Ocean DeRouchie
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Fringe Arts
Artist Profile: Girlplague’s Cool Collage Workshop
Girlplague will be instructing a two-hour collage workshop at McGill’s Institute for Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies on Nov. 30, with techniques and composition at the core in an intimate and cozy setting.
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Fringe Arts
Tiny Flame Pop-Up Market Offers Cozy Shopping Experience
The small but intimate market space hosted ten vendors in a large communal space, as well as four stick n’ poke artists set up in a makeshift tattoo parlour over the course of two days.
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News
How Will $23 Million Address Sexual Violence on Quebec Campuses?
Sexual harassment and assault on campus is a pervasive issue. Not only within Concordia, but on provincial and national levels, too.
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Fringe Arts
The Underachievers, Fritz Kalkbrenner and Others Headline Ancient Future 2017 this Weekend
Meet Ancient Future, a small but ever-growing dance party that takes place at the Quai d’Horloge in Montreal’s Old Port. In its third year, Ancient Future offers a unique experience of being outside in the daytime and then moves into the ominous Hangar 16 warehouse in the evening.
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Special Issue
Your Annual Link Guide to Montreal Nightlife
There’s a distinct reason why people from all over the world flock to Montreal to party.
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Fringe Arts
Trippy Nails: Not Your Average Manicure
Fingernails are often the first thing you notice about someone’s hands. So what do they reveal about a person?
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Opinions
Introducing Our New Column, Sex Ed(itorial)
Sex Ed(itorial) will talk about sex and all of the things surrounding it.
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Fringe Arts
A Mediterranean Rave Experience
It takes more than good music to make for a great DJ set.
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Special Issue
On Learning and Loving
I was just happy to share love, and I found that the more love I had to give, the more love I had to share.
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Sports
Let the Good Times Roll
Regretta Garbanzo, the roller derby alter ego of AC Riznar, just finished the first game of Round Robin, Montreal Roller Derby’s first event of the 2017 season. This also happens to be the first game they’ve ever played as part of a home team.
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Fringe Arts
The Link’s Top Picks From Art Matters 2017
Vernissages and shows will be taking place over the next few weeks, giving everyone a chance to check out the student-curated shows in their own time. For this year’s edition of the festival viewers will have the unique opportunity to experience performances, video and audio installations, sculptural pieces, photo series and, of course, artwork through traditional mediums like painting and drawing.
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Fringe Arts
Concordia Prof Organizes Benefit Concert for Families of Sainte-Foy Victims
The impromptu concert was pulled together by Iraqi-Canadian rapper, The Narcicyst—commonly known as Narcy. A collaborative effort between his collective The Medium and POP Montreal, the Feb. 10 show hosted a variety of musical acts—many of whom are friends with the well-known rapper.
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News
The Concordia Sexual Assault Resource Centre Is Moving
Since its launch in 2013, the SARC has operated out of a secluded, closet-sized office tucked away on the third floor of the GM Building.
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Fringe Arts
The Cords Aren’t Tangled: Deadlift, Miss Mee and Zepha on the Music Industry
While Deadlift, Miss Mee and Zepha are all unique characters, one thing they share is that they’re all DJs, and each of these musicians’ paths has been distinctly her own.
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Fringe Arts
Best Fern Is Blooming
Listening to Best Fern is like floating through an aquarium. Watery synths, with layered bubbly samplings, and of course, Avina’s angelic voice, all come together to produce a whimsical underwater sound.
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Fringe Arts
Curating the Art Matters Festival
Art Matters, a Concordia-based festival that started in 2000, is a culmination of undergrad effort to organize several unique exhibitions throughout Montreal. Planning for the festival starts months in advance. A team of people from the artistic community, including Dean of Fine Arts Rebecca Duclos, selected this year’s student curators in October 2016,
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Fringe Arts
Of Jagermeister and Root Beer: Igloofest Is Back
Montreal winter is intense. The shrill cold can make you forget your humanity. t’s a season when going out on the weekend meant scrupulous calculations of the time exposed to the unforgiving wind between Mont-Royal metro and the doors of the bar.
But that was then, and this is now. Now, we have Igloofest. -
Fringe Arts
Floating Through Thanya Iyer’s Dreamy Musical World
Bouncing in and out of each other’s lives since young-adulthood, the band has created a beautiful, intricate web of friendship and collaborative musical effort.
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Opinions
Vipassana Meditation Is the Craziest Shit You’ll Ever Do
Voluntarily signing up for a prison of silence is one thing, but actually following through with it takes a lot of courage.
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News
SARC Receives a Helping Hand
The SARC has hired a service assistant. Ashley Allen is the second person to be hired as a paid employee.