Apr 14-20, 2011

News + Opinion

• City

  Manufactured Slum

  Pinecrest-Highfield Park was designed and built so poorly that it was fated to become the city's most crime-ridden neighbourhood. But dedicated community activists are working to rebuild the broken social fabric, with promising results.

  By Geoff Bird, Brittney Teasdale and Lily Sangter

  Apr 14, 2011

  
• News

  Mike Savage and Robert Chisholm face off

  Dartmouth-Cole Harbour riding is most interesting local race.

  By Matt Semansky

  Apr 14, 2011

  
• News

  Metallica looking to play Citadel Hill July 14

  Molson to hire Harold MacKay to produce show.

  By Tim Bousquet

  Apr 15, 2011

  
• News

  City budget gets big real estate boost

  No increase in tax rate, lots of big projects funded.

  By Tim Bousquet

  Apr 19, 2011

  
• Shoptalk

  An Earth Day resolution: learn how to manage a farmers' market

  Farmers’ Market manager-training program starts in NS

  By Amber Young

  Apr 19, 2011
• Shoptalk

  Mosaic is closed

  Argyle nightspot shuts its doors

  By Carsten Knox

  Apr 18, 2011
• Shoptalk

  Good Food to move

  Good Food Emporium going to George & Lito space

  By Carsten Knox

  Apr 18, 2011

  
• Shoptalk

  Bishop's Cellar launches new website

  Wanna buy wine online?

  By Carsten Knox

  Apr 18, 2011
• Shoptalk

  Green Heritage Tree Services help Tree Canada

  Green Roots program plants trees as they're pruned

  By Carsten Knox

  Apr 19, 2011
• Shoptalk

  Greek Village heads down Quinpool

  Brunch and Greek food joint moves in May

  By Carsten Knox

  Apr 18, 2011
• Opinion

  Human wrongs

  Stephen Harper has slashed support for women’s, human rights, community and international development groups.

  By Bruce Wark

  Apr 14, 2011

  
• Environment

  Green homes

  HRM’s solar city uses a smart, visionary model. But is solar power enough to make our homes’ energy green?

  By Chris Benjamin

  Apr 14, 2011

  

Arts + Music

• Arts & Culture

  Playing alone

  Zuppa Theatre’s The Debacle puts Susan Leblanc-Crawford on a pedestal. Tara Thorne looks way up.

  By Tara Thorne

  Apr 14, 2011

  
• Arts & Culture

  Van Gore wins new Hobo fake trailer contest

  Keith Hodder of Mineville, Nova Scotia gets the big win with his bloody short

  By Dave Lalonde

  Apr 13, 2011

  
• Arts & Culture

  Jane Goodall’s good work

  Esteemed primatologist and eco-activist Jane Goodall’s message---communicated in a new documentary showing at the Viewfinders Film Festival---is we need to go from knowing about environmental issues to doing something about it.

  By Carsten Knox

  Apr 14, 2011

  
• Arts & Culture

  West Side Story wows

  An all-around success, Neptune's season-closer does the timeless classic justice.

  By Kate Watson

  Apr 14, 2011

  
• Arts & Culture

  Irma Voth comes off the page

  Govenor General's Award winner Miriam Toews reads from her newest novel in Dartmouth.

  Apr 14, 2011

  
• Arts & Culture

  Carbon Arc's three weeks

  What to expect in successive Thursdays at Khyber screening series

  By Amber Young

  Apr 14, 2011
• Arts & Culture

  Sprint to the finish with Recorded Routes

  NSACD's Victoria Manzer combines exercise and art in personal installation piece.

  By Allison Saunders

  Apr 14, 2011

  
• Arts & Culture

  Mass Effect 2: The Arrival

  BioWare (Xbox 360, Playstation 3, PC)

  By Matthew Morgan

  Apr 14, 2011

  
• Arts & Culture

  Angry Birds: Rio

  Rovio (iOS, Mac OSX, Android)

  By Carsten Knox

  Apr 14, 2011

  
• Arts & Culture

  Bossypants

  By Tina Fey (Little, Brown)

  By Tara Thorne

  Apr 14, 2011

  
• Arts & Culture

  Mad Men: Season 4 

  Created by Matthew Weiner (AMC)

  By Colin Chisholm

  Apr 14, 2011

  
• Arts & Culture

  Bloody, funny Scream 4

  Meta-horror franchise thrills again a decade later

  By Molly Segal

  Apr 16, 2011

  
• Arts & Culture

  Rio grates, sags

  (But the colours are pretty)

