Oct 12-18, 2017

Vol. 25, No. 20

It’s not exactly a festival, and it’s not a holiday. It might be a religious experience, although it has nothing to do with religion. Nocturne is simply magic. One night a year, art appears all over the city, and you’re invited to share the transformation.

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City

Under the Dome

Controversial dress code policies are part of efforts to rebrand the infamous downtown nightclub, but critics call them nothing short of racial profiling.

By Julia-Simone Rutgers
Oct 12, 2017
City

Wanderers stadium might not be game-ready until 2019

Three-year agreement with HRM for temporary facility is still being finalized, and dependent on the Canadian Premier League’s unknown launch date.

By Victoria Walton
Oct 12, 2017
City

SCIENCE MATTERS: Oil spills pose unacceptable threats to marine life

By David Suzuki
Oct 18, 2017
News

Watch this: Dalhousie students riot during homecoming

Nearly two dozen arrested by police on Saturday at off-campus parties.

By Jacob Boon
Oct 14, 2017
News

Dal moves quickly to meet with residents at homecoming ground zero

“What happened in your neighbourhood is not acceptable to us.”

By Kyle Shaw
Oct 16, 2017
News

Pain and no gain: HRM looks to write-off nearly $300,000 in gym fees

City hall feeling the burn for Sackville Sports Stadium’s uncollectible accounts.

By Jacob Boon
Oct 17, 2017
Shoptalk

Compass Distillers points in the right direction

Agricola Street's tower is now open, debuting a distillery and tasting room

By Rebecca Dingwell
Oct 11, 2017
Shoptalk

Tanner & Co. Brewing is now open in Chester

Stop, Tanner time.

By Allison Saunders
Oct 11, 2017
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Guided Tour north end

Visiting the north end is linking up with friends, and being a part of the cultural conversations in a space that is inviting and diverse. Don’t miss out on what’s happening in the most happening part of town.

Oct 12, 2017
Shoptalk

EAT THIS: chocolatey mint Girl Guide cookies

Save us from ourselves and eat them all

By Allison Saunders
Oct 12, 2017
Shoptalk

Sober Island Brewing and ShipBuilders Cider launch collaboration

Cider and oyster stout join forces to create a unique flavour.

By Rebecca Dingwell
Oct 13, 2017
Shoptalk

Victoria Brumwell's got your back

By Morgan Mullin
Oct 18, 2017
Opinion

Letters to the editor, October 12, 2017

These are the letters and comments from the print edition.

Oct 12, 2017
Opinion

When Daniel Paul found Cornwallis

An excerpt from the Mi’kmaw elder’s new biography.

By Jon Tattrie
Oct 12, 2017

Arts & Culture

Nocturne 2017: Shimmer and shine

The 10th annual Art at Night is an amazing act of slow magic that unfolds across the city Saturday evening.

Oct 12, 2017
Arts & Culture

Soul on Ice shows how hockey history misses the net

The documentary, screening at Saint Mary’s this week, sheds light on the unheralded contributions of Black hockey players to Canada’s national sport.

By Jill Ellsworth
Oct 12, 2017
Arts & Culture

Prism

Transitus theatre company creates a theatrical choose-your-own-adventure at Northwood.

By Tara Thorne
Oct 12, 2017
Arts & Culture

Folded River

Part of a lifelong study of place, Alex Balkam’s immersive cinema experience lets you step right into it.

By Mollie Cronin
Oct 12, 2017
Arts & Culture

Watch Us Vanish

Andrea Puszkar and Marla Benton do what they can in support of dying right whales.

By Tara Thorne
Oct 12, 2017
Arts & Culture

Opera From Scrap

Building a brand-new opera in one night, with Janice Jackson and Arianne Pollet-Brannen.

By Mollie Cronin
Oct 12, 2017
Arts & Culture

Long and White, ‘the road twists like a snake toward the far-off blue places’

Sarah Burwash celebrates the uncertain in an hypnotic animated piece.

By Mollie Cronin
Oct 12, 2017
Arts & Culture

Striving for Light-Based Connections

Highlighting history—overt and hidden—via Mark Hines’ uphill beam.

By Mollie Cronin
Oct 12, 2017
Arts & Culture

Revisionist Landscapes: Luminary Forestation

The Young Naturalists Club offers paper trees in a communal, symbolic reforestation effort.

By Mollie Cronin
Oct 12, 2017
Arts & Culture

Wait Outside with Your Necklaces On

Turning a violent incident into a shared experience, Martha Cooley’s roving A/V exhibition aims to connect.

By Tara Thorne
Oct 12, 2017
Arts & Culture

Toqolu’kwetijik

A dance piece led by Ursula Johnson draws attention to the unseen labour of landmark maintenance.

By Mollie Cronin
Oct 12, 2017
Arts & Culture

Pushback

Habiba El-Sayed creates both a doorway and a barrier at the gates of the Public Gardens.

By Mollie Cronin
Oct 12, 2017
Arts & Culture

Trophy

A world-roaming storytelling city pops up in Dartmouth.

By Mollie Cronin
Oct 12, 2017
Arts & Culture

SICKBOY doc is full of heart and energy

Halifax podcast gets its own movie

By Tara Thorne
Oct 13, 2017
Arts & Culture

Review: Orlando

Virginia Woolf's fantastical novel is adapted to the stage.

By Michael Lake
Oct 12, 2017
Arts & Culture

A Nocturne 2017 round-up

Did you miss this year's event? Check out some of the highlights.

By Team Coast
Oct 16, 2017
Arts & Culture

Movie Review: Una

Rooney Mara simmers in this taut, beautifully composed drama

By Tara Thorne
Oct 19, 2017
Arts & Culture

Movie Review: Professor Marston and the Wonder Women

A queer and kinky superhero origin story

By Tara Thorne
Oct 19, 2017
Music

Ten awesomely artsy weekend picks

Nocturne turns 10, hockey docs share the Black experience and Gypsophilia plays its final show.

By Morgan Mullin
Oct 12, 2017
Comics

Hey You Guys!

By Paul Hammond
Oct 12, 2017

Free Will Astrology

Free Will Astrology

Beware of gossip, Leo

By Rob Brezsny
Oct 12, 2017
Savage Love

Poly wants

Dan dishes out advice on the polyamorous “relationship model.”

By Dan Savage
Oct 12, 2017

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