Fringe Arts
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Fringe Arts
More Than Meets the Eye
When you first look at a piece of art, the process that was required to create it is not always obvious. Sometimes, something that looks intricate and endlessly complex was the result of an hour or two of work.
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Dance That Hangover Away
Nouveau Palais owes its recent success to one simple thing. Vibe. It’s a subtle attribute, one many restaurants try too hard at and subsequently fail to achieve. But Nouveau Palais has, by all accounts, nailed it, and though it had hit me on several previous late-night visits, my séjour at Disco Déjeuner this past Saturday simply confirmed it.
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Weekly Spins
The Babies are a newborn jangle pop/retro-rock outfit from members of Brooklyn bands Woods and Vivian Girls. As Peter Pan attempted to do with soap, the Babies’ self-titled debut tries to glue the shadow of rock ‘n’ roll’s past to a present lo-fi aesthetic using the leftover bubble gum from the recent Beach Boys-fab craze in indie rock.
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Fringe Food
As you can probably glean from the name, SAT’s current focus on culinary innovation takes the cozy wintry form of the indoor apéritif: offering a warm dynamism to those bleak hivernale hours of retreating light. A riff off the traditional 5 à 7 happy hour featured at many a brasserie Montréalaise, FoodLab 5@10 offers a weekly thematic tasting menu paired with a carte of natural (mostly Québec) wines, all in their brand-new 3rd floor tech-heavy environment. It’s a freshly-spun selection of small plates, best described as ‘dinner…ish.’
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Corruption, Misinformation and Sex
The play starts in a hotel room with a beautiful naked woman getting out of bed, lighting a cigarette, and taking a swig of whiskey.
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Link Picks: Best Music of 2011
We compile our favourite albums of the year for your listening pleasure.
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Lived Spaces & Fragmented Voices
“Art is a futile act of generosity,” said the famous existentialist Jean-Paul Sartre, in that the artist cannot guarantee his or her meanings safe passage to the audience. But perhaps it’s when the viewer is merely given elements to order and designate meaning that the most personal, artistic narrative can take shape. Tel Aviv-born multimedia artist Zohar Kfir will…
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Dances With Warehouses
The start of this calendar year has a special significance for Montreal-based choreographer Tedi Tafel, who brings Janvier to wintry life in an old railway building.
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The Darcys Find Their Sound
Toronto rock outfit the Darcys’ self-titled album, released this past fall and the catalyst for their upcoming North American tour, was one that even the band thought would never get finished.
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Weekly Spins
Snævar Njáll Albertsson is a cute, bearded Danish guy who makes music under the moniker Dad Rocks! He plays happy-go-lucky folk-pop that could probably pass as a children’s album if it wasn’t for the occasional profanity.