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Picture this: People exercising at one of those public outdoor gyms, including some rugrats. Some self-entitled arse, lounging on one of the pieces of equipment lights up a smoke. Seriously? Good move. Way to clear the area, bub. Maybe your kid didn’t mind, but good on the one who let you know that they did.…
Flatulent Facebook commenters fall into three groups: (1) the Mindlessly Mute, (2) The Page Hogs and (3) The Bumpers. (1) The Mindlessly Mute: Since they have nothing to say because they have no minds, the Mindlessly Mute cannot properly be called “flatulent” which, if nothing else, suggests the expulsion of hot blow. No, the Mindlessly…
To people who claim Dartmouth is no more and it’s Halifax—get your facts straight!!! IT’S STILL DARTMOUTH. Same goes for… AntrimBald RockBear CoveBarkhouse SettlementBaysideBeaver DamBeaver HarbourBeaver IslandBeech HillBeechvilleBig LakeBlack PointBlind BayBoutliers PointBrooksideBrookvilleCaribou MinesCarroll’s CornerCentre MusquodoboitChaplinChaswoodClam HarbourClam BayCole HarbourCollege LakeConrod SettlementCrooks BrookCow BayDeanDebaies CoveDevonDevils IslandDuncan’s CoveDutch SettlementEast ChezzetcookEast DoverEast Jeddore,East PennantEast PrestonEast LawrencetownEast Loon Lake VillageEast…
I usually hate being stuck at the five-way traffic clusterfuck at the Quinpool-Bell-Robie-Cogswell insersection, but while my bus was stuck there, I saw you with your adorable lop-eared bunny and my heart melted. I normally hate bunnies because of a traumatic childhood experience (don’t ask), but seeing you with your rabbit made me smile. When…
I’m getting tired of visiting local small businesses with HUGE attitude problems. Everyone is supposed to love the local and support the community, but it becomes difficult when these businesses don’t create a welcoming environment. I worked in a small retail shop for six years and it was our first priority to welcome our guests…
I like you as a friend. I am not interested in you as anything more. I should not have to keep telling you. I can’t even fuck you drunk! Like come on, you dick is so skinny and small and you have biggest balls I’ve ever seen…..they are bigger then your dick. When you went…
Attention nostalgics, this is your last week to enjoy a pie at Tomavino Ristorante’s intimate digs at 5173 South Street; the longtime south end staple is moving—temporarily, don’t panic—to make way for big changes to the corner of South and Hollis. While the Fares-built seven-storey residential/commercial building goes up (an estimated one-and-half to two years)…
Yesterday this truck drove down Marginal Road towards the container port. But unlike most of the trucks driving that route, which will unload their container cargo onto boats or trains for shipping around the world, this one is delivering the world to Halifax. Its cargo is a (literally) touring exhibition called “Together: An exhibition on…
They think with me it’s like some movie, like it’s some life-changing script for the benefit of, of, of the audience…. Maybe they think they’re my audience and maybe I don’t know. But shut your mouth, John. Stop looking at me like that, Jane! Because well hey there, the theatre lights just flickered, came back…
Tokyo Police Club is rocking the waterfront tonight with a very special local guest.
It was nice meeting you! I hope you enjoy your English immersion here in Halifax. My advice I didn’t get to share: go to beaches, lakes & ocean (you can get to some on the bus). Try a donair and a chicken shawarma. Check out every festival you can and most of all have fun!…
The first Magic Mike, directed with a portentous hand by Steven Soderbergh—he of three Ocean’s movies, yet obviously thinking he was above such tawdry material—was nevertheless a huge hit and, in conjunction with 21 Jump Street, catapulted Channing Tatum onto the A-list. Where the original got bogged down in a sparkless love story and too…
I am so sick of listening to people lie and make themselves feel better by trying to make others look bad. Yes you do drugs while your kids are home, yes you drink and drive…with your kids in the car. You are a slut and you sleep around and lie about it. It makes me…
My friend suggests that there is no carpet anymore, but as a biological blond, I can’t help notice that a lot of people are not blond, although they attempt to colour their hair to appear so. To let these people know: You ain’t foolin’ nobody—the carpet just don’t match the curtains. As a blond, I…
Amy Poehler is perfectly cast as Joy—as in the feeling of—in Pixar’s wonderful Inside Out, a thrilling return to form after a couple of lazy sequels. We’re inside the head of Riley, an 11-year-old hockey-playing happy-go-lucky kid whose world is rocked when her family moves from Minnesota to San Francisco. Poehler’s natural warmth, quick wit…
“I grew up sailing and canoeing on the North West Arm,” says Alex Kawchuk. “It’s used recreationally, but as far as getting around the city it’s more of an obstacle than anything.” The recent urban planning grad is the captain behind Halifax harbour’s newest arrival, Chebucto Water Taxi —a way that big body of water that…
