Hot Summer Guide

Choose a month: [ June | July | August & September ] Venom to August 8 & Riding With Meteorites to September 6 Venom and Riding With Meteorites When the Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History reopened earlier in June, it did so with a bang, delivering two killer summer shows. The first, Venom, is […]

If you publicly say that you’re excited for Queen Elizabeth II’s visit to Halifax during the navy’s centennial Fleet Week (June 28-29), expect a lot of eye rolls and history lessons. Sure the monarch has nothing to do with the day-to-day running of Canadian government, but who cares? She is one of the most recognizable […]

Choose a month: [ June | July | August & September ] June 19 (opening with artist attending) to August 1 Scott Connarroe, By Rail Across the calendar’s squares, most people deal with life’s demands. But are they living their lives? Photographer Scott Connarroe rode the rails across North America to view local landscapes from […]

All I hear is grunting, crashing waves and the overexcited yapping of miniature dogs on the beach. My scraped, sweaty hands lose their grip on the crevice I’m clutching. I don’t fall far, because I’ve only managed to climb a few feet. Feeling like the chubby kid in gym class, I take a seat in […]

Evany Rosen (Comedian) When I was 10 my Dad took me to a small island off Plymouth, Massachussetts, and taught me how to shuck fresh oysters with a flathead screw driver and a potholder. To this day, my favourite thing to eat in summer are raw oysters with whiskey sours. A somewhat douche-y but totally […]

Choose a month: [ June | July | August ] June 19-20 Johnny Miles Marathon Was there really a Johnny Miles? The name sounds too good to be true for a runner. Well, there was. The Nova Scotian won both the 1926 and 1929 Boston Marathons, so his legacy is honoured by way of the […]

Stephen Kelly (Artist/Musician) Mackerel, which I would catch myself right from the rocks somewhere along the Nova Scotia shore. I fillet the mackerel, add olive oil and chopped garlic in a frying pan and briefly cook on a low heat, then arrange the garlic roughly into the shape of the fillet in the pan, and […]

Choose a month: [ June | July | August | September ] opens June 18 Toy Story 3 What’s that you say? You’re shocked The Coast is excited about the second sequel to a Disney-produced family movie? Well, let’s offer a little context to our thrill. First off, this is a Pixar production, the master […]

Summer is made for fancy iced drinks, picnics, sunburns and fresh music. This season’s hot new releases cover the entire musical gamut, everything from those impromptu dance parties to the quintessential folk album best accompanied by marshmallows and a campfire. June 22 brings the Chemical Brothers’ album Further, Danzig’s Deth Red Sabaoth, Cyndi Lauper’s Memphis […]