Jan 12-18, 2012

Vol. 19, No. 33

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City

Silicon Hali

There’s a digital world in our own backyard, so if you want to buy local, there’s an app for that. Here are the companies manufacturing games and software in Nova Scotia, bringing our tech touch to the global market.

By Colin Chisholm
Jan 12, 2012
City

From Silicon Valley to Silicon Hali

The 10 best riffs on the iconic tech name

By Kyle Shaw
Jan 12, 2012
News

John W. Doull moves to Dartmouth

Downtown bookseller to pack up a gazillion books, one at a time.

By Jane Kansas
Jan 11, 2012
News

Universities face three percent budget cuts

Tuition likely to go up.

By Mark Black
Jan 12, 2012
News

Washmill underpass celebrated

Federal defence minister Peter MacKay, provincial transportation minister Bill Estabrooks and Halifax mayor Peter Kelly celebrate scandalous project.

By Tim Bousquet
Jan 16, 2012
Shoptalk

Echo Designs adds flash to Scotia Square

Local jewellery for downtown denizens

By Carsten Knox
Jan 13, 2012
Shoptalk

Profile: Gottingen Street

Lots of good things happening with the struggling business district.

By Tim Bousquet
Jan 12, 2012
Shoptalk

D-Tox closing sale

End of lease, everything half-off

By Carsten Knox
Jan 12, 2012
Shoptalk

A dinner, a movie and thou

Roberts Street Social Centre looks for hosts for awesome night

By Stephanie Johns
Jan 12, 2012
Shoptalk

Sarah

A trip overseas

By Danna Storey
Jan 16, 2012
Shoptalk

Alex and Julie

Pair skating

By Danna Storey
Jan 17, 2012
Shoptalk

Stephanie

Monochrome magic

By Danna Storey
Jan 18, 2012
Shoptalk

Courtney

Divine rock god inspiration

By Danna Storey
Jan 19, 2012
Shoptalk

Mike

19th century boy

By Danna Storey
Jan 20, 2012
Shoptalk

Melanie

Going postal

By Danna Storey
Jan 23, 2012
Shoptalk

Passage To The Caribbean opens second location

New Caribbean food joint welcome in north end

By Carsten Knox
Jan 16, 2012
Shoptalk

Speed skates at The Trail Shop

There's something for everyone from the novice to the competitive athlete.

By Tim Bousquet
Jan 17, 2012
Shoptalk

Clay West Bar & Grill opens in Bayers Lake

Then: Kokomo's. Now: Clay West

By Carsten Knox
Jan 18, 2012
Environment

Unite the Left

In a perfect world we’d have a multiparty system with representation for all; in this world Harper must lose.

By Chris Benjamin
Jan 12, 2012

Arts & Culture

Hollywood nostalgia-fest

The bad old days: The film industry is in the habit of giving kudos to movies stuck in the past. We separate the fresh from the stale this awards season.

By Carsten Knox
Jan 12, 2012
Arts & Culture

Healing steps

Suneetra Karam Singh fights the stigma of rape with her new dance performance.

By Allison Saunders
Jan 12, 2012
Arts & Culture

Collage life

Paula Grenon’s Kelbar Cut and Paste/Worried Everyday For a Decade showcases years of drawings and collages.

By Allison Saunders
Jan 12, 2012
Arts & Culture

Like the Dickens

In celebration of two centuries of Charles Dickens, Dalhousie Art gallery has a whole winter of film adaptations

By Allison Saunders
Jan 12, 2012
Arts & Culture

Around and Around

Tanya Davis' sharp thoughts about the Oval

By Tanya Davis
Jan 12, 2012
Arts & Culture

Carnage a wreck

Roman Polanski's play adaptation no fun at all

By Carsten Knox
Jan 12, 2012
Arts & Culture

The Iron Lady shows some rust

Streep marvelous, but the movie misses the real story

By Carsten Knox
Jan 12, 2012
Arts & Culture

Conventional Contraband

Mark Wahlberg thriller boilerplate trotted out in January

By Matt Semansky
Jan 12, 2012
Arts & Culture

Joyful Noise? WTF?

