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Two Dumb Vegans Historic Farmers’ Market, 1496 Lower Water Street Saturdays, 7am-1pm When Michael Grove and Kerry Sharp begin the baking process for their bigger-than-your-hand, quadruple-layered cinnamon rolls, a sort of routine settles in: Singing (lots of it), cinnamon-dousing (even more of it) and layering up rectangles of buttery-yet-butter-free dough. “We found ourselves harmonizing all…
The kids, as they say, are alright. Some seriously awesome youths have picked up their spraypaint cans and unleashed anarchy on Halifax’s streets. “On a busy-stretch of the Bedford Highway, a billboard advertises a garden centre, but only the sharpest-eyed motorists would notice it’s now also advertising something else,” reports CTV Atlantic’s Bruce Frisko. “Although…
I’m ambiguously brown. By that I mean I have brown skin and almond-shaped eyes. I get those from my dad who is Mi’kmaq. I also have curly hair, freckles and thin lips from my mom, whose grandparents came from Scotland. “Where are you from?” is a very common question in my day-to-day as people try…
May-October Halifax talks art Interested in supporting local artists? Are you a looking to fill some empty walls, or maybe even begin your own art collection? Halifax Talks Art has you covered this summer. Running from May to October, various commercial galleries in Halifax will be host talks on collecting. various locations, Wednesdays, 6:30-8pm, RSVP…
June 23 Canada vs USA rugby A test match sees Canada’s senior men rugby team face off against Team USA for some high-adrenaline action. Wanderers Grounds, 5819 Sackville Street, 4pm, $18-$34, tickethalifax.com July 7-8 Monster JamJacked-up trucks with names like Grave Digger spin their wheels and wear out their breaks at this epic summer show…
To June 23 Dartmouth Players: 9-5 There’s still a chance to catch Dartmouth Players’ production of 9-5, the comedic ’70s jukebox musical following three women revolting against their abusive male co-workers. It is the last show in Dartmouth Player’s 2017/18 season. 9-5 is directed by Laura Thornton with musical direction by Sarah Richardson and choreography…
When Lisa Ali moved to Mahone Bay, her neighbour warned her about the ticks. They hide in the long grass, he explained, they get in your skin and under your fingernails. They’re worst in the summer. She didn’t think it would affect her, but after both her sons contracted Lyme disease in 2016, she made…
June 29-July 1 Epic Canadian Epic Dartmouth triathlon has transformed into Epic Canadian, a weekend packed with races that coincides with the country’s birthday. This year check out five distances over three days (and one night), making the event super accessible for marathoners and amateurs alike. Run once, or daily if you’re that kind of…
The World Cup is upon us and footie fever is high, especially with the announcement that Canada will be one of three host countries for the 2026 tourney. If you want to brush up on your World Cup knowledge, or just can’t get enough of soccer, here is a brief primer on who to watch.…
Last week we wrote that Flaunt Salon (2166 Windsor Street) would be closing. That wasn’t accurate. Regulars and lovers of the salon can rest easy, as longtime Flaunt employee and master stylist/colourist Michael Hinchey has taken over ownership of the brand. The Windsor Street location of the salon will remain open until July 1, after…
Halifax officials got some Star treatment on Monday night. TorStar chief executive officer John Boynton was in town, hosting various city hotshots for dinner at The Bicycle Thief. According to one attendee, the event was to dialogue about how the Toronto Star and its StarMetro Halifax paper can shift the way they target and portray news…
It’s official. The municipality will once again tackle whether or not to build a stadium. Councillor Steve Craig is asking for a staff report on the “opportunities and risks” involved with establishing a mixed-use development, CFL franchise and football stadium in Halifax. The announcement came nearly 12 hours after council met behind closed doors with Maritime…
“The Wave,” “The Motorcycle Salute,” or as I’ve heard it called, “The Drag” (my personal favourite): Defining the signal of acknowledgement between two two-wheeled travellers on the open road in North America. These waves, mostly between two motorcyclists and presumed to have originated between the most famous two motorcycles, William Harley and Arthur Davidson, occasionally…
Self-taught cook Andy Hay is the runner-up of MasterChef Canada, but he’s managed to snag the top spot in the hearts and bellies of people in his hometown. Tuesday’s season finale saw Hay, who hails from Dartmouth, go head-to-head with 19-year-old Beccy Stables. Although Stables is the youngest competitor to appear on the show, a…
I went into a local hardware store to buy four feet of chain. The young employee who assisted me paused and asked me, “uh, how many inches are there in a foot?” WTF! Shocked and wide-mouthed, I figured he must have been pulling my chain…nope! (Well, sort of…) So, not to judge, I retained my…
