MUSIC

Good Krief!

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Respected Dears guitarist and solo artist Patrick Krief finally makes an album he can listen to

by Lora Mathis
04.05.2012

Multi-instrumentalist, musical prodigy, guitarist for Canadian indie rock band The Dears and fellow Montrealer Patrick Krief took some to discuss his latest solo venture, Hundred Thousand Pieces, with The Rover on the eve of its release, April 17.

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FILM

Just Breathe

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Rover interview: Oksana Cueva speaks with Guy Nattiv, director of The Flood, AMC Forum beginning May 4th

by Oksana Cueva
04.05.2012

Nearly four hundred eager spectators gathered on April 30th for the second screening of The Flood (Mabul), acclaimed picture by celebrated director Guy Nattiv, as part of Israel Film Festival’s 8th consecutive year. The film—a story about a family leading parallel lives where the main character Yoni struggles with lack of growth, his autistic brother’s presence, and being bullied at school—was emotional for many.

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THEATRE

Unorthodox Puppetry

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Heretics of Bohemia, Segal Centre, to May 19th

by Alex Woolcott
03.05.2012

Style triumphs over substance in The Heretics of Bohemia, the newest play from Scapegoat Carnivale Productions. A zany extravaganza involving a cast of thousands (many of them are puppets), Heretics overflows with shtick, witty banter and delightful theatricality. But its narrative is far too weak to support even its brief seventy-five minute running time. One can easily sit back and enjoy the ride – just don’t expect to understand what any of it was about when you’re done.

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THEATRE

Delightful Pinocchio – No Lie!

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Pinocchio, Geordie Productions, Centaur Theatre until May 6th

by Anna Fuerstenberg
02.05.2012

Pinocchio is one of my favourite stories and, according to my Italian speaking friend, it is a verb in that country which means you are fibbing and comes with an equally adorable gesture which starts at the nose and then moves away from the face.

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BOOKS

Cries and Whispers

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Rover interview: Kathleen Winter speaks with Alice Petersen, author of All the Voices Cry, Biblioasis

by Kathleen Winter
01.05.2012

I first read Alice Petersen when my friend, author Alice Zorn, sent me one of her stories in the mail, torn out of a literary magazine. I went online to find more of Petersen’s work because I loved the way her writing cuts with precision across dangerous emotional territory. I loved her subversive humour and [...]

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ART

No Fixed Borders

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PRÉMICES/OPEN ENDED, Mai (Montréal, arts interculturel) to May 5th

by Meaghan Thurston
30.04.2012

What’s most striking at first glance about neo-expressionist painter Manuel Mathieu’s exhibition of paintings, “PRÉMICES/OPEN ENDED”, is not the work itself, but the curatorial decision to paint one of the gallery walls a brilliant yellow. Perhaps it’s unfair to suppose that everyone will be impressed by this. I noticed it because it is the same yellow as my bedroom wall, with which I have a fairly unhappy relationship.

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DANCE

Time to Danse

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Festival Quebec Danse ending a great week on a high note

by Kallee Lins
29.04.2012

There is still time to get your toes tapping, arms swinging, or body bouncing as part of the first annual Québec Danse festival. Studios all over Montreal and 10 other cities in the province have opened their doors since Monday for free classes in everything from contemporary dance and street jazz, to bharata natyam and Afro-Brazilian.

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FILM

Strength of Spirit

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Three films delve into the human psyche at the Montreal Israel Film Festival

by Shawn Stenhouse
29.04.2012

The Montreal Israel Film Festival is back for its 8th installment and boasts yet another impressive collection of films.  This year’s edition, which runs from April 29th to May 7th, covers a diverse array of genres and styles.  According to festival organizer Eran Bester, “There is no better place to see these cinematic offerings than [...]

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BOOKS

Leaving Much To Be Desired

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Would It Kill You to Stop Doing That? by Henry Alford, Twelve

by Sujata Dey
29.04.2012

Who is not fascinated by manners?  Our survival in groups is based on our ability to decode our environment whether it is a boardroom, a children’s playgroup, a drop-in centre, or a Concordia activist meeting. Why is it that Montrealers line up for the bus, for example, whereas in Mexico City a line is an [...]

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STAGE

Still A Beauty

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The classic love story returns in a spirited touring production

by James Gartler
28.04.2012

Last year, I asked The Lion King to tell the rest of its Broadway friends to swing by Montreal for a visit. Looks like they listened, as the NETworks production of Beauty and the Beast has waltzed into town, bringing with it much of the magic and romance of the Academy Award-winning Disney classic…if little [...]

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FILM

Too Good To Be True

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Guy Sprung hits the big screen

by Patrick Charron
28.04.2012

Voyeurism is a big part of film’s allure. Sitting in the dark watching others experience drama, adventure and revelation from the anonymity of a comfortable seat offers rare moments of mediation in a world of rapidly disappearing privacy. The effect is heightened when we perceive to be witnessing “reality.” Such is the power of the documentary and the creative liberties borrowed by the ensuing mockumentary and found-footage genres.

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NEIGHBOURHOOD

Tree Hugging Anonymous

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A new kind of exotic tree in Mile End

by Leila Marshy
27.04.2012

Tree hugging is serious business. Given that the average tree lives for over a hundred years, I can’t imagine that the occasional quickie hug does much to make the tree feel special. Where’s the commitment? The other alternative is to chain yourself to a tree, but that’s only one tree. You just know the others will feel left out. Trixi Rittenhouse solved this conundrum by stationing a cadre of permanent huggers on the 14 trees that line her Mile End block.

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CIRCUS

Girls Gone (ber)Cirque

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Cirque du Soleil joins the ‘new new circus’ movement with Amaluna

by Crystal Chan
27.04.2012

Caliban’s stealing me away. He gives my date a glance — ‘You with her?’ — then jealously whisks me away. This pre-show audience warm-up bit is a clown echo of his character’s role in the Shakespeare plot on which Cirque du Soleil’s Amaluna is based. The show’s Caliban (Viktor Kee) is joined by a Miranda (Ikhertsetseg Bayarsaikhan) and Prospera (Julie McInnes). But there’s a Romeo, not a Ferdinand (Édouard Doye). Director Diane Paulus hasn’t only mashed up Shakespeare: at the media preview, she explained that she also threw in The Magic Flute—which she directed for the Canadian Opera Company last year—and Greek mythology for good measure.

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THEATRE

« Everything under the sun is in tune… »

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L'éclipse, Groupe de la Veillée

by Mélanie Grondin
27.04.2012

De manière on ne peut plus opportune, le Groupe de la Veillée présente une pièce de celle que l’on nomme « la grande dame de la littérature américaine », c’est-à-dire Joyce Carol Oates, quelques petits jours après que celle-ci eut remporté le Grand Prix littéraire international Metropolis bleu.

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MUSIC

Not Keeping Their Cool

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Icelandic indie band Of Monsters and Men enjoying the comparatively warm embrace of North American fans

by Lora Mathis
26.04.2012

Following their April 11 Montreal show at Sala Rossa, Nanna Bryndis Hilmarsdóttir of rising Icelandic indie band  Of Monsters and Men spoke with Rover about the band’s first, and immensely popular, album, My Head Is An Animal.

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