July 2019
Halifax Pride Parade
The Halifax Pride Parade will take to the streets of the downtown core Saturday, July 20. Starting late Friday night, parking will not be allowed along the parade route. Special event 'no parking' signs will be installed and bags will be placed over parking meters. As of noon Saturday, the roads being used for the parade route will close to vehicular traffic. The parade will start at the Halifax Dockyard on Upper Water Street at 1 p.m. It will head…
Find out more »North Preston Days
Residents are invited to the grand opening of the North Preston Community Centre Basketball Court this Saturday, July 20 in North Preston. The opening, which will coincide with the annual North Preston Days event will feature planned activities including exhibition games, a T-shirt giveaway and refreshments. Representatives from McDonalds Canada, the Halifax Regional Municipality, and the Government of Canada will be providing remarks, along with Shaquille Smith who spearheaded the community-based effort to establish the new basketball court. Grand Opening…
Find out more »Apollo 11 documentary at SMU
On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong took "one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind." Saint Mary's University's will be marking the 50th anniversary of this historic event by showing a special viewing of the Apollo 11 documentary. SMU's showing of Apollo 11 goes Saturday at the Scotiabank Conference Theatre in the Sobey School of Business building. It's free and doors open at 7:30 p.m., with the film starting at 7:45 p.m. Source : Halifax Today
Find out more »Pride Yoga
July 21 (10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.) Halifax Shopping Centre. Join this one hour, all inclusive, all levels, yoga class in support of The Youth Project. Located at Halifax Shopping Centre under the skylight.
Find out more »National Ice Cream Day
The third Sunday of July is National Ice Cream Day (July 21) Grapenut ice cream was created by Hannah Young while working at The Palms Restaurant in Wolfville in 1919. Moon Mist ice cream is found in Atlantic Canada only. The name implies it is out of this world and it is!! Moon Mist is a combination of banana, grape and bubblegum flavours. The first known ice cream recipe was handwritten in the recipe book of Lady Anne Fanshawe in…
Find out more »Guns N Roses released Appetite For Distruction
Released : July 21, 1987. The bands debut album.
Find out more »Don Henley has a birthday
Born Donald Hugh Henley (July 22, 1947) in Gilmer, Texas. He was the drummer and co-lead vocalist for the Eagles from 1971 until the band broke up in 1980, and he reprised those duties for the group's reunions since 1994. 89.9 The Wave will celebrate with an all Don Henley edition of the All 80's Drive Home @ 5 pm.
Find out more »Movie Night
Movie Nights at Good Robot Brewing (free event) North End Halifax. Every Wednesday at 7:00pm from April – June (inside) Every Sunday at 9:00pm in June (outside on the patio under the stars!) July 24th – The Birdcage July 31st – Twins August 7th – The Great Outdoors August 14th – The Jerk August 21st – Hook August 28th – The Great Muppet Caper September 4th – Monty Python’s Meaning of Life September 11th – Back to the Future September…
Find out more »Stan Rogers Folk Festival
July 25-28, 2019. Canso, Cape Breton. Suzanne Vega, Bruce Guthro, Dave Gunning, Jeremy Dutcher, Garrett Mason and more. PHONE: 1 (888) 554-7826.
Find out more »The Muppet Movie back in theaters
The Muppets are all coming back to movie theaters to celebrate the 40th anniversary of their first feature film The Muppet Movie. The Muppet Movie returns to more than 700 movie theaters nationwide. The film will play on July 25 and July 30.
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