Fringe Calendar

• April 9 to April 20

  Posted by Michelle Pucci in Fringe Calendar on April 8, 2013 | Comments

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  VISUAL ARTS

  Star d’un soir – Stare
  April 10
  Galerie d’art Yves Laroche (6355 St. Laurent Blvd.)
  5:00 p.m.
  Free

  Denouement: Undergrad Photo Exhibition
  April 11
  VAV Gallery (1395 René-Lévesque Blvd. W.)
  6:00 p.m.
  Free

  Cut Program – Mark Laliberté
  April 11
  Monastiraki – Le Petit Monastère (5478 St. Laurent Blvd.)
  6:00 p.m.
  Free

  This exhibition of collage experiments by Carousel Magazine’s managing editor and designer Mark Laliberté is an overview (or “collage view”) of the artist’s paper-based works since 2000. Laliberté uses the two-dimensional medium to make sense of a world flooded with media.

  DANCE

  Lancement de la Tournée de Destins Croisés à New York
  April 12
  Centre culturel Georges-Vanier (2450 Workman St.)
  3:00 p.m.
  Free

  How to Keep Warm in Winter
  April 13, 20 and 27
  Zab Maboungou/Compagnie Danse Nyata Nyata (4374 St. Laurent Blvd. 2nd floor)
  5:30 p.m.
  PWYC

  This drop-in, one-hour, no-talent-or-skills-necessary dance class takes place every Saturday until May, when hopefully it will look and feel like winter is really over. Also known as Queer Dance Classes, it claims to be easier than the easiest dance class you can imagine.

  LIT

  Learning from the Ground Up by Aziz Choudry – Book Launch
  April 10
  Concordia Community Solidarity Co-op Bookstore (2150 Bishop St.)
  7:00 p.m.
  Free

  An Evening with Alison Bechdel
  April 12
  Ukrainian Federation Hall (5213 Hutchison St.)
  7:00 p.m.
  $10.00

  Presented in association with McGill’s Institute for Gender, Sexuality and Feminist Studies, Drawn & Quarterly invites graphic-novelist Alison Bechdel to discuss her latest memoir, Are You My Mother? Bechdel is known for her first critically acclaimed graphic memoir, Fun Home.

  The Unknown Artist – Book Launch
  April 18
  Centre des arts actuels Skol (372 Ste. Catherine St. W.  #314)
  5:30 p.m.
  Free

  CINEMA

  Strange Women in Shorts – David Latreille
  April 12
  PHI Centre (407 St. Pierre St.)
  7:00 p.m.
  $11.25

  MUSIC

  The Besnard Lakes + Freelove Fenner
  April 13
  Cabaret du Mile-End (5240 Parc Ave.)
  8:00 p.m.
  $15.00 advance / $20.00 door

  Melted Faces (LP Release) + El Napoleon + The Sangomas
  April 15
  L’Escogriffe Bar Spectacle (4467 St. Denis St.)
  10:00 p.m.
  $5.00

  Reversing Falls (Album Launch) + Asthma Camp + Holobody
  April 19
  Casa del Popolo (4873 St. Laurent Blvd.)
  8:30 p.m.
  $7.00

  THEATRE

  Release by Cameryn Moore
  April 9 to 13
  Mainline Theatre (3997 St. Laurent Blvd.)
  8:00 p.m.
  $15.00

  PARTY

  INDECENT XPOSURE: High Society
  April 19
  Cabaret Underworld (1403 Ste. Élisabeth St.)
  10:00 p.m.
  $10.00 for two before 11:00 p.m.

  OTHER

  Textiles, Fabrics and Knitting Pro-Choice
  April 11
  2110 Centre (1500 de Maisonneuve Blvd. W. #404)
  6:00 p.m.
  Free

  The Fédération du Québec pour le planning des naissances (FQPN) is holding an info session for a knitting project with political undertones. No knowledge of knitting required.

  Pandamonium: Can-Con Cabaret
  April 16
  Café Cleopatra (1230 St. Laurent Blvd.)
  8:00 p.m.
  Free

  There’s little to go by in terms of event description, but the page says: “Join the Political Cabaret class for an evening of sexy, dirty, unparliamentary behaviour. 18+.” That’s good enough for us.