Oct 31 - Nov 6, 2013

News + Opinion

• News

  Newly constructed parking garage for Irving Shipyard blocks views, say residents

  Additional car lot capacity needed to handle increased workforce required for federal shipbuilding contract.

  By Rana Encol

  Oct 31, 2013

  
• News

  Bike lane initiatives plagued with problems

  Motorists are parking in Windsor Street bike lane, and the proposed Hollis Street bike lane is behind schedule.

  By Hilary Beaumont

  Oct 31, 2013

  
• News

  Halifax Water wants $5,220 to comply with Freedom of Information law

  Chain of Lakes Trail sewer pipe decisions clouded in mystery.

  By Tim Bousquet

  Oct 31, 2013

  
• Shoptalk

  Just Desserts

  Bicyclette Published releases The TIBS Guide To Desserts on Saturday

  By Allison Saunders

  Nov 1, 2013

  
• Opinion

  My Halloween Nightmare

  We're in danger of losing the tradition of trick-or-treating.

  By Sarah Lyon

  Oct 31, 2013

  
• Opinion

  Letters to the editor, October 31, 2013

  These are the letters and comments from the print edition

  Oct 31, 2013

  

Arts + Music

• Arts & Culture

  Make ‘Em laugh

  Halifax’s hottest improv group Make ‘Em Ups is funny, inclusive and good-looking.

  By Adria Young

  Oct 31, 2013

  
• Arts & Culture

  Room 237

  Rodney Ascher (IFC)

  By Shannon Fay

  Oct 31, 2013

  
• Arts & Culture

  Jacob’s Folly

  Rebecca Miller (HarperCollins)

  By Whitney Moran

  Oct 31, 2013

  
• Arts & Culture

  A Bird’s Eye

  Cary Fagan (House of Anansi)

  By Whitney Moran

  Oct 31, 2013

  
• Arts & Culture

  Songs That Remind Us Of Factories

  Danny Jacobs (Nightwood Editions)

  By Andrew Patterson

  Oct 31, 2013

  
• Arts & Culture

  Ghosts

  Haunting and memorable

  By Kate Watson

  Oct 31, 2013

  
• Arts & Culture

  Ender's Game

  Slow down just a tad

  By Jacob Boon

  Oct 31, 2013

  
• Arts & Culture

  Free Birds

  Boom, roasted.

  By Jacob Boon

  Oct 31, 2013

  
• Arts & Culture

  Last Vegas

  "melted Bradley Cooper" = best zing of 2013

  By Jacob Boon

  Oct 31, 2013

  
• Cultural Festivals

  Modern tarot cards have ancient power

  Christel LeBlanc’s new tarot deck deals with occult traditions

  By Adria Young

  Oct 31, 2013

  
• Cultural Festivals

  Just like DIY Halloween costumes

  Cher Hann plays both Ms. and Mr. Dressup to show you how to make easy costumes

  By Adria Young

  Oct 31, 2013

  
• Cultural Festivals

  Halifax’s Ghostbusters

  Who ya gonna call? Light Workers Paranormal Investigations!

  By Adria Young

  Oct 31, 2013

  
• Music

  Night group

  ReelLifeFam’s Midnight 6 Society launch party appeals to the night owls.

  By David Dahms

  Oct 31, 2013

  
• Music

  Dancing dead

  Port City Events’ Zombie Hop has the DJs of Heavy Petting getting gothy and dark, but just as danceable.

  By Kathleen Higgins

  Oct 31, 2013

  
• Music

  Season of the Witches’ Ball

  The annual CKDU fundraiser casts a party spell on you.

  By Kathleen Higgins

  Oct 31, 2013

  
• Music

  CFCF

  Outside (Paper Bag)

  By Doug Taylor

  Oct 31, 2013

  
• Music

  Dennis Ellsworth

  Hazy Sunshine (Busted Flat)

  By Doug Taylor

  Oct 31, 2013

  
• Music

  Little Comets

  Life is Elsewhere (Dualtone)

  Oct 31, 2013

  
• Music

  Heaven For Real

  Craft Single (Craft Singles)

  By Andrew Patterson

  Oct 31, 2013

  
• Music

  Getting Creative

  Congrats to the winners of the Creative Nova Scotia Awards

  By Kate Watson

  Oct 31, 2013

  
• Music

  Blinded me with séance

  Talk to Houdini tonight—or try to anyway.

  By Julie Sobowale

  Oct 31, 2013

  
• Music

  Santiago's cinema

  Argentinian filmmaker lends his expertise to Halifax this month

  By Stephanie Johns

  Nov 5, 2013

  
• Music

  Danse Lhasa Danse—one night only

  Live Art Dance brings a tribute to Lhasa de Sela to the Cohn

  By Stephanie Johns

  Nov 5, 2013

  
• Comics

  Hey You Guys

  By Paul Hammond

  Oct 31, 2013

  
• Comics

  Glamour Pig

  By Kathryn J

  Oct 31, 2013

  

Food + Drink

• Food

  Mix media

  Halifax’s third taste of the cocktail competition MadeWithLove has mixologists creating art almost too good to drink.

  By Melissa Buote

  Oct 31, 2013

  

Lifestyle

• Free Will Astrology

  Free Will Astrology

  relax, Leo

  By Rob Brezsny

  Oct 31, 2013

  
• Savage Love

  Divulging sibling secrets

  I’m worried about my sister, who doesn’t know I know she is HIV positive. How do I talk to her? Plus: How should I spring a third on my husband?

  By Dan Savage

  Oct 31, 2013