Fringe Arts
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Fringe Arts
Dépanneur Comedy
This week Le Nouveau Théâtre Sainte Catherine is bringing back its bilingual serialized comedy, Dépflies. Written by playwright Alain Mercieca, the Chekov-meets-Seinfeld show about a St-Henri dépanneur is now in its third instalment.
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Music of the Spheres
Their seventh LP has a more positive vibe than their previous records, an outlook that lead singer and guitarist Matthew Caws has been trying to keep constant.
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Spoke, Line & Sinker
Just like choosing between fixed-gear and 10-speed, or between vintage and new, how you lock your bike—U-lock or chain, key or combination—is just as important.
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SXSW Diary
I arrived at my South by Southwest accommodations in Austin on a sunny, humid Monday. Located just a few blocks from 12th and Chicon, the notoriously rough intersection in the East end, my host’s place would be home to 15 musicians and fans for the duration of the festival.
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Blackbird Cry
The intensity of the spotlight is well known, but stage fright, it turns out, extends behind the curtain too. “It took quite a lot for me to accept that I was good enough,” said Mikaela Davies, discussing her decision to direct Shadowbox Productions’ latest play, Blackbird.
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The Undying ‘70s Massacre
A 40-year-old porn cinema, an anniversary featuring exploitation film and a charity joining in so the party could qualify for a liquor licence were the humble beginnings of Montreal’s quasi-monthly institution, Grindhouse Wednesdays.
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Fringe Food
So one night you ate this hot dog around 3:00 a.m. at Montréal Pool Room. It was an attempt to sober up, and you thought nothing of it.
Nor should you have.
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Poor Goliath
Macabre and terse, cartoonist Tom Gauld’s latest graphic novel is a clever, if an ultimately unsatisfying re-imagining of the tale of David and Goliath, told from the perspective of the great giant, who is neither fierce nor hungry for war.
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Found Footage Films Showcased
Instead of debating the advantages or merits of different schools and styles, as film students typically do, Concordia’s Advanced Montage class decided to do something a little different—they’re going to combine them.
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The Rule of the Fittest
In a world where even the red, flowing Rolling Stone emblem is having trouble moving magazine copies off the rack, Mark Richardson is feeling optimistic about the future of music journalism.