Musical comedy runs gamut from weird to awful

By Matt Semansky
Jan 12, 2012
Arts & Culture

A Dangerous Method cerebral, chilly

David Cronenberg's film could use a little more heart in its psychoanalytic tale

By Matt Semansky
Jan 12, 2012
Arts & Culture

Mr D's second episode tonight on CBC

Halifax-shot comedy gets big props

By Carsten Knox
Jan 16, 2012
Arts & Culture

Massage Addict to appear on CBC's Dragon Den

Local therapeutic massage clinic gets its shot on popular business development show

By Carsten Knox
Jan 17, 2012
Arts & Culture

The Artist: silence is golden in black and white

French film evokes Hollywood's glorious past

By Molly Segal
Jan 19, 2012
Arts & Culture

Terrific Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Classic cold war spy thriller brilliant and complex

By Carsten Knox
Jan 19, 2012
Arts & Culture

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close sincere but contrived

Adaptation of Jonathan Safran Foer’s novel boasts strong performances, but could be better

By Carsten Knox
Jan 19, 2012
Arts & Culture

Banff Mountain Film Festival comes to Halifax

Mystery mountain films screen January 25, 26

By Carsten Knox
Jan 18, 2012
Music

Long Weekends’ neurotic fiction

Garage punk three-piece release seven-inch

By Matthew Ritchie
Jan 12, 2012
Music

Eviction Party lives on 

After a four year hiatus, the DIY heroes come back for another show

By Mark Black
Jan 12, 2012
Music

Klarka Weinwurm’s metamorphosis

A natural progression leads this sometime singer-songwriter straight into the arms of indie rock.

By Allison Saunders
Jan 12, 2012
Music

Mayne event

Jay Mayne has your week of music and video covered

By Stephanie Johns
Jan 11, 2012
Music

My Living Will dig deep

After three years of work, these Dartmouth rockers celebrate the release of Shallow Sleep.

By Allison Saunders
Jan 12, 2012
Music

Tom Waits

Bad As Me (Anti-)

By Dave Hayden
Jan 12, 2012
Music

Various artists

Rave On Buddy Holly (Hear Music)

By Adrian Lee
Jan 12, 2012
Music

Rising Waters

The Fall of Rising Waters (independent)

By Andrew Chase
Jan 12, 2012
Music

Ursula Johnson's new traditions

MSVU artist residency displays Johnson's interpretations of classic aboriginal art

By Stephanie Johns
Jan 12, 2012
Music

Free music and information from Pigeon Row

Feel great pride in the area that you live. That's an order.

By Stephanie Johns
Jan 12, 2012
Music

Music video mania this weekend

Extra! Extra!

By Stephanie Johns
Jan 13, 2012
Music

Bourbon Jungle turns two on CKDU

Keep up the good work

By Stephanie Johns
Jan 13, 2012
Music

Ledwell meet Letterman [UPDATE WITH VIDEO]

Local lad to appear on Late Night with David Letterman

By Stephanie Johns
Jan 16, 2012
Music

Big news from the Roberts Street Social Centre

RSSC hauls anchor in May

By Stephanie Johns
Jan 17, 2012
Music

Icy cool Steven Bowers "Migration" video

Homemade and very In The Dead of Winter appropriate

By Stephanie Johns
Jan 17, 2012
Music

Art & The Brain proves there's a synapse for that

AGNS Synaptic Connections: Art & The Brain artist residents show off Minding

By Stephanie Johns
Jan 18, 2012
Music

Free music: Part XCVIII

Word On The Street, Gigas, Old Man Luedecke, Cam Smith, The Wides, Sans Serif

By Stephanie Johns
Jan 18, 2012
Comics

Superhero Girl

By Faith Erin Hicks
Jan 12, 2012
Comics

True Stories - SEND THEM!

By Mike Holmes
Jan 12, 2012

Restaurant Reviews

Jerusalem Cafe impresses

An unassuming exterior conceals some outstanding Middle Eastern eats.

By Melissa Buote
Jan 12, 2012

Free Will Astrology

Free Will Astrology

Your quest begins in two weeks, Cancer

By Rob Brezsny
Jan 12, 2012
Savage Love

Santorum’s frothy return

The US senator may be a presidential hopeful now, but nine years ago he was in the news for something else entirely.

By Dan Savage
Jan 12, 2012

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