James Mullinger tells us a joke

The arena-sellout, critically adored comic cracks a good one and releases a free special as COVID-19 continues.

by Morgan Mullin on March 24, 2020 at 5:57PM

If home is what you make it, James Mullinger is building a paradise—an oasis the likes of which Frances Hodgson Burnett would dream of—right here in Atlantic Canada. The British comedian loves his new digs (and the culture and community that've come along with them) in southern New Brunswick so much he even named his now-postponed 2020 tour "Embrace Where You Live."

Six ways to broaden your mind wider than social distance requirements

Your body might be atrophying on the couch but your brain doesn't have to.

by Morgan Mullin on March 23, 2020 at 4:50PM

So here you are, googling work-from-home hacks; making your own sourdough starter; generally trying to figure out what our new normal looks like as the province enters a state of emergency and COVID-19 continues to shake our world. You're bored or busy with remote work or maybe both.

Rich Aucoin made a playlist to help you ride out COVID-19

Lots of Pink Floyd and a little Lizzo helps make a worried state more manageable.

by Morgan Mullin on March 13, 2020 at 5:41PM

The nicest guy in rock 'n' roll just made a playlist on Spotify, saying via Facebook "A friend was asking me for recs for these anxious times, so I made a playlist today." Rich, we appreciate you.

An update from Ticket Halifax about COVID cancellations

by Team Coast on March 13, 2020 at 5:33PM

Neptune Theatre and Symphony Nova Scotia cancel events over COVID-19 concerns

by Morgan Mullin on March 13, 2020 at 5:08PM

Symphony Nova Scotia announced today the rest of its 2019-2020 season will be cancelled. If you already had tickets to a cancelled event, the cost of them can be donated to the Symphony, as the loss of shows means revenue loss for the organization.

Going out this weekend? Read this first

Many events are being cancelled and postponed in the wake of COVID-19 concerns.

by Morgan Mullin on March 13, 2020 at 2:28PM

Hours ago, Nova Scotia's chief medical officer Robert Strang said at a press conference that while there's no confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the province yet, he expects the virus will arrive here eventually. In the meantime, he urges that public gatherings must be kept to a maximum of 150 people.

See Paul Hannon's Halifax

The lauded artist shares a trove of works reflecting the city he loves.

by Andrea McGuire on January 24, 2020 at 2:42PM

Since moving to Halifax in 1989, Paul Hannon has been primarily recognized for his paintings of urban and coastal scenes in Atlantic Canada. But in his new show at Chase Gallery, Selected Drawings & Watercolours (co-curated with Coast art critic Mollie Cronin), Hannon’s drawings take centre stage.

Hannah Thomson celebrates a star Nova Scotian photographer

by Team Coast on November 14, 2019 at 12:19PM

Hannah Thomson shot her first Coast cover in 1995. She was fresh out of art school at Mount Allison University, back in her Halifax hometown and wondering what to do, exactly, with her photography education.

The Bus Stop wins big at the Creative Nova Scotia Awards Gala

It's "one step closer to owning our space," the theatre co-op says.

by Amy Brierley on November 8, 2019 at 4:00AM

This past Saturday (November 2), the bright, wide-open spaces of the Halifax Central Library took on a new level of glitz for the 14th annual Creative Nova Scotia Awards Gala. Artists, creators and their supporters poured through the doors.

Ursula Johnson rewrites the book

The lauded artist—along with translator Diane Mitchell and curator Robin Metcalfe—tells the story of her work in an ambitious, trilingual catalogue.

by Amy Brierley on October 22, 2019 at 7:25PM

Award-winning artist Ursula Johnson gathered with Diane Mitchell and Robin Metcalfe last Wednesday night under dimmed lights—laughing, teasing and talking like old friends. They sat in front of a full audience at St. Mary’s University Art Gallery for the catalogue launch of Johnson’s ongoing exhibit Mi’kwite’tmn (Do You Remember).