This spring I got a little overexcited about my garden. I’d been dreaming about it all winter and decided to get a jump start in early May. Feeling smugly organized, I planted sweet red peppers, carrots, corn, spinach and sunflowers. Well, I’m sure you can guess how this little story is going to end. Pretty much everything except my resilient …
Cool events in Halifax this weekend, as selected by the editor. Know something good we should have included? Post a comment and share the details. Friday 8pm: Opera Nova Scotia‘s three-day run of The Threepenny Opera begins at the Dalhousie Arts Centre. 8pm: Jimmy Rankin plays an intimate concert in the Schooner Showroom at Casino Nova Scotia. Saturday 9pm: It’s …
I feel as though I am literally being consumed and washed away by showers nowadays. It’s to the point where I am completely shocked if I don’t have to put my rainboots on in order to leave the house. So, what’s one more shower, right? Except in this case, I am actually GOING to a shower for one of my …
This morning, organizers of the Halifax Jazz Festival announced the lineup for 2011, running from July 8 to 16. This is the 25th edition of the festival and, as befits a silver anniversary celebration, it boasts an outstanding roster of established masters and hot innovators. The landmark Festival Tent is moving to the waterfront, planting its stakes at the foot …
At last, the long weekend is upon us (God save the Queen). Here are our picks for cool events in Halifax, with suggestions from readers. Know something good we overlooked? Post a comment and share the details. Friday 8pm: The Atlantic Ballet Theatre of Canada presents its Intense gala program at the Dalhousie Arts Centre. 10pm: New Brunswick’s Theresa Malenfant …
Well, it’s only Thursday as I write this but already my thoughts are flitting away to the lovely long weekend right around the corner. I’m really trying to embrace the whole “live in the moment” way of thinking but I can’t help yearning for tomorrow, just a little bit. My mind equates this coming weekend with the real beginning of …
Hot weekend events in Halifax, with suggestions from readers. Know something good we overlooked? Post a comment and share the details. Friday 5pm: Seriously, are zombies not a great way to mark Friday the 13th? The Ecology Action Centre’s Zombie Walk for the Environment begins at Camp Hill Cemetery and wends its way through the downtown. 9pm: With just two …
After getting over the stress of buying my very first home, I slowly realized that a world of decorating possibilities had opened up to me. Mind you, I’m always on a budget and every big purchase has to come one at a time so as not to upset my precarious financial balance. Still, it’s been quite enjoyable for me to …
It’s been two years since someone murdered Tanya Jean Brooks. Why haven’t police found her killer?
I had the good fortune to attend the NSCAD Starfish Student Art Awards last week at the picturesque Port Campus with my friend Jessy. The tickets said “creative cocktail” and the event was deemed a gala, so I was somewhat perplexed over what to wear. After all, I certainly don’t attend too many galas! The sky decided to open up …
Halifax’s dining scene has dramatically transformed in the past few years—with a variety of new restaurants offering flavours from around …
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