Culture
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Listen to the city’s dreams: one day only!
What? Audio and visual performance of Karen Spencer’s Dream Listener project When? 4pm, Monday, February 4 Where? Galerie Espace, 4844 St. Laurent...
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A lesson we need to learn from Albania
The downtown west end is one of my favourite parts of Montreal. Densely-populated, teeming with life and resolutely multicultural, it feels unique because...
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URBA 2015 looks at urban art in Montreal
WHAT? Presentation on urban art WHEN? 5:30pm, Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008 WHERE? Room DR-200, Pavillon Athanase-David, 1430 St. Denis RSVP? Email...
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Axel Morgenthaler on the Quartier des spectacles
Even the best cities are better at night. Hong Kong’s frenzied streets are bathed in neon; Paris takes on a desultory air as the streets grow dark...
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Shedding light on the Quartier des spectacles
La Presse reports today that a new “visual identity” will be given to Ste. Catherine St. between St. James United Church and Berri Square...
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Taking ephemeral art to the streets
Nobody like a self-promoter, so it feels awfully gauche to be writing about my own articles twice in a single day. Don’t judge me too harshly! In...
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This is a construction site: why don’t you come in?
This month, Caroline Dubois and Julie Favreau, have taken over a storefront at 280 Beaubien St. East for an artistic intervention organized, in part, by...
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Listen to the city’s dreams tonight
WHAT? An outdoor broadcast of Karen Spencer’s Dream Listener project WHEN? Tonight, October 19th, between 6pm and 11pm WHERE? The Park With No Name...
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Photo du jour : Messes modernes
Le groupe montréalais Clues (Alden Penner, Brendan Reed, Bethany Or) avant son concert dans le cadre des Bleating Hearts Shows au festival musical Pop...
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Fresh Paint this weekend
WHAT? Urban art event with discussion, video, a book launch, interventions, music and walking tours WHEN? Friday, Saturday and Sunday. See the schedule...
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Photo du jour : Art brûlant
« La Joute », par Jean-Paul Riopelle (1969) à la Place Jean-Paul-Riopelle, avec le Palais des congrès de Montréal en arrière-plan. 3 octobre 2005.
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Odd things around town
One of the best things about wandering around town is finding all sorts of architectural and infrastructural oddities like unusual street signs and...
By Christopher DeWolf