Hot events in Halifax this weekend, as suggested by readers. Know something good we should include? Post a comment and share the details. Friday 8pm: DalTheatre’s production of the Spanish drama Blood Wedding continues at the Dalhousie Arts Centre on University Avenue. 10pm–2am: It’s Punk Rock Friday at Jacob’s Lounge on Portland Street in Dartmouth. Quivers, The Hockey Fight and The Scoop …
Downtown advocate Paul MacKinnon wonders why businesses in the core must subsidize urbal sprawl
Hot events in Halifax this weekend, as suggested by readers. Know something good we should include? Post a comment and share the details. Friday 8pm: DalTheatre‘s season-opening production of While We’re Young (a play about aging and 20something angst) continues at the Dalhousie Arts Centre. 9pm: Blues dame Doris Mason performs at Stayner’s Wharf on George Street. Saturday 6pm–midnight: Nocturne, …
Guest blogger Ben Boudreau is the local community manager for Yelp.com, a website featuring restaurant reviews by ordinary diners. Once a week, he’ll be sharing Halifax’s highlights. They say one plus one equals two but when it comes to slices of bread, one plus one actually equals a world of mealtime possibilities. Forget tired PB&Js and leave the deli meats …
Cool weekend events in Halifax, as suggested by readers. Know something good we should include? Post a comment with the details. Friday 5pm–7pm: Start your weekend with a splash of the good stuff. Bishop’s Cellar hosts a tasting of premium French wines from Kermit Lynch. 10pm: Devil’s Elbow rocks the Oasis Pub on Spring Garden Road—hard rock in a gritty, …
Hot events in Halifax this weekend, as suggested by readers. Know something good we should include? Post a comment with the details. Friday 7pm: Shakespeare by the Sea’s final production of the season, Measure for Measure, kicked off last night and continues through the weekend in Point Pleasant Park. 7pm–11pm: Instrumental post-rock band Kuato launch their Summer EP tonight at …
I—and a lot of other people—got the following email from Gordon Stevens (owner of Uncommon Grounds, Carbonstok, Sugah, etc). What do you think? Would Sloane’s scheme help or hurt the downtown? Subject: RESPONSE TO COUNCILLOR SLOANE’S CALL FOR BIG BOX SATELLITES IN OUR DOWNTOWN SPEAKING OUT FOR OUR DOWNTOWNYesterday, HRM Councillor Dawn Sloane announced that she is bringing forward to …
Guest blogger Jon Tattrie returns with a review of The Fly Fisher’s Companion at Neptune’s Studio Theatre. The Fly Fisher’s Companion opens with two old men fussing with their fishing gear in a ramshackle shack near Cape Breton’s glorious Margaree River. The weather is foul, and so is the temperament of crotchety old Don (John Dartt), a workaholic businessman angry …
After offering theatre al fresco in Point Pleasant Park since 1994, Shakespeare by the Sea is no longer slave to …
Carbon Arc Cinema has been up and running since the summer of 2010 but the dream had been in the …
When you live in a place for a while, it’s easy to overlook the things that make it special. But …
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