Apr 26 - May 2, 2012

News + Opinion

• News

  Tip Top tussle

  Morris Strug, owner of the Tramway building next door, opposes demolition of Barrington Street building.

  By Tim Bousquet

  Apr 26, 2012

  
• News

  Missing concert money not accounted for in city budget

  Trade Centre Limited's control of Ticket Atlantic will be subject of auditor general report.

  By Tim Bousquet

  May 2, 2012

  
• News

  King's journalism students nominated for Global Data Journalism Award

  Article on north end Dartmouth first appeared in The Coast.

  By Tim Bousquet

  May 2, 2012

  
• Shoptalk

  Cash mob for Phat

  Customer organizing support for strapped barber

  By Marie Hanifen

  Apr 26, 2012
• Shoptalk

  Cafe Brea opens in Dartmouth

  Espresso by the circ.

  By Tim Bousquet

  Apr 27, 2012

  
• Shoptalk

  I Heart Bikes announces new guided tour

  "Old Halifax, new Halifax" take two hours.

  By Tim Bousquet

  Apr 30, 2012

  
• Shoptalk

  John W. Doull Bookseller move almost complete

  Downtown mainstay about to reopen in Dartmouth

  By Tim Bousquet

  Apr 30, 2012

  
• Shoptalk

  Marcel Ayoub takes over Hairs To Ya

  Quinpool business is likely oldest barbershop in Halifax.

  By Tim Bousquet

  Apr 30, 2012
• Opinion

  Twilight zoning

  How a poor old motel owner was victimized twice: once by the mayor, and once by the city bureaucracy.

  By Tim Bousquet

  Apr 26, 2012

  

Arts + Music

• Arts & Culture

  Fast Times at Grizzly Lake High

  Director, screenwriter and former Coast film critic Mark Palermo grabbed the brass ring when he collaborated with Hollywood filmmaker Joseph Kahn on his new, uncatagorizable feature film, Detention, opening this weekend. Here’s how it all got done.

  By Mark Palermo

  Apr 26, 2012

  
• Arts & Culture

  The working's on the wall

  Emily Davidson’s Agitate Educate Organise links the history of female workers to the history of female artists.

  By Veronica Simmonds

  Apr 26, 2012

  
• Arts & Culture

  Reverb nation

  Mocean Dance brings contemporary dance and mixed media to the masses with their annual fundraiser.

  By Natascia Lypny

  Apr 26, 2012

  
• Arts & Culture

  Derrick R. Dixon's Planned Obsolescence

  A mixed-media exhibition at Lost & Found gets it's inspiration from a busted iPhone and the death of a billionaire.

  By Allison Saunders

  Apr 26, 2012

  
• Arts & Culture

  The Reluctant Resurrection of Sherlock Holmes comes to life

  The Theatre Arts Guild delivers a satisfyingly over-the-top comedy-thriller.

  By Kate Watson

  Apr 26, 2012

  
• Arts & Culture

  Six years of Pink Velvet

  Halifax's burlesque lovers celebrate one troupe's anniversary, tempting us with beauties and cake.

  By Allison Saunders

  Apr 26, 2012

  
• Arts & Culture

  Mass Effect 3

  Available on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Windows PC (Electronic Arts)

  By Colin Chisholm

  Apr 26, 2012

  
• Arts & Culture

  Revenge of the Electric Car

  Directed by Chris Paine (Mongrel Media)

  By Matthew Ritchie

  Apr 26, 2012

  
• Arts & Culture

  The Truth About Marie

  By Jean-Phillippe Toussaint (Dalkey Archive)

  By Chris Benjamin

  Apr 26, 2012

  
• Arts & Culture

  Wit's End, back again

  New play, new purpose

  By Liz Johnston and Griffin McInnes

  Apr 26, 2012

  
• Arts & Culture

  Sleeping Beauty

  Written and directed by Julia Leigh (eOne)

