10 Tristan Perich’s artist talk Saturday The composer and sound artist who specializes in one-bit symphonies shares a peek into his process. 9 Spring Fling: A Queer Slow Dance Friday An old-fashioned slow dance complete with dance cards. 8 Billow and Well & Bone and Bough Thursday // Friday // Saturday // Sunday Figurative paintings […]
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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3D or bust: Douglas Coupland in Halifax
A crowd of dozens unfurls in a slowly-growing line while the smell of maple syrup wafts through the air. Necks crane, feet shuffle and arms ball up winter jackets. It feels like a slice of pure Canadiana—and that’s because it is, but not the huddle of cabane à sucre tourists it might sound like. The […]
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Ten totally electric weekend picks
10 Aftermath: The Town Heroes w/After Funk, Roxy & The Underground Soul Sound, Pino & Loeb Friday A handful of buzzy bands all specializing in feel-good fun adds up to a sweet show. 9 Pretty/Ugly Thursday // Friday // Saturday Xiaocheng Li takes on fast fashion with a rich textile exhibit inspired by the garment […]
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Black magic on Elm Street
When Stefan and Breanna Bolduc snapped up their west end home, it was far from the modern study in clean lines that it is today. “I don’t know why we went the direction we did, exactly, we just knew we wanted either an all-white or an all-black house,” Stefan says, laughing. With a family-friendly neighbourhood, […]
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Northern touch
Sisters share clothes, secrets and sometimes bedrooms. They help each other get ready for things, from birthday parties to bridal parties. They pool resources, life experience and accessories. But, in the case of Brianna Stratton and Alicia MacDonald, it’s more than just swapped gossip and borrowed outfits. They shared a vision—and a tool belt—to create […]
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How to transform your home with paint
Just how much can a few licks of paint change a space? When Karen Peters, a colour consultant and paint expert behind the company Paint Next, turned a client’s powder room from basic cream to light pink, the answer was obvious: It can be totally transformative. That rosy hue (Benjamin Moore’s Teacup Pink, to be […]
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Grow your own way: a guide to keeping plants alive
Katie Morrison of Granville Street’s The Flower Shop didn’t always have a knack for growing things. “It took me a long time to figure out how to take care of plants. I didn’t grow up in a house with plants. My mom just had this same fern in the corner for like, 20 years,” she […]
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Expert advice: a decorator’s advice for planning your space
Charlotte Skiba of Charlotte Interiors has a home decor Pinterest board just like any average daydreamer. The certified decorator and home stager loves using the site whenever she starts a new project. “Modern can mean totally different things, so it gives me a way to see what the client likes,” she says. But once you’ve […]
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Ten super sunny weekend picks
10 Write For Your Life IV Sunday Cheer for Halifax’s deadliest writer! 9 Dazor EP Release Show Saturday Heavy sounds from hard rockers. 8 Elephant’s Graveyard Thursday // Friday // Saturday // Sunday The Dartmouth Players share the tragic story of a small town’s struggling circus in 1918 Tennessee. 7 Shokran Canada Thursday A traditional […]
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Ten totally cool weekend picks
10 Ripple: Ceramics Thursday // Friday // Saturday // Sunday Kaashif Ghanie re-envisions his thrown platters as canvases for expression. 9 Devour! The Sea Thursday This after-dark wander around the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic, in collaboration with Devour! food film fest, sees Maritime heritage and regional cuisine come alive. Award-winning chefs fuel the fun […]
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High Klassified hits Halifax
While a hip-hop head reppin’ their hometown certainly isn’t new (at least half of College Dropout era Kanye relied on Chi-town referencing), the way beat maker/music mystic High Klassified reps Laval, NOT Montreal, should touch the heart of any proud Dartmouth dweller or Cole Harbour kid. Tomorrow night, High Klassified and his killer pick comb/ […]
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Pride & Prejudice’s costume studies
Pride & Prejudice Thursdays to Saturdays, March 16-April 8, 8pm Sunday March 26 and Sunday April 2 at 2pm Pond Playhouse, 6 Parkhill Road $18 Costume designer Susan Hall has watched Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth walk in the garden so many times that, by now, she must have the engagement scene memorized. As the head […]
