The Lunenburg School of the Arts is looking for emerging artists (including recent graduates) to apply to its four-month artist-in-residence program “to develop and enhance their practice in their chosen medium.” The four-month stint for the fall term runs September 12-December 16, 2022 and the application deadline is March 31. Alongside 24-hour independent studio access, […]
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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African Heritage Month 2022 events in Halifax
Okay, okay, you know what I’m going to say: COVID has impacted how African Heritage Month is being celebrated, causing the programming to be slighter than it has been in pre-pandemic years. But that doesn’t mean the city isn’t celebrating Black culture and history in February. The Coast is actively compiling this full calendar of […]
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Music Nova Scotia is giving up to $3,000 away to local artists and music businesses
Non-profit arts org Music Nova Scotia is fighting the surging variant with a funding opportunity. The COVID-19 response program was “created to help artists and music businesses respond to interruptions caused by the recent outbreak of the Omicron wave of COVID-19 and to increase the capacity of artists and music businesses to grow once COVID […]
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The Light House Arts Centre’s lofty ambitions
Those in the art scene in Halifax have been raising the alarm about the city’s venue crisis for so long that their voices must, by now, be hoarse. After two of the north end’s three indie theatres died due to development in the last five years, and while the old Khyber building continues to sit […]
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Meet the Halifax textile artist whose headpieces have gone viral
The fashion world never stops spinning. Even during our past two years in the great indoors, when sweat suits ruled supreme and bras became a shorthand for a bygone era, getting dressed was a cultural impetus that refused to die. After all, if you’ve got Instagram, you still need an #OOTD. The latest example of […]
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Will Halifax give the new Art Gallery of Nova Scotia $3 million?
It’s been two years since the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia first announced its itchy feet, a plan to move to an old parking lot on Salter Street and create what it calls the Halifax Waterfront Arts District. The vision is part art gallery, part community hub, and even though NSCAD announced it won’t be […]
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Halifax seeking a new public art installation at Alderney Gate Public Library
Behind the circulation desk at the Halifax Central Library, a massive work by the legendary artist Cliff Eyland makes your neck crane ever higher, a wave of comfort following a backbend as you feel tiny in its towering presence. Library Cards is a mixed-media piece that has proven itself to be Instagram bait and a […]
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TV review: Son of a Critch’s steady silliness
Correction: An earlier version of this story stated Ron James is from Newfoundland when the comedian is actually from Nova Scotia. The Coast regrets the error. UPDATE: As of February 28, 2022, CBC has announced Son of a Critch will be renewed for a second season. A half hour of scripted television is the sort of […]
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UPDATE: Two buzzy Van Gogh exhibits coming to Halifax
If Vincent Van Gogh was able to visit the future, Christmas Carol-style, he’d surely be unable to believe it: That the Dutch painter—and OG sadboi—could go from scraping by below the poverty line during his lifetime, selling only one painting (to a doctor who likely felt sorry for him) to being one of the biggest […]
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Halifax’s Jody Upshaw and Thrillah take over the Euphoria season two premiere
Jody Upshaw went for a nap earlier this week—and, by the time she awoke, had reached a new level of fame. It wasn’t a dream, or at least not the eyes-closed kind: Her single “Straight Shooter” had played on the season two premiere of HBO’s Zendaya-starring smash hit Euphoria, alongside the track “Mr.Bangbadaboom” by Dartmouth […]
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UPDATED: It’s time to buckle down on COVID compliance so Conway The Machine can play Halifax in 2022
UPDATE: Due to the omicron variant of COVID-19, the organizers of Conway The Machine’s tour have postponed the Halifax gig to May 2022. Keep your fingers crossed and keep wearing a mask! He’s had features from 2 Chainz, Ludacris and Method Man. He signed to Eminem’s Shady Records after launching his own label, creating a […]
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Three weird things to watch online in 2022—since you’ve already streamed everything else during COVID
Is it wave five of the pandemic in Nova Scotia? Or at this point are we so pummelled by COVID-19’s relentless inward tide that we’ve simply lost count? It’s hard to say. It’s also, at this point of almost two years of sheltering in place, hard to find something new to watch. If you’ve already […]
