Get ready to binge on Fringe

The indie theatre fest makes some suggestions of what additional plays to add to your schedule with its opening day awards.

by Morgan Mullin on August 29, 2019 at 5:48PM

Today marks the starting gun of the 29th annual Halifax Fringe Festival, with venues large and small all over town being taken over by indie theatre of all stripes. While you probably already have your plan of attack marked on your Fringe guide (see our listings if not), a case for different plays is made with the fest's opening-day awards: three acknowledgements slash points-of-interest surrounding different shows, selected by the fest itself.

Halifax artist Séamus Gallagher wins national 1st Art! competition

The recent NSCAD grad is the first to snag the provincial title a virtual reality-based work.

by Morgan Mullin on August 16, 2019 at 3:21PM

With a practice that encompasses photography, performance and building virtual reality realms, Séamus Gallagher is on the experimental edge of art in both form and content. (Their work is informed by their generation's climate anxiety and the need to “create personal spaces” as a non-binary person).

Elizabeth Gilbert is coming to Halifax

The Big Magic author is the headliner of a personal development weekend in town this October.

by Morgan Mullin on May 30, 2019 at 5:15PM

A two-day event in October, Soul Tribe Live promises to be (according to its website) an "immersive program of workshops and seminars" that'll help you sort out your life and get closer to your dreams. Held at the Halifax Convention Centre Oct 11 and 12, the biggest draw is star speaker Elizabeth Gilbert, who'll be leading a Saturday workshop and giving a Friday evening keynote.

Nocturne wants your project pitches

by Tara Thorne on May 29, 2019 at 2:13PM

Nocturne, Halifax's annual nighttime art extravaganza, dropping a week earlier than usual this year on October 19, is looking for project pitches. The year's theme, as set by curator Tori Fleming, is SCAFFOLD, which aims to "explore how temporary structures can be used to make a larger commentary on the social, physical, and political structures that shape our lives.

David Sedaris is coming back to Halifax in August

The bestselling humourist is on tour with his latest book, Calypso.

by Jennifer Cruickshank on April 30, 2019 at 2:52PM

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.

Nominations for the 2019 Merritt Awards for theatre are out now

by Tara Thorne on March 6, 2019 at 4:45PM

Eastern Front Theatre (Kamp and Half-Cracked: The Legend of Sugar Mary), Neptune Theatre (Mamma Mia and Cinderella) and Two Planks and a Passion (Animal Farm) are among the double-digit nominees for this year's Robert Merritt Awards, which celebrate excellence in Nova Scotia theatre. Also among the nods are Workshirt Opera's Tom at the Farm and HomeFirst Theatre's Some Blow Flutes.

Neptune Theatre launches 2019-20 season

by Tara Thorne on March 6, 2019 at 3:52PM

Neptune Theatre announced its new season this afternoon, with artistic producer Jeremy Webb summing it up thusly: "This year we're celebrating more Atlantic Canadian works, talent and stories about female empowerment." Joining the previously announced Billy Eliot the Musical (April 14-June 7) as the season closer:

Here are your damn crossword answers

by Team Coast on June 11, 2018 at 8:00AM

Your 2018 Atlantic Book Award winners

by Tara Thorne on May 11, 2018 at 10:40AM

Thirteen awards were handed out last night at Paul O'Regan Hall to the authors, illustrators and publishers representing the best of the past year in Atlantic Canadian literary offerings. The winners:

Afua Cooper is Halifax's new poet laureate

by Jacob Boon on April 23, 2018 at 6:55PM

The municipality's next poet laureate has no shortage of work experience. Afua Cooper, best-selling author and one of the country's most celebrated voices of Black Canadian history, is now Halifax's poet-in-residence.