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Art Attack: Sue's daily arts blog for The Coast, Halifax's alt-weekly. Read the blog here. Akimblog: A sample of Sue's monthly visual arts report for Akimbo. More available on the site. Read the blog here. Canadian Art: Review of Sometimes, Always at the AGNS here. Review of Carol Wainio & Ron Shuebrook here. On the laugh track: Following amateur stand-up comedians. Read the 2009 Atlantic Journalism Silver Award- winning story. Dreaming, desperate, devoted to dance: An exploration into the life of a dancer. Read the feature. Wild things: Artist David Harper combines taxidermy and embroidery to create his own creature world. Read the 2008 Atlantic Journalism Silver Award-winning feature. Art meets hockey: A marriage made in Canadian heaven. Read the feature. Allyson Mitchell: Toronto artist, activist and filmmaker makes a visit to Halifax. Read the feature. Drop the needle: A career highlight to meet Mary Lee Bendolph, one of the quilters from Gee's Bend. Read the feature. Elementary: This profile of the controversial photographer won an 2007 Atlantic Journalism Award. Read the award-winning feature. The wonderful world of Woodrow: Graeme Patterson's animations and sculptures delight. Read the feature. Soundtown: Idea of North brings together audio artists from four chilly countries. Read the feature.
FASHION & STYLE Fashion Guide 2010 Here's the 2010 Halifax Fashion Guide, highlighting trends, local designers and boutiques.. deux fm in NY Halifax fashion designer returns from New York's Greenshow and a preview with Vogue. Read the blog. VIDEO! Katrina Tuttle's gorgeous spring collection. Watch it here. Holiday fashion inspired by film A slideshow of local and vintage fashions inspired by classic Christmas movies. Watch it here. Love, me! Review of lovely Halifax boutique on the HGTV website. Halifax Fashion: A pull-out supplement on style and fashion for men and women, for which I was the editor and writer. Browse the guide. Wearable Art: An insider's look at the NSCAD fashion studio. Read the story. Halifax Home Style: A pull-out supplement on home interiors, for which I was the editor and writer. Browse the guide. Good will printing: Textile designer Michelle SaintOnge appears on the Martha Stewart Show. Read the story. Fashioning a scene: The first Atlantic Fashion Week puts the spotlight on east coast designers. Read the feature. Recapping Atlantic Fashion Week Sample wrap-up for the region's first Fashion Week. Read here. Clothes minded: How to buy vintage and save the planet. Read the feature. Garment district: Designer and artist Lydia Klenck sees fashion as fine art. Read the story. The F-Word: Shoe fetishes and an interview with John Fluevog. Read the feature.NEWS & DESIGN Slow love revolution: What's the hurry? This story about taking your time to find love was picked up by the Utne Reader. Read the feature. Just say ooooh!: How orgasms are the best drug around. Read the feature. Space to grow: Community gardens grow around the city. Read the story. Greening on a shoe string: The Ecology Action Centre gets a green home. Read the feature. The asphalt jungle: What's happening to Halifax's architecture? Read the feature. The David: An interview with eco-hero David Suzuki. Read the feature. Women's Prison Poetry: A feature on an innovative program that brings literacy to women in prison. Read the feature. Visioning Greater Things: Activist David Woods aspires to bring African Nova Scotian artists a voice in traditional galleries. Read the feature. Pier Genius: An ambitious 10-year plan for Halifax's port authority promises fresh design and an artistic outlook. Read the feature. Proven Strategy: Margie Zeidler (401 Richmond) shares her development smarts with Halifax's Bloomfield Centre. Read the feature. Four Days: Design visionary John Thackera visits Halifax to give an unusual keynote speech. Read the feature. The New Library: Halifax is getting a new Central Library. I conceived and edited a package of stories that attempted to give some design context to the issue. Included readers' suggestions and online slideshows. See the section here.
MUSIC Dog Day: Profile of Halifax super band in Spinner.ca. Folk remedies: An interview with Billy Bragg, legendary political singer and super-nice guy. Read the story. Martha Wainwright living: A chat with the singer-songwriter as she strolls through Austin, Texas. Read the feature. War & beats: An interview and profile of Somalian-born K'naan, one of Canada's finest hip-hop talents. Read the feature. Date with destiny: Pop-punk trio The Maynards take Sue out on a date. Read the feature. Sample CD review: Final Fantasy's Plays to Please. Read the review.
FILM & TV A star reborn: Rock me sexy Jesus. An interview with Steve Coogan. Read the feature. All you need is love: An interview with the legendary filmmaker Albert Maysles. Read the story. Royal engagement: A profile of James Gilbert, actor on corset-clutching The Tudors. Read the story. Keeping it realcore: Homemade porn gets a big screen premiere. Read the feature. No kidding: An interview with Ellen Page before that little Juno movie: Read the feature. I want my real TV: A conversation with Floria Sigismondi, the queen of killer videos. Read the feature. Sample film review: The Class. Read the review. Swayed by swag: Can a good promotional item sway a cynical critic? Apparently so. Read the story.
BOOKS Pico Iyer: An interview with one of the world's best travel essayists. Read the feature. Bad time stories: An interview with Lullabies for Little Criminals author, Heather O'Neill. Read the feature. Writes of passage: A feature on Ami McKay, her novel The Birth House and its connection to midwifery in Nova Scotia. Read the feature. Lying in wait: Author and cultural critic Lynn Crosbie is no liar. Read the feature. Writing the streets: A review and interview with Newfoundland author Lisa Moore. Read the feature. Sample book review: Noise: Fiction Inspired by Sonic Youth. Edited by Peter Wild. Read the review. For a complete writing, editing and research resume, email suecflinn at gmail.com |
