Wondering how to make the most of summer’s scant time? We’re breaking down all the big shows, from Sudan Archives at Jazz Fest to Broadway’s Book Of Mormon to the Halifax Pride Parade to the 2023 North American Indigenous Games. Get ready to light up the group chat with some great plans—and if you notice […]
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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8 Nova Scotian cafes that make a damn fine cup of coffee
In Twin Peaks—David Lynch’s 1990s TV show that was both the first prestige series and a primetime soap—central character FBI Agent Detective Dale Cooper is almost always filling time between cups of coffee. Fandom lore (and an “autobiography” of the fictional character that was published in 1991) says Cooper first sipped the hot stuff when […]
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How to have a berry sweet summer
Why should apples have all the fun? When it comes to cosplaying cottagecore, there’s an endless bounty in Nova Scotia to harvest—and yes, we mean this quite literally. Berry picking is a summer tradition for many families in Halifax, an embodiment of the slow living this season is meant to be all about. To join […]
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Dig into the ultimate sandcastle competition
If you’re not careful, it can feel like an act of futility: Since the end result falls under the old adage that nothing good can last, why exert yourself? Why lug the pails full of sand only for the tide to wash it away? For 43 summers now on a beach in Nova Scotia, there’s […]
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A documentary on the Halifax artist you need to know, a new Trailer Park Boys series and more in this week’s film and TV news
Another week, another call for “action” on film sets across the city as shooting season picks up to its busiest time of year. As the local film and TV sector continues to grow—in a press release from last May, the province says “the film industry contributed about $180.8 million to Nova Scotia’s economy in 2021-22”—Team […]
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Jenn Grant’s back with the positive pop album you need to hear
When The Coast calls Jenn Grant on a sunny Friday morning in May, about a month out from her new album Champagne Problems’s June 21 release, the kinetic energy is palpable. “How long do you want to speak for?” the singer-songwriter asks, ambient car noise almost drowning her out. We agree on a tight half-hour, […]
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Visual Arts Nova Scotia announces new Executive Director
Visual Arts Nova Scotia—a by-artists, for-artists organization that supports and spotlights visual art in the province—announced a new executive director today. Therese Cruz, based in Shelburne, has a background in jewellery design and passion for painting and rug-hooking. In a press release announcing Cruz’s taking the role, VANS says she is motivated “to be in […]
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Halifax band Mama’s Broke plays first hometown shows since NPR Tiny Desk appearance
If, when first listening to Mama’s Broke, you can’t stop imaging the open road—a single lane carved through the spine of the Appalachian songbook; an artery of tarmac taking hard corners over harmonies soft as wheat fields—your imagination’s got the right instinct: The duo’s origin story began on a stretch of highway between Montreal and […]
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A new film screening series launches for Halifax’s horror movie junkies
Josh Lake is here to debunk the myth of elevated horror. You can keep your Jordan Peele and your CGI-generated nightmares: He’d rather have vintage scares in the form of retro movies, thanks very much. “I’m really impressed by people doing a lot with less,” the programmer and creator of the new, bimonthly screening series […]
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Nataline MacLean survived an online mob, divorce and drinking too much. Her new memoir will help you get through your own mess, too.
It’s been a decade since the worst year of Natalie MacLean’s life, and she’s finally ready to talk about what happened. When the bestselling author and four-time James Beard Award winning food journalist answers The Coast’s call days in advance of the Halifax launch of her new memoir, Wine Witch on Fire: Rising from the […]
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The only Atlantic Canadian in the running for Canada’s biggest art prize is from Halifax
Today, the Sobey Art Award, the biggest prize in Canadian visual art, announced its 2023 shortlist—a five-artist rundown of the most exciting creatives in the country—all of whom are vying for the prize’s $100,000 purse. Among them is none other than Halifax’s Séamus Gallagher, an artist who has been making waves in the city with […]
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Halifax Pride announces festival and parade dates
Correction: An earlier version of this story stated that the parade route was unknown, when it has, in fact, been published. The updated text below reflects this change and The Coast regrets the error. Is there even a Pride this year? It’s a question that’s been tossed around some group chats I’m in, it’s been […]
