Fringe Arts
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Fringe Arts
Refusing Silence
Almost a year ago on Sept. 26, 2014, 43 students from the Ayotzinapa Rural Teacher’s College in Iguala, Mexico were kidnapped on their way out of their rural town for a protest against government funding programs.
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Montreal Character Series: Greg Stroll
“It’s a journey either way, right? It’s gonna hang over you for a while, but it’s gonna help form a large portion of your life and you as a person. I mean, you can’t help what details impact us, right?”
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Linda Dawn Hammond: On the 25th Anniversary of the SexGarage Police Raid
This year marks the 25th anniversary of the police raid on the “SexGarage” loft party in 1990, where many patrons were beaten and arrested. The event is significant historically for Montreal’s LGBT community. It was immortalized by the photography of Linda Dawn Hammond.
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Adventure in the Timeless Land
I lost myself in the forest for the whole weekend like the dirty hippie I deeply, truly am. I packed all my things and checked them twice, for I would be two hours from dear Montreal, partying with nearly a thousand other psychonauts under the scorching sun of a September heat wave, and under the shimmering stars of a clear country sky.
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MÖDERN YOUTH
The attempt to trace the origins and influences of the French coldwave and post-punk movement shows such a vast net of convergences with other realms of art and society that it deserves its own movie.
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Fringe Arts
Arabian Nights: The Tales of the Anti-Conformist
After leaving a strong mark on contemporary cinema with the internationally acclaimed Tabu (2012), Miguel Gomes strikes again with Arabian Nights, a tale in three volumes: The Restless One, The Desolate One, and The Enchanted One.
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Montreal Character Series: Tanya Stasilowitch
This would be my first interview in a non-neutral environment.
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The (Literal) Body Politic
Eastern Bloc will be kicking off the first of a three-part series of exhibitions called BPLTC (pronounced “biopolitic”) in a few short weeks, starting Sept. 24. Broadly speaking, the series will explore the role of the sciences and their technological applications in relation to human activity and sociopolitical interests.
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Afropunk Fest in Brooklyn Defies Expectations
no sexism
no racism
no ableism
no ageism
no homophobia
no fatphobia
no transphobia
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Montreal Character Series: Commander Andrew Clark
“That guy’s a fucking positive force.”