Bursting the bubble: Where everyone knows your name
Thinking twice about the Outremont microcosm
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Culture Brief: Dancing in the psych ward
When Montreal-based contemporary dance company O Vertigo first premiered La Chambre Blanche in 1992, the work was met with instant critical success and toured worldwide.… Read More »Culture Brief: Dancing in the psych ward
Not the same old V-Day
Critical approach behind McGill’s 2009 production enhances its relevance
Does blood determine belonging?
Tracey Deer’s Club Native reflects on Mohawk identity
Environmentalism, as told by octopi
Though naive, George Ter-Stepanian’s 1989 sci-fi novel was ahead of its time
Uncovering Canada’s history of slavery
Author Lawrence Hill talks about identity, language, and the experience of the black loyalist
Comedy stripped down
DeAnne Smith’s self-deprecating comic burlesque show bares all
Generation: theme party
Aren’t we more than CEOs and corporate ‘hos?
Sit-down comedy
Alain Shain’s comic routines destigmatize disability
Juicy, but shallow
Biopic romanticizes the gangster lifestyle, keeps Biggie’s shirt on
A lesson in gravity
A Dutch artist’s experiments with the fine art of falling
Fashion meets fundraising
A close-up look at the charity behind SynesthASIA, McGill’s Ashraya Initiative for Children
Stuck on Shuffle: Prince and the Pavlovian response
Rummaging through the musical formative years
Finding essence in the abstract
Van Dongen’s fauvist portraits at the Musée de Beaux Arts
The sombre side of the moon
Anna Trowbridge’s masterful A One Man Show For My Brother opens at Player’s Theatre