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Special IssueRenewing Heritage Buildings
It’s easy to sneer at bars, restaurants and cafes with an “industrial edge.”
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NewsNo Field, No Problem
You don’t need a field to build a farm. The urban agriculture movement, once considered radical, has been steadily gaining momentum, perhaps for the simple fact that the principles at its core are…
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Fringe ArtsOf Academia, DIY and Student Strikes
Being somewhat of a pessimist may be beneficial—or at least that’s how things happened to work out in Heather Davis’s case.
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NewsOSMO X VIDEOTRON
Local start-ups can expect to receive a boost in both funding and recognition, courtesy of a newfound partnership between the OSMO Foundation and Videotron, announced on Jan. 17.
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NewsA One-Up for Start-Ups
District3, a new Concordia initiative slated to launch this January, aims to use the university’s multidisciplinary potential and leverage cross-faculty interaction in hopes of giving student start-ups a push to get off the ground.
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Fringe ArtsHumanizing the Cityscape
The 20th century gave rise to myth of the architect hero—someone who swoops in and cures social woes through their buildings.
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NewsStart It, Grow It, Pitch It, Fund It
A wide-ranging group of members from Montreal’s start-up community flocked to Monumental National for the third Founder Fuel Demo Day on Nov. 8.
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NewsStart-Ups Find a Home at Notman House
From the outside, Notman House appears to be nothing more than a dilapidated building just west of the gas station at the corner of Sherbrooke St. W. and St. Laurent Blvd.
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OpinionsArt Gets the Axe
Stock up on paintbrushes, artists—the way things are going in this country, art supplies might be hard to come by before long.
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NewsRe-learning to Learn
A bunch of desks aligned facing a chalkboard under fluorescent lightening isn’t the only environment capable of facilitating learning.
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Fringe ArtsContemporary Milestones
While Old Montreal is, to many seasoned Montrealers, a cobblestone-covered tourist trap full of dusty souvenir stores and tacky street performers, it also houses DHC/ART.
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NewsBurritos, Bicycles and Broken Barriers
The Burrito Project is attempting to break down the barriers between those living on and off the streets—one burrito at a time.
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OpinionsNah’msayin?
Starbucks’ seasonal Pumpkin Spice Latte cannot possibly live up to its market hype, and I want you to stop talking about it right now.
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Fringe ArtsBrooklyn Bridge
If you think Brooklyn is the contemporary art mecca, you might be surprised by how Brooklynites see lil’ ol’ Montreal.
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Fringe ArtsMagnum Librus
When you go to Concordia, there’s no reason to complain about having nothing to do on a Friday night—or any other day of the week for that matter.
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Fringe ArtsClear-Cut Ambition
The use of text within architectural exhibitions, says architect Dan Handel, is a fine balance. “On the other side, you have the completely conceptual, more art-like exhibitions, where you have nothing.”
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Fringe ArtsA Comedy Picnic for Your Face
When Halifax-based comedy troupe Picnicface fails, it only makes them want to fail harder.
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Fringe Arts“We Are Performers”
As fans of burlesque will know, the performance is more about the tease than the sleaze.
