Fringe Arts
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Fringe ArtsFrame to Frame
Gritty realism has rarely been as chilling as it is in Justin Kerzul’s debut feature Snowtown. Based on true events that plagued a small South Australian town in the ‘90s, Snowtown provides a close look at Australia’s worst serial killer, John Bunting.
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Fringe ArtsConcordia’s New Fine Arts Magazine
Browsing Concordia’s agenda back in September, Bella Giancotta noticed a description of Folio, a fine arts magazine run for and by McGill students. In spite of Concordia’s internationally renowned Fine Arts program—and McGill’s lack of such a faculty altogether—she realized this school has no such publication.
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Fringe ArtsBite of The Living Dead
Though brains are their mantra, what being part of a zombie walk really takes is guts. True, it’s preferable if those guts are dripping out of gaping abdominal wounds or being worn like a grisly feather boa in a glam-goes-gory fashion statement, but it takes guts nonetheless.
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Fringe ArtsCall of the Wild
“She’s a true troubadour,” I heard one woman say as I was putting on my jacket to leave after the show. I saw another wiping tears from her eyes. So I have to wonder: who is writing bad reviews about a show that has been picking up steam this past week and has plenty of track left to travel (Kidd confessed she intends to take the show on the road)?
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Fringe ArtsWomen on Top
Black leather heels are strung about the brightly lit studio, and a beautiful model-esque woman emerges in high fashion. Jerking her body in angular motions to the beat, she poses—arms outstretched, shoulders concaved, hips swiveling. She strikes a pose: vogue.
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Fringe ArtsWalking With a Ghost
For six years the box sat in Godin’s home, silently challenging her to create something worthy of a stranger’s memory. This year, she did.
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Fringe ArtsWeekly Spins
Born out of the Japanese music scene’s formative years in the late ‘70s and early ‘80s, Shonen Knife, an all-girl trio from Osaka, seem to be possessed of an unstoppable—and never-ending—gimmick.
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Fringe ArtsFringe Food
It may come as a surprise to some Montrealers that accessible, healthy, communal meals have been offered on Concordia’s campuses since long before the now-famous People’s Potato was born.
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Fringe ArtsFrame to Frame
Saying that the state of current world affairs is grim would be an understatement, so it’s no wonder then that the apocalypse has become a popular and contemporary theme in cinema.
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Fringe ArtsLocal Lit Havens
October 15 was Independents’ Dayl! If you’re reading this in the Starbucks in Chapters — leave! Support the local guys. Why? They’ll buy your zine on consignment. They’ll let you read to your friends at their store. They serve you tea.

