Last week, Halifax found out the city was getting a $300 million Titanic tourist attraction, complete with a hotel, restaurant and aquarium. We’d be treated to “the best of food and wines from Nova Scotia and around the world,” “escape hatches and virtual reality rooms” and a “revolutionary 4Dp holographic stage,” whatever that is. These […]
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A Titanic fraud?
One of the fun things about working for The Coast is that sometimes we get to write stories like “Hey, do you think there are enough funny tweets about that Titanic hotel to do something with?” Related And there are, there are some absolute bangers, like these: For a lot less than $300 million, I […]
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25 for 25: episode 1996
If you haven’t heard prolific writer, former Pride co-chair and all-around lovely person Jane Kansas spin some yarns about the mid-’90s LGBTQ+ scene, you’re in for a treat. Then, film professor and local actor Glenn Walton is here to share stories from the set of Titanic—his special relationship with James Cameron, the film’s champagne budget and […]
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Joseph Laroche and the Titanic
As the final resting place for about 150 people who perished in the April 15, 1912, sinking of the Titanic, Halifax draws a steady stream of tourists to the local cemeteries where the dead were interred: Mount Olivet Catholic, Baron de Hirsch and Fairview Lawn. The three graveyards comprise the largest burial ground for Titanic […]
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Titanic’s song of fire and ice
New Year’s Day brought the world a fresh look at the sinking of the Titanic, and it has nothing to do with the claim the boat that sank off Newfoundland was actually Titanic’s sister ship, the Olympic. In Titanic: The New Evidence, a documentary aired January 1 on England’s Channel 4, modern animation techniques are […]
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Occupy first class
The biggest name associated with the new miniseries, Titanic, airing now on Global and due on DVD later in April, isn’t Lyndsey Marshal, whom you’ll recognize as Cleopatra from HBO’s Rome, nor Maria Doyle Kennedy, familiar from her work on The Tudors, or Toby Jones, who played Truman Capote in 2006’s Infamous, but rather the […]
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Where the bodies are buried
Pigeon Forge is a small town in Tennessee, close to Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Savvy development has helped the town become a full-blown tourist mecca, offering a range of diversions from the Dolly Parton-themed amusement park Dollywood, to indoor skydiving, to shopping in umpteen outlet stores. Pigeon Forge is the sort of place people […]
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Galley view
If you live in Halifax, you know all about the Titanic. On April 14, 1912, the Titanic struck an iceberg and sank. Many of Halifax’s buildings became ersatz morgues and mortuaries as the bodies came here from what is considered to be one of the worst disasters at sea. Here in this city, we capitalize […]
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Shipping news
The word “celebrate” is most often used for happy occasions, but it can also mean “to observe with dignity.” This April, Halifax is playing host to events celebrating and commemorating the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, including two plays, Titanic: The Untold Story and Titanic: The Fated Voyage. Though these productions differ […]
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Titanic: A Fated Voyage a class act
It’s hard to believe that a play about a horrific tragedy could make for a fun outing, but Titanic: The Fated Voyage pulls it off. It’s a lively piece of theatre that deals right off with the sinking, and then flashes back to acquaint the audience with an interesting bunch of characters who come together […]
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Fashionable Paper Threads
Argyle Fine Art’s found an interesting angle to approach next week’s Titanic anniversary from: fashion, baby. If you dig through the gallery’s steam trunk you’ll find assortment of locally made paper dolls donning duds from the ill-fated liner’s era of the early 1900s. “I’ve always had a real soft spot for paper dolls, I played […]
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Map of notable Titanic sites
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