Ride the sugar high of the best days of the week with an international dance party blending socca, reggae and Afro-house; the triumphant return of soul singer Erin Costelo at her long-awaited album release show; a movie capturing the beauty of the night sky; the launch of a queer romance novel and more. Game Changer […]
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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Have simply the best weekend with these Sure Things
From the annual Best of Halifax Ball to Kamp’s continued run at Neptune to Julie Nesrallah’s dramatic spin on classical music, there’s lots to gold-worthy weekend ideas below! Best of Halifax Ball Thursday It’s the creme de la creme of celebrations as the winners from our annual Best of Halifax Reader’s Choice Awards (which you’ll […]
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Have a poppin’ weekend with these Sure Things
It’s an explosive weekend as the Halifax Pop Explosion continues its city-wide takeover, Atlantic Fashion Week delivers designer duds for its 12th season and Boston singer-songwriter Bryan McPherson plays two Halifax shows! If cannabis’ first legal weekend has you looking for a good time, scroll on. Unpacking The Living Room performance: “WORK OUT I WORK […]
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Keeping it casual at Atlantic Fashion Week
Atlantic Fashion Week Oct 18-20 350 Horseshoe Lake Drive tickethalifax.com If fashion is a pendulum swinging between extremes, it’s clearly taken a break from ricocheting between hemlines and waist heights to lean hard in a new direction—away from dressing up and into casual clothing. Signs are everywhere: Sneakers have gone from commuter wear to statement […]
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HPX18: Hua Li
Hua Li w/DJ Shub, Cadence Weapon, Jayd Ink, Fat Tony, Blakdenim Saturday, October 20, 9pm The Marquee, 2037 Gottingen Street, $25 adv/$33 door “Part of why I started rapping is because I wanted to be the hook girl. I would write these rinky-dink raps as placeholders and sing a really cool hook,” says Hua Li, […]
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Three can’t-miss collections from Atlantic Fashion Week
As Atlantic Fashion Week begins its annual sartorial shakeup, inspiration abounds with designers from across Nova Scotia and beyond bringing everything from statement-making streetwear to pop-art-y cocktail wear to the catwalk. Art Pays Me Duane Jones has been designing t-shirts that pack a socially conscious punch for years, and his collection at Friday’s showcase promises […]
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HPX18: Rayannah
Rayannah w/Cartel Madras, Jon Bryant, Beach Body Friday, October 19, 5:30pm The Carleton, 1685 Argyle Street, $15 From the airy opening flourishes of “Best of You,” Rayannah’s latest single, it’s clear that the Franco-Manitoban’s twist on electronic music isn’t what comes to mind when thinking of the genre: “In general, my stuff is pretty dense […]
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Have an artfully awesome Nocturne weekend with these Sure Things
This weekend, Nocturne lights up the night with art all across the city, The Town Heroes tear it up at The Seahorse, Laurie Brown brings her Pondercast to Halifax and famed artist Kent Monkman debuts a collection of paintings responding to Canada 150 at the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia. Nocturne 2018 Saturday Art’s big […]
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Nocturne 2018: Reading the Truth and Reconciliation Report
Exhibit 215 Park at Hollis and Barrington Street It all started over a year ago, when an audience member stood up at a lecture by senator Murray Sinclair, former chair the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada. “She asked ‘What can we do’” Kathrin Winkler recalls. “He said ‘Read the damn report!’” The phone line […]
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Nocturne 2018: Fox Hatch
Exhibit 102 Paul O’Regan Hall, Halifax Central Library 5440 Spring Garden Road There are, perhaps, a million ways a story can be told, but for Laura Stinson, there’s no way like puppetry. “I fell in love with puppetry because it involves performance and dance and music and visual art all together, but the focus is […]
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Have a megawatt Thanksgiving weekend with these Sure Things
A megawatt, more-stuffed-than-a-turkey Thanksgiving weekend awaits as shiny Sure Things like a local celebration of India’s Festival of Lights, a brilliant show by acclaimed singer-songwriter Rae Spoon and a screening of award-winning flick Let The Sunshine In descend upon your calendar. International Fashion Week Nova Scotia Saturday A full day of high-fashion energy arrives at […]
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Halifax Pop Explosion announces festival kick-off party featuring Matt Mays and Partner
October 17 is a date looming large in our calendars for lots of wild, wonderful reasons—it’s the first day of the Halifax Pop Explosion AND the first day of legalized cannabis—but now the countdown is about to be even more epic: HPX announced today that it’s getting the party started a little earlier with a […]