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A Day for all Tastes

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Day Two of Osheaga lays out a festival feast for music connoisseurs

by Catherine Averback
01.08.2011

If Eminem’s mind blowing performance on Friday, July 29, wasn’t enough to demonstrate the diversity of the expanding Osheaga lineup, then the range of acts on Saturday, July 30, certainly was. It’s Day Two, festivalgoers are rested (or not) and at it again, this time for a whopping 35 acts in 10 hours of swaying, [...]

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FESTIVAL CITY

French coups de coeur

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The Rover helps Montreal festivalgoers make up their mind at Les Francofolies de Montréal

by Andrea Elalouf
10.06.2011

It’s safe to say summer is officially in full swing, and with it finally comes the time to take in some music in the open spaces of downtown Montreal. While the Fringe has already taken over much of the Plateau, in centre-ville Les Francofolies de Montréal are getting geared up to really kick start the [...]

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FESTIVAL CITY

Shopping the Streets

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The Nuit Blanche sur Tableau Noir festival turns city streets into artist canvases as part of La Grande Fresque de Nuit

by Catherine Averback
10.06.2011

Greeted by hoards of festivalgoers and the resonating sound of reggae drums carrying underground, its nearly impossible to resist the allure of what Tableau Noir’s festivities have to offer right outside the metro doors on Avenue Mont Royal.

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FESTIVAL CITY

Full circle in an Electric Carousel

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REVIEW: Canadian techno icon Plastikman returns to the place where it all began

by Shawn Katz
06.06.2011

Richie Hawtin’s famed Plastikman Live has finally come home. Nearly ten years in the making, this native icon of electronic music has returned to the place where it all began to present the Canadian premiere of his latest performance project, which has already taken the electronic world by storm. The least that can be said [...]

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FESTIVAL CITY

Maestros from Mars

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REVIEW: Murcof and AntiVJ’s Simon Geilfus bring their “three-dimensional cosmos” to MUTEK’s A/Visions 2

by Shawn Katz
05.06.2011

Take Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey, and screen it at the planetarium. Then take the sound up a few notches to a tech-orchestral echo chamber – and don’t forget to up the bass. Now cue the visuals: melt down Kubrick’s model constructions and reassemble, constructing with pure light – metallic floating forms that twitch [...]

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FESTIVAL CITY

Tobin Unbound

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Review: On its first Nocturne, MUTEK reminds us what it’s all about

by Shawn Katz
03.06.2011

Anyone still searching for the place where art and electronic music intersect got one hell of a demonstration at Metropolis on Wednesday (June 1) as international superstar Amon Tobin again broke new ground for the epic launch of MUTEK’s first Nocturne.

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MUTEK mon amour

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Internationally acclaimed electronic music festival pushes up its levels

by Shawn Katz
01.06.2011

As if last weekend’s record-breaking launch of the Piknic Electronik season weren’t enough, Montreal’s growing legions of the electronica-obsessed are being treated

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FILM

The Ghosts & Mr. Ed

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Latin American Cinema Fest, Cinema du Parc

by James Gartler
22.04.2011

Montreal’s Latin American Cinema Festival is in full swing at Cinema du Parc. Of the three dozen or so features screened, none will leave you quite as tickled, confused and even inspired as Finisterrae …

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FESTIVAL CITY

From Lilies To Lizards

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FIFA, Various Locations

by James Gartler
23.03.2011

If you’re looking to expand your knowledge of the world of art but can’t afford a degree in Art History, the International Festival of Films on Art (or FIFA, for short) might just be the crash course you’re looking for. For the 29th year, FIFA is bringing a variety of documentaries and shorts to screens [...]

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FESTIVAL CITY

(60) Second To None

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M60, Cinema du Parc & La Sala Rossa

by Vanessa Bonneau
04.10.2010

On a very cold mid-winter night in 2008, a group of friends gathered on the top of Mont-Royal to view a lunar eclipse. By the time they parted ways, after drinks and snacks at La Sala Rossa, they had concocted a plan to start a film festival.

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FESTIVAL CITY

A Cornucopia of Diversity

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Harvest, Freestanding Room

by Anna Fuerstenberg
02.10.2010

As the artistic director of Village Scene, Davyn Ryall heads a theatre that has premiered and promoted original work for a decade. He is also the organizer of Harvest, a festival of lesbian gay bisexual and transgender (LGBT) theatre. A true Montrealer, Ryall works tirelessly to promote and mount the plays that would otherwise never [...]

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Hail To The Up And Comers

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YoungCuts Film Festival, Cinema du Parc

by Elizabeth Johnston
24.09.2010

Justin Trudeau will open this year’s YoungCuts Film Festival. That’s a measure of how far this festival, showcasing films from young, up and coming auteurs, has come. Trudeau’s talk this afternoon kicks off the 8th annual festival. Here’s some of what you’ll see.

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THEATRE

Joke, No Joke

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Kim Noble, Zoofest

by James Gartler
31.07.2010

During the recently concluded 2nd edition of Zoofest, there was one show so overwhelmingly perplexing that instead of laughing about the jokes told on-stage, audience members walked out dazed, uncomfortable and even debating the legitimacy of the content. The show in question is – of course – Kim Noble Will Die.

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FESTIVAL CITY

Fantasia’s Mixed Bag

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Gallants, A Frozen Flower, La Meute

by James Gartler
28.07.2010

Fantasia crowds are lively. They hoot and holler and laugh and boo. “And also,” in the words of Nevermore director Stuart Gordon, “…they’ve seen everything!” In case you haven’t partaken in the three-week long celebration of celluloid known as Fantasia, relax. Rover is here to offer reviews of three flicks from decidedly different genres: a [...]

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Frantic Fringaholic

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Festival St-Ambroise Fringe de Montreal

by Anna Fuerstenberg
15.06.2010

The best play yet, Jesus Jello: The Miraculous Confection, is written by a witty and talented playwright and directed with great imagination and humour. Joanne Sarazen has crafted a very funny script and when Tristan Lalla does a poignant disquisition on the use of a narrator, while actually doing the job as God, she demonstrates [...]

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