Just because the sun is setting at what feels like 2pm doesn’t mean you need to retreat to the couch until Spring’s thaw. Proof that there’s more to do around town than you might’ve thought exists right here, in our weekly Sure Things guide. Here’s all the fun to be had between Dec 12-14: Sing […]
Morgan Mullin
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.
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9 hyper-local, hyper-specific gift ideas that take part in Halifax’s biggest fashion trend
The latest look in a reopened Halifax has been a delicious doubling down on what makes our city unique: Armouring ourselves against sharp sea winds and an ongoing pandemic by dressing in outfits that act as name-drops and insider nods to our favourite small-biz haunts. It’s a local take on Zizmorcore, a trend born in […]
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Halifax, here’s your weekend guide for December 8-11
Yes, yes, the nights are getting longer and the days colder, but that excuse isn’t gonna cut it this weekend: There is simply too much interesting, noteworthy stuff happening in Halifax as November winds down for you to spend time couch-bound. Instead, light up the group text with some of the following options—from a play […]
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Two of the buzziest names in Canadian pop are headlining Halifax’s free New Year’s Eve show
If you still don’t have plans for New Year’s Eve, HRM has you covered. The city has long played host to the best party in town by sending off the year with a live showcase at Grand Parade square—and 2022’s slip into 2023 proves no different: Today, it was announced that Juno-winning pop-rocker JJ Wilde […]
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Here are the 12 local books that topped our reading lists in 2022
When it comes to local reads, 2022 has been one for the books (lol/sorry): From the return of giants of the field (like Ann-Marie MacDonald’s first novel in eight years) to emerging voices (like first-time author K.R. Byggdin’s novel about a queer youth finding their place in the world), there’s been no shortage of stories […]
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Elliot Page announces new memoir
View this post on Instagram A post shared by @elliotpage Everyone’s favourite Haligonian announced earlier today that they’re entering the celeb memoir genre: Elliot Page took to social media to share that their upcoming book, titled Pageboy, will be hitting stores June 6—but is available for preorder now. “At last, I can be with myself, […]
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Halifax, here’s your going out guide for Dec 5-7
Just because the sun is setting at what feels like 2pm doesn’t mean you need to retreat to the couch until Spring’s thaw. Proof that there’s more to do around town than you might’ve thought exists right here, in our weekly Sure Things guide. Here’s all the fun to be had between Dec 5-7: Sing […]
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A tale of two Christmas albums
When it comes to setting the tone for the most wonderful time of the year, the soundtrack is key. (I mean, what are you gonna do? Decorate the tree in silence?) A good holiday album evokes equal parts joy and wistfulness, it makes room for all the big feelings of another year’s end and it […]
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Jah’Mila moved from Jamaica to Halifax to make the perfect reggae album
The cinematic drum-thumping that opens Roots Girl, the debut LP of Halifax’s preeminent reggae artist Jah’Mila, feels like the opening black screen before an epic movie’s beginning. It’s a signal of something you can’t help but sit up straighter for, spine aligned with anticipation. It’s a heralding, matched by slowly chanted lyrics that feel equal […]
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Halifax, here’s your weekend guide for Dec 1-4
Yes, yes, the nights are getting longer and the days colder, but that excuse isn’t gonna cut it this weekend: There is simply too much interesting, noteworthy stuff happening in Halifax as November winds down for you to spend time couch-bound. Instead, light up the group text with some of the following options—from seeing Serena […]
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Halifax is throwing the ultimate birthday bash for Britney Spears on Dec 1 at The Seahorse
I was not a Britney truther—at least, not at first. Just like the rest of us who were MTV’s prime demographic during her heyday (and, in quick succession, her downfall), I knew Spears; my well-worn CD of Oops!…I Did It Again! was a marker of my casual fandom. But, by the end credits of the New […]
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How a DIY art crawl can help fight your seasonal slump
In the throes of a July heatwave I wouldn’t necessarily call myself a Summer Person—but I guess I must be, since every November I find the sky itself oppressive as night falls at, according to Google, precisely 4:36pm. There are many ways to white-knuckle the long evenings until bedtime, but common coping—like TV binging or […]
