If art reflects life, then the 2015 Theatre Nova Scotia Merritt Awards show was a perfect reflection of the mood right now in snow-bound Halifax. There was recognition that making a life in theatre can feel a lot like trying to forge a path through a world of six-foot snow banks. There was a sense […]
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Watch: Shannon Webb-Campbell’s “Harvest Your Heart”
Though EGALE Canada Human Rights Trust Out In Print Literary Award Winning poet (and Coast contributor!) Shannon Webb-Campbell’s Still No Word (Breakwater Books) book launch was rescheduled, you can catch a glimpse of some of the lines within with this video. Made by Krista Davis, Webb-Campbell’s words are linked up with the music of Kim […]
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Your 2015 Merritt Awards nominees
The Theatre Nova Scotia annual Merritt Awards have announced the talented nominees who will fight it out for top spot at the Robert Merritt Awards gala on Monday, March 23, 7pm at Casino Nova Scotia’s Schooner Room. Hosted by Joanne Miller and Karen Bassett and produced by Jeremy Webb, the gala will honour the province’s […]
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Tig Notaro in Halifax May 17
Octopi Entertainment is bringing the hilarious and charming comedian Tig Notaro to Halifax on May 17 at the Spatz Theatre (doors 7pm, show 8pm). Wow. Good haul, Halifax. Notaro was recently on Rolling Stone’s list of 50 Funniest People Now, and nominated for a Grammy for LIVE but you don’t have to take those dudes’ […]
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Comedian Daniel Tosh in Halifax June 11, 12
There is a month called June that exists. It’s temperate and sunny. Things are green. For two days during that month comedian Daniel Tosh will come to the city and perform a stand up routine at the Rebecca Cohn (June 11 and 12, 7pm. Tickets $61). The man you may recognize from Tosh.O has dubbed […]
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Beanyonce is crazy in love
What happens when filmmaker Andrea Dorfman, singer Jenn Grant and Coast celebrity canine Beans combine their talents? Best. Dog. Video. Ever. This is Beanyonce’s first starring role, and she couldn’t be happier than sharing it with her bestie Sophie. As you’ll see. Put it on heavy rotation for Valentine’s Day. No One's Gonna Love You […]
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Kevin Smith in Halifax March 22
Kevin Smith loves to talk and if history is to be trusted, he loves to talk to Haligonians. He sold out his 2011 appearances and is back for more at the Spatz Theatre (Citadel High School, 1855 Trollope Street), on Sunday, March 22 (doors at 5:30pm, film at 6pm). Before the Q&A, there will be […]
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Who’s getting HRM’s arts funding and why
First of all, yahoo for arts funding. Second of all, yahoo for detailed reports from the city explaining which arts organization are recommended to receive exactly how much (or nothing at all) and why. Click here for the full report, it’s very informative. Here’s a quick breakdown of how much each HRM-based arts organization (I’d […]
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Oddfellows short film to screen this Friday
Hold up, there’s a pinball machine, a puggle, a WWE wrestling belt, cult movie references and skateboarding? Halifax filmmaker Dave Hung has tapped into my deepest fantasies with his new short, Oddfellows, which screens this Friday at the Oddfellows premiere party at Pro Skates (6451 Quinpool Road). Produced by Our Dynasty, Our Destiny (ODOD), the […]
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Yes, Game of Thrones will be on IMAX in Halifax
[Image-1] Public obsession with HBO’s Game of Thrones has swept across North America like a Dothraki horde. Anyone daring to speak out against our television king faces a gruesome beheading—or at least disapproving talk show audiences. So it’s not surprising to hear Cineplex confirm that Game of Thrones: The IMAX Experience will be screening at […]
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Glatze, Franco, Sundance and Halifax
Vanity Fair‘s Monday report from the Sundance Film Festival has an unlikely Halifax connection. One of the movies VF’s Richard Lawson had to undure is I Am Michael, wherein James Franco and Zachary Quinto play a pair of Halifax magazine editors. The Halifax part isn’t what makes them Franco-worthy, it’s that after launching the publication […]
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Coast guide to the 2015 Oscar nominees
Don’t have any bon mots about the 2015 Oscar nominees to impress your buddies with? Here’s some! Please note: Not all films were reviewed, because we are not made of film reviewers, guys. And you know nothing in the “documentary short subject” category even came here. Animated Feature Film: Big Hero 6 Song of the […]