It’s not a public inquiry, says deputy mayor Waye Mason. It’s better than that. “A public inquiry would be a moment in time. This is an ongoing commitment.” In response to continuing outcry about the discrimination faced by HRM employees, Halifax Regional Council approved a motion Tuesday requiring CAO Jacques Dubé to provide quarterly public…
The carbon bubble will burst with or without government action, according to a new study. That will hurt people who invest in fossil fuels. As energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies improve and prices drop, global demand for fossil fuels will decline, “stranding” new fossil fuel ventures—likely before 2035, according to the study in Nature…
Argyle Street will be the “fun street of Canada,” promises Halifax mayor Mike Savage. City council voted Tuesday for “routine non-special event” closures of Argyle Street this summer. The road will be closed off to vehicles between Prince and Blowers from noon on Friday to midnight on Sunday during July and August. The pilot project…
Nova Scotia Business Inc. is giving Quebec dairy giant Agropur a $1,843,776 rebate to create an “innovative production line, novel to the national ice cream market in Canada.” The presumably bold and world-class ice cream will be produced at the former Scotsburn plant in Truro. Agropur purchased the Nova Scotian company two years ago to expand…
It seems a bit foolish that I miss you so much. I’ve concluded you’ve given me emotional whiplash, and because of it I don’t know what to believe anymore. Logically I know you miss me. Emotionally it’s harder. Nevertheless, I can’t wait to come meet you across the pond for your birthday. Because I believe…
Why do you bring up my birthday and my age every time I see you? It isn’t just cruel but also weird and just plain bad manners. Stop being such a passive-aggressive bully. —IB
With incredible Oceanside views and coastal hikes, you’ll probably end up taking photos mostly of food, yourself, and beer. And that’s okay. Fruit beer friday 👍 🍑🍒 @stillwellbrewing @2crowsbrewing @burdockbrewery #fbf A post shared by Stillwell (@barstillwell) on Jun 1, 2018 at 8:38am PDT googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-box_new1’); Stillwell Beer Garden Dress for success, because you’ll want a…
Bar managers and staff, please learn how to properly pour beer into glassware for patrons. We have such a bustling craft beer community but your pour skills are failing to showcase the goodness of the beer. For example, NEVER bury the faucet in the beer glass. The faucet, beer and glass should never touch one…
The province’s police watchdog is being stretched thin investigating cases across Atlantic Canada. Felix Cacchione, director of the Serious Incident Response Team, explained the problem Tuesday during a presentation to the Halifax Board of Police Commissioners. Last month, Nova Scotia witnessed its first police shooting death since SIRT was formed in 2012. The next morning,…
Richard Florizone is leaving Dalhousie for a “once in a lifetime” opportunity in quantum computing. The university president’s resignation was announced Monday in a memo from the school’s Board of Governors. Board chair Lawrence Stordy writes that the news comes “with mixed emotion.” “We have benefitted greatly from his leadership and vision these past five years,”…
So I was taking the bus home from work just the other day, a guy got on the bus. And you know when you know someone is gonna cause trouble? I knew. The entire ride he was loud, and brash, but so it goes. Until two ladies, who I believe were of south Asian heritage,…
As HRM officials lament the recent Halifax Transit “suck me, boy” racism that, along with a slew of other offences, has earned this town the moniker “Halissippi,” I’m mindful that the Clotilda—the last ship to transport Africans to bondage—was helmed by a Nova Scotian. His name? Captain William Foster. Famed for her novel Their Eyes…
As calls intensify for improved law enforcement response to the growing concern surrounding drink tampering, Halifax Regional Police remains firm in its decision not to formally collect data on suspected incidents. The Coast reported on a number of cases in which women believed they were drugged in north-end bars last spring. All told similar stories:…
The author of an online petition against Coming Out Ministries visiting Nova Scotia says the anti-LGBTQ+ group has previously preached gay conversion at one of the Halifax’s private Christian schools. Matt DeMerchant, a former student at Salt Lake Academy in Bedford, is alleging Coming Out Ministries gave several talks at the K-12 school in the…
Welcome to episode two of The Coast’s 25th-anniversary podcast. This week arts editor Tara Thorne and city editor Jacob Boon talk about Friends and Rita and Friends. We look back at Shakespeare by the Sea, watch as the city makes its first failed effort to make amends for Africville and discuss the practicalities of racing…
