Vol. 19, No. 37
In context: Why bus driver overtime exploded last year
Blame the new Ragged Lake garage and inflexible management.
By Tim Bousquet
Driver Adam Francis and his wife are on strike.
He worries about his mortgage, car payment and how to provide for his children.
New local butcher and produce market to open in the Hydrostone
Highland Drive Storehouse coming in spring
By Carsten Knox
Splurge moves
Fashion, handbag and jewellery boutique crosses Spring Garden
RED HOT LOVE SALE at Indie boutik Collective this weekend
So much love happening at downtown fashion hotspot
New Ravenous Energy Bar
Healthy and filling square snackage will make you say "nevermore" to unhealthy food
Nectar changes hands
Stylish Dartmouth eatery now with new owner
ArtPort Gallery provides local art to air travellers
Art at the airport turns out to be a great idea
Back Pages closes on Saturday
Another quality used bookstore bites the dust
The Hunt Club closes
Bar/fashion boutique concept disarmed
Madelaine
She's a rainbow
By Danna Storey
Enrique
Pops of colour
Chad
Photo finish
Rebecca
Jacket jealousy
Eco-Enemies
Stephen Harper treats environmentalists like they put an incendiary device in his cornflakes
By Chris Benjamin
Honour V-day, see the The Vagina Monologues
SMU Women's Centre presents Eve Ensler's ever-important play, with proceeds supporting Stepping Stone.
By Allison Saunders
Can’t stop, won’t stop
Lisa Lipton’s new exhibition, Stop @ Forever, brings together trusted collaborators and musical moments from her varied art practice.
By Jaime Forsythe
Film moves beyond prejudice
The documentary Prom Night in Mississippi reveals a triumph over racism, screening this week as part of an AFCOOP symposium.
By Julie Sobowale
Steampunked
The Jules Verne Phantastical Society melds science fiction and Victorian trappings.
By Shannon Fay
We're not reviewing 3D rereleases
And I'll tell you why
Venture Under the Canopy
The Museum of Natural History and Little Ray's Reptile Zoo bring exotic visitors to Halifax for Life Under the Canopy: Animals of the Rainforest
Super Mario 3D Land (Nintendo)
Available on Nintendo 3DS
By Colin Chisholm
Only Serious About You VOLUME 1 By Asou Kai
(Digital Manga Publishing)
By Lissa Pattillo
The Art of Fielding By Chad Harbach
(Little, Brown and Company)
By Adrian Lee
Remembering the Good Times By Richard Peck
(Laurel Leaf)
By Katie Ingram
Whale Riding Weather's harsh truths
Thom Fitzgerald directs Bryden MacDonald's the honest and sad play about love, as part of The Sex Festival.
By Kate Watson
Safe House, cheap entertainment
Washington outacts, out-smoothes Reynolds in rote thriller
By Molly Segal
The Vow leaves reviewer's heart unmelted
Bad news for fans of amnesiac love stories
By Matt Semansky
London Boulevard
Directed by William Monahan (eOne)
Gorgeous, sad drama Monsieur Lazhar
Quebec film articulates grief and immigrant experience
Ulimate Dog Tease on its way to the big screen
Haligonian video at Paramount for movie development
Liz Worth’s punk poetry
An evening of punk poetics, multimedia and music brings together a variety of scenes on Friday at 1313 Hollis.
By Mark Black
A circle of lust at La Ronde
Play explores the seamy, steamy side of sexuality
Nap time
Nap Eyes release a split cassette on Valentine’s Day that’ll make you fall in love
By Matthew Ritchie
Hind Legs are hard in the paint
The two (sometimes three) piece launch their colourful new video and kick off their eastern Canadian tour on Valentine’s Day.
By Helen Pike
Discovering Tigran Hamasyan
JazzEast's most prominent performance of the year treats us to an alternative take on jazz.
Let Viva Flamenco be your Valentine
The Halifax-based, Spanish-inspired performance group is shooting for a sell-out hat trick.
Q&A with Quivers
Quivers speaks!
By Stephanie Johns
Chairlift
Something (Columbia/Young Turks)
A$AP Rocky
LIVELOVEA$AP (RCA/Polo Grounds Music)
The Unthanks
Diversions Vol 1: The Songs of Robert Wyatt and Antony & The Johnsons (Rough Trade)
By Doug Taylor
Ryan Adams
Ashes & Fire (Capitol/Pax-Am)
By Trevor Savory
A Valentine's Day mixtape for makeout purposes
Courtesy of your friend Andrew Neville
David Myles is in the giving spirit this week
Not teddy bears, I'm afraid
The Word on the Street Spelling Bee for Adults: OH YES
Years of perfect It Pays To Increase Your Word Power pages now pay off
Jerry Seinfeld in Halifax April 14
No blue material? But we love blue material!
Paper Beat Scissors new single
Listen repeatedly, learn more about self
Happy Valentine's Day!
to you and you and you
Elise Boudreau Graham's The People's Princess buttons up
500 buttons, to be precise
Storytelling our City maps Halifax
With shared stories, postcards and ideas
Superhero Girl
By Faith Erin Hicks
True Story by Lucas Cameron
By Mike Holmes
The Middle Spoon hits the sweet spot
The Middle Spoon has got your fancy cocktail and daily caloric intake covered.
By Kristen Pickett
Free Will Astrology
ROB BREZSNY offers scorpios five choice one-liners
By Rob Brezsny
Welcome out, Chad (et al)
How to acknowledge your friend’s soft launch of his sexuality. Plus: Bisexual leanings and a maybe-fake hotel encounter.
By Dan Savage
Sex and Dating 2012 survey results
Welcome to our annual Valentine’s Day look at the dating and sex habits of Haligonians, the results of our anonymous survey. All results voted by readers.
Sex and Dating 2012 Survey: submitted stories
Your thoughts, stories and opinions.
Halifax Transit planning for a ridership decrease
By Matt Stickland
Every big show coming to Halifax (and beyond) in 2024
By Team Coast
Pit sweat and drug checks: Dispatches from the JUNO Red Carpet
By Martin Bauman
Everything you need to know about HRM council's March 26, 2024 meeting