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Nova Scotia local, including food, film, music, design, arts and culture, and events. Home of the Local Wishlist.
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It's a train. It's a ship. It's a ship railway! Stephen Archibald on an incredible 1880s construction project you probably never heard of:

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#novascotia #history #design #engineering #noticing
December 6, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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New on Crave: David Cronenberg's The Shrouds, with Vincent Cassel, Guy Pearce, and Diane Kruger. Portals to the grave, and other good times:

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December 6, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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Nick Earle and 2/3 of the Reckless Hearts returned to Halifax, to be part of the Halifax Urban Folk Festival. Photos from HAFILAX:

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December 6, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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NEW: Carsten Knox reviews Hamnet, with Jesse Buckley, Paul Mescal, and Emily Watson. In that sleep of death what dreams may come:

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December 6, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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Now that it's December, we're really thinking baking. This Spice Pound Cake with Eggnog Buttercream could be your showstopper this holiday season:

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#christmas #holiday #baking #dessert #food #recipe
December 6, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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New on Netflix: Jay Kelly, with George Clooney, Adam Sandler, and Laura Dern. Sentiment for the self-obsessed:

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December 6, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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NEW: Nick Earle with Burry and Jamie Fontaine, live at the Halifax Urban Folk Festival. The HAFILAX Show Shots:

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December 5, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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The Baltimorons provides a little time for us to see the city — and Carsten loves a picture that delivers on genuine location work. What it doesn’t have is a plausible romance:

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December 5, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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A few years back, Stephen Archibald shared some examples of parking garages that don't disturb his peaceful disposition. Better parking garages, not a grim afterthought:

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#design #cityplanning #development #noticing
December 5, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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New on Crave: Caught Stealing, with Austin Butler, Zoë Kravitz, and Matt Smith. It's just as simple as that, Carsten says:

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December 5, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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In Halifax there are several corners where you can conveniently observe concrete delights while waiting for traffic lights to change, says Stephen Archibald. Some noteworthy rock star blocks:

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#design #architecture #history #noticing #novascotia
December 5, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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The Baltimorons has a lived-in authenticity, says Carsten, largely due to the dedication of its two leads and an easygoing humour in the script. His review:

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December 5, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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Something to add to your holiday baking this year (and make your life a whole lot easier). Chocolate Almond Candy Cane Bark:

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#holidays #christmas #recipe #food #sweets #candycane
December 4, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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Carsten Knox reviews Meadowlarks, with Michael Greyeyes, Carmen Moore, Michelle Thrush, and Alex Rice. Honest and heartfelt overtakes the prosaic:

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December 4, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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Pretty Archie and Bill Ricky at the Halifax Urban Folk Festival. The HAFILAX Show Shots:

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December 4, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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NEW: Carsten Knox reviews The Baltimorons, with Michael Strassner and Liz Larsen. Unlikely seasonal romance and dentistry:

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December 4, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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With every Christmas card Stephen Archibald writes, he remembers the ones that made it into his wicker picnic hampers stuffed with memories of Christmases past:

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#design #history #holidays #christmascards #noticing
December 4, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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Carsten Knox reviews Jay Kelly, with George Clooney, Adam Sandler, and Laura Dern. Sentiment for the self-obsessed:

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December 4, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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Hozier dazzled the packed festival group with his massive vocal performance on the final night of Sommo Fest. More on HAFILAX:

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#livemusic #musicreview #concertphotos #sommofestival #musicsky @hafilaxdotcom.bsky.social
December 3, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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Now available on DVD/Blu-ray: Bone Lake, with Maddie Hasson, Alex Roe, and Marco Pigossi. Sexy horror? Bland and blander, Carsten says:

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December 3, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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A restoration that brought joy, and almost made Stephen Archibald forgive the Armed Forces for constructing that deeply uninteresting building in Stadacona. On the Streets Again:

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#architecture #design #halifax #novascotia #noticing
December 3, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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Carsten Knox reviews Sentimental Value, with Stellan Skarsgaard, Renate Reinsve, and Elle Fanning. Superb from start to finish, he says:

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December 3, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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Closing out Sommo Festival on the Mainstage was the incomparable Hozier. Review and photos on HAFILAX:

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#livemusic #musicreview #concertphotos #sommofestival #musicsky @hafilaxdotcom.bsky.social
December 3, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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Carsten Knox reviews Eternity, with Miles Teller, Elizabeth Olsen, and Callum Turner. Is there love after life?

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December 3, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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Here’s a well-meaning story based on actual events, says Carsten, but
this dramatic retelling is so deeply conventional in its formal attributes it’s hard to warm up to. His review of Meadowlarks:

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December 2, 2025 at 6:01 PM