In light of the changing landscape of Halifax’s art space scene (see Jade Nauss’ feature, Halifax’s Art Problem for more on this topic), artist Laura Baker-Roberts and the artists behind Mourning Week, decided to address the recent closures/reconfigurations/relocations of our city’s art hubs with a week of events. Mourning Week isn’t curated, and it’s open […]
Stephanie Johns
flossin'
off on a natural charge bon voyage
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Lynn for the win
Lynn Coady, the 2013 Giller Scotiabank Prize Winner for the sublime Hellgoing, comes back east on an icy cool western wind, to speak at Dalhousie on Friday, March 14 (8pm Scotiabank Auditorium, Marion McCain Arts & Social Sciences Building, free). Presented by the 33rd Atlantic Annual Undergraduate English Conference & the Department of English Distinguished […]
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If the Internet Cat Video Festival doesn’t come here, I swear
The very same day I was reminded that the Oh Don Piano video is eight years old and the probability is high that Don is dead now (thanks, Sue Carter Flinn), I discover that the Internet Cat Video Festival is a thing, and Canadian Art reports that it’s touring across Canada. But Halifax is not […]
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Thirteen things for you to do this weekend
Guys! This is a really busy weekend! You will definitely need a HUVr board to get around. They aren’t fake at all, no need to look it up. FRIDAY, MARCH 7 From 10-4 on Friday, March 7 the Dalhousie Student Union Equity & Accessibility office will help you make a banner, either for goofy or […]
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Q&A with Kate Leth: Comic superstar
Comic artist/author/seller/enthusiast Kate Leth has authored her first Adventure Time novel (with artist Zack Sterling), released today in comic stores worldwide. You may find Leth jetsetting to various comic cons, signing novels, organizing ladies’ comic nights or working at Strange Adventures. You can also find her right here, answering all of the pressing questions about […]
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OBEY Convention VII early lineup announcement
Not merely content with a single music and art bonanza for their seventh year, Team OBEY has branched out like so many spring buds and created an entirely separate festival of visual art: Art In Fest. Art In Fest will accompany the OBEY Convention—”Atlantic Canada’s only festival of alternate realities for music and art”—this May […]
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Seven things you should do this weekend
First you must apply your face. Lawton’s has those Maybelline Baby Lips balms for like $4. I only wish I were getting sponsored to say this, but let me tell you in the realest of talk: that little tube of Grape Vine is the only thing that’s saved me from being a cracked and flaky […]
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Fully RealEyez
“This is the craziest thing I’ve ever done in my life—putting out an album,” RealEyez (AKA Erin Dorrington) says as she sits in a sunny north end cafe. It’s hard not to get swept up in her excitement. Warm and enthusiastic, throughout the conversation Dorrington tells some harrowing facts about her past, but brushes the […]
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The Coast guide to the 2014 Oscar nominees for Best Picture
It’s Friday! Come with me on a celluloid journey! Forget about the terrible world and snow piling up and laundry piling up—think about popcorn and glittery dresses and powerful acting and substantially heavy gold statuettes. In preparation for March 2’s Academy Award gala, here is our take on some of the films nominated for an […]
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Relive the magic of the Pusha T show right here
If for some reason you missed Pusha T‘s live show in Halifax last Monday because, oh I don’t know, you had a cold that had you so dozy you were napping on the way from the couch to the bed (cough*STEPH*cough PS those coughs are real), then here’s a Pusha T treat for you. Photos […]
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2014 Juno nominees you could see at Salim’s
The 2014 Juno nominees were announced today and I am not going to list them all here because I’m not made of internet so click here if you are so inclined: CANADIAN MUSICIANS! Some local (or basically local) folks made the list, click around and get familiar: Matt Mays (rock album of the year for […]
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Happy birthday Urban Surf Kings!
This Saturday marks 19 years for Halifax’s preeminent surf band, the Urban Surf Kings (AKA USK). Together Rev Hank, Crash Flagg and Inky, members of Canada’s longest running instrumental surf band, have released 11 albums and won over fans worldwide. UK’s Raucous Records calls them “one of the best surf instrumental bands on the planet.” […]