Fringe Arts
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Fringe Arts‘You’re Tearing Me Apart Tommy’: A First Person View of Montreal’s Screening of ‘The Room’
It’s rare and unexpected to see a group of people get so much joy from something so unabashedly terrible. But that’s what happens at Cinema du Parc every few weeks with screenings of Tommy Wiseau’s The Room .
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Fringe ArtsNine English Theatre Companies Announce Upcoming Seasons Together
In a show of solidarity within the English theatre community, nine Montreal companies gave the city a peek at what can expected next season.
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Fringe ArtsThe Festivulve: An Inclusive, Feminist Event to Add to Your ‘Vagenda’
Rejoice, the Festivulve is gracing Montreal for a second year! Are you ready for the vulva, vagina, and pubic hair galore that awaits you?
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Fringe ArtsThe Liquor Store Releases First Album ‘NightDrive’
“It’s so good to have a following that wants to hear music that doesn’t necessarily play on the radio,” said Rémi Cormier in French, The Liquor Store trumpet player, before launching into another song to a round of applause.
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Fringe ArtsFringe-For-All Sets Off Montreal’s 29th Annual Fringe Festival
“Fringe always has room for you,” said Amy Blackmoore, executive and artistic director of the festival. “Fringe gives you space to say what you need to say.”
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Fringe ArtsConcordia Students Bring Multi-Disciplinary Arts to Multiple Floors
The house looked no different than any other. Tucked neatly, almost hidden in a residential area, is an alternative art space called Peripheral Hours. On May 17 and 18, they hosted their third show, Common Uncommon. Three Concordia students invited artists to explore alternative modes of domesticity at the multi-disciplinary exhibit.
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Fringe ArtsThe Address Calls Montrealers to Take Action Against Gentrification
Last weekend, at the Centre d’éducation interculturelle et internationale, the collective VISIBLE presented The Address. The ethno-documentary performance was composed of eight citizens exploring topics like the Côte-Des-Neiges housing problems, and a current view of life in the neighbourhood.
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Fringe ArtsPin Patch Mtl Brings Art That Travels to Montreal
In the mid-afternoon in Mile-Ex, the warehouse-turned-studio space boomed with electronic music. Guests shuffled in and out of the the Decade Building, buzzing with excitement.
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Fringe ArtsPorchfest Got NDG in a Dancing Mood for the Fifth Year
On May 18, Notre-Dame-de-Grâce resident Sheindl Rothman and her husband were dancing to the Kim Beyea band. From the sultry “Song for My Father” to the lively “I Can’t Give You Anything But Love,” the couple swayed to the jazz trio’s rendition of classics at the NDG Porchfest.
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Fringe ArtsWicked Mmm Makes Lingerie on a Spectrum
Masha Smushkevitch and Will Desjardins think that all bodies should get to wear nice panties. The partners are co-founders of Wicked Mmm, a Montreal-based lingerie brand bringing handmade underwear for everyone.
