stepping down as Progressive Conservative leader
After seven years and two general elections, Jamie Baillie is stepping down as leader of the Progressive Conservatives. Baillie submitted his official notice to Tara Miller, the PC Party president on Wednesday morning. “I want to thank my family, my caucus colleagues and the dedicated members of the PC Party for their support over the […]
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Africentric Learning Institute project invites African Nova Scotians to share stories from their communities
What started as a Canada 150 project focusing on the stories of African Nova Scotians will continue beyond its original December deadline. “The project has received immense support,” says Harvi Millar. Millar is a professor at Saint Mary’s University, and he runs the YouTube channel for the Africentric Learning Institute. In October, ALI applied for […]
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Halifax councillors keep fighting about racism on Twitter
A city councillor’s use of the word “negroes” while stating that it’s impossible to be racist against Mexicans has prompted the latest public tweet storm between Halifax’s elected leaders. The back-and-forth between city councillors devolved out of Halifax West Armdale representative Shawn Cleary’s statement Tuesday that he would personally no longer use the term “marijuana” […]
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The Florida Project’s sunny outlook
The Florida Project Opens Friday, October 27 Cineplex Cinemas Park Lane 5657 Spring Garden Road “I’ve been very influenced and inspired by The Little Rascals,” says Sean Baker. “And that’s no joke—in every one of my films is a link to The Little Rascals.” The writer-director is on the phone between sold-out screenings at The […]
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Movie Review: Una
Rooney Mara seeks revenge—or something like it—against her rapist in Una, a spare and beautifully photographed exploration of the complexities of trauma. When Una was 13 (played at that age by Ruby Stokes), her neighbour Peter (Ben Mendelsohn) began paying inappropriate attention to her, culminating in a sexual relationship. He ran, was kept from her […]
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Movie Review: Professor Marston and the Wonder Women
There’s precious little comic book content in this origin story of Wonder Woman, thankfully. Luke Evans, one of the generic male movie stars currently all the rage—part of the Fast and the Furious family, he also played Gaston in Beauty and the Beast with the even more boring Dan Stevens—is William Moulton Marston, a psychologist at Harvard. […]
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Watch this: Dalhousie students riot during homecoming
Close to two dozen people were arrested Saturday afternoon as police responded to several off-campus parties being held by Dalhousie students. Halifax Regional Police estimate up to 1,500 people were a part of the unsanctioned homecoming events, which took place off-campus in the area of Jennings and Larch streets. Videos of the disturbance uploaded by those […]
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Clearcutting our losses
In June, the residents of Wentworth Valley awoke to an unfamiliar—and unwelcome—noise. Tree-harvesting machinery had made its way up the western slopes of the valley and was chewing through the mixed Acadian forest atop the mountain. By the time the media reported the story, the machines—working day and night—had already clearcut nearly 200 acres and […]