Keep the Coast bookmarked on your web browser for upcoming blogs, videos and pictures from the East Coast Music Awards performances on PEI this weekend. Get a rogue’s eye view of the random bar hoppin’s, hotel room jammin’s and overall shenanigans happening around Charlottetown’s modest but thriving downtown hub. There’s shitloads of Halifax talent that’ll […]
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Outsider art: Y-Level’s COME FROM AWAY! show honours Halifax
Y-Level’s COME FROM AWAY! (April 8-May 7, opening April 8 at 6pm at the Eye Level Gallery, 2159 Gottingen) focuses on Canadian culture filtered through the wonderful city of Halifax. “There are so many talented practicing artists who live here and so much great art being made, it can’t be ignored,” says Y-Level curator Natalie […]
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Here’s What You’ll See/Hear on April 9th
girl you’re so groovy So I hadn’t read much about the Doolittle tour that the Pixies will be bringing here on Saturday April 9th, but the press release makes it sound pretty big. Epic, even. I’ve actually never seen Un Chien Andalou, so that will be something. The pre-sale for the show starts tomorrow at 9am EST at pixiesmusic.ca. Press blurb below. “On the “Doolittle Tour,” the Pixies – Black Francis, Kim Deal, Joey Santiago and David Lovering – perform all of the songs from their 1989 classic Doolittle and its related B-sides. “Weird at My School,” “Dancing the Manta
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Pixies Will Be Bringing Big Big Love to Halifax
feeling allllll riiiiiiight Oh yeah, it’s really happening. PEEP THIS. SATURDAY APRIL 9th = THE GREATEST NIGHT OF YOUR LIFE. Get riled up with a brilliant oral history of the band from this 2004 issue of SPIN edit: The “tickets” link on the tours page isn’t active yet. I’m watching it (along with everyone you know) and will try to update here ASAP once it becomes active. Eeeeek. Update: The Pixies’ Facebook page says pre-sale tickets are happening Jan 21 (tomorrow) and tickets for the public will be on sale next Friday, Jan 28.
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World Cup – Hali Style
Yesterday’s highly anticipated match between Euro giants Spain and Germany brought out the best crowds in downtown Halifax I have seen so far for the World Cup. It was a crowd worthy of the biggest game of the tournament. It was considered a ‘final’ in a sense due to the sheer magnitude of the teams […]
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Spain – Disappointing the World and Halifax too.
Eser Toprak Spanish fans on Spring Garden – The day wasn’t as colorful as they had hoped. Walking around downtown Halifax on a Wednesday at 10:15 AM, the last thing you expect to see is a line of red Spanish jerseys getting ready to watch the World Cup game between Spain and Switzerland. While sitting […]
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4 Important Halifax Artists According to Aux.Tv
So this popped up on my Twitter feed today (I’m tweeting like a motherfucker these days because I’m giving up Facebook, which is like giving up smoking and becoming addicted to jelly beans) – Aux.tv has unveiled their “4 Halifax Bands You Should Check Out” list. The people that they have gotten behind are Rich […]
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Photos: An Apology for Africville
This morning, as I walked over to the Gottingen Street YMCA with the Halifax North Memorial Library women’s group and MP Megan Leslie, I was thinking about Halifax artist Cathy Busby’s project Sorry. Her exhibition of public apology photographs and text—from Janet Jackson’s wardrobe malfunction to Stephen Harper’s apology to First Nations Canadians—has shown around the world. We live in a media-saturated society where there is a formula for public atonement: Tiger Woods needs practice, I’m afraid. Peter Kelly didn’t even deliver the only apology today—Yoshimi Inaba, CEO of Toyota, announced that he is “deeply sorry” for his company’s malfunctioning
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What do you think of the city’s Citizen Survey?
I received a copy of HRM’s much-celebrated citizen survey today. I have my own reactions to it, but before I speak, I’d like to hear what readers have to say. So, have at it; please leave your thoughts in the comments. The survey is here.
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How to Fix the City Scorecard
Each January, our first issue of the year, we offer up our annual Fix the City suggestions in the spirit of civic-mindedness; truly, we’re trying to make this a better place to live. But does anyone listen? Are we making any difference, or is this a pointless exercise in navel-gazing? Turns out, most years we […]
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Halifax Climate Events
Please note the changed dates below: If you were too broke or too worried about your own emissions to jump the bandwagon in Copenhagen, there’s still lots you can do right here in Hali to be part of “the most important human gathering ever.” On Saturday, December 12 at 5:00 pm there will be a […]
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Halifax’s “tax reform” favours wealthy with higher value homes
A report released by city officials overseeing the so-called “tax reform” proposal could not have been better designed to inflame urban vs. suburban strife. The one-page document, which was handed out at a Tuesday workshop for councillors, shows the effects of “tax reform” by electoral district averages. For example, using 2007 numbers, under “tax reform” […]
