Vol. 17, No. 43
Beyond the walls
Design-savvy Haligonians are demanding architectural excellence from the new central library design. But watch out for that Bilbao effect.
By Sue Carter Flinn
Missing pedestrian light
By Patrol Superintendent Laportno
Greenpeace targets Sobeys for selling cod
Group stages mock funeral
By Bruce Wark
Tanya Bloomfield to run Bluenose Marathon barefooted
Raising money for Safe Harbour Metropolitan Church
By Lizzy Hill
CCPA to NDP: Don't panic over deficit
Alternative Budget proposes repairs to social safety net
Canadian government indifferent to plight of woman held captive in Saudi Arabia
Nazia Quazi speaks of her quest for freedom
By Tim Bousquet
The Koreans are coming
By Carsten Knox
Vogue Optical Open House
Trinity closes
Ultra Hair offers Solutions
Spring fashions arrive at Off The Hanger
Ideal Home Show Opens
Susie’s Shortbreads goes mobile
Carlitos closes
Anatolia Closes
HRM’s secret arena contract
The city of Halifax refuses to publicly release details of its agreement with Nustadia, Inc.
Dartmouth
Help thy neighbour
Birch Cove
Raise your voice
More Jobs Per Green Buck
If the Nova Scotian government seeks to bring balance to the budget, it must let the funds flow to green infrastructure.
By Chris Benjamin
Game on: the Play conference
Can Halifax come out and play? A two-day conference at Dalhousie's School of Planning looks at the benefits of building fun urban spaces.
Josh MacDonald’s stage fright
Add playwright Josh MacDonald to Halifax’s scare crew: his new film, The Corridor, is a supernatural buddy horror set in a remote cabin.
Girl Power: The Nineties Revolution in Music
Marisa Meltzer (Faber and Faber)
By Shannon Webb-Campbell
Hurricane Season
Directed by Tim Story (Dimension)
By Matt Semansky
Get signed by Cameron Stewart
Award-winning Canadian comic artist Cameron Stewart is visiting Halifax this weekend, signing comics and saying hello.
By Holly Gordon
Gerald Ferguson's landscapes
The last series from the painter is a surprising depature.
Bitter Medicine
Clem Martini and Olivier Martini (Freehand)
By Sean Flinn
The Damned United
Directed by Tom Hooper (Sony)
By Kyle Wells
Mocean Dance: Live at 3
A world premiere of three new works.
Whirligig shooting now
Chaz Thorne's latest, starring Gregory Smith, wraps up March 26.
Doodles of creativity found in Diary of a Wimpy Kid
With punchlines like titular Wimpy Kid Greg accidentally urinating on his older brother, the movie's dedicated to tween-level pratfalls and raunch.
By Mark Palermo
The Bounty Hunter cuts off its own head
Gerard Butler needs to find a new schtick (and American accent).
By Hillary Titley
The Ghost Writer gets lost in the details
More and more layers of mystery are added to the plot of Roman Polanski's film, beyond the point of actually making sense of anything.
Repo Men repossesses its own message
Released in time for the US health care debate, Miguel Sapochnik's movie lacks satirical bite.
Henry Rollins vs. Nardwuar
An oldie and definitely a goodie.
By Alison Lang
Burn One Down TONIGHT!
Help Burnt Church get in the van.
Review: Tree of Life
A treat for the senses
By Kate Watson
Smell You Later, A/V
last show for longtime, TONIGHT
Ani makes it up to us
Di Franco tickets for a November show go on sale this Friday.
Orchid's Curse Wants Your Voice
and maybe...YOUR SOUL?!?!
Joanna Newsom
Have One On Me (Drag City)
By Laura Kenins
Shandi Mitchell wins Commonwealth Prize
Halifax author also up for Atlantic Book Awards
Review: The Soldier Dreams
This King's production is both effective and affecting
Paul F. Tompkins is all grown up
Funny guy Tompkins talks weddings, SCTV and the joys of adulthood before Saturday's show.
Five things you should know about Michael Bolton
Take a dip in Halifax's hot tub time machine and mourn the days of the mane.
Merritt Award nominees reflect great year of theatre
Tough competition: 2b theatre leads the NS award nominations.
No more LOLs for L.M.F.A.O
they've gone all slayer on us—-zing!
Landing on planet B-52s
We catch up with the voice that gave “Rock Lobster” its claws: talking to Fred Schneider on Olympics, stolen ham and B-52s memories.
Straight Thrush
Thrush Hermit comes out of its shell in a big way with a nine-date tour and an eight-disc box set.
By Mark Black
Alex Cuba
Alex Cuba (Caracol)
Rollins along
We have words with frequent flying ex-punk icon Henry Rollins before he lands in Halifax.
By Mark Teo and Mike Gorman
Ambition and Uncle Fester
K.R.E.A.M. (Backburner)
By Trevor Savory
Corinne Bailey Rae
The Sea
By Doug Taylor
Broken Bells
Broken Bells (Columbia)
Superhero Girl
By Faith Erin Hicks
True Story by Maggie Wukitsch
By Mike Holmes
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.
Steak to the heart
Melissa Buote sets her fears of strip malls aside, and, with the help of Porter’s Steakhouse, comes to love dining in Dartmouth.
By Melissa Buote
Free Will Astrology
The storm is your friend, Virgo
By Rob Brezsny
Running on empty
A decade-old running shoe fetish is not the worst thing in the world. Plus: help a teen lesbian take her girlfriend to prom.
By Dan Savage
Go local in Clayton Park
Clayton Park stretches from Fairview to Bayer's Lake. We zeroed in on these pleasant merchants.
New road safety framework allows increased road violence
By Matt Stickland
Restoring an unsung hero: How eelgrass is making its comeback in Nova Scotia
By Alison Auld, Climate Story Network
Old Man Luedecke is back off the scallop boat—and sounding as new as ever
By Martin Bauman
Everything you need to know about HRM council’s April 23 meeting
