Fringe Arts
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Fringe ArtsPlenty in the Twenties
Montreal is about to go up in flames. As November temperatures drop, local production company Cirquantique is turning up the heat with a performance show so tantalizing, it ought to be prohibited.
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Fringe ArtsDial M for Mind-Blowing
In a city internationally recognized as of late for producing music acts like Arcade Fire and Grimes, M for Montreal was founded to help local bands, and other artists, make the same leap onto the big stage.
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Fringe ArtsWelcome to Transsexual Transylvania
It’s not easy getting ahead in this town—and that applies to singing, dancing, cross-dressing performers, too.
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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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Fringe ArtsDeconstructing the Business of Creativity
Creative studio Departement takes the term ‘multidisciplinary’ to unfathomable new heights.
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Fringe ArtsSeeing Red
Anger and frustration often spawn creativity. For Annabelle Chvostek, a year of protests yielded an album’s worth of lyrics.
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Fringe ArtsThe Spectacle of the Year
Having Ang Lee’s Life of Pi premiere in Canada at the Festival du Nouveau Cinema must have caused a lot of partying at festival headquarters. “El vino did flow” as David Brent would say. It was the biggest film from the roster by a country mile…
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Fringe ArtsFestival du Nouveau Cinéma Reviews
Reviews of films featured at the Festival du Nouveau Cinema. Check back throughout the week for updates.
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Fringe ArtsOrchestrating New Genres
Psychedelic, experimental and genre defying are some terms used to describe the music of Montreal orchestra Land of Kush. -
Fringe ArtsOut of Hibernation
Secluded in the backwoods of upstate New York, the members of Wintersleep got really, really good at badminton last summer.
