Fringe Arts

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  Making it Happen Part 2: Solo Artists

  ANASTASIA WANSBROUGH & Elysha del Giusto-Enos – Published November 26, 2012

  Part two of our feature on young entrepreneurial artists trying to make it.

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  A Tribute to Leonard Cohen

  Michelle Pucci – Published November 22, 2012

  For those who can’t wait for Leonard Cohen’s homecoming performances next week—or can’t afford tickets to see the crooning poet live—his music will be performed by local musicians at one of the artist’s favourite eats, Bagel Etc.

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  A Festival for the Emerging

  ANASTASIA WANSBROUGH – Published November 22, 2012

  Bouge d’ici is back for its fourth season and is the answer to the prayers of strapped-for-cash dance lovers.

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  Starting a Hip-Hop Dialogue

  Stephanie Cram – Published November 21, 2012

  For any hip-hop enthusiast who’s curious about the inner workings of a local music scene, Slang Rap Democracy II: Deciphering the Cypher offers a more academically-focused look into Montreal’s hip-hop community.

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  Ambition Matters

  Katie McGroarty – Published November 20, 2012

  Montreal has a love affair with the arts.

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  Something Publishing Happening

  Geoffrey Vendeville – Published November 20, 2012

  When Concordia’s literary magazine, The Void, held an open call for submissions in 2011, fiction editor Jack Allen received a story so full of “misogynistic, racist, and violent” content, he knew it couldn’t appear in the pages of a student publication.

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  Expanding the Boundaries of Print

  Brendan Adams – Published November 20, 2012

  Johannes Gutenberg’s printing press was a pivotal technological development in human history, but the craft behind creating print media has often struggled to find legitimacy as an art form.

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  Screening the Unusual

  Flora Hammond – Published November 18, 2012

  Cinema 17 gives Montrealers the chance to watch undervalued alternative films while slowly sipping a warm mug of tea, or casually enjoying ice cold beer at Le Cagibi.

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  Indie Publishers Unite

  Elysha del Giusto-Enos – Published November 17, 2012

  Sometimes pronounced “zeen,” or “zine”— the tiny books representing the height of DIY publishing are out en masse this weekend, brought together for Expozine 2012.

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  The Montreal International Documentary Festival

  Saturn De Los Angeles & Nikola Grozdanovic – Updated November 14, 2012 at 9:48pm

  The Montreal International Documentary Festival (RIDM) is back and running right now. It promises to bring “the year’s best documentaries and films on subjects that matter.”