Music critics the world over have argued that bands are a dying art form. Music-making has become more accessible than ever due to the prevalence of digital audio workstations. Solo acts with teams of producers dominate pop music charts. Getting musicians with varied instruments in a room to create became difficult during the pandemic. […]
Best Of Halifax
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These are the best music videos of 2024 according to Halifax
The Best Of Halifax voting is now in full swing, and as the votes come pouring in for Halifax’s favourite restaurants, artists, performers and more, we wanted to break down a few categories to help you decide who you’ll vote for. The first of these is the music video category. Writing, performing and producing music […]
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We love how the Trellis Collective brings pedal power to the pandemic
What was the nicest thing you saw during the pandemic? “My neighbour started fixing up a bunch of bikes for kids in the complex to ride! So many kids are zooming around now.” That neighbour was Grade 11 Citadel High student Mohammad Aljenadi who, with the help of his friend Sam Kamminga, is part […]
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We love that Halifax’s library loves us back
We asked Shannon Hansen, a community library assistant at Halifax North Memorial Public Library, to pick one moment that describes the spirit of Halifax Public Libraries and why it’s the best. “You’re saying pick one moment,” he says, “but I have those kind of moments every day.” Hansen has spent the last eight months—along […]
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Everything you need to know for Best of Halifax 2017
So, we’re calling our own election. Voting for the 22nd annual Best of Halifax Readers’ Choice Awards will officially kick-start on June 1, and as we gear up to open the polls we wanted to keep you up to date with some changes we’ll be making to the survey. In a constant attempt to better […]
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How to get a job where you can make a Difference
Your standard student/artist job—server, barista, retail—is rarely in short supply in a town like Halifax, but Video Difference has always been one of the most coveted, and one of the hardest to land. Owner Tom Michael put together a three-part process: A standard job application describing work experience, education and the like; a slightly altered […]
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Mezza to close its Quinpool location
The ever-growing Mezza Lebanese Kitchen restaurant chain announced this morning that after 10 years in business, its fine dining, eat-in location on Quinpool Road will close its doors on August 1. Get your Mediterranean fixes while you can! The closure of Mezza (6386 Quinpool Road) marks an even tighter focus on the brand’s mega popular […]
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Monday’s 6 things you need to know
1 Best of Halifax 2015 has landed. This year’s mega-survey has compiled our Best of Halifax Food, Music and City awards into one super ballot—and you can vote for your favourites starting today. Right now. Do it. PRO TIP: you don’t have to fill this whole thing out in one sitting—our voting site saves your […]
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How do you make the Best of Halifax better?
Dear readers, It’s time. This year, we’re changing our Best of Halifax Readers’ Choice awards. Since the debut of our readers’ choice survey in 1995—back when the ballots were handwritten and the winners only took up two pages in the paper—we’ve been trying out different ways to make the survey stronger. And with stronger came […]
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Best Book
“Made of wet boots and rain and shiny black ravens on chimney smoke lanes,” sang Tom Waits in his song “November.” We recommend you dig out Waits’s Black Rider album to spin while you dig into Steve Vernon’s book—published by Nimbus—on the darker corners of our seaside town, the restless spirits that stalk our old […]
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Best Gallery
Taking back its crown, the big boy on Hollis Street is at the top of Coast readers’ minds again. Top of our mind is the Jean-Pierre Gauthier show opening December 20. The Sobey Art Award-winner is bringing his *Machines At Play* kinetic sculptural work to the AGNS, an installation that takes cables, wires and electrical […]