Fringe Arts
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The Rule of the Fittest
Pitchfork’s Mark Richardson on How to Survive as a Music Journalist
In a world where even the red, flowing Rolling Stone emblem is having trouble moving magazine copies off the rack, Mark Richardson is feeling optimistic about the future of music journalism.
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99 Per Cent Drama
Occupy Movement Takes the Stage With Activist Theatre
Although the Occupy movement may have faded from headlines, it’s still alive and well on the stage. On March 31, _Occupy Theatre!_ will have the ideals
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Tears of a Clown
Clown School to Showcases Latest Crop of Performers
They are gymnasts and they are theatre performers, and after hundreds of hours of training, they’ll have earned their red noses. If you think being a professional clown is all fun and games, go spend a day at Francine Côté’s Clown and Comedy School and you will never see it the same way again.
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In Brighter Colours
Reframe a View of Africa with The Other Expression
With constant news of disease, famine and poverty reaching our eyes and ears, the outsider’s view of Africa is one of disconnected tragedy. It’s a view African art collective Otentik’Art is aiming to change.
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I Saw the Sign
From above, Thursday’s protest made Montreal roads look like they were on fire. A sea of red flowed through the city as an estimated 200,000 people protested proposed tuition hikes. From the street the view was different.
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Weekly Spins
Bring the Ruckus
John Coltrane once said you can play a shoestring if you are sincere. Logically, then, a band playing standard gear can be infectious—if they’ve got the heart.
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Dance Students Resurrect Accessible Education
There have been three Butoh walks in the past week to protest tuition hikes, but Wednesday’s was the first to have zombies.
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Art Houses Close in Solidarity
Montreal art establishments are closing on March 22 in solidarity with the student protest. Eliane Ellbogen, the artistic director of exhibition and production center Eastern Bloc, affirmed in a press release that culture and education are linked and that neither should become a commodity.
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Fringe Food
Funding Frigo Vert
Le Frigo Vert, Concordia’s nonprofit food co-op, is seeking a fee levy increase this week. The organization, which currently receives 25 cents per credit from undergraduate students, is represented in a referendum question on the Concordia Student Union Elections and Referenda ballot this week, asking if students agree to increase this amount to 33 cents per credit.
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Burlesque Gets Brainy
“I don’t understand why the job is illegal—there’s just something about that that drives me fucking mental,” said sex worker, activist and performer Alex Tigchelaar. Her cabaret-style multimedia theatre production, Les demimondes, which debuts March 30, aims to show you why.