Expanding on the arts
Jacqueline Warwick feels the expansion of the Dalhousie Arts Centre will put the university “in line with other music schools.” Warwick is the director of the Fountain School of Performing Arts, which formed in 2014 […]
Vaudeville Charity Fashion Show to celebrate five-year milestone
Dalhousie and King’s students have spent the past few months stitching up garments and preparing to walk down the runway for the Fifth Annual Vaudeville Fashion Show. The show will […]
Orphan Thanksgiving
My first thanksgiving in Halifax was spent hovering around the oven. I was cooking anything and everything to keep my mind occupied; I only had to make it until 6. […]
Theater Review: Constellations
The latest venture from Keep Good Theatre Company is a highly intellectual emotional rollercoaster. Constellations, written by Nick Payne, is directed by Laura Vingoe-Cramandstars, Jeff Schwager and Leslie Smith in […]
Alpha Gamma Delta sorority challenges “Greek Life” misperceptions
First year Dal student Jillian Bradfield didn’t know anyone in Halifax when she moved from Ontario. Then she stumbled upon the Alpha Gamma sisterhood through a Facebook event. That’s when […]
Coping with comics
It’s August 2015. Mollie Cronin sits at her desk, fingers tapping and eyes glazing over, while waiting for something to load – she reaches for a pen and a piece. […]
Cultivating culture while cruising Europe
Recently, I presented papers at the Sixteenth Century Studies Society’s conference in Belgium, and the British Shakespeare Association’s (BSA) Conference in England. My working vacation lasted a wonderful four weeks, […]
Panthers beat Tigers 68-67
Playing in their last game at the Dalplex for the 2015-16 season, the women’s b-ball Tigers dropped a nail biter 68-67 to the U.P.E.I Panthers in a four-point game. With […]
Abolishing the debt-sentence
This week’s issue was put together during reading week. Unsurprisingly, most of my regular contributors did not have material to send in. No problem. One of the hot-button issues on […]
The Raised Fist
I was captivated by a story that appeared in the media last March about a Nova Scotia man who was stoked to buy dentures with winnings from his $675,000 lottery prize […]