Last night The Coast called Tom Sherman from a computer. We dialed up his New York phone number from Skype on a Haligonian laptop and then a variety of devices facilitated a talk about technology, language and art. It’s fitting that this encounter was mitigated through a bizarre combination of communicative technologies, since technology and […]
Veronica Simmonds
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Something wicked
Much like the protagonists in his upcoming novel A Matter of Life and Death or Something, Ben Stephenson found journaling just when he needed it. “It was just a great way to take the thoughts out and put them somewhere and get past them,” Stephenson says over tea in the Trident Cafe’s back room. “I […]
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Rolling with the Stones
I walk into Java Blend early in the morning. Ben Stone and his dad John welcome me with big hugs and hot tea. Both bearded and bright-eyed, the Stones exude a familial warmth that wraps around me like a soft woven blanket. Their casual leans and finish-each other’s-sentence-style closeness is contagious. After my first sip […]
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Uncovering history
Edith MacDonald lived in Africville and worked at a convenience store, and she was also a masterful painter. “She was an artist active in Africville when most people didn’t think there were any,” says artist and curator David Woods. “Nobody knows much about her work, but she was painting at the end of the 19th […]
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The Black Rabbit Festival gives you a jump this winter
Don’t worry about your flu shot, just come to Black Rabbit.” This is the sage advice of Andrew Maize, one of the coordinators of the Black Rabbit Festival being held in Halifax this winter. Though not a medical professional, Maize does speak with some authority on the healing powers of communal creativity. He and his […]
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Lilah Kemp’s public speaking
It has been said that writers write and writers read. On Halifax’s literary scene this has never been more true. Writers are writing. They are writing a lot and so they’ve got a lot of reading to do. The Lilah Kemp Reading Series provides a cozy yet collegial forum for writers to do just that: […]