“We’ve always been big craft beer fans since day one,” says Bishop’s Cellar (1477 Lower Water Street) general manager Matt Rogers. The booze boutique, and its staff, celebrate bringing that fandom to the next level with the launch of its new state-of-the-art, straight from the keg, growler filling station—it launches today. “Right now we make…
1 When the Macdonald Bridge was built 60 years ago it linked two distinct cities. Nowadays, it’s a part of the Halifax Regional Municipality but our two harbour bridges are still run by a strange authoritative body in the Halifax-Dartmouth Bridge Commission. As the Big Lift lifts off, this week’s Coast cover story looks at…
1. OL’ SCHOOL DONUTS A tricked-out school bus serving warm, ol’fashioned mini donuts with topping options like lemon cream cheese, cinnamon-sugar and Reese’s Pieces. Ol School on Facebook @olschooldonuts 2. GECKO BUS Modern Mexican cuisine, with a twist! You’re gonna taco ‘bout it after. @GeckoBus 3. TIN PAN ALLEY Thick Dutch-style fries with a variety…
After nearly 15 years on Brenton Street, and a year under new ownership, Fiasco Restaurant (1463 Brenton Street) will close its doors permanently as of this Friday, June 26. Co-owners—and also the restaurant’s chef and pastry chef —Morné Van Antwerp and Sue Ann Lambert extend thanks to their suppliers and customers for their support over…
[Image-1] How long ago last summer seems. Twelve months past, it was all the news could talk about when Scotiabank bought up the naming rights for what we then called the Halifax Metro Centre. It was a 10-year, $6.5-million agreement with HRM which will help fund major capital upgrades. Six months after being announced, the…
[Image-1] Canadian actress Marthe Bernard, known for her role on Republic of Doyle, is speaking out about the stigma around mental illness. Her brother, Louis, died by suicide last year at age 28 after a long battle with mental illness. Bernard will be at a Queen’s University alumni event in Halifax tonight, as part of…
[Image-1] It’s taken years of planning to put together The Big Lift. This will mark only the second time a suspension bridge will have its deck completely replaced while remaining open to traffic during the day. Shuttle service begins this weekend, but deck segment replacement won’t start until August. It’s a massive undertaking, and one…
[Image-1] Barbecues, fireworks, lots of beer and red and white all over the city. That’s what I see on Canada Day. Even when I’m not looking, I can hear the “Oh, Canada” chants from a kilometre away. But what are you really celebrating? Reflect on that for a minute. Patriotism? Pride? Freedom? Or maybe you…
Rivers and streams can change their course with time, and after 25 years, it’s time for Upstream Music to flow away from its source a little. Director and founding member Paul Cram is stepping down after 19 years at the helm of the experimental music association, and Diving For Pearls will celebrate those achievements and…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY Cancer (Jun 21-Jul 22) In its early days, the band Depeche Mode had the infinitely boring name Composition of Sound. Humphrey Bogart’s and Ingrid Bergman’s classic 1942 film Casablanca was dangerously close to being called Everybody Come to Rick’s. And before Charles Dickens published his novel Bleak House, a scathing critique of the…
Q I am a male grad student who is technically engaged to a female grad student. She has numerous positive qualities, but she is repulsed by sex. She is very sensitive about her repulsion and becomes distraught when I broach the subject. She says that even the thought of doing anything sexual with me elicits…
The Bachman turnover drive I agree with Aaron Hartling’s Voice of the City (“CBC, please fire Randy Bachman,” June 18). Someone so in love with himself shouldn’t be allowed to parade his copied music and style over the radio. —posted by Lindsay MacDonald at thecoast.ca I love Vinyl Tap. So I take your comment as…
“Goddamn, this record feels good,” says Dartmouth rapper, skateboarder and ECMA nominee Jay Mayne. He’s dropping his 15th mixtape this week, #StillChopTrees, and like all of his mixtapes, it shows his wide range of musical interests and an enviable work ethic. Mixed by T.K. Thorpe, this is his most fun release to date, with a…
Stand-up comedy seems absolutely terrifying. Just the image of someone present and alone in front of an audience primed with expectation and anticipation that something hilarious will happen over the course of a 20-minute set is paralyzing. “It’s a pretty risky art form, some nights you can walk off and everyone will love you and…
The Sou’Wester 178 Peggys Cove Point Road, Peggys Cove, 902-823-2561 Ryer Lobster Lyd. 8494 Peggys Cove Road, Indian Harbour, 902-823-1070 It seems, at times, like the perception of authenticity in Nova Scotia can be as hard to grasp as the overpriced cloud of steam wafting up from a freshly cooked lobster. But what is authenticity,…
When paper went up in the windows of European Food Shop (5246 Blowers Street) back in April, people prematurely mourned the death of our greasy friend Pizza Corner. Change is hard, it’s true, but we’ve said it before, pizza is forever. Just when everyone was busy losing their shit over the end of an era—@NBDHFX…
