Articles By Tag: Arts & Entertainment
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Celebrity Watch
by Heather Sawers. RUMOUR HAS IT that seven feature films will be shot in the Maritimes this summer, so be on the lookout for crews and actors anywhere you’re cruising. Here’s the advice I like to stalk by: if you see...
Date: Mon Jul 23, 2007
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Festival time! Summer heats up the entertainment scene!
by Heather McLeod. The Tall Ships Challenge 2007 kicks off the summer with the largest gathering of tall ships in North America in and around ports of Nova Scotia from July 13-23. You can read all about the event in this...
Date: Mon Jul 23, 2007
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Heart of the Rock
by Stephen Clare. There is an age-old adage among Newfoundlanders which states that a man who works with his hands is a labourer; a man who works with his hands and his brain is a craftsman; but a man who works with his...
Date: Mon Jul 23, 2007
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Home is where the heart is
by Stephen Clare. It has been quite a year for music in Halifax. From last spring’s Juno Awards to the autumn Rolling Stones mega-spectacle on the Commons and through to this February’s East Coast Music Awards, the...
Date: Fri Jun 1, 2007
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The cookbook sisters
by Patty Mintz. Ask cookbook author Virginia Lee (pictured on the right) if her husband Mel, a physician, is handy in the kitchen and you’ll likely hear her laughing all the way from their home in Memphis, Tennessee...
Date: Fri Jun 1, 2007
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The Art of Dance in Halifax
by Heather McLeod. Back in 1973 a group of women saw the need to create a space to teach and promote dance, and most importantly: to create art. Nearly 35 years later that need is still running—or dancing—strong. The...
Date: Fri Jun 1, 2007
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Up close and personal with Jimmy Rankin plus concerts, festivals and events
by Heather McLeod. When Jimmy Rankin heads home to Cape Breton, he follows Route 19, up the west coast. “That’s probably my favourite spot in Nova Scotia,” he says. “I grew up there, it’s beautiful. It’s got...
Date: Fri Jun 1, 2007
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The Rankin Family reunites
by Heather McLeod. The award-winning Cape Breton musical group The Rankin Family will once again share the stage. They embark on a cross-Canada tour this January, hitting 22 cities including stops at Centre 200 in Sydney...
Date: Mon Apr 30, 2007