Fringe Arts
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Fringe ArtsUsagi Yojimbo Creator On Samurai Rabbits & 30 Years in Comics
Stan Sakai may introduce himself at dinner parties as simply a cartoonist , but for fans of his Samurai-inspired comic Usagi Yojimbo, he’s more like a legend. The 58-year-old Japanese-American’s series follows the interactions of anthropomorphic animals in 17th century Japan.
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Fringe ArtsNo Time to Sit Pretty
Being dubbed an indie orchestra didn’t quite suit Hooded Fang, a band in pursuit of a constantly shifting sound. The Toronto sextet dropped the superfluous instrumentation, trading it in for surf punk but keeping the catchiness. Why the change? Well, simply put, it’s just more fun.
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Fringe ArtsWoman in Chains
A nineteen-year-old chokes herself to death in an Ontario prison cell in October 2007 while her guards watch. Ashley Smith, a juvenile delinquent who was first jailed for throwing apples at a postal worker, has become the latest face of female inmate abuse in Canada.
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Fringe ArtsFringe Food
The eight people crowded around Shammy Chan’s dining room table are about as disparate a group as one could find, even in Montreal.
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Fringe ArtsBetween Darkness and Light
The FOFA gallery is dark and claustrophobic, sequestered into sections with black curtains and partitions. The sound of heavy breathing emanates from an unseen speaker.
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Fringe ArtsNot Your Everyday Variety Show
Candyass Cabaret, making its debut this Friday at Café Cleopatra, is bringing some burlesque-esque old-school vaudeville style to Montreal.
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Fringe ArtsSTOP/MOTION Time
STOP/MOTION, an exhibit opening Sept. 13 at Concordia’s VAV Gallery, approaches movement as both an active motion and an implied one.
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Fringe ArtsX Marks the Spot
Café X, located in Concordia’s VA Building, is home to more than just tasty treats and cheap coffee. The café also houses Concordia’s third—and most laid-back—art gallery, aptly called Gallery X.
Many Concordia students outside the Fine Arts faculty are currently unaware of the gallery’s existence, something that curator Clinton Glenn intends to change. -
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Fringe ArtsFrame to Frame
Since its inception in 2004, Concordia’s Cinema Politica chapter has provided students with a weekly dose of informative, thought-provoking political films and documentaries to make your hair stand up—and your fists clench. This year is no different.
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