AltWeeklies Wire
2007 Was the Year of Climate Changenew
Not, mind you, the year anything substantive was done about climate change, but rather the year climate change took center stage.
The Coast, Halifax's Weekly |
Tim Bousquet |
12-28-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Ellen Page's Leap Yearnew
From the snowy Sundance hills to Academy Award predictions from Roger Ebert, 2007 belongs to Halifax actor Ellen Page and her new movie, Juno.
The Coast, Halifax's Weekly |
Tara Thorne |
12-28-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Juno, Jason Reitman
Is it Journalism or Military School?new
King J-School acting director Stephen Kimber sees his school as simply one of many paid "service providers," but I'd say it's another example of a university selling its soul to the military.
The Coast, Halifax's Weekly |
Bruce Wark |
12-21-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
Sixtoo Lifenew
Man of many names and projects, Robert Squire, AKA Sixtoo, continues to buck trends and surprise fans.
The Coast, Halifax's Weekly |
Ian Gormely |
12-21-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Sixtoo
Portland Hip-hopper Sontiago Gets Personal and Politicalnew
Whether she rhymes over beats, performs painstakingly honest and powerful spoken-word pieces, or speaks out about violence against women at crisis-intervention rallies, she embodies the DIY aesthetic of indie-rock culture with a sense of sensational sass, nerve and intellect.
The Coast, Halifax's Weekly |
Shannon Webb-Campbell |
12-07-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Sontiago, Steel Yourself
Plenty of Pa Rum Pum Pum Pumsnew
Sean Passmore has spent his adult life collecting Christmas albums, both the weird and the wonderful.
The Coast, Halifax's Weekly |
Carsten Knox |
12-07-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Private Schoolsnew
Maine universities are paying to get student teachers into Halifax schools, while local education students can't find a decent placement.
The Coast, Halifax's Weekly |
Ruth Metechkin |
12-07-2007 |
Education
Tags: Education
City of Angelsnew
Should Halifax be aligning itself with the Guardian Angels?
The Coast, Halifax's Weekly |
Tim Bousquet |
12-07-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Afrika Bambaataa's Interplanetary Craftnew
The legendary founder of the Universal Zulu Nation gets cosmic.
The Coast, Halifax's Weekly |
Mark Black |
12-04-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Afrika Bambaataa
'Cloudbreaker': Destiny's Childnew
Filmmaker Adam Garnet Jones relives youthful imagination and identity-seeking.
The Coast, Halifax's Weekly |
Sean Flinn |
12-04-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Adam Garnet Jones, Cloudbreaker
i see rowboats Takes Halifax by Stormnew
Earlier this year i see rowboats didn't even have a name. Nine months later, the chamber-pop quintet has sailed up the campus radio charts to become one of the city's favorite indie bands.
The Coast, Halifax's Weekly |
Mike Landry |
11-16-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: i see rowboats
Montgomery Moth's Hard-Rock Sound Stays Freshnew
The band's new release, Go Crazy, goes hard on the rock and light on the image.
The Coast, Halifax's Weekly |
Ian Gormely |
11-16-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Go Crazy, Montgomery Moth
'In The Same Boat?' Reels You Innew
Martha Stiegman's two-part documentary examines the complex struggles facing Nova Scotian and First Nations traditional fishing communities.
The Coast, Halifax's Weekly |
Carsten Knox |
11-16-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: In The Same Boat?, Martha Stiegman
Chromeo Loves the Ladiesnew
This year's hit album Fancy Footwork launched synth, keyboard and talk-box king P-Thugg (Patrick Gemayel) and ultra-smooth vocalist and guitarist Dave 1 (David Macklovitch) even further into the private jet-fuelled, champagne-soaked world they've created.
The Coast, Halifax's Weekly |
Stephanie Johns |
11-12-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Chromeo, Fancy Footwork
Canada Armsnew
Newly revealed information shatters the comforting myth of Canada as "the peaceable kingdom," showing instead that we are as complicit in organized repression and murder as any of our wealthy allies.
The Coast, Halifax's Weekly |
Bruce Wark |
11-12-2007 |
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