Whether or not you are a subscriber to The Coast Daily newsletter, I want to be forthcoming about an error in today’s edition of the newsletter, which was sent out earlier this morning, April 10. Due to an editing error, we gave the incorrect name of the physician who has been suspended from practise due […]
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Council rejects staff advice in vote to give the new Art Gallery of Nova Scotia $7 million
Correction: An earlier version of this story stated construction on the Waterfront Arts Centre would begin in 2024, when it is actually slated to break ground this spring. The Coast regrets the error. Here’s the thing about dreams: They can be expensive. If you’re the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, your new dream home—the Waterfront […]
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TV review: Son of a Critch’s steady silliness
Correction: An earlier version of this story stated Ron James is from Newfoundland when the comedian is actually from Nova Scotia. The Coast regrets the error. UPDATE: As of February 28, 2022, CBC has announced Son of a Critch will be renewed for a second season. A half hour of scripted television is the sort of […]
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Step into art star Ursula Johnson’s Livingroom
It’s perhaps too easy to start off by calling the multidisciplinary artist Ursula Johnson a star, but the term fits. Not only because she was the first-ever Atlantic Canadian artist to win the Sobey Award (the biggest national prize for visual arts) or the first to translate contemporary art discourse into Mi’kmaq, as she did […]
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FIN Atlantic’s 2021 festival will be in-person and full of must-see movies
Last year, in the heart of the pandemic and just when we all felt exhausted with Netflix’s catalogue of content, FIN AIFF—the region’s biggest film festival—saved us from re-watching hell as it launched an online version of its storied event. Now, as hopeful eyes are cast towards a fully-vaxxed fall, the event has announced it’ll […]
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Syrian cheese in the north end
Marwan Ramadan came to Halifax in 2016, bringing his expertise in Middle Eastern cheese with him. “My family made the cheese of all the world,” he says. “I can make about 10 or 15. The same but a little bit different.” Originally from Homs, Syria, Ramadan grew up watching his mother make cheese before getting […]
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Say hello to the return of the live show
Get ready to go to Point Pleasant Park’s Cambridge Battery to see a show—but not the one you might be thinking of: Hello City improv group (with the support of Shakespeare by the Sea) is filling the space with a socially distant improv show, called Hello City by the Sea. When recently presented with the […]
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Paintings, by the numbers: An exploration of Cliff Eyland’s Library Cards
At some point when you walk into the Halifax Central Library, you’ll feel your neck crane, as if it’s working independently of the rest of you. Your head will tilt, following suit. Your eyes will climb, eager to not be left behind. Your back might even bow under all the upward shifts, under the need […]
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Century Egg’s new record is a sunny-side-up return
Century Egg, the Halifax-based Mandopop group, dropped its latest EP on Animal Crossing: New Horizons. Well, not really. But it did announce We Can Play, an exuberant collection of undeniably fun songs, via an Instagram post with a screen-shot of an Animal Crossing character sporting a custom-designed Century Egg t-shirt. After all, band members and partners […]
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The Steady Theatre Co. steers on
Listen to the Wind Feb 6-8, 7pm; Feb 9, 6pm Jonathan McCully Mansion, 2507 Brunswick Street and Maritime Conservatory of Performing Arts, 6199 Chebucto Road Sold out Any space can become a theatre if you look at it the right way. That’s what Steady Theatre Co. is doing with its latest play, Listen to the […]
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AfterWords, after all
AfterWords Literary Festival Oct 2-6 Various locations afterwordsliteraryfestival.com A fterWords is a brand-new multi-day literary festival with an emphasis on representation and accessibility. Local literati mainstays Stehpanie Domet (a Coast contributor) and Ryan Turner have been talking for years about starting an international literary festival here at home. But recently the pair teamed up with […]
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Letters to the editor, August 29, 2019
Housing reality I cannot believe HRM city planners are supporting new developments that do not have parking spaces included, such as the building approved for 2440 Agricola Street (“6 Halifax developments you should know about,” City story by Catherine Turnbull, August 15). This is supposed to be “a move towards more bike- and walking-focused mobility,” […]