  By Carsten Knox

  Apr 26, 2012

  
• Arts & Culture

  Ch-ch-ch-changes at Haliwood Insider

  Film Editor departing

  By Carsten Knox

  Apr 27, 2012
• Arts & Culture

  Fun in pages, Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan's Hope

  Morgan Spurlock's new doc reveals the magic and whimsy of the San Diego Comic-Con

  By Carsten Knox

  Apr 26, 2012

  
• Arts & Culture

  Things to make you go "Arr": The Pirates! Band of Misfits

  The makers of Wallace and Gromit serve up another fun time at the movies

  By Jacob Boon

  Apr 26, 2012

  
• Arts & Culture

  Safe easily cracked

  Jason Statham has become Charles Bronson, right down to the regular, generic actioners

  By Jacob Boon

  Apr 26, 2012

  
• Arts & Culture

  The Five-Year Engagement nearly feels that long

  Two hours is more time than you'll want to stay with this couple

  By Jacob Boon

  Apr 26, 2012

  
• Arts & Culture

  Full Court Press is back

  (and hello)

  By Stephanie Johns

  May 1, 2012

  
• Music

  [title of show]

  Happiness is this short, sweet show

  By Kate Watson

  Apr 29, 2012

  
• Music

  Buck wild

  Average joe Buck 65 has a homecoming this Friday at Reflections

  By Sarah Mateshaytis

  Apr 26, 2012

  
• Music

  Mono sound

  1) Monomyth release a cassette. 2) You swoon this Saturday at The Bus Stop

  By Matthew Ritchie

  Apr 26, 2012

  
• Music

  Oh what a Knight

  aguar Knight, AKA A/V, is back from Korea with more than a new name.

  By Sarah Mateshaytis

  Apr 26, 2012

  
• Music

  Luu Breeze ready for lift off

  The Toronto-based rapper remembers his Halifax roots and pays us a visit before hitting it big.

  By Justin Tan

  Apr 26, 2012

  
• Music

  The Space Age

  The Space Age EP (independent)

  By Doug Taylor

  Apr 26, 2012

  
• Music

  Jon Epworth

  Soul Mange (Leutonia)

  By Mark Black

  Apr 26, 2012

  
• Music

  Special Costello

  Music and Image (Craft Singles)

  By Andrew Patterson

  Apr 26, 2012

  
• Music

  Rose Cousins

  We Have Made a Spark (outside)

  By Matthew Ritchie

  Apr 26, 2012

  
• Music

  Q&A with A Sight For Sewn Eyes

  All your burning questions answered

  By Bianca Müller

  May 1, 2012

  
• Music

  Roberts Street Social Centre's sentimental journey

  Check out some pics from the long goodbye

  By Stephanie Johns

  May 1, 2012

  
• Music

  SappyFest 7 lineup announced

  Fucked Up, Michael Hurley, Timber Timbre, The Music Tapes, Cold Specks, many more!

  By Stephanie Johns

  May 2, 2012

  
• Music

  Weighty Ghosts

  Atlantic Ballet's Ghosts of Violence address domestic abuse with classic ballet

  By Stephanie Johns

  May 2, 2012

  
• Comics

  True Story by Dave Howlett

  By Dave Howlett

  Apr 26, 2012

  
• Comics

  Everyone's a Centaur

  By Miriam Gibson and AJ Morales

  Apr 26, 2012

  

Food + Drink

• Restaurant Reviews

  Sam’s Seafood Express puts a ring on it

  Sam’s makes an honest woman of Dartmouth Crossing with a golden band of crispy fried goodness.

  By Melissa Buote

  Apr 26, 2012

  

Lifestyle

• Free Will Astrology

  Free Will Astrology

  Be like bob dylan, Aquarius.

  By Rob Brezsny

  Apr 26, 2012

  
• Savage Love

  Defining the relationship

  Everybody worries about DTR, but your first priority should be treating everybody like a human being. Plus: A sad order to DTMFA.

  By Dan Savage

  Apr 26, 2012