If the Nova Scotian film industry has, of late, been making hay while the sun shines (2021-22 was a record year for the industry, which the government says contributed about $180 million to Nova Scotia’s economy), consider this a sign that there’s zero percent chance of clouds in upcoming forecasts: The Coast hears industry chatter […]
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Halifax might become one of Canada’s worst-funded cities for the arts
Is Halifax heading headfirst into an identity crisis? The rapid clip at which the city’s been changing—we are the second-fastest growing urban area in the country, according to the most recent Statistic Canada numbers—makes fact of the fast-shifting sand beneath our feet. It’s been accompanied by the feeling that there’s a new building sprouting on […]
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This weekend in Halifax
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 […]
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Halifax launches new Youth Poet Laureate program
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 […]
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Hannah Moscovitch leads a theatre revolution from Halifax
There was a time—before her Governor General win, before she’d co-write a musical that’d take New York by storm, before she was a known quantity even outside the sphere of Canadian theatre—that playwright Hannah Moscovitch would sit in an idle Halifax cafe, clattering away on a laptop while her copy of Cape Breton’s most famous […]
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This week in Halifax
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 new plays showing at Neptune Theatre to free film screenings. Here’s where to go and what to do to get your week off to a fun start. Catch the African Heritage Month screening […]
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Neptune Theatre announces new Executive Director
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 […]
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These Halifax artists are teaching teens the power of the written word
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 […]
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This Weekend in Halifax
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 […]
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Halifax, here’s 9 exciting ways to celebrate African Heritage Month 2023
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 […]
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Here’s where to see the buzziest 2023 Oscar nominees in Halifax
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 […]
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Here’s the seven-minute short movie about the Halifax Explosion you’ve got to see
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 […]
