Aug 1-7, 2019

Vol. 27, No. 10

When The Coast wakes up in the middle of the night and can’t get back to sleep, it ruminates on its deepest identity concern: Am I more a newsy sort of media, or am I more artsy? Luckily this week’s issue gives the clearest possible answer: Yes!

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City

Maritime Conservatory of Performing Arts faculty clash with the Board of Governors

Faculty say the BOG has been biased, threatening and non-transparent under the lead of its current director.

By Victoria Walton
Aug 1, 2019
City

Regional council approves changes to update taxi industry rules

Mandatory training, an influx of new licences and still no word on Uber

By Caora McKenna
Aug 1, 2019
City

A shoddy conviction comes to light in the Glen Assoun case

A look at what’s happened in the last two decades of his life.

By Catherine Turnbull
Aug 1, 2019
City

Autism Nova Scotia’s healthy relationships and sexuality program could help us all

From self love to knowing when someone’s into you, innovative course is speaking your love language

By Caora McKenna
Aug 1, 2019
Shoptalk

Frankie’s Espresso Bar is on fire

How an old fire truck became Halifax’s roving percent plant based cafe.

By Allison Saunders
Jul 31, 2019
Opinion

Dear Halifax developers: be more creative

“The city sacrifices a lot when it tries to become something it’s not.”

By Angela Capobianco
Aug 1, 2019
Opinion

Letters to the editor, August 1, 2019

Aug 1, 2019

Arts & Culture

Art is the resistance

Halifax artists Arjun Lal, Jenny Yujia Shi, Carrie Allison and Séamus Gallagher will free your mind with personal, political creations.

By Morgan Mullin
Aug 1, 2019
Arts & Culture

Artist Arjun Lal makes art outside your comfort zone

The interdisciplinary artist is tired of asking “What’s too queer?” for their audience.

Aug 1, 2019
Arts & Culture

Artist Carrie Allison is clearing space to think

Grass “isn’t meant to be here,” the artist explains through beadwork.

By Morgan Mullin
Aug 1, 2019
Arts & Culture

Artist Jenny Yujia Shi explores the immigrant experience

Shi makes mixed-media work while living in “immigration limbo."

By Morgan Mullin
Aug 1, 2019
Arts & Culture

Séamus Gallagher rings the climate crisis alarm with candy-coloured art

The photographer and performance artist also destroys the gender binary in their spare time.

By Morgan Mullin
Aug 1, 2019
Arts & Culture

Comic Travis Lindsay makes us LOL

The local laugh-getter shares a joke in advance of the 10th Annual Natal Day Comedy Night.

By Morgan Mullin
Aug 1, 2019
Arts & Culture

Meet the resistance

In this week's cover story for The Coast, we chat with four local artists blending activism in their work

Aug 1, 2019
Music

Nyssa dials up the heat this Hot Girl Summer

Toronto’s answer to Robyn says she wants to bring the energy back to rock ’n’ roll

By Jonathan Briggins
Aug 1, 2019
Music

Nyssa dials up the heat this Hot Girl Summer

Toronto’s answer to Robyn says she wants to bring the energy back to rock ’n’ roll

By Jonathan Briggins
Aug 1, 2019
Comics

Welcome to Hellifax

By Jordyn F. Bochon and Tim Carpenter
Aug 1, 2019

Free Will Astrology

You need to figure out the story of your life, Libra

By Rob Brezsny
Aug 1, 2019
Savage Love

Boredom is her enemy

Hard truths—backed by science!—about what typical sex advisors get totally wrong about female sexuality.

By Dan Savage
Aug 1, 2019

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