Fringe Arts
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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.
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Fringe ArtsThe Link Talks to Paul Almond
It is not surprising that film critic Roger Ebert called Seven Up! “possibly the most important television film ever made.”
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Fringe ArtsTickle Trunk
When was the last time you completely indulged only one of your senses? CKUT’s Magic Sound Box will allow you to do just that.
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Fringe ArtsFracked Up
“Only in an Orwellian world would you expect this.”
Unlucky for us, Gasland does not take place in George Orwell’s novel, 1984, but in current day America.
What do you do when you are offered $100,000 dollars to allow hydraulic fracturing (or fracking) on your 19.5 acres of land? -
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Fringe ArtsLocal Artists Don’t Want Your Bright Ideas to Die
Good ideas don’t die; they get placed in a shoebox or are relegated to the furthest corners of your laptop’s RAM.
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Fringe ArtsThe Strange Tale of the Magical Invisible Book
On Tuesday, Nov. 9, 30-year-old Concordia alumna Johanna Skibsrud won the Scotiabank Giller Prize, Canada’s most prestigious literary award, for her debut novel, The Sentimentalists.
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Fringe ArtsAuthor Mary Gaitskill Gives Master Class at ConU
Mary Gaitskill set her gaze over a room of 30 students. There was a feeling in the room that those present were lucky to be in Gaitskill’s presence; the 30-person crowd was not accidental, but the result of a strict cap.
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Fringe ArtsLit Writ
In the coming weeks, The Link will be featuring exercise poems produced by creative writing workshops. Below is a poem from David McGimpsey’s ENGL 425 Advanced Poetry workshop.
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Fringe ArtsPretty In Pink
Prettified with pink blush, lipstick, sexed-up hair and with his nipples peaking out from a deep v-lined sequined dress, Ariel Pink seduces the camera in his music video “For Kate I Wait,” a homage to Kate Bush.
This is Ariel Pink, take it or leave it. Either way, he doesn’t really give a shit. -
Fringe ArtsHaving Nun Of It
Most people wouldn’t say they have the supreme, bar-bragging-worthy ability to relate with the plight of a ninety-one-year-old nun with a chip on her shoulder.
The folks behind The Motherhouse, however, beg to differ.
