John Mulaney will perform his newest hour of standup at the Scotiabank Centre in downtown Halifax on Friday, Nov. 4 as part of his From Scratch tour. After a highly publicized and eventful past year, the comedian’s latest title suggests he is embarking on something entirely new. So, in the spirit of looking forward, The […]
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Curtain call at Neptune Theatre as general manager bids adieu
Atlantic Canada’s largest theatre company is changing its cast. After six years at Neptune Theatre, general manager Lisa Bugden is stepping down from her post, the performing arts company shared in a release this week. In her place, longtime marketing executive Catherine Bagnell Styles will assume an interim general manager role as Neptune seeks a […]
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Jimmy Rankin has a Christmas present for you
With two months to go until Christmas, Sonic Concerts is marking the occasion by announcing a Jimmy Rankin concert in Halifax on November 25, one month before the big Christian holiday. Called Warming Up For Winter, the show will have plenty of seasonal songs from Rankin’s repertoire—his Christmas-themed album Tinsel Town came out in 2012—as […]
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Love Peace and Hairgrease is the new, original musical you need to see
When The Coast reaches Eastern Front Theatre’s executive director Kat McCormack by phone, it takes a minute for the call to settle. McCormack plugs in headphones, but the background noise is deliciously inescapable. Rooms away from where McCormack is sequestered, the cast, crew, director and live band of EFT and Charles Taylor Theatre & Media […]
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Saint Mary’s University Art Gallery extends its show JIM until December 11
When a trio of famous rock musicians combine forces, we call it a supergroup. But what about when three big-deal visual artists combine their catalogues and creative energy? Well, we don’t really have a pop culture term for that—at least not yet. But, you can still see it in action by catching the show JIM […]
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July Talk announces Halifax show for April 14, 2023
While the falling leaves might make thinking as far ahead as next spring feel impossible, Toronto rock band July Talk will help you visualize: The “Guns + Ammunition” group announced today that it’ll play a Halifax gig on April 14, 2023 at The Light House Arts Centre. Known for its duo lead vocalists who meld […]
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Finalists for the 2022 Nova Scotia Masterworks award have been announced
The Nova Scotia Masterworks Award just dropped its 2022 shortlist. The largest cultural prize in the province, the Masterworks Award sees a jury of experts select the top art works in a swath of mediums—evaluating their originality, artistic maturity, impact, and contribution to Nova Scotia. From a shortlist, one piece of art stands to win the […]
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Nocturne 2022: Little children our beings they found you – mijua’ji’jk ntininaq weji’skesnik will make you remember
Little children our beings they found you – mijua’ji’jk ntininaq weji’skesnik is one of five can’t-miss projects at this year’s Nocturne, a site-specific art festival that has things popping up all over Halifax from Oct. 13 to 15. Read more about the other Nocturne projects we’re most excited about here. “If you are a product […]
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Nocturne 2022: A Short Story About Sidewalks holds gaze with Halifax
A Short Story About Sidewalks is one of five can’t-miss projects at this year’s Nocturne, a site-specific art festival that has things popping up all over Halifax from Oct. 13 to 15. Read more about the other Nocturne projects we’re most excited about here. “I think in the simplest sense, Halifax means home for me,” writes […]
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Nocturne 2022: Meet me at the Dinner Table is an invisible feast
Meet Me at the Dinner Table is one of five can’t-miss projects at this year’s Nocturne, a site-specific art festival that has things popping up all over Halifax from Oct. 13 to 15. Read more about the other Nocturne projects we’re most excited about here. “Our main thing, our main agreement, is that we want […]
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Nocturne 2022: so lucky so strange so persistent plays in the echos
so lucky so strange so persistent is one of five can’t-miss projects at this year’s Nocturne, a site-specific art festival that has things popping up all over Halifax from Oct. 13 to 15. Read more about the other Nocturne projects we’re most excited about here. “It was a place that I would go to late […]
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Nocturne 2022: QUIET PARADE marches to a more accessible future
QUIET PARADE is one of five can’t-miss projects at this year’s Nocturne, a site-specific art festival that has things popping up all over Halifax from Oct. 13 to 15. Read more about the other Nocturne projects we’re most excited about here. “[The province] has an initiative so that Nova Scotia will be accessible by 2030. […]