Ten totally cool weekend picks

A Montreal hitmaker, dozens of new artists and even more burgers await.

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COURTESY OF CRAIG GALLERY

Kaashif Ghanie uses ceramics like canvas at his Craig Gallery show (see 10).

10
Ripple: Ceramics
Thursday // Friday // Saturday // Sunday
Kaashif Ghanie re-envisions his thrown platters as canvases for expression.

9
Devour! The Sea
Thursday
This after-dark wander around the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic, in collaboration with Devour! food film fest, sees Maritime heritage and regional cuisine come alive. Award-winning chefs fuel the fun with nibbles and wine pairings.

(Visually Tasteful)

High Klassified brings big beats to The Company House (see 1).

8
Yann Martel
Thursday // Friday
The award-winning author of Life of Pi hosts one continuing conversation over two nights at two sites, circling around the theme of loss and the power of imagination.

7
BurgerFriesPop EP release
Friday
How much of a coincidence could it be that new wave band BurgerFriesPop decided to put out its five-song EP during The Coast's Burger Week? “It was totally on purpose,” admits the trio's Dale Boudreau.

6
Art Party
Friday
The AGNS transforms into an art-packed nightclub filled with bumping beats and spill-proof drink cups.

Siloën Daley

BurgerFriesPop are dropping their big EP during Burger Week (see 7).

5
Yas Quartet
Sunday
This Chicago group knows a thing or two about strings, having taken its big, classical sound around the world.

4
Matthew Good
Saturday
See the alt-rocker take MGB’s 1999 record A Beautiful Midnight and turn it into a one-man show! Though his doing so means any last flickering hopes of a MGB reunion are probably dead.

3
StArt Festival
Saturday // Sunday
The Bus Stop Theatre hosts some of the city’s brightest emerging talent at this two-day, multi-medium fest.

2
Halifax Burger Week
Thursday // Friday // Saturday // Sunday
Five years in, The Coast's creation and Feed NS fundraiser has taken on a life of its own. If you don't already know, here's the drill: Grab your burger passport and see how many of these special sammies you can swallow in a seven-day stretch!

1
High Klassified
Friday
Laval's hottest hitmaker (he's worked with Future and The Weeknd) brings big, shiny beats to Halifax.

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Morgan was the Arts & Entertainment Editor at The Coast, where she wrote about everything from what to see and do around Halifax to profiles of the city’s creative class to larger cultural pieces. She started with The Coast in 2016.