It was about a year ago that Adam Otmar and Jill Mulveney had the idea to run a little coffee shop out of the back of a bus. The two veteran baristas envisioned a sustainable mobile cafe in a small school bus, but struggled to find something tall enough to accommodate their north of 5’10” […]
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Emma Adamski is the leader of the pack
Emma Adamski is an animated talker. She laughs a lot, doesn’t take herself too seriously. But as laid-back and playful as she is, she’s equally intense about her job. She’s passionate about food, about co-workers. She’s a hard worker, a doer. “The way that I feel about it is that if I can do it, […]
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Burnt Black, on fire again
Burnt Black w/Moon Logic Saturday, July 27, 8pm The Marquee Ballroom, 2037 Gottingen Street $15, tickethalifax.com Burnt Black might not be the first band that comes to mind when people think of Halifax music in the 1990s, but it is one of the most influential artists to emerge from the region. The Yarmouth quartet is […]
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Cannabis review: Indica and sativa don’t mean much in a world gone hybrid
Durga Mata 2 Producer: Namaste Price: $9.99 for one-gram pack Ebb & Flow Producer: Reef Price: $48.99 for 3.5-gram pack ($13.99/gram) Sweet Tartan Producer: Highland Grow Inc. Price: $25.18 for pack of three pre-rolled joints ($16.79/gram) From chief cannabis researchers in Berkley’s analytical labs, to a study from Dalhousie Agriculture on strain genetics, more and […]
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Eat this: Elaine’s Brazilian Bakery
T here is a very friendly baker at the Seaport Farmers’ Market who you should pay a visit to. Elaine Sphair wakes up at 4am to bake delicious the Brazilian treats that she sells every other week, on Mondays and Tuesdays at the market. There you’ll find her spread of freshly made pão de queijo […]
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GUIDED TOUR: SPRING GARDEN
The Italian Experience Work up an appetite on your summer stroll through the Public Gardens and wander over to the other side…of the Atlantic. Your nose isn’t fooling you—that’s a little slice of Italy tempting you with dinner over at Mappatura Bistro. Take a seat on the new patio, close your eyes and imagine the […]
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Martha Paynter talks about abortion on the big screen
The Coast sits down with Martha Paynter to talk about abortion on the big screen. From drawn-out, dramatic representations to quick and empowering montages—set to “Silent Night”—Paynter shares her thoughts on seven noteworthy examples of abortion on TV and in the movies. “How many billion labours and births have we seen on screen? There are […]
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What 2SLGBTQ+ youth want
According to a new report, 70 percent of transgender youth in Canada have experienced sexual harassment. More than one-third of trans youth ages 14 to 18 have been physically threatened or injured in the past year. Twenty to 40 percent of homeless youth identify as 2SLGBTQ+. This comes from a recent report by Halifax group […]
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Elle Noir AKA Chris Cochrane is unapologetically herself
Educator, drag queen, aesthetician, actor, consultant: Halifax’s 2019 Pride ambassador commands the spotlight everywhere she goes. Now in her 14th year as a performer, Chris Cochrane—Halifamous for her drag persona Elle Noir—is finding balance and breaking boundaries as a dazzling new era brings drag into vogue. Strangers linger in a bustling Hydrostone coffee shop, shooting […]
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Halifax, meet Hedwig
Just in time for Pride, Halifax audiences will have a chance to wig out and enjoy what Rolling Stone has dubbed “the best rock musical ever.” The Tony Award-winning Hedwig and the Angry Inch, written by John Cameron Mitchell with music and lyrics by Stephen Trask, follows the story of Hedwig Robinson, a genderqueer singer […]
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Dolly Parton’s house
It all started when Richie Wilcox asked his musician pals to cover some Rufus Wainwright tunes at The Music Room on an empty Monday night during Pride. What once felt like a way to fill time during the festival quickly took root as an important tradition, with Heist’s annual Pride tribute—then called the Angels & […]
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Constellate’s group dynamics
Constellate: “Form or cause to form into a cluster or group; gather together.” Or, in the case of the local storytelling series of the same name, “to provide a space and opportunity for people who wouldn’t normally have their voices heard,” says Greg Puncher, one of its co-founders. For the past six months, Puncher and […]
