Holland's Theo Jansen sculpts PVC pipe into incredible kinetic beasties. H/T: Tony Comstock....

Citizen-artist and longtime culture critic Andrew Terris likes the realignment of culture portfolios in Tuesday's cabinet shuffle. In addition to explicit cultural entities, the new Department of Communities, Culture, and Heritage will be responsible for the Nova Scotia Archives and Records Management, and the provincial library system. It will administer the offices of Acadian Affairs, Gaelic Affairs, and African Nova Scotian Affairs. Over the years, culture has regularly been batted around within the bureaucracy, often ending up with dubious partners. First there was Culture, Recreation and Fitness (we used to call it Cult, Rec and Fit), then Tourism and...

Elliot Row, Saint John, New Brunswick. Photo by Gillian Barfoot....

That was the manifesto of my favorite Yippe, Abby Hoffman. Now you can steal it online....

My favorite film series opens its fall season tonight with this year's surprise winner of the Best Foreign Film Oscar: The Secret In Their Eyes, a movie that crosses genres: part thriller, love story, comedy, and political drama. Showtime: 7 p.m., at the Empire Theatre, 325 Prince Street, Sydney. Previews from WhatsGoinOn and The Post. Check out the links: Oh yeah, that other film festival starts today, too....