Fringe Arts
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Fringe ArtsLocal art event platforms Indigenous and unhoused artists
Milton Park’s Art Hive welcomes local residents, Indigenous community members and unhoused people, offering free art activities, soups and snacks.
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Fringe ArtsFilms to watch this Women’s History Month
Don’t know what to watch tonight? Here are six recommendations of groundbreaking women-made films that have earned their place in feminist cinema history.
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Fringe ArtsRelevant, but ever controversial: The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Sherman Alexie’s The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian highlights how 14-year-old Junior navigates leaving his reservation behind to attend a predominantly white school.
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Fringe ArtsDolls need doctors too
Dolls and stuffed toys are more than just playthings—they’re cherished companions, carefully restored by experts across Canada.
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Fringe ArtsKimpov Eap shows us how to survive and thrive
Discover the palette of Kimpov Eap, whose brushstrokes become outlets of her history of resilience as a Cambodian refugee.
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Fringe ArtsThe colonial and fascist legacies in our museums
How do museums normalize white supremacist ideologies to maintain the status quo?
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Fringe ArtsFashion and fascism 4 dummies
Fashion has often flirted with fascism—think designer military uniforms and the glamorization of authoritarianism. Some brands have even backed fascist regimes, while others have flipped the script, using design to defy ideology and become symbols of rebellion.
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Fringe ArtsDr. Martens: Laced with history
Designed as sturdy, practical workwear, Docs became popular among the working class, especially factory workers, postal employees and police officers. But by the 1970s and ’80s, Docs had been adopted by a host of British subcultures, from punk to goth to grunge.
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Fringe ArtsReviving lost dishes of the north
The Banquet of Lost Northern Dishes is an immersive and participatory exhibit that explores the memory of dishes and ingredients from Nordic and circumpolar regions.
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Fringe ArtsMontreal museum exhibits a skeleton made of chocolate and the return of the ‘Meat Dress’
Jana Sterbak’s decade-spanning collection of artwork is displayed among the religious and medical artifacts of the Musée des Hospitalières de l’Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal.

