Abegail Ranaudo
Abegail Ranaudo is a staff writer for The Link. Her favourite book is The Catcher in the Rye.
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Special IssueFill an empty virtual seat with Queer Concordia
Queer Concordia’s new Queer Support Group is a virtual space where people can be open about how they’re currently feeling.
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Fringe ArtsTimothy Rodrigues’s ‘Liberation’s Radiance’ lights up Black History Month
Black Theatre Workshop casts light designer to mark the annual observance.
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Special IssueRacism in tech
“Everyone’s scared of Google,” Imani said of the search giant’s use of AI, adding it’s not the AI we should be afraid of, but how it’s being used.
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Fringe ArtsTamil-Canadian filmmakers showcased during online movie night
Avant-garde short films by Tamil filmmakers screened during Tam Fam Lit Jam movie night.
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Fringe ArtsThe “I” Word expo unbolts art gallery doors
A Montreal based artist uses art to portray the struggles of being a migrant.
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Fringe ArtsMarché Imaginaire makes its debut this fall
Lachine is the borough where Ekaterina Etingin is growing up. “This is my hood,” said the co-owner of Music Capricorne, a record store located on 10th Ave.
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Special IssueConcordia faculty unlock the digital classroom
How Concordia professors adapted their coursework to an online environment.
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Fringe ArtsMapping the Moment With Tarot
Dawn Upfold sat poised and collected inside an empty white room as gusts of snow fell meditatively outside the Montreal Open Centre, a space used for holistic and conventional therapy services.
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Fringe ArtsKate Hammer Anchors Their Name to Comedy
“It’s interesting when you choose your own name instead of being given one,” Kate Hammer said, their pearly whites glowing brightly in the dim lighting of Café Aunja, a basement café on Sherbrooke St.
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Fringe ArtsBetween the Birth and Death of Queer Pop Legend David Bowie
Wearing bell bottoms, graphic t-shirts, overalls, platform shoes, chokers, chains, shades, glitter, bright hair dye, and dramatic makeup, nostalgic fans crowded the dancefloor of Rockette Bar on Jan. 9.
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Fringe ArtsMultifaceted Artist Aiza Marks the Stage
“Not only is she a great singer, but her ability to host and to engage [with the] audience is really strong,” said Stephen-Ong, noting just how captivating Aiza is as a performer.
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Fringe ArtsConcordia Comedy Publication ‘Hindwing’ Launches Third Issue
Last Thursday, I entered the Blue Dog Motel bar/barbershop to hear Freddy Mercury’s uncaged voice playing in the background.
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Fringe ArtsBlackberryjam Represents a New Era of Hip Hop
Blackberryjam’s six-track mixtape Emotional overflows with deep thought, and even deeper emotion.
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Fringe ArtsFinding Sound in the Silence at the South Asian Film Festival
“It is this recorder that [Jyoti Milner] brought,” announced the South Asian Film Festival director Dipti Gupta holding up a 1970s tape recorder to show the theatre audience on Oct. 26. “This was a recorder that her father used to always use.”
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Fringe ArtsMaking Art From Chaos: An Artificial Intelligence Poetry Reading
“It’s incomprehensible, it’s a big wall, it’s like a cliff, and then it begins to change super fast,” said David Jhave Johnston. “The cursor works like a chisel at 6 a.m. in the silence.”
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Fringe Arts‘Too Busy for Spooks’ Comedy Show Frights At Le P’tit Impro
“I’m going to continue building her,” said Sarah Swinwood about the first time she performed her sketch character Barb Durguss at the comedy show Too Busy for Spooks on Oct. 19.
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Fringe ArtsThe Words and Music Show Becomes a Digital Archive
For almost 20 years, Ian Ferrier stored his recordings of the Words and Music Show in tin cracker boxes. His collection is now a cultural repository preserved by the archival project SpokenWeb.
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Fringe ArtsConcordia Film Student Sara-Claudia Ligondé Screens First Short Documentary
“There’s no room for Black women to be weak, for Black women to be tired, for Black women to be messy, for Black women to hurt,” said Shanice Nicole in Sara-Claudia Ligondé’s documentary Rest Is a Right.
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Fringe ArtsA Woman and Girl’s Guide to Fighting the Patriarchy At D&Q
The patriarchy does not want a woman or girl to be angry, ambitious, profane, violent, attention-seeking, lustful, and powerful according to Mona Eltahawy.
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Fringe ArtsWomen of Colour Take Their Space in Comedy at Ladyfest
One of the first times Sara Meleika felt confident in comedy was when she was invited to perform at the women-centred comedy show Ladyfest in 2016. Now, with her show They Go Low, We Go Laugh, she brought even more funny women to the stage.
