Patty all weekend long with these better-than-fries picks

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Spring is finally here (according to the calendar at least) and we have some great reasons to end your hibernation this weekend: Burger Week kicks off with a bun, Inuk soprano Deanetha Edmunds plays a free show, Carbon Arc screens a tale of three roommates navigating life in Tel Aviv and more.

Patty all weekend long with these better-than-fries picks

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Carbon Arc screens In Between, a Palestinian flick following three roommates, which has snagged awards at festivals worldwide.

Art Party
Friday
See the AGNS transform into a bass-heavy dance floor where you can shake a leg while sipping cocktails and exploring art exhibits. more deets

Derek Seguin w/Abdul Butt
Saturday
This Québecois comedy legend brings tales from the trenches of being a single dad and navigating new relationships to the Rebecca Cohn stage. more deets

Halifax Burger Week 2018
Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday
Burger believers, get ready: The Coast's epic celebration of burgs of all kinds returns for a week of glorious gorging. Pick up your passport inside the March 22 issue of The Coast or at one of the 125 participating restaurants and let the feasting begin! more deets

In Between screening
Friday
Carbon Arc's latest flick follows three roommates in Tel Aviv—one a criminal lawyer with a love of clubbing, one a DJ and one a younger, religious student new to the city. As the youngest roommate's husband-to-be sees the secular lives the women are leading, he attempts to whisk her away. Her refusal to leave her new life leaves all three women struggling to balance tradition with modernity. more deets

Jane Whitten artwork

Jane Whitten visualizes the oceans' climate crisis with works like this one, made of knitted, recycled garbage bags, at the Mary E. Black Gallery.

Sîpîy (River)
Thursday, Friday, Saturday
Carrie Allison's large-scale beadings of rivers that have shaped her history take over the Anna Leonowens Gallery with their geographically correct bends and swells. more deets

Other Histories!
Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday
In an age where one-count historic narratives are ripping into the voices of many, Amin Rehman's politcally charged show feels extra timely: the text-based works question the inherit biases of both historic and contemporary texts, challenging power dynamics within situations of political unrest. Catch it at the Saint Mary's University Art Gallery before the show shutters this Sunday. more deets

Wreaking Havoc
Friday, Saturday, Sunday
Jane Whitten, an award-winning basketmaker and knitter, presents a collection of highly textured works inspired by the effects of climate change on our oceans at the Mary E. Black gallery. more deets

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Spark: NSCAD Student Painting Exhibition
Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday
A slew of contemporary paintings by NSCAD emerging artists helps you put your finger on the pulse of new art at the Teichart Gallery. more deets

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Deantha Edmunds, Canada's first classical singer of Inuit descent, gives a solace-inspired show at the Halifax Central Library.

Liam Corcoran w/Tyler Messick
Friday
Former Two Hours Traffic front person Liam Corcoran celebrates his solo debut with this full-band show that also features the sonic tonic of indie hero Tyler Messick at The Carleton. more deets

Deantha Edmunds w/Tara Scott and friends
Sunday
Inuk Soprano Deantha Edmunds, Canada's first classical singer of Inuit descent, performs a solstice-inspired afternoon concert at the Halifax Central Library featuring works from her award-winning album Pillorikput Inuit: Inuktitut Arias for All Seasons. more deets

Multiplicity feat. Sue Goyette, Norm Adams and more
Friday
suddenlyLISTEN gives an epic booster shot of artistry in a variety of mediums at this musically filled show: See rock star poet Sue Goyette read verses, dance artist Jacinte Armstrong perform, the South Shore's colourful chronicler Cory Lavender share tales and Brandon Auger, Danielle Jakubiak and Andrew MacKelvie come together as a new trio of sonic wizardry at the Art Bar + Projects. more deets

Throne To The Wolves w/Behind The Revolver, OVAV, Bury Me At Sea
Friday
A heavyweight lineup of Pavilion favourites (including post-hardcore shredders OVAV, right) delivers eardrum-busting noise. more deets

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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.