Fringe Arts
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Fringe ArtsDigital Alternatives to Host Performances Take Over as Music Venues Close
Like many local artists, Janette King is continuing to share her music despite having cancelled around 15 performances due to the COVID-19 outbreak in Montreal.
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Fringe ArtsFringe Festival Pushes Back 30th Anniversary
Montreal Fringe Festival is pushing its 30th anniversary celebrations, initially planned from May 27 to June 16, to June 2021 due to COVID-19.
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Fringe ArtsAdventures in Cyberspace: Montreal’s D&D Community Goes Online
Like a lot of people, Kate Ruscito had preconceived notions about Dungeons and Dragons. “Even when I first started playing, I didn’t want to play,” she said. “I was like, ‘That’s for complete losers.’”
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Fringe ArtsHomeless in Montreal
Homeless in the city
bouncing from place to place
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Fringe ArtsYou Used to Be but Never Were
You’d say,
It’s best we keep our distance,
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Fringe ArtsWords from an Artist: Jose Guillermo Garcia Sierra Dives Into Two Paintings
Jose Guillermo Garcia Sierra is a contemporary painter that utilizes collage to create his compositions. He gathers visual references mostly from stock images, as they are always reenactments of average happenings and objects.
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Fringe Arts“So Long, Marianne” Will Resonate on Sunday Night
“Come over to the window, my little darling,” sang Leonard Cohen for the first time in 1967.
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Fringe ArtsConcordia’s Art Matters Festival Cut Short Due to COVID-19
Every year, Art Matters takes over Montreal with exciting, art created by emergent artists across various disciplines.
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Fringe Arts‘Room’ Explored the Notion of Space at the Art Matters Festival
The first thing my body took note of as I entered Galerie Luz on March 13 was how soothing it felt to be engulfed by its suffocating, dry heat. I knew as I draped my long jacket over a stray chair that the rain drenching it would evaporate easily as I immersed myself in the exhibit.
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Fringe ArtsThe Massimadi Film Festival Premieres ‘Our Dance Of Revolution’
The film Our Dance of Revolution directed by Phillip Pike had its Quebec premiere on Feb. 24, as part of the Massimadi Festival. The festival was in its twelfth edition, and included a line-up of films that mainly revolve around the Black LGBTQ+ experience.
