Come From Away doesn’t open Halifax until November, and it’s already a hit. Today the show’s producers announced that three performances have been added to CFA’s local run, making for a total of seven chances to see the show at Scotiabank Centre from Tuesday Nov 14 through Sunday Nov 19. “Due to overwhelming demand, three […]
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How to buy tickets for Come From Away and The Book of Mormon in Halifax
UPDATE Monday July 17: When the production company Broadway in Halifax announced these two shows back in March, they were both far in the future and the producers had an obvious interest in selling packages to both shows at once. These “season packages” were the source of much confusion, as we discuss below if you’re […]
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This Halifax band almost broke up due to burnout. Instead, they’re launching a triumphant comeback this Saturday at The Marquee.
If Justin Murphy—front person of Halifax indie rock band Walrus—feels a bit reverent when he takes The Marquee stage this July 8, it’ll be hard to blame him. Someone a bit more prone to cheesiness might even pinch themselves (though that feels out-of-character for Murphy’s brand of north end irony). See, it isn’t just the […]
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Everything you need to know about the 2023 Halifax Pride festival
For almost four decades, Halifax Pride has been a bright spot in the city’s summer calendar: A multi-day, multi-venue celebration of 2SLGBTQ+ identity and culture offering everything from lunchtime lectures on current issues to after-dark, free-for-all parties hotter than the humidex. This year, it’s a little different: Apparent tumult within the organization itself (the board […]
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Meet the Halifax author writing about queer joy
At first blush, it’d be easy to see K.R. Byggdin’s Wonder World as lifted-from-life, the sort of roman à clef that many debut authors write to make a splash: Like their protagonist, Isaac Funk, Byggdin relocated from small-town Manitoba to Halifax in search of queer community, and like Funk, Byggdin is part of the city’s […]
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Everything you need to know about the 2023 Halifax Mural Festival
Taking forgotten and overlooked walls around the city and reimagining them as blank canvases, the Halifax Mural Festival asks why the world (or at least the city) can’t be more art-filled and rife with wonder. If you’ve ever needed a nudge to look up from your phone while out and around, you’ll find it here, […]
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Meet the Halifax rapper breaking barriers and spitting bars—all while wearing a hijab
When Masuma Khan—noted Halifax activist and rapper—lists the likes of Busta Rhymes, Lauryn Hill and Notorious BIG as key influences on her art, it’s hardly surprising (not just because her picks are inarguably classics of the genre). See, like her heroes, Khan—who makes music as rapper General Khan—spits while knowing that the mic in her […]
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Listen to the 8 Halifax musicians who will power your playlists this summer
From powering road trips to setting the atmosphere on the back deck, playlists are fuel for summer’s sunshine-y days. No pressure, but the right song in the right moment is what takes a moment and turns it into a memory, fuelling your main character aspirations with a dose of cinematic energy. Here, Team Coast is […]
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A documentary on the Halifax artist you need to know, a new Trailer Park Boys series and more in this week’s film and TV news
Another week, another call for “action” on film sets across the city as shooting season picks up to its busiest time of year. As the local film and TV sector continues to grow—in a press release from last May, the province says “the film industry contributed about $180.8 million to Nova Scotia’s economy in 2021-22”—Team […]
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Jenn Grant’s back with the positive pop album you need to hear
When The Coast calls Jenn Grant on a sunny Friday morning in May, about a month out from her new album Champagne Problems’s June 21 release, the kinetic energy is palpable. “How long do you want to speak for?” the singer-songwriter asks, ambient car noise almost drowning her out. We agree on a tight half-hour, […]
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Visual Arts Nova Scotia announces new Executive Director
Visual Arts Nova Scotia—a by-artists, for-artists organization that supports and spotlights visual art in the province—announced a new executive director today. Therese Cruz, based in Shelburne, has a background in jewellery design and passion for painting and rug-hooking. In a press release announcing Cruz’s taking the role, VANS says she is motivated “to be in […]
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Halifax band Mama’s Broke plays first hometown shows since NPR Tiny Desk appearance
If, when first listening to Mama’s Broke, you can’t stop imaging the open road—a single lane carved through the spine of the Appalachian songbook; an artery of tarmac taking hard corners over harmonies soft as wheat fields—your imagination’s got the right instinct: The duo’s origin story began on a stretch of highway between Montreal and […]
