Fringe Arts
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Fringe ArtsConcordia Alumna Brings United Nations Travelling Film Festival to Montreal
Born in Egypt, Grace Sebeh Byrne moved to Montreal when she was three. She has been passionate about art her entire life, and found herself attracted to social and human stories, and human rights issues.
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Fringe ArtsVR Experience ‘Biidaaban: First Light’ Immerses Audience in Toronto’s Future
You’re standing in the middle of downtown Toronto at Nathan Phillips Square, one of its busiest intersections. Trees weave in and out of the cityscape, standing tall amongst abandoned skyscrapers. Plants are growing through the cracks in the cement, and the sky is high, gleaming in a clear baby blue.
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Fringe ArtsMontreal Boutique Shwap Club Offers a Different Approach to Shopping
Annette Nguyen hasn’t bought any new clothes in the last 10 years.
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Fringe ArtsWomen of Colour Take Their Space in Comedy at Ladyfest
One of the first times Sara Meleika felt confident in comedy was when she was invited to perform at the women-centred comedy show Ladyfest in 2016. Now, with her show They Go Low, We Go Laugh, she brought even more funny women to the stage.
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Fringe ArtsThe VAV’s Latest Show ‘Monsters and Ghosts’ Challenges Anthropocentric Ideas
Studio arts student Jenna-Katheryn Heinemann was moved to create a piece that reflected her complex feelings around climate change and the environment’s decline.
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Fringe ArtsMontreal Clown Festival Serves Laughter for Their Fourth Edition
“It is ultimately asking the audience to question: How free are you?” said Amanda Huotari of her act Pretty Face: An American Dream, at the Montreal Clown Festival.
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Fringe ArtsV-Shan Changes Lanes With Debut Album ‘Essay Format’
“Freestyling is fun and all and it’s a challenge but I really want to create,” said Montreal rapper V-Shan. “I’m not going to go home and freestyle, I’m going to go home and write.”
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Fringe ArtsTattoo Artists and Ink Fanatics Convene for Art Tattoo Montreal’s Seventeenth Edition
Sleeves, pants or shirts rolled up—tattoos enthusiasts were canvases for artists to ink in their next work of art.
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Fringe ArtsHua Li Takes Haze Music to Meet With Her Level
“It’s almost cheesy to say but I’m super inspired by Hello Kitty. There’s something about the iconography of a character that it’s like she transcends personhood,” said Montreal rapper Hua Li.
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Fringe ArtsCa Lem Brings Creamy Creativity to NDG for a Fourth Season
Froot loops and banana, s’mores, cinnamon toast crunch and apple, cotton candy—those are a few of the childhood reminiscent flavours of ice cream and sorbet Notre-Dame-de-Grâce residents fell in love with at Ca Lem this summer.

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