Rose Cousins w/John Paul White Mar 19, 8pm Rebecca Cohn Auditorium, 6101 University Avenue $28-$33 Rose Cousins’ fifth full-length album, Bravado, opens with a track bright as orange marmalade called “The Benefits of Being Alone.” It’s an upbeat anthem for anyone who doesn’t share their breakfast table or their Netflix account with anyone special and […]
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Jenn Grant knows it’s Inevitable
Jenn Grant w/Don Brownrigg, Kim Harris Rebecca Cohn Auditorium, Dalhousie Arts Centre 6106 University Avenue Feb 14, 8pm $31.50-$36.50 The singer-songwriter was surrounded by activity at her home: Her husband and consistent collaborator, producer Daniel Ledwell, was taking down holiday decorations; their son, one-year-old Gus, was in her lap. Her attention shifting between Gus and […]
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If Omar Khadr is a terrorist, then so am I
The bridge of the HMCS Charlottetown was cool and muggy. The ship’s air conditioning was running full blast, but the doors were open, so the sailors on watch could hear if something happened ashore. During the day, the Charlottetown would stay far off the coast of Libya to be out of range of land-based missiles. […]
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Best Live Music Venue
Gold Winner The Marquee Ballroom Silver Winner Rebecca Cohn Auditorium Bronze Winner The Seahorse Tavern “We are constantly listening to the community and the artists around us to be reactive in real-time to the scene. Having an active ear to the ground gives us the capacity to grow, and to be stronger and better,” Jeff […]
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Best Live Show In The Past Year
Gold Winner Matt Andersen & The Mellotones at the Rebecca Cohn Silver Winner Ria Mae at The Marquee Ballroom Bronze Winner Metric at the Scotiabank Centre Matt Andersen remembers when he first started gigging in Halifax, “playing for a handful of people at Stayner’s Wharf. Now, getting to play to like 2,000 people is pretty […]
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11 things to do in Halifax when you’re high
Halifax is very conflicted about cannabis. Just days before weed was legalized in Canada last October 17, our city council passed a bylaw banning public smoking of any kind— cigarettes, blunts, vapes, everything—except in a few officially designated smoking areas. So on the one hand, local leaders are trying to kill the buzz. On the […]
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David Sedaris is coming back to Halifax in August
On August 6, storyteller David Sedaris is returning to Halifax for a one-night reading event, “An Evening With David Sedaris.” With the release of his latest book Calypso—yet another Sedaris entry on the The New York Times Bestseller List—Sedaris is touring once again. Calypso is earning praise as Sedaris’ most deeply personal and darkly hilarious […]
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Chelsea Handler shares her passion for pot with Halifax
A Civilized conversation with Chelsea Handler Sunday, October 7, 8pm Rebecca Cohn Auditorium, 6101 University Ave $63-$98 Willie Nelson—now more of a white-haired stranger—laughs as he passes Chelsea Handler a blunt. “Pot is like sex,” he chuckles. “Some is better than others, but it’s all good.” This is the fourth Episode of Handler’s 2016 Netflix […]
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AIFF 2018: Thom Fitzgerald’s very busy week doesn’t end when Splinters opens the festival
Splinters Thursday, September 13, 7pm Rebecca Cohn Auditorium, 6101 University Avenue $50 finfestival.ca Thom Fitzgerald is having a busy week. Earlier he was in Toronto for the premiere of his new feature, Splinters, at TIFF. On Thursday night the film opens FIN: The Atlantic International Film Festival. And Friday is the first day of shooting […]
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Nancy Wilson rocks on
Nancy Wilson w/Roadcase Royale Wednesday, August 15, 8pm Rebecca Cohn Auditorium 6101 University Avenue $50-$65 After 40 years as a working musician, Nancy Wilson knows how to get shit done. Wilson is best known as half of the powerhouse rock ‘n’ roll duo Heart with her sister Ann. But when she touches down at the Rebecca […]
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Thorgy Thor hits all the right notes
Thorgy and the Thorchestra July 27-28, 7:30pm Rebecca Cohn Auditorium 6101 University Avenue $25-$55 History—or rather, “herstory”—will be made when Thorgy Thor (AKA Shane Galligan) of RuPaul’s Drag Race fame graces the Rebecca Cohn this weekend stage to give Canada its first-ever orchestral drag performance: Thorgy and the Thorchestra. Presented by Symphony Nova Scotia, it’s a […]
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Put your hands together for these 17 summer concerts
JUNE 21 Partner w/Century Egg and No, It’s Fine. Sackville’s finest stoner rock ex-pats return to the east coast for what’ll surely be one of the sweatiest gigs of the summer—and one of the best, with support from the mathy No, It’s Fine and alt-popsters Century Egg. The Seahorse Tavern, 2037 Gottingen Street, 8pm, $17.50 […]