FIN: ATLANTIC INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL Autumn in Haliwood kicks off with the FIN Fest—the freshly re-named Atlantic Film Festival—and we couldn’t be more excited. That’s why Black Cop writer/director Cory Bowles is the star of our Fall Arts Preview issue cover. We’ve also got special looks at Play Your Gender, The Crescent, Small Town Show […]
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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Ten weekend picks to feast on
10 Metallifax, a Metallica tribute show Saturday OK kids, get ready: Attending this Gus’ Pub show means hearing 75 minutes’ worth of every Metallica song that ever mattered, being performed by the likes of Hero’s Last Rite, Beyond Eternal and Novichok. 9 The Oxford Theatre screens classic films Friday // Saturday // Sunday As the […]
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Twelve long weekend picks you’ll fall for
12 Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them screening Friday A sweet lil’ after-sunset screening at Dartmouth’s Ferry Terminal Park follows wizard slash animal conservationist Newt Scamander through 1920s New York. 11 Downtown Milky Way Thursday These sweet sessions—held in room 120 of Dalhousie’s James Dunn Building—use a vintage planetarium to give a crash course […]
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Welcome to Harbourdale
Earlier this year, the television landscape felt bleak, rudderless without a good teen drama to act as guilty-pleasure viewing while we awaited the return of Serious Dramas like Twin Peaks and Game of Thrones. What a treat, then, when Riverdale landed on the scene—and wasn’t only a guilty pleasure, but a full-on feast in its […]
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Five nerdy university perks to geek out about
Being a student has its perks—from newfound freedoms and friendships to self-discovery and maybe even learning to do your own laundry. Something not to overlook in that list, though? Embracing your inner geek. In my first week of classes as an undergrad, a professor made an impassioned speech to my classmates and I that we […]
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Become a master of arts this fall
Fall in Halifax is something special, as festivals and art organizations brace for the colder days a-comin’ with a packed calendar of events that’ll challenge, educate and entertain you. Here are a few that are a great intro to the local arts scene. Keep an eye out for more in our Fall Arts issue September […]
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Old schools on campus
On the wall in NSCAD president Dianne Taylor-Gearing’s office, a scrawled font with steep pitches and valleys repeats, “I will not make boring art.” As the school’s 130th anniversary looms closer than the oversized text, the scene feels rife with accidental symbolism: How can such a venerable institution ensure it doesn’t lose its edge? “We’re […]
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Trips by Transit offers a free pass to outdoor adventure
As Meredith Baldwin and Cameron Edwards sit at a cafe’s corner table, the sunlight streaming in on them almost seems to echo their optimism. “We think transit is very important. We’d like to change the perception around transit,” Edwards says, hands resting on the table. “People don’t like taking the bus for the most part. […]
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Ten action-packed weekend picks
10 Ferris Bueller’s Day Off screening Saturday An after-dark, under-the-stars screening of the 1986 classic that introduced the world to Matthew Broderick—and will help you up your playing-hookie game—shows at The Chickenburger (1531 Bedford Highway). 9 The time traveller’s picnic Saturday Prepare for a day of time-travelling twee: Dress as your favourite era before settling into […]
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Peter Mansbridge announces coast to coast storytelling tour
Update: This event has since been cancelled. While retirement means slowing down for some, it doesn’t look like former CBC anchor Peter Mansbridge has been sleeping in or taking up gardening: Since stepping down from hosting The National this July—after holding the seat for a whopping 29 years—Canada’s grandpa has been gearing up for a […]
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Throwing shade: Where Halifax can experience the total solar eclipse
Light some candles, check your horoscope and get ready! Today’s the day that most of North America (Halifax included) will see an astrological event so rare its last appearance was in 1979: The total solar eclipse. Between two and five this afternoon, the moon and sun’s paths will overlap, with the moon passing between the […]
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Ten super sunny weekend picks
10 Anguish and Rapture Thursday // Friday Hannah Genosko takes us on a tour of the gallows of her imagination, exploring experiences of revelation through the perspective of invented, outsider artist Elevia Anne Mitchell. The result? Eerie, scratchy, mixed-media work that blurs the line between religious fervor and mental illness. 9 Summer Cafe Con Sunday […]
