There’s one thing in Halifax that no other city in the country has: a one-of-a-kind non-profit riding school and equine therapy centre in its downtown core. This little non-profit-that-could has stood the test of time for over 80 years while the city grew all around it. The Halifax Junior Bengal Lancers, founded in 1936 to […]
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Film review: Birds of Passage
Friday, April 12, 7pm Carbon Arc Cinema, 1747 Summer Street $8.75 carbonarc.ca Ciro Guerra’s Academy Award-nominated Embrace of the Serpent (2015) was gorgeously photographed in black and white, spanning 40 years in the Amazon, whose main character was a shaman and lone survivor of his tribe. That is to say: Ambitious. For Birds of Passage, […]
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What to Expect When You Aren’t Expected’s queer health care study
What to Expect When You Aren’t Expected Sat Nov 10 (8pm), Sun Nov 11 (2pm & 8pm) Museum of Natural History 1747 Summer Street $10/$20 “These stories are just so powerful, we just couldn’t let them sit anymore,” says Megan Aston. The stories she’s speaking about are those of LGBQ+ women who have given birth […]
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Strength and authenticity at OUTeast
OUTeast Queer Film Fest June 15-17 Museum of Natural History, 1747 Summer Street $12-$15 (festival pass $50) outeastfilm.com It’s the seventh edition of OUTeast, and all of its founders left Halifax years ago, but the queer film festival keeps going. “The reason we still do this thing that is so important to us is that […]
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The Animation Festival of Halifax: More than just cartoons
AFX: The Animation Festival of Halifax Museum of Natural History, 1747 Summer Street and others May 10-13 Free-$40 carbonarc.ca/tickets Picture this: You’re in your coziest PJs, crunching on sugary cereal and watching your favourite Saturday morning cartoons. That mental sketch might be reminiscent of the carefree days that were your childhood, but thanks to the […]
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Citizen Gus
Last year was his 75th in the city. He has reigned over Halifax’s hearts longer than Queen Elizabeth II has ruled the British empire. She sits on a throne, under a golden crown. He lives in a plexiglass enclosure, under the warming glow of a 150-Watt heat lamp. A humble life, of no less magnitude. […]
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Best Museum
Gold Winner Discovery Centre Silver Winner Museum of Natural History Bronze Winner Maritime Museum of the Atlantic It feels strange to even call the Discovery Centre a museum, because most museums aren’t this fucking cool. Haligonians have known this place rules since even before the new location opened, and going on a field trip there […]
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Revisionist Landscapes: Luminary Forestation
Exhibit 136, Museum of Natural History, 1747 Summer Street In this interactive piece, viewers are invited to assist in reconstructing a forest by travelling the city with paper lanterns. The ecosystem of an Acadian forest is a unique combination of evergreens such as red and white spruce, as well as deciduous trees like sugar maple […]
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Carr’s life
The Fabulous Allan Carr Saturday, June 17, 4:30pm Museum of Natural History, 1747 Summer Street $12 Full festival schedule and tickets at outeastfilm.com Producers make Hollywood run—they get the money, the industry accolades and to make the speech for Best Picture—but it’s rare their names are known. Outside of Harvey Weinstein and Scott Rudin, the […]
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Seven food events to sink your teeth into
Summer Launch Food Truck Party Hi, just a little humble brag here. Our first Food Truck party of the season is also the kick-off for summer (and this very issue of The Coast). Twenty-plus food vendors, a craft beer balcony, DJs and a couple thousand of your BFFs. Wear comfortable shoes, bring patience. Thu July […]
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Let’s go to the movies
The summer’s usual reboots (The Mummy, Spider-Man), second sequels (Despicable Me, Cars) and franchise-continuing (Planet of the Apes, Transformers) remain in full effect, but you can still piece together a worthy alternative moviegoing experience in amongst the tentpoles. As always, Halifax dates can vary. June 15-18 OUTeast Queer Film Fest Now in its sixth year, […]
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Best Museum
Gold Winner Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History Silver Winner Maritime Museum of the Atlantic Bronze Winner Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 Longevity is the key to success at the once-again gold-winning Museum of Natural History. Between its roots—which trace back to 1868 on Hollis Street—and its long-living live exhibition Gus the 93-year-old […]