Fringe Arts
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Fringe ArtsFight for Your Right to Poetry
In a world where Occupy protests are popping up in public spaces around the globe like revolutionary seedlings, a group of Montreal poets is out to occupy St. Laurent Blvd. this week—but their demands aren’t necessarily about international finance.
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Fringe Arts“It’s All Very Frankenstein…”
In an unassuming apartment in Montreal’s Plateau borough, two young artists are hard at work bringing a ramshackle steel sculpture to life.
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Fringe ArtsFrame to Frame
Sion Sono likes to raise the bar just to see how high he can go, expanding his cult status and fan base around the world. He’s a controversial poet-filmmaker whose Guilty of Romance unearths sexual desires and dark pasts in very colourful style.
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Fringe ArtsFringe Food
What’s the first thought that pops in your head when I say maple? Now: bourbon? And what about: bacon?
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Fringe ArtsA Musical Chameleon
If you’ve never heard the Danish DJ’s music before, you’d probably never guess all of Anders Trentemoller’s records and compilations are done by the same man.
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Fringe ArtsHow You Like Them Bananas?
In His infinite wisdom, God once said an incredibly long time ago, “Man does not live by bread alone,” and as such, a daily dose of the creative is essential for Man–and Woman–to survive.
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Fringe ArtsWeekly Spins
Hometown electro-punks Duchess Says are back with their sophomore LP, a continuation of their dirt-caked dance music. It’s high-strung and dangerous, of a Death From Above 1979 persuasion. It’s a late night-death party egging you to join, and a pretty tempting proposition at that.
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Fringe ArtsCarnal Knowledge
“People ask me to describe my work and, wickedly, I tend to just write what I want for fun—you’re allowed to at my age. When I write about my workshops and pieces, I’m a bit naughty,” says Angus Balbernie.
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Fringe ArtsKeep It Cool & Pay It Forward
There’s nothing like smooth reggae vibes to expel worry from tired bones, and generally, the simpler the rhythm the better. For L.A. reggae-rockers The Aggrolites, the addition of a little American soul was all they needed to get their signature groove just right.
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Fringe ArtsKnitting a Community
Lisa Fruscia and Melissa Clulow co-created Espace Tricot two summers ago, hoping to establish a knitting space that was both conducive to building a community and practicing the craft.