This weekend the OUTeast Film Fest returns, the 2018 FIFA World Cup kicks off and Canada’s next big band The Glorious Sons comes to town. See how to spend the best days of the week below. Roller Derby: Black Rock Bandits vs Dead Ringers Thursday Two teams in the Anchor City Rollers league face off…
One of the world’s best-known climate scientists is discouraged that almost 40 years of study and warnings haven’t convinced humanity to adequately address the climate crisis. But James Hansen understands why we’ve stalled. “As long as fossil fuels seem to be the cheapest energy to the public, they’ll keep using them,” Hansen recently told Bob…
Every fall, the Halifax Pop Explosion blows the city’s minds with an eclectic mix of artists shredding on stages across town. While 2018’s full lineup is yet to be announced, the first crop of names includes scrappy indie rockers The Born Ruffians (which returned to its original lineup earlier this year), Vancouver EDM up-and-comer Applecat…
There is something so unmistakably whole about people, whether thoroughbred or import, from the south shore of Nova Scotia. The stretch of land and water running from Lunenburg County to Yarmouth and curling up into Digby breeds a good, honest and endlessly admirable people. They come fully equipped with unabridged resourcefulness, a thriving arsenal of…
Marie Symonds hates the bus. Growing up, her kids were told to always be careful taking transit. If anything happened, keep calm and call her. “You never know what’s going to happen when you get on the bus when you’re Black,” she says. About a year ago, her daughter Carole was taking a bus to…
The effect of systemic racism damages indiscriminately. Our government, media agencies, educational organizations and construction industry are equally complicit. The federal government signed a contract with Irving Halifax Shipyard without a provision that financial auditors be tasked with ensuring that the contract requires the inclusion of Black Nova Scotians in hiring programs. The provincial government…
International Music Concert Saturday, June 16, 7:30pm Halifax Central Library, 5440 Spring Garden Road $20 New Directions UP Sunday, June 17, 8pm The Halifax Music Co-op, 2164 Barrington Street $10-$25 Lukas Pearse and Halifax are in a mutually beneficial relationship. Pearse has dedicated his life to sound art and in return, Halifax has provided the…
OUTeast Queer Film Fest June 15-17 Museum of Natural History, 1747 Summer Street $12-$15 (festival pass $50) outeastfilm.com It’s the seventh edition of OUTeast, and all of its founders left Halifax years ago, but the queer film festival keeps going. “The reason we still do this thing that is so important to us is that…
Kaashif Ghanie, Adaption and Nicholas Rosin, Disposable Income To June 24 Hermes, 5682 North Street In the latest exhibitions at Hermes, curator Becky Walter-Nolan has paired two emerging artists fresh out of the 2018 airCRAFT residency at the Centre for Craft Nova Scotia. Entering the gallery we see the five large ceramic pots that make…
Wares W/Lizbrain&Doug, Goldbloom, Matty Grace Wednesday, June 20, 8pm RadStorm, 6050 Almon Street $7 Wares’ self-titled 2017 debut makes gargantuan sonic leaps throughout its 38 or so minutes. It opens with the lackadaisical, hazy “City Kids,” shows the band raising its fists for sinewy, anthemic punk on “Mission Hill” and goes positively ballistic with the…
Rasa Flavours of India 1542 Birmingham Street Twenty-one-year-old Deeksha Bhaskar grew up exposed to the food industry. As the daughter of a prominent restaurant-owner in Gurugram, India, she and her sister spent a lot of time visiting restaurants with their dad. “Whenever we’d be somewhere, he would tell us what each place was doing right…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY Gemini (May 21-Jun 20) “Whether you love what you love or live in divided ceaseless revolt against it, what you love is your fate.” Gemini poet Frank Bidart wrote that in his poem “Guilty of Dust,” and now I offer it to you. Why? Because it’s an excellent time to be honest with…
Our readers rule!!! Happy 25th anniversary to @TwitCoast, which is one of my fondest memories of home (“Ink, sweat and tears” anniversary issue, June 7). I started reading it as a teenager and I felt so cool reading the “indie” paper. I still pick up a paper copy every time I’m home. There’s nothing like it…
Q Without snooping, I came across texts between my wife “Mary” and a guy “Jeremy” of a very sexual nature. While I would be okay if she were doing this and I knew about it, this has been going on since before we met. (We’ve been together 10 years.) She says she has never met…
https://www.thecoast.ca/Shoptalk/archives/2018/06/20/flaunt-salon-is-moving-july-1 The restructuring of Flaunt Salon (2166 Windsor Street) helped master esthetician Jill Stephenson make some big moves, quickly. After looking around for a new home to offer her services from, she jumped on the chance to open her own spot instead. “I have been working in Halifax for 10 years, it just seemed like…
