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Fringe Arts‘Blind Date,’ Queer Nights at the Centaur Theatre
“The thesis of Blind Date has always been, ‘Everyone is loveable.’ There is great joy in leaning forward in your seat and watching strangers attempt to connect. It’s what being human is all about,” reads the Centaur Theatre’s pamphlet for Blind Date.
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Fringe ArtsBook Review: ‘Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race’
“Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race” is a ground-breaking novel which explores institutionalized racism, tracks it’s history, and highlights it’s impact on modern society.
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Fringe ArtsHow Concordia Students Have Been Using CUCCR
Learn about how CUCCR has been doing the last two years and how it has effected the community it aims to serve.
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Fringe ArtsNaf Leri, an Artist Who Owns His Politicized Identity
Naf Leri is a design student at Concordia whose art was featured at the VAV Gallery last November in the Black History Month exhibit Hyper Real. As a visual artist, his work is embedded into his identity and daily life.
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Fringe ArtsFilm review: “The Occupation of the American Mind”
The film Occupation of the American Mind , which is banned from the U.S. , showcases the propaganda distributed of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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Fringe ArtsConcert Review: Minor Empire, a Turkish-Canadian Band Featuring a Mix of Traditional Music and Sound
Minor Empire, a Toronto based Turkish-Canadian band, mixes traditional Turkish music into their sound track.
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Fringe ArtsFilm Reviews: “Enhior’hén:ne” and “You Are on Indian Land”
Cinema Politica screened three Indigenous films last week; the first was a beautiful documentary entitled Enhior’hén:ne , which translates to “Tomorrow”, the second was called Ôtênaw , a film about the histories of Indigenous peoples living in and around what is now called ‘Edmonton’, and the third was a film about the engaging 1969 protest by the Kanien’kéhaka (Mohawk) of Akwesasne, You are on Indian Land.
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Fringe ArtsBehind the Scenes of MURAL’s Street Art: Spade & Palacio Tours Showcase Montreal’s Charm
Tours of Montreal street art created during the MURAL festival along St.Laurent Blvd. are available until Oct. 28.
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Fringe ArtsVenezuelan Artist Jose Yumar Literally Found His Voice in the Streets of Montreal
With gleaming eyes and brush strokes on his arms and legs, Jose Antonios Yumars’ art studio is a world where Jackson Pollock meets Henri Michaux. “They’re probably my biggest inspirations,” he says.
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Fringe ArtsFilm Review at Concordia’s Film Festival: “Pre-Drink”
A woman is getting ready for a night out, she paints her nails by the window of her dimly lit bedroom. Staring at her reflection in the mirror, she cocks her head from left to right, and slips out of her shirt. There she is, in her bra, admiring herself. She continues to strip down, giving both the audience, and herself, a frontal view of her pale breasts. She cups them, but not in a sexual way. She is marvelling at herself, as if discovering her body for the first time.
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Fringe ArtsDiversity in Concordia’s 45th Film Festival
The festival screened premieres, made up of short films and animations, created by Concordia students and international filmmakers alike. MHSoC proudly stands as the largest university-based centre for film studies in Canada, with a collection of works screened to great acclaim at festivals around the world.
