Elsie’s Used Clothing is opening its garden to the public thanks to Andrew Patterson and Kat Shubaly. Saturday, July 9 curated live readings and music will take place. “It’s about being as accessible and inclusive as possible. Art is meant to be shared, not sold” Patterson, a Coast contributor says. Patterson will be reading selections […]
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Atlantic Fashion Week kicks off their fifth season
In Atlantic Canada we’re often confused about which shoes to wear with which top. Trends seem to dribble east from Toronto and Montreal three years late and, when they do get here, the end result usually feels too dressed up for these modest Halifax hills. But Hali does have an underground pipe of hot looks […]
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WeeTube’s internet tendency
Maiko Bae Yamamoto and James Long are two innovative switchblades from Vancouver. Both are graduates of Simon Fraser University, and can be seen in this month’s SuperNova Theatre Festival acting out a YouTube comment dialogue in the idiosyncratic 80-minute performance WeeTube. Swivel the knife, and these two are also directors, professors and the artistic directors […]
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Meet Learn Run
During frosh week you can douse your body in flour and egg yolk, drink enough beers until you ride your bike home but find out in the morning you actually rode a goat, or get a ticket for jaywalking. During such a majestic week of wonder when anything seems possible, one might develop the sense […]
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How to meet someone new today in Halifax
I‘m single and bored, but too proud to admit bored means “lonely.” Maybe you’re of the same ilk. I did some research and it turns out we’re not alone. The Coast Love & Sex survey found that the majority of pollers are single, too, and they’re “bored with it.” I also did some research on […]
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Holiday Fiction: Hill days
Inside this paddock I watch Laura brush down her horse. It’s New Year’s Eve, and the second time I’ve come to see my equine roommate ride. Our landlord went to Florida for Hanukkah and didn’t come back, so we’ve decided to spend rent on Laura’s private riding lessons and a keg. The Bengal Lancers stable […]
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How to keep Summer going a little longer
Your summer spirit is not always what makes you shotgun that extra Wildcat, or stay out an hour later when you’re working at 7am (though they are related). Your summer spirit is really the fire in you, the guts of that beast that loves fun more than food and sun more than sleep. Considering Haligonians […]