Arts & Culture

The old saying that good things come in threes has certainly held true for recent exports from Halifax’s art scene: After two-time Sobey award shortlister Jordan Bennet unveiled an ambitious mural at the Ontario University of Craft and Design—alongside a solo exhibition at OCAD’s gallery—two more local artists have secured a spot in Ontario galleries. […]

Solitha Wallace has been shaking up Halifax’s fashion scene since the mid-2010s, when the model, runway coach and show producer moved to the city for school and was met with an industry so homogeneous—even by fashion’s slim margins of inclusivity—that, as she told The Coast in 2018, “When I first moved here I didn’t think […]

Maybe it’s the humidity that has you retreating into the welcoming cave that is your living room, or maybe you’re a bit tight on cash right now but still want to have a sweet summer soireé. Maybe you got really into film during the pandemic, making the most of your increased screen time. Or maybe […]

Mocean Dance is looking for artists from all disciplines to take part in preliminary research sessions that will shape its next project, a participatory public work. Currently titled PLAY and created by Halifax artist Jacinte Armstrong, the finished artwork will “invite artists and audiences to share space and time, and to make something together while exploring […]

After the curtain falls on closing night, it’s easy to imagine the no-longer-needed set of a play sitting wistfully, Beauty and The Beast-like: A stage full of Lumières and Cogsworths already missing the dissipated audience. But you can help save these bits of furniture from such a fate, thanks to Neptune Theatre’s annual yard sale. […]

It’s hours before opening night of Shakespeare By The Sea’s Hamlet, the first drama the venerable theatre has staged since pre-pandemic times (and which will run until September 3 at Point Pleasant Park). When The Coast reaches Deivan Steele (who’ll be playing Hamlet himself) by phone, the actor is equal parts excitement and nerves, celebrating […]

Before Neptune Theatre launches its 60th season this fall, it is hard at work building air-tight casts for a catalogue that ranges from family focused musicals to indie dramas. Today’s announcement of two audition notices proves it—while reminding Halifax actors it’s not too late to shoot their shot for a role on the region’s biggest […]

Fans of the bleak, beloved Werewolf can finally stop drumming their fingers and checking their watches: Cape Breton writer-director Ashley McKenzie’s second feature, Queens of the Qing Dynasty, is one step closer to a screen near them as it makes its North American debut at next month’s Toronto International Film Festival. A story about the […]

When the CBC released its fall television slate, it wasn’t just a list of all the storylines that’ll unspool over your TV screen as the leaves change. It was also an accidental confirmation of how red-hot the film industry in Nova Scotia is these days: Alongside long-running Can-con staples like Murdoch Mysteries and Heartland, the […]

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Jason Skinner (@jason.a.m.skinner) Downtown Dartmouth has no shortage of attention-grabbing, neck-craning, selfie-worthy artworks—the sorts of pieces that imbue a sense of place and make the everyday all the more considered. As of Friday, though, these murals and story-high quotes got some company: Alderney Gate Library debuted […]

The light in a Robyn Badger painting is what will hook you first: A melted-butter warmth illuminating everything from wide country roads to pensive portraits. But it’s in the artist’s still life works where the life-affirming glow is at its most captivating: Van Gogh-inspired snippets of her living space that evoke the great expressionist artists. […]

Sullivan’s Crossing—a TV series based on a series of books of the same name by author Robyn Carr—has taken over a few blocks of Agricola Street this week, as it films its debut season. The 10-episode season is slated to air on CTV and Crave in 2023—but in the meantime, Halifax gets to see some […]