Victoria Eva Victoria Kristofic’s line of casual loungewear will make you want to sit on your lawn with your feet up, sipping lemonade. Inspired by a recent backpacking trip through Portugal and Spain, this clothing is made for leisurely relaxation in the sun. Having only learned to sew last year, this is Kristofic’s first line. […]
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Watch this for tips on helping The Shoebox Project
This morning, the Halifax organizers of The Shoebox Project, a national organization featured in last week’s issue of The Coast, released a heartwarming video that shows the immense value of small gestures. The project, founded in 2012, collects items in shoeboxes (up to $50) during the holiday season that many women need and distributes them to […]
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This weekend = local holiday shopping bonanaza
Whether you’re knocking items off your shopping list or merely looking for busy sidewalks dressed in holiday style—this weekend your options are endless and endlessly awesome. With handmade markets everywhere you turn, and a pop-up circuit that’s popping off it’s fitting that Shop The Neighbourhood (a national event aimed at celebrating local, indie business) touches […]
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Wishful thinking: Wish Book starts today
It’s that time of year where we’re all goaded to gift, dish out some dollars and hopefully warm some hearts during the holidays, and local ladies Maggie MacCormick, Hannah and Sarah Sears are here to help. The trio initially wanted to give local artists another platform to sell their work and thought the holiday season […]
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A new location, and vision, for FRED.
It’s the end of FRED. as we know it. Fred Connors and Joel Flewelling‘s salon-cafe hybrid—which opened at 2606 Agricola Street back in 2004, before the rest of Halifax knew Agricola was on-trend—will serve its last meal on September 26, before closing and opening a smaller, salon-only operation. “The time is right to do this […]
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No final punctuation mark for Parentheses Gallery
The show ain’t over for (((Parentheses))) Gallery and Art Projects. Word on Gottingen Street was that the gallery was closing, especially after Big Pony’s announcement they would be moving into the space, but co-owner Dave Hayden says they are just shaking things up and breaking from the traditional gallery mold. “It was never supposed to […]
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Back in the FRED. zone
For the past few weeks, sliding and sloshing through what have become claustrophobic tunnels had slowly chipped away at my moxie, the weight of winter pressing down on my shoulders as heavily as the year’s snowfall. It reached a point where I would rather sit at home, blankly watching the fog creep up and down […]
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Toronto, Vancouver, Halifax: A tale of three entrepreneurial cities
[Image-1] Urban renewal isn’t an easy fight. Just ask the authors of Small Business & The City: The Transformative Potential of Small-Scale Entrepreneurships. Journalist Matt Semansky is one of the three writers behind the new book, which examines how Toronto, Vancouver and Halifax stimulate local businesses and foster growth. A former Coast writer with experience […]
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Holiday pop-up round up—part two
Continuing in the spirit of our Buy Local Pledge, and in the spirit of giving wonderful, locally-made gifts (even if they are to yourself) here’s another instalment of our holiday pop-up round up! 1. Let’s start with TOMORROW, shall we? FRED. (2606 Agricola Street) hosts an evening of merriment from 7-9pm. Enjoy a cash bar […]
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Statement’s moving to Sunnyside Mall
Longtime Agricola Street shopping staple Statement (2606 Agricola Street) is looking on the Sunny side of things. The Sunnyside Mall (1595 Bedford Highway), that is. The furniture store, which has been sharing a space with FRED. food beauty art for about a year, will make the big move on May 31, with the hope of […]
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FRED. makes a Statement
Statement Design is moving in with FRED.! The two stylish north end businesses are collaborating this summer because, in the words of the owner Fred Connors, “Sometimes you need to shrink in order to grow”. The cafe will be downsizing in order to make some room for the furniture store to move into the 2606 […]
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Bidding for LovE
The sixth annual art auction in support of Leave Out ViolencE Nova Scotia is all set to awe you with work from some of the best (and most generous) local artists around. “Some of the artists that give to us rarely show or sell their art,” says executive director Sarah MacLaren. “They are so generous […]