  By Matt Semansky

  Apr 14, 2011

  
• Arts & Culture

  Win Win indie gold

  Comedy-drama earns laughs and emotional beats

  By Matt Semansky

  Apr 14, 2011

  
• Arts & Culture

  Hey Rosetta!'s The Year You Were Born video gets into NSI Online Short Film Fest

  Gia Milani's AFF short makes it big

  By Carsten Knox

  Apr 19, 2011
• Arts & Culture

  Atlantic Film Festival looking for a marketing director

  Job opportunity to start immediately

  By Carsten Knox

  Apr 20, 2011
• Cultural Festivals

  ECMA winners

  Complete list of who won what

  By Dave Lidstone

  Apr 18, 2011

  
• Cultural Festivals

  Andrew Hunter and the Gatherers rockin' at Hunter's Ale House

  Gathering at Hunter's for an afternoon acoustic show

  By Dave Lidstone

  Apr 18, 2011

  
• Cultural Festivals

  ECMAs go off without a glitch

  the weekend in a nutshell

  By Dave Lidstone

  Apr 18, 2011

  
• Music

  Friday Five: Rekkid Edition

  music, gardens, sockwear and booze

  By Alison Lang

  Apr 15, 2011

  
• Music

  East Timor Benefit Track Played on NPR

  better late than never!

  By Alison Lang

  Apr 14, 2011

  
• Music

  JazzFest Does the Salter Shuffle

  the move is a go-go

  By Alison Lang

  Apr 20, 2011

  
• Music

  The Kindness Killers do The Country Twist

  By Alison Lang

  Apr 18, 2011

  
• Music

  Hey Rosetta! added to M-Fest Lineup

  along with carmen townsend, glory glory, in-flight safety

  By Alison Lang

  Apr 18, 2011

  
• Music

  Klezmer king

  Geoff Berner brings his klezmer triumph Victory Party to The Company House on Saturday.

  By Allison Saunders

  Apr 14, 2011

  
• Music

  Grab bag

  The Graboids unleash their fun-loving EP on the world this Saturday.

  By Alison Lang

  Apr 14, 2011

  
• Music

  Less booze and more fun with Lowest of the Low

  With an album re-release to celebrate, the seasoned  rockers pull a double-header in Halifax.

  By Dave Lidstone

  Apr 14, 2011

  
• Music

  Happy Record Store Day, music nerds

  Obsolete and TAZ Records are celebrating with free live music.

  By Amber Young

  Apr 14, 2011

  
• Music

  Ken Pinto drops by the Coast office to discuss the Fringe Festival

  And the lack of it

  By Stephanie Johns

  Apr 13, 2011

  
• Music

  The Reason

  Fools (Warner)

  By Amber Young

  Apr 14, 2011

  
• Music

  Cursed Arrows

  The Madness of Crowds (Independent)

  By Alison Lang

  Apr 14, 2011

  
• Music

  Imaginary Cities

  Temporary Resident (Hidden Pony)

  By Ryan McNutt

  Apr 14, 2011

  
• Music

  Dinosaur Bones

  My Divider (Dine Alone)

  By Matthew Ritchie

  Apr 14, 2011

  
• Music

  Tara Butler bids farewell to Ballet Jörgen with Coppélia

  A Comedy with Love... and goodbyes

  By Kate Watson

  Apr 14, 2011

  
• Music

  suddenlyLISTEN springs a flashmob on you

  Infinitely YouTube-able

  By Andrew Kress

  Apr 14, 2011

  
• Music

  Tyler Shea wins Taylor Guitar's "Test Drive Electric" contest

  Electric Taylor likes acoustic Tyler

  By Dave Lidstone

  Apr 14, 2011

  
• Music

  Titanic 100 events announced

  Now with website launch

  By Stephanie Johns

  Apr 15, 2011

  
• Music

  Atlantic Fringe Festival meeting outcome

  Do those folks know how to organize, or what?

  By Andrew Kress

  Apr 18, 2011

  
• Comics

  Superhero Girl

  By Faith Erin Hicks

  Apr 14, 2011

  
• Comics

  True Story by Roberto Armenta

  By Mike Holmes

  Apr 14, 2011

  

Food + Drink

• Drink

  Threesome fun

  According to some, three's never a crowd. Here are some spots to have triple the pleasure, triple the fun.

  By Amber Young

  Apr 14, 2011

  
• Restaurant Reviews

  Seasonal delight

  Seasons by Atlantica has an aggravating menu, a wonderful view and memorable food. Melissa Buote really wanted a hot dog.

  By Melissa Buote

  Apr 14, 2011

  

Lifestyle

• Free Will Astrology

  Free Will Astrology

  Bring the spirit of semba to your life, Libra.

  By Rob Brezsny

  Apr 14, 2011

  
• Savage Love

  No sex: but don’t want a divorce

  It’s time for some open and honest libido talk, says Dan, before being forced to cheat or walk away.

  By Dan Savage

  Apr 14, 2011