Hailed by The New York Times as “a destination not to be missed,” Finer Things Antiques and Curios on Agricola Street is Halifax’s largest antique shop. It’s jammed with antiques and collectibles from dealers around Nova Scotia. The selection includes 19th-century furniture, mid-20th-century retro items, sterling silver and much more.
Local foodies had a collective anxiety attack in June, when a fire shut down Saege bistro on Spring Garden Road. Fortunately, the damage was minimal and quickly repaired. Now, Chef Geir Simensen is back in his kitchen, creating mouthwatering pizzas, pastas and seafood dishes, slowly prepared from fine local ingredients.
Ever since Thomas Raddall first published it in 1948, Halifax: Warden of the North has been the definitive book on this city. This new edition from Nimbus Publishing updates the story, while losing nothing of the original edition’s magic. With breezy storytelling, Raddall traces Halifax’s political, social and economic history. It’s a lot of ground to cover, and it occasionally …
Halifax naval crews provided essential services in Haiti following the country’s devastating earthquake
Continuing through June 6 Oriental Ornamental. This two-person exhibition features Karen Tam’s Pagoda Pads: Opium Den in the upper mezzanine gallery, and Jihee Min’s Once Upon Camellia Blossoms in the lower gallery. Seton Academic Centre, Mount Saint Vincent University, 166 Bedford Hwy. 457-6160.
Our annual round-up of Halifax’s best weekend events. Have something to add? Post a comment. Friday 7pm: The Scotia Festival of Music continues with a concert by cellist Matt Haimovitz at the Music Room. 10pm: In-Flight Safety and a host of other bad-ass bands take the stage at The Paragon Theatre in a fund-raising show for Halifax Pop Explosion. …
As I mentioned in my May 20 post, here at Halifax Magazine, we’re pretty concerned with the size of HRM Council. We fear, with a great deal of empirical evidence to back us up, that Council is simply too big and unwieldy to govern effectively. Bedford Councillor Tim Outhit has been at the centre of the debate. He became the …
Take a stroll along Barrington Street, and you’ll see several prominent buildings sitting vacant. Recently, Halifax Magazine dispatched reporter Jessica …
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