co-hosted by Rachel Caroline Derrah If coffee doesn't quite spark your brain on Mondays, get your juices flowing with Spacing Atlantic's musing of the week. We pose a question - you think, write, comment, share philosophies, facts, ideas or opinions. We will summarize the discussion and provide musings of our own. Don't be shy! Comment away .. Do you live or work on a Metro Transit route that is facing service reduction?  How do you think this will effect you and your community? Photo ...

HALIFAX - Last month we at Spacing Atlantic were urging our Halifax readers to get out to McNabs Island to help with their annual clean-up.   Now the time has come to reap the benefits of that enjoyable toil.  This Saturday the Friends of McNabs Island Society are inviting you to celebrate their 20th anniversary with a magical island picnic*. Since 1990 the Society has been dedicated to promoting McNabs, Lawlor and Devils Islands as parklands and in 2002 their ...

HALIFAX - How do you feel about time and space? What about place?  If your interested in taking 45 minutes to reassess your relation to these then you are in for a treat.  This month Dustin Scott Harvey, Robert Plowman, Brian Riley, Andrea Dymond and Rae Brown of Secret Theatre are offering you the starring role in a play performed between your ears.  "The Common: For As Long As You Have So Far" is a site-specific experience for one person in a public space. Starting at the fountain in the ...

co-hosted by Rachel Caroline Derrah If coffee doesn't quite spark your brain on Mondays, get your juices flowing with Spacing Atlantic's musing of the week. We pose a question - you think, write, comment, share philosophies, facts, ideas or opinions. We will summarize the discussion and provide musings of our own. Don't be shy! Comment away .. This past month we were musing.  We were musing about space, or more specifically  Haligonian space that is currently un or under used.  Questions were posed about the potential usage of the chronicle herald's empty lot aswell as the vacant storefronts just around the corner on Bare-ington St.  The comments/answers/suggestions and further questions that came from our initial questions led to a general consensus: That which is empty is begging to be filled. Exactly what the filling could feel like is still up for debate but some progress was made.  With regards to both spaces there was a call for opening up a discourse (not unlike this one) where the people of the city could share their ideas with eachother and with the designers/engineers/landowners/decision makers who often seem out of ear shot.  With regards to the Chronicle Herald lot and the Convention Centre that is proposed to fill it, Robert Ruggiero suggested that the WTCC consider following the example of the Central Public Library by hosting comprehensive public consultation sessions with regards to their design plans.  In a similar vein, Allison suggested that the barren storefronts be used as forums where the Haligonian people could share their ideas about potential uses of the street with eachother.

Halifax- The World Naked Bike Ride is once again upon us. This Saturday people in hundreds of cities across the Northern Hemisphere will participate in the sixth  annual ride celebrating both cycling culture and body image. Halifax's ride takes off  from the bus stop theatre at 2:00pm...but wait, there's more! There will be free body painting by both professional and amateur artists at 1:30 at the theatre for those who wish to look extra special before the ride departs.  Check out the Halifax World Naked ...

HALIFAX - "How will my central library transform our lives, our city?", this is the question that Haligonians are being encouraged to ask themselves and eachother in preparation for the five stage public consultation process that will shape the Halifax Central Library. The site has been picked, the funding strategy is approved and the architects are ready to go.  And go they will.  The first place their going to is the public...five times.  The first time will be this Thursday at the Dalhousie Student Union ...

HALIFAX -  Smack dab in the middle of Halifax Harbour there exists a rare ecological ecosystem.   The McNabs and Lawlor islands are home to a bounty of flora and fauna that enrich the islands' - both as natural parks and outdoor classrooms. This Sunday the Friends of McNabs Island Society, is  kicking off their summer season by inviting the people of Halifax to help preserve the beauty of these islands with a Beach Clean-Up.  They'll be providing transportation  to any helpful hands holding gloves and a ...

SAINT JOHN - When thinking about heritage buildings we generally think of when they were built and by whom -  their social significance etc - all too often we forget about the geoscientific heritage of our buildings.   On  Tuesday June 1st, the New Brunswick Museum invites you to engage with  the geology of the  heritage buildings of Saint John. The Uptown Geo Walk will tour the various buildings  featured in the guide Rebuilt in Stone: Geology and the Stone Buildings of Saint John, New Brunswick with its authors, ...