Fringe Arts
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Fringe ArtsThe Mid-Life Crisis of Duddy Kravitz?
In 2001, while giving a talk on the art of film, Spike Lee described a very curious phenomenon of American cinema—the Magical Negro. This character is a black man who comes out of nowhere to help the white protagonist recognize and overcome his flaws/weaknesses/obstacles, and is usually implied to have magical powers. He also has the power to appear only in movies that are craptacular (Cough, The Legend of Bagger Vance, cough, cough).
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Fringe ArtsFreedom Fighters
In an age of ridiculous commodities like bottled water, free merchandise appear to be a thing of the past.
However, the growing presence of online sharing has proved that a free market can still be a powerful force.
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Fringe ArtsMove Over November
The teen ‘stache, the gringo ‘stache, the Hitler ‘stache, the ironic hipster ‘stache—all are welcome in Movember.
Yes, Movember which has adequately taken over the month of November to help raise awareness and funding for prostate cancer research. -
Fringe ArtsMidnight Marauders
There was a time, not too long ago, when Montreal was the new Seattle. No, not just because of an overabundance of precipitation, but because of an overabundance of starving musicians flocking here to capitalize on our burgeoning indie scene.
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Fringe ArtsThe Ghosts of Griffintown
Tucked away in the heart of Griffintown is the ghost of Friendship Cove.
Although Friendship Cove, renamed The Cove, has been laid to rest as a public space, the energy of the space lives on through two mediums: Campaign for Infinity and No Vacation Records. -
Fringe ArtsWhite Cowbell Oklahoma do the Hoodoo, Voodoo Thing
If there is one thing missing from rock and roll these days, it is fire. Not the metaphorical “flames of passion” kind of fire. I mean pyrotechnics. If there’s a second thing missing, it’s probably cowbells—or chainsaws—or semi-naked dancers.
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Fringe ArtsOriginal Synapse
In the brain, synapses pass electrical signals from one neuron to another. In Montreal, Synapse, a new reading series created by poet and Concordia writing professor Sina Queyras, aims to inject some excitement into the literary community by encouraging the transfer of literature from local writers to a captive audience.
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Fringe ArtsAndrusyshyn’s Mammoth Up for Award
Mammoth, much of which acts as a eulogy for Andrusyshyn’s father, balances absurdist, magical realism-inspired comedic elements with the solemnity of that absence.
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Fringe ArtsMontreal After Mordecai
Take a poll of readers, critics and authors on which writer’s work is most strongly associated with Montreal, and watch as the hands go up to proclaim Mordecai Richler king of the city’s literature.
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Fringe ArtsCombative Narrative
Combat Camera is the first novel by A.J. Somerset. It concerns Lucas Zane, once a praised war-photographer, winner of the Pulitzer Prize, now a broken man who’s turned to drinking, fighting off his demons, and shooting low-budget pornography to pay the rent.
