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Maria Hupfield: The One Who Keeps on Giving Mount Saint Vincent University Art Gallery 166 Bedford Highway To May 13 Dressed all in black, four artists slip into orange work vests in headlamps before their faces are painted with neon makeup: Lines of hot pink across foreheads, small purple triangles on cheeks and electric yellow…
The exploitation of service industry workers isn’t an abnormality. As recent coverage demonstrates, it’s depressingly common, even expected, of young women needing employment. So what’s to be done about it? Restaurant and cafe employees looking for protection from sexual harassment currently only have three options available to them: Rely on company-created HR policies, file a…
Local jazz artist, Upstream Music Association co-founder and venerable arts scene supporter Paul Cram died on the morning of March 20. Cram, who played tenor saxophone and clarinet, stepped down as artistic director of Upstream in 2015 after 19 years. “We’re giving it to the next generation,” he said then. Upstream posted a tribute on…
Halifax council has decided 10 affordable housing units are worth more than 36. On Tuesday, councillors approved a motion moving forward with a 25-storey height for the proposed Willow Tree tower at the corner of Quinpool Road and Robie Street in exchange for some below-market rents and other public benefits. Previously on Willow Tree, a…
The local restaurant industry continues to reckon with the sexual misconduct of its employees. Field Guide on Gottingen Street has parted ways with an employee over an allegation of sexual assault that was originally brought to the attention of the restaurant’s owners back in December. Co-owners Ceilidh Sutherland and Dan Vorstermans posted a public statement Monday…
Try just once starting a sentence without the use of your favourite word “I.” You speak almost always about yourself, your toys, your work, your beliefs about yourself, etc. We’re proud of you, we’re glad your doing well but man, for the love of all decent things, stop talking about yourself. No one wants…
Halifax hip hop artist Aquakultre has won the 2018 CBC Searchlight competition, an annual online contest with the aim to find the best unsigned talent in Canada. Part of his prize includes a week’s recording residency at Studio Bell in Calgary’s National Music Centre, and a slot at the CBC Music Festival in Toronto May…
Why do people ask “is it still for sale?” but then never respond when you say “yes, it’s still for sale.” And when some do respond, they offer $10 for $100 item even though $100 is a good price for said item. If I am willing to sell it for $10 why bother listing it…
You were flexin’ your democratic power at a recent engagement session to learn how to engage the disengaged. Your smile caught my eye and then I couldn’t stop sneaking peaks across the room at you. We kept making eye contact but didn’t get to chat. I just wanted to say hi, and maybe we could…
After censuring one of its members for retweeting a white supremacist group and leaking confidential information, Tony Mancini is politely suggesting Halifax council take another look at this whole code of conduct thing. The Harbourview–Burnside–Dartmouth East councillor is asking for a staff report at council’s meeting next week looking for recommendations on improving his colleagues’…
A note that sexual assault is not caused by anxiety or depression or having a dark year, but by ignoring boundaries, objectification and entitlement. —WWSD
Three different women have now come forward suspecting someone put rape drugs in their drinks while at popular north end bars. All three incidents occurred in the past two months. The Coast has agreed not to use the women’s real names for their privacy. On Sunday, January 14, 25-year-old Michelle and her friends and coworkers…
Into The Night music fest fills your rock cravings, an Irish dance performance shows St. Patty’s is more than green beer, three iconic Indigenous artists perform at the MSVU gallery and more. [IMAGE-1] Mamma Mia! singalong musical fundraiser Friday Be as effortless as Meryl Streep in denim overalls at this sing-along session of the ABBA-based…
When I see those blue plastic bus seats, I know I’m in for a stressful ride. Ever since Halifax Transit introduced them last year, they’ve added yet another awkward complication I’m forced to confront en route to my destination. The seats are extremely slippery and difficult to stay on, and I’ve fallen off them more…
“Zane was not moving through the world respecting other people,” says Dean Petty about his former business partner. Zane Kelsall, one of the city’s most celebrated young entrepreneurs and a Dartmouth success story who’s been profiled in local and national media (including The Coast) is now without a job. Two If By Sea Cafe and…
When it comes to female names in bootlegging, you’re more likely to see them attached to a boat than to an actual human being. Helen G. MacLean, Nellie J. Banks, Rosella, Isabel, Stella and Josephine—these are ships, not people. Women are all over prohibition histories, but they’re often unnamed figures—archetypes of virtue clutching their pearls…
Into the Night Festival night two w/Said the Whale, The Town Heroes, Rain Over St. Ambrose and The Drug Rugs Saturday, March 17, 8:30pm Olympic Hall, 2304 Hunter Street $25-$45, tickethalifax.com When Vancouver’s Said the Whale headline the Into the Night festival on St. Patrick’s Day, it’ll be business as usual on a booze-soaked day…
Miesha and the Spanks Thursday, March 15, 10pm Gus’ Pub, 2605 Agricola Street $Rockin for Dollar$ Monday, March 19, 10pm The Seahorse Tavern, 2037 Gottingen Street Miesha and the Spanks had already been on the road a week before their new album, Girls Girls Girls, even dropped. Released last Friday, it’s a 10-track blast of…
Rich Aucoin Hold EP release w/Chudi Harris Thursday, March 15, 9pm The Seahorse Tavern, 2037 Gotttingen Street $15 After talking bit over the phone about his meditative songwriting method—a process influenced by his King’s philosophy degree—Rich Aucoin off-handedly sums up his artistic ethos in one succinct sentence: “You don’t have to wait around for a…
Q I’m a 33-year-old woman from Melbourne, Australia, dating a 24-year-old man. We’ve been dating for about eight months; it is exclusive and official. He’s kind and sweet, caring and giving, and his penis is divine. The thing is, he confessed to me recently that he doesn’t really “feel.” The way he explained it is,…
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Silong Pinoy Tambayan 16 Titus Street “Pop-pop rolls” are my earliest memory of Filipino food. When I was young, my Nanny and Pop-pop would visit my parents house from Mississauga for a couple weeks every Christmas. They would spend their days watching mass on television, shuffling around the main floor and baking. My siblings and…
Sustainable centre The article you posted outlining Nova Scotia’s signing of the Nova Centre’s lease is very quantitive (“Province finally signs lease for new convention centre,” Reality Bites story by Jacob Boon, posted at thecoast.ca March 5). Although the financing behind the building itself is an important topic that deserves public attention, I believe that…
Many Haligonians probably don’t realize there are three universities and two colleges all within their city’s postage stamp perimeter. Halifax, the capital of Nova Scotia, is a bustling but somehow still intimate port city, so it can be pretty tough to believe that there’s this multitude of post-secondary opportunity squashed into this beautiful, historic city.…
As I sat in the gallery of the provincial legislature and heard Patricia Arab, MLA from Fairview-Clayton Park, paying lip service to feminist ideals while simultaneously arguing against legislation that students have been demanding for years, I felt sick. On the eve of International Women’s Day, the Liberal government had once again stonewalled legislation that…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY Pisces (Feb 19-Mar 20) Although her work is among the best Russian literature of the twentieth century, poet Marina Tsvetayeva lived in poverty. When fellow poet Rainer Maria Rilke asked her to describe the kingdom of heaven, she said, “Never again to sweep floors.” I can relate. To earn a living in my…
Backoos Korean To Go 1360 Birmingham Street Breathe a twice-fried sigh of relief—after eight months, Backoos Korean Food is reopening on Birmingham Street with an expanded menu and dining area. Formerly known for its takeout, the tiny restaurant has doubled in size with an inviting, slightly industrial feel. Wooden benches line the walls, accompanied by…
