Arts & Culture

The days are slowly getting longer and Halifax’s calendar of events is filling up with all kinds of must-see, must-do fun, from must-see music shows by some of the city’s biggest stars to snagging seats at a sold-out screening of a buzzy Oscar nominee. Here’s where to go and what to do to maximize those […]

Y’know the old saying that the earth isn’t given to us by our parents but is on loan to us from our kids? It’s the sort of sentiment that burns hot on the forebrain of Halifax’s Poet Laureate Sue Goyette: A neon imperative guiding missions like, say, Write Your Heart Out (the youth writer’s circle […]

Neptune Theatre, the province’s largest stage, announced yesterday that it will be getting a new Executive Director as of April 10. It’s the latest leadership shake-up in the city’s cultural sector that’s seen almost every organization refreshing its leadership. When it comes to Neptune, however, new ED Kimberlee Stadelmann is arriving from a 15-year-stint at […]

Sue Goyette, Halifax’s Poet Laureate, knows kids today are facing a lot—but she also knows they are more than rising to the occasion. “Like, look at Greta [Thunberg]: When I go to the Friday climate marches, those young people that were organizing it would get the mic, and talk in poems,” she says, speaking with […]

Yes, yes, the nights are long and the days cold, but that excuse isn’t gonna cut it this weekend: There is simply too much interesting, noteworthy stuff happening in Halifax as February starts for you to spend time couch-bound. Instead, light up the group text with some of the following options and find yourself some […]

As African Heritage Month kicks off this year, you’re in luck: Halifax has no shortage of fun, informative and dynamic ways to celebrate and centre facets of the Black experience. In particular, the following 9 events have caught Team Coast’s eye as can’t-miss Sure Things: Calypso celebration (Feb 2) The Canadian Museum of Immigration at […]

Ok, Halifax it’s time to get serious: We’ve got 41 days until the 95th Academy Awards ceremony—which is going to be coming at you live on March 12, via whichever of your friends still has cable. Movie buffs already know what that means but for the rest of us, here it is: If you act […]

Update, Jan 24, 2023: Today, the Academy Awards announced the nominees for its 95th annual celebration of cinema. Amongst the flicks picked? The Flying Sailor, a seven-minute short created by Amanda Forbis and Wendy Tilby that imagines what it must’ve been like to be on the ground when the blast occurred (and is the focus […]

January lives up to its mental image as a dry month, a time for trimming away the extras, when you look around the world of events. There’s simply not as much going on as the other 11 months of the year. This isn’t me hating on the month: After December’s hectic pace, it feels like […]