Today, the Atlantic Filmmakers Cooperative—a non-profit community organization supporting indie filmmakers and their works—announced who would be taking its helm after the departure of longtime executive director Martha Cooley. (Cooley is trading her decade and a half at AFCOOP for running the show over at FIN Atlantic International Film Festival, part of a seismic shake-up […]
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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AfterWords Literary Festival announces 2022 dates, first wave of lineup
AfterWords Literary Festival—the annual celebration of authors, readers and the books that bind them—is returning this September 24 to October 2, for a mostly in-person event. The fest will feature conversations, readings and workshops across its nine-day run. So far, the list of luminous literati that’ll headline includes veteran culture reporter and author Jesse Went, […]
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Nova Scotia soprano one of 12 semi-finalists in international competition
Nova Scotia will be represented at this year’s prestigious Voice of Black Opera—an annual showcase that aims to highlight the best Black and South Asian opera singers in the Commonwealth—thanks to the golden pipes of Shanice Skinner. Skinner is a soprano whose resume-to-date includes winning the Portia White Award (an annual offering from the Nova […]
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Halifax’s Pillow Fite and Dali Van Gogh drop new albums
When it comes to the hard rock scene in Halifax, Dali Van Gogh is a stalwart. Over the last 10 years, the band has dropped four records—making a name for itself with international tours and a steady hometown presence. Over the pandemic, the band recorded five new tracks with producer Eric Ratz (whose credits include […]
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There’s two sweet yard sales happening in Halifax this weekend you won’t wanna miss
There’s a billion ways to spend a summer Saturday, but a solid one your great aunts have been hip to for decades? Yard sale hunting—especially when the sales in question aren’t your average front-yard affair. This weekend, two such sales are happening in Halifax, making it the perfect time to break your piggy bank/shake the […]
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Getting Ready for Rocky Horror with Allister MacDonald
When I meet Allister MacDonald—after a winding trip through the bowels of Neptune Theatre, where a service elevator spits me out on a subterranean level—they’re in a grey terry cloth robe, shoulder-grazing brunette hair in a half-up, messy bun. The star of Neptune’s current production of The Rocky Horror Show both in role (MacDonald plays […]
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Halifax shoots a new scene
The wind is bending, the tides are pulling: A newness in the air as sure as a change in season is descending on Halifax’s art scene, as familiar names and longtime community pillars vacate top posts at galleries, organizations and festivals all over town. The reasons for leaving aren’t clear-cut or widely applicable: This isn’t […]
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Hal-Con 2022 announces dates, first wave of guests
The good-time geekery of Hal-Con will return to its full-capacity, in-person glory this fall. The festival announced this week it’ll be holding its 2022 event from October 28-30 at the Halifax Convention Centre. Tickets are going on sale tomorrow, June 24, at 7pm on Hal-Con’s website. But what can you expect to see at the […]
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Here’s your 2022 Screen Nova Scotia Awards recap
When Halifax filmmaker Stephanie Joline dropped her debut feature Night Blooms earlier this year, it felt like a grenade landing: The movie—set in nowheresville, Nova Scotia in 1998—traces the late teen years of Carly, a high schooler who makes bad choices and, eventually, hooks up with her best friend’s dad. (It, uh, doesn’t go well.) […]
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Take it outside: All the movies, musicals and more under the sun this summer in Halifax
The best thing about summer, aside from it being the official season of iced coffee, might just be doing all the stuff you do inside the rest of the year in the great outdoors, instead. Movies under the stars? Sunset-backed plays? This is the time of year for all that and more, as we’re showing […]
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All the summer’s a stage: Your guide to seasonal, out-of-town theatre
A sure sign of summer in Nova Scotia? It’s high harvest for local theatre, with venues across the province lining up schedules of plays that are most certainly worth building a day trip (or longer!) around. Many are re-stagings of big-deal productions you might’ve missed when performed in Halifax; many more are performed outdoors. All are […]