Books

Writing non-fiction’s a bitch – a truth not universally acknowledged.

– Will Aitken in This Writing Death

Theatre

Ars Poetica

by Anna Fuerstenberg

Comment

What an interestingly inviting read on this mind muddled morning. Thanks! Coffee, Please?

– comment by Parker

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Nerf Guns and New Lit

Maisonneuve Magazine teams up with Literary Death Match to revitalize the literary reading, with guns and cupcakes

by Meaghan Thurston
10.10.2011

Literary Death Match is poised to deliver a beat down to Montreal’s writing scene tomorrow night at La Sala Rossa. If you’re not tapped into the death match movement you are not alone, but the event’s popularity is growing worldwide. When author, radio host and to-be LDM judge Jonathon Goldstein and I chatted about the [...]

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Nerds Unite!

Fans freak out over Adam West, Buffy baddies, and the Batmobile at Montreal Comiccon

by Andrea Elalouf
30.09.2011

Two weekends ago, Place Bonaventure was turned in to the mecca of science fiction, fantasy, comic book, film and TV culture; prompting self-proclaimed fanboys and girls to come out in drones, dressed up and ready to geek out over celebrity panelists, really cool toys and…the Batmobile! Excited shrieks rang through the concrete halls – Montreal [...]

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Stepping into the Spotlight

ELAN's State of the Arts Summit celebrates the achievements and diversity of Montreal's Anglo arts community

by Anna Fuerstenberg
22.09.2011

This Thursday and Friday, the State of the Arts Summit, presented by the English Language Arts Network (ELAN), will bring together the creative talents and cultural professionals from Quebec’s English-speaking arts community to analyse the issues driving our community’s successes. They will discuss this community’s contributions to the province, and will celebrate the artistic diversity [...]

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Born This Gay

Sparkling community spirit steals the spotlight from the corporations at this year's Pride Parade

by Todd Kingston Plummer
16.08.2011

The Pride celebrations came to a close on Sunday with the Pride Parade, a four-hour-long spectacle spanning the downtown core and concluding in the Village. Community groups and big-business sponsors alike marched through the streets, and the tension between Pride’s grassroots commitments and corporate ties was palpable.

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Questions for Kevin

Is Kevin Smith really retiring from filmmaking?

by James Gartler
14.08.2011

Kevin Smith has a lot to answer for. If it wasn’t bad enough that he backed out of his planned Fantasia appearance last month, he’s also claiming the time has nearly come to retire from filmmaking altogether. Tonight, at a screening of his controversial (and penultimate?) oeuvre Red State, Silent Bob’s fans will be expecting [...]

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High Praise for Infringing on Buffalo

Montreal-inspired festival scores.

by Marianne Ackerman
12.08.2011

We’ve said it before and let’s say it again: Montreal is the capital of creative ideas. Latest proof: success of this year’s Infringement Festival in Buffalo, USA. A spin-off of our own great event!

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Rare Playwriting Confab

Since Mama Done Get off the Couch, Black Theatre Workshop, Concordia University

by Alex Woolcott
20.05.2011

For all its artistic initiatives, Montreal doesn’t often play host to playwriting conferences, so it’s especially remarkable that Black Theatre Workshop is hosting Since Mama Done Get off the Couch, a seminar / workshop slated for May 27th and 28th at Concordia University. The conference is also unique as it will feature some of North [...]

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